THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 199

Office of Commissioner of Customs,
Wellington, 8th May, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
EDWARD FAWCONER TIZARD, Esq.,
Sub-Collector of Customs at the Port of Okarito, to
be a Licensing Officer under "The Arms Act, 1860."
Date of appointment 7th May, 1866.
E. W. STAFFORD.

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
license
WILLIAM PICKERING, Esq.,
to be a Surveyor under "The Native Lands Act,
1865."

T. M. HAULTAIN,
(In the absence of the Native Minister.)

Native Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 14th May, 1866.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint
JOHN FREDERIC RIEMENSCHNEIDER, Esq.,
to be a person to ascertain the assent of the Natives
to their Reserves being brought under the operation
of "The Native Reserves Act, 1856."

T. M. HAULTAIN,
(In the absence of the Native Minister.)

Office of Registrar of Joint Stock Companies,
Dunedin, 4th May, 1866.

I, ALFRED WILLIAM SMITH, Registrar of
Joint Stock Companies for the Provinces of
Otago and Southland, do hereby certify that I have
registered a Memorandum of Association, with
Articles of Association annexed, establishing a
Company, with limited liability of the shareholders
therein, entitled
"THE UNITED CARRYING COMPANY OF OTAGO,
(LIMITED;")

the objects for which the said Company is established
being "the conveyance of goods for hire between
such places as the Company may from time to time
determine, and the doing such other things as are
incidental or conducive to the attainment of that
object; also for the carrying on the business of
forwarding agents and general carriers, agents, and
the doing such other things as are incidental or con-
ducive to that object."

And I hereby further notify that in pursuance of
of "The Joint Stock Companies Act, 1860," I
have issued a Certificate of Incorporation of the said
Company, bearing date the fourth day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six.

A. W. SMITH,
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies,
for Otago and Southland.

I, the undersigned PATRICK MORAN, hereby make
application to register "The Totara Pioneer
Water Race Company, Registered," under the pro-
visions 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
belief and knowledge, true in every particular,
namely:--

1. The name and style of the Company is "The
   Totara Pioneer Water Race Company, Registered."

2. The place of intended operations is at Jones'
   Creek, Totara.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is four
   thousand pounds in eighty shares of fifty pounds
   each.

4. The amount already paid up is one thousand
   three hundred and sixty pounds (£1360.)

5. The names and several residences of the share-
   holders and the number of shares held by each at this
   date are as follows:--

Name. Residence. No. of
Shares.
Thomas Long . . . Ross . . . 5
John Goonay . . . Ditto . . . 5
William Quinn . . . Ditto . . . 10
William Murphy . . . Ditto . . . 10
Henry R. Ker . . . Ditto . . . 10
Patrick Brennan . . . Okarito . . . 10
Patrick Moran . . . Ross . . . 10
Charles Reilly . . . Ditto . . . 10
William Stewart . . . Ditto . . . 10

Dated this twenty-fourth day of April, 1866.
PATRICK MORAN, Manager.

Witness to signature-JUSTYN AYLMER, R.M.,
Warden.

5. The name of the manager is Patrick Moran.
6. The office of the Company is at the "Shamrock
   Hotel," Ross.
7. The names and several residences of the share-
   holders and the number of shares held by each at this
   date are as follows:---

Name. Residence. No. of
Shares.
Thomas Long . . . Ross . . . 5
John Goonay . . . Ditto . . . 5
William Quinn . . . Ditto . . . 10
William Murphy . . . Ditto . . . 10
Henry R. Ker . . . Ditto . . . 10
Patrick Brennan . . . Okarito . . . 10
Patrick Moran . . . Ross . . . 10
Charles Reilly . . . Ditto . . . 10
William Stewart . . . Ditto . . . 10

Dated this thirtieth day of April, 1866.
JOHN SKETHANAY, Manager.

Witness to the signature—CHARLES BROAD, J.P.

I, the undersigned JOHN SKETHANAY, hereby make
application to register "The United Water
Race Sluicing Company, Hamilton's, 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 belief and knowledge, true in every
particular, namely:--

1. The name and style of the Company is "Hamil-
   ton United Sluicing Company."
2. The place of operations is at Hamilton.
3. The nominal capital of the Company is five
   thousand four hundred pounds, in three hundred and
   sixty shares of fifteen pounds each.
4. The amount already paid up is five thousand
   four hundred pounds.
5. The name of the manager is John Skethanay.
6. The office of the Company is at 1, Bachelor's
   Row, Hamilton.
7. The names and residences of the several share-
   holders and the number of shares held by each at
   this date are as follows:---

Number of
Name. Residence. Shares..
John Skethanay . . . Hamilton . . . 30
John Shannon . . . Ditto . . . 30
George A. Smith . . . Ditto . . . 30
Edmund Brodie . . . Ditto . . . 30
Mathew Sumburne . . . Ditto . . . 30
Charles Reid . . . Ditto . . . 30
J. Polkinghom . . . Dunedin . . . 30
W. W. Wilson . . . Ditto . . . 30
Thomas Turner . . . Hamilton . . . 30
John Cox . . . Ditto . . . 30
William Edmonds . . . Ditto . . . 30
William Fidler . . . Ditto . . . 30

Dated this thirtieth day of April, 1866.
JOHN SKETHANAY, Manager.

Witness to the signature—CHARLES BROAD, J.P.

I, the undersigned D. G. MACDONNELL, hereby
make application to register "The Alexandra
Quartz 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 belief and knowledge, true in every particular,
namely:--

1. The name and style of the Company is "The
   Alexandra Quartz Mining Company, Registered."
2. The place of operations is at Skipper's, Wakatip
   District.
3. The nominal capital of the Company is five
   thousand six hundred pounds, in fourteen hundred
   shares of four pounds each.