✨ Gold Mining Lease Notices
PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.
BY JOHN WILLIAMSON, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland.
IN conformity to the 29th Section of “The Gold Fields Act, 1866,” and to the Regulations made under that Act for the granting of Leases for Gold Mining purposes, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a Lease for Gold Mining purposes, of Crown lands, to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, unless valid objections can be shown against granting such Lease.
Objections to granting such Lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing and lodged with the Warden, at Shortland, within the time prescribed by the aforesaid Regulations.
Copy of the application made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Warden’s Office, Shortland.
Given under my hand, at Auckland, this third day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.
SCHEDULE.
APPLICATION FOR LEASE.
IN pursuance of the Regulations for granting Leases for Gold Mining purposes on Gold Fields in the Province of Auckland, I hereby make application for a Lease whereof the particulars are as follow, to be granted to JOHN LEYDEN.
| Estimated Area. | Number of Years. | Description of Land. | If held under Miner’s Rights. Name (if any) of Claim. | Special Description of Easements (if any) required. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 acres. more or less. | 15 years. | Auriferous quartz land situated at Puriri, Thames Goldfields south of Puriri Creek, bounded by unoccupied ground on all sides. | Unoccupied ground. Not held under Miners’ Rights. The “Omega.” | Right of road to Creek. |
Dated the 29th day of October, 1869.
JOHN LEYDEN.
All documents may be left for John Leyden at Frederick Cock’s, Pembroke Hotel, Pollen-street, Shortland.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 86
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🗺️ Public Notification for Gold Mining Lease Application
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey3 November 1869
Gold Mining Lease, Crown Lands, Thames Goldfields, Puriri, Application, Public Notification
- John Leyden, Applicant for Gold Mining Lease
- John Williamson, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland