✨ Land and Mining Notices
NEW ZEALAND
OTAGO
PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
Vol. XV. DUNEDIN, WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 1871. No. 730.
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 19th day of May.
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 twenty-seventh day of April, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.
J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent.
SCHEDULE.
Charles Morgan and others, Golden Gate Quartz Mining Company, for 10 acres of land at Sawyers’ Gully, Skippers’ Point.
THE following Town Sections will be sold by auction at the Land Office, Invercargill, at 12 o’clock noon, on Monday, the 24th day of May next:—
Section 14, Block III, Winton
“ 21, „ IV, Winton
“ 4, „ I, Gore
J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent.
Superintendent’s Office Dunedin.
Land and Works Office,
Dunedin, 2nd May, 1871.
NOTICE is hereby given, that the Mining Lease prepared in favor of Henry Brooks, for Section 2, Block VII, Skipper’s Creek District, has been cancelled; and the land in question is now open for occupation by holders of Miners’ Rights.
C. E. HAUGHTON,
Secretary for Land and Works.
THE Names of
Mr CHARLES DANVERS PRICE and
Mr ROBERT HAY
have been added to the List of authorised Surveyors.
C. E. HAUGHTON,
Secretary for Land and Works.
May 1, 1871.
FREE GRANTS OF LAND FOR PLANTATION.
THE Provincial Government is prepared to receive applications from parties desirous of taking up land for the purpose of planting forest trees.
Each applicant will be allowed to take up an area of land not exceeding 250 acres, to be selected in any part of the Province: Provided that, if within Gold Fields, the Warden of the district will be required to report, and should the application be granted, it will be subject to the provisions of the Agricultural Lease Regulations, as to entry to mine, or prospect for gold.
Any person whose application is accepted will be required, during the first year, to fence in the whole of the area granted to him, and to plant with blue gum, or other approved forest trees one-fifth of the area during each of the second, third, fourth, and fifth years. The remaining fifth may be used for cultivation, at the option of the occupant.
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Otago Provincial Gazette 1871, No 730
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🗺️ Intention to Grant Gold Mining Lease
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey27 April 1871
Gold mining lease, Crown Lands, Golden Gate Quartz Mining Company, Sawyers’ Gully, Skippers’ Point
- Charles Morgan, Applicant for gold mining lease
- J. Macandrew, Superintendent
🗺️ Sale of Town Sections by Auction
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & SurveyLand auction, Town Sections, Winton, Gore, Invercargill
- J. Macandrew, Superintendent
🗺️ Cancellation of Mining Lease
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey2 May 1871
Mining lease cancellation, Skipper’s Creek District, Miners’ Rights
- Henry Brooks, Holder of cancelled mining lease
- C. E. Haughton, Secretary for Land and Works
🗺️ Addition to List of Authorised Surveyors
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & Survey1 May 1871
Surveyors, Authorised Surveyors, Dunedin
- Charles Danvers Price (Mr), Added to list of authorised surveyors
- Robert Hay (Mr), Added to list of authorised surveyors
- C. E. Haughton, Secretary for Land and Works
🗺️ Free Grants of Land for Plantation
🗺️ Lands, Settlement & SurveyLand grants, Forest trees, Agricultural Lease Regulations, Gold Fields, Blue gum