THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1437

Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Dunedin.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANTS: John Harrison, Michael Montague, and
Patrick Conner. Style under which it is intended
to conduct the business: "Harrison and Co." 16
acres, at Styles Gully, in the Hindon Mining
District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this fif-
teenth day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and with the regulations
made under that Act for the granting of leases for
gold-mining purposes, it is hereby notified that it is
intended to grant a lease of Crown lands for gold-
mining purposes to the applicants specified in the
annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objec-
tions against such lease.

Objections to granting such lease, stating the
grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and
lodged with the Warden at Lawrence, on or before
the 15th day of November, 1878.

Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Lawrence.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANTS: John Tanton and Philip Brook. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business:
"Welcome Cement-Crushing Company." 10 acres,
at Tuapeka East, in the Tuapeka Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this four-
teenth day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Notice of Cancellation of a Gold-Mining Lease.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 16th October, 1878.

IT is hereby notified that the surrender of the gold-
mining lease specified in the Schedule hereto
has, this day, with the approval of the Otago Land
Board, been accepted, and the lease cancelled; and
that the land referred to therein is now open for
application under the Gold-Mining Leases Regula-
tions.

SCHEDULE.
LEASE No. 613c, Frank Birtwhistle, Section 16,
Block II., Skipper's Creek, containing 2 acres.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Notice of Cancellation of an Agricultural Lease
Certificate.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 2nd October, 1878.

IT is hereby notified that the surrender of the
agricultural lease certificate specified in the
Schedule hereto has, this day, with the approval of
the Otago Land Board, been accepted, and the certi-
ficate cancelled; and that the land referred to therein
is now open for application under the Agricultural
Leases Regulations.

SCHEDULE.
CERTIFICATE No. 1563c, Alfred Dillon Bell, Section
14, Block VII., Waihemo, containing 200 acres.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Nelson South-West Gold Fields—Gold-mining Lease
refused.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 10th October, 1878.

NOTICE is hereby given that the gold-mining
lease applied for by G. Moore, W. G. Collings,
and others, for "The Phoenix Company"---namely,
10 acres, Darkie's Terrace, Charleston---has been
refused; and the ground is now open to persons
holding miners' rights or business licenses, as if a
lease of the said ground had not been applied for.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Sheep Inspector's Notice.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 16th October, 1878.

NOTICE has been received from the Inspector of
Sheep for the Wanganui District that he has
granted a clean certificate to Mr. William Burr, No.
2 Line, for a flock of 600 sheep; dated the 11th
instant.

Jos. G. HOLDSWORTH,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Rural Lands.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 11th October, 1878.

UNDER and in pursuance of the powers vested in
the Waste Lands Board by "The Land Act,
1877," and "The Crown Lands Sale Act, 1877," it is
hereby notified that the rural lands mentioned in the
Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale by public
auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland, by the
Commissioner of Crown Lands, on Monday, the 18th
day of November, 1878, at the hour of 11 o'clock in
the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands Board.

SCHEDULE.