✨ Gold-mining lease applications
Superintendent's Office,
Nelson, 14th December, 1868.
IN conformity with the provisions of the Gold-mining Lease Regulations, published in the New Zealand Gazette, No. 15, of 1866, it is hereby notified that it is intended to GRANT LEASES for Gold-mining purposes within the district of the Nelson South-west Gold-fields, specified in the following applications:—
| Name and Address in full of Applicants. | Style under which it is intended to conduct the Business. | Extent of Land applied for. | Minimum Number of Men to be employed by the Lessee. | Amount of Capital proposed to be invested. | Proposed mode of Working the Land. | Precise Locality | Term for which Lease required. | Time of Commencing Operations. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duncan M'Claren, Charleston. | Cosmopolitan Cement Crushing and Water Company Registered, (Limited) | A. R. P. 10 0 0 | For the first month, five men, Subsequent, when in full work, six men. | £ 3,500 | Crushing Machinery. | Back Lead, Dárkies' Terrace Charleston. | Four years. | Immediately upon granting of Lease. |
| William Morris, Charleston. | Nile Cement Crushing Company, (Limited) | 5 0 0 | For the first month fourteen men. Subsequent, when in full work, fourteen men. | 3,000 | Water-wheel Crushing Machine. | Darkies' Terrace, Charleston. | Fifteen years. | Immediately upon granting of Lease. |
OSWALD CURTIS,
Superintendent.
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Nelson Provincial Gazette 1868, No 60
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🌾 Intention to grant gold-mining leases in the Nelson South-west Gold-fields
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources14 December 1868
Gold-mining, Lease application, Nelson South-west Gold-fields, Charleston, Mining regulations
- Duncan M'Claren, Applicant for gold-mining lease
- William Morris, Applicant for gold-mining lease
- Oswald Curtis, Superintendent