June 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 767

Post Offices closed.

THE following list of post offices which have been closed in the colony is published for general information.
General Post Office, Wellington, 1st June, 1885.
JULIUS VOGEL,
Postmaster-General.

Land Transfer Act Notices.

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 on or before the 13th day of July next.
THOMAS BUDDLE and the REV. GEORGE BROWN.—Allotments 2, 3, and part of 1, 42, and 43 of Section 49 of the City of Auckland. Occupied by Applicants and another. 2369.

ALEXANDER GRANT CLOW.—Part of Allotment 97 of the Parish of Takapuna, containing 58 acres 2 roods. Part occupied by B. H. Clow. 2374.

ROBERT CHISENHALL HAMERTON, as PUBLIC TRUSTEE.—Middle portion of Allotment 61 and northern Portion of Allotment 71 of the Parish of Mangataniwha, containing 80 acres. Unoccupied. 2382.

MICHAEL RAFFERTY.—Allotment 11 of Section 38 of the Town of Onehunga. In Applicant's occupation. 2383.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 4th day of June, 1885, at the Lands Registry Office, Auckland.

THEO. KISSLING,
District Land Registrar.

297

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN EDWARD WELD, of Oxford, Gentleman, claiming as Devisee under the will of JOHN PAUL, late of Oxford, Chemist, deceased, has applied to be registered as Proprietor of part of Rural Section 1952, Oxford District, containing 2 roods, comprised in certificate of title, Vol. xvi., folio 31; and that he will be so registered unless a caveat forbidding the same be lodged within one month from date of Gazette containing this notice.
Dated this 6th day of June, 1885, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.

298

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 within one month from date of Gazette containing this notice.
5652. HORACE DANIEL PINE.—34 perches, part of Rural Section 136, Borough of St. Albans. Occupied by Applicant.

5653. HORACE DANIEL PINE.—33 perches, part of Rural Section 148, Borough of St. Albans. Unoccupied.

5654. RICHARD EVANS.—7 acres 3 roods 11 perches, part of Rural Section 374, Rangiora Survey District. Occupied partly by Joseph Turner and partly by Applicant.
      Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
      Dated this 6th day of June, 1885, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.

299

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 within one month from the date of the gazetting of this notice.
ANDREW AITKIN.—2 acres 2 roods, being part of Section 31, Block I., Hundred of Invercargill. Occupied by Applicant. No. 2188.

MARIA HART and Others.—100 acres, being Section 17, Block I., Hundred of Invercargill. Unoccupied. No. 2210.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 30th day of May, 1885, at the Lands Registry Office, Invercargill.

F. G. MORGAN,
District Land Registrar.

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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 within one month from date of the gazetting of this notice.
THOMAS WATSON, THOMAS MORELL MACDONALD, and GEORGE MACKIE WILLIAMSON.—1,264 acres 3 roods 36 perches, being Sections 2, Block XIV., 6, Block VIII., 14, Block III., 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, Block IX., Hundred of New River; Sections 10 and 11, Block IV., Hundred of Invercargill. Nos. 2196 to 2200. Also Section 6, Block II., 3 and 4, Block V., 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 20, and 21, Block VIII., 10 and 11, Block XVII., 1 and 2, Block XIX., 1, 2, 21, and 22, Block XXIX., and part of Section 5, Block II., Town of Invercargill. Nos. 2201 to 2209.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 30th day of May, 1885, at the Lands Registry Office, Invercargill.

F. G. MORGAN,
District Land Registrar.

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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 within one month from date of Gazette containing this notice.
5641. JOHN NEWTON COLERIDGE and ANNE ISABELLA COLERIDGE.—200 acres, Rural Sections 1152, 1985, and 2386, Christchurch District. Sections 1985 and 2386 occupied by Henry Vale, and Section 1152 by Henry Davis.

5660. THOMAS FISHER.—3 roods, Sections 385, 387, and 392, Town of Timaru. Unoccupied.

5661. THOMAS PLUMBRIDGE.—1 acre 1 rood 29 perches, part of Rural Section 76, Christchurch District. Occupied by Applicant.

5662. WILLIAM DE LACY CAMERON.—3 roods 27 perches, parts of Rural Sections 40 and 266, Borough of Lyttelton. Unoccupied.
      Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
      Dated this 22nd day of May, 1885, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.

307

Mining Notices.

STATEMENT of the Affairs of the Invincible Quartz-Mining Company (Limited), for the half-year ending the 30th May, 1885, in accordance with section 135 of “The Mining Companies Act, 1872.”
Name of company: The Invincible Quartz-Mining Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 8th September, 1880; 28th September, 1880.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Ballarat Street, Queenstown; Franz William Frederick Geisow.
Nominal capital: £21,000.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: £14,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 21,000.
Number of shares taken: 21,000.
Amount of calls made: 6s. per share on 7,000 contributing shares, and £390 11s. 8d. on 14,000 paid-up shares; total, £2,490 11s. 8d.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: Virtually £2,490 11s. 8d, and nominally £16,100.
Number of shareholders at time of registration: 7.
Amount of calls in hand: Nil.
Whether in operation or not: In operation.
Total amount of dividends declared: £2,975.
Number of shares unallotted: Nil.

FRANZ WILLIAM FREDERICK GEISOW,
Manager.

309

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the Manuka Flat 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 Manuka Flat Gold-Mining Company (Limited).