THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the 3rd March; No. 17, of the 24th March; No. 20,
of the 11th of April; No. 22, of the 24th of April;
No. 28, of the 14th of May; No. 34, of the 8th
of June; No. 36, of the 20th June; No. 41, of
the 6th July; No. 42, of the 19th of July; No. 46,
of the 15th August; and No. 57, of the 31st October,
in the present year.

Given under my hand, at Auckland, this
seventh day of November, 1866.
JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar-General.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand:
In the matter of the New Zealand Banking Corpora-
tion, Limited; and in the matter of "The Com-
panies Act, 1862."

THE creditors of the abovenamed Corporation
resident in New Zealand and the Australasian
Colonies, are required, on or before the thirty-first day
of January, 1867, to send their names and addresses,
and the particulars of their debts and claims, and the
names and addresses of their solicitors, if any, to
Thomas Stephen Evans, at the Commercial Bank of
New Zealand, Manse Street, Dunedin, one of the
official liquidators of the abovenamed Corporation;
and if so required, by notice in writing from the said
official liquidator, are, by their solicitors, to come in
and prove their debts or claims at the said offices of
the said official liquidator, at such time as shall be
specified in such notice, or in default, that they will
be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made
before such debts are proved.

The first day of May, 1867, at two o'clock in the
afternoon, at the Chambers of the Master of the
Rolls, in Rolls Yard, Chancery Lane, London,
England, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating
upon the debts and claims.

Dated this twenty-fifth day of July, 1866.
(L.S.) JOHN WM. HAWKINS, Chief Clerk.

THE BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1861. Robert
Sewallis Wayne, now of Great Malvern, in the
County of Worcester, late of Carey Parade, and
Torwood Gardens, Torquay, Devon, England (where
he resided for the longest period during the last six
months preceding the adjudication), previously of
Stoneburn Station, Otago, New Zealand, sheep farmer,
but now out of business, having been adjudged
bankrupt under a petition for adjudication of bank-
ruptcy, filed in Her Majesty's Court of Bankruptcy
for the Exeter District, on the twenty-third day of
July, 1866, a public sitting for the said bankrupt to
pass his last examination, and make application for
his discharge, will be held before Biggs Andrews,
Esq., the Commissioner of the said Court, on Monday,
the first day of October next, at twelve of the clock
at noon precisely, at Queen Street, Exeter, England,
the day last aforesaid being the day limited for the
said bankrupt to surrender. At this sitting an
adjournment will be asked for to give time for
creditors to prove their debts.

The first meeting of creditors has been duly held,
and at the public sitting abovementioned proofs of
debts of creditors who have not proved will be
received; and the bankrupt will be required to sur-
render himself to the said Court, and to submit
himself to be examined, and to make a full disclosure
and discovery of all his estate and effects, and to
finish his examination.

Notice is hereby also given to all person indebted
to the said bankrupt, or that have any of his effects,
not to deliver the same but to Mr. Theophilus Carrick,
Queen Street, Exeter, official assignee, whom the
Court has appointed, and give notice to Mr. E. B.

Randall, of 3, Grey's Inn Place, London, the solicitor
in the bankruptcy, or his agent, Mr. Pitts, solicitor,
Exeter.

NOTICE is hereby given that an application has
been made by me, the undersigned, MICHAEL
MURRAY, of Papakura Bridge, near Auckland, in
the Colony of New Zealand, Rope Manufacturer, in
accordance with "The Patents Act, 1860," for the
issue of Letters Patent, granting to me the exclusive
right to use a machine embracing certain improve-
ments for preparing for use New Zealand Flax and
other fibrous substances. And I hereby further give
notice that I require any person who may wish to
prefer any objection to the granting of such letters
patent, to send, within four months from the publi-
cation hereof, to C. Knight, Esq., of Wellington,
M.D., being the person appointed for that purpose
under the provisions of the said Act, a statement in
writing setting forth the grounds of such objection.
MICHAEL MURRAY.

the undersigned GEORGE ROYAN, hereby make
application to register "The Maori Reserve 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
belief and knowledge, true in every particular,
namely:---

1. The name and style of the Company is "The
   Maori Reserve Gold Mining Company."
2. The place of operations is at Woodstock.
3. The nominal capital of the Company is four
   thousand pounds sterling in four thousand shares
   of one pound each.
4. The amount already paid up is two hundred
   and eighty-five pounds sterling.
5. The name of the manager is George Royan.
6. The office of the Company is at Messrs. Rees
   and Tyler's, corner Camp and Wharf Streets,
   Hokitika.
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.
William Taylor ... ... Hau Hau ... ... 12
William Wreath ... ... Ditto ... ... 12
Paul Keating ... ... Ditto ... ... 6
Mrs. Charles Ward ... Woodstock ... ... 10
Mrs. Wildridge ... ... Ditto ... ... 6
William Williams ... ... Hau Hau ... ... 10
John McGowan ... ... Woodstock ... ... 10
D. H. Higgins ... ... Hokitika ... ... 50
William Higgins ... ... Ditto ... ... 50
Henry Polson ... ... Kanieri ... ... 10
Frederick Allen ... ... Ditto ... ... 5
Charles Tortt ... ... Ditto ... ... 10
Archibald McAlister ... Woodstock ... ... 10
Phillip Hainy ... ... Ditto ... ... 10
John Hardy ... ... Ditto ... ... 10
J. Peter Manuel ... ... Kaneiri ... ... 5
Francis Foster ... ... Ditto ... ... 5
Robert McMath ... ... Ditto ... ... 10
Jonathan Brown ... ... Woodstock ... ... 10
Samuel Walton ... ... Ditto ... ... 10
Joseph Williams ... ... Hokitika ... ... 50
Gordon and Burns ... ... Kaneiri ... ... 5
Thomas Learmont ... ... Ditto ... ... 20
John Murphy ... ... Ditto ... ... 20
John M. Ryan ... ... Ditto ... ... 5
Thomas Young ... ... Waimea ... ... 8
Frederick Cater ... ... Kaneiri ... ... 10
Adam Thomson ... ... Ditto ... ... 10