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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Crown Lands Notices.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

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 applicants 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 Lawrence on or before
the 9th day of September, 1880.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: James Ritchie and others. Style under
under which it is intended to conduct the business:
"Deep Lead Gold-Mining Company." 10 acres, in
the Tuapeka Mining District.

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

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

Agricultural Lease cancelled.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned
agricultural lease has, with the approval of the
Land Board of the Otago Land District, been de-
clared cancelled, and that the land is now open for
application as if no lease of the same had ever been
applied for.

No. 1364c. Patrick Kerin; 75 acres and 3
perches, being Sections 76, 77, and 78, Block VIII.,
Shotover.

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

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

Sale of Rural Lands, Tauranga and Opotiki Districts.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 26th July, 1880.

I HEREBY notify that the rural lands mentioned
in the Schedule hereunder will be offered for
sale by public auction, at the Survey Office, at
Tauranga, on Friday, the 27th day of August next,
at the hour of 12 o'clock noon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

TAURANGA DISTRICT. - PARISH OF TE PAPA.

[No. 80

Description of Land. -Lots 38, 85A, 163, and 167,
open land; Lots 531 and 532, about one-quarter
bush, consisting of tawa and rimu, land good but
broken.

OPOTIKI DISTRICT. - PARISH OF WAIOTAHI.

Description of Land. -Lots 115, 116, and 117,
undulating, partly open; Lot 414, two-thirds swamp,
soil light, sandy on hills, two or three patches of
scrub; Lot 415, part swamp, about 15 acres light
mixed bush; Lot 416, one-third swamp, about 30
acres light mixed bush; Lot 417, about one-half
swamp, 10 acres light mixed bush. The swamp in
these sections is nearly all capable of being drained.
These sections are accessible on each side by a beach
road about nine miles from Opotiki. Lot 432,
principally light mixed forest, about 15 acres
and fern, very broken, well watered;
Lot 434, two-thirds mixed bush, remainder open
fern land, light soil; Lot 435, undulating, about
1 acre kahikatea, 8 acres manuka swamp, part fern,
two-thirds swamp; Lots 436 and 437, three-fourths
marsh, remainder light sandy soil; Lot 438, about
7 acres first-class, remainder second-class, soil good;
Lot 439, southern portion of land of fair quality,
northern portion sand-hills; Lots 436, 437, 438, and
439 are situated on the Kopurau Island, at the mouth
of the Waioeka River; Lot 440, 3 acres of grass and
fern, remainder bush; Lot 441, 1\u00bd acres of grass,
remainder valuable manuka bush, suitable for fuel
or fencing purposes, 25 acres of flat land, remainder
broken; Lots 440 and 441 are situated on the Wai-
oeka River.

NOTE. -Plans may be seen, and further particulars
of the land obtained, on application at this office, and
at the Survey Office, Tauranga.

Terms of Sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to
be paid at time of sale, and the balance within one
month thereafter, otherwise the part of the purchase-
money paid by way of deposit shall be forfeited, and
the contract for the sale of the land shall hence-
forward be null and void.

Crown-grant fee to be paid on completion of
purchase.

Sale of Crown Lands, Township of Ormondville,
Takapau Survey District.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 29th July, 1880.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
allotments of land in the Township of Ormond-
ville will be offered for sale by public auction, at the
Council Chamber, Napier, on Wednesday, the 1st
September next, at the hour of 11 o'clock in the
forenoon.

HORACE BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.