July 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 793

Goldfields Notices.

Gold-mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 23rd June, 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. 957c. Joseph Cox and others; Section 11, Hedgehope; 5 acres, Otago District.

No. 952c. Joseph Cox and others; Section 9, Hedgehope; 12 acres 1 rood 10 perches, Otago District.

No. 956c. Joseph Cox and others; Section 10, Hedgehope; 13 acres, Otago District.

No. 953c. Joseph Cox and others; Section 6, Hedgehope; 10 acres, Otago 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 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 Charleston on or before the 28th day of July, 1886.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: James O’Donnell, John O’Donnell, A. O’Donnell, and Daniel Lawry. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: The Great Extended Gold-mining Company. 8 acres, at Croninville, in the Nelson South-west Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-eighth 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 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 27th day of September, 1886.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: John Phillips. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Eureka Gold-mining Company, 16 acres 2 roods, Owen District, Nelson South-west Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-third day of June, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

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

Crown Lands Notices.

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.

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, containing 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.

Reserve, Papakura Block, for Lease.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 8th June, 1886.

THE lease for fourteen years of the under-mentioned reserve for the protection of the Tutaekuri-Waimata River will be offered by public auction, at the Council Chamber, Napier, at 2 p.m., on Thursday, the 8th July next:—

Papakura Block: Section No. 43, 8 acres 1 rood 16 perches; upset rental, £10 per annum.

Terms and conditions can be seen at this office.

HORACE BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands to be leased on the Perpetual-leasing System, Woodville Village Special Settlement.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 8th June, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that applications will be received at the Crown Lands Office, Napier, on Thursday, the 8th July next, for ten sections in the Woodville Village Special Settlement.

In event of more than one application being received for any section on the 8th July, the right to occupy the same will be decided by lot amongst the applicants, at the Court-house, Woodville, at 2 p.m. on Saturday, the 10th July.

Plans, terms, and further particulars can be obtained at this office.

HORACE BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.