APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 519

The only charge for the lease 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-settlement regulations may be obtained.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands, Provincial District of Canterbury, to be leased on the Perpetual-leasing System, under Section 161 of “The Land Act, 1885.”

Crown Lands Office,
Christchurch, 28th March, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned Crown lands are open 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 Saturday, the 30th April, for the said lease, at the Land Office, Christchurch; and also by Mr. March, at the Railway Station, Hinds, on the 28th April; and at the Courthouse, Ashburton, on the 29th April. The applications received by Mr. March will bear the same date as those received at the Land Office, Christchurch:—

Plan may be seen and particulars obtained at the Land Office, Christchurch. Every application must be accompanied by a statutory declaration, the amount of the first six months’ rent, and a fee of 30s. Should there be more than one application on the same day for the above reserve the right to occupy shall be determined by lot.

JOHN H. BAKER,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Native Land Court Notices.

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

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 9th April, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a sitting of this Court to be held at Palmerston North, in the District of Otaki, on the 16th day of May, 1887, will be heard the applications of the persons whose names appear in the first column for the partition 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 districts named in the third column.

W. BRIDSON,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

Application for Rehearing of Claim granted.—Porangahau Block.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
DISTRICT OF GISBORNE.

IN the matter of a decision of the Court given during a session opened at Hastings, in the said district, on the 23rd day of October, 1885, upon the hearing of a claim for investigation of title to land situate in the said district, and known as Porangahau; and in the matter of the application of Te Teira Tiakitai and others, made to this Court, in writing, within three months after such decision was given, for a rehearing upon the aforesaid claim:

I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby order that a rehearing upon such claim be had on Tuesday, the 10th day of May, 1887, at a sitting of the Court to be then holden at Taradale, in the district aforesaid.

Dated this 20th day of April, 1887.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim granted.—Piritaha No. 4 Block.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON.

IN the matter of a decision of the Court given during a session opened at Otaki, in the said district, on the 22nd day of May, 1885, upon the hearing of a claim for the investigation of title to land situate in the said district, and known as Piritaha No. 4; and in the matter of the application of Rihi Ruta te Manga, made to this Court, in writing, within three months after such decision was given, for a rehearing upon the aforesaid claim:

I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby order that a rehearing upon such claim, to the extent of ascertaining whether the applicant has any, and, if so, what, interest therein, be had on the 4th day of May, 1887, at a sitting of the Court to be then holden at Otaki, in the district aforesaid.

Dated this 20th day of April, 1887.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim granted.—Whirokino Block.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND:
DISTRICT OF WELLINGTON.

IN the matter of a decision of the Court given during a session opened at Palmerston North, in the said district, on the 5th day of September, 1885, upon the hearing of a claim for the division of land in the said district known as Whirokino; and in the matter of the application of Kipa te Whatanui, made to this Court, in writing, within three months after such decision was given, for a rehearing upon the aforesaid claim:

I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby order that a rehearing upon such claim be had on Wednesday, the 4th day of May, 1887, at a sitting of the Court to be then holden at Otaki, in the district aforesaid.

Dated this 20th day of April, 1887.

J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Goldfields Notice.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 14th April, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining lease cancelled:—

No. 996. Johnston’s United Mining Company (Limited); Section 2, Block VIII., Aorere, 16 acres 2 roods, in the Karamea Mining District.

P. A. BUCKLEY,
(For the Minister of Mines.)