Nov. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1461

writing shall have been left with the Clerk of the Court, and a copy served upon the plaintiff or left at his place of abode twenty-four hours at least before the day appointed for hearing the cause; and, if a set-off be claimed, a full statement of the particulars of such claim must be annexed to such notice and to the copy thereof.

PARTICULARS ABOVE REFERRED TO.

1883. 16 Aug. To 1 No. 3 adze, 5s. 6d.; 2 handles, 3s. 0 8 6
      1 American axe, 6s. 6d.; 1 hatchet, 7s. 6d. 0 14 0
      1 auger, 5s. 3d.; 1 saw, 6s. 6d. 0 11 9
      1 cross-cut saw 0 16 6
      2 maul-rings (5lb., at 6d.) 0 2 6
      1 set wedges (21½lb.. at 6d.) 0 10 9
      1 spalling-hammer (7½lb., at 9d.) 0 5 8
      1 sledge-hammer (6lb., at 7d.) 0 3 6
      1 shovel, 5s. 6d.; 1 dozen handles, 13s. 6d. 0 19 0
      2 hammer-handles, at 1s. 0 2 0
      1 squaring-axe, 16s. 6d.; 1 smiths’ hammer, 3s. 0 19 6
      2 D.H.R.P. shovels, at 5s. 6d. 0 11 0
      1 set grindstone-fittings 0 3 0
      2 7in. H1 saw-files, at 1s. 3d. 0 2 6
      2 5in. H1 saw-files, at 8d. 0 1 4
      6 driving-picks, at 3s. 6d. 1 1 0
      10lb. dynamite, at 2s. 9d. 1 7 6
      6 coils fuse, at 1s. 0 6 0
      1 box dynamite caps 0 6 6
      1 16in. grindstone 0 8 0
      1 bar ⅜in. round iron (13lb., at 14s.) 0 1 8
      1 bar shear-steel (12lb., at 8½d.) 0 8 6
      1 bar lin. oct. steel (24lb., at 7d.) 0 14 0
      1 portable forge 4 10 0
      27 Aug. 1 gold-dish 0 3 6
      29 Aug. 1 anvil (1cwt. 1qr. 22lb., at 40s.) 2 18 2
      7 Sept. 1 wheelbarrow 1 7 6
      10 Sept. 12 sheets 6ft. corrugated iron (1cwt., at 23s.) 1 3 0
      12ft. ridging, at 5d. 0 5 0
      £21 11 10

1884. Cr.
      15 Sept. By Cash on account.. .. £1 7 6
      21 Dec. Cash on account.. .. 16 16 4 18 3 10
      £3 8 0

1885. 15 Sept. To Interest .. .. .. 0 10 0
      £3 18 0

619

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the North Venus Quartz-mining Company (Limited) as a Limited Company, under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1886.”

1. The name of the company is to be the North Venus Quartz-mining Company (Limited).

2. The place of intended operations is at Murray Creek, 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, ten shillings per share being 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 number of paid-up shares is nil.

7. The amount already paid up is nil.

8. The name of the Manager is Thomas Hubert Lee.

9. The names and addresses and occupations of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follow:—

No. of Shares.
James Martin, Black’s Point, Miner .. .. 1,000
Jacob McKenney, Murray Creek, Miner .. .. 6,750
Reuben Hambly, Black’s Point, Miner .. .. 500
Stephen Hill, Black’s Point, Miner .. .. 500
John Oats Hocking, Reefton, Miner .. .. 250
James Knight, Black’s Point, Miner .. .. 250
Thomas Crumpton, Reefton, Blacksmith .. .. 250
Samuel Blight, Black’s Point, Miner .. .. 250
Charles Hunt, Reefton, Miner .. .. 250
Henry Bartlett, Reefton, Carpenter .. .. 500
William Sloane, Black’s Point, Bushman .. .. 250
Joseph Coomb, Reefton, Bushman .. .. 250
Thomas Penniall, Reefton, Labourer .. .. 5,750

Thomas Allen, Black’s Point, Miner .. .. 500
F. Thomas, Reefton, Miner .. .. 3,000
Thomas H. Lee, Reefton, Clerk .. .. 750
John Trennery, Reefton, Mine-owner .. .. 3,000
24,000

Dated this 27th day of October, 1886.

THOMAS H. LEE;
Manager.

Witness to signature—Thomas Lee.

I, Thomas Hubert 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 H. LEE.

Taken before me, at Reefton, this 27th day of October, 1886—John B. Beeche, J.P.
620

Private Advertisements.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND, AUCKLAND DISTRICT.

In the matter of “The Mining Companies Act, 1886,” and in the matter of the Southern Cross Petroleum Company (Limited), carrying on business at 5, Chancery Lane, in the City of Christchurch.

NOTICE is hereby given that JULIAN REGINALD HART, of Christchurch, Accountant, has been appointed Temporary Manager of the said company, in the place of William Henry Harvey, absent through sickness.

Dated 26th October, 1886.

FRED. W. WILLIAMS,
Chairman.
609

PHARMACY BOARD OF NEW ZEALAND.

IN accordance with the regulations for the conduct of elections of Members of the Pharmacy Board of New Zealand, it is hereby notified that the following registered Pharmaceutical Chemists have been duly nominated to serve as Members of the Pharmacy Board of New Zealand; and I hereby declare the said persons to be duly elected as Members of the said Board, to hold office from the 1st January, 1877:—

GEORGE BONNINGTON, of Christchurch.
GEORGE MEE, of Wellington.
JAMES ALEXANDER POND, of Auckland.
JOHN VALENTINE ROSS, of Christchurch.
EMIL CHRISTIAN SKOG, of Christchurch.
THOMAS MERRETT WILKINSON, of Dunedin.
CHARLES JAMES WILSON, of Christchurch.

H. N. GARLAND,
Registrar.

Auckland, 2nd November, 1886.
610

WE, the undersigned, EDWARD WILLIAM KNOWLES, of Napier, in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, Merchant, and MATTHEW ROBERTSON MILLER, of the same place, Stock and Station Agent, heretofore carrying on business together in copartnership as Fellmongers and Woolscourers, under the style or firm of “Knowles and Co.,” at Hikutoto, in the said Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, have this day mutually agreed to dissolve partnership.

Mr. MATTHEW ROBERTSON MILLER is hereby authorized to receive and pay all debts owing to or by the said firm.

As witness our hands this second day of November, 1886.

E. W. KNOWLES.
M. R. MILLER.

Witness—G. F. Morley, Law Clerk, Napier.
615

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