FEB. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 233

Sitting of the Native Land Court for the Subdivision of Hereditaments.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 26th January, 1885.
NOTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of this Court to be held at Port Waikato, in the District of Waikato, on the 2nd day of April next, will be heard the application of the persons whose names appear in the first column for the subdivision of the hereditaments comprised in the Crown grant of the piece of land the name of which appears in the second column, situate in the district named in the third column.
And, in pursuance of the provisions of section 7 of "The Native Land Division Act, 1882," all persons having in their possession any original grant or other instrument of title relating to any of the land aforesaid are hereby ordered to produce the same at the said sitting of the Court.
EDW. HAMMOND,
Registrar.
SCHEDULE.
| No. | Names of the Persons applying for the Subdivision of Land. | Name of the Block to be subdivided. | District in which the Land is situate. |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Kapenga Matenga, Wiremu te Aho, John Duncan, Nga tete Clark, Te Mahamaha, Kihi Mahu, and Ruka Pokepoke | Opuatia .. | Waikato. |
Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.
NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND: GISBORNE DISTRICT.
IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a session opened at Hastings, Hawke's Bay, in the said district, on the 8th day of July, 1884, upon the hearing of a claim for investigation of title to land situate in the said district, and known as "Mangapoike;" and in the matter of the application of Hemi Waaka and others for a rehearing upon such claim:
I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby dismiss such application.
Dated this 27th day of January, 1885.
J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.
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 Queenstown on or before the 10th day of February, 1885.
Copy of the applications made and plans annexed may be seen at the Warden's Office at Queenstown.
SCHEDULE.
APPLICANT: Ah Moke. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: "Morning Star." 6 acres, Moonlight Creek, Wakatipu Mining District.
Applicants: John Jones and James Griffiths. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: "North and South Wales Company." 3 acres, Sandhills, Upper Shotover, Wakatipu Mining District.
Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this second day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.
J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)
Mineral Lease refused.
Warden's Office,
Waikato, 9th February, 1885.
IN conformity with regulation 21 of the regulations for the granting and issuing of mineral leases, it is hereby notified that the application of Thomas Barret for a lease for coal-mining purposes at Bence's Gully, on the east bank of Waikaia River, has been refused. The ground comprised in such application is now open to applicants for a lease or license, or other intent which may be lawfully granted in the said ground, as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for.
W. H. REVELL,
Warden.
Crown Lands Notices.
Sale of Lease by Public Auction, Hawera.
Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 23rd January, 1885.
IT is hereby notified that Section 82, containing 5 acres 2 roods, and Sections 91 and 92, containing 5 acres each, in the Suburbs of Manaia, being reserves, not required for immediate use, will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of seven years, at an upset rental of 15s. per acre, at the Land Office, Hawera, on Wednesday, the 4th March next, at 10.30 a.m.
A strip, 50 links wide, will be reserved around Sections 91 and 92, and on two sides of Section 82, for tree-planting. No compensation will be allowed for improvements at the end of the term. For conditions and full particulars apply to the undersigned.
C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Educational Reserves for Sale at Waikaia.
Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 22nd January, 1885.
FOR sale by auction, at the Courthouse, Waikaia, on Tuesday, the 24th February, 1885, at noon:-
RURAL LAND.
Wendon District: Sections 11, 17, and 21, Block VII.; Sections 1, 2, 4, 9, 10, 12, Block VIII.; Sections 7, 8, 16, 22, 23, 24, 25, Block IX.; Section 3, Block X.
Wendonside District: Sections 5, 16, and 17, Block I.; Sections 1, 9, 13, 18, and 19, Block II.
Greenvale District: Sections 4, 5, and 6, Block XI.
NOTE.-Sections in Wendon, Wendonside, and Greenvale Districts, from 183 to 320 acres; upset price, £1 10s. to £2 10s. per acre. The School Commissioners will lend money to purchasers on the security of mortgage of these lands at a low rate of interest for a term of years.
J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Sale by Auction, Dunedin.
Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 26th January, 1885.
BY auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Dunedin, on Friday, the 27th February, 1885, at 11 o'clock a.m.:-
RURAL LAND.
Benger District: Sections 23 to 28 and 48, Block VIII., from 9 to 135 acres; upset price, £1 5s. per acre. Sections 11 to 15, 17, 19, and 20, 29 to 31, 33 to 37, 39 to 47, and 49 to 51, from 4 to 16 acres; upset price, £3 per acre.
Dunedin and East Taieri District: Sections 27, 28, 39 to 48, Block III., from 19 to 34 acres; upset price, £1 1s. per acre. Sections 52 to 55, Block IV., from 15 to 22 acres; upset price, £2 per acre. Sections 3A, 4A, and 5A., Block VIII., from 14 to 16 acres; upset price, £1 1s. per acre.
NOTE.-The sections in Block VIII., which are behind Saddle Hill, will be sold under the Special Powers and Contracts Act.
Hawksbury District: Sections 42, 70, 71, 72, 74 to 80, Block I., and Sections 52 to 56, Block II., from 8 to 18 acres; upset price, £5 per acre.
NOTE.-This land is situated south of Mount Royal, about three miles from the Town of Hawksbury.
Otepopo District: Section 56, Block I., containing 5 acres; upset price, £2 2s. per acre. Valuation for improvements, £240 2s.; and survey fees, £6.
NOTE.-This section, which was formerly part of Kuri Bush, is outside the Town of Hampden.
Tuapeka East District: Section 6, Block VI., 20 acres; upset price, £1 1s.
NOTE.-This land, formerly part of scrub reserve, is situate about five miles from Lawrence.
Tuapeka West District: Section 9, Block II., 131 acres; upset price, £1 1s. per acre.
Tuturau District: Sections 45, Block III., and 95 and 96, Block IV., from 17 to 19 acres; upset price, £1 1s. per acre.