THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 305

SCHEDULE.
JOSEPH DURIE. For three acres of land, more or
less, as the same may be found after survey to be
within the pegs and trenches of the applicants,
situated at Maori Point, near Upper Shotover.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
eleventh day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-eight.
J. BALLANCE,
Minister.

Mining Inspector appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1878.
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
HENRY GOLDSMITH, Esq.,
to be Mining Inspector for the Hauraki Gold Mining
District.
J. BALLANCE.

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 within the Provincial District
of Otago, it is hereby notified that it is intended to
grant a lease for gold-mining purposes of Crown lands
to the applicants specified in the annexed Schedule,
unless there shall be valid objections against granting
such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating
the grounds of objection, must be made in writing,
and lodged with the Warden at Naseby, on or before
the 27th day of March, 1878.

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

SCHEDULE.
WALTER INDER and others. For sixteen acres of
land, more or less, as the same may be found after
survey to be within the pegs and trenches of the
applicants, situated at Bow's Creek, Serpentine.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
eleventh day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.
J. BALLANCE,
Minister.

Change of Purpose of Reserves.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 12th February, 1878.
IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has approved, under the provisions of
the 148th section of "The Land Act, 1877," of the
intended change of purpose of the reserves specified
in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

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 within the Provincial District
of Otago, it is hereby notified that it is intended to
grant a lease for gold-mining purposes of Crown lands
to the applicants specified in the annexed Schedule,
unless there shall be valid objections against granting
such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating
the grounds of objection, must be made in writing,
and lodged with the Warden at Arrowtown, on or
before the 27th day of March, 1878.

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

SCHEDULE.
JAMES F. HEALEY and others. For seven acres of
land, more or less, as the same may be found after
survey to be within the pegs and trenches of the
applicants, adjoining the Gladstone Reef, left-hand
branch of Sawyer's Gully, Twelve-Mile Creek, Arrow
River.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
eleventh day of March, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-eight.
J. BALLANCE,
Minister.

Sec. No. 1646
(in red), in the
Town of Wai-
mate, in the Pro-
vincial District
of Canterbury,
5 acres, more or
less, for Provin-
cial Government

All that piece or parcel of
land in the Town of Waimate,
in the Provincial District of
Canterbury, containing by
admeasurement two (2)
roods, more or less, being
part of Section No. 1646 (in
red). Bounded towards the
North-west by Queen Street

As a site for
County Council
buildings.