1482
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 86

months before possession is to be given. One year’s rent will be payable in advance on the license at the time of sale.

The country has been occupied for upwards of twenty years. It is well grassed, well watered, sound, and healthy.

Distance from port by good roads and railways part of the way, from thirty to one hundred and fifty miles.

Maps and further particulars will be obtainable shortly at the Land Offices of New Zealand, and at places in the Australian Colonies, to be named in future advertisements.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands, Marlborough.

THE Land Board of the Marlborough Land District hereby notifies that the Town, Rural, and Pasture Land hereinafter mentioned will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Survey Office, Blenheim, at noon, on Tuesday, the 17th October, 1882:—

TOWN LAND, TOWN OF PICTON.

RURAL LAND, WAKAMARINA SURVEY DISTRICT.

1 | IV. | 50 0 0 | 75 0 0 | 6 5 0*

PASTURE LAND, CLOUDY BAY SURVEY DISTRICT.

4 | VIII. | 94 3 18 | 48 0 8 | 7 10 0
5 | „ | 204 1 0 | 103 0 0 | 15 0 0

*In the event of any other person than the applicant being the purchaser, the cost of survey must be paid at the auction by the purchaser, to be handed over to the applicant.

One-fourth of the purchase-money of the above sections must be paid at the auction, and the balance within one month, or the money paid at the auction will be forfeited. A deposit to cover the Crown-grant fee for each section must be paid when the purchase is completed.

At the same time and place licenses of the runs described below will be offered at public auction, on the terms mentioned, and subject to the Land Acts, 1877 and 1879.

The person who shall pay the highest sum by way of annual rent in case of each of these runs shall be entitled to receive a license to occupy the same for a term of ten years for pastoral purposes, provided he shall pay at the auction rent at the rate of the highest price bid from the date of auction to the 1st September, 1883, together with a fee of £3 for the issue of the license. Subsequently a half-year’s rent shall be paid in advance on every 1st March and 1st September during the currency of the license: the first of such payments to be made on the 1st September, 1883.

Runs referred to.

The Snowflake Run, situate at Kaikoura, in Greenburn Survey District, adjoining the Swyncombe and Kincaid Runs; approximate area, 4,000 acres; upset annual rent, 1d. an acre.

The Kilbride Run, situate at Queen Charlotte Sound, in Arapoua Survey District; approximate area, 4,900 acres; upset annual rent, £29 8s.

The Raydale Run, situate at Tuamarina, in the Cloudy Bay Survey District; approximate area, 3,500 acres; upset annual rent, £40 16s. 8d.

The Leefield Run, situate at Waihopai, in Avon and Hodder Survey Districts; approximate area, 10,400 acres; upset annual rent, £87 10s.

The Kaituna Run, situate at Kaituna Valley, in Onamalutu and Cloudy Bay Survey Districts; approximate area, 1,500 acres; upset annual rent, 1d. per acre.

The Areare Run, situate at Kaituna Valley, in Onamalutu Survey District; approximate area, 475 acres; upset annual rent, 1d. an acre.

Plans of the above runs are open for public inspection at this office.

Dated at the Crown Lands Office, Blenheim, this 8th day of September, 1882.

HENRY G. CLARKE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

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 24th day of October, 1882.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: William Evans Dive. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Wairau Gold-Mining Company.” 16 acres 2 roods, at Armchair Creek, in the Wairau and Pelorus Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eleventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

WM. ROLLESTON,
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 Havelock on or before the 25th day of November, 1882.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Arthur D’Oyley Bayfield. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “No. 2 Claim, Armchair.” 16 acres 2 roods, at Armchair Creek, in the Wairau and Pelorus Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this eleventh day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-two.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.