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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Gold-Mining Leases 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 leases of Crown lands for gold-
mining purposes to the applicants specified in the an-
nexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections
against such leases.

Objections to the granting of such leases, stating
the grounds of objection, must be made in writing,
and lodged with the Warden at Lawrence, on or
before the 6th day of September, 1878.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: John Roughan and Others. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business:
"Young Ireland Cement-Crushing Company." 10
acres, at Tuapeka East, in the Tuapeka Mining
District.

Applicants: Joseph Sutherland and Others. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business:
"British Empire Cement Company." 10 acres, at
Tuapeka East, in the Tuapeka Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this thirty-
first day of July, 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 the granting of such lease, stating the
grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and
lodged with the Warden at Lawrence, on or before
the 6th day of September, 1878.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Johannes Thorsen Kofoell and Others.
Style under which it is intended to conduct the busi-
ness: "Rose of Denmark Cement-Crushing Com-
pany." 10 acres, at Tuapeka East, in the Tuapeka
Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this
second day of August, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-eight.

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

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

VICTORIA, by the Grace of God of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen, Defender
of the Faith: TO JAMES BESSONNET, of Dublin, in
Ireland, Solicitor; MARY C. RICHARDSON, of
Southport, in the County of Lancashire, England;
and other the next of kin (if any) of FRANCIS
THOMAS WILLIAM BESSONNET, late of the Hutt,
in the Provincial District of Wellington, and
Colony of New Zealand, deceased:

WHEREAS it appears by the affidavits of John
Lockett, Frank Morton Ollivier, William Daw-
son, Maggie Belcher, William Alexander McDowell,
and John Kerby, sworn and filed in our Supreme
Court of New Zealand, Wellington District, that the
said deceased died at the Hutt aforesaid, having
made his last will, bearing date the 1st day of October,
1877, and thereof appointed WILLIAM ALEXANDER
MCDOWELL, of Wellington, Draper, and JOHN KERBY,
of Wellington, Accountant, Executors; and thereby
devised and bequeathed all his property both real
and personal to SARAH JANE LOCKETT, wife of John
Lockett, of the Hutt, Esquire; and that the said
deceased never revoked his said last will; and
further that the said will has been lost or so mislaid
that the same cannot be found: This is to command
you that, before or on the 18th day of January, 1879,
you do cause an appearance to be entered for you,
and show cause in our Supreme Court of New Zea-
land, Wellington District, why probate of the draft
of the last will of the said deceased should not be
granted to, the said William Alexander McDowell
and John Kerby, till the said will shall be found.

And take notice that, in the event of your not ap-
pearing to oppose such grant as aforesaid, the Judge
of our said Court will proceed to grant such probate,
your absence notwithstanding.

Dated this 7th day of August, 1878.

(L.S.) ALEX. S. ALLAN,
Registrar.

Citation to see will proved.
MARTIN CHAPMAN,
Solicitor to the Executors. 491

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that DAVID WEBLEY
and WILLIAM HENRY WEST, claiming
under the Will of JAMES WILSON, late of Welling-
ton, Engineer, deceased, have applied to be registered
as Proprietors of that part of Section 531, City of
Wellington, comprised in Certificate of Title, Vol. i.,
folio 225; and that they will be so registered, unless
caveat forbidding the same be lodged at this office on
or before the 14th day of September next.

Dated this 7th day of August, 1878, at the Lands
Registry Office, Wellington.
489
ANDREW TURNBULL,
Deputy District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land
hereinafter described will be brought under
the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1870,"
unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within
one calendar month after the date of the Gazette
containing this notice.

JAMES ALEXANDER BONAR, Applicant.—
11½ perches, being part of Allotment 786, Town of
Hokitika. Occupied by Duncan McGregor. No.
365. (Solicitor, S. M. South, Hokitika.)
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 26th day of July, 1878, at the Lands
Registry Office, Hokitika.
496
ALFRED H. KING,
District Land Registrar.