MAY 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 689

Mineral Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the 37th 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 a lease for copper-mining purposes to the ap-
plicants and for the land specified in the Schedule
hereto.

The application, together with plan and papers in
connection therewith, may be seen at the Crown
Lands Office, Dunedin.

SCHEDULE.
APPLICANTS: The Waitahuna Copper-Mining Com-
pany (Limited).
Locality: Section 5, Block VIII., Tuapeka East
District.
Area: 40 acres and 32 perches.
Term applied for: Thirty years.
Mining district: Tuapeka.

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

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

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Amuri Runs.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 15th April, 1882.

THE following Licenses for Runs for the term of
ten years, from the 1st March, 1883, will be
offered by auction, at the Land Office, Nelson, on
Wednesday, the 31st May next, at 11 o'clock a.m.,
viz. :-

License No. 71, Percival and Lyndon Districts.-
Situate principally on the southern slopes of Mount
Percival; slopes covered with tussocks and scrub;
about 2,000 acres bare top of range; altitude, 2,000
to 5,000 feet; estimated area, 10,200 acres.

License No. 75, Skiddaw District. Tussock slopes
and snow-grass on hills; about 300 acres flat; bush
and scrub about 1,400 acres; altitude, 1,700 to 6,000
feet; estimated area, 8,600 acres.

License No. 76, Skiddaw District.-About 4,000
acres bush and scrub, remainder good tussock-slopes
and terraces; about 650 acres level; altitude, 1,600
feet to 6,000 feet; estimated area, 12,400 acres.

Licenses Nos. 86, 96, and 97, Clarence, Alma,
and Leaderdale Districts. - No. 86: Rounded smooth
hills, covered with tussock-grass; altitude, 3,000 to
4,000 feet; estimated area, 7,375 acres. No. 96:
High rocky ranges, with rough tussock-grass; slopes
to Clarence and Alma; altitude, 3,500 to 5,000 feet;
estimated area, 10,600 acres. No. 97: Head of
Leaderdale Valley, north side, with upper slopes to
branches of the Alma; open hill-sides; tussock-grass;
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. 99в, 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