1884 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 107

KANIERI DISTRICT.

To the Mining Registrar at Kanieri of the Mining District, and to all other persons whom it may concern.

TAKE notice that it is intended to construct a Water-race and Dam, and to divert water for the purpose of driving machinery, and that the following are the particulars of the said dam and water-race:—

1. Situation of dam: At Frosty Creek, about one and a half miles east of the point where the Hokitika and Ross Road crosses the said creek.
2. Length of dam: 3 chains.
3. Greatest height: 6 feet.
4. Area of reservoir: 2 acres or thereabouts.
5. Head of race: At the aforesaid dam.
6. Course, length, and termination of race: Parallel to the course of the said creek for a distance of two miles, and terminating at a point about 10 chains from the point where the said creek runs into the Mahinapua Lake.
7. Nature of race: Partly flume and partly ditch.
8. Capacity: Mean breadth 3 feet, and mean depth 3 feet; and it is proposed to divert and carry twelve Government-heads of water.

HUGH MCKAY.

Date and number of miner's right: 11th November, 1882, No. 39254.

Any person objecting to the granting of this application must lodge his objection in writing at the Warden's Office at Kanieri within thirty clear days from the date hereof.

Hearing at 11 o'clock, on the 8th January, 1883.

M. F. SOUTH,
Mining Registrar.

Warden's Office,
Kanieri, 29th November, 1882. 959

IN "THE COMPANIES ACT, 1882," AND IN THE MATTER OF THE CHARLESTON FOUR-MILE WATER-RACE COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with the provisions of clause 192 of the above Act, that, at special meetings of the above-named Company, held at the European Hotel, Charleston, at 8 o'clock p.m., on the 7th and 28th days of November, 1882, the following special resolution was duly passed and confirmed on the foregoing dates respectively:—
"That the Charleston Four-Mile Water-race Company (Limited) be wound up voluntarily under the provisions of 'The Companies Act, 1882.'"

WM. LLOYD,
Liquidator.

Company's Office, Westport,
6th December, 1882. 951

STATEMENT of the Affairs of the Mount Aurum Gold-Mining Company (Limited), for the half-year ending the 27th November, 1882, in accordance with section 135 of "The Mining Companies Act, 1872."

Name of Company: Mount Aurum Gold-Mining Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 23rd August, 1880; 28th August, 1880.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Ballarat Street, Queenstown; Franz William Frederick Geisow.

Nominal capital: £12,000.

Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: Nil.

Number of shares in which capital is divided: 12,000.

Number of shares taken: 12,000.

Amount of calls made: Nominally, 13s. 11d. per share, but virtually 2s. 9½d. per share.

Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £1,691 12s. 6d., representing nominally £8,350.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company: 7.

Amount of cash in hand: £2 4s. 7d.

Whether in operation or not: In operation.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Number of shares unallotted: Nil.

FRANZ WILLIAM FREDERICK GEISOW,
Manager. 969

STATEMENT of the Affairs of the Invincible Quartz-Mining Company (Limited), for the half-year ending the 27th November, 1882, in accordance with section 135 of "The Mining Companies Act, 1872."

Name of Company: The Invincible Quartz-Mining Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 8th September, 1880; 28th September, 1880.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Ballarat Street, Queenstown; Franz William Frederick Geisow.

Nominal capital: £21,000.

Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: £14,000.

Number of shares in which capital is divided: 21,000.

Number of shares taken: 21,000.

Amount of calls made: 4s. 6d. per share on 7,000 ordinary shares, and £390 11s. 8d. paid on 14,000 fully paid-up shares.

Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £1,965 11s. 8d., representing nominally £15,575.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company: 7.

Amount of cash in hand: 6d.

Whether in operation or not: In operation.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Number of shares unallotted: Nil.

FRANZ WILLIAM FREDERICK GEISOW,
Manager. 972

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the Victoria 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 Victoria Gold-Mining Company (Limited).

2. The place of operations is at Te Aroha, in the Provincial District of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.

3. The registered office of the Company will be situated at the New Zealand Insurance Company's Buildings, Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland and Colony of New Zealand.

4. The nominal capital of the Company is twenty thousand pounds sterling, in twenty thousand shares of one pound sterling each.

5. The number of shares subscribed for is fifteen thousand, being more 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 nil.

8. The name of the Manager is Dennis Gilmore MacDonnell.

9. The names, addresses, and occupations of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follow:—

No. of Shares.

The Battery Company, Henry Gilfillan, jun., Secretary, Auckland, Accountant ... 2,733
James Frater, Auckland, Land Agent ... 1,300
Alexander Saunders, Auckland, Agent ... 800
Charles C. McMillan, Auckland, Merchant ... 867
William Olliff, Auckland, Bottler ... 700
Edward Wood, Auckland, Agent ... 350
Thomas Murray, Piako, Farmer ... 1,700
William A. Murray, Annandale, Farmer ... 900
John Henry Smith, Thames, Ironmonger ... 800
John Wilson, Thames, Land Agent ... 800
Peter Ferguson, Te Aroha, Agent ... 2,450
Edward Cameron, Te Aroha, Miner ... 700
J. McLeod Murray, Waiorongomai, Miner ... 900
Dennis Gilmore MacDonnell (in trust for the Company), Auckland, Legal Manager ... 5,000
20,000

Dated this 4th day of December, 1882.
D. G. MACDONNELL,
Manager.

Witness to signature—Charles Wallnutt.

I, Dennis Gilmore MacDonnell, do solemnly and sincerely declare that—

1. I am the Manager of the said intended Company.