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NEW ZEALAND
GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
(PROVINCE OF NEW MUNSTER.)
Published by Authority.
All Public Notifications which appear in this Gazette, with any Official Signature hereunto annexed, are to be considered as Official Communications made to those persons to whom they may relate, and are to be obeyed accordingly.
By His Excellency's Command,
ALFRED DOMETT, Colonial Secretary.
VOL. V.] WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1852. [No. 27.
Civil Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 15th November, 1852.
HIS EXCELLENCY the Governor-in-Chief has been pleased to direct the publication, for general information, of the following extracts from a Despatch of His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor of New Ulster respecting the discovery of Gold in the neighbourhood of Coromandel Harbor.
By His Excellency's command,
ALFRED DOMETT,
Civil Secretary.
(No. 122.)
Auckland,
October 30th, 1852.
SIR,
"Having visited Coromandel Harbor agreeably to the arrangements communicated in the concluding part of my Despatch of the 25th instant, No. 121, respecting the discovery of Gold in that neighbourhood, I have now the honour to acquaint your Excellency that I sailed from hence in the Border Maid on the 27th, accompanied by the following gentlemen—Major Nugent, Native Secretary; Mr. Johnson, Interpreter; Mr. Wood, Deputy Surveyor General; Mr. Heapy, Draftsman and Assistant; Lieutenant Wynyard, A. D. C.; Mr. Forsaith, on the part of the Provincial Council—in order to meet any emergency that might possibly arise, should the discovery prove an available field, or the natives in any way excited."
"Having anchored the same evening at my destination, I proceeded the following morning to the creek where the Gold exists, and having remained for some hours on the spot, I can report from personal observation, that, as yet, the ore can only be obtained in very small particles, although in every place some was assuredly found—quite sufficient indication, however, to warrant a conclusion that ere long (as in New South Wales) larger quantities may reward the digger, and hasten to advance the prosperity of the Province."
"Before leaving Coromandel I visited the native settlement, and ascertained that no opposition whatever would be
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New Munster Gazette 1852, No 27
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🌾 Publication of report on the discovery of gold at Coromandel Harbour
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources15 November 1852
Gold, Coromandel Harbour, Mining, Exploration, New Ulster
6 names identified
- Nugent (Major), Accompanying the Lieutenant-Governor to Coromandel
- Johnson (Mr.), Accompanying the Lieutenant-Governor to Coromandel
- Wood (Mr.), Accompanying the Lieutenant-Governor to Coromandel
- Heapy (Mr.), Accompanying the Lieutenant-Governor to Coromandel
- Wynyard (Lieutenant), Accompanying the Lieutenant-Governor to Coromandel
- Forsaith (Mr.), Accompanying the Lieutenant-Governor to Coromandel
- Alfred Domett, Civil Secretary
- Lieutenant-Governor of New Ulster