Aug. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 951

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 Reefton on or before the 1st day of September, 1886.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Richard Crabb. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Prince of Wales Gold-mining Company. 15 acres 3 roods 4 perches, at Murray Creek, in the Nelson South-west Mining District. Formerly held by the Murray Creek Gold-mining Company.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this ninth day of August, 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 Queenstown on or before the 11th day of September, 1886.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Thomas Gilbert Pearce. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: The Electric. 16 acres, Section 36, Block XI., Shotover, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this third day of August, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Crown Lands Notices.

Land set apart for Perpetual Leasing in the Hunterville Village Special Settlement.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 20th July, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands enumerated here-under will be open for application at this office on and after Monday, the 23rd August, 1886, upon the terms and conditions fixed by an Order in Council issued on the 2nd June, 1886, and made under the 163rd section of “The Land Act, 1885.”

WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.—HUNTERVILLE.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Leases.

Crown Lands Office,
Invercargill, 29th July, 1886.

THE following pastoral runs will be offered for lease by public auction, at the Land Office, Invercargill, at noon on Friday, the 3rd September next, for a term of ten years:—

Possession of Runs Nos. 329, 149, and 352B will be given on day of sale, of 394 on the 1st March next, and of 150B on the 11th April next. Leases to be sold in terms of “The Land Act, 1885.”

JOHN SPENCE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Crown Lands, Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 19th July, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that the sections of land as per Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale on deferred payments, perpetual leases, the village and small-farm system, the small-run system, and for cash, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885.”

Applications for the deferred-payment sections will be received on Monday, the 23rd August, 1886, up to 4.30 p.m. In cases of contested sections, applicants will be informed, in order that they may forward tenders. If personal attendance is not possible, agents should be appointed, in order that tenders may be received before the 1st September.

Applications for village and small-farm lots will also be received on the 23rd August. Contested applications for small farms will be decided by lot, and those for each village section by auction, amongst the applicants, on Wednesday, the 25th August, at 2.30 p.m.

Tenders for perpetual leases will be received on Wednesday, the 1st September, up to 4.30 p.m.

The cash and the small-run sections will also be offered at auction, on Thursday, the 2nd September, at 2.30 p.m.

All applications, tenders, &c., must be sent to this office, where the auction will also take place.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

SHEET NO. 1.

DEFERRED PAYMENTS.

| Pt. 2 of 531 | VIII. | Waiohine .. | A. R. P. 132 0 0 | Price 20/ | £ s. d 132 0 0 |
| 533 | " | " .. | 163 1 27 | 20/ | 163 8 5 |
| 535 | " | " .. | 158 1 8 | 20/ | 158 6 0 |
| 539 | " | " .. | 110 3 0 | 20/ | 110 15 0 |
| 541 | " | " .. | 136 2 10 | 20/ | 136 11 3 |
| 549 | " | " .. | 68 1 13 | 20/ | 68 6 8 |
| 501 | .. | Featherston Township | 18 3 8 | 20/ | 20 0 0 |
| 502 | .. | Ditto .. | 18 1 20 | 20/ | 19 0 0 |
| 504 | .. | " .. | 17 3 8 | 20/ | 19 0 0 |

These sections are situate on the Abbott's Creek Road, about two and a half miles from Featherston, and comprise hilly and inferior lands.

| 82 | XIV. | Mikimiki .. | 282 0 0 | 20/ | 282 0 0 |
| 378 | " | " .. | 248 0 0 | 25/ | 310 0 0 |

PERPETUAL LEASE.

| 529, 530 | VIII. | Waiohine .. | 250 2 3 | Rental 1/ | |
| 542 | " | " .. | 98 3 35 | 1/ | |
| 390 | XIV. | Mikimiki .. | 280 0 0 | 1/ | |
| 383, 384 | " | " .. | 488 0 0 | 1/ | |