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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Cadet in Survey Department appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1879.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

WILLIAM FAIRCHILD MARSH
to be a Cadet in the Survey Department of New
Zealand. The appointment to date from 17th April,
1879.

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

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 an-
nexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections
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 Picton on or before
the 7th day of July, 1879.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Richard Nicholls and others. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business:
"The New Sutherland." 16 acres, in the Wairau
Mining District.

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

ROBERT STOUT,
Minister of Lands.

Alterations and Additions to the Rates for the Con-
veyance, Delivery, and Storage of Goods, Parcels,
&c., on all the New Zealand Railways.

IN accordance with section 18 of "The Public
Works Act 1876 Amendment Act, 1878," the
following alterations and concessions are made in the
scale of fares of passengers and charges for the car-
riage of goods on the New Zealand Railways:--

Single tickets issued from all stations to Wanganui
during the races on the 19th and 20th June will be
available for the return journey up to Monday, the
23rd, inclusive.

All articles intended for the Exhibition to be held
at Sydney shall be conveyed free over all the New
Zealand Railways.

The packages must be clearly and legibly marked
by exhibitors, "For Sydney Exhibition."

J. T. FISHER,
(for the Minister for Public Works.)

Sale of a further Portion of the Reclaimed Land in
the City of Wellington.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1879.

THE Commissioner of Crown Lands for Welling-
ton will sell, by public auction, on Tuesday, the

17th of June, 1879, at the Athenæum Hall, Lambton
Quay, Wellington, the under-mentioned allotments of
freehold land, in Blocks numbered X., XI., XII., and
XIII., on the plan of the reclaimed land, in the
City of Wellington.

Lithographed plans, as well as conditions of sale,
are now ready for distribution at the various Land
Offices throughout the colony.

The plans contain the fullest particulars, giving
the number of sections, with their area in poles and
tenths; also the frontage in feet and tenths.

Each section will be pegged and numbered before
the day of sale.

Block X. contains 15 sections.
, XI. 8
, XII. 5
, XIII. 14
Total ... 42

These several blocks of land have frontages to
Waterloo Quay on the East; Lambton Quay on the
West; Allen Street on the North; and to the
Government Buildings on the South.

Terms of payment: 15 per cent. cash deposit;
the balance by bills at six, nine, and twelve months,
without interest.

Immediate possession will be given after the sale.
Title direct from the Crown.

By order.

H. J. H. ELIOTT,
Under Secretary for Crown Lands.

Public Notification.

SALE OF RURAL LANDS.

PATUTAHI BLOCK (POVERTY BAY DISTRICT).

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 5th May, 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 lands mentioned in the
Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale by public
auction, at the Masonic Hall, Gisborne, on Tuesday,
the 10th day of June, 1879, at the hour of 12 o'clock
noon.

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

SCHEDULE.

Section. Area. Upset Price.

TURANGANUI SURVEY DISTRICT.
Block I., First Class Rural Lands.

1 49 3 20 £ 499 0 0
2 38 0 26 381 10 0
3 37 2 29 376 10 0