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mining purposes to the applicant 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 Ahaura on or before
the 30th day of June, 1879.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: William Flint Pilman. Style under
which it is intended to conduct the business: "Orwell
Creek Company." 10 acres, north side Napoleon
Hill Company, Orwell Creek, in the Nelson South-
West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this ninth
day of June, 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 applicant 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 Reefton on or before
the 27th day of June, 1879.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Thomas Watson. Style under which it
is intended to conduct the business: "Wealth of
Nations Quartz-Mining Company (Registered)."
8 acres, at Murray Creek, in the Nelson South-West
Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this fifth
day of June, 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 Ahaura on or before
the 27th day of June, 1879.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Henry Brunetti and Company. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business:
"The Back Creek Company." 5 acres, at Back
Creek, near Orwell Creek, in the Nelson South-West
Mining District.

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

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

Legislative Council Standing Orders relative to Local
Bills.

Legislative Council,
1st February, 1879.

IN accordance with a resolution of the Legislative
Council, the following Standing Orders relative
to Local Bills are published for general information.

L. STOWE,
Clerk of the Legislative Council.

STANDING ORDERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
RELATIVE TO LOCAL BILLS.

1. Local Bills are those which not being such as
   require to be introduced as Private Bills, are yet
   Bills specially affecting local interests and dealing
   with private rights, or with public reserves for local
   and municipal purposes; also Bills altering the con-
   stitution, election, or powers of local public bodies.

2. There shall be a Standing Committee, to consist
   of five members, to be called the "Local Bills Com-
   mittee," to which shall stand referred, after their
   first reading, all Bills which may appear to the
   Speaker to come within the description given in the
   preceding Order. Such Committee shall, in the case
   of every Bill referred to it, decide whether the same
   comes within the definition of a Local Bill; and, if
   so, whether the conditions laid down in Orders 3, 4,
   and 5 have been complied with.

3. No Local Bill shall be introduced into the
   Legislative Council by any member later than two
   months after the commencement of the session.

4. The member in charge of a Local Bill shall pro-
   duce to the Local Bills Committee satisfactory evi-
   dence that the intention to introduce the Bill and
   the purport of the same has been made public in the
   locality whose interests are affected, by advertisement
   in a local newspaper, at least four times in four suc-
   cessive weeks. When the Bill specially affects the
   interests of any private individual, evidence shall
   also be produced that personal notice to the effect
   above stated has been given to such individual.

5. When a Local Bill refers to an exchange of or
   other dealing with any Crown lands, or with a public
   reserve, the member in charge thereof shall also pro-
   duce a certified map, on a scale of not less than 20
   chains to an inch, showing the land or reserve in
   question, and the mode in which it is proposed to
   deal with the same. When any Schedule containing
   a description of any land is attached to such Bill, it
   shall be accompanied by a certificate of its correct-
   ness from an officer of the Survey Department or
   other duly-authorized Surveyor.