Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.

Act into force within the

Epsom Highway District,

and I do hereby appoint the First meeting of Rate payers to take place at the Junction Hotel, Epsom, on Monday, the 26th instant, at seven o'clock in the evening; and Albert Beetham, Esq., J.P., to be Chairman of such meeting.

Given under my hand at Auckland, this sixteenth day of July, 1875.

G. Grey,
Superintendent.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent's Office,
Auckland, 15th July, 1875.

I DO hereby notify that

William Buchanan, Esq.,
has been elected a Member of the Auckland Harbour Board, in the place of Thomas Macready, Esq., deceased, in pursuance of section 14 of "The Auckland Harbour Board Act, 1871."

G. Grey,
Superintendent.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent's Office,
Auckland, 16th July, 1875.

THE following Scale of Fees, authorised by His Honour the Superintendent to be charged by the Local Analyst appointed under "The Adulteration of Food Act, 1866," is published for general information:—

1. For each Analysis under the said Act, Ten shillings and sixpence (10/6).

2. For each Mineral Analysis, One pound one shilling (£1 1s.).

3. For each Miscellaneous Analysis, not less than One pound one shilling (£1 1s.), nor more than Three pounds three shillings (£3 3s.).

Provided that the Local Analyst is authorised to remit any such Fee aforesaid, at his discretion, in case the Analysis be made for the public benefit.

Vincent E. Rice,
For the Provincial Secretary.

REGULATIONS FOR GRANTING AGRICULTURAL LEASES.

Superintendent's Office,
Auckland, 15th July, 1875.

His Honour the Superintendent has been pleased to make the following Regulations for the granting of Agricultural Leases within the Ohinemuri Goldfield.

Vincent E. Rice,
For the Provincial Secretary.

REGULATIONS

For granting Agricultural Leases within the Ohinemuri Goldfield under the terms of Clause 5 of the Deed for the acquisition of that Block concluded with the Natives upon the 18th February 1875 which Regulations are to be brought before the General Assembly of New Zealand.

Applications.

1. On and after the 3rd day of August next blocks of land within the Ohinemuri Goldfield shall be proclaimed open for lease and every person desirous of obtaining a lease of any portion thereof, shall previous to the day so fixed lodge with the Warden an application for such land in form or to the effect of Schedule A.

2. Every such application as aforesaid shall be made during office hours (viz. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) and shall be accompanied by a sketch plan of the land so applied for, which shall, so far as practicable, exhibit to the satisfaction of the Warden the boundaries of the land in question, and its estimated acreage.

Deposit to be made.

3. Before lodging such application and sketch plan as aforesaid, the applicant shall deposit the sum of (£5) five pounds sterling with the Receiver of Gold Revenue who shall give a receipt in duplicate, and no application shall be entertained unless one of such duplicate receipts shall be annexed to the application; the amount of such deposit, in the event of the issue of the lease, to be placed to the credit of the applicant towards the payment of the expense of survey and the cost of the preparation of the lease.

Applications to be recorded.

4. Every application as aforesaid shall be recorded in a book to be kept for that purpose, and the date and hour of the receipt of such application, together with the name of the applicant and the area and situation of the land applied for, shall be duly minuted therein. Such book shall be open to the public for inspection during office hours, and any person may take a copy of any minute entered therein.

Term and area.

5. No application shall be received for any such lease of less than 10 acres or more than 50 acres and no lease shall be granted for a longer term than 21 years.

Application not to be opened until day appointed.

6. The applications so received shall not be opened until noon of the first day appointed in manner aforesaid for the lease of such land on which day no further applications shall be receivable.

On day appointed applications to be opened.

7. The Warden shall on the day so appointed and in the presence of such of the applicants or their agents as may attend for that purpose proceed to open all such applications so received.

If only one application, applicant to be the purchaser.

8. Where it shall appear that but one application has in manner aforesaid been received for any one piece of land the person making such application shall be deemed to be entitled to have the same awarded to him.

If two or more applicants priority of choice to be decided by lot.

9. But if at any time two or more applications be simultaneously received for one and the same piece of land or any part thereof the Warden shall at once in the presence of the applicants or of the persons presenting such applications decide by lot the priority of choice.