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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1854," the following name of an Officiating Minister
Copy of the application made and plan annexed
within the meaning of the said Act is published for may be seen at the Warden's Office at Lawrence.
general information:—

Primitive Methodist Connection.
The Reverend Joseph Long.
WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Branch registered under "The Friendly Societies
Act, 1877."

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 28th June, 1879.

THE "Loyal Outram Lodge" is registered as a
branch of the " Otago District of the Manchester
Unity Independent Order of Oddfellows Friendly
Society," under "The Friendly Societies Act, 1877,"
this 28th day of June, 1879.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Gold-Mining Lease refused.
Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 28th June, 1879.

NOTICE is hereby given that the gold-mining
lease applied for by the under-mentioned
person, for the ground hereinafter described, has
been refused, and the ground is now open to persons
holding miners' rights or business licenses, as if a
lease of the said ground had not been applied for:—

Maurice Dore: Evening Star Company. 16 acres
2 roods 4 perches, east of and adjoining the Dolly
Varden Claim, Devil's Creek.

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

Gold-Mining Lease refused.
Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 28th June, 1879.

NOTICE is hereby given that the gold-mining
lease applied for by Thomas Collins and R. C.
Savage, for the ground hereinafter described, has been
refused, and, excepting the portion granted to the
Keep-it-Dark Company as a special claim, the ground
is now open to persons holding miners' rights or
business licenses, as if a lease of the said ground had
not been applied for, viz. :—

16½ acres; bounded North and East by Keep-it-
Dark Gold-Mining Company's ground; South by
the Inangahua River; West by unoccupied ground.
Name of Company: "The Gem Gold-Mining Com-
pany."

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
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 Lawrence on or
before the 25th day of July, 1879.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANT: John Clymer. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: "Pioneer Gold-
Mining Company." 10 acres, in the Tuapeka Mining
District, Section 7, Block LIII., Tokomairiro.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twenty-
sixth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine.

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

Report: New Zealand Company's Commissioner.

I, DAVID LEWIS, a Commissioner duly appointed
by virtue of the Ordinance No. 15, Session XI.,
of the Legislative Council of the Islands of New
Zealand, to hear and decide claims to land by persons
claiming title thereto, from, through, or under the
New Zealand Company, report that the claim of
Edwin Bannister, of Wellington, having been
referred to me for investigation, I do hereby decide
that the said Edwin Bannister will be entitled to
take delivery of a Crown grant, to be issued in the
name of William Bannister, senior, late of Wel-
lington, Settler, for two and a half acres of land,
part of Section No. 11, Hutt District. The legal
estate to be antevested therein as from the 22nd
August, 1844.

Dated at Wellington, this twenty-fifth day of June,
1879.

DAVID LEWIS,
Commissioner,
New Zealand Company's Land Claims.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM BOON,
of Pahautanui, Wellington District, claiming
as Heir-at-law of GEORGE BOON, late of Opuha, Shep-
herd, has applied to be registered as Proprietor of
1 acre of land, part of Rural Section No. 10484,
Timaru District, as comprised in certificate of title,
Vol. v., folio 176; and that he will be so registered,
unless caveat forbidding the same be lodged within
one month after the date of the Gazette containing
this notice.

Dated this 27th day of June, 1879, at the Lands
Registry Office, Christchurch.
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R. W. D'OYLY,
District Land Registrar.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that HUGH McCROS-
TIE, JOHN WELLS, and JOHN DODS-
WORTH RUDD, claiming as Devisees under the
Will of GEORGE WARREN, late of Greendale, Farmer,
have applied to be registered as Proprietors of 100
acres of land, being the Rural Section No. 10034,
Malvern District; 70 acres, being the Rural Section
No. 14414, Upper Christchurch District; 20 acres,
being Rural Section No. 15401, Upper Christchurch
District; and 20 acres, Rural Section No. 23082,
Upper Christchurch District: and that they will be
so registered, unless caveat forbidding the same be
lodged within one month after the date of the Gazette
containing this notice.

Dated this 27th day of June, 1879, at the Lands
Registry Office, Christchurch.
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R. W. D'OYLY,
District Land Registrar.