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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 17

Sale of Forfeited Deferred-payment Sections.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 9th March, 1885.

THE under-mentioned deferred-payment sections, having been forfeited for breach of conditions, will be offered for sale by public auction, the improvements for cash, and the land on deferred payments, in terms of section 71 of "The Land Act, 1877," at the Crown Lands Office, New Plymouth, on Saturday, the 11th April proximo, at 11.30 a.m.:

CAPE SURVEY DISTRICT.

OPUNAKE SURVEY DISTRICT.

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C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Forfeited Deferred-payment Sections.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 16th March, 1885.

THE under-mentioned deferred-payment sections having been forfeited for breach of conditions will be offered for sale by public auction, the improvements for cash, and the land on deferred-payments, in terms of section 71 of "The Land Act, 1877," at the local Land Office, Hawera, on Wednesday, the 15th April next, at 10.30 a.m.:

• Part.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Standing Orders on Local Bills.

THE following amended Standing Orders of the Houses of the General Assembly relative to Local Bills are published for general information.

F. E. CAMPBELL,
Clerk of Parliaments.

18th March, 1885.

349. Local Bills are those which, not being Private Bills, affect particular localities only.

350. No Local Bill shall be read a second time unless notice shall have been given of the said Bill in the locality to which the Bill refers; such notice shall state explicitly the object which such Bill is intended to effect, and shall have been published once at least in each of three successive weeks before the second reading in a newspaper circulating in such locality.

351. At the time of the first publication of such notice, a copy of the Bill shall be deposited in the Resident Magistrate's Court of the district, and shall be open to public inspection; and such Bill shall, at the expiration of the prescribed period for advertising, be forwarded to the Clerk of the House in which the Bill is to be introduced, indorsed with a certificate from the Resident Magistrate, or Clerk of the Resident Magistrate's Court, that such Bill was so deposited, and remained open for public inspection for the prescribed time.*

352. When it is intended in such Bill to take power to deal with any lands, plans or surveys of such lands, on a

scale of not less than two inches to a mile, and certified by an authorized surveyor, shall be deposited with the Bill.

353. In the case of Bills authorizing the construction of harbour works, or the raising of further loans for the completion of harbour works previously authorized, such Bill shall be accompanied by a statement of the financial position of the promoters, an estimate of the cost of construction, and the estimated increased revenue to be derived from the proposed works, together with the plans or surveys before mentioned.

354. Before the Bill is introduced into the Legislative Council or House of Representatives, the before-mentioned plans or surveys and estimates shall be forwarded to the office of the Clerk of the House in which the Bill is to be initiated.

• Amendment shown in italics.

Gold Fields Notices.

Special Claims cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 14th March, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor, by his Deputy, has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned special claims cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

Thomas McKerrow and others; 27 acres 3 roods 31 perches, Block X., Tiger Hill District, Otago Mining District.

Robert Love and others; 30 acres and 33 perches, Block X., Tiger Hill District, Otago Mining District.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
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 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 Cromwell on or before the 9th day of April, 1885.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Vincent Pyke and James Harold. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: "The Lost Treasure Company." 10 acres, Bendigo Creek, in the Dunstan Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this thirteenth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

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 St. Bathan's on or before the 8th day of April, 1885.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: William James East Watson and others. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: "Enterprise Company." 6 acres, at Two-Mile, in the Mount Ida Mining District.

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

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