SEPT. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1103

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 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 15th day of September, 1886.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: John Quillinane: Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: The Juno Gold-mining Company. 16 acres 2 roods, at Boatman’s, in the Nelson South-west Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this 4th day of September, 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 Francis Richards. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: The Fiery Cross Quartz-mining Company. 16 acres, at Skipper’s, Upper Shotover, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

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

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

Crown Lands Notices.

Small Grazing Runs, Wairoa County.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 27th August, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned lands will be submitted at public auction, at the Council Chamber, Napier, on Thursday, the 30th September, at 2 p.m.

SCHEDULE OF LEASES OF SMALL GRAZING RUNS.

Description: Pastoral land, adjoining the freehold of Messrs. Walker and Richardson. The hills fronting the sea are fairly well grassed. The rest of the block is covered with fern and scrub; by surface-sowing it can be made into good pasture land. There is a good shipping-place on the block, at which 7 acres have been reserved for the use of the public. The block is distant by road from Clyde about twenty-one miles. The Wairoa County Council have in progress the formation and bridging of parts of the road.

THIRD-CLASS RURAL LAND FOR SALE FOR CASH.

Section 2, Block IV., Moeangiangi Survey District, 201 acres. Upset price, £100.

Plans, lists of prices, and further particulars can be obtained on application to the undersigned, and at the Post Office, Clyde.

HORACE BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Notice to Occupiers of Runs.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 3rd September, 1886.

IN accordance with section 138 of “The Land Act, 1885,” I hereby give notice that the runs enumerated in the Schedule hereto will be declared forfeited if the amount of rent due to the 31st August last, together with the penalty for non-payment, is not paid to the Receiver of Land Revenue, Hokitika, within three months of the date of first insertion of this notice.

SCHEDULE.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Sale of Leaseholds, Grey Coal Reserve, and Town Sections, Marsden.

Crown Lands Office,
Hokitika, 1st September, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the leasehold of the sections of land situated on the Grey Coal Reserve, No. 274, and described in the Schedules A, B, and C attached hereto, and Marsden Town sections, for cash, Schedule D, will be offered for sale by public auction, at the Railway Goods Station, Brunnerton, on Wednesday, the 13th October, at 2 p.m., subject to the rents and conditions hereunder set out.

Maps of the sections may be seen at the District Land Office, Hokitika, and the Public Works Office, Greymouth.

Term of Leaseholds enumerated on Schedules A and B: Fourteen years; right of re-entry reserved to Government at any time during the currency of the lease, or at the termination thereof, by paying compensation for improvements not exceeding £200.

Term of Leaseholds of Dobson Town sections, Schedule C: Fourteen years; right of re-entry reserved to Government for coal-mining purposes only at any time during the currency of the lease, or at the termination thereof, by paying compensation for improvements not exceeding £200.

Conditions of Sale: The highest bidder (for rental, bonus, or fee-simple, as the case may be) to be the purchaser. The purchase-money (in the case of Dobson Town sections, one year’s rental; in the case of Marsden Town sections, one-fourth of the cash price; and in the case of the Wallsend and Stillwater Creek sections, one year’s rental, and the full amount of bonus, if any) and value for improvements to be paid on the fall of the hammer, together with a fee of £1 1s. for preparation of lease. In cases where the person entitled to valuation for improvements purchases, payment for rental or bonus, and for lease-fee only, will be required. If any dispute occurs as to who is entitled to improvements, the question will be decided by the Land Board; and, if any dispute arises as to any bidding, the auctioneer may put the lot up again.

GERHARD MUELLER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.