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Creek, and taking two heads of water therefrom;
crossing the right-hand branch, and taking one head
of water from it; passing through three small gullies
known as Nos. 1, 2, and 3 gullies, and taking one
head of water from them; and terminating at Coal
Creek, a tributary of Donnelly's Creek.
The length of such race is seven miles, three and a
half miles of which are already constructed or there-
abouts; and its intended course is north and south
nearly.
The estimated time for completion is twelve
months.
The mean depth of such race is 2 feet 6 inches,
and the mean breadth is 3 feet; and it is proposed
to divert four Government-heads of water.

PATRICK CLARE,
Applicant.
Date and number of miner's right: 21/8/82, 38925.

Any person objecting to the granting of the above
application must lodge his objection in writing at the
Warden's Office at Ross within thirty clear days
from the date hereof.
Hearing at 11 o'clock, on the 30th September, 1882.

W. BLANE,
Mining Registrar.

Warden's Office,
Ross, 28th August, 1882. 685

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSTRUCT A WATER-
RACE.

Ahaura, 5th September, 1882.
To the Mining Registrar at Ahaura.

WE hereby give notice that we intend to construct
a Water-race to divert and use water for
driving machinery for saw-mill, commencing at a
point seven chains up a creek which crosses Main
Grey Valley Road near deviation at Nelson Creek
and opposite John Ross's leasehold, and terminating
at the saw-mill site, situate at Main Grey Valley
Road, near Nelson Creek deviation, and opposite
John Ross's leasehold.
The length of such race is seven chains or there-
abouts, and its intended course is east and west,
and situated entirely on Crown land.
The time required for construction and completion
of race is two months.
The mean depth of such race is 1 foot 6 inches,
and the mean breadth is 1 foot 6 inches; and it is
proposed to divert two Government-heads of water.

COLIN F. C. ALGIE.
CHARLES HANSEN.

Any person objecting to the granting of this appli-
cation must lodge his objection in writing at the
Warden's Office at Ahaura within thirty clear days
from the date hereof.
Hearing at Ahaura, on the 24th October, 1882, at
noon.

ERNEST C. KELLING,
Mining Registrar, Ahaura.

Warden's Office,
Ahaura, 5th September, 1882. 718

STATEMENT of the Affairs of the Phenix Gold-
Mining Company (Limited), for the half year
ending the 30th June, 1882, in accordance with
section 135 of "The Mining Companies Act, 1872."
Name of Company: The Phenix Gold-Mining Company
(Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 9th April, 1881.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Lambton Quay, Wellington; William McLean.
Nominal capital: £5,400.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: 400.
Number of shares in which capital is divided: 5,400.
Number of shares taken: 3,700.

Amount of calls made: 6s. 6d. per share.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £1,170.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company: 36.
Amount of calls in hand: Nil.
Whether in operation or not: Not in operation.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Number of shares unallotted: 1,300.

WILLIAM MCLEAN,
Wellington, 31st July, 1882. Manager. 702

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to
register the Seymour 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 Seymour Gold-
   Mining Company (Limited).
2. The place of operations is at the Thames, 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, in the Colony of New
   Zealand.
4. The nominal capital of the Company is twenty thousand
   pounds, in twenty thousand shares of one pound each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is twenty thousand,
   being 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 :-

John Brown, Auckland, Battery-owner ... 300
James Bruce Morpeth, Auckland, Broker ... 450
Adam Porter, Auckland, Agent ... 750
Thomas Wrigley, Auckland, Clerk ... 300
Thomas Melville, Auckland, Accountant ... 300
Aitken Carrick, Auckland, Agent ... 600
Hugh James Wickens, Auckland, Broker ... 600
George Bruce, Auckland, Coachbuilder ... 600
John R. Randerson, Auckland, sharebroker ... 600
Alexander Saunders, Auckland, Sharebroker ... 300
Edward E. P. Ludlow, Auckland, Gentleman ... 300
Robert William Keales, Auckland, Architect ... 300
Thomas Minnette, Auckland, Agent ... 150
Thomas Constable, Auckland, Builder ... 150
Mathew Edgar, Auckland, Contractor ... 900
Charles T. Western, Auckland, Warehouseman ... 600
Owen Humphries, Auckland, Hotelkeeper ... 600
Thomas Leigh White, Auckland, Accountant... ... 150
James McCormack, Auckland, Miner ... 600
James Dickey, Auckland, Merchant ... 600
William H. Jones, Auckland, Mining Agent ... 300
James Talbot Everard, Auckland, Gentleman ... 300
Alfred Kidd, Auckland, Hotelkeeper ... 600
Joseph Newman, Auckland, Agent ... 300
Donald B. MacDonald, Auckland, Accountant ... 300
Thomas A. Menzies, Auckland, Accountant ... 300
James William Russell, Auckland, Clerk ... 300
William Pickett, Auckland, Mining Agent ... 1,200
Henry Miller, Auckland, Master Mariner ... 600
John McCabe, Auckland, Gentleman ... 900
John McCabe, Thames, Miner ... 150
Ronald McDonald, Thames, Mine Manager ... 300
Patrick Brennan, Thames, Smith ... 150
Charles Curtis, Thames, Hotelkeeper ... 300
Thomas Hoskins, Thames, Miner ... 600
James Morecraft, Thames, Miner ... 600
James Baggott, Thames, Mining Agent ... 150
James Garvey, Thames, Miner ... 150
James Senior, Thames, Miner ... 150
Charles Morecraft, Thames, Miner ... 900
Mathew Vaughan, Thames, Hotelkeeper ... 600
Charles McLean, Thames, Miner ... 600
John Henry Smith, Thames, Clerk ... 400
Thomas Gavin, Te Aroha, Mine Manager ... 100
William Wilkinson, Te Aroha, Newspaper Proprietor ... 300
Dennis Gilmore MacDonnell, Auckland, Legal Manager ... 300
20,000

Dated this 4th day of September, 1882.
D. G. MACDONNELL,
Manager.
Witness to signature—Charles Wallnutt.