THE PARAPARA IRON DEPOSITS.

Colonist, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 8367, 1 October 1895, Page 2

THE PARAPARA IRON DEPOSITS.

As oar readers are ewrtre, an application 'te being made for Bn ar a of laid at Parapara with the object of turning to aoobatit the rich deposit of hetaaute ircn ore which exiiia ibere, and this morning there appears in ■> ur advertising columns notice of the application, from which it will ba eetn thai if h o jntemplated to expend .a quarter of a million sterling in developing the iron field. ! ha rame of the applicant is Mr Chris. ophef At ell Harris, an Auckland man at present in London on baeine&e connected with the floating of some companies. The leaee he> has applied for ib what is known as the Ooe» hucga lease, being section 149, and ooougying 598 acres : Hi Harris is arranging for a powerful company to take up and work thifl Parapara field. He has just' Bnooteded.in arrangicg, with the approval of, the New Zealand Government, for tae ejection at the Thames if the newest and most approved machinery for the drainage of the d*<p leVele. Ab stated by our own Uollingwood oorrespoildent, the olaim has been surveyed and. pegged oat, and, as we bave Bai3,' the teoessary notice in oonDsotiori with'the"application for a lioense appears in this i issue, the application requiring to be lodgaS in the Warden's Court at Collingwood subsequent to the appearanoe of the advertl'staent.: Tbe proaets will then be that the'Spptication is repotted to the Oommis ioner of Crdwn Lande Nelson, who wilt Bend a Government Surveyor to the groond, and he will see thai' a proper survey has been made, that the ground is properly pegged out, arid that nb 'water rights or interests of other persons are interfered with. Af ler having done thi?, he must post on some place on the ground, a notioe 6! the completion of the aorvey, a ainfila* notice being rf quired to be posted ai' tU© Post Office or Warden 1 * Court, whioheve* ififty be the neare-. When this har been done. the application may be heard at the first Bitting of the Warden's Court, after 21 day's' have elapsed. Before the apphcatioa is grknted r one year's rent must be paid in adyanoe, and with the applicition muet be lodged a sufficient Bum to cover the survey fee. Id ad-> dition to this outlay there is the oobl of private survey, pegging oat, etc., to meet as well as incidental expepse?. In tbia case fully £150 will require to be spent before the application is hesard. whiob goes to show the bona fides of the applicant. Mesers A,damjl and Kingdon are egenta for Mr WilHam Coleman of Auckland, solicitor for Mr Harris who urges tbe utmost despatch.