MAY 4.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 665

altitude, 2,500 to 4,000 feet; estimated area, 4,800
acres. Total estimated area, 22,775 acres.
License No. 92, Marion District. - North bank of
the Hope River; about 1,000 acres open country;
good tussock-grass on flats; about 5,000 acres bush;
altitude, from 1,600 to 3,000 feet; estimated area,
6,100 acres.
License No. 93, Percival and Lyndon District. -
Jack's Pass; the western part consists of burnt-bush
gullies and spurs in Chatterton Valley, remainder
open spurs; about 8,000 acres available all the year
round; tussock-grass and scrub; altitude, 1,300 to
4,300 feet; estimated area, 12,512 acres.
License No. 95, Tekoa District. - North and east
of Upper Waiau River; terrace and river flats about
1,500 acres, about 3,000 acres bush, and about 5,000
acres available all the year round, remainder good
for about seven months of the year; tussock on flats
and spurs; hills rough, poor feed, with burnt forest
and scrub; available to drays; improving country;
altitude, 1,800 to 5,000 feet; estimated area, 17,000
acres.
License No. 98, Alma District. - Between the
Acheron and Alma Rivers, northern slopes; princi-
pally high range; about 2,500 to 3,000 acres not
available as winter country; tussock-grass on slopes,
top of range bare; accessible by dray from Alma
Valley; altitude, 3,200 to 6,200 feet; estimated area,
6,500 acres.
Licenses Nos. 99 and 106, Maling District. - Situate
at head of Stanley Valley Stream and south end of
Lake Tennyson; rough rocky spurs, with tussock-
grass; portion only available as winter country; ac-
cessible to Clarence Valley; altitude, 2,700 to 5,000
feet; estimated area, 10,218 acres.
Licenses Nos. 99A and 107, Maling and Dillon
Districts. - Situate between the Upper Waiau, Stan-
ley, and Edwards Rivers, and on upper eastern slopes,
west side of Upper Clarence River; fair tussock-
grass slopes at southern end, remainder rough spurs
with tussocks, and rocky hill-tops; accessible to
Clarence Valley; altitude, 2,000 to 5,500 feet; esti-
mated area, 20,770 acres.
License No. 99B, Tekoa District. - About 2,800
acres open land; about 900 acres available all the
year round; tussocks on flat, rough feed on hills;
altitude, 1,800 to 5,000 feet; estimated area, 4,800
acres.
License No. 105, Dillon District. - Situate between
the Edwards River and head of the Styx River;
rough broken country, not available in winter; alti-
tude, 3,000 to 5,000 feet; estimated area, 5,012 acres.
License No. 108, Percival District. - Between
Leaderdale and Clarence Rivers; about 800 acres of
bush, remainder open, with tussock-grass on slopes;
accessible to dray-road, Clarence Valley; altitude,
3,000 to 4,600 feet; estimated area, 8,065 acres.
Licenses Nos. 110 and 111, Skiddaw and Mytholm
Districts. - Situate at edge of Gorge Creek, Waiau
River; about 3,000 acres bush, remainder open;
principally summer country; altitude, from 2,000 to
5,600 feet; estimated area, 9,850 acres.
License No. 112, Marion District. - Situate on
both banks of Upper Hope River to Tutikuri Saddle;
about 1,500 acres open grass flats, remainder princi-
pally bush; altitude, 2,000 to 6,000 feet; estimated
area, 15,500 acres.

Terms and Conditions of Sale.

The licenses of the above runs will be sold subject
to the general provisions as to runs specified in "The
Land Act, 1877," and "The Land Act 1877 Amend-
ment Act, 1879."

The first year's rent with the license fee shall be
paid on the fall of the hammer, and thereafter the
rent shall be paid half-yearly, in advance, on the 1st
March and the 1st September in each year.
Plans and further particulars can be obtained at
any of the Crown Lands Offices in the colony, and at
the Courthouse, Waiau.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

N 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 Naseby on or before
the 1st day of June, 1882.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Naseby.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANT: James Meikle. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: "James Meikle
and Company." 6 acres, in the Mount Ida Mining
District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this
twenty-eighth day of April, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty-two.

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

Gold-Mining Leases to be granted.

N 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 leases of Crown lands
for gold-mining purposes to the applicants specified
in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid
objections 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 Reefton on or before
the 1st day of June, 1882.
Copy of the applications made and plans annexed
may be seen at the Warden's Office at Reefton.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANT: Richard Lecher. Style under which it
is intended to conduct the business: "Hidden
Treasure Quartz-Mining Company." 16 acres
2 roods, east of the Argus Company, Wideawake
Creek, Inangahua, in the Nelson South-West Mining
District.
Applicant: James Stevenson. Style under which
it is intended to conduct the business: "Arran Gold-
Mining Company." 16 acres 2 roods, west of the
Eclipse Company, Inangahua, in the Nelson South-
West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-
fourth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and eighty-two.

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