Superintendent’s Office,
Blenheim, 10th January, 1873.

IN accordance with Clause xxix. of
"The Gold Fields Act, 1866," it is hereby notified that it is the intention of
his Honor the Superintendent to issue, at
the expiration of two months from this
date, by virtue of the powers delegated to
him in that behalf, a Gold Mining Lease
of the undermentioned Block of Land,
within the limits of the Queen Charlotte
Sound Gold Field, to—

CHARLES JAMES GREENLAW, RICHARD
NICHOLLS, and CHARLES HENRY
TURNER,
under the name or style of
"The Golden Point Gold Mining
Company." Area of land: 5 acres,
situate at Kaipapa Bay, and adjoining Section 28, District
of Queen Charlotte Sound.

W. H. Eyes,
Provincial Secretary.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 10th January, 1873.

DECISIONS in favor of the following
applicants for Pastoral Leases have
this day been given in accordance with
"The Marlborough Waste Lands Act,
1867":—

PHILLIP RODERICK McRAE, and (as
Trustees of the Estate of the late
N. McRae) JOHN SHARP and
GEORGE FREDERICK LOVEGROVE
—District of Clarence. Extent,
8,400 acres.

WILLIAM SOPER—District of Wairau
West. Extent, 170 acres.

JOSEPH WARD—District of Clarence.
Extent, 2,900 acres.

W. H. Eyes,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 22nd January, 1873.

THE following application for a Pas-
toral Licence has been received by
me in accordance with "The Marlborough
Waste Lands Act, 1867":—

ALEXANDER WIGHTON INGLES, and
HENRY ANTHONY INGLES—District
of Kaikoura. Boundaries: North
by Kincaid Run; West by Main
Kaikoura range; East by Kincaid
Run; and South by Snow Flake
Run. Estimated extent, 1,000
acres: deposit paid, £5.

W. H. Eyes,
Commissioner.

Notice to Mariners entering the Port
of Picton.

ON and after the 24th January, 1873,
the Light on the Old Wharf at
Picton will be discontinued, and a Red
Light will be exhibited on the end of the
New Wharf from sunset to sunrise.

Thomas Phippots,
Harbor Master.
Harbor Master’s Office,
Picton, 30th December, 1872.

Superintendent’s Office,
Blenheim, December 31st, 1872.

THE following Notice of a Bonus
offered for the encouragement of
certain Colonial Industries is published at
the request of the Colonial Government
for general information.

W. H. Eyes,
Provincial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1872.

IN compliance with a Resolution of the House
of Representatives, passed on 22nd October,
1872, a Bonus is hereby offered for the encouragement of certain Colonial Industries,
namely:—

Iron.—Bonus of £5,000.
For the production in New Zealand of 1,000
tons weight of Pig Iron, of marketable quality.

Conditions:

1. The bonus not to be given for any quantity
   less than 100 tons.
2. Notice of the intention to erect Iron Works
   and claim the bonus must be given to the
   Colonial Secretary, before 31st December,
4. The bonus must be claimed before the 30th
   June, 1875.
5. In the event of more than one claimant
   giving such notice, not more than seven-tenths
   of the bonus may be claimed by the first
   producer, and not more than three-tenths by the
   second producer; but if only one claimant
   becomes a producer on the above conditions, he
   may claim the whole of the bonus.
6. The iron in respect of which any bonus is
   claimed will be examined by an officer to be
   appointed by the Government, who may require
   the production of bona fide accounts of sales of
   quantities not less than 100 tons weight, showing
   that such iron has been sold at a fair market
   price as Pig Iron.

Steel.—Bonus of £1,000.
For the production in New Zealand of 100
tons weight of marketable Steel from Magnetic
or Titaniferous Iron Sand or Iron Ore.

Conditions:

1. Notice must be given to the Colonial Secretary
   of the intention to claim this bonus before
   the 30th June, 1873.
2. The claim for payment of the bonus must
   be made before the 30th June, 1874.