1879.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1597

AMBERLEY TO BLUFF.
On the occasion of the Ashburton Races ordinary
single-fare tickets, available for the double journey,
will be issued at Christchurch and Timaru, and
intermediate stations, to Ashburton, on the 19th and
20th November, 1879, and will be available for
return up to and including the 21st November,
1879.

Dated this 12th day of November, 1879.

R. OLIVER,
Minister for Public Works.

OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1879.--NOTICE No. 21.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 5th November, 1879.

PURSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, passed in
the eighteenth year of the reign of Her Majesty
Queen Victoria, and intituled "The Marriage Act,
1854," the following name of an Officiating Minister
within the meaning of the said Act is published for
general information:----

Congregational Independents.
The Reverend William Barnett.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Civil Service Examinations.

Office of the Civil Service Examination Board,
Wellington, 6th November, 1879.

THE following are the Latin authors and works
from which candidates for the Senior Examina-
tion can select for the June and December Examina-
tions, 1880 :

Sallust. Catiline.
Cæsar. De Bello Gallico, Books I. and II.
Cicero. Orationes in Catilinam, I. and II.
Ovid. Fasti, Books I. and II.
Virgil. Æneid, Books I. and II.
Horace. Odes, Books I. and II.

N.B. Each candidate must select one prose and
one verse author.

By order.

C. C. N. BARRON,
Secretary.

Gold-Mining Leases Applications withdrawn.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 1st November, 1879.

IN pursuance of Regulation No. 24 of Appendix A
to "The Mines Act, 1877," it is hereby notified
that the under-mentioned applications for gold-mining
leases in the Tuapeka Mining District have been
withdrawn, and that the land in each case is now
open for occupation as if no lease of the same had
ever been applied for :--

1. John Mouat, Salisbury Company; 5 acres,
   Section 71, Block X., Tuapeka East.
2. John Mouat, Beaconsfield Cement Crushing
   Company; 10 acres, Section 106, Block XIX., Tua-
   peka East.
3. Peter Ohlsen and Charles Hansen, Jason Gold-
   Mining Company; 10 acres, Section 27, Block LII.,
   Tokomairiro.
4. John Clymer and others, Pioneer Gold-Mining
   Company; 10 acres, Section 7, Block LIII., Toko-
   mairiro.
5. John Murray, jun., Northumberland Gold-
   Mining Company; 10 acres, Section 22, Block LII.,
   and Section 8, Block LIII., Tokomairiro.

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 regula-
tions 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 St. Bathans on or before
the 25th day of November, 1879.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Matthew Gannon and others. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business:
"The Ballarat Company." 10 acres, at Vinegar Hill,
in the Mount Ida Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this eighth
day of November, 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 Arrowtown on or
before the 29th day of November, 1879.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Lew Hoz. Style under which it is in-
tended to conduct the business: "Dunnolly Claim."
6 acres, in the Arrow Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this fifth
day of November, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine.

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

Public Notification.

SALE OF TOWN, SUBURBAN, AND RURAL LANDS.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 23rd October 1879.

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 town, suburban, and 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