Oct. 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1691

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month from date of Gazette containing this notice.

7929. ELLEN SLATER.—33¾ perches, part of Rural Section 206, Borough of St. Albans. Occupied by Alexander Davidson.

7930. ROSINA WILLIAMS.—1 acre, part of Rural Section 76, Christchurch Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.

7931. GEORGE FREDERIC CLULEE.—1 rood 39 perches, Lot 1, Plan 557, part of Rural Section 7457, Arowhenua Survey District. Occupied by Charles Brader.

7932. ALFRED LEE.—2 roods, part of Rural Section 1890, Oxford Survey District, with right-of-way over other part. Occupied by Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 3rd day of October, 1896, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.

1054

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one calendar month from the date of the gazetting of this notice.

THOMAS MORELL MACDONALD and HERBERT ALEXANDER MACDONALD.—401 acres 2 roods 20 perches, being Section 9, Block I., Oteramika Hundred, and Sections 21 and 63, Block VIII., Invercargill Hundred. Unoccupied. Nos. 2629 and 2630.

SOPHIA BARR.—1 rood, being Section 14, Block LIV., Town of Invercargill. Occupied by Margaret Grace Preston. No. 2643.

THE SCOTTISH AND NEW ZEALAND INVESTMENT COMPANY (LIMITED).—109 acres 1 rood 24 perches, being Sections 54 and 55, Block II., Invercargill Hundred. Occupied by James Crombie. No. 2646.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 30th day of September, 1896, at the Lands Registry Office, Invercargill.

F. G. MORGAN,
District Land Registrar.

1056

Private Advertisements.

PURSUANT to an order of the High Court of Justice in England (Chancery Division) made in the matter of the Estate of Bladen Leach, deceased, and in an action Leach against Godlee (1896, L No. 1129), the CREDITORS of BLADEN LEACH, late of Invercargill, in the Provincial District of Otago, in the Colony of New Zealand, settler, deceased, and formerly of Carmarthen, South Wales, in the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, who died in or about the month of May, 1889, are, as to any such creditors in Great Britain and Ireland, on or before the 1st day of November, 1896, to send by post, prepaid, to Theodore Godlee, Esq., of the firm of Mackrell, Maton, Godlee, and Quincey, of 21, Cannon Street, in the City of London, the solicitors of the defendant, the administrator of the estate of the deceased, and as to any such creditors in New Zealand, are, on or before the 12th day of December, 1896, to send by prepaid post to the Public Trustee of New Zealand, Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand, their Christian and surnames, addresses, and descriptions, the full particulars of their claims, a statement of their accounts, and the nature of the securities (if any) held by them; or in default thereof they will be peremptorily excluded from the benefit of the said order.

Every creditor holding any security is to produce the same before Mr. Justice Chitty, at his chambers, situated in the Royal Courts of Justice, Strand, Middlesex, England, on Friday, the 12th day of February, 1897, at 12 o’clock at noon, being the time appointed for adjudicating on the claims.

Dated this 12th day of August, 1896.

NORRIS, ALLENS, AND CHAPMAN,
20, Bedford Row,
London, W.C.,
Agents for Robert Lock,
of Tenby, South Wales,
Plaintiff’s Solicitors.

1064

IN THE MATTER OF THE CLUTHA FARMERS’ CO-OPERATIVE ASSOCIATION (LIMITED).

AT an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the above-named company, duly convened, and held at the Gymnasium, in Balclutha, on the 2nd day of October, 1896, the following extraordinary resolution was duly passed:—

“That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this meeting 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,’ and the amendments thereof.”

And at the same meeting

John Gow, of Balclutha, Accountant, and
Thomas Alexander Johnston, of Balclutha, Farmer,

were appointed Liquidators for the purposes of such winding-up.

Dated this 3rd day of October, 1896.

WM. DALLAS,
Chairman.

Witness to the signature of the said William Dallas—
Danl. Stewart, Solicitor, Balclutha.

1063

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND, WESTLAND DISTRICT.

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882”; and in the matter of the Karamea Shipping Company (Limited), a company duly incorporated under the above-mentioned Act, and carrying on business at Karamea, in New Zealand.

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the winding-up of the above-named company, subject to the supervision of the Supreme Court, was, on the 2nd day of October, 1896, presented to Mr. Justice Denniston, a Judge of the Supreme Court, by Samuel Riley and William Struthers, creditors of the said company. And the said petition is directed to be heard at Christchurch, before a Judge of the said Court, on the 27th day of October, 1896; 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 Act 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 contributory of the said company requiring the same by the undersigned on payment of the regulated charge for the same.

FREE AND COTTRELL,
Solicitors for the Petitioners, Westport.

1065

NELSON SAVINGS-BANK.

NOTICE is hereby given that the rate of interest upon deposits with this bank will be reduced to three and one-half per centum on and after the 1st day of January, 1897.

Dated at Nelson, this 11th day of September, 1896.

H. EDWARDS,
Vice-President.

976

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