ROTORUA PROSPECTING ASSOCIATION.

Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 4, Issue 192, 5 August 1896, Page 2

ROTORUA PROSPECTING ASSOCIATION.

A meeting of the Prospecting Association took place in the Grand Hotel on Friday night Mr Brent in tlio chair. There was a large attendance, including several influential natrresfroni Horohoro. It was' annonnced that the number of shares at, which it had been proposed to close the Est had been applied for. The-natives present, through Mr Dansey, stated that some of them had already joined the Association and would do everything in their power to assist it. As far as Horohoro was concerned it had been proved that gold existed there both in the reef and in alluvial. A European had been out at' their village a month or two ago. He was experienced in geology and came from the- Thames School of Mines. He had taken specimens from the reef and promised to lot them know the result. They had been annoyed by other pakehas coming"on their land and ignoring them. Holes were sunk and left open for their cattle to fall into. They looked to a properly organised association stopping this sort of thing and going to work to systematically develop the place. The terms on which they would agree to the Association prospecting on their land could be easily arranged. If the Association selected prospectors and sent them out they would receive- every assistance . After some further discussion Mr Dansey was elected treasurer and Mr Williams secretary, and it was decided to hold a meeting of members only on the follow-

- ----- ■ iitg night, when a report I brought up as to the term's am i j the natives. On Saturday night there was Fix!] ■• [ tendance of members. Mi Brent w elected permanent chairman o sociationj and the appointment* Dansey and Williams, as trc secretary, respectively, were confi The treasurer stated th;.! ~ ~ -,, ' plications for shares had be „ receivS and the money paid in antici] tion (,•',; limit being extended. It was i increase the number of contrfbat ,*■ tof>o. '*■"-"■ Several resolutions regarding the r ,„ ccdnreoftho Association n-pre ad iii i It was decided to apply fo. |„ i ,,^ S!lr ; prospecting license foi n i itive land at Hon 1 oro. the consent of th aativesha!. in;. 1 .'ii on! lined. A latter wa read from Mr J H T„ loraskingtobe allot! d i -: .r, m £ Association, MrTavloi advised the K sodation to apply for the Government subsidy to prospecting parti a which , mounted to !5s per week p« Wan f two or throe men, and stated his drsireto assist, the Association as much as possibl After some further discussion as to the mode o, procodilro the treasurer an nouneed that the limit of meiHlx-rshlphad been again pxceedeS and ii was decided to increase the share list to 60 provided | they were takap>up and paid fur b c f ori! >\ ednesday night. j It was resolved that th, ,■ Qtsbutiou ot 10a< per month should be payable oi, ; the fir,-!, oi each month and that if not [paid Uy the 4th the share should bo iL foil";. :ltwas decided thai the Unit* Bank of Australia should be the bank . • the Afsbciation, andth.it rbeneit meeting should take place on the following Saturday. Thdfcneeting then closed.