THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 567

The provision printed in italics in the foregoing
extract has been amended as follows:--
Sec. 2, Marriage Act Amendment Act, 1868.--"So
much of the forty-second section of "The
Marriage Act, 1854," as provides that the
certificate in the said section referred to shall
be attested by two Justices of the Peace is
hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof it is
enacted that the signatures to any such cer-
tificate referred to in the said section of the
said Act shall be attested by some person who
shall verify the same by solemn declaration
before a Justice of the Peace in the form set
forth in the Schedule hereto, and appended to
such certificate, and signed by such person;
and if any person shall make any such
declaration falsely, he shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor."

"SCHEDULE.
"I A.B. do solemnly and sincerely declare that all
the signatures affixed to the above certificate
are the genuine signatures of the persons
whose they purport to be.
A.B.
Taken before me this day of
A.D. 186
C.D.,
A Justice of the Peace for the
Colony of New Zealand."

I have therefore to request that, before the termi-
nation of the month of December next ensuing, the
Names of all Officiating Ministers be sent in to me,
duly certified, in order that such Names may be
entered in a List, a copy of which will be published
in the New Zealand Gazette, in the month of January,
1869.
JOHN B. BENNETT,
Registrar-General.
N.B.—It is requested that the Christian Names
and the Addresses of the several Ministers may be
specified in the lists sent in to the Registrar-General.
J. B. B.

I, the undersigned JAMES MARSHALL LENNOX, do
hereby make application to register "The
Golden Fleece 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 statements, to
the best of my belief and knowledge, are true in
every particular, namely:--

1. The name and style of the Company is "The
   Golden Fleece Gold Mining Company (Registered)."
2. The place of operations is situated at the
   Kuranui Creek, District of Hauraki, Province of
   Auckland, and Colony of New Zealand.
3. The capital of the Company is one thousand
   two hundred and eighty pounds (£1,280), in one
   hundred and twenty-eight (128) shares, of ten pounds
   (£10) each.
4. The paid-up capital of the Company is eight
   hundred and ninety-six pounds (£896).
5. The name of the manager is James Marshall
   Lennox.
6. The office of the Company is at High Street,
   Auckland.
7. The names in full and several residences of the
   Shareholders, and number of shares held by each,
   are as follow:--
   Shares.
   Thomas Brutton Kenderdine, of Auckland 16
   William Australia Graham, of Auckland 16
   Thomas Edward Fitzgerald, of Mercury
   Island 16
   James Marshall Lennox, of Auckland ... 18
   Norman McMillan, of Auckland ... 16
   Barnett and Levy, of Auckland ... 24
   William Fugate, of Auckland ... 8
   Thomas Powell, of Shortland ... 14
   Total ... 128

Dated at Auckland, this fourteenth day of Novem-
ber, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
J. M. LENNOX.
Witness to signature—HENRY GILFILLAN, a Justice
of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

HALF-YEARLY RETURN of the Aggregate Average Amount of the WEEKLY LIABILITIES and
ASSETS of the BANK OF AUSTRALASIA, within the Colony of New Zealand, from the
14th day of APRIL, 1868, to the 12th day of OCTOBER, 1868, inclusive.

£ s. d.
Bills in Circulation not bearing
Interest 4,848 0 7
Notes in Circulation not bearing
Interest 24,667 6 11
Bills and Notes in Circulation
bearing Interest
Balances due to other Banks
Cash deposited not bearing Interest 80,928 14 11
Cash deposited bearing Interest 63,107 9 3
Total Liabilities within the
Colony 173,551 11 8

£ s. d.
Coin and Bullion 55,037 5 10
Landed Property (Bank Premises) 27,443 1 7
Bills of other Banks 348 8 10
Balances due from other Banks
Debts due to the Corporation, in-
cluding Notes, Bills, and other
Securities 326,806 11 0

Total Assets within the Colony 409,635 7 3

Wellington, 24th November, 1868.
THOS. BUCHANAN, Manager.
H. DAVIS, Accountant.