Railway Costs and Mining Privileges




Dec. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2949

ESTIMATED COST of CONSTRUCTION of RAILWAYS, ROLLING-STOCK, ETC., to 31st March, 1921, as furnished by Public Works Department and by Greymouth and Westport Harbour Boards respectively.

Section. Cost of Opened Lines. Cost of Unopened Lines.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Whangarei .. .. .. .. .. .. 857,352 0 0 423,954 0 0
Kaihu .. .. .. .. .. .. 100,159 0 0 57,919 0 0
Tauranga .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 629,096 0 0
Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. .. 686,087 0 0 293,075 0 0
North Island Main Lines and Branches .. .. .. 16,691,573 0 0 1,337,478 0 0
South Island Main Lines and Branches .. .. .. 14,774,620 0 0 234,134 0 0
Westland .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,196,316 0 0 920,002 0 0
Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. 606,581 0 0 95,876 0 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 444,934 0 0 45,959 0 0
Picton .. .. .. .. .. .. 683,136 0 0 19,338 0 0
Lake Wakatipu Steamer Service .. .. .. 43,708 0 0 ..
In Suspense—
Surveys, North Island .. .. .. . 35,927 0 0
Miscellaneous, North Island .. .. .. . 5,169 0 0
Surveys, South Island .. .. .. . 5,752 0 0
Miscellaneous, South Island .. .. .. . 5,168 0 0
P.W.D. Stock of Permanent-way .. .. .. . 81,400 0 0
W.R.D. Stock of A.O.L. and R.I.A. Stores .. .. .. 150,788 0 0
Totals .. .. £37,235,254 0 0 £4,190,242 0 0

H. WILLIAMS,
Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways.

Railways Department, 12th December, 1921.

Mining Privileges struck off the Registers.—Notice under the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

Warden’s Court, Queenstown, 8th December, 1921.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no cause to the contrary having been shown within the prescribed three months, each of the mining privileges mentioned in the Schedule hereunder have this day been struck off the Registers kept by me, in pursuance of section 30, subsection (4), of the Mining Amendment Act, 1914.

C. O. PRATT, Mining Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

No. Date. Nature of Privilege. Situation. Registered Holder.
Queenstown Register.
588 2/3/1903 Water-race .. .. McLeod’s Creek, Skipper’s Patrick T. Lynch.
874 29/3/1906 ,, .. .. Pleasant Creek .. .. Egbert Sainsbury, jun.
955 29/11/1906 ,, .. .. Healy’s Creek .. .. Alfred Emmanuel Smith and James Ernest Smith.
1475 24/10/1912 ,, .. .. Muddy Creek .. .. Ditto.
1701 25/5/1916 ,, .. .. ,, .. .. ,,
987 25/4/1907 ,, .. .. Lake Dispute .. .. Matthew Seffer.
997 30/5/1907 ,, .. .. Nine-mile Creek .. .. George Reid.
1191 29/4/1909 ,, .. .. Hood’s Gully .. .. Louisa R. Smith.
1432 28/3/1912 ,, .. .. Spring at Slip Country, Arthur’s Point John Clark.
1529 26/6/1913 ,, .. .. Dam on Waterfall Terrace The Sandhills Gold-mining Company (Limited).
1742 7/5/1887 ,, .. .. McLeod’s Creek .. .. Patrick T. Lynch.
1780 9/3/1918 ,, .. .. Invincible Creek, Richardson Range James A. Sligo.
1251 25/11/1909 ,, .. .. Junction Creek, Glenorchy John Thomas William Paulin.
1385 29/6/1911 ,, .. .. Precipice Creek .. .. Henry Scott.
539 6/10/1902 ,, .. .. Miller’s Gully .. .. Gilchrist McNay.
1842 11/3/1919 Ordinary alluvial claim Skipper’s Point .. .. ,,
Arrowtown Register.
1112 27/11/1871 Water-race .. .. Cardrona River .. .. Cardrona Dredging Company (Limited).
863 17/12/1907 ,, .. .. Callaghan’s Creek .. .. James Archibald ” Sligo and Frederick William Sligo.
457 28/10/1902 ,, .. .. Silverstream, Macetown .. .. Ditto.
768 24/7/1906 ,, .. .. Sawyer’s Gully .. .. ,,
769 24/7/1906 ,, .. .. ,, .. .. Edward Bailey.
1219 3/12/1907 ,, .. .. Bush Creek .. .. William George Walter Barnard.
1227 11/2/1918 ,, .. .. Twelve-mile Creek .. .. ,,
815 26/3/1907 ,, .. .. Scanlon’s Gully .. .. James Cowan and David Wilcock.
975 26/10/1909 ,, .. .. Franks Gully .. .. William Reid, William Reid the younger, and Charles Ross.
720 27/2/1906 ,, .. .. Soho Gully .. .. Ditto.
1001 25/1/1910 ,, .. .. Lakes No. 1 Gully .. .. ,,
1083 21/11/1911 ,, .. .. Soho Gully .. .. Walter Little.
2949 27/2/1872 ,, .. .. Branch Creek, Cardrona .. .. ,,
5549 26/7/1874 ,, .. .. Meg Creek .. .. William Perriam.
1016 25/5/1910 ,, .. .. Spring near Nevis Bluff .. .. Maxwell Winders and Walter McLaren.
1152 30/10/1914 ,, .. .. White’s Creek .. .. John Albert Nikander.
1248 12/8/1919 Tail-race .. .. Twelve-mile Creek, Macetown


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🚂 Estimated Cost of Construction of Railways and Rolling-Stock

🚂 Transport & Communications
12 December 1921
Railways, Construction Costs, Rolling-Stock, Public Works Department
  • H. Williams, Chief Accountant, New Zealand Railways

🌾 Mining Privileges Struck Off the Registers

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
8 December 1921
Mining Privileges, Registers, Queenstown, Arrowtown, Water-race, Alluvial Claim
25 names identified
  • Patrick T. Lynch, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Egbert Sainsbury (junior), Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Alfred Emmanuel Smith, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • James Ernest Smith, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Matthew Seffer, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • George Reid, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Louisa R. Smith, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • John Clark, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • James A. Sligo, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • John Thomas William Paulin, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Henry Scott, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Gilchrist McNay, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • James Archibald Sligo, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Frederick William Sligo, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Edward Bailey, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • William George Walter Barnard, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • James Cowan, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • David Wilcock, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • William Reid, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • William Reid (the younger), Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Charles Ross, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Walter Little, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Maxwell Winders, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • Walter McLaren, Registered holder of mining privilege
  • John Albert Nikander, Registered holder of mining privilege

  • C. O. Pratt, Mining Registrar