SEPT. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1223

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Warden at Charleston on or before the 20th day of October, 1886.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: James Birch. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: The Joint Gold-mining Company. 2 acres, at Candlelight, Charleston, in the Nelson South-west Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this seventeenth 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 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 Naseby on or before the 5th day of October, 1886.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: John Thomas and party. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: The Welcome Company. 8 acres, at Vinegar Hill, in the Mount Ida Mining District.

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

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

Gold-mining Leases 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 leases of Crown lands for gold-mining purposes to the applicants specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against such leases.

Objections to the granting of such leases, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing, and lodged with the Warden at Queenstown on or before the 9th day of October, 1886.

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

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: George Haskins. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: The Ivanhoe. 16 acres, at Upper Shotover, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

Applicant: George Haskins. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: The Waverley. 16 acres, at Upper Shotover, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

Applicant: George Haskins. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: The Antiquary. 16 acres, at Upper Shotover, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

Applicant: William Cameron. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: The Heart of Midlothian. 16 acres, at Upper Shotover, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

Applicant: William Cameron. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: The Fair Maid of Perth. 16 acres, at Upper Shotover, in the Wakatipu Mining District.

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

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

Crown Lands Notices.

Small Grazing Runs, Cash and Deferred-payment Sections' in the Wairarapa and East Coast Districts, Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 9th September, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of "The Land Act, 1885," Parts II., III., and VII., that the sections of land enumerated below will be open for application, under the various systems noted in the Schedule, at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington, on and after Monday, the 25th October, 1886, at the upset price or rental per acre stated opposite each section.

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

SCHEDULE.

Section. Block. District. Area. Upset Price or Rental per Acre. Total Price.

Pt. 1 of VIII. Waiohine.. 349 0 32 /6
531,532, 534
537,538 " .. 520 1 17 /6
543 VII. " .. 519 0 24 /6
544 " .. 446 1 4 /6
546 V. .. 1,720 1 38 /6
547 " ..
548 VI. ..

SMALL RUNS.

A. R. P. Rental.

379 XIV. Mikimiki .. 268 0 0 20/ 268 0 0

Road-lines have been laid off to give access to these lands, but have not been cleared or formed. The country varies from undulating to mountainous, the soil from poor to good; the forest consists generally of birch with mixed bush in places.

SMALL RUNS.

1 VIII. Mt. Cerberus
2 " Ditto
1 I. Aohanga
3 " Mt. " Corberus
2 I. Aohanga
4 " "
3, 4 II. " .. 758 0 0 /6
2, 3 IX. Mt. Cerberus 743 2 0 /6
3 IV. Kaiwhata 958 0 0 /6
6 VI. "
270, 277 XI. Wainuioru 1,180 1 35 /6
271 VII. " 638 0 0 /6
272 " " 601 1 0 /6
275, 276 XI. " 1,102 1 20 /6
Pt. of 6, 7 VIII. " 857 2 0 /6
4, 5, pt. " " 1,065 2 0 /6
of 6 "

These lands are situate in the Kaiwhata and Wainuioru Districts, and are intersected by the horse-roads from the Wharau to the Kaiwhata River and Flat Point, at a distance of about twenty miles from Gladstone. The country is generally sandstone hills, with limestone on some of the sections on the Kaiwhata River. The soil varies from poor to fair. Some of the sections are covered with tawa (black birch), rimu, matai, hinau, rewarewa, kahikatea, &c., others with manuka. The undergrowth comprises rangiora, koromiko, hoho, &c.

86, 87 XVI. Mangaone 1,045 0 7 /6
98 III. ) Kopuaranga 849 0 0 /6
99 IV. ) " 924 0 0 /6
107, 108 VII. " 944 0 0 /6
93, 94 IV. " 911 0 0 /6
95, pt. 2 " " 1,339 1 0 /6
of 96 "
114, 115, VII. " 930 0 0 /6
210 "
139, 212 VIII. " 1,035 2 0 /6
144, 211 " " 1,921 0 0 /6
99 I. Onoke ..