DEC. 6. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1733

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the Charge of the PUBLIC TRUSTEE
for Management during the Month of November, 1883.

Dated the 5th day of December, 1883. R. C. HAMERTON, Public Trustee.

Land Transfer Act Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the pro-
visions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1870," unless caveat be
lodged forbidding the same on or before the 13th January,
1884.

1441. CHRISTOPHER POTTS.-14 acres 3 roods 14
      perches, part of Section 1, Moroa Block. In occupation of
      Applicant.

1442. THE WANGANUI EQUITABLE LAND, BUILD-
      ING, AND INVESTMENT SOCIETY (PERMANENT), as
      Mortgagees in exercise of power of sale. 20 perches, part of
      Suburban Block No. 29, Town of Wanganui. Unoccupied.

1443. FRANCIS GREER and SAMUEL JOHNSON
      GREER. Section 33, Porirua District. In occupation of
      Francis Greer, and partly of the Wellington and Manawatu
      Railway Company (Limited).

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 5th day of December, 1883, at the Lands
Registry Office, Wellington. GEO. B. DAVY,
District Land Registrar.

Mining Notices.

To the Mining Registrar at Cromwell of the Dunstan Mining
District, and all other persons whom it may concern.

TAKE notice that it is intended to construct a Water-
race and divert water for the purposes mentioned in
section 31 of "The Mines Act, 1877," commencing at a point
in Sonora Creek above the road-crossing, and terminating at
my ground on Prospect Flat.
The right is asked for fifteen years.
The length of such race is half a mile or thereabouts, and
its intended course is north-west and south-east.
The race is already constructed, and can be completed in
one month.
The mean depth of such race is 1 foot, and the mean
breadth is 1 foot 6 inches; and it is proposed to divert one
Government-head of water.

RICHARD FELTON, Applicant,
By his Agent, F. J. WILSON.

Dunstan, 16th November, 1883.

Any person objecting to the granting of this application
must lodge his objection in writing at the Registrar's Office,
Cromwell, within thirty days from the receipt hereof by
the Mining Registrar.

Hearing at 11 o'clock, on the first Court-day in January,
1884. Application lodged, 16th November, 1883.

To the Mining Registrar at Naseby of the Mount Ida
Mining District, and to all others whom it may concern.

TAKE notice that it is intended to construct a Water-
race and divert water for purposes of irrigation, com-
mencing at a point in Shepherd's Creek about half a mile
above Hamilton Road, passing through a portion of Rowley
and Hamilton's Run, and terminating on Section 15, Block
XIII., Maniototo Survey District; also to construct branch
water-race, commencing near the south-east corner of
Section 9, Block XIV., and terminating in the above-
mentioned race on Section 15 aforesaid.
The length of such race and branch race is about three
miles; mean breadth, 18 inches; and depth, 12 inches.
It is proposed to divert four Government-heads of water-
two from Shepherd's Creek, and two from Pigburn Creek.
Dated at Hamilton, this 12th day of November, 1883.
P. J. GREER, Applicant.
The above application, together with any objections,
will be heard at the Warden's Office, Naseby, on Wednesday,
the 19th December, 1883. P. A. CONNOLLY,
pro Warden.

APPLICATION FOR A GOLD-MINING LEASE.

WE, the undersigned, hereby give notice that after the
27th day of November, we will leave with the Chief
Commissioner of the Canterbury Waste Lands Board an application for a mineral
lease.
Names in full of Applicants: Charles McGregor, Queen's
Hotel, Christchurch; Frank Lockwood, Windwhistle Hotel,
Rakaia; James Young Fuller, Christchurch; Charles Lock-
wood, Windwhistle Hotel, Rakaia.
Style under which it is intended to carry on the Business:
Canterbury Quartz-Mining Company.
Extent of Ground applied for: 164 acres (sixteen and a half
acres).
Minimum Number of Men to be employed:--First six
months: 2 (two) men. When in full work: 12 (twelve) men.
Amount of money proposed to be invested: £5,000 (five
thousand pounds).
What manner Land is to be worked Tunnels and shafts.
Precise Locality: About sixty chains north-east of Browne's
Pass.
Term for which Lease is required: Fifteen years.
Time of commencing Operations: Immediately on granting
of lease.
Whether the Boundaries of the Land applied for will include
any River, Creek, or Permanent Water-spring, or Artificial
Reservoir: None.
Christchurch, 27th November, 1883.