JAN. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 31

Gold-Mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department, Wellington, 6th December, 1883.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining leases cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no leases of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

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 Reefton on or before the 18th day of January, 1884.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Charles Fraser. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Wellington Gold-Mining Company.” 13 acres 1 rood 12 perches, part Block VI., Waitahu District, formerly Glanmire Company, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-fourth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

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

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 Reefton on or before the 18th day of January, 1884.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: George Wise. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Waitahu Quartz-Mining Company (Limited).” 16½ acres, south of and adjoining the Echo Gold-Mining Lease, at Boatman’s, Inangahua, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-eighth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-three.

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

Gold-Mining Lease.—Notice of Withdrawal of Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 19th December, 1883.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned application for a gold-mining lease has been withdrawn, and that the ground is now open for application as if a lease of the same had never been applied for, viz.:—

No. 603. John Rees, John Thomas, and Arthur Rees, for the Midas Gold-Mining Company; dated 5th July, 1882; 10 acres, situate east of and adjoining Rees and party’s Lease, Riverview, Ahaura.

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

Gold-Mining Lease.—Notice of Withdrawal of Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 27th December, 1883.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned application for a gold-mining lease has been withdrawn, and that the ground is now open for application as if a lease of the same had never been applied for, viz.:—

James Collins and Maurice Foley; dated 9th October, 1882; for the Virgin Flat Ground Sluicing Company; 10 acres, situate about 150 yards west of McTaggart and party’s Lease, Virgin Flat, Addison’s Flat.

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

Application for Gold-Mining Leases forfeited.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 27th December, 1883.

IT is hereby notified that the land described in the under-mentioned applications for gold-mining leases is now open to persons holding miners’ rights or business licenses, or to applicants for a lease, the applicants having failed to comply with the provisions of Regulation 19, Part 4, Appendix A, “Mines Act, 1877,” viz.:—

No. 282. John McNeill and John Whalen; dated 26th September, 1881; 16½ acres, situate north side of Lyell Creek, near Township of Lyell.

No. 293. Robert Clinton Savage and party; dated 24th October, 1881; 16½ acres, adjoining Maruia and Lyell Creek Extended Gold-Mining Company, Alpine Range, Lyell.

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