MAR. 31.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANTS: Simon Hewitt and George Hodgins.
Style under which it is intended to conduct the
business: "Hewitt and Hodgins." 3 acres, in the
Mount Ida Mining District.
Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twenty-
fourth day of March, 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 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 28th day of April, 1881.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Reefton.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANT: Thomas Lee. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: "Kaituna Quartz-
Mining Company (Limited)." 16 acres 2 roods,
situate east and adjoining Golden Point Company's
lease, Devil's Creek, Inangahua, in the Nelson South-
West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-
eighth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
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 Charleston on or
before the 7th day of April, 1881.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Charleston.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANTS: Patrick Walsh and Patrick O'Brien.
Style under which it is intended to conduct the
business: "Try Again Gold-Mining Company."
8 acres, south of Broomelaw Bridge, adjoining O'Sulli-
van's lease, south-west side Broomelaw Creek,
Charleston, in the Nelson South-West Mining
District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-
fourth day of March, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-one.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

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Crown Lands Notices.

Land for Lease, Auckland.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 15th March, 1881.

IT is hereby notified that the blocks of land speci-
fied in the Schedule hereunder written will, sub-
ject to the terms and conditions hereinafter men-
tioned, be offered for lease by public auction, at this
office, on Tuesday, the 17th day of May, 1881, at the
hour of 11 o'clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.
PROVINCIAL DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

Conditions: Terms of lease, 14 years. Rent pay-
able yearly, in advance. Lessee to have no right to
cut or remove timber for other than purely domestic
purposes, or to assign his lease without the written
consent of the Minister of Lands first had and
obtained.

NOTE.-Plans may be seen, and further particulars
of the lands obtained, on application at this office,
and at all the principal land offices throughout the
colony.

Land Transfer Act Notices.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels
of land hereinafter described will be brought
under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act,
1870," unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same
in each case on or before the 4th day of May next.

THE NEW ZEALAND LOAN AND MER-
CANTILE AGENCY COMPANY (LIMITED). -
All those pieces of land situated in the District of
Mongonui, being Farm Lots 1, 2, 3, 6, 15, 16, 17, and
18, and other parts of the block of land originally
granted to William Maxwell, containing 3,027 acres
3 roods 26 perches. Unoccupied. 1601.

GEORGE DONNE.-Allotment 111, Parish of
Takapuna, containing 85 acres. Unoccupied. 1659.

STEPHEN SCHISCHKA.-Part of allotment 7,
Parish of Waiwera, County of Marsden, containing
19 acres and 26 perches. In Applicant's occupation.
1668.

THOMAS PATON.-Allotments 64, 65, and 154,
Parish of Hautapu, Banks County, containing 150
acres. In Applicant's occupation. 1677.

SARAH ANN HIRST.-Parts of Allotment 24,
Parish of Hunua, containing 166 acres 2 roods. In
Applicant's occnpation. 1679.

THOMAS MACFFARLANE. - Allotment 28,
Parish of Waipareira, containing 110 acres. Un-
occupied. 1680.

WILLIAM JOHN OFFER.-Part of Allotment
21 of Section 28, City of Auckland, containing 10
perches. Unoccupied. 1681.