Gold Mining Leases and Provincial Notices




PUBLIC NOTIFICATION

In conformity to the 29th Section of the “Gold Fields Act 1866,” and to the Regulations made under that Act and the “Gold Fields Acts Amendment Acts 1867, 1868, and 1869,” for the granting of leases for gold mining purposes within the Province of Otago, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease for gold mining purposes of Crown Lands to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against granting such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Warden, at Queenstown, on or before the 18th day of March.

Copy of the application made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Warden’s Office at Queenstown.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent.

Schedule

John Edgar, the Star Tunnelling Co., 8 acres of land of Dunstan’s Terrace, left branch of Skippers.


PUBLIC NOTIFICATION

In conformity to the 29th Section of the “Gold Fields Act 1866,” and to the Regulations made under that Act and the “Gold Fields Acts Amendment Acts 1867, 1868, and 1869,” for the granting of leases for gold mining purposes within the Province of Otago, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease for gold mining purposes of Crown Lands to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against granting such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Warden, at Queenstown, on or before the 18th day of March.

Copy of the application made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Warden’s Office at Queenstown.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent.

Schedule

Thomas Francis Rookhrig and Michael John Malaghan, “Hercules Quartz Mining Company,” 200 yards of land Upper Shotover.


PUBLIC NOTIFICATION

In conformity to the 29th Section of the “Gold Fields Act 1866,” and to the Regulations made under that Act and the Gold Fields Acts Amendment Acts of 1867, 1868, and 1869, for the granting of leases for gold mining purposes within the Province of Otago, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease for gold mining purposes of Crown Lands to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against granting such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Warden, at Queenstown, on or before the 18th day of March.

Copy of the application made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Warden’s Office at Queenstown.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this fourth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent.

Schedule

Charles McGregor, Woodlark Buck Gold Mining Company, 5 acres of land on Graveyard Terrace, Skipper’s Point.


NOTICE

“Provincial Compulsory Land Taking Act 1866.”

NOTICE is hereby given, that it is intended to introduce a Bill into the Provincial Council of the Province of Otago, at its next session, authorising the Superintendent of the Province of Otago to take compulsorily, for the purpose of completing a road in the Kuriototo Road District, a portion of section numbered four (4), block twenty-seven (XXVII), on the map of the Waihola Survey District.

And notice is hereby further given, that a copy of the Bill so intended to be introduced as aforesaid may be inspected at the office of the Clerk of the said Provincial Council on and after the thirty-first day of March now instant.

Dated this first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy.

B. C. HAGGITT,
Provincial Solicitor, Otago.


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

Edward Hulme, Esquire, M.D.,
William Augustus Yates, Esquire, M.D.,
Robert Burns, Esquire, L.R.C.S.Ed., and
Edward William Alexander, Esquire, M.R.C.S.,

to be a Board for the purposes of examining persons in the service of the Provincial Government who desire to retire from the service in consequence of ill health and seek to be allowed retiring allowance.

D. RENN,
Provincial Secretary.

2nd March, 1870.


PUBLIC NOTICE

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that the provisions contained in Clause 22 of the General Conditions of Contract, have been rescinded, and the Government will not be responsible for payment of Wages due by Contractors to their Workmen on Contracts let after this date.

D. RENN,
Secretary for Land and Works.

Government Offices,
Dunedin, 5th March, 1870.



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🌾 Public Notification of Intention to Grant a Gold Mining Lease

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
4 March 1870
Gold Mining, Lease, Crown Lands, Otago, Queenstown
  • John Edgar, Applicant for gold mining lease

  • J. MacAndrew, Superintendent

🌾 Public Notification of Intention to Grant a Gold Mining Lease

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
4 March 1870
Gold Mining, Lease, Crown Lands, Otago, Queenstown
  • Thomas Francis Rookhrig, Applicant for gold mining lease
  • Michael John Malaghan, Applicant for gold mining lease

  • J. MacAndrew, Superintendent

🌾 Public Notification of Intention to Grant a Gold Mining Lease

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
4 March 1870
Gold Mining, Lease, Crown Lands, Otago, Queenstown
  • Charles McGregor, Applicant for gold mining lease

  • J. MacAndrew, Superintendent

🏛️ Notice of Intention to Introduce a Bill for Compulsory Land Taking

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
1 March 1870
Land Taking, Road Construction, Kuriototo Road District, Waihola Survey District
  • B. C. Haggitt, Provincial Solicitor, Otago

🏥 Appointment of Board for Medical Examination of Provincial Government Employees

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
2 March 1870
Medical Examination, Retiring Allowance, Provincial Government
  • Edward Hulme (Esquire, M.D.), Appointed to medical examination board
  • William Augustus Yates (Esquire, M.D.), Appointed to medical examination board
  • Robert Burns (Esquire, L.R.C.S.Ed.), Appointed to medical examination board
  • Edward William Alexander (Esquire, M.R.C.S.), Appointed to medical examination board

  • D. Renn, Provincial Secretary

🏛️ Rescission of Clause 22 of General Conditions of Contract

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
5 March 1870
Contract Conditions, Wages, Contractors, Workmen
  • D. Renn, Secretary for Land and Works