APRIL 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 497

Land Transfer Act Notices.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the provi-
sions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be
lodged forbidding the same in each case on or before the 17th
day of May next.
FREDERICK HANNKEN.—Allotments 19, 20, and part
of 21 of Section 42 of the City of Auckland, containg 1 acre
14·4 perches. In Applicant’s occupation. 2529.
ELIZABETH BARTLEY.—Allotment 22, part of Allot-
ment 21 of Section 42 of the City of Auckland, containing
1 rood 14·5 perches. 2528.
JOHN GORDON.—Allotment 198 of the Parish of
Waioeka, containing 50 acres. In Applicant’s occupation.
2533.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 8th day of April, 1886, at the Lands Registry
Office, Auckland.

THEO. KISSLING,
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, 1885,” unless caveat
be lodged forbidding the same within one month from the
date of the Gazette containing this notice.
5776. THOMAS HANNA.—72 acres 3 roods 35 perches,
Rural Sections 3737 and 5913, Rangiora Survey District.
Occupied by Applicant.
5821. THOMAS McCREADY.—11 perches, parts of Sec-
tion 151, City of Christchurch. Occupied by Applicant.
5826. CALEB WHITEFOORD and MICHAEL LYN-
SKEY.—150 acres, part of Rural Section 6592, Rangiora
Survey District. Occupied by Applicants.
5827. WILLIAM BRIGHTMORE.—1 rood, part of Rural
Section 26, Town District of Linwood. Occupied by Appli-
cant.
5828. JACOB WADE.—50 acres, Rural Section 6971,
Rangiora Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.
5829. ROBERT DEANE.—20 acres, Rural Section 2356,
Kowai Survey District. Occupied partly by Arthur E. G.
Rae and partly by Georgina Brown.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 10th day of April, 1886, at the Lands Re-
gistry Office, Christchurch.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land herein-
after described will be brought under the provisions
of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat forbidding
the same be lodged at this office within one calendar month
from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.
Applicants: DAVID PEAT, of Wanganui, Farmer, and
GEORGE MITCHELL, of Goat Island, Farmer. Area: 60
acres 1 rood 3 perches. Description: Section No. 392, Patea
District. Occupied by Thomas Foreman.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 12th day of April, 1886, at the Lands Re-
gistry Office, New Plymouth.

W. STUART,
District Land Registrar.

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Mining Notices.

Wakatipu District, 25th March, 1886.
To the Mining Registrar at Arrowtown of the Wakatipu
Mining District, and all other persons whom it may con-
cern.
TAKE notice that it is intended to construct a Water-
race commencing in a point at Butler’s Creek, Card-
rona Creek, taking in three small tributaries and swamp
drainage, and terminating at our mineral-lease area, near
the Cardrona Creek.
The length of such race is one mile or thereabouts, and its
intended course is east and west; and we estimate that
ninety days will be required for its construction.
The mean depth of such race is 2 feet.
The mean breadth is 2 feet.
It is proposed to divert four Government-heads of water.
ROBERT McDOUGALL, Sen., of Pembroke,
ROBERT McDOUGALL, Jun., of Cardrona,
(By their Agent, HENRY B. SMITH.)

Any person objecting to the granting of this application
must lodge his objection in writing at the Warden’s Office at
Arrowtown within fourteen clear days from the date hereof.
Hearing at 11 o’clock on the 12th day of May, 1886.

H. NELSON FIRTH,
Mining Registrar.

Arrowtown, 25th March, 1886. 172

To the Warden at Cromwell of the Otago Goldfields Mining
District, and all other persons whom it may concern.
TAKE notice that it is intended to construct a Water-
race and divert water for all or any of the purposes
mentioned in section 31 of “The Mines Act, 1877,” com-
mencing in the Cardrona River, about one and a half miles
above its junction with the Clutha River, and terminating at
the Clutha River, at Albert Station freehold.
The length of such race is one and a quarter miles or
thereabouts, and its intended course is north-north-east.
The time required for its construction is one month, and the
right is asked for fifteen years. The mean depth of such race
is 1 foot 6 inches, and the mean breadth is 2 feet 6 inches,
and it is proposed to divert four Government-heads of water.
Dated at Pembroke, this 22nd day of March, 1886.

ROBERT STEWART,
(By his Solicitor, F. J. WILSON.)

Any person objecting to the granting of this application
must lodge his objection in writing at the Warden’s Office
at Cromwell within thirty days from the date hereof. Hear-
ing at 11 o’clock on the first Court-day in May, 1886.
Received at the Warden’s Office, Cromwell, 23rd March,
1886, at 10.30 a.m.

S. MEAD DALGLEISH,
Mining Registrar.

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OREPUKI COAL AND SHALE COMPANY (LIMITED).

INCREASE OF CAPITAL.

I, the undersigned, Manager, hereby give notice that an
increase in the capital of the above-named company
was, on the 5th day of April, resolved on.
The mode adopted for the increase is by issuing 30,000
new shares of one shilling and sixpence each, in addition to
the 30,000 shares now existing in the company.
The said new shares to be preference shares, to bear interest
at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum as a first charge from
the profits on working. Shares to be called up in calls of
not more than twopence per share, and at intervals of not
less than one month between each call. In case it should be
found necessary to wind up the company, the amount sub-
scribed on new shares to be a first charge, with the addition
of 8 per cent. interest per annum from the date of sub-
scription.
The shares to be open for application to the present share-
holders, and, should the number applied for be more than
30,000, to be allotted pro rata according to the number of
shares at present held by the shareholders applying. If the
number applied for be less, then the balance shall be open
to the public after the fourteen days required by clause 45 of
“The Mining Companies Act, 1872.”

WILLIAM TODD,
Manager of the above-named Company.
B. EKENSTEEN,
JOHN KINGSLAND,
Directors of the above-named Company.

1. I, William Todd, of Invercargill, do solemnly and sin-
   cerely declare that the foregoing is, to the best of my know-
   ledge and belief, true in every particular.
2. I am the manager of the above-named company.
3. Bernard Ekensteen and John Kingsland, whose signa-
   tures are affixed to the said statement, are directors of the
   above company. And I make this solemn declaration con-
   scientiously 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.”

WILLIAM TODD.

Taken before me—M. Instone, J.P.
7th April, 1886. 190

Private Advertisements.

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

THE Partnership hitherto existing between ALFRED
Gower and WILLIAM MAY, Bakers, Woodville, trading
under the style of “Gower and May,” has this day been dis-
solved by mutual consent. Accounts owing to the said firm
must be paid to William May, and all moneys owing by the
said firm will be discharged by A. Gower, who will in future
carry on the business in connection with the Butchery.
Witness our hands, this 1st day of April, 1886.
Woodville, 1st April, 1886.

A. GOWER.
WILLIAM MAY.

Witness—W. Lewis, Storekeeper, Woodville. 193