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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 11

herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said lands will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 24th day of March, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

Name by which land is known: Harakekeroa B No. 1. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Rotorua. Area: 2 roods. Survey number: 5181.

Name by which land is known: Harakekeroa B No. 2. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Rotorua. Area: 1 acre. Survey number: 5181.

Dated this 12th day of February, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD, Chief Judge.

Gold Fields Notices.

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 Charleston on or before the 17th day of February, 1885.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: James McFebrish and George Kelly. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: "Try Again Mining Company." 10 acres, Ballarat Terrace, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

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 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 Westport on or before the 28th day of February, 1885.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Thomas Taylor, Mark Tovy, and James Wilkey. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: "Doctor Hornbook Mining Company." 16 acres 2 roods, Rough and Tumble, adjoining the east side of Nile Quartz-Mining Lease, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

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 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 Ahaura on or before the 23rd day of February, 1885.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: James Law, Archibald Hunter, Robert Potts, John McGowan, and Michael Noonan. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: "Law and party's Leasehold." 10 acres, adjoining the Band of Hope Special and Extended Claims, Deep Lead, Hatters, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

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 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 Westport on or before the 28th day of February, 1885.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Frederick Bonifacio and John Rome. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: "The Nile Quartz-Mining Company." 16 acres 2 roods, on the main branch of Rough and Tumble Creek, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this eleventh day of February, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

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

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.