Feb. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 423

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Sceptre 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 Sceptre Gold-mining Company (No Liability).

2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Wharekeraupunga.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Bank of New Zealand Chambers, Auckland.

4. The value of the company’s property, including claim or lease ground and machinery, is five thousand pounds.

5. The number of shares in the company is one hundred thousand, of one shilling each.

6. The number of shares subscribed for is seventy-five thousand.

7. The name of the Manager is George Charles Waudby Morris.

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.
Styak, W. S., Thames, Sharebroker .. .. 5,000
Hodge, Captain F., Coromandel, Mining Engineer .. 4,000
Clendon, E., Thames, Solicitor .. .. .. 2,000
Robinson, J. R., Waitekauri, Mine-manager .. 2,000
Mailer, William, Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 4,000
O’Toole, Thomas D., Auckland, Mining Agent .. 4,000
Ralph, J. G., Auckland, Mining Agent .. .. 5,000
Cooke, H. R., Auckland, Agent .. .. .. 750
Hodge, Captain F., Coromandel, Mining Engineer .. 1,000
Brewer, T. E., Auckland, N.S.S. Co., Engineer .. 1,000
Armstrong, M. W., Whangarei, Settler .. .. 1,000
Holman, H. R., Whangarei, Contractor .. .. 500
Thornes, J., Auckland, Land Agent .. .. 1,000
Keesing, R., Auckland, Settler .. .. .. 1,000
Aickin, G., Auckland, Chemist .. .. .. 1,000
Stevenson, Captain, Auckland, N.S.S. Co., Mariner 1,000
Speer, R. C., Ponsonby, Agent .. .. .. 1,000
Robinson, W. C., Tokaanu, Sheep-farmer .. .. 1,000
Kerr, G., Whangarei, Mine-manager .. .. 250
Drummond, T. L., Whangarei, Ironmonger .. .. 250
Coulthard, J., Devonport, Miller .. .. .. 1,000
Sibbald, W., Auckland, Customs Officer .. .. 1,000
Steadman, T., Auckland, Seedsman .. .. 1,000
Cooper, W. H., Auckland, Mining Agent .. .. 1,000
Cahill, T. F., Auckland, Agent .. .. .. 1,250
Smith, P. J. L., Auckland, Agent .. .. .. 1,000
Dalton, C. H., Auckland, Housewife .. .. 1,000
Morris, P. B., Auckland, Sharebroker .. .. 1,000
Buddle, T., Auckland, Solicitor .. .. .. 1,000
Heron, J., Auckland, Contractor .. .. .. 1,000
Harrison, J. H., Auckland, Mining Agent .. .. 1,000
Bain, W. A. M., Whangarei, Bank-manager .. .. 500
Lupton, R., Whangarei, Journalist .. .. .. 250
Smith, J. C., Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 500
Kronfeld, G., Auckland, Agent .. .. .. 500
Walton, E., Devonport, Domestic Duties .. .. 500
Walton, J., Auckland, Settler .. .. .. 1,000
Johnson, H. J., Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 1,000
Tunks, C. J., Auckland, Solicitor .. .. .. 1,000
Argall, Captain, Coromandel, Mining Agent .. 1,000
Geddis and Blomfield, Auckland, Journalists .. 1,000
Howard, Mrs., Auckland, Widow .. .. .. 1,000
Stewart, W. F., Auckland, Traveller .. .. 1,000
Bunyard, A., Karangahake, Hotel-proprietor .. 500
Dalziel, Dr., Pukekohe, M.D. .. .. .. 1,000
Vines, W. R., Auckland, Merchant .. .. 1,000
Patterson, G. W. S., Auckland, Gum Merchant .. 1,000
Chambers, J., Auckland, Importer .. .. 1,000
Osmond, G. B., Auckland, Accountant .. .. 1,000
Edwards, E., Paeroa, Journalist .. .. .. 500
Walker, C. G., Auckland, Mining Agent .. .. 1,000
Purchas, C. E., Auckland, Solicitor .. .. 1,000
Douglas, A. D., Auckland, Agent .. .. .. 1,000
Walker, G. C., Whangarei, Agent.. .. .. 250
Alderton, G. E., Whangarei, Journalist .. .. 1,500
Morris, G. C., Auckland, Legal Manager (in trust) .. 4,500
Wright, Ernest, Auckland, Accountant .. .. 500
O’Toole, T. D., Auckland, Mining Agent .. .. 1,000
Chambers, John, Auckland, Importer (in trust) .. 1,000
Morris, G. C., Auckland, Legal Manager (in trust for company) .. .. .. .. .. .. 25,000

Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 100,000

Dated this 19th day of January, 1897.

G. C. W. MORRIS,
Manager.

Witness to signature—Ernest Wright.

I, George Charles Waudby Morris, 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.”

G. C. W. MORRIS.

Taken before me, this 20th day of January, 1897—C. J. Tunks, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Golden Centre 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 Golden Centre Gold-mining Company (No Liability).

2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Puriri.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Bank of New Zealand Chambers, Auckland.

4. The value of the company’s property, including claim or lease ground and machinery, is ten thousand pounds.

5. The number of shares in the company is one hundred thousand, of one shilling each.

6. The number of shares subscribed for is eighty thousand.

7. The name of the Manager is George Charles Waudby Morris.

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
Smith, J. Hague, Thames, Ironmonger .. .. 3,666
Adams, Henry Hopper, Thames, Mine-manager .. 3,666
McCombie, John, Karangahake, Mine-manager .. 3,670
Rhodes, Charles, Auckland, Manager .. .. 3,666
Cargill, John, Puriri, Miner .. .. .. 3,666
Brokenshire, Elijah, Paeroa, Mine-manager .. 3,666
Smith, Thomas, Thames, Manager .. .. 2,000
Kidd, Alfred, Auckland, Hotel-proprietor .. .. 2,000
Pond, John A., Auckland, Chemist .. .. 2,000
McDonald, D. G., Auckland, Legal Manager .. 2,000
Geddis, William John, Auckland, Journalist .. 2,500
Blomfield, William, Auckland, Artist .. .. 2,500
Hay, R., Dunedin, Civil Engineer .. .. 10,000
Grey, J. R., Auckland, Merchant .. .. .. 6,000
Ehrenfried, L., Auckland, Brewer.. .. .. 4,000
Pike, H. D., Auckland, Draper .. .. .. 2,000
Gibb, J., Auckland, Union S.S. Co., Sea Captain .. 2,000
Gouk, David, Auckland, Boat-builder .. .. 500
Amodéo, F., Auckland, N.S.S. Co., Master Mariner.. 1,000
Bell, H. C., Auckland, Agent .. .. .. 2,000
Stewart, J., Auckland, Tailor .. .. .. 1,000
Michaels, R. T., Auckland, Hotel-proprietor .. 1,000
Fraser, George, Auckland, Engineer .. .. 1,000
Hawkins, J., Auckland, Hotel-proprietor .. .. 1,000
Odlum, J. J., Auckland, Tobacconist .. .. 1,000
Armstrong, M. W., Whangarei, Farmer .. .. 500
Handcock, G. M., Auckland, Builder .. .. 2,000
Ward, Annie, Ponsonby, Domestic Duties.. .. 2,000
Brown, E. A., Auckland, Merchant .. .. 2,000
Dufaur, W., Auckland, Accountant .. .. 2,000
Adams, J. H., Auckland, Tailor .. .. .. 2,000
Morris, G. C. W. (in trust for company), Auckland, Mining Agent.. .. .. .. .. 22,000

Total .. .. .. .. .. .. 100,000

Dated this 19th day of January, 1897.

G. C. W. MORRIS,
Manager.

Witness to signature—Ernest Wright.

I, George Charles Waudby Morris, 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.”

G. C. W. MORRIS.

Taken before me, this 20th day of January, 1897—C. J. Tunks, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” and “The Mining Act, 1891”; and in the matter of the Collingwood Goldfields (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that the Office of the Collingwood Goldfields (Limited), where legal proceedings of any kind may be served upon it, and to which notices of any