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said invention; and I have appointed Thursday, the 7th

day of April 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 23rd

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.

C. J. A. HASELDEN,

Patent Officer.

No. 2183.

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 Naseby on or before the 17th day of

January, 1887.

Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be

seen at the Warden's Office at Naseby.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Walter Inder and others. Style under which

it is intended to conduct the business: Inder and Guffie,

8 acres, at Mount Buster, in the Otago Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this seventh

day of January, one thousand eight hundred and

eighty-seven.

J. P. MAITLAND,

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 Queenstown on or before the 12th day of

February, 1887.

Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be

seen at the Warden's Office at Queenstown.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Edwin Bray and George Doidge. Style under

which it is intended to conduct the business: Young Ameri-

can. 16 acres, at Upper Shotover, in the Wakatipu Mining

District.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this thirtieth day

of December, one thousand eight hundred and

eighty-six.

J. P. MAITLAND,

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 appli-

cants 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 Collingwood on or before the 1st day of

February, 1887.

Copy of the application made and plan annexed may be

seen at the Warden's Office at Collingwood.

SCHEDULE.

APPLICANTS: Francis McGrane and Thomas McGrane. Style

under which it is intended to conduct the business: Appo's

Gully Sluicing Company. 4 acres, at Appo's Gully, in the

Collingwood Mining District.

Given under my hand, at Nelson, this twenty-ninth

day of December, one thousand eight hundred and

eighty-six.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,

Commissioner of Crown Lands,

(Holding delegated powers.)

Applications for Gold-mining Leases refused.

Crown Lands Office,

Nelson, 7th January, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned applica-

tions for gold-mining leases have been refused, the

applicants having failed to comply with the provisions of

Regulation 3, Part I., Appendix A, "Mines Act, 1877,"

viz. :—

ALFRED GREENFIELD,

Commissioner of Crown Lands,

(Holding delegated powers.)

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Leases, Township of Richardson.

Crown Lands Office,

Wellington, 24th December, 1886.

THE under-mentioned allotments in the Town of Richard-

son, Waitotara Land District, having been forfeited,

are now open for application at the Land Office, Patea, on

fourteen-year leases, at an upset rental of 6s. per acre. No

compensation allowed for improvements.

For conditions and further particulars apply at Patea

Land Office.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Notice of Land to be offered at Auction, on the Small-run System, in the Waimiuru Survey District.

Crown Lands Office,

Wellington, 23rd December, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the land enumerated here-

under will be put up to auction, on the small-run

system, at this office, on Wednesday, the 19th January,

1887, at 3 p.m., at the upset rental stated opposite the

section.

SCHEDULE.

J. W. A. MARCHANT,

Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Auction of Crown Lands, Marlborough.

Crown Lands Office,

Blenheim, 21st December, 1886.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under-mentioned Crown

lands will be offered by public auction, at the Survey

Office, Blenheim, at noon on Tuesday, the 1st February, 1887,

viz. :—

FOR SALE FOR CASH.

Section 1, Block V., Kaituna Valley, Cloudy Bay Survey

District; area, 119 acres and 3 perches. Upset price, £60.

Cost of survey, £12 10s.

In the event of any one but applicant becoming the pur-

chaser, the cost of survey must be paid at auction, to be

handed to applicant.