Feb. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 359

To the Mining Registrar at Ahaura of the Nelson South-West Gold Fields District, and all other persons whom it may concern.

TAKE notice that it is intended to use a Water-race, constructed by us, held under Certificate No. 28661, and divert water for irrigation purposes, commencing in Callaghan’s Creek, at the junction of our branch race, registered under Certificate 8933, with our said race, No. 28661, and terminating at a point in Callaghan’s Creek known as the Bluff. The length of such race so to be used for irrigation purposes is 600 yards or thereabouts, and its intended course is north-westerly. The mean depth of such race is 2 feet, and the mean breadth 2 feet, and it is proposed to divert four Government-heads of water from our registered race, No. 28661, at the aforesaid point of intersection of the said race with our branch race, No. 8933. Estimated cost, £12. Estimated time to construct, one month. The time for which this license is required is fifteen years.

STEPHEN WALSH.
MICHAEL MURPHY.

Date and number of miners’ rights; 17th January, 1884, No. 45157; 7th April, 1883, No. 39763.

Any person objecting to the granting of this application must lodge his objection at the Mining Registrar’s office at Ahaura within thirty clear days from the date hereof.

F. H. IBBETSON,
Mining Registrar, Ahaura.

Mining Registrar’s Office,
Ahaura, 11th February, 1884.
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SCHEDULE A.—(Clause 4.)—To the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch.—I hereby apply for a Gold-Mining Lease of the lands hereinafter described, in accordance with the Gold-Mining Leases Regulations of New Zealand, and I agree, upon the approval of this application, to execute a lease upon the basis therein stated, if the Governor shall think fit to grant the same.—ALBERT PARSONS. Name and address in full of applicant: Albert Parsons, farmer, Rangiora, and others. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Venture Quartz-Mining Company. Extent of land applied for: 16½ acres. Minimum number of men to be employed by the lessee: (1) For the first six months, two men; (2) subsequently, when in full work, eight men. Amount of capital proposed to be invested: £20,000. Proposed mode of working the land: Tunnels and shafts. Precise locality: Moa Creek, south-west of North Creek, Wilberforce District. Term for which lease required: Fifteen years. Time of commencing operations: Immediately on granting lease. The above application and any objection thereto will be heard at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Thursday, the 21st February, 1884. Any person desiring to object to the issue of a mining lease upon the above application must, within twenty-one clear days from the date of such application, enter his objection at the Land Office, Christchurch.—JOHN H. BAKER, Commissioner of Crown Lands.—SLATER AND SON, Solicitors for the Applicants.
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SCHEDULE A.—(Clause 4.)—To the Commissioner of Crown Lands, Christchurch.—31st January, 1884.—I hereby apply for a Gold-Mining Lease of the lands hereinafter described, in accordance with the Gold-Mining Leases Regulations of New Zealand, and I agree, upon the approval of this application, to execute a lease upon the basis therein stated, if the Governor shall think fit to grant the same.—HENRY SLATER. Name and address in full of applicant: Henry Slater, solicitor, Christchurch. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Happy Valley Quartz-Mining Company. Extent of land applied for: 16½ acres. Minimum number of men to be employed by the lessee: (1) For the first six months, two men; (2) subsequently, when in full work, eight men. Amount of capital proposed to be invested, £10,000. Proposed mode of working the land: Tunnels and shafts. Precise locality: North of Venture Lease, Moa Creek. Term for which lease required: Fifteen years. Time of commencing operations: Immediately on granting lease. The above application and any objection thereto will be heard at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Thursday, the 21st February, 1884. Any person desiring to object to the issue of a mining lease upon the above application must, within twenty clear days from the date of such application, enter his objection at the Land Office at Christchurch.—JOHN H. BAKER, Commissioner of Crown Lands.
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if the Governor shall think fit to grant the same.—P. M. CAREW. Name and address in full of applicant: Ponsonby May Carew, Avonside, Christchurch. Style under which it is intended to conduct the business: Irishman’s Quartz-Mining Company. Extent of land applied for: 16½ acres. Minimum number of men to be employed by the lessee: (1) For the first six months, two men; (2) subsequently, when in full work, eight men. Amount of capital proposed to be invested: £20,000. Proposed mode of working the land: Tunnels and shafts. Precise locality: Opposite Saddle Gully, on north side of Unknown Creek, Wilberforce District. Term for which lease required: Fifteen years. Time of commencing operations: After survey. The above application and any objection thereto will be heard at the Land Office, Christchurch, on Thursday, the 6th March, 1884. Any person desiring to object to the issue of a mining lease upon the above application must, within twenty-one clear days from the date of such application, enter his objection at the Land Office at Christchurch.—JOHN H. BAKER, Commissioner of Crown Lands.—SLATER AND SON, Solicitors for the Applicant.
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I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the Mariebel Gold-Mining Company as a Limited Company, under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1872,” and Amendment Act, 1883.

1. The name of the company is to be the Mariebel Gold-Mining Company (Limited).

2. The place of operations is at Coromandel, 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 thirty thousand pounds sterling, in thirty thousand shares of one pound sterling each.

5. The number of shares subscribed for is twenty-two thousand, being more than two-thirds the entire number of shares in the company.

6. The number of shares paid up is four hundred.

7. The amount already paid up is four hundred pounds.

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

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

No. of Shares

Thomas Morrin, Auckland, Merchant .. .. 1,498
Patrick Comiskey, Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 656
James Macfarlane, Auckland, Accountant .. .. 122
James Russell, Auckland, Solicitor .. .. 534
Alfred Porter, Auckland, Ironmonger .. .. 159
Donald Birrell McDonald, Auckland, Sharebroker .. .. 137
James Wilson Russell, Auckland, Clerk .. .. 25
Thomas William Hickson, Auckland, Land Agent .. .. 5
Frank Amodeo, Auckland, Master Mariner .. .. 10
John William Oxley, Auckland, Ship-chandler .. .. 21
Elizabeth Ansell, Auckland, Spinster .. .. 5
Norman F. Gibbin, Auckland, Accountant .. .. 140
Frederick Duke Yonge, Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 19
Harlan Page Barber, Auckland, Gum Merchant .. .. 20
Harry King, Auckland, Chemist .. .. 5
Thomas Hawthorn, Auckland, Bush Contractor .. .. 94
Arthur Bull, Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 94
Frederick Woollams, Coromandel, Merchant .. .. 656
John Wilson Jones, Auckland, Builder .. .. 187
John Butler, Auckland, House-painter .. .. 246
George William Basley, Auckland, Clerk .. .. 94
Joseph Merrick, Auckland, Carpenter .. .. 5
Thomas Constable, Auckland, Builder .. .. 5
Robert William Keals, Auckland, Architect .. .. 187
Samuel Vickers, Auckland, Sharebroker .. .. 5
Walter Gray, Auckland, Clerk .. .. 19
George Howard Lavers, Auckland, Seed Merchant .. .. 579
Walter Newton Ellen, Komokoriki, Settler .. .. 94
John Buchanan, Auckland, Merchant .. .. 280
Thomas Henry Glover, Auckland, Clerk .. .. 38
John Howard Keep, Auckland, Merchant .. .. 94
Thomas George Gummer, Auckland, Ironmonger .. .. 280
Alfred Porter, Auckland, Ironmonger .. .. 94
George Frederick Such, Warkworth, Hotelkeeper .. .. 94
Thomas Foley, Auckland, Settler .. .. 691
Donald McGregor, Auckland, Hotelkeeper .. .. 1,689
Evan B. Frazer, Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 426
Thomas John Moore, Auckland, Settler .. .. 142
Patrick Sheehan, Auckland, Miner .. .. 327
Michael Dervan, Auckland, Hotelkeeper .. .. 80
Robert C. Greenwood, Auckland, Auctioneer .. .. 843
William Henry Cobley, Auckland, Settler .. .. 115
Hugh James Wickens, Auckland, Sharebroker .. .. 12
James Reid, Auckland, Stockbroker .. .. 14