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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 50

Sitting of the Native Land Court for determining Com-
pensation for Land taken, &c.

Native Land Court Office,
Gisborne, 9th August, 1889.

NOTICE is hereby given that a sitting of the Native Land
Court will be held at Hastings, on Monday, the 16th
day of September, 1889, for the purpose of ascertaining what
amount of compensation ought to be paid to the Native
owners of the several portions of land set out in the Schedule
hereunder written, taken under a Proclamation issued under
the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond
Jervois, Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, on the 19th
day of February, 1889, for the purposes of the Wellington-
Napier Railway; and also for the purpose of ascertaining
who are the proper persons entitled to receive such compensa-
tion, and what land is affected by the said Proclamation.

JOHN BROOKING,
Registrar.

SCHEDULE.

In the Provincial District of Wellington; as the said parcels
of land are more particularly delineated on the plan marked
P.W.D. 16152, deposited in the office of the Minister for
Public Works, at Wellington, in the Provincial District of
Wellington, and thereon coloured red, sepia, and neutral
tint.

Goldfields Notices.

Reward of £10,000 offered for the Discovery of New Gold-
fields. Amended Conditions.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 30th April, 1888.

REWARDS of £10,000 are offered for the discovery of new
goldfields, upon the amended conditions set forth
hereunder.

G. F. RICHARDSON,
Minister of Mines.

AMENDED CONDITIONS.

1. The maximum sum offered as a reward for any proved
   discovery of a new goldfield in accordance with these condi-
   tions is £5,000 for the North Island, and £5,000 for the
   Middle Island.

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,

Crown Lands Notices.

Crown Lands in Hawke's Bay to be sold by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 24th July, 1889.

IT is hereby notified that the under-mentioned Crown
lands will be offered for sale by public auction, at the
Old Provincial Council Chambers, Napier, on Wednesday,
the 4th September next, at 11.30 a.m. :-

FORFEITED SECTIONS ON DEFERRED PAYMENTS.

Section. Block. Area. Upset Price.
Weber Survey District.
20 | II. | 138 3 0 | £ 138 15 0
Matamau Village.
21 | .. | 0 3 33 | 5 15 2
25 | .. | 1 1 0 | 7 10 0
Improvements, £5.

FOR LEASE FOR SEVEN YEARS.
Upset Annual Rental.
33 | .. | 7 2 0 | 1 2 6

FOR LEASE FOR FOURTEEN YEARS.
Norsewood District.
35 | XIII. | 6 3 10 | 0 14 0

FOR SALE FOR CASH.
Suburban Sections, Township of Clive.
Upset Price.
3 | .. | 1 1 16 | 10 0 0
9 | .. | 1 2 36 | 3 0 0
72 | .. | 1 0 0 | 10 0 0
298 | .. | 1 0 0 | 10 0 0
299 | .. | 5 0 38 | 52 10 0

For further particulars apply to the Commissioner of
Crown Lands Napier, and to the Land Officer, Gisborne.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Crown Lands in Hawke's Bay to be sold by Auction.

Crown Lands Office,
Napier, 24th July, 1889.

NOTICE is hereby given that the following lands in the
Hawke's Bay Land District will be offered for sale
as under, by auction, at the Land Office, Gisborne, on Tues-
day, the 3rd September next, at 11.30 a.m.:---

Town of Uawa.
20 quarter-acre lots in Block VII.; upset price, £7 10s.
each.
14 quarter-acre lots in Block VIII.; upset price, £7 10s.
each.
20 quarter-acre lots in Block IX.; upset price, £7 10s.
each.
4 quarter-acre lots in Block XIII.; upset price, £7 10s.
each.
2 quarter-acre lots in Block XIV.; upset price, £7 10s.
each.
10 quarter-acre lots in Block XV.; upset price, £7 10s.
each.

Forfeited Sections on Deferred Payment.

District. Block. Section. Area. Upset Price.
Hangaroa .. | XV. | 10 | A. R. P. | £ s. d.
" | .. | " | 17 | 28 2 36 | 28 15 0
" | .. | " | 19 | 22 2 5 | 34 2 6
" | .. | " | 21 | 29 1 4 | 44 5 0
" | .. | " | 37 | 155 2 28 | 233 12 6
" | .. | " | | 179 2 10 | 269 12 6*

*Improvements, £65.

The amount of valuation for improvements is exclusive of
the upset price above mentioned, and must be paid in cash
on the fall of the hammer, together with one-twenty-eighth
of the price realised for the land, and £1 1s. license-fee.

Pastoral Run No. 48, Ngatapa and Hangaroa Districts.
3,269 acres; upset annual rental, £10. To be opened on
application at the upset price.

Pastoral Run No. 50.
8,025 acres; upset annual rental, £66 17s. 6d.

G. W. WILLIAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.