JAN. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 133

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 Westport on or before the 22nd day of February, 1886.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Henry Bush and Rocco Martinoni. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: The Checkmate Quartz-mining Company. 16 acres 2 roods, being Section 7, Block X., Ngakawau, Nelson South-west Mining District.

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

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

Applications for Gold-mining Leases forfeited.

Crown Lands Office,
Nelson, 22nd January, 1885.

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

Date of application: 20th June, 1881. Names of applicants: William Johnston and John Howell. Area: 10 acres. District: Section 20, Block VII., Reefton.

Date of application: 8th June, 1885. Names of applicants: David Archer and Henry Currie. Area: 16 acres 2 roods 4 perches. District: Section 105, Block XI., Reefton.

Date of application: 8th June, 1885. Names of applicants: David Archer and Henry Currie. Area: 16 acres and 18 perches. District: Section 104, Block XI., Reefton.

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

Native Land Court Notices.

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

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 12th January, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of this Court, to be held at Mercer, in the District of Waikato, on the 3rd day of February, 1886, will be heard the application of the person whose name appears in the first column for the subdivision of the hereditament comprised in the Crown grant of the piece of land the name of which appears in the second column, situate in the district 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 possession any original grant or other instrument of title relating to the land aforesaid are hereby ordered to produce the same at the said sitting of the Court.

EDWD. HAMMOND,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

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

Native Land Court Office,
Auckland, 23rd January, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of this Court, to be held at Tupuaeharuru, in the District of Taupo, on the 26th day of February, 1886, 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 district named in the third column of the Schedule hereto.

And, in pursuance of the provisions of section 7 of "The Native Land Division Act, 1882," all persons having in their possession any original grant or other instrument of title relating to any of the lands aforesaid are hereby ordered to produce the same at the said sitting of the Court.

EDWD. HAMMOND,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.