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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Inspectors appointed under "The Regulation of
Mines Act, 1874."

Gold Fields Department,
Wellington, 11th March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

SAMUEL HERBERT COX, Esq.; and
GEORGE JONATHAN BINNS, Esq.,

to be Inspectors of Mines under "The Regulation
of Mines Act, 1874."

ROBERT STOUT.

Gold-Mining Leases cancelled.

Secretary for Gold Fields' Office,
Wellington, 11th March, 1879.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government has been
pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-
mining leases in the Otago Gold Fields cancelled,
and that the ground is now open for application as
if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied
for:--

AH HONG, Section 60, Block XIX., Shotover Dis-
trict, Queenstown Mining District.
CHING CHONG, Section 7, Block VIII., Skipper's
Creek District, Queenstown Mining District.
THOMAS WILLIAM MCDONALD, Section 53, Block
XIX., Shotover District, Queenstown Mining
District.
AH PONG, Section 13, Block VII., Skipper's Creek
District, Queenstown Mining District.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Gold-Mining Leases cancelled.

Secretary for Gold Fields' Office,
Wellington, 11th March, 1879.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government has been
pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-
mining leases in the Otago Gold Fields cancelled,
and that the ground is now open for application as
if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied
for:--

JOSIAH MITCHINSON, Section 12, Block III., Wake-
field District, Cromwell Mining District.
SAMUEL WILLIAMS and JOHN LUMLEY EDWARDS,
Section 2, Block II., Bannockburn District,
Cromwell Mining District.
THE CALEDONIAN QUARTZ-MINING COMPANY (Re-
gistered), Section 3, Block II., Bannockburn
District, Cromwell Mining District.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Secretary for Gold Fields' Office,
Wellington, 11th March, 1879.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Ad-
ministrator of the Government has been pleased
to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining lease
in the Otago Gold Fields cancelled, and that the
ground is now open for application as if no lease of
the said ground had ever been applied for :--

WILLIAM WILLIAMS and OTHERS (The Con-
tinually-trying-but-so-far-Unfortunate Com-
pany), Section 21, Block I., St. Bathans
District.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Valuer under "Land-Tax Act, 1878," appointed.

Land-Tax Department,
Wellington, 11th March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

Mr. CHARLES GEORGE LINDSAY MARGOLIOUTH,
to be Valuer for the Papakura Road District, in the
Land-Tax District of Hawke's Bay, in the place of
Mr. Joseph Turley.

J. BALLANCE.

Receiver of Land Revenue appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 6th March, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Govern-
ment has been pleased to appoint

ROBERT THOMPSON, Esq.,
to be Receiver of Land Revenue for the Provincial
District of Taranaki, vice Wilson Heaps, Esq., re-
signed.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister for Lands.

Educational Statistics.

Education Department,
Wellington, 11th March, 1879.

THE following statistics of education under "The
Education Act, 1877," are published for general
information.

The total average attendance during the quarter
ending 31st December, 1877, was 41,773. The
corresponding details of this cannot be given, as
the education districts then in existence were not
the same as the above.

J. BALLANCE.

Balance-sheets of Richmond and Motueka Cemeteries.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 7th March, 1879.

THE following balance-sheets of the Richmond
and Motueka Cemeteries, County of Waimea,
are published in accordance with the provisions of
"The (Nelson) Public Cemeteries Act, 1859."

G. S. COOPER,
Under-Secretary.