On aMemoranlUm, dated . the 10th Jung, I"2, from the
Honourable the Provincial Secretary reporting the receipt of an
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application dctad I3th Deceer, 1889, from Captain Arthur
Edward McCallum on behalf of the Assigns of William Henry Mbrris,
James Grey, George Wilkinson, Sar.uel Gray, Henry James
and Joseph Lyons, original -rantces of certain mining ground on
McCulloch Creek, in
jig Bend sub,livision of the West Kootenay
District;
the Minister observes, that a gr:nt of t::e enclusive
right of way through nr.t entry upon one and one half miles of
McCulloch Creek, for the purpose of constructing and maintaining
a bedrock flume for a period of five years was made to the said
applicants on the 5th day of April, MG, by an indenture signed
by the Honourable Willi= Smithe, Gold Coumissioner;
that an exten:;ion of the term for another five years
was ryanted on the nth lay of January, Imo, by the donourable
F. G. Vernon, Gold Conniasioner;
that the applicants now apply for a lease for a
period Of tventy five years of all the Mining Ground granted
to tem by the said agreement dated 5th April, Imo, and all
the rights and privileges accorded to them, together with.five
hundred feet on each side of the sfqdrAeCullocl'. Creek;
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and that by a later la t ter received from Captain
McCallum dated I2th Septeuber, I09I, it appears that the
applier.,tion is for a lease for the purpose of hydraulic workings;
that under the N Placer
Act, it
the term of
such le.sse cannot C::eeed treaty Years.
The COranitte0 Of COUrcil
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cation un:7cr conerr'tion nit::
I000, of the Gold Co:Ilissioner !'cr7
t:.: renuoot
hacl the said appli:
ixport
cd Oth January,
tle Li3trict
in fa?our of
:ranted, a1.7ise that the aforesaid rrant be
l'ittotults be authorized to if;..3ue
cancelled and that
a lease Of t',:o 7rourd vpplied for in Captain McCallumsl letter
Of the nth of December, Imo, hereto attached, torether with
the use Of the rater in the said :.!cCulloeh Creek, for a term
of twenty years, to !tote from the apprOval of this ::e7lorandum
at an annual rental of One hundred ,collars, such lease to
be -Tented to the aforesaid. assimees in :cue proportion to
their :;everoi eA3tint: entire interest:: a:7. now held under the
Orif7inal f7rant, namelY:Arthur Edward :.:cCalltti
ndratm
Latham :11ccker
rliteer thirtieths.
JOhnzOn...... ....six thirtieths.
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.three thirtieths.
Arthur Charles Jeff eries.....„ _three thirtieths.
Edr:ar Crew Baker
.two thirtieths.
President, :::cecUtive Council.-
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Lease of certain miring cround
on McCulloch Creek r:rented to
the assirns of ikt William
norris Lnd Others.$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
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03obannunt joust,
June, 1892.
On the recommendation of the Honourable the
Committee of Council
His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, by and with the advice of the
Executive Council, has been pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that
the grant of the e::clusive right of *:icy through and entry upon
One and one half raffles of EcCulloch Creek, Big Bend sub-division
Test Kootenay, for mininf: purposes :.1a7.0 to Willimu IIenry:Arris
end others by Indenture dated 5th April, 1880, be and is hereby
cancelled,
and that the Gold Comissioner for the West Kootenay
District 170 and is hereby, authorised to issue a lease of the
mining ground an lied for in Captoin McCallunls cornunication of
the 13th Of Eecember, 1800, to the assigns of the said
William
•Henry Morris and Others, in due proportion to their several a:dating
entire
interests as held under. the original grant, and upon the terms and
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conditions contained in the acmapanyinc,4::lorendura atod the IOth
day of June, instcnt.-
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Clerk, nxecutive Council.-