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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 74

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 Picton on or before
the 16th day of August, 1880.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Isaac Plimmer (by his Attorney, R.
Nicholls). Style under which it is intended to con-
duct the business: "Queen Charlotte Gold-Mining
Company." 11 acres 2 roods 20 perches, at Queen
Charlotte Sound, in the Ravenscliff Mining District.

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

R. OLIVER.

Sale of Crown Lands in the Town of Kumara.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 14th July, 1880.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
allotments of town lands will be offered for
sale by public auction, at the Courthouse, Kumara,
on Wednesday, the 11th August, 1880, at 2 o'clock.

One-fourth of the purchase-money to be paid at
the sale, and the remainder within one calendar
month, or the deposit will be forfeited.

TOWN OF KUMARA.

The following sections, all at the upset price of
£5, with valuation for improvements added, as
under: Section 728, £17; 729, £17; 730, £28;
731, £9; 733, £4; 734, £50; 735, £29; 736, £13
10s.; 737, £4; 738, £40; 739, £15; 742, £10; 752,
£3 5s.; 753, £11 15s.; 763, £8; 764, £18; 765,
£4; 60, £140; 54, £35; 139, £150; 142, £1 10s.;
374, £8; 375, £9; 444, £5; 445, £2 10s.; 66, £90;
76, £140; 77, £250; 339, £12; 342, £16; 343,
£19; 344, £19; 345, £19; 346, £19; 347, £16;
348, £14; 349, £14; 350, £14; 351, £14; 352,
£10; 353, £10; 23, £40; 279, £25; 818, £8; 819,
£8; 820, £1 15s.; 821, £2; 822, £2; 823, £8; 824,
£12; 825, £12; 826, £6 10s.; 836, £75; 837, £3;
838, £120; 839, £3; 840, £30; 841, £35; 842,
£10; 843, £100; 844, £25.

The following sections, at the upset prices and
with the valuations stated below: Section 740, £5
10s., valuation £36; 741, £12 15s., valuation £54;
845, £6 5s., valuation £36.

The following sections, without valuations, all at
the upset price of £5: Nos. 732, 743 to 751 inclu-
sive, 754 to 762, 766 to 777, 356 to 358, 361 to 373,
376 to 390, 437 to 443, 446 to 451, 337, 338, 399 to
408, 413, 414, 419 to 428, 296, 297, 302, 323, 324,
329 to 331, 778 to 795, 798 to 814, 816, 817, 827 to
835.

The following sections, without valuations, at the
upset prices below stated: 796, £6; 797, £5 10s.;
815, £6 15s.

A plan of the sections to be sold, and a list of the
valuations for improvements, with names of the
owners, can be seen at the Courthouse, Kumara,
and at the Land Office, Hokitika, to which occupiers
are referred for fuller information.

Occupiers who fail to purchase their sections will
not be entitled hereafter to any valuation for im-
provements.

J. GILES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases for Sale in the Waikaia District.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 3rd July, 1880.

LEASES will be offered for twenty-one years, in
the Waikaia District, under "The Otago and
Southland Reserves Leasing Act, 1878," by public
auction, at Gore, on Thursday, the 5th August next, at
noon.

Sections 1 to 13, Block X., Waikaia District, con-
taining from 208 to 320 acres each section. Upset
price, 2s. rental per acre per annum.

NOTE.—Terms and conditions of leases, as given
in the New Zealand Gazette of the 24th June current,
may be had on application to this office.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands, Crookston, Glenkenich, Slope-
down, Toetoes, Tuturau, and Waikaka Districts.

Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 3rd July, 1880.

I HEREBY notify that the lands described here-
under will be offered for sale by public auction,
at Gore, on Thursday, the 5th August next, at noon.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

RURAL LAND.

Crookston.—Section 2, Block X., 351 acres and 31
perches, at 21s., and survey fees, £21 Os. 8d.; Sec-
tion 10, Block XVI., 288 acres 2 roods 38 perches,
at £2 per acre.

Slopedown.—Sections 12, 14, and 15, Block II.,
containing respectively 350 acres 2 roods 27 perches,
311 acres 1 rood 14 perches, and 304 acres 3 roods
19 perches, at £1 per acre.

Toetoes.—Section 31, Block I., 122 acres 3 roods
25 perches, at £1 5s. per acre, with survey fees, £11
5s.; Sections 40 to 49, Block IV., 9 to 20, Block
VII., from 13 to 234 acres each, at £1 10s. per acre;
Section 3, Block VI., 176 acres 2 roods 33 perches,
at £2 per acre, and survey fees, £12 3s.

NOTE.—Section 31, Block I., is a good section.
Most of the sections in Blocks IV. and VII. have
valuable timber upon them. Section 3, Block VI., is
a valuable section.

Tuturau.—Sections 65 to 70, Block III., Sections
70A to 86, Block IV., from 4 to 20 acres each, at £3
per acre; also Sections 46, 87, 88, and 89, Block IV.,
at £4 per acre.

NOTE.—These sections, which are within three
miles of Mataura Bridge, have been surveyed into
small allotments to enable settlers to obtain a portion
of bush.

Waikaka.—Section 20, Block I. (an island in the
Mataura), 80 acres, at £2 per acre, and survey fees,
£6 12s.; Section 17, Block IV., 7 acres and 32 perches,
£10 per acre. This section is admirably adapted for
mill purposes.

And in East Gore, Waikaka, Pukerau, Kelso,
Waikaia, Waipahi, Clinton, Wyndham, and Fortrose.