MAY 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 767

Private Advertisements.

NOTICE.

In the matter of a Bill intituled "An Act to create a Corporate Body to hold by way of Trust, and to control, use, manage, and deal with, certain Lands now or formerly owned by Persons of the Native Race upon the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, and to confer Powers upon such Corporate Body to accept Trusts of other similar Lands, and to receive such Powers as may be vested in it by the Governor in Council."

NOTICE is hereby given that Wiremu Pere, of Gisborne, M.H.R., aboriginal native chief, intends to present a petition to the General Assembly of New Zealand at the ensuing session thereof, praying for leave to introduce a Bill to be intituled "An Act to create a Corporate Body to hold by way of Trust, and to control, use, manage, and deal with, certain Lands now or formerly owned by Persons of the Native Race upon the East Coast of the North Island of New Zealand, and to confer Powers upon such Corporate Body to accept Trusts of other similar Lands, and to receive such Powers as may be vested in it by the Governor in Council."

The objects of the said Bill are to create a corporate body, to be called "The East Coast Native Land Committee," and to vest in that body all the lands now held in trust by Messrs. Carroll and Wiremu Pere, being the lands formerly owned by "The New Zealand Native Land Settlement Company (Limited)," and all the incomplete titles, claims, and demands formerly claimed by the said company, subject to all contracts or agreements now existing;

Also, other properties and lands now vested in Wiremu Pere, Wiremu Pere and Peka Kerekere, and William Henry Tucker, subject as aforesaid.

To give the said corporate body power to borrow upon debentures secured upon the said lands, for the purpose of paying mortgages now existing upon the said lands, and to improve and manage the same, and to enable the said corporate body to accept, hold, and manage any other lands which the Natives of the said East Coast, whether individually or collectively, may choose to assign to it in trust, and to enable the said corporate body to borrow moneys by debentures secured upon such lands, for the purpose of improving and managing the same.

Also, to enable the said corporate body to sell, lease, and mortgage any lands so vested in it by and with the consent of the beneficial owners, and to enable the Governor in Council to make and alter regulations for the proper conduct of the said corporate body and its dealings with such lands, and to confer upon it certain powers and authorities.

Also, to create a district to be called "The East Coast Native Land District," within which the said Act is to have operation.

Copies of the said Bill will be deposited at the office of the Examiner of Standing Orders on or before the commencement of the session, as provided by the Standing Orders.

Dated at Gisborne, this 9th day of May, 1895.

REES AND DAY,
Solicitors to the Bill, Gisborne.
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DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

THE Partnership now existing between the undersigned is this day dissolved by mutual consent.

JOSEPH PECKOVER.
JAMES SWAIN.

Witness — K. F. Reading, Christchurch, 11th May, 1894.
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In the matter of "The Foreign Companies Act, 1884," and of the China Traders' Insurance Company (Limited).

IN conformity with and for the purposes of section 7 of the above Act, notice is hereby given that the office or place of business of the China Traders' Insurance Company (Limited) in Wanganui is at the office of the United Farmers' Alliance (Limited), in Victoria Avenue, instead of in Taupo Quay as formerly.

JAMES WHITTALL,
Attorney for the China Traders' Insurance Company (Limited) for the Colony of New Zealand.
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NOTICE is hereby given that at an extraordinary meeting of the members of the Woodville Farmers' Co-operative Association (Limited), held at the office of the company, in the Borough of Woodville, on the 19th day of March, 1894, the following resolution was passed by a majority of three-fourths of the members of the said com-

pany then present: "That it has been proved to the satisfaction of the members of the Woodville Farmers' Co-operative Association (Limited) that the company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same."

Dated at Woodville, the 9th day of May, 1894.

J. M. STACPOOLE,
R. E. GRINLINTON, } Liquidators.
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NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.

THE following Works, published under the authority of the Government, are now on sale at the Stationery Department, Wellington, and will be transmitted post-free at the published price to any address in the colony, or to any place within a British possession:—

FOREST FLORA OF NEW ZEALAND. By T. KIRK, F.L.S. Numerous plates. Imp. folio, half morocco, 20s.; fcp. folio, cloth, 12s. 6d.

INTRODUCTORY CLASS-BOOK OF BOTANY FOR USE IN NEW ZEALAND SCHOOLS. By G. M. THOMPSON, F.R.S. Demy 8vo., cloth, 2s. 6d.; paper, 1s. 6d.

PHYLLOXERA AND OTHER DISEASES OF THE GRAPE-VINE. Correspondence and Extracts reprinted for public information. Demy 8vo. 1s.

TREATY OF WAITANGI, Authentic History of the Signing of the. By W. COLENSO. Demy 8vo. 1s.

POLYNESIAN MYTHOLOGY AND ANCIENT TRADITIONAL HISTORY OF THE NEW ZEALAND RACE. By Sir GEORGE GREY, K.C.B. 5s.

MINERS' GUIDE. By H. A. GORDON. Numerous plates. Royal 8vo., cloth. 5s.

THE GOLD-MINERS' GUIDE: A Handy Book of Mining Law. Compiled by VINCENT PYKE, Esq. In paper cover, 1s. 6d.; cloth, 2s.

MINING ACT, 1891. Together with Regulations made thereunder. Demy 4to. 3s. 6d.

REPORTS ON THE MINING INDUSTRY OF NEW ZEALAND, 1889, 1890, 1891, and 1892. Cloth, 3s. 6d. each. 1893. Cloth boards, 6s.

HANDBOOK OF NEW ZEALAND MINES. With Maps and Illustrations. Cloth, 5s.

MINING MACHINERY AND THE TREATMENT OF ORES in the Australian Colonies, 1889. Numerous Illustrations. Fcp. folio, cloth, 2s. 6d.

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MANUAL OF GRASSES AND FORAGE PLANTS USEFUL TO NEW ZEALAND. Part I. By THOMAS MACKAY. Numerous Plates. 5s.

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NEW ZEALAND'S LONE LANDS: Being Brief Notes of a Visit to the Outlying Islands of the Colony. By RO. CARRICK.

AORANGI; OR, THE HEART OF THE SOUTHERN ALPS, NEW ZEALAND. By MALCOLM ROSS, Vice-President, N.Z. Alpine Club.

A ROMANCE OF LAKE WAKATIPU (a Legend of the Lakes): Being Episodes of Early Goldfield Life in New Zealand; with Itinerant, Statistical, Historical, and other Notes. By RO. CARRICK.

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