Jan. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 65

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Auckland; James Mortimer Macdonald.
Nominal capital: £11,000.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 11,000.
Number of shares taken: 9,000.
Amount of calls made: £1,575.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £1,575.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 14.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Whether in operation or not: In operation.
Total amount of dividends declared: £1,125.
Number of shares unallotted: 2,000.

J. M. MACDONALD,
Manager.

Auckland, 3rd January, 1884.
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STATEMENT of the Affairs of the Duke of Wellington Gold-Mining Company (Limited), Terawhiti, to the 11th December, 1883, in accordance with section 135 of “The Mining Companies Act, 1872.”

Name of company: The Duke of Wellington Gold-Mining Company (Limited), Terawhiti.
When formed, and date of registration: 16th June, 1883; 26th June, 1883.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Lambton Quay; Robert Wilberfoss.
Nominal capital: £24,000.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 24,000.
Number of shares subscribed for: 20,000.
Amount of calls made: £416 13s. 4d.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £386 7s. 6d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Number of shareholders at registration: 17.
Whether in operation or not: In operation.
Amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Number of shares unallotted: 4,000.

ROBERT WILBERFOSS,
Manager.

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STATEMENT of the Affairs of the Poneke Gold-Mining Company (Limited), Terawhiti, for the half-year ending the 30th November, 1883, in accordance with section 135 of “The Mining Companies Act, 1872.”

Name of company: The Poneke Gold-Mining Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 11th July, 1883; 28th August, 1883.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Lambton Quay, Wellington; William Jonathan Tabor.
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: £100.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £89 3s. 4d.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 35.
Amount of cash in hand: £24 10s. 4d.
Whether in operation or not: Work suspended for the present.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Number of shares unallotted: Nil.

W. J. TABOR,
Manager.

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In the matter of “The Mining Companies Act, 1872.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the Office of the Southern Cross Petroleum Company (Limited) is situated at 5, Chancery Lane, in the City of Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury in New Zealand; and that the Name of the present Manager is WILLIAM HENRY HARVEY, whose address is 5, Chancery Lane, in the City of Christchurch aforesaid.

Dated at Christchurch, this 29th day of November, 1883.

W. H. SPACKMAN,
W. D. MEARS,
} Directors.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the Office of the Ngahauranga Gold-Mining Company (Limited) has been removed from Lambton Quay to Grey Street.

A. DE B. BRANDON, JUN.,
E. T. GILLON,
} Directors.

JOHN W. STEVENSON, Legal Manager.

Wellington, 10th January, 1884.
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Private Advertisements.

NOTICE.

To HENRY BURKE, formerly of Williamstown, in the County of Dublin, Ireland.

In the goods of James Burke, formerly of Williamstown, aforesaid, and afterwards of 191, Great Brunswick Street, in the City of Dublin, and late of Valetta, Strand Road, Merrion, in the County of Dublin, Esquire, Solicitor, deceased.

NOTICE is hereby given to the said HENRY BURKE (a son of said deceased), who left Williamstown aforesaid upwards of twenty years ago for Australia, and who has not since been heard of, that, should said Henry Burke apply in person to THOMAS BURKE, of Valetta, Strand Road, Merrion, in the County of Dublin, Esquire, the sole Executor named in the last will and testament of the said James Burke, who died on the 23rd day of February, 1883, at Valetta aforesaid, and to whom probate of said will was granted forth of the Principal Registry of the Probate and Matrimonial Division of the High Court of Justice in Ireland on the 21st day of March, 1883, the said Henry Burke will, upon such application, and establishing his identity, hear of something to his advantage; and in the event of said Henry Burke not returning to Ireland and establishing his identity within ten years from said 23rd day of February, 1883, he will forfeit all benefit he would otherwise be entitled to.

Dated this 3rd day of May, 1883.

THOMAS BURKE,
Sole Executor, Valetta, Strand Road, Merrion,
County of Dublin, Ireland.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership hitherto subsisting between the undersigned in the practice of Barristers and Solicitors in the City of Christchurch, New Zealand, under the firm of “Joynt and Perceval,” has been this day dissolved by the said WESTBY BROOK PERCEVAL retiring therefrom.

Dated this 31st day of December, 1883.

T. J. JOYNT.
W. B. PERCEVAL.

Witness—Frederick Fuller, Law Clerk, Christchurch. 11

NOTICE OF COPARTNERSHIP.

MR. W. B. PERCEVAL having retired from the firm of Joynt and Perceval, and Mr. W. ACTON ADAMS having been admitted a partner, the practice of the late firm will, from this date, be continued at the firm’s offices in Gloucester Street, Christchurch, New Zealand, by the undersigned as Barristers and Solicitors, under the style or firm of “Joynt and Acton Adams.”

Dated this 31st day of December, 1883.

T. J. JOYNT.
W. ACTON ADAMS.

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DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership hitherto existing between GEORGE GREIG SMITH and MELVILLE BABINGTON SMITH, both of Poparae, Poverty Bay, Sheepfarmers, carrying on business under the style of “Smith Brothers,” has this day been dissolved by mutual consent.

Dated this 3rd day of January, 1884.

MELVILLE BABINGTON SMITH.
GEORGE GREIG SMITH.

Witness—Fredk. J. Shelton, Merchant, Gisborne. 25

I, JAMES MACPHERSON, of Waikiwi, near Invercargill, Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery of the University of Edinburgh, hereby give notice that I intend to apply, on the 24th day of January, 1884, to have my name added to the list of registered medical practitioners of the Colony of New Zealand; and that I have deposited my diplomas with Mr. A. C. Henderson, Registrar of Births, &c., at Invercargill, for inspection.

JAMES MACPHERSON.

Mosgiel, 16th December, 1883. 17

MACKENZIE COUNTY.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” it is hereby publicly notified that the Mackenzie County Council require the land described hereunder for the purpose of a public road. A plan and description of the same will be open for public inspection at the Council’s Office, Burke’s Pass, at all reasonable hours for a period of forty days from date hereof.

All persons affected by the taking of said land are hereby called upon to set forth in writing any well-grounded objec-