Feb. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 201

Government Observatory.

METEOROLOGICAL Observations, Wellington, for the month of December, 1886. Altitude above the sea, 140 feet. Observations taken at 9.30 a.m.

From Self-registering Instruments, for Twenty-four Hours previously.

• Means. † Same month previous years.

REMARKS.—Fine weather up to the 9th, but with strong N.W. wind; from 10th to 20th showery, with N.W. and S.E. wind, and often strong, the maximum rainfall for month being recorded on the 11th, ·65in.; remainder of month very fine, warm, dry weather, with light winds chiefly from S.E. Maximum temperature in shade, 76°; minimum, 41°. Mean temperature of dew-point, 50·4°. Mean humidity, 76.
R. B. GORE, Observer.

Goldfields Notices.

Gold-mining Lease cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 22nd January, 1887.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining lease cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—
No. 116c. The Union Gold-mining Company (Limited); Sections Nos. 27 and 28, Block II., 13 acres 1 rood 35 perches, Cairn Hill, Otago Mining District.
W. J. M. LARNACH,
Minister of Mines.

Gold-mining Lease Certificates declared forfeited.

IN conformity with the regulations for the granting and issue of gold-mining leases, it is hereby notified that the under-mentioned certificates of application have been declared forfeited for non-execution of lease, and that the ground is now open to persons holding miners' rights or business licenses, or to applicants for a lease, as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—
970c. Joseph Slater and George Carter; Section 13, Block IV., Hedgehope District, containing 3 acres 3 roods 19 perches, in the Tuapeka Mining District.

971c. Charles McLean and others; Section 12, Block IV., Hedgehope District, containing 10 acres, in the Tuapeka Mining District.
Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this twenty-fourth day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.
J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands,
(Holding delegated powers.)

Native Land Court Notices.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND :
AUCKLAND DISTRICT.

IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a session opened at Helensville, Kaipara, in the said district, on the 21st day of September, 1886, upon the hearing of a claim to succeed to the interest of Rupuha te Korohunga in a block of land situate in the said district, and known as "Nukuroa;" and in the matter of the application of Horomona te Aria for a rehearing upon such claim in Te Wiroa No. 2, otherwise known as Nukuroa No. 1:
I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby dismiss such application.
Dated this 22nd day of January, 1887.
J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND :
GISBORNE DISTRICT.

IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a session advertised to be held at Waiomatatini, in the said district, on the 15th day of January, 1885, and adjourned from time to time, upon the hearing of a claim for the subdivision of land situate in the said district, and known as "Tawhiti;" and in the matter of the application of Hana Rangiuia and others for a rehearing upon "Tawhiti No. 1:"
I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby dismiss such application.
Dated this 22nd day of January, 1887.
J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Application for Rehearing of Claim dismissed.

NATIVE LAND COURT, NEW ZEALAND :
AUCKLAND DISTRICT.

IN the matter of a judgment of the Court given during a session opened at Herd's Point, Hokianga, in the said district, on the 15th day of April, 1885, upon the hearing of a claim for investigation of title to land situate in the said district, and known as "Waima No. 1;" and in the matter of the application of Maraea Topi and others for a rehearing upon "Niu Tireni," otherwise known as "Parekura," being part of "Waima No. 1:"
I, John Edwin Macdonald, Chief Judge of the said Court, and in exercise of the authority in that behalf vested in me, do hereby dismiss such application.
Dated this 22nd day of January, 1887.
J. E. MACDONALD,
Chief Judge.

Crown Lands Notices.

Land to be offered for Selection on Perpetual Lease in the Pahiatua and Mangatainoka Village Settlements, under the Village Homestead Special-settlement Conditions.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1887.

NOTICE is hereby given that the lands enumerated hereunder will be open for application for perpetual leasing, at this office, on and after Monday, the 14th February, 1877, upon the terms and conditions fixed by an Order in Council issued on the 1st September, 1886, and made under section 163 of "The Land Act, 1885."