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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

ALSO ON DEFERRED PAYMENT.

W. H. PEARSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 17th May, 1879.

OFFICIATING MINISTERS FOR 1879.-NOTICE No. 8

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 26th May, 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:--

The Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.
The Reverend David Gordon.

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

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 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 16th day of June, 1879.

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

Objections to the granting of such leases, stating
the grounds of objection, must be made in writing,
and lodged with the Warden at Collingwood on or
before the 16th day of June, 1879.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Francis McGrane and Thomas McGrane.
Style under which it is intended to conduct the
business: "Amalgamation Gold-Mining Company."
4 acres, Appo's Gully, in the Golden Bay Mining
District.

Applicant: Thomas Adams. Style under which it
is intended to conduct the business: "Perseverance
Gold-Mining Company." 16 acres, Bedstead Gully,
in the Golden Bay Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-
third day of May, one thousand eight hun-
dred 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 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 16th day of June, 1879.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: William Patton and others. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business:
"North Tipperary Gold-Mining Company." 10 acres,
at Bush Creek, Twelve-Mile, in the Arrow Mining
District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twenty-
first day of May, one thousand eight hun-
dred and seventy-nine.

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

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

WHEREAS application has been made to me by
FRANCIS DOHERTY, of Ashburton, Store-
keeper, to register a dealing affecting Lot No. 11,
on a plan deposited in the Land Transfer Office,
Christchurch, as No. 181, Certificate of Title,
Vol. xxxviii., folio 135, now standing in his name,
and a statutory declaration as to the loss of the said
certificate having been lodged with me: Notice is
hereby given that I shall register the above dealing,
and issue a provisional certificate to the said Francis
Doherty, unless caveat forbidding the same be lodged
within fourteen days from the publication of this
notice.

Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch,
this 23rd day of May, 1879.

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R. W. D'OYLY,
District Land Registrar.