MAY 12.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 539

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," 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 ob-
jections 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 Queenstown on or
before the 7th day of June, 1881.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: M. J. Malaghan and others. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business:
"Mount Earnslaw Gold-Mining Company." 8 acres,
in the Wakatipu Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this sixth
day of May, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-one.

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

Crown Lands Notices.

Changing Purpose of Reserve No. 204, Kakaramea.

General Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 20th April, 1881.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Governor intends, under the provisions of
section 8 of "The Public Reserves Act, 1878," to
change the specific purpose of the land described in
the second column of the Schedule hereto for which
the land was heretofore set apart as a reserve, as
specified in the first column of the said Schedule, to
the specific purposes specified in the third column of
the said Schedule.

SCHEDULE.

| Description and Purpose
of Reserve. | Area of which the Purpose is
intended to be Changed. | Intended
Purpose. |
|---|---|---|
| Section No. 204, Ka-
karamea, Provincial Dis-
trict of Taranaki. Re-
served for General Go-
vernment purposes. (See
New Zealand Gazette
No. 46, of the 19th
August, 1871, page 410.) | All that area in the Pro-
vincial District of Taranaki,
containing by admeasurement
1 rood 11 perches, more or
less, being Section No. 204, and in-
the Kakaramea Township,
and bounded as follows: To-
wards the North-east by Ford
Street, 285 links; towards
the South-east by Section No.
205, 172 links; towards the
South-west by South Road,
243 links; and towards the
North-west by an education
reserve, 78 links: be all the
aforesaid linkages more or
less; as the same is delineated
on the plan deposited in
the District Survey Office,
New Plymouth. | For a
site for
a public
library
and in-
stitute. |

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands, Marlborough.

THE Land Board of the Marlborough Land Dis-
trict hereby notifies that the town and suburban
lands hereinafter mentioned will be offered for sale,
by public auction, at the Survey Office, Blenheim, at
noon on Tuesday, the 31st May, 1881.

One-fourth of the purchase-money must be paid at
the auction, and the balance within one month, or the
amount of such payment will be forfeited. A deposit
for each section must be paid at the time of comple-
tion of the purchase, to cover the Crown-grant fee.

Section. | Area. | Upset Price.

TOWN LANDS.—TOWN OF KAIKOURA.

SUBURBAN LAND.—KAIKOURA SUBURBAN.

| Part 2 of 53 | 33 2 38 | 102 0 0 |

Immediately after the above sale a license, under
clause 149 of "The Land Act, 1877," to authorize
the occupation of Motuara Island, Queen Charlotte
Sound, estimated to contain 185 acres, will be put
up to auction at the upset annual rent of £3. The
first year's rent to be paid at auction, and subsequent
rent to be paid on every succeeding 1st July and 2nd
January during the continuance of the license. If
any portion of the rent shall remain unpaid for six
months after the same becomes due the license to be
ipso facto forfeited.

Dated at the Crown Lands Office, Blenheim, the
19th day of April, 1881.

HENRY G. CLARKE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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.