all the said powers and duties in relation to
the said Crown Lands within such Hundreds
aforesaid.

PONSONBY PEACOCKE,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Crown Lands Office,
Auckland, 24th December, 1867.

I, THE undersigned, Captain James Stone, hereby make application to register "The Kurunui Gold Mining Company, Registered," under the provisions of "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act, 1865," and I do solemnly and sincerely declare that the following statement is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true in every particular, namely:—

1. The name and style of the Company is "The Kurunui Gold Mining Company, Registered."

2. The place of operations is the Thames Gold Field, in the Province of Auckland.

3. The nominal Capital of the Company is Ten Thousand Pounds, in one thousand shares of ten pounds each.

4. The amount already paid up is five thousand nine hundred and fifty-two pounds.

5. The name of the Manager is Captain James Stone.

6. The Office of the Company is in the City of Auckland, in the Province of Auckland.

7. The names and several residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follows—

8. David King Clarkson, of Auckland, sixty-two shares.

9. Francis Furlong, of Kaueranga, sixty-two shares.

10. David Nathan, of Auckland, sixty-two shares.

11. Christopher George Quick, of Auckland, sixty-two shares.

12. William Rowe, of Auckland, sixty-two shares.

13. Thomas Russell, of Auckland, sixty-two shares.

14. Captain James Stone, of Auckland, sixty-two shares.

15. Thomas Muirson Stewart, of Auckland, sixty-two shares.

16. Frederick Whitaker, of Auckland, sixty-two shares.

17. William Chisholm Wilson, of Auckland, sixty-two shares.

Dated this third day of December, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven.

C. J. STONE.

Witness to signature of Captain James Stone.

WILLIAM C. DALDY, J.P.,
A Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

PUBLIC WORKS.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 31st December, 1867.

THE following Clauses of "The Auckland Waste Lands Act, 1867," are published for general information.

J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.

III.—PUBLIC WORKS.

57. If any person shall be desirous of making building or constructing any road bridge or other work of public utility and of being allowed a grant of land in respect of the cost of the same he shall make application in writing to the Superintendent for authority for that purpose.

58. If the Superintendent shall be satisfied after proper investigation and inquiry that it is desirable that the proposed road bridge or other work of public utility should be made built or constructed and the plans and specifications should be approved of by a competent person to be named by the Superintendent the Superintendent shall grant authority for the said work to be completed.

59. When the said work is completed it shall be examined by a competent person to be appointed by the Superintendent and if such person shall report that the same is constructed in accordance with the plans and specifications and with proper materials the Superintendent shall give authority to the Commissioner to grant to such person land scrip to the extent of one half of the value of the work performed such value to be fixed by some competent person to be appointed by the Superintendent in that behalf.

60. The Commissioner shall grant land scrip accordingly and such land scrip shall be available as cash at any time within three months for the purchase according to the provisions of this Act of any town suburban or general country land which may be open for sale.

61. It shall also be lawful for the Superintendent to authorise land scrip to be issued to the extent of the value of public works performed according to the foregoing conditions under the direction of trustees appointed under the provisions of "The Highways Act 1867" Provided that one moiety of the land acquired by the exercise of such scrip as aforesaid shall be reserved and set apart as endowments for the construction and maintenance of roads within such districts.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, December, 30, 1867.

THE following Correspondence, relative to the introduction of the Allant Silkworm into the Colony of New Zealand, is published for general information.