NOTICE.—Notice is hereby given that the Mokihinui Coal Company (Limited) propose to construct a Railway under “The District Railways Act, 1877,” and amendments of the same, from a certain point upon the Mokihinui River-bank adjoining the company’s lease to a point on the western bank of the said river, and has caused the middle line and direction thereof to be set forth on a plan and described in a book of reference showing the lands required to be taken for the same and the owners and occupiers of such lands; and that copies of such plan and book of reference have been deposited for inspection at the County Office of the Buller County at Westport, and also at the Public Works Office in the City of Wellington, Colony of New Zealand.

Dated the 24th day of August, 1885.

EUGENE O’CONOR,

Chairman of Directors,

(for and on behalf of the Company.)

Private Advertisements.

In the matter of the voluntary winding-up of the Brunner Brick and Timber Company (Limited).

IT is hereby notified, under the provisions of section 192 of “The Companies Act, 1882,” that at an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Brunner Brick and Timber Company (Limited), duly convened, and held on the 23rd day of July, 1885, a resolution was duly passed for the voluntary winding-up of the said company, and such resolution was duly confirmed at an adjourned meeting of the shareholders of the said company, duly called for that purpose, and held on the 10th day of August, 1885.

E. T. ROBINSON,

Liquidator of the said Company.

Greymouth, 20th August, 1885.

“THE FOREIGN COMPANIES ACT, 1884.”

AUSTRALIAN MERCANTILE UNION INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED).

Head Office, Melbourne. Chief Office in New Zealand, Christchurch.

IN compliance with the provisions of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” notice is hereby given that the Australian Mercantile Union Insurance Company (Limited), having its head office in Melbourne, and now carrying on business in New Zealand, has its head office for the said colony in Cathedral Square, Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury, where legal proceedings may be served upon it, and to which notices may be addressed or given.

Messrs. Henry Thomson, William Strange, and John Frith Roberts, all of Christchurch, are the Attorneys for the above-named company.

Dated this 1st August, 1885.

J. McVEY BAIRD,

Manager for New Zealand.

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A RETURN

GIVING the Names, Addresses, and Occupations of Owners of Land within the Colony, together with the Area and Value in Counties, and the Value in Boroughs and Town Districts, compiled from the Assessment Rolls of the Property-Tax Department as at the 1st October, 1882.

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Now PUBLISHED,

CURNIN’S INDEX TO THE LAWS OF NEW ZEALAND. FIFTH EDITION.

Brought down to the Close of the Year 1884.

CONTENTS.

APPOINTMENTS—

Cemetery Trustees .. .. .. .. 1019
Draftsman .. .. .. .. 1020
Public Vaccinator .. .. .. .. 1020
Racecourse Trustees .. .. .. .. 1020
Rangers .. .. .. .. 1020
Registrar of Electors .. .. .. .. 1020

CONSTABULARY AND VOLUNTEERS .. .. 1020

GOLD FIELDS NOTICES .. .. .. .. 1023

LAND—

Middle Line of Railway defined .. .. 1013
Negotiations relinquished by Her Majesty in respect of Native Land .. .. .. .. 1018
Proclaiming the Taking and Laying-off of Roads .. 1009
Sales .. .. .. .. .. 1024
Set apart for Agricultural Leases .. .. 1012
Set apart for Village Settlements .. .. 1011
Set apart on Deferred Payments .. .. 1010
Taken for Railways .. .. .. .. 1013, 1014
Terms and Conditions of Sale of Village Settlements .. .. .. .. 1015
Vesting Reserves .. .. .. .. 1017, 1018
Withdrawn from Deferred-payment System .. 1009

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES .. .. .. 1026

MINING NOTICES .. .. .. .. 1027

MISCELLANEOUS—

Additional Regulations, Engineers’ Certificates .. 1021
Amended Regulation under “The Sale of Poisons Act, 1871” .. .. .. .. 1014
Applications for Patents .. .. .. .. 1022
Approving and appointing Bonding Warehouse .. 1021
Cemeteries closed .. .. .. .. 1014
Friendly Society registered .. .. .. .. 1023
New Zealand Government Life Insurance Association, Agency opened .. .. .. 1023
Notice to Mariners .. .. .. .. 1021
Particulars of Estates of Deceased Persons .. 1026
Railway Tariff, Alterations in .. .. .. 1022
Tenders .. .. .. .. .. 1022
Wharves Regulations .. .. .. .. 1015

NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES .. .. .. 1023

PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS .. .. .. 1029

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