THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 163

I, the undersigned THOMAS MACFFARLANE, hereby
make application to register "The Lucky Hit
Gold Mining Company (Registered)," under the
provisions of "The Mining Companies Limited Lia-
bility 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
   Lucky Hit 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 eight thousand
   pounds.
5. The name of the manager is Thomas Macffar-
   lane.
6. The office of the Company is at No. 14, Queen
   Street, Auckland, in the Province of Auckland.
7. The names and addresses of the shareholders,
   and the number of shares held by each at this date,
   are as follows:-

No. of
Shares.
Thomas E. Fitzgerald, Auckland ... 50
James Tannock Mackelvie, Auckland ... 50
John Lamb, Riverhead ... 150
Philip Jones, Sydney ... 25
Samuel Browning, Auckland ... 25
John Sangster Macfarlane, Auckland ... 50
The Thames Gold Mining Company, Limited 300
Henry Gillett, Shortland ... 50
J. Franklin Learmonth, Canterbury ... 50
C. Forster Burder, Shortland ... 25
C. D. Stanier, Shortland ... 25
Andrew Beveridge, Auckland ... 50
William Seymour, Shortland ... 25
David Brown Wallace, Shortland ... 50
William Aitken and James Hunter Craw-
ford, Auckland ... 50
James Jackson, Shortland ... 25

Dated this eleventh day of March, 1869.

THOMAS MACFFARLANE,
Manager.

Witness to signature of Thomas Macffarlane-
Thomas Henderson, a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony of New Zealand.

I, the undersigned HENRY POWNING STARK, of
Pollen Street, Shortland, in the Province of
Auckland, New Zealand, hereby make application to
register "McIsaacs' Gold Mining and Quartz Crush-
ing 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 know-
ledge and belief, true in every particular, namely :-

1. The name and style of the Company is
   "McIsaacs' Gold Mining and Quartz Crushing
   Company, Registered."
2. The place of operations is the Upper Karaka,
   in the Karaka Block, Thames Gold Field, Province
   of Auckland.
3. The nominal capital of the Company is eighteen
   thousand pounds, in eighteen hundred shares of ten
   pounds each.
4. The amount already paid up is twelve thousand
   four hundred and eighty pounds.
5. The name in full of the manager is Henry
   Powning Stark.
6. The office of the Company is at the Auction
   Mart of the said Henry Powning Stark, in Pollen
   Street, Shortland, Thames Gold Field, Province of
   Auckland aforesaid.
7. The names in full and several residences of the
   shareholders, and the number of shares held by each
   at this date, are as follows :-

No. of
Shares.
Allan McIsaac, Upper Karaka, Thames Gold
Field ... 156
Donald McIsaac, Upper Karaka, Thames Gold
Field ... 156
Francis McIsaac, Upper Karaka, Thames Gold
Field ... 117
John McIsaac, Upper Karaka, Thames Gold
Field ... 156
Joseph McIsaac, Upper Karaka, Thames Gold
Field ... 156
Henry Powning Stark, Pollen Street, Short-
land, Thames Gold Field ... 312
Angus McIsaac, Upper Karaka, Thames Gold
Field ... 39
James Carson, Upper Karaka, Thames Gold
Field ... 156
William Dean, Hastings, Tapu Creek, Thames
Gold Field ... 78
John Edward Banks, storekeeper, Shortland,
Thames Gold Field ... 39
Frederick Robinson Packard, Miner, Short-
land, Thames Gold Field ... 39
Edward Henry Power, Pollen Street, Short-
land, Thames Gold Field ... 156

Dated this eighteenth day of February, 1869.

H. P. STARK,
Manager.

Witness—Lowther Broad, R.M.

PANAMA, New Zealand, and Australian Royal
Mail Company (Limited). -I hereby give notice
that my connexion with the above Company ceases
this day, and that I am no longer General Manager
of the said Company.

H. B. BENSON.

Wellington, 22nd March, 1869.

PARTICULARS of the Estates of Deceased Persons which have been placed under the charge of
A. BOARDMAN, Esq., Curator of the Estates of Deceased Persons, during the Month of September,
1868.

No. Name of Deceased. Colonial
Residence.
Supposed
British or
Foreign
Residence.
Date of Rule or Order.
Value or
Estimated Value
of Personal
Estate.
Time of
Deceased's Death.
Remarks.
£ s. d.
1 Eliezer B. Gilmer Poverty Bay England ... None required 40 0 0 6 May, 1868.
2 Patrick Gorman Auckland Ireland ... None required 3 11 8 10 Aug., 1868.
3 Edward Malcolm... Auckland Scotland ... None required 11 0 0 Exact date not
known.
4 Edward McCluskey Auckland Ireland ... None required 34 2 11 26 Sept., 1868.
5 Duncan MaFarlane Waikato Born in New None required 23 7 0 11 Nov., 1865.
Zealand
6 Edward Mitchell... Opotiki Ireland ... None required 6 13 0 8 Oct., 1867.

Dated at Auckland, the 1st day of October, 1868.

A. BOARDMAN,
Curator.