THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 673

Whether in operation or not: In operation.
Total amount of dividends declared :
Number of shares unallotted: 1000.
19th December, 1871. JAMES C. DAVIES,
Manager.
980

STATEMENT of the Affairs of "The Surprise
Water Race and Sluicing Company, Registered,"
Mount Ida, for the half-year ended December, 1871,
in accordance with section 13 of "The Mining Com-
panies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869."

Name of Company: "The Surprise Water Race and Sluicing
Company, Registered."
When formed, and date of registration: 9th April, 1868.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager :
Naseby; Jacob Lory.
Nominal capital: £2,400.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: 240.
Number of shares in which capital is divided: 240.
Number of shares taken: 240.
Amount of calls made: None.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £2,400.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company: 6.
Amount of cash in hand': £60.
Whether in operation or not: Yes; in full operation.
Total amount of dividends declared £240.
Number of shares unallotted: None.
JACOB LORY, Manager.
Mount Ida, 22nd December, 1871.
1009

(TATEMEMT of the Affairs of "The Kuranui Hill
Tunnel Company, Registered," for the half-year
ended 30th November, 1871, in accordance with
section 13 of "The Mining Companies Limited
Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869."

Name of Company: "The Kuranui Hill Tunnel Company,
Registered."
When formed, and date of registration: 3rd July, 1871.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Shortland Street, Auckland; Charles Tothill.
Nominal Capital: £4,000.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: Nil.
Number of shares in which capital is divided: 4,000.
Number of shares taken: 2,500.
Amount of calls made: £1,930.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up £1,705.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company: 5.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Whether in operation or not: In operation.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Number of shares unallotted: 1,500.
20th Decomber, 1871.
973
CHARLES TOTHILL,
Manager.

TATEMENT of the Affairs of "The Long Drive
Gold Mining Company, Registered," for the
half-year ended 30th November, 1871, in accordance
with section 13 of "The Mining Companies Limited
Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869."

Name of Company: "The Long Drive Gold Mining Company,
Registered."
When formed, and date of registration!: Formed 20th July, 1868;
registered, 25th Februory, 1869.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Shortland Street, Auckland; Charles Tothill.
Nominal Capital: £6,000.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: £4,500.
Number of shares in which capital is divided: 1,200.
Number of shares taken: 1,200.
Amount of calls made: Nil.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: Nil.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company: 15.
Amount of cash in hand: £3,500.
Whether in operation or not: In operation.
Total amount of dividends declared:
Number of shares unallotted: Nil.
20th December, 1871.
974
CHARLES TOTHILL,
Manager.

Name of Company: "The Tui and Cuckoo Gold Mining Com-
pany, Registered."
When formed, and date of registration: 31st July, 1869; 8th
August, 1869.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Shortland Street, Auckland; Geo. W. Jones.
Nominal capital: £10,500.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: £8,400.
Number of shares in which capital is divided: 7,000.
Number of shares taken: 7,000.
Amount of calls made: £670 16s. 8d.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £529 19s. 6d.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company: 18.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Whether in operation or not: Not.
Total amount of dividends declared:
Number of shares unallotted:
December, 1871.
977
GEO. W. JONES,
Manager.

STATEMENT of the Affairs of "The Pride of
Parnell Gold Mining Company, Registered,"
for the half-year ended 1st December, 1871, in
accordance with section 13 of "The Mining Com-
panies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869."

Name of Company: "The Pride of Parnell Gold Mining Com-
pany, Registered."
When formed, and date of registration: 19th July, 1869; 6th
August, 1869.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Shortland Street, Auckland; Geo. W. Jones.
Nominal capital: £25,600.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: £16,384.
Number of shares in which capital is divided: 5,120.
Number of shares taken: 4,096.
Amount of calls made: £921 12s.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £753 3s.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company: 27.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Whether in operation or not: Not.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Number of shares unallotted: 1,024.
11th December, 1871.
978
GEO. W. JONES,
Manager.

PATENT for a Lifting Machine for the Saving of
Manual Labour in raising Soil, Sand, Wash
Dirt, and more particularly applicable to the Gold
Workings of the West Coast of the Middle Island of
New Zealand.

This is to notify, that ROBERT ATKINSON, of Seven-
teen-Mile Beach, in the Province of Nelson, New
Zealand, Miner, did, on the twenty-seventh day of
December, deposit at the office of the Patent Officer,
in the Colonial Secretary's Office, in Wellington, a
Specification or Instrument in writing under his hand
and seal, particularly describing and ascertaining the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same is to be performed; and that by reason of such
deposit the said Invention is protected and secured
to him exclusively for the term of six calendar months
thence next ensuing.

And I do further notify, that the said Robert
Atkinson has given notice in writing at my office of
his intention to proceed with his application for
Letters Patent for the said Invention, and that I
have appointed Friday, the seventeenth day of May
next, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon, at my office,
to hear and consider the said application and all
objections thereto; and I do hereby require all
persons having an interest in opposing the grant
of such Letters Patent to leave, on or before the
thirteenth day of May, at my office in Wellington,
particulars in writing of their objections to the said
application, otherwise they will be precluded from
urging the same.

Given under my hand this twenty-seventh
day of December, 1871.
JAMES PRENDERGAST,
Patent Officer.

STATEMENT of the Affairs of "The Tui and
Cuckoo Gold Mining Company, Registered,"
for the half-year ended 1st December, 1871, in
accordance with section 13 of "The Mining Com-
panies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869." 963