664
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

2. The newly-discovered goldfield must be situated not
   less than forty miles from any existing goldfield or any
   existing workings.
3. No reward shall be payable until 50,000 ounces of gold
   have been produced from the newly-discovered goldfield
   within three years from the date of its being registered.
4. Any person discovering new gold-workings, and being
   desirous of obtaining the reward, shall immediately forward
   a written report of such discovery, with full particulars, to
   the Warden or Resident Magistrate of the district within
   which such discovery shall be situated, and the Warden or
   Resident Magistrate shall forthwith register the report as an
   application for reward.
5. No prospecting will be allowed upon Native land with-
   out a prospecting license authorising the person therein
   named, with the consent of the owner of the land, to prospect,
   in accordance with the provisions of sections one hundred
   and thirty-five to one hundred and thirty-seven of "The
   Mining Act, 1886," inclusive.
   No reward shall be paid for any discovery that may be
   made upon Native land without the consent of the Native
   owners and the approval of the Minister of Mines.

Gold-mining Leases cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 7th May, 1889.

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 lease of the said ground had
ever been applied for :—
A. Evans, for the Deep Creek Quartz-mining Company;
16 acres; Section 6, Block XII., Shotover, Otago Mining
District. No. 1103c.
H. A. Evans, for the Latrobe Gold-mining Company;
16 acres 2 roods 4 perches; Section 24, Block II., Skipper's
Creek, Otago Mining District. No. 890c.
H. A. Evans, for the Independent Gold-mining Company;
16 acres 2 roods 4 perches; Section 25, Block II., Skipper's
Creek, Otago Mining District. No. 892c.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

Crown Lands Notices.

Sale of Part of the Wanganui Harbour Board Endowment
Block, Wellington Land District.

Crown Lands Office,
Wellington, 10th May, 1889.

IT is hereby notified that the sections of land as per
Schedule hereunder will be offered for sale on deferred
payments and for cash, in terms of "The Land Act, 1885."
Applications for the deferred-payment sections will be
received on Tuesday, the 18th June, 1889, up to
4.30 p.m. In cases of contested sections, applicants will be
informed, in order that they may forward tenders, which will
be opened on Thursday, the 27th June, 1889. If personal
attendance is not possible, agents should be appointed, in
order that tenders may be received before that date. Com-
plete addresses must in all cases be given.
The cash sections will be put up to auction on Friday, the
5th July, 1889, at 2 p.m., at the Odd Fellows' Hall, Wanganui;
the Auctioneer being Mr. A. Barnes.

DEFERRED PAYMENTS.
Conditions: With the applications for deferred-payment
sections one-twentieth of the upset price and £1 1s. license-
fee must be paid in cash, or by post office order, bank draft, or
marked cheque; the balance of the purchase-money in half-
yearly instalments extending over ten years. Where more
applications than one are made on the same day for the
same land, the land applied for shall be put up to public
competition by tender limited to the applicants. If there be
only one tenderer for any allotment, he shall be entitled to
the land at the upset price, notwithstanding that his tender
may have been for a higher price.

CASH.
Terms of Sale: One-fifth of the purchase-money to be
paid on the fall of the hammer, and the balance to the
Receiver of Land Revenue, Wellington, within thirty days
from date of sale, otherwise the deposit will be forfeited, and
the contract for the sale of the land thenceforth will be null
and void. Crown-grant fees to be paid on completion of the
purchases. Maps can be seen at the principal post offices in
the district and at this office, where full particulars can also
be obtained.

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

[No. 37]

SCHEDULE.

Description of Sections: These sections are situated in the
Wanganui Harbour Board Block, Oroua County, or adja-
cent to the Oroua River, and comprise generally hilly undu-
lating land with extensive flats in places, some of the sections
being nearly all level, though those in Block II. are more
broken. The area is covered generally with forest of tawa,
rimu, &c.; there is totara on some of the sections, and also a
considerable amount of light bush or scrub. The soil is
mostly of good quality, and the block should when cleared
be well suited for agricultural and pastoral purposes. The
access is by the Taonui Zigzag-lines and the Oroua River-bed.
The Wanganui Harbour Board is now engaged in doing some
bush-work and track-formation on Pollock's and Awa Roads.

Rural Lands and Small Grazing Runs open for Application.

Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 11th May, 1889.

IT is hereby notified that the lands enumerated in the
Schedule hereunder will be open for selection, for cash
only, on and after Friday, the 21st day of June next, at
11 a.m.

THOS. HUMPHRIES,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

RURAL LANDS OPEN FOR APPLICATION.

Description of Land: Open land, inferior soil; close to
Kawerua Landing.

| | TOTARA PARISH, WHANGAREI COUNTY. | | |
| 17 | .. | 274 0 0 | 137 0 0 |
| 20 | .. | 295 3 0 | 74 0 0 |
| 22 | .. | 319 0 0 | 159 10 0 |
| 23 | .. | 83 3 0 | 21 0 0 |
Description of Land: Lots 17 and 20 contain a good deal
of green burnt kauri of a valuable nature, the latter having
a portion of open land in it; 22 has very heavy kauri upon
it; 23 has a frontage to Whangaroa Harbour.