THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1167

Tenders. — Greytown Branch Railway.

Public Works Office,
Wellington, 20th August, 1879.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful
tenderers is published for general information.

J. MACANDREW,
Minister for Public Works.

GREYTOWN BRANCH CONTRACT.
Accepted.
Bennett and Potts, Carterton ... £ s. d.
760 6 3

Declined.
Thomas Riordan, Wellington ... 779 3 4
W. N. Park, Carterton ... 878 5 0
J. Farrell, Wellington ... 924 14 0
C. Tait, Featherston ... 1,225 0 0
Kirkpatrick and Cleary, Wellington ... 1,274 17 5
M. B. Cave, Tauherenikau ... 1,355 12 6
J. Powell, Wellington ... 1,420 18 0
W. Kebblewhite and S. White, Masterton ... 1,485 0 0

Commissioner of Supreme Court.

NOTICE. His Honor the Chief Justice has, this
fifteenth day of August, 1879, appointed
FREDERICK PARISH, of 1 and 2, Great Winchester
Street Buildings, Old Broad Street, in the City of
London, and Erith, in the County of Kent, England,
a Solicitor of Her Majesty's Supreme Court of
Judicature in England, to be a Commissioner in
England for the purpose of administering and taking
any oath, affidavit, or affirmation under "The Com-
missioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875."

ALEX. S. ALLAN,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Wellington, 15th August, 1879.

Sale of License of Snowflake Run, Marlborough.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 4th August, 1879.

IN accordance with "The Land Act, 1877," the
Land Board for the Land District of Marl-
borough hereby notifies that a license of the run
described in the Schedule hereto will be offered at
public auction, at noon on Wednesday, the 10th day
of September next. The upset annual rent has been
fixed at 1d. an acre per annum. The person who
shall bid the highest sum by way of annual rent, not
being less than £16 13s. 4d., shall be entitled to
receive a license to occupy the said run for pastoral
purposes for the term of seven years, provided that
he shall pay the first year's rent in advance at the
auction. In default of such payment the run will
be forthwith again put up to auction. A plan of the
said run may be inspected at the Survey Office,
Blenheim.

SCHEDULE.

THE Snowflake Run, situate in the District of Kai-
koura, containing 4,000 acres, more or less. Bounded
towards the South-west, 15400 links, by the Swyn-
combe Run; towards the North-west, 23700 links;
and towards the North-east, 14300 links, by unoccu-
pied Crown land; and towards the South-east partly,
8000 links, by unoccupied Crown land, and partly by
the Kowhai River.

HENRY G. CLARK,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Gold-Mining Leases to be granted.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and with the regula-

tions 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 leases.

Objections to the granting of such leases, stating the
grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and
lodged with the Warden at St. Bathans on or before
the 2nd day of September, 1879.

Copy of the applications made and plans annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at St. Bathans.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: William Williams and others. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business:
"Cambrian Water Company." 6 acres, at Snowden,
in the Mount Ida Mining District.

Applicants: William McConnochie and others.
Style under which it is intended to conduct the
business: "Enterprise Company." 10 acres, near
Vinegar Hill, in the Mount Ida Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this
eleventh day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.

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

Notice of Intention to grant Mineral Lease.

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 mineral
leases, it is hereby notified that it is intended, after
the expiration of thirty days from the publication of
this notice, to grant a lease for coal-mining purposes
to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, in
accordance with Regulation 33 relating to special
cases.

Copy of the application made, together with plan
and papers, may be seen at the Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: James Cain. Area: 5 acres 3 roods
7 perches. Locality: Section 8, Block V., Kyeburn.
Term: Twenty-one years. Mining district: Mount
Ida.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this
eighth day of August, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy-nine.

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

Agricultural Lease Certificate 1753c declared void.

IN pursuance of "The Mines Act, 1877," and of the
regulations thereunder for the granting and issue
of agricultural leases, it is hereby notified that the
Certificate of Application No. 1753c, granted to
Henry Clark, for Section 4, Block VI., Budle, has,
with the approval of the Land Board of the Otago
Land District, been declared void; and that the said
section is now open for occupation as if no lease of
the same had been applied for.

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

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