[JAN. 8.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 11

be supplied free for periods not exceeding three | Diggings, Mount Burster, in the Mount Ida Mining
months to persons or parties desiring to test such | District.
ground in any locality between Coal Pit Gully and
the head of the race. Those wishing to take advan-
tage of this provision must forward applications con-
taining particulars as to locality and quantity of
water required to the Trust in writing, and it shall
not be lawful for the Manager to supply water under
this regulation until the consent of the Trust has
been obtained..

H. W. ROBINSON,
Chairman, Mount Ida Water-race Trust.
E. T. GEORGE,
Secretary.

Post Offices opened as Government Insurance Offices.
Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 2nd January, 1880.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Post Offices at
the under-mentioned places have been opened
as Government Life Insurance Offices :-
INGLEWOOD, County of Taranaki.
OHAUPO, County of Waipa.
OWAKE, County of Clutha.
WOOLSTON, County of Selwyn.
WOODVILLE, County of Waipawa.
WYNDHAM, County of Southland.
D. M. LUCKIE,
Commissioner.

Commissioner of Supreme Court appointed.
NOTICE. -His Honor the Chief Justice has ap-
pointed HENRY WESTLEY, of Melbourne, in the
Colony of Victoria, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court
of the said colony, as Commissioner of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand, in the said colony, under the
second section of "The Commissioners of the Supreme
Court Act, 1875," for the purpose of administering
and taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations
as in the said section mentioned.
ALEX. S. ALLAN,
Registrar, Supreme Court.
Wellington, 22nd December, 1879.

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 leases.
Objections to the granting of such leases, stating
the grounds of objection, must be made in writing,
and lodged with the Warden at Naseby on or before
the 9th day of January, 1880.
Copy of the applications made and plans annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Naseby.
SCHEDULE.
APPLICANT: John Farmer. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: "Farmer's Sluicing
Claim." 6 acres, head of Main Gully, in the Mount
Ida Mining District.
Applicants: Walter Inder and William Guffie.
Style under which it is intended to conduct the
business: "Inder and Guffie." 7 acres, Clarke's

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twenty-
ninth day of December, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-nine.
J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Public Notification.
SALE OF RURAL LANDS.
Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 13th December, 1879.
UNDER and in pursuance of the powers vested in
the Waste Lands Board by "The Land 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 Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, by the Commissioner of Crown Lands, on
Monday, the 19th day of January, 1880, at the hour
of 11 o'clock in the forenoon.

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

SCHEDULE.
Lot. | Area. | Upset Price.
WAIKATO DISTRICT.
Parish of Pukete.
A. R. P. | £ s. d.
47 | 50 1 15 | 51 0 0
48 | 50 2 0 | 50 10 0
49 | 52 0 0 | 52 0 0
50 | 57 2 0 | 57 10 0
51 | 51 2 0 | 51 10 0
52 | 50 0 0 | 50 0 0
53 | 50 0 0 | 50 0 0
54 | 50 0 0 | 50 0 0
59 | 51 2 0 | 51 10 0
60 | 43 3 0 | 43 15 0
62 | 51 0 0 | 51 0 0
63 | 43 2 0 | 43 10 0
64 | 51 3 0 | 51 15 0
106 | 50 2 0 | 50 10 0
107 | 54 2 0 | 54 10 0
112 | 54 2 0 | 54 10 0
136 | 45 2 0 | 45 10 0
146 | 40 3 0 | 40 15 0
150 | 106 0 0 | 106 0 0
151 | 48 0 0 | 48 0 0
162 | 50 0 0 | 50 0 0
166 | 50 0 0 | 50 0 0
170 | 53 0 0 | 53 0 0
171 | 37 2 0 | 37 10 0
174A | 29 0 0 | 29 0 0
175 | 51 2 0 | 51 10 0
176 | 48 0 0 | 48 0 0
190 | 40 0 0 | 60 0 0
195 | 50 0 0 | 50 0 0
267 | 24 0 0 | 24 0 0
Description of Land. Generally undulating fern
land or swampy.

Parish of Te Rapa.
44A | 25 2 18 | 38 10 0
78 | 112 3 0 | 112 15 0
Description of Land. -Swampy.
Parish of Tuhikaramea.
53 | 50 0 0 | 50 0 0
54 | 50 0 0 | 50 0 0
55 | 54 3 8 | 55 0 0
79 | 50 0 0 | 50 0 0