Feb. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 377

Sale of Crown Lands, Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 31st December, 1883.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown lands will be offered for sale by public auction, for cash, at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Thursday, the 10th April, 1884, at 12 o’clock noon :—

RESERVE 89, SITUATE NEAR LEITHFIELD.

Lots 1 to 12, inclusive ; upset price, £7 10s. per section.
Lots 13 to 49, inclusive ; upset price, £5 per section.
Lots 50 to 52, inclusive ; upset price, £8 per acre.

Terms of Payment: One-fourth of the purchase-money must be paid on the day of sale, and the balance to the Receiver of Land Revenue at Christchurch within one month from date of sale.

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

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands, West Coast (North Island) Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 8th February, 1884.

NOTICE.—Section No. 2, Block VIII., Wairoa Survey District, having been excluded from sale pending the survey of a road, and the said road now having been taken through it, it is hereby notified that the section at the reduced area (103 acres 1 rood 12 perches) after excluding road is now released from such exclusion, and will be again offered at public auction.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Notice of intended Sale of Land temporarily withdrawn from Sale.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 7th January, 1884.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of clause 153 of “The Land Act, 1877,” that the temporary withdrawal of the under-mentioned sections is released, and the land will be opened for sale for cash and on deferred payments in April next :—

Block XVII., Invercargill Hundred, Sections 30, 31, 32, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, and 45.

Block XXII., Invercargill Hundred, Sections 43 to 47, and 57 to 116.

WALTER H. PEARSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 27th February, 1884.

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 :—

Turner’s Gold-Mining Company (Limited), transferred to the Ravenscliff Mining Company (Limited) ; 16 acres 2 roods 5 perches, Queen Charlotte Sound Mining District.

The Port Gore Gold-Mining Company (Limited), transferred to the Ravenscliff Mining Company (Limited) ; 7 acres, Queen Charlotte Sound Mining District.

The Ravenscliff Mining Company (Limited), Albion Claim ; 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, Queen Charlotte Sound Mining District.

The Ravenscliff Mining Company (Limited), Ravenscliff claim ; 16 acres 2 roods, Queen Charlotte Sound Mining District.

WM. ROLLESTON,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Lease to be granted.

IN conformity with the thirty-seventh section of “The Mines Act, 1887,” 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 Naseby on or before the 25th day of March, 1884.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Duncan McLellan. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Duncan McLellan’s Lease.” 4 acres, in the Mount Ida Mining District.

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

J. P. MAITLAND,
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 Alexandra on or before the 11th day of March, 1884.

Copy of the applications made and plans annexed may be seen at the Warden’s Office at Alexandra.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: William Quayle and 5 others. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Just-in-Time Company.” 16 acres, Obelisk Range, in the Dunstan Mining District.

Applicants: James Higgins and 7 others. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business; “Southern Cross.” 16 acres, Obelisk Range, in the Dunstan Mining District.

Applicant: Bernard O’Neil. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Last Chance Company.” 8 acres, Obelisk Range, in the Dunstan Mining District.

Applicant: George Lythgoe. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Surprise Company.” 16 acres, Obelisk Range, in the Dunstan Mining District.

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

J. P. MAITLAND,
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 applicants 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 Naseby on or before the 2nd day of April, 1884.

Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be seen at the Warden’s Office at Naseby. (Hearing at Hamilton’s, on the 4th April, 1884.)

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: William Henry Tregonning and George Taylor. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Shepherd’s Hut Gold-Mining Company.” 5 acres, at Hamilton’s, in the Mount Ida Mining District.

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

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