DEC. 27.]

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the pro-
visions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1870," unless caveat be
lodged forbidding the same in cach case on or before the
28th day of January next.
ALEXANDER ALISON the younger, EWEN WILLIAM
ALISON, ROBERT ADAM MÖZLEY STARK, and JOHN
EDSON. Part of Allotment 7 of Section 1, Parish of Taka-
puna, containing 30 acres. Unoccupied. 2167.
ALFRED ACEY STEPHENSON. Part of Allotments
1 and 10, Section 10, Suburbs of Auckland. In Applicant's
occupation. 2168.
ROBERT HENRY BARTLETT.-Allotment 111 and
part of Allotment 110 of Section 16, Suburbs of Auckland,
containing 4 acres and 8 perches. In Applicant's occupa-
tion. 2169.
THE NEW ZEALAND IRON AND STEEL COM-
PANY, LIMITED. - Allotments 35, 91, and north-eastern
portion of Allotment 34 of the Parish of Awitu, containing
498 acres. In Applicant's occupation. 2170.
JAMES PAICE. - Allotments 131, 133, 134, 139, and part
of Allotment 132 of the District of Manukau, containing
99 acres and 8 perches. In Applicant's occupation. 2171.
JOHN WILSON. - Blocks of land called or known by the
names of Pakarau, Pa D and E, in the District of Waikato,
containing 626 acres. Unoccupied. 2172. - Also, piece of
land called or known by the name of Puketutu No. 1A Block,
containing 1,028 acres. Unoccupied. 2173. - Also, piece of
land called or known by the name of Pae-o-Turawaru No. 2A
Block, containing 1,494 acres. 2174.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 21st day of December, 1883, at the Lands
Registry Office, Auckland.
930
THEO. KISSLING,
District Land Registrar.

Mining Notices.

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

1. The name of the company is to be the Methven Gold-
   Mining and Prospecting Company (Limited).
2. The place of operations is to be on the head waters of
   the Rakaia and dividing range, Canterbury and Westland
   Districts.
3. The registered office of the company will be situated at
   the Mining Exchange in Cashel Street, in the City of
   Christchurch.
4. The nominal capital of the company is two thousand
   five hundred pounds, in five hundred shares of five pounds
   each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is three hundred
   and forty-eight, being not less than two-thirds of the entire
   number of shares in the company.
6. The number of paid-up shares is two hundred and four.
7. The amount already paid on the contributing shares
   (296) is nil.
8. The name of the Manager is Edmund Wickes, of the
   Mining Exchange, Cashel Street, Christchurch.
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 at Christchurch, this 22nd day of December, 1883.
EDMUND WICKES.
Witness to signature of Edmund Wickes F. Hobbs, J.P.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1815

I, Edmund Wickes, of the City of Christchurch, in the
Provincial District of Canterbury, in the Colony of New
Zealand, Mining Agent, do solemnly and sincerely declare
and say-

1. That I am the Manager of the said company.
2. That the preceding statement is, to the best of my know-
   ledge and belief, 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, 1882."
   EDMUND WICKES.

Made and taken before me at the City of Christchurch
aforesaid, this 22nd day of December, 1883-F. Hobbs, J.P.
T. S. WESTON, Christchurch, Solicitor for the Company.
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I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the
Crown 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 Crown Gold-
   Mining Company (Limited).
2. The place of operations is to be at Karangahake, in the
   Provincial District of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zea-
   land.
3. The registered office of the company will be situated at
   the New Zealand Insurance Company's Buildings, Auckland.
4. The nominal capital of the company is ten thousand
   pounds, in twenty thousand shares of ten shillings each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is twenty thousand,
   being the entire number of shares in the company.
6. The number of shares paid up is nil.
7. The amount already paid up is nil.
8. The name of the Manager is Tom Wrigley.
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 20th day of December, 1883.
T. WRIGLEY,
Manager.
Witness to signature-D. B. McDonald, J.P.

I, Tom Wrigley, 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, 1882."
   T. WRIGLEY.
   Taken before me, this 20th day of December, 1883—
   D. B. McDonald, J.P.
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