THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1109

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to
register the Venus Gold Mining Company as a
Limited Company, under the provisions of "The
Mining Companies Act, 1872."

1. The name of the Company is to be the Venus Gold
   Mining Company (Limited).
2. The place of operations is at Murray Creek, County of
   Inangahua.
3. The registered office of the Company will be situated at
   Reefton, County of Inangahua.
4. The nominal capital of the Company is twelve thousand
   pounds, in twelve thousand shares of one pound each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is twelve thousand.
6. The number of paid-up shares is nil.
7. The amount considered as paid up is nil.
8. The name of the Manager is William McLean.
9. The names, addresses, and occupations of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at this date,
   are as follow:-

E. S. Lapham, Greymouth, Banker
John Trennery, Reefton, Miner
Mathew Bradbury, Reefton, Miner
Stephen T. Harper, Reefton, Miner
Jacob McKenney, Reefton, Miner...
William McLean, Reefton, Auctioneer
J. G. Walsh, Reefton, Miner
G. J. Wooley, Refton, Surveyor

No. of
Shares.
4,000
3,000
1,250
1,500
1,250
500
250
250
12,000

Dated this 27th day of October, 1877.
WILLIAM MCLEAN,
Manager.

Witness to signature-Edward Shaw, R.M.

I, William McLean, do solemnly and sincerely
declare that-

1. I am the Manager of the said intended Company.
2. The above statement is, to the best of my belief
   and knowledge, true in every particular; and I make
   this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the
   same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
   General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The
   Justices of the Peace Act, 1866."

WILLIAM MCLEAN.

Taken before me, at Reefton, this 27th day of
October, 1877-Edward Shaw, R.M., a Justice of the
Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand. 584

ORIENTAL GOLD MINING COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Office of the
Oriental Gold Mining Company (Limited) is
situated at Broadway, Reefton; and that PATRICK
BRENNAN, Mining Agent, is the Manager of the said
Company.
573
JAMES DEE,
MATHEW BYRNE,
Directors. }

IT is notified that the Pound erected in the
neighbourhood of Naseby, by Patrick McCluskey,
has been proclaimed the Public Pound of the County
of Maniototo; and that the said PATRICK MCCLUSKEY
has been appointed Poundkeeper, subject to the pro-
visions of "The Otago Impounding Ordinance, 1872."
A. ROLLAND,
Chairman.

Naseby, 7th November, 1877.
575

NEW NORTH DEVON GOLD MINING COMPANY
(LIMITED).

To the Registrar of the Supreme Court, Auckland.

THIS is to certify that RODERICK MCDONALD SCOTT
has been appointed Manager of the New North
Devon Gold Mining Company (Limited); and that
the Office of the said Company is situate in the
office of the Manager, corner of Brown and Albert
Streets, Thames.

JAMES MCILHANEY,
JOHN GOLDSWORTHY,
Thames, 29th October, 1877.
} Directors.
572

WANGANUI GOLD MINING AND INVESTMENT
COMPANY (LIMITED).

A SPECIAL Meeting of this Company will be held
at my Office, Taupo Quay, on Monday, Decem-
ber 10th, at 12 noon, for the purpose of receiving
the final balance-sheet, and declaring the Company
wound up.

6th November, 1877.
EDW. CHURTON,
Liquidator.
576

DISSOLUTION OF COPARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Copartnership
heretofore existing between ENOCH HENRY BANKS
and WILLIAM EUING MCDOUGALL, as Corn Factors,
in the City of Christchurch, under the style or firm
of "Banks and McDougall," has been dissolved by
mutual consent. The business of the late firm will
hereafter be carried on by the said WILLIAM EUING
MCDOUGALL, to whom all debts due to the firm must
be paid, and by whom all its liabilities will be dis-
charged.

Dated this 31st day of October, 1877.
E. H. BANKS.
W. E. McDOUGALL

Witness-T. W. Draper.

The undersigned begs to return his sincere thanks
for the very liberal support accorded to him during
his long connection with the above business, and
hopes that the clients of the late firm will continue
their patronage to their successor, W. E. McDougall.
E. H. BANKS.
580

NOTICE.

I, HUGH MCCAW, Bachelor of Medicine, Master
in Surgery of the University of Glasgow, now
residing at Mosgiel, East Taieri, do hereby give
notice that I intend to apply, on the 17th day of
November next, to have my name placed on the
Register of Medical Practitioners in the Colony of
New Zealand; and that I have this day deposited
with the Registrar at Dunedin the evidence of my
qualifications, in terms of "The Medical Practitioners
Act, 1864."
HUGH MCCAW.

Dunedin, 13th October, 1877. 547

By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.