Applications must be addressed to “The Secretary for Education, Wellington,” from whom and from the “Director, Deaf-mute Institution, Sumner, Christchurch,” further information may be obtained.

Wm. Jas. HABENS.

Goldfields Notices.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 25th August, 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:—

No. 23. James O'Connor; 6 acres, in the New River District, Westland Mining District.

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

Application for Gold-mining Lease forfeited.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 24th August, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that the land described in the under-mentioned application for a gold-mining lease is now open to persons holding miners' rights or business licenses, or to applicants for a lease, the applicant having failed to comply with the provisions of Regulation 20, Part IV., Appendix A, “The Mines Act, 1877,” viz.:—

The application of John Lester, for the Cosmopolitan Quartz-mining Company, dated the 18th March, 1885, for 16 acres 2 roods, being Section 9, Block X., Ngakawau, Nelson South-west Mining District.

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

Application for Gold-mining Lease forfeited.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 23rd August, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that the land described in the under-mentioned application for a gold-mining lease is now open to persons holding miners' rights or business licenses, or to applicants for a lease, the applicants having failed to comply with the provisions of Regulation 19, Part IV., Appendix A, “Mines Act, 1877,” viz.:—

The application of Bernard Magee, Patrick Troy, and John Maher, for the “Magee's Lease,” dated the 5th February, 1886, for 8 acres, Stillwater Creek, Westland Mining District.

GERHARD MUELLER, Commissioner of Crown Lands, (Holding delegated powers.)

Agricultural Lease Certificate declared forfeited.

IN conformity with the regulations for the granting and issue of agricultural leases, it is hereby notified that the under-mentioned certificate of application has been declared forfeited for non-execution of lease, and that the land is now open to applicants for a lease as if no lease of the same had ever been applied for:—

1837c. Joseph Hilder Forsyth; Section 12, Block II., Upper Wakatipu, 30 acres, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

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

J. P. MAITLAND, 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 Naseby 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 Naseby.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: William Grayson. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: The Try Again Company. 2 acres, at Mount Buster, in the Mount Ida Mining District.

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

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

Mineral 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 mineral leases, 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 as applied for, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Dunedin on or before the 5th day of October, 1886.

Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be seen at the Crown Lands Office at Dunedin.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Robert McDougall, sen., and Robert McDougall, jun. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Robert McDougall and Son. 20 acres, Section 1, Crown Survey District, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

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

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

Native Land Court Notices.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND: DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.

IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a session opened at Waiomatatini, in the said district, on the 15th day of January, 1885, upon the hearing of a claim for a subdivision of a block of land situate in the said district, and known as “Paekama;” and in the matter of the application of Tuta Nihoniho for a rehearing upon such claim:

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

Dated this 23rd day of August, 1886.

J. E. MACDONALD, Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND: DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.

IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a session opened at Waiomatatini, in the said district, on the 15th day of January, 1885, upon the hearing of a claim for a subdivision of a block of land situate in the said district, and known as “Rangikohua No. 3;” and in the matter of the application of Tuta Nihoniho for a rehearing upon such claim:

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

Dated this 23rd day of August, 1886.

J. E. MACDONALD, Chief Judge.

Sitting of the Native Land Court for the Subdivision of Hereditaments.

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 17th August, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of this Court, to be held at Helensville, in the District of Kaipara, on the 21st day of September next, will be heard the applications of the persons whose names appear in the first column for the subdivision of the hereditaments comprised in the Crown grants of the pieces of land the names of which appear in the second column, situate in the districts named in the third column.

And, in pursuance of the provisions of section 7 of “The Native Land Division Act, 1882,” all persons having in their