Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1873 – No. 14

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✨ Gold Mining District Regulations

Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

VOL. XXII.] FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1873. [No. 14.

Regulations under "The Gold Mining Districts Act, 1871," for the Hauraki Gold Mining District.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of February, 1873.

Present:
His Excellency THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Gold Mining Districts Act, 1871," it is, among other things, enacted that no rule or regulation made under the said Act shall become or have the effect of law until the same shall have been approved by the Governor in Council as therein mentioned: And whereas, by virtue of the powers delegated to Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, Esquire, the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, by the Governor in Council, under his hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, under the said Act, the said Thomas Bannatyne Gillies hath made the Rules and Regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto for the Hauraki Gold Mining District, within the said Province:

Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Ferguson Bowen, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the provisions of the said Act, in exercise of every power and authority enabling him in that behalf, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Colony, doth hereby approve of the said Rules and Regulations so made by the said Thomas Bannatyne Gillies as aforesaid, for the said Hauraki Gold Mining District.

SCHEDULE.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

By Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland.

By virtue of the powers to me delegated by the Governor in Council, under his hand and the Public Seal of the Colony, under "The Gold Mining Districts Act, 1871," I do hereby make the following Additional Regulations for the Hauraki Gold Mining District, within the Province of Auckland.

Given under my hand, at Auckland, this third day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-three.

Thomas B. Gillies,
Superintendent.

Additional Regulations.

The Mining Inspector shall visit and inspect all steam engines, steam boilers, and other machinery used in mining operations in the Hauraki Gold Mining District, and may give instructions for the safer working of the same; he may also visit any mine and other workings, and give instructions for the safer working of the same. Any person neglecting or refusing to obey such instructions shall be liable to forfeit and pay a sum not exceeding ten pounds for each and every day he shall so neglect or refuse to obey such instructions.
Any person who shall remove or injure the covering or enclosure of any closed up or dangerous shaft or workings, without permission in writing from...

VUW Te Waharoa — Auckland Provincial Gazette 1873, No 14

After Parliament moved to Wellington in 1865, the Auckland Provincial Council sat in General Assembly House (depicted).

It was nicknamed the 'Shedifice' as it was large and drafty, with a leaking roof. First premier Henry Sewell described it as 'a great wooden barnshaped affair, which might serve for a Hospital, a Jail, or a Barrack'.

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🌾 Approval of Gold Mining Regulations for Hauraki District

Domain🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Dated27 February 1873
KeywordsGold Mining, Regulations, Hauraki District, Approval
👱🏽 Names

George Ferguson Bowen (Governor), Approved the regulations
Thomas Bannatyne Gillies (Superintendent), Made the regulations

👩‍💼 Officials

G. F. Bowen, Governor
Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland

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