APRIL 28.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 469

Sale of Land in the Waimate Plains.

Principal Land Office,
Carlyle, 6th April, 1881.

THE under-mentioned Crown lands will be open
for application for cash, at the prices named in
the Schedule, on Monday, the 23rd May next, and
every lawful day thereafter until sold, at the Land
Offices, Carlyle and Hawera.

SCHEDULE.

Description of the Land. These sections are inland
of the Waimate Plains and to the west of the Wai-
ngongoro Stream. They adjoin the continuous belt
of Native reserves.

From Manaia and Okaiawa, on the open plains,
roads are now being opened up to this land, and
other roadways are being cleared to give access to
the railway-line from Waitara and New Plymouth,
which is now open to the Eltham Station, within
about a mile of the block.

The continuation of the railway to Hawera is now
under construction; it skirts the land for three miles,
and when completed the distance by rail to Hawera
will be about ten miles.

With the exception of a few rata the bush consists
mainly of soft woods and other light timber, and can
easily be cleared. The country is well watered, and
is admirably adapted for conversion into grass lands.

Twenty-two sections, scattered over the block, have
been disposed of at good prices on the deferred-
payment system, and one-third of the proceeds will,
under the provisions of "The Land Act, 1877," Part
III., be spent on roads within or to open up the
block for the benefit of the selectors.

Terms of Payment. The terms of payment are:
One-fourth cash to accompany the application, and
the remaining three-fourths within one month after
the applicant has been declared the purchaser. The
Crown-grant fee to be paid with the balance of the
purchase-money.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands, Napier District.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 30th March, 1881.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned
allotments of land will be offered for sale by
public auction, at the Council Chamber, Napier, on
Wednesday, the 11th day of May next, at 11 o'clock
in the forenoon.

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.

J. T. TYLEE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 27th April, 1881.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor has been pleased to pronounce the
under-mentioned gold-mining leases cancelled, and
that the ground is now open for application as if no
leases of the said ground had ever been applied for:-

Andrew Scott and others (the Scotia Quartz-
Mining Company); 16 acres 2 roods, Section 4,
Block V., Mount Hyde District. No. 659c.

William Brown and Andrew Scott (the Victorian
Quartz-Mining Company); 14 acres and 28 perches,
Section 11, Block IV., Mount Hyde District. No.
663c.

John Harrison and others (Harrison and Co); 16
acres 2 roods, Section 4, Block XI., Mount Hyde
District. No. 664c.

Joseph Ashley and others (the Derby Quartz-
Mining Company); 16 acres 2 roods, Section 5
Block V., Mount Hyde District. No. 665c.

Arthur Thomas Kenney and Francis Anton Krull
(the Crown Prince Gold-Mining Company); 10 acres,
Section 14, Block IV, Mount Hyde District. No.
666c.

James Black Hall (the Hopeful Quartz-Mining
Company); 10 acres, Section 5A., Block V., Mount
Hyde District. No. 668c.

Arthur Thomas Kenney and others (the Marquis
of Lorne Quartz-Mining Company); 16 acres 2
roods, Section 13, Block IV., Mount Hyde District.
No. 669c.

THOMAS DICK,
(for the Minister of Mines.)