1852
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No.

Bankruptcy Notices.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Taranaki, held at Hawera.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN BENNETT ATKINS and ARTHUR JAMES ATKINS, of Patea, carrying on business in copartnership under the style of “J. and A. Atkins,” Bakers, were this day adjudged bankrupts; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at the Court-house, Patea, on the 3rd day of December, 1895, at 2 o’clock.

C. A. BUDGE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Hawera, 21st November, 1895.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM MERCER, of Mitchelltown, Carpenter, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Tuesday, the 3rd day of December, 1895, at 11 o’clock.

JAMES ASHCROFT,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 27th November, 1895.

In Bankruptcy.

DIVIDENDS in the following estates upon all proved and acknowledged claims are now payable at my office:—

William Mailer, Bootmaker, first, 4s. in the pound.
Jessie Mouat, Storekeeper, first, 1s. in the pound.
Charles Corr, Boarding-house Keeper, first and final, 4½d. in the pound.
Andrew Howie McLuskie, Storekeeper, final, 3d. in the pound.

A. D. BAYFEILD,
Deputy Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Westland, held at Greymouth.

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance-sheets in respect of the under-mentioned estates, together with the report of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court; and I hereby further give notice that at the sitting of the said Court to be held on Monday, the 9th day of December, 1895, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates.

Dated this 22nd day of November, 1895.

Austin O’Loughlin, of Brunnerton, Blacksmith.
G. H. Lawson, of Greymouth, Sawmiller.
John Cain, of Greymouth, Carrier.

R. W. RUSSELL,
Deputy Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

Estate of WILLIAM JOHN GEORGE FORD, of Belfield, near Orari, Farmer.

A FIRST and final dividend, of 8s. 5d. per pound, on all accepted proved claims is now payable at my office, Arcade Chambers, Timaru.

ALEX. MONTGOMERY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Timaru, 15th November, 1895.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Timaru and Oamaru, held at Timaru.

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES SPAIN, of Timaru, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, at Arcade, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 26th day of November, 1895, at 12 o’clock.

ALEX. MONTGOMERY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Timaru, 20th November, 1895.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Dunedin.

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES MILLER, of Dunedin, Merchant, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on the 22nd day of November, 1895, at 2.30 o’clock.

C. C. GRAHAM,
Official Assignee.

Dunedin, 19th November, 1895.

Mining Notices.

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the Prospect Gold-mining Company as a no-liability company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Prospect Gold-mining Company (No Liability).
2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Kuaotunu.
3. The registered office of the company will be situated at 4, Hobson’s Buildings, Shortland Street, Auckland.
4. The value of the company’s property, including claim or lease ground and machinery, is four thousand pounds.
5. The number of shares in the company is eighty thousand, of three shillings each.
6. The number of shares subscribed for is eighty thousand.
7. The name of the Manager is John Hunter Harrison.
8. The names and addresses and occupations of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as below:—

No. of Shares.

Fitzgerald, John, Kuaotunu, Miner .. .. 6,000
Loram, George, Auckland, Settler .. .. 6,000
Abbott, John, Auckland, Financial Agent (in trust) 6,000
White, Thomas, Kuaotunu, Mine-manager .. 4,200
Thorne, David, Kuaotunu, Miner .. .. 3,200
Ritchie, Robert, Kuaotunu, Miner .. .. 3,200
Abbott, John, Auckland, Financial Agent .. .. 3,000
Girdler, Dr., Auckland, Medical Practitioner .. 3,000
Sullivan, Mrs. Mary, Kuaotunu, Domestic Duties .. 2,200
Thomson, James A., Kuaotunu, Storekeeper .. 2,100
Meikle, David, Kuaotunu, Storekeeper .. .. 2,100
Baume, F. E., Auckland, Solicitor .. .. 2,000
Chambers, John, Fort Street, Merchant .. .. 2,000
Niccol, Malcolm, Auckland, Shipping Agent .. 2,000
Gordon, Trevor, Auckland, Clerk .. .. 2,000
Myers, B. M., Auckland, Clerk .. .. 1,750
Myers, Arthur M., Auckland, Manager .. .. 1,750
Oakley, Harry C., Auckland, Clerk .. .. 1,500
Caughey, A. C., Auckland, Draper .. .. 1,500
McSheffrey, M., Kuaotunu, Contractor .. .. 1,500
Cooper, W. H., Auckland, Legal Manager.. .. 1,000
Robb, Henry, Auckland, Clerk .. .. 1,000
Kemp, Benjamin J. M., Parnell, Tailor .. .. 1,000
Atkin, Wm. H., Auckland, Coachbuilder .. .. 1,000
Greenwood, R. C., Auckland, Agent .. .. 1,000
Churton, Wm. H., Auckland, Legal Manager .. 1,000
Lyell, James A., Parnell, Gentleman .. .. 1,000
Gillies, C. E. S., Shortland Street, Solicitor .. 1,000
Pearse, Alfred, Auckland, Settler .. .. 1,000
Frater, Walter, jun., Auckland, Clerk .. .. 1,000
Aicken, James, Wanganui, Gentleman .. .. 1,000
Smith, William, Onehunga, Gentleman .. .. 1,000
Crowe, P., Hobson Street, Baker.. .. .. 1,000
White, E. J., Auckland, Legal Manager .. .. 1,000
Harrison, John Hunter, 48, Hobson Buildings, Legal Manager .. .. .. 1,000
Hooker, William, Auckland .. .. .. 1,000
Bodmin, W. W., Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 1,000
Bankart, A. S., Shortland Street, Accountant .. 1,000
Nathan, N. A., Shortland Street, Merchant .. 1,000
Wood, Thomas, Parnell, Gentleman .. .. 1,000
Ingles, Robert, Kuaotunu, Miner .. .. 1,000
Campbell, John, Kuaotunu, Mine-manager .. .. 500
Gilmour, Hugh, Newmarket, Draper .. .. 500
Battley, P., Auckland, Solicitor (in trust) .. .. 500
Von Stürmer, Spencer, Parnell, Gentleman .. .. 500

Total .. .. .. .. 80,000

Dated this 16th day of November, 1895.

JOHN HUNTER HARRISON,
Manager.

Witness to signature—C. V. Bedford.

I, John Hunter Harrison, 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.”

JOHN HUNTER HARRISON.

Taken before me, this 16th day of November, 1895—
H. Brett, J.P.

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