NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1870," unless caveat be
lodged forbidding the same in each case within one calendar
month after date of Gazette containing this notice.

Section 114, Block I., Tuapeka East District.—SAMUEL
HALES and JOHN CARSE ARBUCKLE, Applicants.
Occupied by James Hopkins. No. 3487.

Sections 29, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 47, 48,
49, 50, 51, Block I., Tuapeka East District.—SAMUEL
HALES and JOHN CARSE ARBUCKLE, Applicants.
Occupied by James Hopkins, No. 3488.

Section 27, Block VII., North Harbour and Blueskin
District.—WILLIAM DUFFY, Applicant. Occupied by
Applicant. No. 3490.

Allotment 3, Block I., Township of Balaclava.—RICHARD
TILBURY, Applicant. Unoccupied. No. 3491.

Allotment 2, Block I., subdivision of part River Sections
37, 38, West Taieri District.—JOHN FORBES, Applicant.
Occupied by John Neill. No. 3492.

Part Section 6, Block III., Town of Lawrence.—RICHARD
WEBB, Applicant. Occupied by Applicant. No. 3493.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 29th day of January, 1884, at the Lands
Registry Office, Dunedin.

H. TURTON,
District Land Registrar.

WHEREAS a declaration has been lodged with me of the
loss of the certificate of title to JOHN MUIRHEAD,
of North Harbour and Blueskin, Settler, for Section 2 of 36,
Block I., North Harbour and Blueskin District, dated the
23rd August, 1880, Register-book, Vol. lii., folio 85: I hereby
give notice that I intend to issue a provisional certificate of
title for the said section to the said John Muirhead, unless
caveat be lodged forbidding the same within fourteen days
from the date of the publication hereof.

Dated this 28th day of January, 1884, at the Lands
Registry Office, Dunedin.

H. TURTON,
District Land Registrar.

WHEREAS a declaration has been lodged with me, made
by GEORGE NEWMAN, THE YOUNGER, of East
Taieri, Labourer, the registered proprietor of Sections 9 and
10, Block XVII., Town of Greytown, of the loss of the provisional certificate of title issued for the said sections on the
13th August, 1878, Register-book, Vol. xxvi., folio 218: I
hereby give notice that I intend to issue a provisional certificate, in substitution of the other, for the said sections to the
said George Newman, the younger, unless caveat be lodged
forbidding the same within fourteen days from the date of
the publication hereof.

Dated this 28th day of January, 1884, at the Lands Registry
Office, Dunedin.

H. TURTON,
District Land Registrar.

Mining Notices.

THE TREASURE GOLD-MINING COMPANY
(LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. ALFRED WILLIAM
ROBIN, of Stuart Street, Dunedin, has been appointed
Legal Manager of the above-named company, vice Mr. J. F.
Watson, resigned.

Given under the common seal of the Treasure Gold-Mining Company (Limited), and dated this 16th day of
January, 1884, at Dunedin.

ALEX. SLIGO,
J. ROBIN,
Directors.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Registered Office of
the above-named company has been changed from
Rattray Street, Dunedin, to the office of Mr. A. W. Robin,
Stuart Street, Dunedin.

Given under the common seal of the Treasure Gold-Mining Company (Limited), and dated this 16th day of
January, 1884, at Dunedin.

ALEX. SLIGO,
J. ROBIN,
Directors.

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register
the Buller Quartz-Mining Company (Limited) as a
Limited Company, under the provisions of "The Mining
Companies Act, 1872," and the Amendment Act thereto.

1. The name of the company is the Buller Quartz-Mining
   Company (Limited).

2. The place of operations is at Mokihinui, in the County
   of Buller.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at
   Palmerston Street, in the Town of Westport.

4. The nominal capital of the company is twenty-four thousand pounds, in twenty-four thousand shares of one pound
   each, of which ten shillings per share is considered as paid
   up.

5. The number of shares subscribed for is twenty-four 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 considered as twelve
   thousand pounds.

8. The name of the Manager is Zoffany Claude Horne.

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

Henri Pain, Westport, Cordial Manufacturer
Patrick Kelly, Westport, Miner
Joachim Franks, Westport, Blacksmith
Thomas Scanlon, Westport, Carpenter
Joseph Kelly, Westport, Blacksmith
Thomas Hennessey, Westport, Miner
William McAnulty, Westport, Blacksmith
Michael Scanlon, Westport, Hotelkeeper
Patrick Egan, Westport, Overseer
F. Sontgen, Westport, Tailor
Robert Carr, Westport, Printer
Zoffany Claude Horne, Westport, Commission Agent
Alexander Stitt, Westport, Merchant
E. E. Hely, Dunedin, Commercial Traveller
Patrick O'Brien, Westport, Miner
Patrick Hanlan, Mokihinui, Miner
F. C. Berthold, Reefton, Musician
R. A. Young, Westport, Civil Engineer
John Cameron, Denniston, Miner
Samuel James Warren, Westport, Bank Manager
Thomas Sherlock, Fairdown Junction, Miner
Charles Lempfert, Waimangaroa, Hotelkeeper
Henry William Young, Wanganui, Civil Engineer
John Corr, Westport, Merchant
A. Tait, Reefton, Photographer
T. O'Shea, Westport, Shoemaker
Christian Rasmussen, Mokihinui, Mine Manager
Patrick Ryan, Westport, Miner
Henry St. J. Christophers, Westport, Railway Manager
William Cates, Westport, Contractor
George Holmes, Denniston, Miner
Paul F. Kahlenberg, Commercial Traveller
Zoffany Claude Horne, in trust for the company

24,000

ZOFFANY C. HORNE,
Manager.

Dated this 24th day of December, 1883.

Witness to signature—E. J. Gothard, Law Clerk, Westport.

I, Zoffany Claude Horne, 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."

ZOFFANY C. HORNE.

Taken before me at Westport, this 24th day of December,
1883—Thomas Bailie, a Justice of the Peace in and for the
Colony of New Zealand.

STATEMENT of the Affairs of the Royal Quartz-Mining
Company (Limited), for the half-year ending the 31st
December, 1883, in accordance with section 135 of "The
Mining Companies Act, 1872."

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

When formed, and date of registration: 8th March, 1882.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Greymouth; George William Moss.

Nominal capital: £12,000.

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

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 24,000.

Number of shares taken: 24,000.

Amount of calls made: £300.

Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £296 17s. 6d.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company:
29.

Amount of cash in hand: 4s. 8d.