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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 10

1885. Dec. 31. By Mortgage securities and fixed de-
      posit .. .. .. 18,765 8 4
      Interest on mortgages and fixed
      deposits due and accrued .. 1,050 18 8
      Rent accrued .. .. .. 11 7 10
      Bank premises, total cost .. 1,772 14 8
      Bank furniture .. .. 18 8 9
      Cash in Bank of New Zealand .. 2,126 5 3
      £23,745 3 6

H. E. CURTIS, Vice-President.
J. R. DODSON,
H. EDWARDS,
Wm. BLACK,
H. V. GULLY,
J. WILSON,
} Trustees.

H. D. JACKSON,
Manager and Accountant.

We hereby certify that we have examined the above state-
ment with the books and vouchers of the bank and find the
same correct; and that the mortgage securities and fixed
deposits are in full force and virtue; and that the amount
of £2,126 5s. 3d. stands to the credit of the account at the
Bank of New Zealand, Nelson.

A. A. SCAIFE,
J. R. DODSON,
} Auditors.

Goldfields Notices.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 19th February, 1886.

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:—
No. 678c. Section 6, Block V., Mount Hyde, to Franz
Seideberg.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister of Mines.)

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 9th February, 1886.

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:—
No. 555c. Section 4, Block X., Lauder, to William Lau-
der and others.

J. BALLANCE,
(For the Minister of Mines.)

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 9th February, 1886.

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:—
No. 1259. Section 19, Block V., Marina, held by Golden
Crown Company.

J. BALLANCE,
(For the Minister of Mines.)

Gold-mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 16th February, 1886.

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 leases of the said ground had ever been
applied for:—
No. 419c. Section 12, Block XIX., 8 acres 1 rood, Jacob’s
River Hundred, to Surprise Gold-mining Company.
No. 418c. Section 13, Block XIX., 8 acres 2 roods 38
perches, Jacob’s River Hundred, to Arethusa Gold-mining
Company.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister of Mines.)

Gold-mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 16th February, 1886.

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 leases of the said ground had ever been
applied for:—
No. 845. Union Gold-mining Company, Waitahu, 14 acres
and 14 perches.
No. 842. Oriental Gold-mining Company, Waitahu, 16
acres 2 roods 4 perches.
No. 1031. M. Byrne, for Murray Creek Gold-mining Com-
pany, 15 acres 3 roods 4 perches.
No. 865. Golden Arch Gold-mining Company, Reefton, 16
acres 2 roods 4 perches.
No. 980. Welcome No. 2 Gold-mining Company, Section
30, Part 1, Block XI., Reefton, 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches.
No. 979. Oriental Gold-mining Company, Section 3, Block
II., Waitahu, 16 acres 1 rood 4 perches.
No. 1009. C. Clifford, for West Welcome Gold-mining
Company, Section 26, Block XI., Reefton, 15 acres 3 roods
23 perches.
No. 1013. G. Wise, for Progress Gold-mining Company,
Section 1, Block VII., Reefton, 16 acres 2 roods 16 perches.
No. 1062. P. Twohill, for Endeavour Gold-mining Com-
pany, Section 41, Block XI., Reefton, 16 acres and 6 perches.
No. 1072. North Specimen Hill Gold-mining Company,
Section 7, Block VII., Reefton, 16 acres 1 rood 13 perches.
No. 1203. J. M. Murray, for Murray Gold-mining Com-
pany, Section 61, Block XIV., Reefton, 10 acres.
No. 1204. J. M. Murray, for Murray Gold-mining Com-
pany, Section 62, Block XIV., Reefton, 10 acres.
No. 1087. L. Moncrieff, for Surprise Gold-mining Com-
pany, Section 5, Block II., Waitahu, 16 acres.
No. 1151. P. Brennan, for North Eureka Gold-mining
Company, Section 8, Block VII., Reefton, 16 acres 1 rood 18
perches.
No. 1144. Golden Arch Gold-mining Company, Section
19, Block VII., Reefton, 16 acres and 2 perches.
No. 1060. Royal Gold-mining Company, Section 16, Block
XIII., Reefton, 16 acres 1 rood.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister of Mines.)

Gold-mining Leases 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 Waikaka on or before the 15th day of
March, 1886.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: C. Malfroy. Style under which it is intended
to conduct the business: The Hopeful Company. 10 acres,
at Nokomai, in the Switzer’s Mining District.

Applicants: A. McCallum and others. Style under which
it is intended to conduct the business: The Success Com-
pany. 10 acres, at Nokomai, in the Switzer’s Mining Dis-
trict.

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

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

Crown Lands Notices.

Homestead Lands open for Selection.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 28th January, 1886.

UNDER and in pursuance of the powers vested in the
Auckland Land Board by “The Land Act, 1885,” it
is hereby notified that the second-class rural lands men-
tioned in the Schedule hereunder will be open for selection,
under the homestead system, on Tuesday, the 9th March
next.

D. A. TOLE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.