Marlborough Provincial Gazette – 1864 – No. 70

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days, they shall prove, to the satisfaction of the arbitrators, that their absence was unavoidable and occasioned through stress of weather or some like cause, their claim shall be considered still good.

  1. That in all cases of dispute the burthen of proof shall rest with the party or parties that may jump the claim.

  2. In the event of any party possessing a claim behind one having frontage to the water, the front claimants shall allow the party working behind them a passage through their claim to obtain water to wash their stuff with, so long as there is no impediment placed in the way of working the front claim; and in the same manner, the party working the hind claim may be permitted to convey his wash stuff across the front claim for the purpose of washing it, provided always that there are no tailings left to the impediment of the front claim.

  3. All disputes whatever shall be settled by twelve diggers, the majority of whose decision shall be final; and each disputant shall have the privilege of challenging three out of the twelve arbitrators first chosen.

  4. That parties discovering gold on any other river, or tributary of a river, other than the Wakamarina, shall be entitled to a prospecting claim.

  5. Resolved that Cleyne’s party shall be allowed to hold an extra claim, in consideration of their services rendered in developing the field, and that they should be allowed first choice in pegging out their claim.

  6. Unanimously agreed that the foregoing Rules and Regulations shall be observed generally, and that they shall be printed and circulated generally among the diggers, the cost of printing to be defrayed by the Provincial Government of Marlborough.

COMPARATIVE RETURN, showing the amount of Customs Duties collected at the Port of WAIRAU, in the Colony of New Zealand, (according to the several Heads of Revenue undermentioned) for the Quarters ended respectively 31st March, 1864, and 31st March, 1863.

HEADS OF REVENUE. Quarter ended March 31, 1864. Quarter ended March 31, 1863.
Quantity. Duty. Quantity. Duty.
Spirits (gallons) . 519 10-32 £ s. d. 1,054 29-32 474 14 4
Cigars and Snuff (lbs.) ... ... 36 5 8 0
Tobacco (lbs.) 1,014 76 1 0 1,369 102 13 6
Wine (gallons) 73 10 19 0 203 2-6 30 10 0
Ale, Beer, &c., in wood (galls.) 450 11 5 0 300 7 10 0
Ditto in bottle do.. 78 3 18 0 470 23 10 0
Tea (lbs.) 2,298 38 6 0 1,915 31 18 4
Coffee, Cocoa, &c. (lbs.) ... ... ... ...
Sugar (lbs.) 9,800 40 16 8 13,783 57 8 7
Fire Arms 7 1 15 0 ... ...
Gunpowder (lbs.) ... ... ... ...
Goods, by measurement, at 4s. per cubic foot 233 9-12 46 14 3 128 11-12 25 15 8
Goods, by weight, at 3s. per cwt. 17 2 14 2 12 2 13 3 0 2 1 4
TOTALS £ 466 1 2 £ 761 9 9

Custom House, Wairau,
this 6th day of April, 1864.

S. L. MULLER,
Sub-Collector.



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🌾 Rules and Regulations of Wakamarina Goldfield (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Goldfield, Regulations, Mining, Wakamarina
  • Cleyne, Allowed to hold an extra claim

💰 Comparative Return of Customs Duties at Wairau

💰 Finance & Revenue
6 April 1864
Customs Duties, Revenue, Wairau, Quarterly Report
  • S. L. Muller, Sub-Collector