Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1871 – No. 36

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✨ Public Notifications and Goldfield Leases



Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

VOL. XX.] MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1871. [No. 36.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 4th November, 1871.

IT is hereby notified that the Offices of the Provincial Government will be closed on Thursday next the 9th instant, in commemoration of the Birth-day of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

Joseph May,
Deputy-Superintendent.

COROMANDEL GOLDFIELD.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

In pursuance of the 29th section of “The Gold-fields Act, 1866,” and of 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 Leases for Gold Mining purposes to the applicants specified in the Schedule hereunder, unless valid objections can be shown against granting such Leases.

Copies of the applications made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Warden’s Office, Coromandel.

Thomas B. Gillies,
Superintendent.

6th November, 1871.

SCHEDULE.

C. W. MELLSOP; 15 years’ lease of 6 acres, quartz reef; bounded on the north by the “French Republic,” “Siege of Paris,” and “Daylight” claims, on the east by unoccupied ground, on the south by “Pride of Tokatea” and “Little Wonder” claims, and on the west by the “Tokatea” and “Bismarck” claims, ground partly held under Miners’ Rights, and known as the “Queen’s Birthday” claim; application received in Warden’s Office, Coromandel, at 1:50 p.m., on the 19th October, 1871.

CHARLES MILLS; 15 years’ lease of 10 acres of quartz mining ground situated on the Tokatea Range, adjoining the “Coromandel” and “Puketutu” Gold Mining Companies’ ground; application received in Warden’s Office, Coromandel, at 11:45 a.m., on the 21st October, 1871.

ALEXANDER D. MACTAVISH, THOS. CLARK, JACOB VANDERSPECK, JOHN LEPSLEY, HUGH O’BRIEN, EDWARD PRATT, and PATRICK FRANCE, applied for by A. D. Mactavish; 15 years’ lease of 15 acres, bounded on the south by the leased ground of the “Coromandel Harp,” and on the north, east and west by unoccupied ground; claim not held under Miners’ Rights; application received in Warden’s Office, Coromandel, at 10:15 a.m., on the 23rd October, 1871.

The Golden Harp Gold Mining Company, Registered, applied for by C. W. Hall; 15 years’ lease of 2½ acres, situated on Kevin’s Hill, and adjoining the “Green Harp” and “Shamrock” leases;



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🏛️ Closure of Provincial Government Offices

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
4 November 1871
Office closure, Prince of Wales, Birthday
  • Joseph May, Deputy-Superintendent

🌾 Intention to Grant Gold Mining Leases

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
6 November 1871
Gold mining, Leases, Coromandel Goldfield
10 names identified
  • C. W. Mellsop, Applicant for 15 years' lease
  • Charles Mills, Applicant for 15 years' lease
  • Alexander D. Mactavish, Applicant for 15 years' lease
  • Thos. Clark, Applicant for 15 years' lease
  • Jacob Vanderspeck, Applicant for 15 years' lease
  • John Lepsley, Applicant for 15 years' lease
  • Hugh O'Brien, Applicant for 15 years' lease
  • Edward Pratt, Applicant for 15 years' lease
  • Patrick France, Applicant for 15 years' lease
  • C. W. Hall, Applicant for 15 years' lease on behalf of The Golden Harp Gold Mining Company

  • Thomas B. Gillies, Superintendent