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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 13

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th March, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for the saving of Brooms, and
to assist in the Labour of removing Rubbish, &c., by
them, and called "Hume's Patent Broom-guard."
JAMES AITCHISON HUME, of Auckland, in the Colony of
New Zealand, has deposited at this office a specification
of the said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday,
the 25th day of May 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 10th day of May next, at this office, particulars
in writing of their objections to the said application, other-
wise they will be precluded from urging the same.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.
No. 1743.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 9th March, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for a Safety-case for packing
Eggs and Fruit, to be called "The Egg and Fruit
Safety-case."
WILLIAM SERVICE, of Karangahape Road, Auckland, in
the Colony of New Zealand, Cardboard-box Manufacturer,
has deposited at this office a specification of the said in-
vention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 25th day of
May 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
10th day of May 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. 1744.

Goldfields Notices.

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 Queenstown on or before the 3rd day of
April, 1886.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be
seen at the Warden's Office at Queenstown.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: George Francis Bullen. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: The Phoenix Company.
16 acres, at Skipper's Creek, in the Wakatipu Mining Dis-
trict.
Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this third day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
six.
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 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 31st day of
March, 1886.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be
seen at the Warden's Office at Reefton.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: William Heaphy. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: The Lone Star Gold-
mining Company. 16 acres 2 roods, at Toatman's, in the
Nelson South-west Mining District.
Given under my hand, at Nelson, this eighth day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
six.
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 17th day of
March, 1886.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be
seen at the Warden's Office at Reefton.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: John Butler. Style under which it is intended
to conduct the business: Jupiter Gold-mining Company
(Limited). 16 acres 2 roods, at Devil's Creek, in the Nelson
South-west Mining District, formerly held by the Oriental
Gold-mining Company.
Given under my hand, at Nelson, this fourth day of
March, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-
six.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Nelson South-west Goldfields.—Gold-mining Lease refused.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 4th March, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the gold-mining lease
applied for by Henry Bush and Rocco Martinoni, for
the Cheekmate Quartz-mining Company, namely, 16¼ acres,
Section 7, Block X., Ngakawau, has been refused.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Crown Lands Notices.

Leases of River-bed Reserves, Provincial District of Canter-
bury, under the Provisions of Section 25 of "The Public
Reserves Act, 1881."

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 5th March, 1886.

TENDERS for the temporary pastoral occupation of the
following river-bed reserves will be received, at the
upset annual rentals noted against each, until Tuesday, the
6th April, 1886, at the Land Office, Christchurch, at 12
o'clock noon:—

No. of | Locality. | Area. | Upset
Reserve. | | | Annual
| | | Rental.

2700 | River Haehaetemoana | .. | 15 0 0 | £ s. d.
2701 | " | .. | 10 2 0 | 1 10 0
2702 | " | .. | 23 2 0 | 2 7 0
2703 | " | .. | 14 2 0 | 1 8 0
2704 | River Opihi | .. | 65 2 0 | 6 11 0
2705 | River Eyre | .. | 80 0 0 | 4 0 0
2706 | River Selwyn | .. | 28 0 0 | 1 8 0

Tenders to be indorsed "Temporary Occupation of Re-
serves." The highest or any tender not necessarily ac-
cepted.
Plans and particulars may be seen at the Land Offices,
Christchurch and Timaru.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.