JULY 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1183

Whether in operation or not: Not working at present.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Number of shares unallotted: Nil.
GEORGE WILLIAM MOSS,
Manager.
8th July, 1884. 436

STATEMENT of the Affairs of the Golden Ridge Quartz-Mining Company (Limited), for the half-year ending the 30th June, 1884, in accordance with section 135 of “The Mining Companies Act, 1872.”

Name of company: The Golden Ridge Quartz-Mining Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 21st December, 1874.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Collingwood; John Edward Fletcher.
Nominal capital: £15,000.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: £11,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 15,000.
Number of shares taken: 15,000.
Amount of calls made: £1,900.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £1,838.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 10.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Whether in operation or not: In operation.
Total amount of dividends declared: £5,075.
Number of shares unallotted: Nil.
JOHN E. FLETCHER,
Manager.
Collingwood, 14th July, 1884. 444

Private Advertisements.

NOTICE is hereby given that I, the undersigned, WILLIAM BUCHANAN, of Woodfield, in the County of Southland, in New Zealand, Engineer, have changed my name to WILLIAM DAVID BUCHANAN; and that I have taken and assumed, and intend henceforth from time to time, and at all times hereafter, to be known by, the name of William David Buchanan, instead and in lieu of the name of William Buchanan, which I have heretofore borne.
As witness my hand this 21st day of June, 1884.
WILLIAM DAVID BUCHANAN.
Witness—Charles Rout, Land and Estate Agent. 440

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership hitherto subsisting between us, the undersigned, JAMES MCKNIGHT and ROBERT RUTHERFORD DOUGLAS, trading as Engineers at Napier, under the name or firm of “McKnight and Douglas,” has been this day dissolved by mutual consent, and that the business will in future be carried on by the said James McKnight alone, who will receive and pay all debts due to and owing by the said firm.
Dated this 11th day of July, 1884.
JAMES MCKNIGHT.
R. R. DOUGLAS.
Witness to both signatures—Thos. Hughes, Clerk to A. C. Dewes, Solicitor, Napier. 441

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CONTENTS.

APPOINTMENTS—
Resident Magistrate .. .. .. 1168
Substitute Returning Officer .. .. .. 1168

GOLD FIELDS NOTICES .. .. .. 1171

LAND—
Sales .. .. .. 1172
Taken for Railways .. .. .. 1161
Taken for Roads .. .. .. 1163

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES .. .. .. 1173

MINING NOTICES .. .. .. 1182

MISCELLANEOUS—
Applications for Patents .. .. .. 1170
Applications for Registration of Trade Marks .. 1168
Certificate of Execution .. .. .. 1169
Customs Revenue Return .. .. .. 1179
Erratum .. .. .. 1161
Money-Order and Savings-Bank Transactions .. 1181
Notices to Mariners .. .. .. 1169
Officiating Ministers .. .. .. 1170
Post Office Revenue Return .. .. .. 1180
Proposed Addition to Borough.. .. .. 1168
Railway Traffic Returns .. .. .. 1174

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES .. .. .. 1170

PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS .. .. .. 1183

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