May 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 689

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 Hokitika on or before the 1st day of June, 1886.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Augustus Boys. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Boys' Lease. 10 acres, at Arahura Flat, at back of Morgan's land, Westland Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Hokitika, this seventeenth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Native Land Court Notice.

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 18th day of May, 1886, 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 27th day of June, 1886.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Te Ikaroa. Native Land Court District wherein situate: Whanganui. Area: 1 rood 27 perches.

Dated this 18th day of May, 1886.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Land Transfer Act Notices.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same in each case on or before the 29th day of June next.

MARY SCOTT.—Lots 5, 6, and 12 of the subdivision of Allotment 20a of Section 2 of the Parish of Takapuna. In Applicant's occupation. 2426.

ROBERT GEORGE HAWES.—Allotment 12 of the Parish of Takapuna. 2427.

SAMUEL ROUT.—Part of Allotment 28 of Section 4 of the City of Auckland. In occupation of Applicant and Messrs. H. Brace and Co. 2433.

WILLIAM BOND.—Allotments 232a, 232, and part of Allotments 229 and 230 of the Parish of Puniu, containing 65 acres. In occupation of William J. Thompson. 2459.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 22nd day of May, 1886, at the Lands Registry Office, Auckland.

THEO. KISSLING,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month from date of Gazette containing this notice.

5535. FRANCOIS LELIEVRE.—4¾ perches, Section 52, Town of Akaroa. Occupied by Applicant.

5536. MARY ANN SMITH.—6 acres 3 roods 9 perches, parts of Rural Sections 1806 and 10009, Rangiora Survey District. Occupied by Malcolm McFarlane and others.

5537. JAMES HENRY.—2 roods, part of Rural Section 2800, Leeston Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.

5538. WILLIAM HENRY WYNN WILLIAMS.—250 acres, Rural Sections 9245, 9246, 9247, 9280, and 9281,

Selwyn Survey District. Sections 9246 and 9247 occupied by George Sheat, 9245 by William Wright, and 9280 and 9281 unoccupied.

5849. HARRIET BRAY and JOHN ANDERSON, Jun.—1 rood 21 perches, Section 756 and parts of Sections 754 and 758, City of Christchurch. Unoccupied.

5850. HERBERT COLE.—38 perches, part of Rural Section 33, Christchurch District. Occupied by Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 22nd day of May, 1886, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 9th July, 1886.

1490. DANIEL ELLISON.—Section 109, Porirua District. In occupation of John Whitehouse.

1491. SIR JAMES FERGUSON and OTHERS, as representatives of THOMAS COLYER and MARY ANNE COLYER, deceased. Section 376, City of Wellington. Unoccupied.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 26th day of May, 1886, at the Lands Registry Office, Wellington.

GEO. B. DAVY,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month from the date of the gazetting of this notice.

MALCOTT RICHARDSON.—168 acres 2 roods 32 perches, being Sections 2, 10, and 11, Block VIII., District of Wyndham. Occupied by Applicant. Nos. 2252 and 2253.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 19th day of May, 1886, at the Lands Registry Office, Invercargill.

F. G. MORGAN,
District Land Registrar.

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Mining Notices.

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the Britannia Quartz-mining Company as a Limited Company, under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1872.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Britannia Quartz-mining Company (Limited).
2. The place of operations is at Boatman's, in the Provincial District of Nelson and Colony of New Zealand.
3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Reefton.
4. The nominal capital of the company is six thousand two hundred and fifty pounds sterling, in twenty-five thousand shares of five shillings each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is twenty-five thousand, being the entire number of shares in the company.
6. The number of paid-up shares is nil.
7. The amount already paid up is nil.
8. The name of the Manager is George Wise.
9. The names and addresses and occupations of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follow:—

No. of Shares.
NIELS BOLLERSLEV, Boatman's, Miner .. .. 4,000
John Julian, Boatman's, Miner .. .. 1,100
Francis Decimus Walker, Boatman's, Hotelkeeper .. 2,250
George Wise, Reefton, Mining Agent .. .. 750
Thomas Graham, Boatman's, Miner .. .. 1,500
John Lloyd, Boatman's, Miner .. .. 3,000
Henry Francis, Boatman's, Carpenter .. .. 1,500
Robert French, Boatman's, Miner .. .. 400
David Archer, Boatman's, Storekeeper .. .. 3,000
W. B. Archer, Boatman's, Hotelkeeper .. .. 3,000
William Duffy, Boatman's, Miner .. .. 1,500
Katherine A. Rogers, Boatman's .. .. 375
Bernard Duffy, Boatman's, Butcher .. .. 1,125
Patrick Galina, Boatman's, Baker .. .. 1,500

25,000

Dated this 18th day of May, 1886.

GEORGE WISE,
Manager.

Witness to signature—John B. Beeche.

I, George Wise, do solemnly and sincerely declare that—

1. I am the Manager of the said intended company.