Mining Leases and Provincial Notifications




48 AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

ling through abandoned ground; application received in Warden’s Office, Grahamstown, at
11 a.m., 7th March, 1871. R.B. 831.

THOMAS HUNTER and JOHN DOUGLAS PARTRIDGE; applied for by Arthur Lewin; 15 years’ lease
of 10 acres, auriferous ground, bounded on the one side (west) by “California” and “Cock-a-doodle” Claims, and South and East by spare ground, Tararu Block; known as the “Shanghai Rooster,” “Cock-a-doodle Don’t,” and “City of Boston” Claims; held under Miners’ Rights;

application received in Warden’s Office, Grahamstown, at 11.10 a.m., 7th March, 1871.
R.B. 832.

THE (MOANATALIARI) UNION GOLD MINING COMPANY,
Registered, Moanataiari Creek, applied for by R. McDonald Scott; 15 years’ lease of about 9 men’s ground, quartz, peg and peg with “Point Russell” Lease, “Dauntless and Sink to Rise” Gold Mining Company’s Lease, and “Golden Age” Lease, Karaka Block; known as the “Union” and “Welcome Guest” Claims; held under Miners’ Rights; application received in Warden’s Office, Grahamstown, at 11 a.m., 16th March, 1871. R.B. 833.

NOLAN’S CANDLELIGHT No. 1 GOLD MINING COMPANY,
Registered, applied for by William Rowe; 15 years’ lease of 7 acres, more or less, quartz mining; situate on the spur between the Waitaiahi and the Karaka Creeks, Karaka Block; known as “Nolan’s Candlelight No. 1 and No. 2” Claims, “Golden Stag” and “Starlight” Claims, and spare ground adjoining; application received in Warden’s Office, Grahamstown, at 12.15 p.m., 16th March, 1871. R.B. 834.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 25th March, 1871.

IT is hereby notified that the Application for a Mining Lease set forth in the Schedule hereunder has been withdrawn, and that the land therein mentioned, in so far as not otherwise legally occupied, is now open for occupation.
Plan may be seen at the Engineer’s Office, Grahamstown.

Thomas B. Gillies,
Superintendent.

SCHEDULE.

FRANCIS CADELL, DANIEL JOSEPH O’KEEFFE, MICHAEL HANNAFORD, CHARLES DAVIDSON, FREDRICK GERARD ARMSTRONG, MICHAEL FOGARTY, FREDERICK SIMONDS, and ERNEST LAWSON; 15 years’ lease of 10 acres 2 roods and 15 perches; bounded by the Waipaukuha Creek, and known as the “Clyde” Claim, Tapu; lease dated 30th November, 1869.

CHRISTIAN HENRY WICK; 15 years’ lease of 16 acres, quartz reef, bounded on the South by the ground applied for by Sorenson for “Scandinavian,” on all other sides by unoccupied ground, Tararu Block; known as the “Woodpecker” Claim; application (R.B. 821) dated 9th February 1871; withdrawn 7th March, 1871.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 25th March, 1871.

IT is hereby notified that

MR. ALFRED GEORGE HOWARD

has been appointed Inspector of Slaughter-houses for the Auckland District under “The Slaughter-house Act, 1866,” from the 1st April, proximo, in the place of Mr. Richard Carter, superseded.

Thomas B. Gillies,
Superintendent.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

By THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES, Esquire,
Superintendent of the Province of Auckland.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in me by clause 49 of “The Highways Act, 1871,” I do hereby appoint

JAMES CHRISTIE,
A. P. RATCLIFFE,
JOHN BEGB,
JAMES SHEPHERD, Senior, and
S. E. SHEPHERD,

to be Highway Trustees of the WANGAROA NORTH District Board for the remainder of the current Highway year.

Given under my hand at Auckland, this thirteenth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

Thomas B. Gillies,
Superintendent.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 22nd March, 1871.

IT is hereby notified that the Chairman of the First Meeting of the Ratepayers of the MANAIA Highway District has reported in writing to the Superintendent the names of the after-named persons, duly elected as Members of the District Board:

Mr. Roderick Fraser,
Mr. Charles Robinson,
Mr. George McLeod, Senr.,
Mr. John McDonald, Senr.,
Mr. Donald McGregor, Junr.

John Sheehan,
For the Provincial Secretary.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 24th March, 1871.

HEREBY notify that the several Chairmen of the after-named District Boards, under “The Highways Act, 1871,” have reported in writing to the Superintendent the names of the undermentioned persons, duly appointed Members of those Boards respectively:



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🌾 Public notification for gold mining leases (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
25 March 1871
Gold mining, Lease applications, Hauraki Goldfield, Grahamstown
  • Thomas Hunter, Applied for mining lease
  • John Douglas Partridge, Applied for mining lease
  • Arthur Lewin, Applicant for mining lease
  • R. McDonald Scott, Applied for mining lease
  • William Rowe, Applied for mining lease

🌾 Withdrawal of mining lease applications

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
25 March 1871
Mining lease withdrawal, Tararu Block, Grahamstown
9 names identified
  • Francis Cadell, Withdrawn lease application
  • Daniel Joseph O'Keefe, Withdrawn lease application
  • Michael Hannaford, Withdrawn lease application
  • Charles Davidson, Withdrawn lease application
  • Frederick Gerard Armstrong, Withdrawn lease application
  • Michael Fogarty, Withdrawn lease application
  • Frederick Simonds, Withdrawn lease application
  • Ernest Lawson, Withdrawn lease application
  • Christian Henry Wick, Withdrawn lease application

  • Thomas B. Gillies, Superintendent

🏥 Appointment of Inspector of Slaughter-houses

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
25 March 1871
Slaughter-house, Inspector, Auckland District
  • Alfred George Howard (Mr), Appointed Inspector of Slaughter-houses
  • Richard Carter (Mr), Superseded as Inspector of Slaughter-houses

  • Thomas B. Gillies, Superintendent

🏗️ Appointment of Highway Trustees

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
13 March 1871
Highway Trustees, Wangaroa North District Board
  • James Christie, Appointed Highway Trustee
  • A. P. Ratcliffe, Appointed Highway Trustee
  • John Begb, Appointed Highway Trustee
  • James Shepherd (Senior), Appointed Highway Trustee
  • S. E. Shepherd, Appointed Highway Trustee

  • Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, Esquire, Superintendent

🏗️ Election of Highway District Board Members

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
22 March 1871
Highway District Board, Mania, Members
  • Roderick Fraser (Mr), Elected Member of District Board
  • Charles Robinson (Mr), Elected Member of District Board
  • George McLeod (Mr), Elected Member of District Board
  • John McDonald (Mr), Elected Member of District Board
  • Donald McGregor (Mr), Elected Member of District Board

  • John Sheehan, For the Provincial Secretary

🏗️ Appointment of District Board Members

🏗️ Infrastructure & Public Works
24 March 1871
District Boards, Members, Highways Act
  • Thomas B. Gillies, Superintendent