1464
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 113

FOR CASH.

ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS.

WALTER H. PEARSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land opened for Application on Deferred Payments and for Cash.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 20th August, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned sections which have been withheld from sale will be open for application on deferred payments three months hence, in terms of clause 153 of “The Land Act, 1877,” namely:—
Block I., Seaward Bush Township: Section No. 26, 1 acre 3 roods 8 perches; Section No. 36, 5 acres; Section No. 59, 5 acres; Section No. 63, 4 acres 2 roods; Section No. 67, 2 acres 1 rood; Section No. 67A, 2 acres 1 rood; Section No. 68, 2 acres 1 rood; and Section No. 68A, 2 acres 1 rood.
Section No. 52, Block XIV., Jacob’s River Hundred, 32 acres 2 roods 21 perches, which has also been withheld from sale, will be sold by public auction for cash.

W. H. PEARSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Leases 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 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 Ross on or before the 8th day of November, 1884.
Copy of the applications made and plans annexed may be seen at the Warden’s Office at Ross.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: J. Rodgers, J. Ellery, C. Malfroy, and others. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Comstock Extended Quartz-Mining Company.” 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, Cedar Creek, in the Totara Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

J. GILES,
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 regulations 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 Ross on or before the 7th day of November, 1884.
Copy of the applications made and plans annexed may be seen at the Warden’s Office at Ross.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Francis Carley. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Virginia City Quartz Gold-Mining Company.” 16 acres, Cedar Creek, in the Totara Mining District.

Applicant: Marco Dunie. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Rising Sun Quartz Gold-Mining Company.” 16 acres, Cedar Creek, in the Totara Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this sixth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

J. GILES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Gold-Mining Lease Certificate declared void.

IN conformity with the twenty-fourth clause of the Gold-Mining Leases Regulations, it is hereby notified that the under-mentioned certificate has been declared void, and that the land is now open for application or occupation by holders of miners’ rights as if no lease of the same had ever been applied for:—
759c. William Thurlow and others; Section 50, Block I., St. Bathans, 8 acres.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this seventeenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-four.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Steam Services to Karamea, and to certain Places South of Hokitika as far as Caswell Sound.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 29th September, 1884.

SEALED tenders will be received at the General Post Office, Wellington, until noon of Saturday, the 25th proximo, for the performance of the following Steam Services, for a period of twelve months, commencing on a date hereafter to be agreed upon:—
Between Nelson and Karamea, and Westport and Karamea, alternately, once every four weeks.
Between Westport, or Greymouth, or Hokitika, and Okarito, Bruce Bay, Paringa, Haast River, Okuru, Jackson’s Bay, and Caswell Sound, calling at such other places as the Postmaster-General may from time to time direct, once every two months.
The services to be performed in accordance with timetables to be furnished by the Postmaster-General, and with the right of renewal for a further period of twelve months by the Postmaster-General, on his giving two months’ prior notice to that effect.
Tenderers to state the rate of passage-money for first- and second-cabin passengers, and the freight per ton for cargo, scheduled under the following heads:—
Personal Effects, Stores, and Provisions.
Farm Produce and other Local Products.
Minerals and Ores.
The rate per head for all descriptions of live stock also to be given.
Tenderers to state the names, tonnage, and horse-power of the vessels to be employed in the service.
The lowest or any tender will not necessarily be accepted.
Tenders to be addressed to the Hon. the Postmaster-General, and indorsed “Tender for Steam Services.”

W. GRAY,
Secretary.