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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 36

Mining Company." 16 acres, Block IX., Longwood,
in the Longwood Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twelfth
day of April, one thousand eight hun-
dred and eighty.

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

Gold-Mining Leases to be granted.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

I
N 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 Riverton on or before
the 28th day of April, 1880.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: John Parry. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: "Extended Cale-
donian Quartz-Mining Company." 16 acres, at
Longwood, in the Longwood Mining District.

Applicant: Bernhard Berndtson. Style under
which it is intended to conduct the business: "Prince
Bismark." 12 acres, at Longwood, in the Longwood
Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this fifth
day of April, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty.

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

Gold-Mining Lease forfeited.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 1st April, 1880.

I
T is hereby notified that the ground applied for by
Michael Roche as a gold-mining lease, and hercin-
after described, is now open to holders of miners'
rights or business licenses, or to applicants for a
lease, the said Michael Roche having failed to comply
with Regulation 19, Appendix A, of "The Mines
Act, 1877:"-

Section 7, Block VIII., Mawheranui; 5 acres,
applied for by Michael Roche, for the Excelsior
Gold-Mining Company.

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

Notice of Withdrawal of Application for a Gold-
Mining Lease.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 5th April, 1880.

I
T is hereby notified that the under-mentioned
application for a gold-mining lease has been
withdrawn, and that the ground is now open for
application as if a lease of the same had never
been applied for, viz :-

The application of Roger Walker and James
Brown, dated 26th March, 1878. Hopeful Gold-

Mining Company; 7 acres, situate opposite Broomie-
law Creek Hotel, Charleston.

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

Postponement of Wairoa Lands Sale.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 23rd March, 1880.

I
HEREBY notify that the sale of lands in the
Opoiti and Tatamaranta Survey Districts, Wairoa,
near Hawke's Bay, advertised to take place at the
Courthouse, Clyde, on Tuesday, the 6th day of April
next, has been postponed to Tuesday, the 27th day
of April, 1880, at the same hour and place.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 27th March, 1880.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open
for sale, on application, on and after Saturday,
the 1st day of May next, at the prices stated below.

One-fourth of the purchase-money to be paid on
application, and the balance within one month after
notice that the applicant has been declared the pur-
chaser.

HORACE BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.
POHUI BUSH.

Sale of Crown Lands at Invercargill.

NOTICE is hereby given that the reserve on
Sections 65, 67, and 68, Block XVI., New
River Hundred, is discharged, and the sections will
be offered for sale by auction at the Land Office,
Invercargill, at noon, on Monday, the 10th day of
May proximo, at the upset price of £5 per acre.

NEW RIVER HUNDRED.

WALTER H. PEARSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 11th February, 1880.