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said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 4th day of February 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 20th day of January 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. 1608.

Gold Fields Notices.

Special Claim cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 27th October, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned special claim lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—
George Anderson Paterson; 60 acres, Ross, No. T. 775, Westland 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 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 Lyell, on or before the 18th day of December, 1885.

Copy of the applications made and plans annexed may be seen at the Warden’s Office at Lyell.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Edward Carton and Peter G. Armstrong. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “The Lumsden Gold-Mining Company.” 16 acres 2 roods, at Eight Mile, Lyell, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Applicant: Alphonse Jecklin. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “The General Komaroff Quartz-Mining Company.” 16 acres 2 roods, at Eight Mile, Lyell, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this thirty-first day of October, 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 Lyell on or before the 24th day of November, 1885.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: John Ritchie and William Burns. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: “The Bon Accord Quartz-Mining Company.” 16 acres 2 roods, at Eight Mile, Lyell, in the Nelson South-West Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-ninth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-five.

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

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Forfeited Deferred-payment Sections.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 24th October, 1885.

THE under-mentioned deferred-payment sections having been forfeited for breach of conditions will be offered for sale by public auction, on terms of deferred payments, in terms of section 71 of “The Land Act, 1877,” at the Crown Lands Office, New Plymouth, on Saturday, the 28th November, at 11.30 a.m.

CAPE SURVEY DISTRICT.

OPUNAKE SURVEY DISTRICT.

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| II. | 8 | 200 0 0 | 2 0 0 |

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Land Sale, Patea District.

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

THE under-mentioned rural section in the Patea District will be sold by public auction, for cash, at the Land Office, Patea, on Tuesday, the 17th November next, at 10.30 a.m.:—

Carlyle Survey District: Section 1, Block III., 184 acres 2 roods, at £2 per acre, with £221 14s. added for improvements. This section is about three miles from Kakaramea, and adjoins the Otoia Native Reserve.

Terms of Sale: One-fourth of purchase-money to be paid at sale, and the balance to the Receiver of Land Revenue at Patea within one calendar month from date of sale, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited, and the contract for the sale of the land thenceforth be null and void. Crown-grant fee to be paid on completion of purchase.

Further particulars can be obtained at the Land Office, Patea.

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,

Sale of Forfeited Deferred-payment Sections.

Crown Lands Office,
Patea, 19th October, 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, Patea, on Wednesday, the 25th November, at 11 a.m.:—

WAIROA SURVEY DISTRICT.

OTOIA, OPAKU SURVEY DISTRICT.

| Pt.622 | 191 2 0 | 1 10 0 | |

C. A. WRAY,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Town and Suburban Leaseholds, Township of Rotorua, Land District of Auckland.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 23rd October, 1885.

IT is hereby notified that the town and suburban lands described in the Schedule hereunder will, in pursuance of “The Thermal Springs District Act, 1881,” and “The Thermal Springs District Act 1881 Amendment Act, 1883,” be offered for lease by public auction, for the term of 99 years, at this office, on Wednesday, the 9th December next, at the hour of 11 o’clock in the forenoon.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.