New Ulster Gazette – 1852 – No. 28

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✨ Government appointments and land notices



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portion to the whole sum that their land does
to the whole block.

  1. All owners to be free to dig Gold on
    their own land, without payment to Govern-
    ment, but not to permit other persons, whe-
    ther Natives or English, to dig without a
    license.

  2. The Government guarantees protection
    to all classes of persons; in consideration of
    which, a License Fee will be required from all
    diggers not being owners of the land.

  3. The Native owners undertake to assist
    the Government as much as possible by re-
    porting all persons who are found digging
    without a License.

  4. The Government to be at liberty to issue
    Licenses immediately, but the payments to be
    reckoned from the 1st December, 1852; the
    first payment to be made on the 31st March,
    1853, and quarterly afterwards.

  5. The property of the Land to remain
    with the Native owners; and their villages
    and cultivations to be protected as much as
    possible.

  6. If any of the Tribes of the Peninsula
    decline this proposal, their land shall not be
    intruded upon till they consent.

{ Witnesses of the { (Signed) WILLIAM MARTIN,
Signatures { (Signed) THOS. LANFEAR.
within brackets. { (Signed) G. A. NEW ZEALAND,

R. H. WYNARD, Lieut.-Gov.
TE HORETA, x
tohu
KITAHI, x
tohe
HOPEHA PARAONE,
ERUERA TAHURANGI,
TARA,

HETA RIKIWARE, x
tohu
PARAWERA, x
tanu
WIREMU MAIHI MONGONGOHI,
ERUERA NGAHUE,
NGAFUKA HOPEKAU,
HOPEHA ARAMU,
WIREMU PATENE PUHATA,
WIREMU OKA,
WIREMU HOETE,
ARAMA KARAKA,
TE KENE,
RAWIRI TAKURAU,
IRIA TAROKU,
WIREMU KEPA,
ONE MATUA,
tonu
WIREMU KINGI, x
tahu

Coromandel Harbour,
19th November, 1853.

TAURUA, x
tohu
PITA,
TA NUI,
HAUAURU x
tohu
RANGIHORO, x
tohu
MEREANA, x
tohu
WIREMU HOPIHANA,
HERA,
tona
HOHUA, x
tohu
HOANI, x
tona
IHARAIRA x
tohu
WETERE x
tohu
RANGI KAUWAU, x
tohu
ANARUA x
tohu
RUTUHAU x
tohu

Witness to { (Signed) JOHN G. JOHNSON,
Marks and { Interpreter.
Signatures. }

Coromandel Harbour,
20th November, 1852.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Auckland,
26th November, 1852.

HIS Excellency the LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR
has been pleased to appoint

CHARLES HEAPHY, Esq.

provisionally to be Commissioner of the Coro-
mandel Gold Field.

By His Excellency's command,
ANDREW SINCLAIR,
Colonial Secretary.

Commissioner of Crown Lands' Office,
Auckland, Nov. 22nd, 1852.

ALL Occupants of Land under Crown
Grants, or in the case of Pensioners,
Natives, or Half-Castes, by permission of the
Crown, within the limits of Proclaimed Hun-
dreds, who are desirous of depasturing Stock
upon the Crown Lands in such Hundreds,
during the ensuing year, 1853, will be re-
quired to take out Depasturing Licenses on or
before the first day of January next.



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🪶 Agreement between the Government and Native Tribes for management of the Thames Gold Field (continued from previous page)

🪶 Māori Affairs
Gold field, Thames, Native tribes, Agreement, Coromandel Harbour
39 names identified
  • William Martin, Witness to signatures
  • Thos. Lanfear, Witness to signatures
  • G. A. New Zealand, Witness to signatures
  • Te Horeta, Signatory to agreement
  • Kitahi, Signatory to agreement
  • Hopeha Paraone, Signatory to agreement
  • Eruera Tahurangi, Signatory to agreement
  • Tara, Signatory to agreement
  • Heta Rikiware, Signatory to agreement
  • Parawera, Signatory to agreement
  • Wiremu Maihi Mongongohi, Signatory to agreement
  • Eruera Ngahue, Signatory to agreement
  • Ngafuka Hopekau, Signatory to agreement
  • Hopeha Aramu, Signatory to agreement
  • Wiremu Patene Puhata, Signatory to agreement
  • Wiremu Oka, Signatory to agreement
  • Wiremu Hoete, Signatory to agreement
  • Arama Karaka, Signatory to agreement
  • Te Kene, Signatory to agreement
  • Rawiri Takurau, Signatory to agreement
  • Iria Taroku, Signatory to agreement
  • Wiremu Kepa, Signatory to agreement
  • One Matua, Signatory to agreement
  • Wiremu Kingi, Signatory to agreement
  • Taurua, Signatory to agreement
  • Pita, Signatory to agreement
  • Ta Nui, Signatory to agreement
  • Hauauru, Signatory to agreement
  • Rangihoro, Signatory to agreement
  • Mereana, Signatory to agreement
  • Wiremu Hopihana, Signatory to agreement
  • Hera, Signatory to agreement
  • Hohua, Signatory to agreement
  • Hoani, Signatory to agreement
  • Iharaira, Signatory to agreement
  • Wetere, Signatory to agreement
  • Rangi Kauwau, Signatory to agreement
  • Anarua, Signatory to agreement
  • Rutuhau, Signatory to agreement

  • R. H. Wynard, Lieut.-Gov.
  • John G. Johnson, Interpreter

🏛️ Appointment of Commissioner of the Coromandel Gold Field

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
26 November 1852
Appointment, Commissioner, Coromandel Gold Field
  • Charles Heaphy (Esquire), Appointed Commissioner of the Coromandel Gold Field

  • Andrew Sinclair, Colonial Secretary

🗺️ Notice regarding Depasturing Licenses for Crown Lands

🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey
22 November 1852
Depasturing Licenses, Crown Lands, Stock, Occupants, Auckland