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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 91

Appointment under "The Property Assessment Act,
delineated on the record maps in the Survey Office,
1879."
Dunedin, and extending to a total acreage of 83,000
acres, more or less.

Land-Tax Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor in Council has been
pleased to appoint

JOHN SPERREY

to be Property-Tax Commissioner for the Colony of
New Zealand under "The Property Assessment
Act, 1879."

H. A. ATKINSON.

Appointment under "The Land-Tax Act, 1878."

Land-Tax Office,
Wellington, 28th January, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

EDWARD HERBERT FISHER

to be a Cadet in the Land-Tax Office, Christchurch,
from the 19th instant.

H. A. ATKINSON.

Assistant Surveyors appointed.

General Survey Office,
Wellington, 19th January, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the following appointments in the Sur-
vey Department of New Zealand:—

William Laing to be Assistant Surveyor. Date of
appointment, 3rd June, 1879.

George Henry Arthur Purchas to be Assistant
Surveyor. Date of appointment, 1st October,
1879.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Member of Taranaki Land Board appointed.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 27th January, 1880.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

JOHN BARLEYMAN, Esq.,

to be a Member of the Land Board of the Land
District of Taranaki.

H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

Certain Land classed as Pastoral Land.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1880.

IT is hereby notified that the Commissioners ap-
pointed in pursuance of the seventy-fifth section
of "The Land Act, 1877," have reported to His
Excellency the Governor that the land described in
the Schedule hereto shall be classified as pastoral
lands, and the Governor has determined that the
same shall be disposed of as pastoral lands upon
deferred payments, as provided by sections 76 to 85
inclusive of "The Land Act, 1877."

H. A. ATKINSON,
(for the Minister of Lands.)

SCHEDULE.

WAIKOUAITI DISTRICT.

ALL the land comprised within the boundaries of
Runs 20 and 39, also all the lands comprised within
the boundaries of Runs 76, 77, and 171A, in the
same district, and exclusive of all land granted to
lessees as pre-emptive rights, as these runs are

Gold-Mining Lease 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 a lease of Crown lands for
gold-mining purposes to the applicant specified in
the annexed 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 Havelock on or
before the 4th day of March, 1880.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: William Oliver. Style under which it
is intended to conduct the business: "The Waka-
marina Alluvial Hydraulic Sluicing Company." 10
acres, in the Wairau Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this
twentieth day of January, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty.

R. OLIVER.

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 Reefton on or before
the 2nd day of February, 1880.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: John McGaffin. Style under which it
is intended to conduct the business: "The Union
Quartz-Mining Company (Limited.)" 16 acres 2
roods, at Devil's Creek, in the Nelson South-West
Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twentieth
day of January, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty.

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