PROCLAMATION.

Extending Time within which certain Lands in certain Hundreds in the Province of Otago shall be open for Sale,

By His Honor James Macandrew, Esquire, Superintendent of the Province of Otago.

WHEREAS the Lands hereinafter mentioned and described, being the lands within the Hundreds hereinafter named, have, by proclamation by His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand, first published on the 3rd day of September, 1874, in the New Zealand Gazette, been proclaimed as Hundreds: And whereas by operation of law the lands within the said Hundreds are not open for sale or lease until thirty days from and after the first publication of the proclamation constituting the Hundreds: And whereas, by the 2nd section of "The Otago Waste Lands Administration Act, 1874," it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Superintendent, from time to time, by proclamation in the Provincial Government Gazette, to fix a date after the said period of thirty days as the date on and after which the lands comprised in such Hundred shall be open for sale or lease, and that in such case such lands should not be opened for sale or lease until the date mentioned in such last-mentioned proclamation: And whereas it is not expedient that the said land comprised in the said Hundreds should be open for sale or lease, until the dates hereinafter mentioned: Now, therefore, I, James Macandrew, Superintendent of the Province of Otago, by virtue of the powers invested in me by "The Otago Waste Lands Administration Act, 1874," and of every other power and authority vested in me enabling me in this behalf, do hereby proclaim and declare that the lands comprised in the Hundreds hereinafter named shall be opened for sale or lease on the dates hereinafter mentioned, that is to say: I proclaim and declare that all the lands comprised in the Waikoikoi Hundred shall be open for sale or lease on the seventh day of January, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five: And I also proclaim and declare that all the lands comprised in the Waikaka Hundred and in the Dunback Hundred shall be open for sale or lease on the tenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five: And I also proclaim and declare that all the lands comprised in the Waipahee Hundred, in the Kuriwao Hundred, in the Kaiwera Hundred, in the Pukerau Hundred, in the Otaira Hundred, and in the Waikaia Hundred, shall be open for sale or lease on the 24th day of February, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five: And I also proclaim and declare that the lands comprised in the Herrict Hundred and in the Spottis Hundred shall be open for sale or lease on the 23rd day of March, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-five: And I further proclaim and declare that the Hundreds hereinbefore named are described in the proclamations of His Excellency Sir James Fergusson, Baronet, Governor of New Zealand, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of date the third day of September, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

Given under my hand, and issued under the public seal of the Province of Otago, this eighth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

(L.S.) J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of Otago.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

IN conformity to the 29th section of the "Gold Fields Act 1866," and to the Regulations made under that Act and the Gold Fields Acts Amendment Acts of 1867, 1868, and 1869, for the granting of leases, for Gold mining purposes within the Province of Otago, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease for gold mining purposes of Crown Lands to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against granting such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing and lodged with the Warden at Cromwell, on or before the 15th day of January 1875.

Copy of the application made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Warden's Office at Cromwell.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this 5th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of Otago.

SCHEDULE.

Thomas Logan and others, on behalf of the Bendigo Gully Quartz Mining Company for 16 acres of land, more or less, as the same may be found after survey to be within the pegs and trenches of the applicants, situated at Bendigo ¾ of a mile south-east of Cromwell Company's lease, and about ½ a mile south of Aurora Company's lease.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

IN conformity to the 29th section of the "Gold Fields Act 1866," and to the Regulations made under that Act and the Gold Fields Acts Amendment Acts of 1867, 1868, and 1869, for the granting of leases, for gold mining purposes within the Province of Otago, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease for gold mining purposes of Crown Lands to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against granting such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing and lodged with the Warden at Cromwell, on or before the 15th day of January 1875.

Copy of the application made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Warden's Office at Cromwell.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this 5th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of Otago.

SCHEDULE.

Thomas McMoran and James Sloan on behalf of the Eureka Quartz Mining Company for 16 acres of land, more or less, as the same may be found after survey to be within the pegs and trenches of the applicants, situated at Rise and Shine Gully, Bendigo.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

IN conformity to the 29th section of the "Gold Fields Act 1866," and to the Regulations made under that Act and the Gold Fields Acts Amendment Acts of 1867, 1868, and 1869, for the granting of leases, for gold mining purposes within the Province of Otago, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease for gold mining purposes of Crown Lands to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against granting such lease.

Objections to the granting of such lease, stating the grounds of objection, must be made in writing and lodged with the Warden at Naseby, on or before the 22nd day of December 1874.

Copy of the application made, and plans annexed, may be seen at the Warden's Office at Naseby.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this 5th day of December, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-four.

J. MACANDREW,
Superintendent of Otago.

SCHEDULE.

Edward A. Withers on behalf of the Nil Desperandum Company for 10 acres of land, more or less as the same may be found after survey to be within the pegs and trenches of the applicants, situated at Rough Ridge Ida Valley.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

IN conformity to the 29th section of the "Gold Fields Act 1866," and to the Regulations made under that Act and the Gold Fields Acts Amendment Acts of 1867, 1868, and 1869, for the granting of leases, for gold mining purposes within the Province of Otago, it is hereby notified that it is intended to grant a lease for gold mining purposes of Crown Lands to the applicant specified in the annexed Schedule, unless there shall be valid objections against granting such lease.