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obtaining that settlement in the way I
considered most reasonable, I shall cheer-
fully embrace the alternative proposed, of
suspending the licence over that portion
of the run required for occupation; and I
have no hesitation in assuring His Excel-
lency that the Provincial Government and
the mining population regard the assurance
conveyed in your letter under reply, as the
best guarantee the latter could possess in
taking leases in pursuance of section III.
of the Gold Field Act, 1860.

I have, &c.,

(Signed) J. RICHARDSON,
Superintendent.

To the Hon. the Colonial Secretary.

His Honor the Superintendent to the
Hon. the Colonial Secretary.

Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 2nd April, 1862.

Sir,—In continuation of my letter of
the 25th ultimo, on the subject of the sus-
pension of the licence over a portion of
Run No. 54, I have the honour to inform
you that the Government have accepted a
proposal of Mr. John Cargill’s, by which
the title to his run is extinguished, and all
claim to compensation adjusted. The sum
demanded and paid is £3,000, about 1s. 6d.
per acre. There now exists no impediment to the immediate settlement of the
mining population on the land in question,
though before I can give a valid title it
may be advisable that the land be declared
into Hundreds, but on this subject I will
address you on a future occasion.

I have, &c.,

(Signed) J. RICHARDSON,
Superintendent.

To the Hon. the Colonial Secretary.

Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 23rd January, 1862.

HIS Honor the SUPERINTENDENT
directs it to be notified that he has
appointed

CHARLES WORTHINGTON, Esquire,
to be a Commissioner at Tuapeka Gold
Fields, and any future extension there-
of, under the “Gold Fields Act, 1858.”

By Order,
JOHN LOGAN,
Clerk to Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 10th February, 1862.

HIS Honor the SUPERINTENDENT
directs it to be notified that he has
appointed

JUSTIN AYLMER, Esquire,
to be a Receiver of all Fees for Miners’
Rights, for Business and other Licences,

and all Fines, Fees, and other Revenue
whatsoever arising out of and accruing from
the Tuapeka Gold Field and any future
extension thereof. And also to take charge
of and safely keep in the chest or safe to
be provided for that purpose all such bags
and parcels of Gold as any of the Miners
or other persons at the said Gold Field may
require to be sent to Dunedin, and deliver
the same to the Commander of the Escort
appointed for the conveyance thereof to
Dunedin.

By Order,
JOHN LOGAN,
Clerk to Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 10th March, 1862.

HIS Honor the SUPERINTENDENT
directs it to be notified that he has
appointed

ABRAHAM QUIXALES HENRIQUES, Esq.,
to be an Assistant to the Receiver of
all Fees for Miners’ Rights, for Business
and other Licences, and all Fines, Fees,
and other Revenue whatsoever arising out
of and accruing from the Tuapeka Gold
Field, and any future extension thereof.
And also to take charge of and safely keep,
in the chest or safe to be provided for that
purpose, all such bags and parcels of Gold
as any of the miners or other persons at
the said Gold Field may require to be sent
to Dunedin, and deliver the same to the
Commander of the Escort appointed for
the conveyance thereof to Dunedin.

By Order,
JOHN LOGAN,
Clerk to Superintendent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 9th March, 1862.

HIS Honor the SUPERINTENDENT
directs it to be notified that he has
appointed

JOHN SMITH HICKSON, Esquire,
to be a Receiver of all Fees for Miners’
Rights, for Business and other Licences,
and all Fines, Fees, and other Revenue
whatsoever arising out of and accruing from
the Tuapeka Gold Field and any future
extension thereof. And also to take charge
of and safely keep in the chest or safe to
be provided for that purpose, all such bags
and parcels of Gold as any of the Miners
or other persons at the said Gold Field
may require to be sent to Dunedin, and
deliver the same to the Commander of the
Escort appointed for the conveyance thereof
to Dunedin.

By Order,
JOHN LOGAN,
Clerk to Superintendent.