Mar. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 691

No. 6, Mutual Life Association Buildings, Queen Street, in the City of Auckland.

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

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

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

7. The name of the Manager is Frederick William Cowern.

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.

Anderson, A. H., Christchurch, Engineer .. .. 1,000
Aickin, Graves, Auckland, Chemist .. .. 1,200
Aickin, Graves, Auckland, Chemist (in trust) .. 4,500
Bruce, Ina, Auckland, Domestic Duties .. .. 500
Bruce, Christina, Auckland, Domestic Duties .. 500
Brown, Alex., Auckland, Engineer .. .. 2,900
Barnett, E. J., Wellington, Clerk .. .. 500
Culpan, H., Auckland, Mining Agent .. .. 500
Clayton, Wm., Wellington, Accountant .. .. 1,000
Cowern, William, Patea, Land Agent .. .. 1,000
Cowern, F. W., Auckland, Mining Agent .. .. 1,000
Cowern, F. W., Auckland, Mining Agent (in trust) .. 3,800
Crease, F. C., Wellington, Merchant .. .. 500
Caron, Wm., Auckland, Mining Agent .. .. 800
Dearsley, H. C., Auckland, Mining Agent .. .. 500
Hill, J. C., Auckland, Accountant .. .. 500
Highman, William, Wellington, Tea Expert .. 1,000
Hirschberg, Alice, Wellington, Domestic Duties .. 1,000
Hulme, C. P., Wellington, Bank Clerk .. .. 250
Jarvis, E. F., Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 1,000
Johnston, Joseph, Auckland .. .. 500
Learmouth, W., Thames, Baker .. .. 500
Lees, S. F., Auckland, Miner .. .. 2,900
Martin, E., Auckland, Tailor .. .. 250
Menetti, Thos., Devonport, Gentleman .. .. 500
Middlebrook, J., Auckland, Butcher .. .. 500
Mackay, Jas., Auckland, Mining Agent .. .. 5,500
McLay, Walter, Wellington, Factory-manager .. 500
Moorehouse, W. H. S., Wellington, Barrister .. 500
North, Alice, Patea, Domestic Duties .. .. 500
Owen, J. H., Wellington, Manager .. .. 500
Paltridge, G. H., Auckland, Mining Agent .. .. 500
Paterson, Joseph, Kakaramea, Farmer .. .. 1,000
Riddle, J. S., Auckland, Miner .. .. 250
Smith, Robert, Auckland .. .. 250
Smith, A. W., Auckland, Sharebroker .. .. 500
Smith, P. J. L., Auckland, Mining Agent .. .. 5,600
Speer, R. C., Auckland, Mining Agent .. .. 5,500
Symons, W. R., Wellington, Shipping Clerk .. 500
Turnbull, J. U., Wellington, Insurance Clerk .. 500
Verrall, James, Auckland, Hotelkeeper .. .. 1,000
Watson, William, Wellington, President Bank N.Z. 1,000
Wilson, D. M., Auckland, Mining Engineer .. 5,800
Wood, John, Wellington, Gardener .. .. 1,000
Cowern, F. W., Auckland, Legal Manager (in trust) 30,000

Total .. .. .. .. 90,000

Dated this 2nd day of March, 1897.

FREDERICK WILLIAM COWERN,
Manager.

Witness to signature—G. W. Basley.

I, Frederick William Cowern, 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.”

F. W. COWERN.

Taken before me, this 2nd day of March, 1897—G. W. Basley, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
666

THE GLOUCESTER GOLD-MINING COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of “The Mining Act, 1891,” and “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” that the Office or place of business in New Zealand of the above-named company has been changed from the office of the undersigned, Attorney of the said Company, in Hobson’s Buildings, Shortland Street, Auckland, to the office in the New Zealand Insurance Company’s Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland, of Mr. Henry Gilfillan, jun., the Local Secretary of the said company.

Dated the 19th day of February, 1897.

WM. McCULLOUGH,
Attorney of the said Company.

HESKETH AND RICHMOND,
Solicitors for the Company.
652

THE WHANGAMATA PROPRIETARY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” and “The Mining Act, 1891,” that the Office or place of business in the colony of the above-named company is at 26, 27, and 28, Palmerston Buildings, Auckland.

W. A. MERCER,
A. H. CURTIS,
Attorneys of the said Company.

Messrs. BUDDLE, BUTTON, AND Co.,
Wyndham Street, Auckland,
Solicitors for the Company.
664

THE NEW ZEALAND BROKEN HILLS GOLD-MINING COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that the Office or place of business of the above-named company is at No. 206, Victoria Arcade, Queen Street, Auckland, where legal proceedings of any kind may be served upon it, and to which notices of any kind may be addressed or given.

Dated this 3rd day of March, 1897.

LEOPOLD MIELZINER MYERS,
GEORGE SIEVWRIGHT,
THOMAS PELLY ROCKERAGE SEAVER,
Local Directors and Attorneys of the Company in New Zealand.
661

THE MAHAKIRAU SYNDICATE (LIMITED).

“THE FOREIGN COMPANIES ACT, 1884.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the Office of the above-mentioned company is situate at the office of Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Co., in High Street, Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.

Dated this 23rd day of February, 1897.

LAWRENCE D. NATHAN,
N. ALFRED NATHAN,
Attorneys for the said Company in New Zealand.

JACKSON AND RUSSELL,
Shortland Street, Auckland,
Solicitors for the said Company.
651

In the matter of “The Mining Act, 1891,” and of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1894”; and in the matter of the Progress Mines of New Zealand (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that the Office or place of business in the Colony of New Zealand of the above-named company, where legal proceedings of any kind may be served upon it, and to which notices of any kind may be addressed or given, is situated at the office of the said company, at the corner of Bridge and Shells Streets, in the Town of Reefton.

Dated the 2nd day of March, 1897.

PHILIP LAWRENCE FOSTER,
GEORGE HENRY BOYD,
Attorneys for the Company.
653

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSTRUCT WATER-RACE.

Hauraki District, 1st February, 1897.

To the Warden at Thames.

I HEREBY give notice that I intend to construct a water-race to divert and use water for mining purposes, commencing at a point marked by a peg marked M, situated on the boundary of Whangamata No. 4 and Whangamata No. 6 Blocks, and terminating at a peg marked M, situated near the junction of Waiharikiki and Parakiwai Creeks.

The length of such race is one mile and a half or thereabouts, and its intended course is south-easterly.

The mean depth of such race is 3 ft., and the mean breadth is 3 ft. 6 in., and it is proposed to divert twenty Government heads of water.

Cost of construction: £500.

Time required for construction: One year.

Number and date of miner’s right: No. 1889; 23rd July, 1896.

FREDERICK ERNEST SHERA
(By his Solicitor, EDWIN CLENDON),
Applicant.

Any person objecting to the granting of this application must lodge his objection in writing at the Warden’s Office at Thames within fourteen clear days from the date hereof.

Hearing at 10.30 o’clock on the 18th February, 1897.

JAMES JORDAN,
Pro Warden.

Warden’s Office, 1st February, 1897 (10.1 a.m.). 662