Sept. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1281

DECREASE IN DEPTH OF SHOAL OFF CAPE BOWLING GREEN.

Notice is hereby given that it has been reported that the northern extremity of the shoals lying three and a half miles easterly from Cape Bowling Green has less than 2 fathoms of water over it. There are two separate shoals, with a depth of 7 to 10 fathoms between them, the easternmost one having a depth of about 18ft. over it.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 15th August, 1892.

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SUNKEN ROCK OFF EASTERN EXTREMITY OF COCKBURN REEF, BLACKWOOD CHANNEL.

Notice is hereby given that a small rock has been reported by Mr. W. A. Inman, coast-pilot, to exist in the following approximate position, viz.: N. Cockburn Island, bearing W. by S. N. Sir Charles Hardy Island, bearing S.S.W. The estimated depth of water over the rock is 6ft. at low-water springs.

T. M. ALMOND,
Portmaster.

Department of Ports and Harbours,
Brisbane, 16th August, 1892.

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Gold-mining Leases and Gold-mining Lease Certificates cancelled.

Mines Department,
Wellington, 14th September, 1892.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to pronounce the under-mentioned gold-mining leases and gold-mining lease certificates cancelled, and that the ground is now open for application as if no lease of the said ground had ever been applied for:—

QUEENSTOWN DISTRICT.

Gold-mining lease: Henry Augustus Evans; Section 24, Block II., Skippers Creek. No. 890c.

Gold-mining lease: Thomas Gilbert Pearce; Section 22, Block III., Skippers Creek. No. 891c.

Gold-mining lease: Henry Augustus Evans; Section 25, Block II., Skippers Creek. No. 892c.

Gold-mining lease: Albert Evans; Section 6, Block XII., Shotover. No. 1103c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: William Low, Andrew Caldwell, and Robert Fraser; Section 33, Block XI., Shotover. No. 853c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: John Aspinall and Joshua Copley; Section 101, Block XI., Skippers Creek. No. 859c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: Joshua Copley and others; Section 100, Block XI., Skippers Creek. No. 860c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: M. Reilly and J. McCurrow; Section 98, Block XIX., Shotover. No. 862c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: Matthew Fitzpatrick, Section 99, Block XIX., Shotover. No. 866c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: William Crozier and John Murphy; Section 12, Block X., Skippers Creek. No. 872c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: Frederick Wedlake; Section 2, Earnslaw District. No. 886c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: George Haskins; Section 4, Block XII., Shotover. No. 897c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: George Haskins; Section 3, Block XII., Shotover. No. 898c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: George Haskins; Section 5, Block XII., Shotover. No. 899c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: William Cameron; Section 38, Block XI., Shotover. No. 900c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: William Cameron; Section 57, Block XI., Shotover. No. 1101c.

ARROW DISTRICT.

Gold-mining lease: Frederick Hoffman; Section 13, Block XII., Skippers Creek. No. 326c.

Gold-mining lease: The Tipperary No. 1 South Gold-mining Company (Limited); Section 15, Block XIII., Shotover. No. 330c.

Gold-mining lease: W. J. Moffet, W. H. Pearson, J. Bridges, and H. Fraser; Section 22, Block XII., Skippers Creek. No. 332c.

Gold-mining lease: J. F. Healey and eight others; Section 14, Block XII., Skippers Creek. No. 339c.

Gold-mining lease: W. F. Sligo; Sections 10 and 21, Block XII., Skippers Creek. No. 903c.

Gold-mining lease: The United Gold-mining Company; Section 6, Block XII., Skippers Creek. No. 904c.

Gold-mining lease: James Cowan; Section 8, Block XIV., Shotover. No. 915.

Gold-mining lease: Alfred Birch; Section 15, Block XII., Skippers Creek. No. 917c.

Gold-mining lease: W. T. Smith; Section 35, Block XII., Skippers Creek. No. 918c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: E. Hunt and L. J. Hubert; Section 16, Block XII., Skippers Creek. No. 335c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: J. Campbell and others; Section 5, Block XIII., Shotover. No. 341c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: R. Clarke and others; Section 32, Block XII., Skippers Creek. No. 347c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: The Defiance Gold-mining Company (Limited); Section 30, Block XII., Skippers Creek. No. 348c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: The Mountain Maid Gold-mining Company (Limited); Section 31, Block XII., Skippers Creek. No. 901c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: The Welcome Gold-mining Company (Limited); Section 43, Block XII., Skippers Creek. No. 906c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: A Sorensen; Section 36, Block XII., Skippers Creek. No. 909.

Gold-mining lease certificate: M. Macale and S. Pascoe; Section 34, Block XII., Skippers Creek. No. 911c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: W. Welsh and others; Section 38, Block XII., Skippers Creek. No. 919c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: The Lucknow Gold-mining Company (Limited); Section 13, Block X., Shotover. No. 920c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: The Enterprise Gold-mining Company (Limited); Section 29, Block XVIII., Shotover. No. 921c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: J. Costello and O. McIntyre; Section 20, Block XIII., Shotover. No. 922c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: D. Wilcock; Section 9, Block XIV., Shotover. No. 925c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: J. Watkins and R. Clarke; Section 11, Block XIV., Shotover. No. 928c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: N. M. Cowie and others; Section 30, Block XVIII., Shotover. No. 929c.

Gold-mining lease certificate: A. R. Edmonds; Section 42, Block XII., Skippers Creek.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Mines.

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Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.

CUSTOMS.—In exercise of the powers in me for this purpose vested by “The Customs Laws Consolidation Act, 1882,” I, the Commissioner of Trade and Customs, do hereby approve and appoint the under-mentioned warehouse to be a warehouse for the reception of goods under bond, namely:—

Port of Wanganui.

A portion of the second floor of a building constructed of wood and roofed with iron, situate adjoining Section D, Railway-yard leases, and facing Taupo Quay, to be known as Cox’s Bond.

Given under my hand, at Wellington, this tenth day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.

R. J. SEDDON,
For Commissioner of Trade and Customs.
Commissioner’s Order No. 430.]

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Notice of the Laying-off of a Road over Land in the Manawatu–Kukutauaki 2d Block, Nos. 4, 6, and 7, Wellington Land District.

NOTICE is hereby given, by direction of His Excellency the Governor, under the authority of “The Native Land Act, 1873,” and the amendments thereof, that the road described in the Schedule hereto was, in October, 1891, duly taken and laid off through the land specified in the said Schedule, under the authority of the Governor of the said colony, by a warrant of the date mentioned therein.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece of land in the Mount Robinson Survey District, containing 1½ acres, more or less, being a road, 100 links wide, the north-western boundary of which commences at a point marked A distant 623 links south and 1272 links east of Otaru Trig. Station; and proceeds thence on a bearing of 47° 36′ to a point marked B, distant 1531 links from the starting-point.

Also that other piece of land in the same survey district, containing 4 acres 3 roods 9 perches, more or less, being a road, 100 links wide, the north-western boundary of which begins at a point marked C distant north 331 links and east 363 links from point marked B; and proceeds thence on a bearing of 47° 36′, and distance of 4708 links, to a point marked D.

As the same pieces of land are more particularly delineated on the plan marked P.W. 610, deposited in the office of the Assistant Surveyor-General, Wellington.

Date of Governor’s warrant, 1st June, 1891.

Dated this 10th day of September, 1892.

JOHN McKENZIE,
Minister of Lands.