AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

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The Challenger Gold Mining Company, Registered, applied for by William F. Clifton; 15 years’ lease of 8 acres more or less; situated at the head of the Waiotahi Creek, bounded on the North-west by the “Vale of Avoca” and “Mocking Bird” Gold Mining Companies; North-east by “Royal Standard” Claim; and on the South by “Daisy Hill” Gold Mining Company; formerly known as the “Challenger,” “Star of Waiotahi,” and “Beautiful Star” Claims; application notified in Gazette No. 92, dated 1st December, 1869, page 1697.

The Greenstone Gold Mining Company, Registered, applied for by G. B. Howell; 15 years’ lease of about 3 acres; situated on the Karaka Creek, adjoining the “Lucky Hit,” “Central,” “Gentle Annie,” and “Royal Mint” Claims; known as the “Greenstone” Claim; application notified in Gazette No. 69, dated 22nd September, 1869, page 1136.

The Sacramento and Alabama United Gold Mining Company, Registered, applied for by Walter Sigley; 15 years’ lease of about 8 acres; situate on the Alabama Creek bounded by the “Rothsay Castle,” “Crinoline,” “Golden Ine,” “Reindeer,” “Scandinavian,” “Wanganui Independent,” and “Royal Saxon” Claims; application notified in Gazette No. 20, dated 13th April, 1869, page 319.

The Lucky Hit Gold Mining Company, Registered, applied for by John Lamb; 15 years’ lease of about 4 acres; known as the “Lucky Hit” Claim; adjoining the “Band of Hope,” “Adelaide,” “Greenstone,” and other claims; application notified in Gazette No. 70, dated 25th September, 1869, page 1190.

The Happy-Go-Lucky Gold Mining Company, Registered, applied for by W. S. Lyell; 15 years’ lease of 10 acres; known as the “Happy-Go-Lucky” and “Helvellyn” Claims, Karaka Creek; application notified in Gazette No. 59, dated 30th August, 1869, page 864.

The Kohinoor Gold Mining Company, Registered, Puriri Block, applied for by Frederick B. Gipps; 15 years’ lease of 37 acres; situated on the Puriri Block, adjoining the “Golden Crown” Company’s Lease, and the “Prospectors” Claim, and including the “Kohinoor” and “Waitemata” Claims; application notified in Gazette No. 76, dated 7th October, 1869, page 1302.

The Glencoe Gold Mining Company, Registered, applied for by James McColl; 15 years’ lease of 15 acres; adjoining the “Star of Polynesia,” Tararu; application notified in Gazette No. 57, dated 25th August, 1869, page 815.

RICHARD SEPTIMUS LEDGER; 15 years’ lease of 15 acres, on the Karaka Flat; peg and peg with “Happy Land” and “Malta Cross” Claims; known as the “Bright Omen” Claim; application notified in Gazette No. 63, dated 5th September, 1869, page 892.

MURDOCH GUNN, and OWEN HUMPHRIES, applied for by John Styak; 15 years’ lease of 15 acres; bounded on the West by the “Lyttelton Boys” Claim, on the East by the “Duke’s Motto” Claim, on the South by the Tararu Creek; application notified in Gazette No. 46, dated 21st July, 1869, page 618.

JOHN GIVAN; 15 years’ lease of 400 by 200 yards; situated in the Tararu Block, on the second creek North-east of Point “Look-out” Rock; known as the “Great Discovery” Claim; application notified in Gazette No. 75, dated 4th October, 1869, page 1271.

EDWARD LUCAS; 15 years’ lease of 7 acres or thereabouts; bounded on the North-west by the “Canterbury” Gold Mining Company’s lease, on the North-east by the “Black Eagle” Claim, and on the East by the Hape Creek; known as the “Alladin’s Lamp” Claim; application notified in Gazette No. 79, dated 16th October, 1869, page 1354.

HUGH HART LUSK, and ROBERT LUSK, applied for by R. K. Baber; 15 years’ lease of 1½ acres; situated near the Hape Creek, and adjoining the “Morning Bell” and “Perseverance” Claims; known as the “Primrose” Claim; application notified in Gazette No. 15, dated 25th March, 1869, page 241.

DANIEL TOOKEY, MICHAEL HANNAFORD, and SAMUEL TURNER, applied for by Daniel Tookey; 15 years’ lease of 15 acres, on the Otunui Block; bounded on the North-East by the “Golden Phoenix” Claim, and by unoccupied ground on the other sides, being on a branch of the Mangakirikiri Creek; known as the “Mysterious” Gold Mining Company’s Claim; application notified in Gazette No. 60, dated 1st September, 1869, page 913.

The Mount Aurum Gold Mining Company, Registered, applied for by W. C. Wright, and C. E. Haughton respectively; 15 years’ lease of 15 acres; situate on the Karaka Creek; bounded on the North by the “Last Hit,” “Sylvia,” and “Victoria” Companies, on the East by the “Port Philip” and Claims unnamed, on the South by the “Hyderabad” and claims unknown, and on the West by the “Pride of Parnell,” containing “Buona Vista” and “Pride of Shortland” Claims; applications notified in Gazette No. 62 and 72, dated respectively 6th and 28th September, 1869, pages 962 and 1215.

The Halcyon Gold Mining Company, Registered, applied for by N. W. Massey; 15 years’ lease of 7 acres; situated on the Karaka Creek, adjoining the “Royal Exchange” and “Erin-go-Bragh” claims; application notified in Gazette No. 22, dated 23rd April, 1869, page 338.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

By THOMAS BANNATYNE GILLIES, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Auckland.

WHEREAS by an Act made and passed by the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, with the advice and consent of the Provincial Council thereof, entitled “The Auckland Municipal Police Act, 1866,” it was amongst other things enacted that the Superintendent may from time to time, by public notification in the Provincial Government Gazette, appoint and define the limits of cities, towns, and other places within the Province of Auckland, for the purposes of the said Act.

Now, therefore, I, Thomas Bannatyne Gillies, the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland aforesaid, pursuant to the authority in me vested in that behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that for the