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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 62

ROBERT COCKERELL, of Inver...ill, New Zealand, Black-
smith, has deposited at this office a specification of the
said invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 15th
day of March next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this
office, to hear the said application and all objections thereto;
and I require all persons having an interest in opposing the
grant of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 1st
day of March next, at this office, particulars in writing of
their objections to the said application, otherwise they will
be precluded from urging the same.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.
No. 2136.

Application for a Patent.

Patent Office,
Wellington, 26th November, 1886.

PATENT for an Invention for an Improvement on Tree-
and Stump-extractors and other Powers.
ROBERT COCKERELL, of Invercargill, New Zealand, Black-
smith, has deposited at this office a specification of the said
invention; and I have appointed Tuesday, the 15th day of
March next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at this office, to
hear the said application and all objections thereto; and I
require all persons having an interest in opposing the grant
of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the 1st day of
March next, at this office, particulars in writing of their
objections to the said application, otherwise they will be pre-
cluded from urging the same.
F. WALDEGRAVE,
Deputy Patent Officer.
No. 2137.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 25th November, 1886.

THE Jubilee Tent, No. 50, situated at Hutt, is registered
as a branch of the New Zealand Central District of
the Independent Order of Rechabites, Salford Unity, under
"The Friendly Societies Act, 1882," this 25th day of Novem-
ber, 1886.
EDMUND MASON,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Goldfields Notices.

Special Claims cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 29th November, 1886.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned special
claims cancelled, and that the ground is now open for appli-
cation as if no special claims of the said ground had ever been
applied for:—
No. 1271. The Gladstone Quartz-mining Company
(Limited); Section 34, Block X., 33 acres 3 roods 7 perches,
Reefton, Nelson South-west District.
No. 1365. The Great Northern Sluicing Company; Section
28, Block VI., 98 acres 3 roods 9 perches, Waitahu, Nelson
South-west District.
W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

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 Reefton on or before the 15th day of
December, 1886.
Copy of the applications made and plans annexed may be
seen at the Warden's Office at Reefton.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: Charles Edwin Watkins. Style under which it
is intended to conduct the business: Victoria Gold-mining
Company. 16 acres 2 roods, at Murray Creek, Block XIV.,
Reefton District, in the Nelson South-west Mining District.
Applicant: Charles Edwin Watkins. Style under which
it is intended to conduct the business: Panama Gold-mining
Company. 16 acres 2 roods, at Oriental Creek, Block II.,
Waitahu District, in the Nelson South-west Mining District.
Applicant: James Grieve. Style under which it is in-
tended to conduct the business: Pactolus Gold-mining Com-
Company. 11 acres 3 roods 13 perches, at Boatman's, Sec-
tion 16, Block XI., in the Nelson South-west Mining Dis-
trict.
Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-ninth
day of November, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-six.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
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 appli-
cants 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 Reefton on or before the 15th day of
December, 1886.
Copy of the applications made and plans annexed may be
seen at the Warden's Office at Reefton.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANT: William Hindmarsh. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: Greymouth Gold-mining
Company. 16 acres 2 roods, at Devil's Creek, in the Nelson
South-west Mining District.
Applicant: John B. Beeche. Style under which it is in-
tended to conduct the business: Sanguine Gold-mining
Company. 16 acres 2 roods, at Big River, in the Nelson
South-west Mining District.
Applicant: John McGregor. Style under which it is in-
tended to conduct the business: Lucid Gold-mining Com-
pany. 10 acres, at Murray Creek, in the Nelson South-west
Mining District.
Applicant: William Hindmarsh. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: Star Gold-mining Com-
pany. 16 acres 1 rood 35 perches, at Devil's Creek, in the
Nelson South-west Mining District.
Applicant: Joseph Potter. Style under which it is in-
tended to conduct the business: Volunteer Gold-mining
Company. 16 acres and 3 perches, at Devil's Creek, Section
1, Block II., Waitahu, in the Nelson South-west Mining
District.
Applicant: John Trennery. Style under which it is in-
tended to conduct the business: Soudan Gold-mining Com-
pany. 16 acres 2 roods, at Devil's Creek, in the Nelson
South-west Mining District.
Applicant: William Hindmarsh. Style under which it is
intended to conduct the business: Royal Standard Gold-
mining Company. 16 acres 2 roods, at Murray Creek, in the
Nelson South-west Mining District.
Applicant: James J. Aiken. Style under which it is in-
tended to conduct the business: Balaklava Gold-mining
Company. 16 acres 2 roods, at Rainy Creek, in the Nelson
South-west Mining District.
Applicant: R. J. Scotock. Style under which it is in-
tended to conduct the business: Bismarck Gold-mining Com-
pany. 16 acres 1 rood, at Rainy Creek, Section 80, Block II.,
Waitahu, in the Nelson South-west Mining District.
Applicant: John McQuillan. Style under which it is in-
tended to conduct the business: Murray Gold-mining Com-
pany. 16 acres 2 roods, at Big River, in the Nelson South-
west Mining District.
Applicant: George Wise. Style under which it is intended
to conduct the business: Inkermann Gold-mining Company.
16 acres and 22 perches, at Rainy Creek, Section 24, Block
II., Waitahu, in the Nelson South-west Mining District.
Applicant: Peter Mathias Brundal. Style under which it
is intended to conduct the business: Pallas Gold-mining
Company. 16 acres and 22 perches, at Rainy Creek, in the
Nelson South-west Mining District.
Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-third
day of November, one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-six.
ALFRED GREENFIELD,
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.