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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Board of Education for the District of Auckland, I
hereby notify that

JAMES MACCOSH CLARK

was, at a meeting of the said Board, held this day,
duly elected a Governor of the Board of Governors
constituted by the said Act, to fill the vacancy
caused by the retirement of His Honor Mr. Justice
Gillies.

J. LOGAN CAMPBELL,
Chairman of Meeting.

Governor of Auckland College elected.

PUBLIC NOTICE.

IN pursuance of "The Auckland College and
Grammar School Act, 1877," and of the regula-
tions thereunder for conducting the election of
Governors by the persons authorized to do so by
subsection 2 of section 3 of that Act, I hereby notify
that

FRANCIS DART FENTON, Esq.,

has been, this day, duly elected a Governor of the
Board of Governors constituted by the said Act.

JOHN JAMES,
Returning Officer.

Auckland, 5th April, 1879.

Agricultural Lease Certificate declared void.

IN pursuance of "The Gold Fields Act, 1866," and
of the regulations thereunder for the granting
and issue of agricultural leases, it is hereby notified
that the Certificate of Application (No. 1353c) for a
lease of Section 22, Block XVII., Shotover, granted
to Lewis Miller, has this day, with the approval of
the Land Board of the Otago Land District, been
declared void; and that the said land is now open
for application and occupation as if no such lease had
been applied for.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this
twenty-sixth day of March, 1879.

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 granting such lease, stating the
grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and
lodged with the Warden at Ahaura on or before
the 1st day of May, 1879.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Abraham Jenkins. Style under which
it is intended to conduct the business: "Jenkins's
Gully Gold-Mining Company." 10 acres, at German
Gully, west of and adjoining the Hochstetter Gold-
Mining Company's Lease, in the Nelson South-West
Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this fifteenth
day of April, one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
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 granting such lease, stating the
grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and
lodged with the Warden at Collingwood on or before
the 7th day of May, 1879.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: John Shaw and party. Style under
which it is intended to conduct the business: "The
Welcome." 16 acres, at Coles Gully, Aorere, in the
Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this
fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine.

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

Public Notification.

SALE OF RURAL LANDS.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 28th March, 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 rural land mentioned in the
Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale by public
auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland, by
the Commissioner of Crown Lands, on Tuesday, the
29th day of April, 1879, at the hour of 11 o'clock in
the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Chief Commissioner of Waste Lands Board.

SCHEDULE.

Description of Land.-20, good land, covered with
bush, fern, and manuka; 21, good land, chiefly bush;
22, good land, covered with heavy bush, well watered,
but rather broken; 51 and 52, 45 and 57, 56 and 62,
good soil, undulating, covered with bush and fern;
75, good land, bush and fern, fern land rather broken;
76, all heavy bush, good land, rather broken; 77,
heavy bush, good land, but not much broken; 78,
about two-thirds bush, very good land, the open hav-
ing been Maori cultivations; 79, about one-third
bush, all south of creek is very good land, with rough
feed under the fern, old Maori cultivations; 80,
medium land, with a small bush, about 10 acres, on it.