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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

NELSON SOUTH-WEST GOLD FIELDS.

APPLICATION FOR LEASE.

To the Warden at Ahaura.

I HEREBY apply for a Gold-Mining Lease of the
lands hereinafter described, in accordance with
the Gold-Mining Leases Regulations of New Zea-
land; and I agree, upon the approval of this appli-
cation, to execute a lease upon the basis therein
stated, if the Governor shall think fit to grant the
same.

Name and address in full of applicant: Samuel Samuels, Moon-
light Creek.
Extent of land applied for: 10 acres.
Proposed mode of working the land: Quartz-reefing.
Precise locality: Moonlight Ranges, on the south boundary, or
near about Allan Macdonald's prospecting claim.
Term for which lease required: 15 years.
Time of commencing operations: June, 1878.

Ahaura, 3rd April, 1878.
SAMUEL SAMUELS,
Applicant.

The above application, and any objection thereto,
will be heard at the Warden's Office at Ahaura, on
the 16th May, 1878.

Any person desiring to object to the issue of a
mining lease upon the above application must, within
twenty-eight clear days from the date of such appli-
cation, enter his objection at the Warden's Office at
Ahaura.

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ERNEST C. KELLING,
Clerk of Warden's Court, Ahaura.

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to
register the Hit or Miss Quartz Reef Company
as a Limited Company, under the provisions of "The
Mining Companies Act, 1872."

1. The name of the Company is to be the Hit or Miss Quartz
   Reef Company (Limited).
2. The place of operations is at Bendigo, in Vincent County.
3. The registered office of the Company will be situated at
   Melmore Terrace, Cromwell.
4. The nominal capital of the Company is three thousand
   five hundred pounds, in one hundred and forty shares of twenty-
   five pounds each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is one hundred and
   eight, being not less than two-thirds of the entire number in
   the Company.
6. The number of paid-up shares is nil.
7. The amount already paid up is one thousand seven hun-
   dred and fifty pounds.
8. The name of the Manager is Charles Colclough.
9. The names and addresses and occupations of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are
   as follow:-

Dated this 28th day of March, 1878.
CHAS. COLCLOUGH.

Witness to signature—Stephen N. Brown, J.P.

I, Charles Colclough, 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."

CHARLES COLCLOUGH.

Taken before me, at Cromwell, in the Provincial
District of Otago, this 28th day of March, 1878—
Stephen N. Brown, J.P.
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I, the undersigned, hereby make application to
register the Walhalla Quartz-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 Walhalla Quartz-
   Mining Company (Limited).
2. The place of operations is at Boatman's, County of
   Inangahua.
3. The registered office of the Company will be situated at
   Reefton.
4. The nominal capital of the Company is six thousand
   pounds, in six thousand shares of one pound each, upon which
   ten shillings is considered as paid up.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is six thousand,
   being not less than two-thirds of the entire number of shares in
   the Company.
6. The number of paid-up shares is nil.
7. The amount already paid up is three thousand pounds.
8. The names, addresses, and occupations of the shareholders,
   and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as
   follow, viz:—

Dated this 9th day of April, 1878.
GEORGE WISE,
Manager.

Witness to signature—Hugh C. Boyd.

I, George Wise, do solemnly and sincerely declare
that—

1. I am the Manager of the said intended Com-
   pany.
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."

GEORGE WISE.

Taken before me, this 10th day of April, 1878—
Edward Shaw, R.M., a Justice of the Peace in and
for the Colony of New Zealand.
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By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBURY, Government Printer, Wellington.