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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 75

6th 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 20th day of February 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. 2669.

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of October, 1887. Altitude above the sea, 140 feet. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

OCTOBER.

• Means. † Same month previous year.

REMARKS.

October.—Showery up to 6th, with prevailing S.E. wind and strong; hail on 1st; fine on 7th, 8th, and 9th, then showery up to 15th, the maximum rain occurring on 11th, 2·35in.; from 16th to 18th fine weather, then showery to 25th, with strong N.W. wind; remainder of month fine, with moderate wind; prevailing N.W. wind, and strong from that quarter on nine days. On the whole, unpleasant, changeable, and stormy month; thunder on 21st; fog on 28th. Maximum temperature in shade, 71°; minimum, 36°. Mean temperature of dewpoint, 45·5°. Mean humidity, 78. Earthquake on 6th, at 7 a.m. and 10.30 p.m., slight.

R. B. GORE,
Observer.

Goldfields Notice.

Special Claim cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 24th November, 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:—

Donnelly’s Creek Gold-mining Company (Limited); T 747; 57 acres 2 roods 25 perches, in the Westland Mining District.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

Crown Lands Notices.

Small Grazing Runs, Rangitikei District, Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 24th November, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,” that the sections of land enumerated below will be open for application, under the system noted in the Schedule, at the Crown Lands Office, Wellington, on and after Friday, the 30th December, 1887, at the upset rental per acre stated opposite each section.

J. W. MARCHANT,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

SCHEDULE.

SMALL RUNS.

Sale of Deferred-payment Sections, Patea.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 27th October, 1887.

IT is hereby notified, in terms of “The Land Act, 1885,” section 122, that the under-mentioned forfeited deferred-payment sections will be offered for selection by public auction, at the Crown Lands Office, Patea, on Saturday, the 3rd December, 1887, at 12 o’clock noon, under the deferred-payment system, at the upset price per acre noted opposite each section. The amounts of valuations for improvements must be paid in cash on the fall of the hammer.

SCHEDULE.

• Valuation for improvements, £40.
  † Valuation for improvements, £25.

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

Auction of Leases of Reserves, Marlborough.

Crown Lands Office,
Blenheim, 17th November, 1887.

LEASES for a term of fourteen years, under section 23, “Public Reserves Act, 1881,” of the under-mentioned lands, will be offered by public auction, on Saturday, the 24th December, 1887, at 11 o’clock a.m., at the Survey Office, Blenheim, at the upset annual rents stated below:—

DISTRICT OF OMAKA.

Part of Section 134, 144 acres; upset annual rent, £10. Term of lease dates from 4th January, 1888.

Part of Section 135, 113 acres 1 rood; upset annual rent, £10. Term of lease dates from 1st January, 1888.

Part of Section 158, 142 acres; upset annual rent, £10. Term of lease dates from 1st January, 1888.

Section 173, 348 acres and 12 perches; upset annual rent, £17 10s. Term of lease dates from 1st July, 1888.