JULY 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 823

Goldfields Notices.

Additional Regulation as to Payment of Rewards for Discovery of New Goldfields.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 28th June, 1886.

THE following additional regulation for the payment of rewards for the discovery of new goldfields, recommended by the Goldfields Committee on the 22nd June, 1886, having been adopted by the Government, is published for general information.

This regulation applies to the notifications published in the New Zealand Gazette of the 19th March and 29th October, 1885, offering rewards for gold discoveries.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

ADDITIONAL REGULATION.

No claim for a reward for the discovery of gold will be considered by the Goldfields Committee unless such claim be made within one year from the date of the discovery.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 2nd July, 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:—

The Enterprise Water-race Company; No. 740c; Section No. 20, Block I., Naseby; area, 7 acres; Otago District.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 2nd July, 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:—

Robert Fraser and Andrew Caldwell; No. 642c; Section No. 31, Block XI., Shotover; area, 1 acre 1 rood 35 perches; Otago District.

W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Native Land Court Notices.

Application for Rehearing of Claim granted.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON.

IN the matter of a decision of the Court given during a session opened at Palmerston North on the 5th day of September, 1885, upon the hearing of a claim for the subdivision of the land situate in the District of Manawatu, in the Provincial District of Wellington, and known as “Muaupoko;” and in the matter of an application for a rehearing upon the aforesaid claim, made to this Court, in writing, within three months after such decision, by Watene Harawira and others, thinking themselves aggrieved thereby:

I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby order that a rehearing upon such claim be had on Tuesday, the 20th day of July, 1886, at a sitting of the Court to be then held at Paikakariki, in the said district.

Dated at Wellington, this 2nd day of July, 1886.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
DISTRICT OF WHANGANUI.

IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a session opened at Whanganui, in the said district, on the 14th day of January, 1886, upon the hearing of a claim for investigation of title to land situate in the said district, and known as “Ngaurukehu;” and in the matter of the application of Hiha Akatarewa and others for a rehearing upon such claim:

I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby dismiss such application.

Dated at Wellington, this 6th day of July, 1886.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
DISTRICT OF WHANGANUI.

IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a session opened at Whanganui, in the said district, on the 14th day of January, 1886, upon the hearing of a claim to succeed to the interest of Nehanera Te Kahu in a block of land situate in the said district, and known as “Otuangiangi;” and in the matter of the application of Miriama Heirangi Te Kahu and others for a rehearing upon such claim:

I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby dismiss such application.

Dated at Wellington, this 7th day of July, 1886.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice of Sitting of Native Land Court.

Native Land Court,
Wellington, 7th July, 1886.

IT being intended shortly to hold a sitting of the Native Land Court in the South Island, all persons having claims who have not already forwarded applications are hereby requested to do so at once.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

Notice of Sitting of Native Land Court.

Native Land Court,
Wellington, 7th July, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is intended to hold a sitting of the Native Land Court at Wellington during the month of August next.

All persons desirous of having their claims dealt with are requested to forward applications at once to the Registrar.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

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.