AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

by Napier claim and abandoned ground, on the South by St. Andrew’s Gold Mining Company, Excelsior and Diamond claims, and on the West by the Hector Gold Mining Company; situate at the head of Karaka Creek: application notified in Gazette No. 61, dated 3rd September, 1869, page 940; withdrawn 14th January, 1870.

C. D. STANGER, 15 years’ lease of 10 acres; situated on the Alabama Creek, Puriri Block; application notified in Gazette No. 57, dated 25th August, 1869, page 810; withdrawn 13th January, 1869.

GEORGE J. FARROW, 15 years’ lease of 16 acres; adjoining the following claims:—Full Moon Gold Mining Company, and Evening Star, and comprising the following abandoned claims, Homeward Bound, Eclipse, Little Diamond, Half Moon, and portions of Star of the South, Golden Cross, Band of Hope, Summer Hill, Star of the Evening and including the following claims not abandoned: New Moon, Golden Gate, and surplus land unoccupied; situate on Tapu Creek, Waikawau Block: application notified in Gazette No. 64, dated 10th September, 1869, page 1029; withdrawn 12th January, 1870.

CHARLES B. DUNN, 15 years’ lease of 16 acres; top peg above the Pioneer Quartz Crushing Company’s Machine, lower peg due south from it and bounded by the Sluicers’ creek, the other side line at back of Puriri stores, and bounded by Smith and party’s lease, situate at Puriri, and known as the Fourth of August claim; application notified in Gazette No. 63, dated 8th September, 1869, page 994; withdrawn, 13th December, 1869.

MARTIN SHOLL, for the Ballarat and Kohinoor Gold Mining Company (Registered); 15 years’ lease of about 3 acres; situate at Tararu, known as the Ballarat and Kohinoor claim; application notified in Gazette No. 67, dated 17th September, 1869, page 1074; withdrawn, 15th December, 1869.

MARMADUKE CONSTABLE, for the Long Castle Gold Mining Company; 15 years’ lease of 16 acres; adjoining the southern boundary of the Belgravia lease; situate in the Te Waka block, known as the Long Castle claim; application notified in Gazette No. 73, dated 29th September, 1869, page 1235; withdrawn, 25th December, 1869.

JAMES BURNS, 15 years’ lease of 16 acres; bounded by the Perseverance Gold Mining Company, and the Eclipse, Royal Alfred, and Galatea claims, situate at Puriri, known as the Eureka claim; application notified in Gazette No. 62, dated 6th September, 1869, page 963; withdrawn 5th January, 1870.

E. T. WING, 15 years’ lease of about 16 acres; comprising Brian’s claim, Polar Star, Comet Star of the East, Garibaldi, Lady Bowen, Britannia, Grace Darling, part of Halcyon, part of New Zealand Mint and Stonewall Jackson; all abandoned claims, and some ground not pegged out adjoining Golden Valley and Golden Point; situate at Tapu creek; application notified in Gazette No. 59, dated 30th August, 1869, page 880; withdrawn, 21st December, 1869.

A. BRYCE BAIN, 15 years’ lease of about 16 acres; adjoining the lease of the Omega Company on the South-West boundary; situate at Puriri; known as the Johanna claim; application notified in Gazette No. 88, dated 17th November, 1869, page 1571; withdrawn 13th November, 1869.

H. H. DYER, 15 years’ lease of about 15 acres; bounded by Golden Cross Company on N.N.E. on N.W. by leased ground; situate in the Otunui Block; application notified in Gazette No. 69, dated 22nd September, 1869, page 1138; withdrawn 13th January, 1870.

J. STYAR, for the Greenmount Company; 15 years’ lease of about 15 acres; bounded on the North by abandoned ground, on the East by Napier claim and abandoned ground,

RICHARD KINGSFORD, for the Lucky Digger’s Quartz Reefing Company; 15 years’ lease of 12 acres; adjoining the Perseverance Gold Mining Company, Golden Star, and the Star of Fortune; situate at Puriri; known as the Lucky Diggers’ Quartz Reefing Company’s claim; application notified in Gazette No. 64, dated 10th September, 1869, page 1033; withdrawn 15th January, 1870.

WILLIAM WILKINSON, 15 years’ lease of about 15 acres; bounded on the one side by the lease applied for by Andrew Burns, on the other by vacant ground; situate at the head of the Karaka, about two miles beyond Molesworth’s; application notified in Gazette No. 62, dated 6th September, 1869, page 968; withdrawn 5th January, 1870.

E. S. COCK and W. E. ARSCOTT, 15 years’ lease of 15 acres; bounded on the West by the lease application of Messrs. Cameron and Campbell and the claim known as the T.R., on the other sides by unoccupied lands; situate on the Hape Creek, Queen’s County; application notified in Gazette No. 56, dated 23rd August, 1869, page 798; withdrawn, 10th January, 1870.

JOHN GOODFELLOW, for the Royal Mail Gold Mining Company, 15 years’ lease of 15 acres; bounded on the South by the Prince Consort claim; situate on the Hape creek; application notified in Gazette No. 64, dated 10th September, 1869, page 1011; withdrawn, 10th January, 1870.

D. MURPHY, L. G. COLE and OTHERS; 15 years’ lease of 16 acres; bounded on the East by that block of land known as the Wrekin claim, on the south by Puriri creek, on north and west by unoccupied ground; situate at Puriri; application notified in Gazette No. 64, dated 10th September, 1869, page 1021; withdrawn, 9th January, 1870.

HENRY McCADE and COMPANY, 15 years’ lease of 16 acres; bounded by the Eureka lease applied for by Burns and party and by the Puriri and Galatea creeks, Puriri; situate at Puriri; known as the General Washington claim; application notified in Gazette No. 62, dated 6th September, 1869, page 964; withdrawn 5th January, 1870.