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payment of money) according to the period for which such person shall have remained on any such block or on the lands belonging to another tribe. The money arising from Miners' Rights for the whole of the land shall be divided among the owners of the several blocks in proportion to the number of persons mining for gold within the said blocks. 6. The duration of this agreement shall be for such term as Sir George Ferguson Bowen Governor of New Zealand and the Governors who shall succeed him shall require the above described piece of land lor gold mining purposes. Provided always that if at any time Sir George Ferguson Bowen Governor of New Zealand and the Governors who shall succeed him shall desire to terminate gold mining on the said land or any portion thereof, not less than six months' notice of such intention shall first be given. In witness of the consent of the Chiefs and People of Ngatimaru and Ngatiwhanaunga of Hauraki to all the terms and conditions of this agreement, they have hereunto signed their names, and in witness of the consent of Sir George Ferguson Bowen on his part to all the said terms and conditions the name of James Mackay the younger, Civil Commissioner, is hereunto subscribed on the day and in the year first above written— (sd.) Riwai Kiore [his X vymjltlc\. Karauria. Aperahama Te Rewia [his X mark] and 75 others. Te Karauna. 1249 d. Received for Registration at 11.23 a.m., 5 May, 1870. [ L ' s -J . . M. Hamilton, Dep. Registrar. A true Copy of Original Agreement, Translation, and Endorsements. H. Hanson Turton. Wellington, July 31st, 1875.

Kegistration.

APPENDIX " B " (4). DEEDS—No. 344: HARATAUNGA (KENNEDY'S BAY) BLOCK (GOLD MINING AGREEMENT), COROMANDEL DISTRICT. This agreement made at Harataunga in the district of Hauraki in the Province of Auckland in the Colony of New Zealand this thirteenth day of May in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty eight by the Chiefs and People of Ngatiporou on the one part and Sir George Ferguson Bowen Governor of New Zealand on the other part. Witnesseth the consent of all of them that is of the Chiefs and People of Ngatiporou of Harataunga on behalf of themselves and their heirs to release (give over) to Sir George Ferguson Bowen Governor of New Zealand and the Governors who shall succeed him a certain piece of land in the District of Hauraki for gold mining purposes for himself and his assigns within the meaning of the statute intituled " The Gold Fields Act, 1866 The boundaries of the said land commencing at the mouth of the River Harataunga thence by the sea coast to Te Harakeke turning thence inland to Hapapawera thence to Te Tapuae thence to Kaipaua thence to Tokatea thence to Te Ranga thence to Pukewharariki turning thence towards the sea to Taraingapouto thence to Piripirikahu turning thence along the boundary of the land reserved for Native occupation and cultivation to the Waimoho stream turning thence by the Waimoho stream to its junction with the Harataunga River, turning thence along the course of the River Harataunga to the point of commencement at its mouth as the same are defined in the sketch map hereunto annexed. The terms and conditions under which the said piece of land is given over 1 for gold mining purposes, are viz.— 1. All lands included within the boundaries above described are open for gold mining to all persons excepting the pieces of land leased to James Smart and Alexander Hogg but the said pieces of land which are leased to the said persons are subject to certain provisions of the statute intituled " The Gold Fields Act, 1866." 2. No person will be allowed to mine for gold on the piece of land above described unless he bo 1 the holder of a Miner's Right, empowering him in that behalf. The payment for every such Miner's Right shall be One pound (£1) per annum. 3. Miners' Rights shall be issued by an Officer of the Government. Any person being the holder of a Miner's Right shall be entitled to mine for gold construct dams and water-races to cut timber for firewood or for gold mining purposes and do all other acts (or works) connected with (or appertaining to) gold mining operations on places open (not reserved) within the boundaries of the land hereinbefore described, excepting that the right to fell kauri timber is reserved, any person desiring to cut any kauri timber must pay the sum of one pound five shillings (£1 55.) for each tree required by him. No | person will be allowed to cut ordinary timber for firewood or fencing or for any other purpose for t sale to any other person. Any person desiring to do so must first obtain a Miner's Right and a Timber License empowering him in that behalf, the payment for every such Timber License shall be i Five Pounds (£5) per annum. The money derived from such Timber License and from the sale of such kauri timber shall belong to the Native owners of the land on which the timber is situate. This money shall be paid to an officer of the Government in the first instance and shall be paid (or handed over) by him to the Natives to whom the land belongs. The days for the payment of the said money shall be the same as the days for the payment (or divisions) of the money for the Miner's Rights hereinafter specified.

1868. 13 May. Coromandel District. Harataunga or Kennedy's Bay. Gold Mining Agreement.

Boundaries.

Terms of surrender.

Miner's Kight, £1.

Kauri trees to be bought, £1 ss. each.

Timber License, £5.

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