APRIL 15.]

I, Ross Robertson, of Riverton, in the Colony of
New Zealand, 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."
   ROSS ROBERTSON.

Taken before me at Riverton, this 6th day of
February, 1880-James Reid, J.P. 336

CALEDONIAN GOLD-MINING COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that an Extraordinary
General Meeting of the Shareholders of the
Caledonian Gold-Mining Company (Limited) will be
held at the Company's Office, Shortland Street, Auck-
land, on Monday, the 26th day of April, 1880, at
12 o'clock noon.

Business: 1. To consider a proposition to wind up
the Company voluntarily, and, if deemed advisable,
to pass a resolution accordingly, and appoint a Liqui-
dator. 2. To authorize the sale of the Company's
property to a new Company, to be formed under the
provisions of "The Joint-Stock Companies Act,
1860." 3. Any other business that may be brought
before the meeting.

By order of the Directors.
CHARLES TOTHILL,
Secretary.

13th April, 1880. 246

Private Advertisements.

FERGUSON AND ANOTHER V. MORGAN.

VICTORIA, by the grace of God, of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Queen,
to the Sheriff of the District of Otago, greeting:

Whereas an action is now pending in our Supreme
Court of New Zealand, Otago and Southland Dis-
trict, between ANDREW FERGUSON and JOHN THOMP-
SON, carrying on business at Lawrence, in the Pro-
vincial District of Otago, as auctioneers and agents,
under the style or firm of "Ferguson and Thompson,"
plaintiffs, and THOMAS MORGAN, formerly of Tuapeka
West, in the said Provincial District of Otago, but
now of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, farmer,
defendant; and, in order that the plaintiffs may pro-
ceed in the said action, we command that you, the
said Sheriff of the District of Otago, do retain and
keep the real and personal estate of whatsoever
nature of the said Thomas Morgan, and to which he 93
shall be legally or equitably entitled or otherwise
beneficially interested, and whether solely or jointly
with any other person or persons: And we further
command you, in your own proper person, to be and
appear before such Judge of our said Supreme Court
on the next day on which a Judge of this Court shall
be sitting in Chambers after the publication of a
copy of this writ in the Government Gazette for this
colony, and twice in one of the newspapers published
in the chief town of the provincial district in which
the real and personal estate hereby intended to be
affected is situate, and then and there to do what
shall be then and there required of you in that behalf:
and this you shall in nowise omit.

Witness: JOSHUA STRANGE WILLIAMS,
Esquire, Judge of our Supreme Court of
(L.S.) New Zealand, at Dunedin, this sixth day
of April, one thousand eight hundred and
eighty. 345

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 525

RE DR. DAVID PERSTON, DECEASED.

PURSUANT to the Act 22 and 23 Vict., c. 35,
intituled "An Act to further amend the Law of
Property and to relieve Trustees," notice is hereby
given that Miss JEAN and Miss MARY MCLAUGHLAN,
daughters of Mrs. ROBINA MCLAUGHLAN, formerly
PERSTON, deceased, who was a sister of DAVID
PERSTON, of Brompton, Middlesex, England, M.D.,
deceased, and all other persons claiming to be en-
titled to share (according to the statutes) in the
distribution of the estate of the said David Perston,
deceased, who died intestate as to his residuary
estate on the 14th day of July, 1866, or the legal
personal representatives of such of the said persons
as are now dead, are hereby required to send in and
prove their claims to us, the undersigned Solicitors
to the Executors of the will of the said David
Perston, deceased, within eight months from the date
of this advertisement; and in default thereof the said
Executors will proceed to distribute the residuary
estate of the said David Perston, deceased, among
the parties who shall have given them notice and
satisfactory proof of their claims, and the Executors
will not (after such date) be liable for such residuary
estate, or any part thereof, so distributed as afore-
said, to any person or persons of whose claim they
shall not have received notice and satisfactory proof.

Dated this twenty-fourth day of February, 1880.

KEEN AND ROGERS,
24, Knight Rider Street, Doctors Commons,
London, England.

Witness—Geo. Jas. Cox, 24, Knight Rider Street,
London, England. 344

SLEE V. EVANS AND HIS WIFE.

HEREBY give notice that, under a writ of fieri
facias, duly issued out of the Supreme Court of
New Zealand, at the suit of FRANK SLEE, of Wai-
mate, in the County of Waimate, Licensed Land
Broker, I have taken in execution the fee-simple of
MARGARET EVANS, Wife of ROBERT EVANS, of Wai-
mate aforesaid, Blacksmith, and the life estate of the
said Robert Evans, in all that parcel of land situated
in the Waitangi District (i.e., at Waimate aforesaid),
containing thirty-two perches, being the land described
in certificate of title, Vol. xv., folio 79: And that
I intend to cause the same to be sold at the auction-
rooms of George Randall Freeman, at Waimate
aforesaid, on the twenty-second day of May, 1880,
at eleven o'clock in the forenoon.

The Solicitors for the Execution Creditor are
Messieurs White and Jameson, of Timaru.

Dated this 7th day of February, 1880.

RICHMOND BEETHAM,
Sheriff.
93

EARP V. PARKES.

HEREBY give notice that, under a writ of fieri
facias, duly issued out of the Supreme Court at
the suit of WILLIAM EARP, of Porirua, Farmer, I
have taken in execution the leasehold interest of
SAMUEL PARKES, of the City of Wellington, Com-
mission Agent, in all that piece or parcel of land
situate in the said City of Wellington, and being the
Section numbered 282 on the official map or plan of
the said city, bounded on the North by Section
283, on the South by Section 281, on the East and
West by Cambridge Terrace and Section 274 re-
spectively, together with the appurtenances to the
same belonging or appertaining; and also the in-
terest of the said Samuel Parkes as a tenant in
common in the fee-simple in all that piece or parcel
of land situate in the Hutt District, containing ten