371 CASTLEMAINE DISTRICT GOLD MINING LEASE: October 1902 lease to Walter Collins of Maldon, signed by the Governor of Victoria, Sir George CLARKE, with attached map; a 15 year lease at £2/2/6 [Two pounds, two shillings and sixpence] per annum. Under the terms of the lease the lessee must “employ....in mining operations... eight able and competent workmen and miners at the least not being Chinese..... ” $150–250 ❖ 372 BEECHWORTH DISTRICT GOLD MINING LEASE: October 1904 lease to the “Sir John Franklin Gold Mining Company” , signed by the Governor of Victoria, Sir Reginald Arthur James TALBOT, with attached map; a 15 year lease at 10 shillings per annum. Unusually, the leased area falls either side of (and includes) the land under the double incline tramway. $200–300 ❖ 373 BALLARAT DISTRICT GOLD MINING LEASE: November 1904 lease to John Bass of Diamond Creek, signed by the Governor of Victoria, Sir Reginald Arthur James TALBOT, with attached map; a 15 year lease at £2/9/6 [Two pounds, nine shillings and sixpence] per annum. $150–250 ❖ 374 Mount Copeland Gold Mining Company 1912 lease of land in the N.S.W. Hunter & Macleay Mining District (Newcastle), signed by N.S.W. Governor, Frederic John Napier Thesiger, 1st Viscount Chelmsford, with a small hand-drawn map showing the relevant piece of land. $150–250 ❖ SILVER 375 Coach and horses scratch built silver plated model, 20th century 33cm long $80–120 ❖ 376 Enamel and silver vesta, silver plated napkin ring and a gold wash beaker with enamel coat of arms, 19th/20th century the beaker 4.5cm high (3) $120–200 377 Australian silver plated kangaroo toast rack, emu and kangaroo napkin ring and kookaburra bowl, 19th and 20th century the toast rack 20cm across (3) $120–200 GOLDFIELDS 365 Pocket gold scales by De Grave, Shorter & Fanner 59 St. Martin Le Grand, London, mid 19th century 3cm high, 20cm wide, 10cm deep $150–250 366 “Arrival Of The First Gold Escort, William Street, Melbourne, 1852” chromo-lithograph, Atkinson & Atkinson Publishers, Melbourne 40 x 59cm $200–300 ❖ 367 Pocket gold miner’s scales in ebonised tinware case, 19th century 13cm across $180–200 ❖ 368 “DANGER DEMOLITION WORKS IN PROGRESS, J. BROKENSHIRE & R. DOBBIE. 581 HIGH ST. GOLDEN SQUARE” hand-painted on tin, Bendigo, Victoria, 19th century 60 x 74cm $300–500 369 Two sets of gold scales mounted on timber boxes, 19th century 35cm high (2) $100–200 ❖ 370 BALLARAT DISTRICT GOLD MINING LEASE: February 1894 lease to the New Mariner Gold Mining Company, signed by the Governor of Victoria, Lord HOPETOUN, with attached map; a 15 year lease at £7/4/10 [Seven pounds, four shillings and tenpence] per annum. Under the terms of the lease the lessee must “employ....in mining operations... fourteen able and competent workmen and miners at the least not being Chinese..... ” $200–300 ❖ 376 377 71