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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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their objections to the said application, otherwise they will
be precluded from urging the same.
C. J. A. HASELDEN,
Patent Officer.

No. 1943.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 29th July, 1886.

THE Waipawa Branch, situated at Waipawa, is registered
as a branch of the New Zealand District of the
Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society, under
“The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 29th day of July,
1886.

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Branches of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 30th July, 1886.

THE under-mentioned Courts are registered as branches
of the Auckland District of the Ancient Order of
Foresters, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this
30th day of July, 1886 :—

EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Native Land Court Notice.

Notice of Sitting of the Native Land Court.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Native
Land Court will be held at Gisborne on Tuesday,
the 17th day of August, 1886, for the purpose of ascertaining
what amount of compensation ought to be paid to the Native
owners of the land known as Te Karaka and Ruangarehu,
with respect to the land taken under an Order in Council
dated the 29th day of December, 1885, for road purposes, in
Waikohu Survey District, Cook County; and also for the
purpose of ascertaining who are the proper persons entitled
to receive such compensation, and what land is affected by
the said Order in Council.

SCHEDULE.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Notice of Sitting of the Native Land Court.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Native
Land Court will be held at Gisborne on Tuesday,
the 17th day of August, 1886, for the purpose of ascertaining
what amount of compensation ought to be paid to the Native
owners of the land known as Te Karaka, Te Tao, Tangutu-
hanui No. 1, Waihora, and Waihora No. 1, with respect to the
land taken under an Order in Council dated the 29th day of
December, 1885, for a portion of the Gisborne–Opotiki main
road deviation; and also for the purpose of ascertaining who
are the proper persons entitled to receive such compensation,
and what land is affected by the said Order in Council.

SCHEDULE.

All in the Provincial District of Auckland; as the same are
more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W.D.
13599, deposited in the office of the Minister for Public
Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of Wellington,
and thereon coloured red.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

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 20th day of July, 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 29th
day of August, 1886.

SCHEDULE.

NAME by which land is known: Paraeroa. Native Land
Court District wherein situate: Gisborne. Area: 1,026
acres.

Dated this 26th day of July, 1886.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

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 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 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.

APPLICANTS: Charles Fellows and David Faulkner. Style
under which it is intended to conduct the business: The
Better Times Quartz-mining Company. 16 acres 2 roods, at
Owen River, in the Nelson South-west Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-ninth
day of July, 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.