Gold Mining District Proclamations




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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1880.

Boundaries of Hauraki Gold-Mining District
enlarged.

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS by the eighth section of "The Gold-
Mining Districts Act, 1873," it is, among
other things, enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor from time to time, by Proclamation in the
General Government Gazette, to enlarge, contract, or
otherwise alter the boundaries of gold-mining dis-
tricts constituted under the said Act:

And whereas it is, among other things, further
enacted by the one hundred and eighty-seventh sec-
tion of the said Act that every district constituted
under "The Gold-Mining Districts Act, 1871," shall
be deemed to be a district constituted under the now
reciting Act:

And whereas under the provisions of the said
"Gold-Mining Districts Act, 1871," a certain district
within the Province of Auckland has been proclaimed
a gold-mining district under that Act, and designated
by the name of "The Hauraki Gold-Mining Dis-
trict," and the boundaries of such district have from
time to time been enlarged and contracted under the
authority of the said Acts:

And whereas it is expedient to enlarge the
boundaries of the said district as at present con-
stituted:

Now, therefore, I, Sir Hercules George Robert
Robinson, the Governor of the Colony of New Zea-
land, in pursuance and exercise of every power and
authority enabling me in this behalf, do hereby pro-
claim and declare that the boundaries of the said
Hauraki Gold-Mining District are hereby enlarged
and otherwise altered so as to include therein the
land mentioned and described in the Schedule
hereto.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land situate in the Hauraki Gold-
Mining District, commencing at a point on the
Karaka Creek, bearing 170°, 325 links, from its
junction with the Alabama Creek; thence by a line
bearing 293° 25', 15470 links, to the junction of the
Tararu and Missouri Creeks; thence northerly by
the Tararu Creek to a point on said creek situated
198° 14', 1275 links, from its junction with the Ohio
Creek; thence by a line bearing 113° 25', 14465
links, to the Karaka Creek, being a point 40° 20′
270 links, from its junction with the Lucky Hit
Creek; thence southerly by the Karaka Creek to
point of commencement: all bearings being mag-
netic.

Given under the hand of His Excellency
Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distin-
guished Order of Saint Michael and Saint
George, Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies,
and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twentieth day of January, in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eighty.

R. OLIVER.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land at Waitekauri exempted from Occupation under
"The Gold-Mining Districts Act, 1873."

(L.S.) HERCULES ROBINSON, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and
authorities vested in me by "The Gold-Mining
Districts Act, 1873," and "The Gold-Mining Dis-
tricts Act Amendment Act, 1875," I, Hercules
George Robert Robinson, the Governor of the
Colony of New Zealand, do hereby proclaim and
declare that the parcel of land described in the
Schedule hereto, being required for public uses
(educational purposes), is hereby exempted from
occupation for mining purposes, or for water-races,
dams, or reservoirs, or for machine, business, or
residence sites.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land within the Hauraki Gold
Mining District, situated at Waitekauri, Ohine-
muri; bounded-Southerly by lower or self-acting
grade of Waitekauri Tramway right, being 33 feet
from centre of said tramway, and by Hatton's resi-
dence site; Westerly by Hatton's residence site, and



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🗺️ Enlargement of Hauraki Gold-Mining District Boundaries

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20 January 1880
Proclamation, Gold-Mining District, Hauraki, Boundaries, Enlargement, Land description, Schedule
  • Sir Hercules George Robert Robinson, Governor
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Proclamation, Waitekauri, Exemption, Mining purposes, Educational purposes, Land boundaries
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