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office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 29th day of May next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

W. S. REID,
Patent Officer.

Leasing Reserves within Confiscated Territory illegal.

THE West Coast Commissioner, having been informed that attempts are being made to obtain leases from the Native owners of reserves within the confiscated territory, thinks it desirable to call attention to the provisions of “The West Coast Settlements Reserves Act, 1881” (No. 19), by which it will be seen that all such transactions not conducted through the Trustee appointed under the Act, and in the manner therein directed, will be null and void.

Also that, in regard of existing or reputed leases entered into before the passing of the Confiscated Lands Inquiry and Maori Prisoners’ Trials Act, 19th December, 1879, power is given to the West Coast Commissioner to confirm such lastly-mentioned leases under the circumstances prescribed by the said Act of 1881, but not any leases entered into subsequently to the 19th December, 1879.

Any attempts to negotiate leases contrary to the provisions of the said Act will confer no priority or advantage on the persons making the same. The Trustee for the management of the reserves within the confiscated territory has now been appointed by the Government, and will very shortly enter upon his duties in the district, when steps will be taken to submit leases of portions of the reserves to public competition.

As regards leases existing, or reported so to have been, before the 19th December, 1879, the West Coast Commissioner will, immediately after the issue of the Crown grants of the reserves which have already been referred to His Excellency the Governor, appoint times and places when he will be prepared to investigate and decide on any such leases, with a view to their confirmation or otherwise, under the Act of 1881.

WILLIAM Fox,
West Coast Commissioner.

New Plymouth, 10th March, 1882.

Gold Fields Notices.

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 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 Havelock on or before the 13th day of April, 1882.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Arthur Harley. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Golden Bar Gold-Mining Company.” 16 acres 2 roods, at Dead-Horse Creek, in the Pelorus Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this twenty-first day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

JOHN HALL,
(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 applicant 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 Lyell on or before the 9th day of April, 1882.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Alexander McCloy. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “The Star of Hope Gold-Mining Company.” 16 acres 2 roods, south of and adjoining the Warden Broad lease, north of Eight-Mile, Lyell, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this eighteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

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 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 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 Westport on or before the 2nd day of April, 1882.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Thomas Johnston Jones and party. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Specimen Hill.” 16½ acres, south of and adjoining Specimen Creek, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this fifteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

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