Drainage Board By-Laws and Claims




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his or their claim any portion or portions of
such said spare or abandoned areas, a weekly
rate of fourpence shall be levied upon, and in
respect of every one hundred square feet of
and included in such said portion or portions
of such said spare or abandoned areas so taken
up and pegged off as aforesaid:

Third—That the first weekly rate of fourpence shall be due and payable, and shall be
paid by the person or persons so taking up
and pegging off such said portion or portions
of such said spare or abandoned areas as
aforesaid to the Clerk of the said Drainage
Board, at the office of the said Drainage
Board, Aylmer Street, Ross, aforesaid, on
the day next after such said portion or portions of such said spare or abandoned areas
shall have been taken up and pegged off as
aforesaid, and that such weekly rate of fourpence shall continue and be payable, and
shall be paid to the person and at the place
aforesaid every succeeding and consecutive
seventh day until the rate hereby imposed,
and this bye-law be revoked or altered or
amended in relation thereto:

Provided always that nothing herein contained shall in any manner restrain the
operation of or in any other way affect the
provisions of a certain bye-law of the said
Drainage Board numbered 6, in relation to
and in respect of such said portion or portions
of such said spare and abandoned areas, but
that such said portion or portions of such said
spare and abandoned areas so taken up and
pegged off as aforesaid, shall be subject to and
included in the provisions thereof in all
respects as the other areas of and in the said
drainage area No. 1, are subject thereto and
included therein:

Provided also that this bye-law shall only
apply to and affect such abandoned areas of
the said drainage area No. 1, as are mentioned
and described in the said schedule hereunder
written, and nothing herein contained shall
be construed as applying to any other area
or areas of the said drainage area No. 1,
or which may from time to time hereafter
be abandoned or relinquished.

The undersigned members of the said
Drainage Board have concurred in making
the foregoing bye-law No. 22.

W. B. ARCHER, Chairman.
W. MONTEITH
COWAN HUNTER
JOHN THOMAS
WILLIAM DOUGLASS.


General Remarks.

98 Areas are comprised in the “Victoria” Drainage Claims within Drainage Area No. 1, placed under the provisions of “The Law No. 29.”

Number Locality West end South East West
1-2 Block Claim 1 January 17
3 2 January 18
4-5 3 January 19
6-8 4 February 14
9 5 February 21
10 6 February 24
11 7 January 4
12-15 8 January 24
16-18 9 August 1866
19-20 10 February 4
21 11 August 24
22 12 January 1870
23 13 January 14
24-25 14 January 1871
26 15 February 23

Description of Abandoned Areas.

Nature of Claim Date of Abandonment Superficial Feet
Fryer & Co. 14 March 1871 4388
Ryan Griffiths 17 January 1871 14388
Monro 24 February 1870 4900
Hyndman 16 January 1871 11545
Powell 10 7000
Morgan 2 January 1868 8054
Doolin 4 August 1869 5045
Green 5098
Cummings 14192
Powell 14192
Nelson 9092
Watson 30296
Dutton 30296
Price of Wales 5 May 1871 78396
Patterson 2 January 1871 17106
McMillan & Co. 3 September 1870 4320

Table of Claims:

Block Claim Nature of Claim Retainable Area Lease Block
1-2 Lease 33.6 A
3-5 14.9
6-7 11.6
8-10 10.6
11 21.0
12-15 7.5
16-18 14.9
19 30.0
20-21 25.2
22 17.7
23 53.0
24-25 15.2


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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Westland Provincial Gazette 1871, No 16





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🌾 Bye-Law No. 22: Reduced Drainage Rates for Abandoned Areas (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
27 June 1871
Drainage Rates, Abandoned Areas, Gold Mining, Ross United Steam Drainage Company
  • W. B. Archer, Chairman of Drainage Board
  • W. Monteith, Member of Drainage Board
  • Cowan Hunter, Member of Drainage Board
  • John Thomas, Member of Drainage Board
  • William Douglass, Member of Drainage Board

  • W. B. Archer, Chairman
  • W. Monteith
  • Cowan Hunter
  • John Thomas
  • William Douglass

🌾 General Remarks on Drainage Claims

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Drainage Claims, Victoria Drainage, Law No. 29

🌾 Description of Abandoned Areas

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Abandoned Areas, Gold Mining, Drainage
15 names identified
  • Fryer, Abandoned claim
  • Ryan Griffiths, Abandoned claim
  • Monro, Abandoned claim
  • Hyndman, Abandoned claim
  • Powell, Abandoned claim
  • Morgan, Abandoned claim
  • Doolin, Abandoned claim
  • Green, Abandoned claim
  • Cummings, Abandoned claim
  • Nelson, Abandoned claim
  • Watson, Abandoned claim
  • Dutton, Abandoned claim
  • Price of Wales, Abandoned claim
  • Patterson, Abandoned claim
  • McMillan, Abandoned claim

🌾 Table of Claims

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Block Claims, Lease Blocks, Retainable Areas