SEPT. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1235

Gold Fields Notices.

Agricultural Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1881.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government has been
pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned agricul-
tural lease cancelled, and that the ground is now
open for application as if no lease of the said ground
had ever been applied for:—
Louis Davies; 96 acres 2 roods 24 perches, Reef-
ton, Nelson South-West Mining District. No. 173.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

Agricultural Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 22nd September, 1881.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government has been
pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned agricul-
tural lease cancelled, and that the ground is now
open for application as if no lease of the said ground
had ever been applied for:—
James Rae; 204 acres 1 rood 36 perches, Section
5, Block XVI., District of Crookston, Otago Gold
Fields. No. 1712c.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 28th September, 1881.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the
Administrator of the Government has been
pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-
mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now
open for application as if no lease of the said ground
had ever been applied for:—
Frederick West; 5 acres 1 rood 12 perches, Colling-
wood Mining District. No. 245.

WALTER W. JOHNSTON,
(for the Minister of Mines.)

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 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 Charleston on or
before the 3rd day of October, 1881.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Patrick O'Sullivan and Thomas O'Cal-
laghan. Style under which it is intended to conduct
the business: "Nora Creina Gold-Mining Company."
6 acres, Bromelau Creek, east of bridge, Brighton
Road, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this nine-

teenth day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one.

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

Gold-Mining Leases 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 leases of Crown lands for gold-
mining purposes to the applicants specified in the
annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objec-
tions against such leases.

Objections to the granting of such leases, stating
the grounds of objection, must be made in writing,
and lodged with the Warden at Lyell on or before
the 25th day of October, 1881.

Copy of the applications made and plans annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Lyell.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: James Inglis. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: "Cræsus Quartz-
Mining Company." 5 acres, south of and adjoining
the Cræsus Quartz-Mining Company's lease, Alpine
Range, Lyell, in the Nelson South-West Mining
District.

Applicants: Robert Clinton Savage and Thomas
Collins. Style under which it is intended to conduct
the business: "No. 2 South British Gold-Mining
Company." 16 acres 2 roods, south of and adjoining
the South British lease, Lyell, in the Nelson South-
West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-
second day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one.

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

Mineral Leases to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and the regulations
thereunder for the granting and issue of mineral
leases, it is hereby notified that it is intended, after
the expiration of thirty days from the publication of
this notice, to grant leases for coal-mining purposes
to the applicant, and for the lands specified in the
Schedule hereto.

The applications, together with plans and papers
in connection therewith, can be seen at the Crown
Lands Office, Dunedin.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: John Pryde. Locality: Section 10,
Block I., Bannockburn, containing 15 acres and 5
perches. Term applied for: Thirty years. Mining
district: Dunstan.

Applicants: Thomas McNulty and another. Lo-
cality: Section 25, Block I, Cromwell, containing
14 acres 3 roods 11 perches. Term applied for:
Thirty years. Mining district: Dunstan.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twenty-
first day of September, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-one.

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