764
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 35.

Every candidate will be required to give satisfactory
evidence that he is between the ages of sixteen and twenty-
two years, and either that he is a native of New Zealand, or
that he has resided in New Zealand for the last five years.
Notice of entry, with satisfactory testimonials as to per-
sonal character, and the London matriculation fee of £2,
must be sent to the Secretary for Education, Wellington, so
as to reach his office not later than the 1st January, 1887.
By order.
Wm. Jas. HABENS,
Secretary for Education.

Goldfields Notices.

Agricultural Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 18th June, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor
has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned
agricultural 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. 24. James Fraser; Section 25, Block I., Budle Dis-
trict; 215 acres 1 rood 18 perches, Otago District.
No. 25. William Cameron; Section 24, Block I., Budle
District; 210 acres 3 roods 4 perches, Otago District.
W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

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

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 18th June, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the gold-mining lease
applied for by Thomas J. Jones, for the Red King
Quartz-mining Company, namely, 16½ acres, Marina District,
has been refused, and the ground is now open to persons
holding miners’ rights or business licenses as if a lease of the
ground had not been applied for.
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 Lyell on or before the 26th day of
September, 1886.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be
seen at the Warden’s Office at Lyell.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: James Inglis. Style under which it is intended
to conduct the business: Advance Quartz-mining Company.
16 acres 2 roods, at Owen River, in the Nelson South-west
Mining District.
Given under my hand, at Nelson, this eighteenth
day of June, 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 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 Queenstown on or before the 10th day of
July, 1886.
Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be
seen at the Warden’s Office at Queenstown.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Daniel Enright and Timothy Collins. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business: Enright
and Collins. 3 acres, at Shotover, in the Wakatipu Mining
District.
Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twenty-first
day of June, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty-six.
J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Crown Lands Notices.

Crown Lands, Provincial District of Canterbury, to be leased
on the Perpetual-leasing System, under Section 161 of
“The Land Act, 1885.”

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 12th June, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned Crown
lands are open for lease for a term of thirty years, with
the right of renewal for a further term of twenty-one years,
and that applications will be received on Wednesday, the
28th July, 1886, for the said leases, at the Land Offices,
Christchurch and Timaru, where maps may be seen and
forms obtained:—

RESERVE 264, NEAR DROMORE.

Light arable land.

RESERVE 2022, NEAR DROMORE.

Area, 49 acres 1 rood 32 perches; upset annual rental,
£4 19s. Light arable land.

Under section 161 of “The Land Act, 1885,” only one
allotment can be held by any one person. Every application
must be accompanied by a statutory declaration, the amount
of the first six months’ rent, and a fee of £1 10s. Should
there be more than one application on the same day for
the same allotment, the right to occupy shall be determined
by lot.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Section 13, Reserve 640, on the Pareora River,
Provincial District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 19th June, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the above section, contain-
ing 22 acres 1 rood 32 perches, will be open for
application, at £4 per acre, on the 25th September, 1886.
Applications to be made at the Land Offices, Christchurch
and Timaru, where plans may be seen.
Should two or more applications be made on the same day,
the land will be put up to public auction, limited to the
applicants.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of 226½ Acres Land, Part of Reserve 1289, Glentunnel,
Provincial District of Canterbury.

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 19th June, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the above land will be
offered for sale by public auction, at the Land Office,
Christchurch, on the 28th July, 1886, at 12 o’clock noon, at
the upset price of £2 per acre.
Plan may be seen and particulars obtained at the Land
Office, Christchurch.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.