NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 23

Crown Land's Office,
Nelson, 27th February, 1871.

THE following copy of a Minute of the Waste Land Board, passed at a meeting held on the 24th instant, is published for general information :—

"The Board hereby classifies as Rural Land all land in the Province of Nelson not hitherto classified as Town, Suburban, or Mineral Lands."

H. C. DANIELL,
Commissioner.

CROWN GRANTS in favor of the undermentioned persons are now ready for issue at this Office :—

R. Alcorn,
T. Brunner,
F. G. Bacon,
T. J. Curtis and J. Baker,
M. F. Freeman,
S. Holmes,
J. H. Lowe,
J. Newry,
P. Neilson,
F. M. Ollivier,
W. H. Phillips, jun.,
H. P. D. de La Pasture,
F. Raikes and others,
C. and J. Stagg,
J. Watkins and others.

H. C. DANIELL,
Commissioner.

Land Office,
Nelson, 21st February, 1871.

CROWN GRANTS in favor of the undermentioned persons are now ready for issue at this Office :—

T. Askow,
H. C. Clausen,
J. M. Haldane,
E. A. L. Mackay,
R. and L. Potter,
R. Richardson,
J. Sharp and others,
T. and J. Tunnicliffe.

H. C. DANIELL,
Commissioner Crown Lands.

Land Office,
Nelson, 7th March, 1871.

GAZETTE IN BANKRUPTCY.

IN exercise of the power in me for this purpose, vested by "The Bankruptcy Act, 1867," and "The Bankruptcy Act Amendment Act, 1868" or otherwise, I hereby appoint that the newspaper called

THE CHARLESTON HERALD & BRIGHTON TIMES, published at Charleston shall, on and from the 1st day of April next be a Gazette for the purposes of the said Act for such parts of the Judicial District of Nelson, appointed under "The Supreme Court Act, 1860," as lies to the Southward and Westward of a straight line drawn from the mouth of the Totara river to the saddle between the Little Grey and Inangahua Rivers.

And I hereby further appoint and declare that, on and from the said 1st day of April next, the Westport Times Newspaper shall cease to be a Gazette for the purposes of the said Acts, for the District hereinbefore defined, and for which the Charleston Herald and Brighton Times is hereby appointed a Gazette as aforesaid.

As witness my hand at Nelson this twenty-fifth day of February, 1871.

C. W. RICHMOND, J.

STATEMENT of the Affairs of "The Queen's Own Gold-Mining Company, Registered," for the half-year ended 31st December, 1870, in accordance with Section 13 of "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869."

Name of Company: Queen's Own Gold-Mining Company.
When formed, and date of registration : 14th May, 1869.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager :
Town Lead, Charleston ; Henry Hill.
Nominal capital : £1200.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders : Nil.
Number of shares in which capital is divided : 240.
Number of shares taken : 240.
Amount of calls made : £28 5s. 0d.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid-up : £270.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company : 12.
Amount of cash in hand : £2 5s.
Whether in operation or not : In operation.
Total amount of dividends declared : Nil.
Number of shares unallotted : Nil.

HENRY HILL,
Manager.

7th January, 1870.

Crown Land Office,
Nelson, 7th March, 1871.

APPLICATIONS for LEASES, under "The Crown Land's (Nelson) Leasing Act, 1867," received by the COMMISSIONER OF CROWN LANDS, during the month of JANUARY, 1871.

H. C. DANIELL,
Commissioner.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Nelson, by CHARLES ELLIOTT, Trafalgar-street, Nelson, Printer for the time being to the said Government.