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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 53

Native Title extinguished over Te Komata North Block,
Waihou and Ohinemuri Survey Districts.

I T is hereby notified that the Native title has been extin-
guished over the parcel of land described and mentioned
in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

TE KOMATA NORTH, NO. 2268.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Auckland,
containing by admeasurement 864 acres, more or less, situated
in the Waihou and Ohinemuri Survey Districts, in Blocks XII.
and IX. respectively, and known by the name of Te Komata
North. Bounded towards the North by a line, 15985 links;
towards the East by a line, 1877 links; towards the North-east
and South by Te Komata Stream; and towards the West by
the Waihou River: be all the aforesaid linkages more or less;
as the same is delineated on Plan No. 3288, deposited in the
Survey Office at Auckland.

JOHN BRYCE,
Native Minister.

Authority to frank cancelled.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1883.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to cancel the
authority under which
The CHAIRMEN of BOARDS OF EDUCATION
have hitherto franked and received, free from the prepayment
of postage, letters and parcels posted on the public service.

THOMAS DICK,
Postmaster-General.

Authority to frank and to receive free.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1883.

H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to authorize
The SECRETARIES OF BOARDS of EDUCATION
to frank and to receive, free from the prepayment of postage,
letters and parcels posted on the public service.

THOMAS DICK,
Postmaster-General.

Application for Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1883.

P ATENT for a Circular Hand-saw.

ERNEST ARTHUR CHAPMAN, of Grampians, in the Pro-
vincial District of Canterbury, in the Colony of New Zealand,
Sheepfarmer, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Friday, the 24th day
of August next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office,
to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and
I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant
of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 9th day of
August next, at this office, particulars in writing of their ob-
jections to the said application, otherwise they will be pre-
cluded from urging the same.

No. 843.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

Officiating Ministers for 1883.-Notice No. 16.

Registrar-General's Office,
Wellington, 11th June, 1883.

P URSUANT to the provisions of an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, passed in the forty-fourth year
of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, and intituled
"The Marriage Act, 1880," the following names of Officiating
Ministers within the meaning of the said Act are published for
general information:----

Church of the Province of New Zealand, commonly called
the Church of England.

The Reverend Charles William Jennings.

Presbyterian Church of New Zealand.

The Reverend Robert James Porter.

WM. R. E. BROWN,
Registrar-General.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Leases in Nelson South-West Gold Fields
cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 9th June, 1883.

I T is hereby notified that, in consequence of non-payment of
rent and other causes, His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to pronounce the gold-mining leases, particulars of
which are set forth in the Schedule hereto, cancelled, and that
the ground held under such leases is, so far as the said leases
are concerned, but without prejudice to any other rights or
interests which may affect the same, open for application under
"The Mines Act, 1877," and any rules and regulations made
thereunder.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

SCHEDULE.

CHARLES O'HARA, A. Holmes, Charles Irwin, and others; 9
acres 3 roods, lower end of Half-Ounce, Duffer's Creek; 1st
January, 1873. No. 68.

John M. Ollivier, C. Bennett, John Marks, and others;
acres 16 perches, at the Upper Township, Half-Ounce, Grey
Valley; 1st October, 1873. No. 69.

O. W. Anderson, Henry Glover, Henry Wilson, and others;
10 acres, below Brandy Jack's Township, Waipuna, Grey
Valley; 1st October, 1873. No. 71.

Alexander Foldi, Frank Miller, A. Bonnetti, and others; 9
acres 3 roods 30 perches, Mabilletown, Half-Ounce Lead, Grey
Valley; 1st January, 1874. No. 78.

John M. Ollivier, L. Foixione, O. W. Anderson, and others;.
10 acres, adjoining Half-Ounce Township, Duffer's Creek; 1st
July, 1874. No. 79.

Richard Larkin, Arthur O'Keefe, P. Donnellan, and others;
10 acres, Try Again Terrace, Nelson Creek; 1st July, 1874.
No. 80.

Joseph Roberts; 10 acres, Orwell Creek Flat, Grey Valley ;
1st January, 1876. No. 108/725.

Isaiah C. Smith and others; 3 acres, No. 2 Terrace, Nelson
Creek, Grey Valley; 1st April, 1877. No. 114/811.

William Claughesy and others; 4 acres, No. 2 Terrace, Nelson
Creek, Grey Valley; 1st April, 1877. No. 116/810.

John Boswell; 10 acres, Orwell Creek, Grey Valley; 1st
July, 1877. No. 824.

Patrick Watson; 3 acres 1 rood 32 perches, Nelson Creek,
Grey Valley; 1st July, 1877. No. 825.

Charles Vincent; 10 acres, Brandy Jack's Creek, Grey
Valley; 1st October, 1878. No. 862.

George Lemon, A. Hunter, and others; 10 acres, No. 2 Creek,
Nelson Creek; 1st July, 1879. No. 911.

James Mill Morris; 10 acres, left branch of Nelson Creek,
Section No. 6, Block V., Ahaura; 22nd September, 1880.
No. 960.

Gold-Mining Leases in Westland forfeited and cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 9th June, 1883.

I T is hereby notified that, in consequence of non-payment of
rent and other causes, His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to pronounce the gold-mining leases, or applications
for gold-mining leases, the particulars of which are set forth in
the Schedule hereto, forfeited and cancelled, and that the
ground held under such leases or applications is, so far as the
said leases or applications are concerned, but without prejudice
to any other rights or interests which may affect the same, open
for application under "The Mines Act, 1877," and any rules
and regulations made thereunder.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

SCHEDULE.

OWEN PARRY and others; 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, Taipo;
No. D2.

William Smith and others; 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, Taipo.
No. D3.

A. Little and another; 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, Mount
Graham. No. D4.

J. O'Regan and another; 14 acres 1 rood 28 perches, Mount
Graham. No. D5.

Henry Young; 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, Taipo. No. D6.

T. Bath and others; 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, Mount
Graham. No. D7.

J. Craig and others; 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, Mount
Graham. No. D8.