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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1870.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1870.
H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters of Registration, under "The
Patents Act, 1860," dated the 2nd instant, in favour
of
JAMES EGLINTON ANDERSON GWYNNE,
of the Essex Street Works, Strand, in the County of
Middlesex, England, Engineer, of Letters Patent,
dated 1st day of December, 1869, assigned to him by
Arthur Charles Henderson, of No. 31, Charing Cross,
in the said County of Middlesex, by Deed of Assign-
ment dated 11th day of April, 1870, for an Invention
communicated to him from abroad by Thos. Pilter,
of Paris, in the Empire of France, for "Improve-
ments in Apparatus for Shearing or Clipping Animals,
the said Apparatus being also applicable to Shaving
Skins."

W. GISBORNE.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1870.
H IS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
grant Letters Patent, under "The Patents
Act, 1860," dated the 2nd instant, in favour of
JOHN AVERY,
of Nelson, in the Colony of New Zealand, Flax-
dresser, for an Invention of "An Apparatus for the
Prevention of Fire taking place from Spontaneous
Combustion in Ships, Stores, Warehouses, and other
buildings stowed or stored with Wool, Flax, or
other Fibres."

W. GISBORNE.

STATEMENT of the Affairs of "The Little Re-
public Gold Mining Company, Registered," for
the half-year ended June, 1870, in accordance with
section 13 of "The Mining Companies Limited
Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869."

Name of Company: "Little Republic Gold Mining
Company."

When formed, and date of registration: 11th Sep-
tember, 1869; registered 28th February, 1870.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal
Manager: Queen Street, Auckland; Emilius Le
Roy.
Nominal capital: £10,020.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders :
Nil; but £4 is considered as paid up, being the
estimated value of the Company's ground.
Number of shares in which capital is divided: 2,004..
Number of shares taken: 2,004.
Amount of calls made: £367 8s., or 3s. 8d. per scrip.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £350 14s.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of
Company: Nine (9); when the application was
made to register there were only eight (8), but
when the fee was paid there were nine (9).
Amount of cash in hand: £2 12s. 6d.
Whether in operation or not: Active operations
ceased 21st May, 1870.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Number of shares unallotted: Nil.
28th June, 1870.
EMILIUS LEROY,
Manager.

S TATEMENT of the Affairs of "The Ashley Gold
Mining Company, Registered," for the half-year
ended 1st June, 1870, in accordance with section 13
of "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act
Amendment Act, 1869."

Name of Company: "Ashley Gold Mining Company,
Registered."

When formed, and date of registration: Formed 30th
January, 1869; registered 28th April, 1869.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal
Manager: Auckland; R. G. Macdonald.
Nominal capital: £49,000.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders :
£39,200.
Number of shares in which capital is divided: 9,800.
Number of shares taken: 9,750.
Amount of calls made: £485 12s. 6d.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £481
8s. 6d.