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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

Number of shareholders at time of registration of com-
pany: 35.
Present number of shareholders: 35.
Number of men employed by the company: 25.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during the
preceding year: 109oz. 16dwt.; £243 12s. 5d.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since
registration: 109oz. 16dwt.; £243 12s. 5d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations
during the preceding year: £1,079 11s. 9d.
Total expenditure since registration £1,079 11s. 9d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker's: £1 1s. 6d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: £23 19s. 2d.
Amount of debts considered good: £23 19s. 2d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company: £357 14s. 10d.

I, Henry Gilfillan, jun., of Auckland, the Attorney of the
Great Mercury Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly
and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete state-
ment of the affairs of the said company at the 31st day of
December, 1894; and I make this solemn declaration con-
scientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of
"The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."
H. GILFILLAN, Jun.
Declared at Auckland, this 16th day of March, 1895,
before me—H. M. Shepherd, J.P.

In the matter of "The Companies Act, 1882," and in the
matter of the Mokau Coal Company (Limited).
A T an extraordinary general meeting of the above-named
company duly convened and held at the company's
office, at New Plymouth, on Monday, the 4th day of
February, 1895, the following special resolution was duly
passed; and at a subsequent extraordinary general meeting
of the members of the said company, also duly convened and
held at the same place on Wednesday, the 20th day of
February, 1895, the said resolution was duly confirmed, such
resolution being as follows, viz.: "That the company be
wound up voluntarily under the provisions of 'The Com-
panies Act, 1882.'"
Dated at New Plymouth this 22nd day of February, 1895.
E. M. SMITH,
Chairman.
Messrs. P. C. Morton and F. W. Richmond, both of New
Plymouth, have been appointed Liquidators.

WEALTH OF NATIONS GOLD-MINING COMPANY
(NO LIABILITY).

N OTICE is hereby given that the registered office of the
above company is situated at Nos. 40 and 41, New
Zealand Insurance Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland; and
also that Mr. HENRY GILFILLAN, Jun., has been appointed
Manager of the above company.
ALFRED KIDD, Directors.
J. RUSSELL,
Auckland, 15th March, 1895.

Private Advertisements.

In the matter of the Mount Hobson Hall Company
(Limited).
N OTICE is hereby given that, at an extraordinary gene-
ral meeting of the above-named company, held at the
registered office of the company, in Fort Street, Auckland,
on Tuesday, the 12th day of March, 1895, the following ex-
traordinary resolutions were passed:—

1. That it has been proved to the satisfaction of the com-
   pany that the company cannot, by reason of its liabilities,
   continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the
   same; and accordingly that the company be wound up
   voluntarily, under the provisions of "The Companies Act,
   1882."
2. That Franz Scherff, of Auckland, be and he is hereby
   appointed Liquidator for the purposes of the winding-up of
   this company.
   Dated this 13th day of March, 1895.
   WALTER JAMES HILL,
   Chairman.

"FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT, 1882."—CANCELLING
OF REGISTRY.

Friendly Societies' Registry Office,
Wellington, 20th March, 1895.
N OTICE is hereby given that the Registrar of Friendly
Societies has, pursuant to section 10 of "The Friendly

Societies Act, 1882," by writing under his hand dated this
20th day of March, 1895, cancelled the registry of the
Manukau Lodge, Register No. 146 (45), held at Manukau,
branch of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows of New
Zealand, on the ground that the said branch has ceased to
exist.
EDMUND MASON,
Registrar.

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In the matter of "The Foreign Companies Act, 1884," and
of the Singer Manufacturing Company.
N OTICE is hereby given that the office or place of busi-
ness of the above company, in the Town of Nelson,
has been removed from Trafalgar Street to Nile Street West
in the said town.
Dated this 14th day of March, 1895.
The Singer Manufacturing Company,
S. ROBINSON,
Attorney.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
WELLINGTON DISTRICT.

In the matter of "The Companies Act, 1882," and its
amendments, and in the matter of the Pohokura Land
Company (Limited).
N OTICE is hereby given that a petition for the winding-
up of the above-named company by the Supreme
Court was, on the 20th day of March, 1895, presented to Sir
James Prendergast, Knight, Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court, by Edward Noel Barraud and Lionel Augustus
Abraham, both of Palmerston North, merchants, creditors
of the said company. And the said petition is directed to be
heard before a Judge of the said Court at the Supreme Court
House, at Wellington, on the 2nd day of April, 1895, and
any creditor or contributory of the said company desirous to
oppose the making of an order for the winding-up of the said
company under the above Acts should appear at the time of
hearing, by himself or his counsel, for that purpose. And a
copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or con-
tributory of the said company requiring the same by the
undersigned on payment of the regulated charge for the
same.
Dated this 20th day of March, 1895.
BAKER AND COOKE, Solicitors for the petitioning creditors,
the Square, Palmerston North.

CONTENTS.

APPOINTMENTS .. .. .. .. .. 528
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES .. .. .. .. 542
CROWN LANDS NOTICES .. .. .. .. 534
LAND—
Amending Description of Reserve 2983, Canterbury 528
Notice of Intention to take, for Railway Purposes 533
Notice of the Laying-off of a Road .. .. 533
Permanently reserved .. .. .. 527
Proclaiming a Road through .. .. .. 524
Set apart for Village Settlements .. .. 523, 524
Taken for a School .. .. .. .. 522
Taken for a Road .. .. .. .. 523
Taken for a Gravel-pit.. .. .. .. 523
Temporarily reserved .. .. .. 526, 528
LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES .. .. .. 543
MINING NOTICES .. .. .. .. 544
MISCELLANEOUS—
Approving and appointing a Bonding Warehouse.. 531
Auckland University Council subject to Section 11
of "The Public Powers Act, 1887" .. .. 524
Designs invited for new issue of Postage and Reve-
nue Stamps .. .. .. .. 534
Districts constituted under the Marriage Act .. 521
Districts constituted under the Births and Deaths
Act.. .. .. .. .. .. 522
Justices of the Peace resigned .. .. .. 529
Licensing Vehicles .. .. .. .. 529
Napier Borough Council subject to certain provisions of "The Public Bodies' Powers Act, 1887" 524
Notice under "The Public Trust Office Consolida-
tion Act, 1894" .. .. .. .. 534
Notices to Mariners .. .. .. .. 531
Proposed Loans .. .. .. .. 530
Revocation of Appointment of Bonding Warehouse 531
Shooting Season .. .. .. .. 525
Special Orders .. .. .. .. 530
Special Claim cancelled .. .. .. 531
Vaccination Districts constituted .. .. 524
NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES .. .. .. 537
PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS.. .. .. .. 546
VOLUNTEERS .. .. .. .. .. 532
By Authority: SAMUEL COSTALL, Govt. Printer, Wellington.