JUNE 29.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Creek, Grey, in the Nelson South-West Mining
District.

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

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 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 20th day of July, 1882.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Golden Arch Gold-Mining Company.
Style under which it is intended to conduct the busi-
ness: "Golden Arch Gold-Mining Company (Limi-
ted)." 16 acres 2 roods, west of and adjoining
Quigley's lease, Burke's Creek, Inangahua, in the
Nelson South-West Mining District.

Applicants: Matthew Swinburn and Robert A.
Roulston. Style under which it is intended to con-
duct the business: "The Pearl Gold-Mining Com-
pany (Limited)." 16 acres 2 roods, north of the
Arran Company's application, Inangahua, in the
Nelson South-West Mining District.

Applicant: Andrew King. Style under which it
is intended to conduct the business: "Bannockburn
Gold-Mining Company (Limited)." 16 acres 2 roods,
east of and adjoining Keep-it-Dark and Vulcan
Company, Inangahua, in the Nelson South-West
District.

Applicant: John McQuillan. Style under which it
is intended to conduct the business: "Clune's
Gold-Mining Company." 16 acres 2 roods, south
of and adjoining Moa lease application, Italian Gully,
Inangahua, in the Nelson South-west Mining Dis-
trict.

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

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

Crown Lands Notices.

Rural Lands to be open for Selection under the
Homestead System.

LAND DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 2nd June, 1882.

UNDER and in pursuance of the powers vested in
the Land Board by "The Land Act, 1877," it
is hereby notified that the Rural Lands mentioned in
the Schedule hereunder will be open for selection,
under the Homestead System, on Tuesday, the 4th
July next.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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SCHEDULE.
BAY OF ISLANDS COUNTY.

Okaihau Block. -1,000 acres first-class land. Ap-
plications for land to be made to Captain Burleigh,
at Okaihau.

WHANGAREI COUNTY.

Opuawhanga Block (near Helena Bay). -1,000
acres second-class land. Applications for this land
to be made to Mr. J. J. Wilson, Whangarei.

HOBSON COUNTY.

Wairau Block. -1,000 acres second-class land.
Applications for this land to be made to the Chair-
man of the Wairau District Board.

Forms of application can be obtained, and maps of
the lands inspected, at this office, and at the resi-
dences of the gentlemen named above.

Rural Lands to be open for Selection.

LAND DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 2nd June, 1882.

I HEREBY notify that the Rural Lands mentioned
in the Schedule hereunder will be open for
selection at this office, on Tuesday, the 4th July,
1882.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

Terms of Sale: One-fourth of purchase-money
to be paid at time of application, and the balance
within one month thereafter, otherwise the part of
the purchase-money paid by way of deposit shall be
forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land
shall henceforward be null and void.

Crown-grant fee to be paid on completion of
purchase.

Leases of Reserves in Marlborough to be offered
at Auction.

LEASES of the under-mentioned Blocks of Land
in the Provincial District of Marlborough, will
be offered to public competition by auction, at the
Survey Office, Blenheim, on Tuesday, the 4th July,
1882, at noon, on the terms and conditions specified,
namely:---

2 acres, being part of Section No. 52, Picton
Suburban, now occupied by M. Sherrock. Term of
lease to be fourteen years; upset annual rent, £1.
If any person other than the present occupant be the
highest bidder, he shall pay at the auction, in addition