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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 48

Land Transfer Act Notices.

TRANSMISSION No. 446.—MARY ANN McLEAN,
Wife of DONALD McLEAN, of Wellington, Carpenter
(formerly MARY ANN DUTCH, Widow of JOHN DUTCH, late of
Wellington, Carpenter, deceased intestate), claiming as
Administratrix of the estate of the said John Dutch, has
applied to be registered as Proprietress of Sections 8 and 9,
Block V., Town of Kaitangata, Register-book, Vol. xi., folio
286. Applicant will be registered accordingly unless caveat
be lodged in this office within one calendar month from date
of the Gazette containing this notice.
Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin, this 10th
day of August, 1885.
H. TURTON,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the pro-
visions 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.
THOMAS MacGIBBON.—2 roods 38 perches, being parts
of Section 1, Block IV., District of Wyndham, used as a
public road. No. 2215.
THOMAS MORELL MACDONALD.—3 roods, being Sec-
tions 4, 5, and 6, Block IV., Town of Campbelltown. Un-
occupied. Nos. 2216, 2217, 2218.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 31st day of July, 1885, at the Lands Registry
Office, Invercargill.
F. G. MORGAN,
District Land Registrar.

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Mining Notices.

GOLDEN CROWN GOLD-MINING COMPANY
(LIMITED).

870 SHARES of the Golden Crown Gold-Mining Com-
pany (Limited) are hereby offered to the share-
holders of the above-named company, by tender, to be
addressed to the Chairman, at the office of the company,
Lambton Quay. Tenders to close on the 29th instant. The
highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.
By order of the Board.
W. McLEAN,
Manager.

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SUCCESS GOLD-MINING COMPANY (LIMITED).

A CALL (the seventh) of Sixpence per Share on the com-
pany's capital has this day been made by the directors,
payable at the company's office, 18, Shortland Street, Auck-
land, on Wednesday, the 12th day of August, 1885.
H. W. HEATH,
Manager.

3rd August, 1885.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSTRUCT A WATER-
RACE.

Glenkenich, 3rd August, 1885.
To the Commissioner of Crown Lands at Dunedin.
I HEREBY give notice that I intend to construct a Water-
race to divert and use water for mining purposes, com-
mencing at a point on the Pomahaka River (east bank) about
10 chains north of the north-western corner of Section 53,
Block XIII., Glenkenich District, and terminating at a point
about 2 chains north-east of the south-western corner of
Section 54, same block and district.
The length of such race is 55 chains or thereabouts,
and its intended course is south-westerly along the eastern
bank of the Pomahaka River, and distant at its farthest
distance from the said river about 2 or 3 chains.
The mean depth of such race is 3 feet, and the mean
breadth is 5 feet, and it is proposed to divert twenty Govern-
ment-heads of water.
JOHN PATTERSON,
Flourmiller, Tapanui.

Any person objecting to the granting of this application
must lodge his objection in writing at the Crown Lands
Office, Dunedin, within thirty clear days from the date
hereof.
Hearing at 11 o'clock a.m. on the 9th September, 1885.
J. P. MAITLAND,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.
Crown Lands Office,
Dunedin, 3rd August, 1885.

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To the Mining Registrar at Cromwell of the Otago Goldfields
Mining District, and to all other persons whom it may
concern.
TAKE notice that it is intended to construct a Water-
race and divert water for machinery and irrigation
purposes, commencing at a point in Crookburn or Eight-mile
Creek, Lower Haeua District, and terminating on the farm
of the applicant, situate in Block VII., Tarras District.
Length of race: Two miles or thereabouts.
Mean breadth: 1½ feet.
Mean depth: 1½ feet.
Quantity of water proposed to divert: Two Government-
heads.
Time required for construction: Already constructed.
Term for which license required: Fifteen years.
Dated at Cromwell, this 27th day of July, 1885.
DUNCAN MACKELLAR,
By his Agent, SPENCE H. TURTON.

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I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register
the Venus Extended 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 Venus Extended
   Gold-Mining Company (Limited).
2. The place of intended operations is at Murray Creek, in
   the County of Inangahua, in the Colony of New Zealand.
3. The registered office of the company will be situated at
   Bridge Street, Reefton, in the county and colony aforesaid.
4. The nominal capital of the company is twenty-four
   thousand pounds, in twenty-four thousand shares of one
   pound each, of which the sum of 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 name of the Manager is Thomas Lee.
7. The objects for which the company is established are—
   Firstly, the acquisition of the gold-mining area, coal-mine,
   tramways, water-rights, and other rights, and all other land,
   rights, or property, at present held or belonging to the Venus
   Gold-Mining Company (Limited); and, secondly, the carrying-
   on of gold-mining and coal-mining operations upon the said
   land or lands, or some parts thereof.
8. The names and addresses and occupations of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at this date,
   are as follow:—
   No. of
   Shares.
   J. Trennery, Reefton, Miner .. .. .. 2,800
   Morris Levy, Reefton, Mining Speculator .. .. 700
   Jacob McKenny, Reefton, Miner .. .. .. 4,000
   F. Thomas, Reefton, Miner .. .. .. 3,500
   Timothy McLaughlin, Reefton, Mining Speculator .. 1,800
   Patrick Brennan, Reefton, Auctioneer .. .. 1,300
   Matthew Byrne (by his Attorney, P. Brennan), Reef-
   ton, Mining Speculator .. .. .. 500
   John Ching, Reefton, Storekeeper .. .. 500
   Thomas Lee, Reefton, Sharebroker .. .. 500
   Charles Fraser (by his Executor, William Campbell),
   Reefton, Miner .. .. .. 1,000
   John Brown, Black's Point, Miner .. .. 650
   James Thomas, Black's Point, Miner .. .. 3,000
   D. P. Anderson, Reefton, Broker .. .. 2,000
   M. Bradbury, Reefton, Miner .. .. .. 500
   Kilgour and Perotti, Greymouth, Saw-millers .. 1,000
   Venus Extended Gold-Mining Company (Limited) .. 250
   24,000
   Dated this 28th day of July, 1885.
   THOMAS LEE,
   Manager.
   Witness to signature—Thomas H. Lee.

I, Thomas Lee, 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."
   THOMAS LEE.
   Taken before me, at Reefton, this 3rd day of August,
   1885—Patrick Brennan, J.P.

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STATEMENT of the Affairs of the Minerva Petroleum
Company (Limited), for the half-year ending the 30th
June, 1885, in accordance with section 135 of "The Mining
Companies Act, 1872."
Name of company: The Minerva Petroleum Company (No
Liability).
When formed, and date of registration: 23rd March, 1885.