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NTRS 3188 Head Office register of mineral leases, District C [McArthur River] and District K [Daly River]

Recording Agency:Mines Branch [I], Head Office (638); Mines Branch [II], Darwin (642); Department of Mines and Energy (586)
Date Range:1941 - 1982
Access:Agreement Pending
Location:Darwin (NTAC)
Legacy Series Id:

Function / Content

This series consists of a Head Office register of mineral leases on the McArthur River and Daly River goldfields. The entries were recorded in the following columns; number, total number of shares, locality, area, application, lease, name of lease, registered lessees, transfers, exemptions, rent, survey fee, and paid on. Folio nos 1-150 contain mineral lease nos.ML1C-ML150C, while folio nos 151-226 include mineral lease nos ML1K-ML76K. Folio nos 250-251 include duplicate numbers issued for gold mining lease nos GML1K-GML2K in 1981. The back flyleaf has an annotation stating folio nos 246-247 were removed in 1954 as a sample of new registers to be ordered. The Mining Registrar, Darwin, maintained two sets of registers for Darwin district (including Daly River) and the Mines Branch, Head Office (relating to mining tenements and leases). The Mines Branch, Head Office, was moved to Alice Springs in 1942 and remained there until 1953 when it was moved back to Darwin.

Recordkeeping System

None, one only

Recording Agency

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1941 - 1968Mines Branch [I], Head Office638
1970 - 1978Mines Branch [II], Darwin642
1978 - 1982Department of Mines and Energy586

Agency Responsible

PeriodTitleAgency Id
1941 - 1968Mines Branch [I], Head Office638
1970 - 1978Mines Branch [II], Darwin642
1978 - 2001Department of Mines and Energy586
2016 - 2020Department of Primary Industry and Resources1290

Controlled Series

PeriodSeriesSeries Id
1948 - 1973Head Office application files for mineral leases, District K [Daly River]NTRS 3186
1941 - 1979Applications for mineral leases, District C [McArthur River]NTRS 4420

Related Series

Transfer DateSeriesSeries Id
1941 - 1954Head Office register of mineral leases, District H [Alice Springs] and District K [Daly River]NTRS 3187

Consignments

Consignment IdNumber of UnitsContents Date RangePublic AccessDescription
P000111941 - 1982Agreement Pending