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that applications will be received on Friday, the 25th March,
1887, for the said leases, at the Land Office, Christchurch,
and also by Mr. March, on Wednesday, the 23rd March, at
the Alford Forest School. The applications received by Mr.
March will bear the same date as those received at the Land
Office, Christchurch :—

RESERVE 2027, NEAR ALFORD FOREST.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned sections
are opened for lease for a term of thirty years, with
the right of renewal for further terms of twenty-one years,
and that applications will be received on Wednesday, the
30th March, for the said leases, at the Land Offices, Christ-
church and Timaru, and also by Mr. March, on Tuesday, the
29th March, at the Courthouse, Temuka. The applications
received by Mr. March will bear the same date as those
received at the Land Office, Christchurch :—

VILLAGE HOMESTEAD SPECIAL SETTLEMENT, AROWHENUA.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned sections
are opened for lease for a term of thirty years, with
the right of renewal for further terms of twenty-one years,
and that applications will be received on Friday, the 1st
April, 1887, for the said leases, at the Land Offices, Christ-
church and Timaru, and also by Mr. March, on Wednesday,
the 30th March, at the Town Board Office, Geraldine. The
applications received by Mr. March will bear the same date
as those received at the Land Offices, Christchurch and
Timaru :—

TOWN OF GERALDINE.

The only charge for the leases will be a fee of 10s. No
selector shall take up more than one allotment. Plans may
be seen at the Land Offices, Christchurch and Timaru,
where also copies of the Village Homestead Special-settle-
ment Regulations may be obtained.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing Runs to be leased.

Crown Lands Office,
New Plymouth, 24th February, 1887.

THE following Small Grazing Runs, situated four and a
half miles from the Ball Road Railway-station, be-
tween Manutahi and Patea, and west of the Patea River,
will be offered for lease by auction, under Part VII. of "The
Land Act, 1885," at the Land Office, Patea, at noon on
Saturday, the 26th March next :—

Also the following small grazing runs between the Patea
and Whenuakura Rivers, which are now being made acces-
sible by the formation of a horse-track :—

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Goldfields Notices.

Gold-mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 11th March, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has
been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-
mining leases cancelled, and that the ground is now open
for application as if no leases of the said ground had ever
been applied for :—

No. 363c. Undaunted Gold-mining Company (Limited);
Section 7, Block VII., Lauder, 9 acres 3 roods 39 perches, in
the Otago Mining District.

No. 362c. Undaunted Gold-mining Company (Limited);
Section 18, Block VII., Lauder, 2 acres 3 roods 8 perches, in
the Otago Mining District.

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

Special Claim cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 11th March, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor
has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned
special claim cancelled, and that the ground is now open
for application as if no special claim of the said ground had
ever been applied for :—

No. 22 3/334. Undaunted Gold-mining Company (Limited);
Section 1, Block VII., Lauder, 6 acres 2 roods, in the Otago
Mining District.

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