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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

8. Each Clerk shall, on request of a Returning
   Officer, cause such officer to be supplied with a suf-
   ficient number of copies of the voters' roll as may be
   necessary for the purposes of the first election in the
   district or borough.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the
Most Honorable George Augustus Con-
stantine, Marquis of Normanby, Earl of
Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron
Mulgrave of Mulgrave, all in the County
of York, in the Peerage of the United
Kingdom; and Baron Mulgrave of New
Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the
Peerage of Ireland; a Member of Her
Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Coun-
cil; Knight Commander of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and
Saint George; Governor and Commander-
in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony
of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and
Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued
under the Seal of the said Colony, at the
Government House, at Wellington, this
twelfth day of January, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy-seven.

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(for the Colonial Secretary).

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Returning Officers appointed.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 12th January, 1877.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint the following persons to be Returning
Officers under the fifth section of "The Ellesmere
and Forsyth Reclamation and Akaroa Railway Trust
Act, 1876," for the districts set opposite their names,
viz.,-

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(for the Colonial Secretary).

Extension of Time for First Elections of Coun-
cillors.

IT is hereby notified, that, in exercise of the power
and authority contained in "The Counties Act,
1876," His Excellency the Governor, with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council, did, by an
Order in Council bearing date the twelfth day of
January instant, and for the reasons therein particu-
larly mentioned, extend the time for the first election
of Councillors within the Ridings of the County of
Patea from the twenty-second day of December last
until the twenty-seventh day of the same month;
and in like manner did extend the first elections of
Councillors within the Ridings of the County of Cook
from the said twenty-second day of December to the
fifth day of January instant; and by the said Order
in Council, and for the reasons therein mentioned, it
was also ordered that the first election of Councillors
within the Ridings of the County of Hobson should be
extended to the fifth day of February next.

Dated this 12th day of January, 1877.

CHARLES C. BOWEN,
(for the Colonial Secretary).

STATEMENT of the Affairs of the Larry's
Creek Gold Mining Company (Limited), for
the half-year ended 29th December, 1876, in accord-
ance with section 135 of "The Mining Companies
Act, 1872."

Name of Company: The Larry's Creek Gold Mining Company
(Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 10th January, 1874;
15th May, 1874.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Reefton, Inangahua, Province of Nelson, New Zealand;
Robert Tapley.
Nominal capital: £15,000.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: Nil.
Number of shares in which capital is divided: 15,000.
Number of shares taken: 15,000.
Amount of calls made: £3,737 10s.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £2,497 17s. 3d.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company: 29.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Whether in operation or not: In operation.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Number of shares unallotted: Nil.

29th December, 1876.
ROBERT TAPLEY,
Manager.
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STATEMENT of the Affairs of the Inangahua
Gold Mining and Quartz Crushing Company
(Limited), for the half-year ended 31st December,
1876, in accordance with section 135 of "The Mining
Companies Act, 1872."

Name of Company: The Inangahua Gold Mining and Quartz
Crushing Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 23rd December, 1873;
15th January, 1874.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Inangahua; George William Moss, Greymouth.
Nominal capital: £10,000.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: Nil.
Number of shares in which capital is divided: 20,000.
Number of shares taken: 20,000.
Amount of calls made: £5,750.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £5,750.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company: 46.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Whether in operation or not: In operation.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Number of shares unallotted: Nil.

G. W. Moss,
Greymouth, 31st December, 1876.
Manager.
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By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.