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persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 21st day of September next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1495.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 21st July, 1885.

PATENT for Mineral-ore Telephone-transmitters.

PARNELL RABBDGE, GUSTAF DILLBERG, and FRANK HEBDEN, of Christchurch, New Zealand, have deposited at this office a specification of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 6th day of October next, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at this office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 21st day of September next, at this office, particulars in writing of their objections to the said application, otherwise they will be precluded from urging the same.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1496.

Gold Fields Notices.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 16th July, 1885.

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

Simon Hewitt; Section 10, Block I., 2 acres 3 roods 16 perches, Naseby District, No. 728c, Naseby Mining District.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 16th July, 1885.

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

Alexander Hill; known as the Measure for Measure Claim; 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches, Wairau and Pelorus Mining District, Marlborough.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-Mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 21st July, 1885.

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 lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

No. 941. John Fennell; Section 7, Block VII., 10 acres, Lyell, Nelson South-West District.

No. 948. George Zanetti; Section 34, Block I., 15 acres 3 roods 16 perches, Lyell, Nelson South-West District.

No. 1041. George Zanetti; Section 8, Block XI., 5 acres and 31 perches, Lyell, Nelson South-West District.

No. 1135. John McDonnell; Section 56, Block XIII., 16 acres, Lyell, Nelson South-West District.

No. 937. James McDonough; Sections 29 and 30, Square 139, 33 acres, special claim, Nelson South-West 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 Naseby on or before the 10th day of August, 1885.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: William Williamson and Mungo Williamson. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “Williamson Brothers.” 9 acres, at Upper Kyeburn, in the Mount Ida Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this fifteenth day of July, 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 Ahaura on or before the 3rd day of September, 1885.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Carl Anton Simonsen and Anton Anderson. Style under which it is is intended to conduct the business: “Scandinavia Gold-Mining Company.” 8 acres, at Moonlight, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

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

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

Native Land Court Notices.

Notice under “Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

I, JOHN EDWIN MACDONALD, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby, in compliance with the duty imposed upon me by “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883,” give notice that on the 9th day of July, 1885, the title to the land mentioned in the Schedule herein became, within the meaning of the said Act, ascertained; and, further, that dealings with the said land will cease to be prohibited by the provisions of the said Act on the 18th day of August, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Whataipu No. 2. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Hokianga. Area: 281 acres 2 roods 33 perches.

Dated this 10th day of July, 1885.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice under “Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883.”

I, JOHN EDWIN MACDONALD, Chief Judge of the Native Land Court, do hereby, in compliance with the duty imposed upon me by “The Native Land Laws Amendment Act, 1883,” give notice that on the 10th day of July, 1885, the title to the lands mentioned in the Schedule 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 19th day of August, 1885.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Whawharu A. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Hokianga. Area: 622 acres.

Name by which land is known: Whawharu A1. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Hokianga. Area: 100 acres.

Name by which land is known: Whawharu B. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Hokianga. Area: 800 acres.

Name by which land is known: Whawharu B1. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Hokianga. Area: 50 acres.