1718
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

"Victoria Company." 8 acres, at Hyde, in the
Mount Ida Mining District.
Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this fifth
day of December, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine.
J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

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
annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objec-
tions 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 Riverton on or
before the 20th day of December, 1879.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Ross Robertson. Style under which it
is intended to conduct the business: "Australasian
Gold-Mining Company." 10 acres, at Longwood, in
the Longwood Mining District.

Applicant: John Bell. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: "Sunbeam Mining
Company." 10 acres, at Longwood, in the Long-
wood Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this
third day of December, 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 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 Collingwood on or before
the 22nd day of December, 1879.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Thomas Todd and Robert Wilson.
Style under which it is intended to conduct the
business: "Excelsior Gold-Mining Company." 14
acres, at Coles Creek, Collingwood, in the Nelson
South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-
eighth day of November, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.

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

Traffic Returns.
[DEC. 11

NEW ZEALAND RAILWAYS.-Traffic Returns
for the Four Weeks ending 18th October, 1879:-

KAIPARA SECTION.
PASSENGERS,-
1st Class ... No. 250
2nd Class ... No. 747
Total... 997*

Corresponding
Four Weeks
1878.
No.
277
769
1046

GOODS, -
Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... 1 0 0
Timber ... 219 0 0
Grain ... 11 0 0
Merchandise ... 329 0 0
Minerals ...
Firewood ... 30 0 0
Total ... 590 0 0

Tons cwt. qr.
304 0 0
9 0 0
283 0 0
8 0 0
604 0 0

LIVE STOCK,-
No.
Parcels and Dogs ... 202
Horses and Cattle ...
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ...
Total... 202

No.
2
1
3

RECEIPTS, -
£ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 118 2 7
Goods and Live Stock 238 12 8
Total... £356 15 3

£ s. d.
119 12 7
221 14 0
£341 6 7

AUCKLAND SECTION.
PASSENGERS,-
1st Class ... No. 4,648
2nd Class ... No. 14,837
Total... 19,535*

No.
2,960
13,965
16,925

GOODS, -
Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... 8 0 0
Timber ... 353 0 0
Grain ... 326 0 0
Merchandise ... 1,036 0 0
Minerals ... 2,851 0 0
Firewood ... 10 0 0
Total... 4,584 0 0

Tons cwt. qr.
8 0 0
428 0 0
174 0 0
1,323 0 0
2,238 0 0
8 0 0
4,179 0 0

LIVE STOCK,-
No.
Parcels and Dogs ... 71
Horses and Cattle ... 1,639
Sheep, Pigs, &c. ... 2,012
Total... 3,722

No.
825
1,040
1,865

RECEIPTS, -
£ s. d.
Passengers, Parcels, &c.... 2,153 3 7
Goods and Live Stock 2,480 3 5
Total... £4,633 7 0

£ s. d.
1,646 2 8
2,011 13 0
£3,657 15 8

NAPIER SECTION.
PASSENGERS,-
1st Class ... No. 2,630
2nd Class ... No. 6,033
Total... 8,663*

No.
3,737
7,374
11,111

GOODS, -
Tons cwt. qr.
Wool ... 64 0 0
Timber ... 312 0 0
Grain ... 118 0 0
Merchandise ... 685 0 0
Minerals ... 357 0 0
Firewood ... 645 0 0
Total... 2,181 0 0

Tons cwt. qr.
53 0 0
711 0 0
107 0 0
569 0 0
348 0 0
576 0 0
2,366 0 0