JUNE 8.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 831

New Zealand Company's Commissioner's Report.

I, JOSEPH GODFREY HOLDSWORTH, a Commissioner
duly appointed by virtue of the Ordinance
No. 15, Session XI., of the Legislative Council of the
Islands of New Zealand, to hear and decide claims to
land by persons claiming title thereto from, through,
or under the New Zealand Company, report that the
claim of THOMAS HODGSON, of Halifax, in England,
Surgeon, having been referred to me by the Colonial
Secretary, I do hereby decide that the said Thomas
Hodgson is entitled to Crown grants for Town Sec-
tion No. 386 on the plan of the City of Wellington,
the legal estate to be antevested in the grantee as
from the 28th April, 1842; and for Town Section
No. 938 on the said plan, the legal estate to be ante-
vested from the 13th August, 1840; and for Rural
Section No. 77, Fitzherbert, Manawatu. The Crown
grants to be delivered to Mary Hodgson, of Halifax,
in England, Spinster, or her Attorney.

Dated at Wellington, the 31st day of May, 1882.
JOS. G. HOLDSWORTH,
Commissioner.

Report No. 1611.
Claim No. 1758.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of
"The Mines Act, 1877," and 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 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 Lawrence on or
before the 22nd day of June, 1882.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Henry Anderson and others. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business:
"ABC Quartz-Mining and Crushing Company."
16 acres, in the Tuapeka Mining District.

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

J. P. MAITLAND,
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 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 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 10th day of July, 1882.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: John B. Beeche. Style under which it
is intended to conduct the business: "Golden Bar

acre per annum.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 831

Gold-Mining Company." 16 acres 2 roods, north of
and adjoining Golden Horn Company, Italian Gully,
Inangahua, in the Nelson South-West Mining Dis-
trict.

Applicant: Walter Irving. Style under which it
is intended to conduct the business: "Pandora
Gold-Mining Company." 16 acres 2 roods, west of
the Nil Desperandum and No. 2 Keep-it-Dark, and
south of Inangahua River, Inangahua, in the Nelson
South-West Mining District.

Applicant: George Wise. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: "Sultan Quartz-
Mining Company." 16 acres 2 roods, south of and
adjoining the Gladstone Quartz-Mining Company,
Painkiller District, Inangahua, in the Nelson South-
West Mining District.

Applicant: Keep-it-Dark Gold-Mining Company
(Limited). Style under which it is intended to con-
duct the business: "The Keep-it-Dark Gold-Mining
Company (Limited)." 16 acres 2 roods, south of the
Eclipse lease, Inangahua, in the Nelson South-West
Mining District.

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

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

Crown Lands Notices.

Southland Runs.-Leases which expire March, 1883.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 21st April, 1882.

THE following Licenses of Runs for a term of ten
years, commencing the 1st March, 1883, will
be offered by auction, at the Land Office, Invercar-
gill, on Wednesday, the 14th day of June proximo,
at 12 o'clock, at the upset rental of twopence
per acre per annum, under the general conditions
contained in "The Land Act, 1877," and "The Land
Act 1877 Amendment Act 1879." Plans showing
boundaries can be seen at the Survey Office, Inver-
cargill, and at the Land Offices throughout the
colony.

WALLACE COUNTY.
Subdivision of No. 173, Blackmount Station, front-
ing the Waiau River:—

Run 173c, about 15,775 acres. License for ten
years. Upset rental, 2d. per acre per annum.
Run 173A, about 15,180 acres. License for ten
years. Upset rental, 2d. per acre per annum.

Run 173B, about 6,800 acres. License for ten
years. Upset rental, 2d. per acre per annum.
Run 166B, Belmount Station, fronting the Waiau
River, about 6,500 acres. License for ten years
Upset rental, 2d. per acre per annum.
Run 165, Otahu Station, frontage to the Waiau
and Wairaki Rivers, about 7,585 acres. License for
ten years. Upset rental, 2d. per acre per annum.
Run 156, adjoining Merrivale Station, about 340
acres. License for ten years. Upset rental, 2d. per
acre per annum.
Run 156A2, Woodburn Station, on the Orawia
River, about 6,300 acres. License for ten years.
Upset rental, 2d. per acre per annum.
Run 142, adjoining Waicola Station, about 1,018
acres. License for ten years. Upset rental, 2d. per
acre per annum.
Run 133, adjoining Waicola Station, about 2,050
acres. License for ten years. Upset rental, 2d. per
acre per annum.