MAR. 3.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

ness: "Sunny Terrace Sluicing Claim." 4 acres, in
the Wakatipu Mining District.
Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twenty-
fifth day of February, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one.
J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and with the regu-
lations 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
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 Arrowtown on or
before the 21st day of March, 1881.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: "The Defiance Gold-Mining Company
Limited)." Style under which it is intended to con-
duct the business: "The Defiance Gold-Mining
Company (Limited)." 5 acres, in the Wakatipu
Mining District."

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

Gold-Mining Leases refused.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 23rd February, 1881.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-men-
tioned applications for gold-mining leases have
been refused, and that the ground is now open to
persons holding miners' rights or business licenses,
as if leases of the said ground had not been applied
for, viz. :-

Joseph Kilgour, for Kaituna Quartz Gold-Mining
Company; 16 acres (surveyed 4 acres 3 roods 17
perches), situate east of and adjoining Golden Point
Company's lease, Devil's Creek.

Mathew Byrne, for Devil's Creek Gold-Mining
Company; 16 acres, situate east of and adjoining
the Golden Point Gold-Mining Company's lease,
Devil's Creek.

Joseph Kilgour, for Kaituna Quartz-Mining Com-
pany; 16 acres, situate east of and adjoining Golden
Point Company's lease, Devil's Creek.

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

Crown Lands Notices.

Discharge of Reserves.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 29th December, 1880.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of the 153rd
clause of "The Land Act, 1877," that the
reserve on the following lands is discharged, and the
same will be open for sale at the Land Office, Inver-
cargill, on Monday, the 4th April next:--

Titipua Bush Reserve, Mabel Hundred, 681 acres
1 rood 16 perches.

Pasturage Reserve, Block IV., Campbelltown
Hundred, 1,450 acres.
Gravel Reserve, Section 43, Block IX., Oteramika
Hundred, 40 acres and 17 perches.

WALTER H. PEARSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Rural Lands under "The Waikato Crown
Lands Sale Act, 1878."

LAND DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.
Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 11th February, 1881.

I HEREBY notify that the Rural Lands mentioned
in the Schedule hereunder will be offered for
sale by public auction, at this office, on Wednesday,
the 16th day of March next, at the hour of 11
o'clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

RAGLAN COUNTY.
Parish of Pirongia.

Description of Lands.—These lands are situated on
the left bank of the Waipa, and most of them are
easily accessible by roads formed already or easily
formed. Their general character is undulating, open
fern or bush lands, the soil being very fair, in some
cases rich.

NOTE.—Plans may be seen, and further particulars
of the land, on application at this office.

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 pur-
chase.