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AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Claim; known as the "Shooting Star" Claim; application notified in Gazette No. 80, dated 22nd October, 1869, page 1372.

JAMES MONTEITH MCLAREN, for the Hill of Howth Gold Mining Company, Coromandel; 15 years’ lease of 16½ acres; bounded by the Pukewhan Creek on the East, and on the North, South, and West, by unoccupied ground; application notified in Gazette No. 80, dated 22nd October, 1869, page 1367.

JOHN DRUMMOND, for the Wicklow Mountains Gold Mining Company, Coromandel; 15 years’ lease of 16½ acres; bounded on the South by the “Hill of Howth” Gold Mining Company, and on the North, East, and West, by unoccupied ground; application notified in Gazette No. 80, dated 22nd October, 1869, page 1368.

ERNEST BIEBER and PARTY; 15 years’ lease of 14 men’s ground; situated at Tararu Creek; adjoining the “Monte Video” and “Tarbert Castle”; application notified in Gazette No. 73, dated 29th September, 1869, page 1241.

GEORGE LEANING; 15 years’ lease of 10 acres; situate at Karaka Flat, adjoining the “Bright Omen” Claim, and bounded by Bateman’s fence; application notified in Gazette No. 70, dated 25th September, 1869, page 1186.

PETER JOSEPH DALTON, for the Golden Harvest Gold Mining Company; 15 years’ lease of 10 acres more or less; situate at Karaka Creek, consisting of the following Claims, viz.; “Britannia,” “Pride of the Hapo,” “Devon and Cornwall,” “Rose of Australia,” “Star of the North,” and spare ground; application notified in Gazette No. 70, dated 25th September, 1869, page 1173.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 9th April, 1870.

It is hereby notified that Leases have been refused to the Applicants named in the Schedule hereunder, and that the land therein mentioned, in so far as not occupied under Miners’ Rights, is now open for occupation. Plans may be seen at the Engineer’s Office, Grahamstown.

THOMAS B. GILLIES,
Superintendent.

SCHEDULE.

JAMES WELSH; 15 years’ lease of 15 acres, adjoining the Giants’ Causeway, Tararu Creek; known as the “Monte Video” Claim; application notified in Gazette No. 39, dated 24th June, 1869, page 513.

GEORGE WILSON; 15 years’ lease of 15 acres; situated at Tararu Creek, adjoining the “Scottish Chief” lease; known as the “Port of Thames” Claim; application notified in Gazette No. 90, dated 25th November, 1869, page 1622.

C. W. MIDDLETON, for the Red River Gold Mining Company; 15 years’ lease of 12 acres; bounded on the North by “Halcyon” Gold Mining Company, on the South by “Union Jack No. 3” Claim, on the North-west by “Royal Exchange” Gold Mining Company, and on the West by “Cornish Mount” Gold Mining Company; application notified in Gazette No. 78, dated 13th October, 1869, page 1335.

DANIEL JERMYN and JAMES DUNNE; 15 years’ lease of about 15 acres; situate on the Karaka Creek; bounded by “Sprig of Shillelagh” Claim, “Earl of Erin” Gold Mining Company, “Pride of Parnell” Gold Mining Company, “Mount Aurum” Gold Mining Company, “Pride of Shortland” Gold Mining Company, and J. Nixon’s lease, or spare ground; “Young Australian” Claim (4 men’s ground), and “Hyderabad” Claim (6 men’s ground) excluded, they being in the centre of the lease; application notified in Gazette No. 78, dated 13th October, 1869, page 1328.

WILLIAM F. HUNT; 15 years’ lease of 15 acres more or less; situated in Tinkers’ Gully, between the “New Zealand” Gold Mining Company and “Golden Rocket” Claim; formerly known as the “Kaitaia” Claim; application notified in Gazette No. 72, dated 28th September, 1869, page 1211.

WILLIAM MORGAN, HUGH MCLIVER, JOSEPH WEBB, ALEXANDER SELLARS, and DANIEL SELLARS, applied for by William Fraser; 15 years’ lease of 16 acres; situated on the Alabama Creek, Puriri; bounded towards the North-west by the “Eclipse,” “Dawn of Hope,” and “Bon Esperance” Claims, towards the North-east by the “Multum, in Parvo” Claim, towards the South-east by the “Wrekin” Gold Mining Company, and towards the South-west by the “Perseverance” Company; application notified in Gazette No. 64, dated 10th September, 1869, page 1032.

CHARLES ROWLEY; 15 years’ lease of 16 acres; adjoining the “Unknown,” Te Waka Block; name of lease “Daniel Webster”; application notified in Gazette No. 65, dated 20th September, 1869, page 1109.

ALEXANDER MCKECHNIE, for the Duke of York Gold Mining Company; 15 years’ lease of about 8 acres, bounded on the North by the “Tower of London” Claim, on the South by the “Fiery Queen” Claim, on the East by a Creek or Blind Gully, on the West by the “Star of Waipipi” and “Star of Taranaki”; situate on “Mount Macedon” Gully, opposite Graham’s Paddock; application notified in Gazette No. 66, dated 15th September, 1869, page 1050.

G. R. ALEXANDER, for the Yang-tse-Kiang Gold Mining Company; 15 years’ lease of about 12 acres; comprising “Caed Mille Failthe,” “Yang-tse-Kiang,” “Anchor,” and “Middle Watch” Claims; situated on the Opotomoko Creek, also all unoccupied ground adjoining; application notified in Gazette No. 67, dated 17th September, 1869, page 1075.

GEORGE CORNISH and W. B. HALEY, for the Mermaid Gold Mining Company; 15 years’ lease of 15 acres more or less, adjoining the “Great Republic,” “Little Republic,” “California,” and other unoccupied ground, No 1 Gully, Tapu Creek; application notified in Gazette No. 64, dated 10th September, 1869, page 1016.

C. W. MIDDLETON, for the San Francisco Gold Mining Company, Hape Creek; 15 years’ lease of 15 acres; bounded on North-east by “Great Pacific” Company’s lease, and South-west by “Niagara” Company’s.