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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been | western range of Fox's Creek, Inangahua, has been refused;
applied for:—
Isaac Plimmer; 11 acres 2 roods and 20 perches, Queen
Charlotte Sound Mining District, Marlborough Gold Fields.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 21st August, 1883.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-
mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open for
application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been
applied for:—
Robert Codrington Parker and others; 15 acres and 26
perches, Section 1, Block X., Mount Arthur District, Colling-
wood Mining District. No. 993.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 21st August, 1883.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-
mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open for
application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been
applied for:—
John McGill; 8 acres 1 rood and 11 perches, Section 11,
Block V., Maruia District, Nelson South-west Mining Dis-
trict No. 1228.
WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 21st August, 1883.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-
mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open for
application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been
applied for:—
John Woodcock and Richard Birch; 2 acres 1 rood and
2 perches, Section 59, Block VI., Waitakere District, Nelson
South-west Mining District. No. 955.
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 Lyell on or before the 10th day of
September, 1883.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: William Green. Style under which it is intended
to conduct the business: "Avondale Quartz-Mining Com-
pany." 16¼ acres, east of the Pioneer Company, Alpine
Range, Lyell, in the Nelson South-west Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twentieth day of
August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
three.

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

Nelson South-west Gold Fields. -Gold-Mining Lease refused.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 15th August, 1883.

NOTICE is hereby given that the gold-mining lease
applied for by Thomas Hunter for the Fox's Creek
Quartz-Mining Company, viz., 16¼ acres, about three miles
south-east of the Southern Cross Company's lease on the
western range of Fox's Creek, Inangahua, has been refused;
and the ground is now open to persons holding miners' rights
or business licenses as if a lease of the said ground had not
been applied for.

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

Crown Lands Notices.

Lands for Sale on immediate Payment for Cash, Land
District of Canterbury.

Land Office,
Christchurch, 14th June, 1883.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands
will be open for application on immediate payment for
cash, at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Tuesday, the 18th
day of September next, as Village Allotments:—
Reserve 1824, Springfield, Malvern: Lots 1 to 11 inclusive,
27 to 33 inclusive, and 35 to 45 inclusive, about 1 acre each;
price, £5 per allotment. Lots 53 to 56 inclusive; in areas of
from 3 to 8 acres each; price, £5 per acre.

No one person is allowed to purchase more than one of the
above sections. In case of more than one application being
received for the same section on the same day, the right to
acquire the same will be decided by auction amongst the
applicants.

Plans may be seen at the Land Offices, Christchurch and
Timaru.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands for Sale on Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier 30th July, 1883.

THE lands mentioned hereunder will be open for selection
for cash on Thursday, the 30th August, 1883, and every
lawful day thereafter until withdrawn from sale. One-fourth
of the purchase-money to be paid on application, the balance
within one month thereafter.

Lithograph plans and further particulars can be obtained
on application at this office.

HORACE BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Ten sections, in areas from 276 acres to 34 acres; upset
price per acre, 15s.

| | | THIRD-CLASS LAND. | |
| | | Ruataniwha Survey District. | |
| I. | 9 | 52 0 11 | 0 10 0 |
| | 10 | 49 2 20 | 0 10 0 |
| | 21 | 300 0 0 | 0 7 6 |
| | 22 | 220 0 0 | 0 10 0 |

Description.—The land in Blocks I. and II., Ruataniwha,
is situated between the Tukituki and Waipawa Rivers; it is
covered with forest, portions when cleared being suitable for
agriculture. The main roads through the blocks have been
cleared of bush; one connecting the two rivers has been
formed for horse traffic, and gives access to most of the
sections. Drays can be taken along the river-beds to both
north and south sides of the block, which is about 60 miles
from Napier and 20 miles from the railway-line at Waipawa.

Waimate Plains, West Coast Settlement Reserves.

SALE OF LEASES FOR A TERM OF TWENTY-ONE
YEARS.

Compensation for Improvements up to £5 per Acre will be
allowed at End of Term of Lease.

West Coast Settlement Reserves Office,
Hawera, 19th July, 1883.

WRITTEN tenders (in sealed covers) are invited for the
under-mentioned sections, in accordance with the