APRIL 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 439

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 Westport on or before the 18th day of May, 1885.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Zoffany Horne. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: "Constitutional Gold-Mining Company (Limited)." 16 acres 2 roods, at Waimangaroa, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this thirteenth day of April, 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 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 30th day of April, 1885.

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: "Dreadnaught Quartz-Mining Company." 16 acres 2 roods 2 perches, at Waitahu, in the Nelson South-West Mining District, being Section 6, Block II.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this thirteenth day of April, 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.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 8th April, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that Section 48, Block I., Oco Survey District, Pihama Village Settlement, a reserve not required for immediate use, containing 14 acres 2 roods, and situate about six miles from Opunake, will be offered for lease by public auction, for a term of seven years, at the upset rental of 10s. an acre, at the Land Office, Hawera, on Wednesday, the 13th May next, at 10.30 a.m.

No compensation will be allowed for improvements at the end of the term.

For particulars of conditions, &c., apply to the undersigned.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Reserve at Christchurch.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 5th March, 1885.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned reserve will be submitted to public auction, as land of special value, at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 1st July, 1885, at 12 o'clock noon:-

Reserve 785, situate on north bank of south branch of Rangitata River. Area: 108 acres 3 roods. Upset price per acre: £2

Terms: One-fourth of purchase-money on the fall of the hammer, balance within one calendar month thereafter, when if balance is not paid the one-fourth referred to will be forfeited, and the sale declared null and void. Crown-grant fee to be paid on completion of purchase.

WALTER KITSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Run for Sale by Auction.

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

HEREBY give notice that the under-mentioned run will be submitted to auction, at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Wednesday, the 6th May, 1885, at 12 o'clock noon.

The license for the said run shall be for a term of four years nine months and twenty-five days, terminating the 1st March, 1890, subject to the provisions of "The Land Act, 1877," and its amendments.

The purchaser will have to pay, on the fall of the hammer, fifteen months and twenty-five days' rent, to the 1st September, 1886, in pursuance of clause B of subsection 3 of section 16 of "The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1879."

SCHEDULE.

Plan may be seen at the Land Office, Christchurch.

WALTER KITSON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Leases of Rural Land with Perpetual Right of Renewal, Auckland Land District.

2,389 ACRES IN RANGIURU BLOCK FOR LEASING.--LEASES FOR THIRTY YEARS.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 27th March, 1885.

WRITTEN tenders (in sealed covers) are invited for the under-mentioned sections, in accordance with the provisions of "The Land Act 1877 Amendment Act, 1882."

Conditions to be observed by Tenderers: The price tendered must be stated in writing as well as in figures, accompanied by the statutory declaration required by the Act, together with six months' rent at the rate tendered, and the sum of £1 10s. to pay for the lease and registration, to be lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Auckland not later than 4 o'clock on Wednesday, the 6th May, 1885, and to be opened by the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Auckland, on Thursday, the 7th May, 1885, at 2 o'clock p.m., when the highest tenderer (if the tenders shall equal or exceed the upset fixed annual rental per acre) will be declared the lessee.

Forms of tender and declaration can be obtained at any Crown Lands Office in the colony.

Any person of the age of eighteen years and upwards may become a lessee under this system. In the event of any person tendering for two or more leases, the deposit of a sum equal to one-half year's rent of the tender largest in amount shall be sufficient, together with a sum of £1 10s. to pay for the lease and registration thereof, paid either in cash, marked cheque, or bank draft, made payable to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Auckland.

Limits of Area for each Lessee: No lease shall be made to any person owning, nor shall any person be capable of becoming the lessee under a lease or a sub-lease who owns, any freehold land, or land held under lease or license under the Crown, whereby such person shall become either the owner, tenant, or occupier in the whole, either by himself or jointly with any other person or persons, including the lands comprised in the lease, of a greater area than 640 acres anywhere in the colony.