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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[Nov. 6

Alterations and Additions to the Rates for the Con-
veyance, Delivery, and Storage of Goods, Parcels,
&c., on the New Zealand Railways.

on the 18th and 19th November will be available for
return up to and including the 20th November.
Dated this 5th day of November, 1879.

R OLIVER,
Minister for Public Works.

IN accordance with section 18 of "The Public
Works Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," the
following alterations and concessions are made in
the scale of fares of passengers on the New Zealand
Railways :-

New Zealand Railways.
Single tickets from and to any station on the New
Zealand Railways (with the exception of Auckland
Section), issued on the 8th and 10th November, will
be available for return up to, and inclusive of, the
11th November.

Amberley to Bluff.
On the occasion of the North Otago Agricultural
and Pastoral Association Show, Oamaru, on the 20th
and 21st November, 1879, tickets at single fares for
the double journey will be issued from Dunedin to
Oamaru, and from Timaru to Oamaru, and from all
intermediate stations, on the 20th and 21st Novem-
ber, and will be available for return up to Monday,
the 24th November; also tickets at single fares for
the double journey will be issued from Christchurch
and stations north of Timaru to Oamaru on the 19th
and 20th November, and will be available for return
up to Monday, the 24th November.

On the occasion of the Ashburton Agricultural
and Pastoral Association Show on the 18th Novem-
ber, tickets at single fares, available for the double
journey on day of issue only, will be issued at
Christchurch and Timaru, and all intermediate sta-
tions to Ashburton.

On the occasion of the Christchurch Races and
Agricultural and Pastoral Show, ordinary single-fare
tickets will be issued from all stations to Christ-
church on the 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, and 14th
November, and will be available for the return
journey up to Wednesday, the 19th November.

On the occasion of the Rangiora Agricultural and
Pastoral Show, single-fare tickets from Christchurch
and all stations on the North Line, and branches to
Rangiora, issued on the 6th November, will be avail-
able for the double journey on that date.

On the occasion of the Christchurch Spring Race
Meeting on the 11th, 13th, and 14th November,
return tickets to include admission to the course will
be issued at Christchurch to racecourse. First-class,
three shillings and sixpence; second-class or open
wagons, two shillings and sixpence.

On the occasion of the Otago Agricultural and Pas-
toral Association Show, and the Dunedin Spring Race
Meeting, ordinary single fare tickets available for
the double journey will be issued from all stations to
Dunedin on the 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th of Novem-
ber, and on the 1st of December, and will be available
for the return journey up to and including the 2nd
December.

Auckland Section.
On the occasion of the Cattle Show, single tickets,
all stations to Auckland, issued on the 7th, 8th, 9th,
and 10th November, will be available for return up
to and inclusive of the 12th November.

On the 10th November, any station to any station,
return journey at single rates, except Auckland,
Newmarket, and Onehunga, to Green Lane and
Ellerslie, which will be, single or return, 1s., irre-
spective of class.

Wellington Section.
On the occasion of the Pastoral and Agricultural
Society's Show at Carterton on the 19th November,
single tickets from all stations to Featherston issued

Medical Officer under "The Government Insurance
and Annuities Act, 1874," appointed.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 5th November, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
WILLIAM EDWARD COLLINS, Esq., M.B., Lond.,
M.R.C.S.E.,
a Medical Officer under "The Government In-
surance and Annuities Act, 1874."

D. M. LUCKIE,
Commissioner.

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 applicant 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 Queenstown on or
before the 19th day of November, 1879.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Queenstown.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANT: Thomas Fitzgibbon. Style under which
it is intended to conduct the business: "Gallant
Tipperary Quartz-Mining Company." 16 acres, at
Upper Shotover, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twenty-
seventh day of October, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.

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 applicant 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 Reefton on or before
the 19th day of November, 1879.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Reefton.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANT: Henry Evans. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: "Lucky Hit
Quartz-Mining Company." 16 acres 2 roods, south