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Bilingual mining license notice, NZ
Date Published
: Document (Government)
: Mining (gold fields), languages, Chinese
: New Zealand
: Arrowtown
: c.1877
: Mining (gold fields), languages, Chinese
: New Zealand
: Arrowtown
: c.1877
Translation of mining license requirement and penalties into Chinese.
Mining licenses were common as was the need to ensure people understood what was required.
The English is of the original Act rather than a translation of the Chinese.
Bilingual mining license notice, NZ
Image Courtesy of: Lakes District Museum, Arrowtown
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Chinese Text