APRIL 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 953

Mining Notices.

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

2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Waihi, Hauraki Mining District.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Victoria Arcade, Auckland.

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

5. The number of shares in the company is seventy-five thousand, of one shilling each.

6. The number of shares subscribed for is fifty-three thousand.

7. The name of the Manager is Moritz Samuel Leers.

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.
Becroft, John Copeland, Auckland, Carpenter .. 1,000
Bishop, Joseph, Auckland, Agent .. 1,000
Blasch, Carlo, Coromandel, Mine-manager .. 1,000
Browne, Edmond Charles, Auckland, Mercer .. 750
Buchanan, James, Auckland, Warehouseman .. 750
Clinkard, Cecil Henry, Kaukapakapa, Timber Merchant .. 2,000
Collins, Richard, Ponsonby, Coach-painter .. 1,000
Court, James, Mangare, Settler .. 3,000
Cunningham, Andrew, Onehunga, Mariner .. 2,500
Downie, William J., Waihi, Miner .. 2,250
Downer, William, Helensville, Timber Merchant .. 1,000
Ellingham, Jeffrey, Ponsonby, Builder .. 750
Edwards, David, Auckland, Clerk .. 1,500
Fitzgerald, Thomas Edward, Devonport, Gentleman 1,000
Forrest, William, Paeroa, Contractor .. 2,250
Hellaby, William, Auckland, Butcher .. 1,000
Joyner, William, Auckland, Sharebroker .. 2,000
Jones, Charles Henry, Auckland, Warehouseman .. 750
Kitchen, George, Parnell, Engineer .. 500
Leers, Moritz Samuel, Auckland, Accountant .. 4,000
Lyell, James Arbothnott, Parnell, Stationer .. 3,000
Lyell, William Scott, Parnell, Stationer .. 3,000
McLeod, Andrew, Onehunga, Prospector .. 5,000
Moran, John M., Auckland, Manufacturer.. 750
Potter, William Henry, Auckland, Tailor and Mercer 4,500
Shackleford, John Wisdom, Auckland, Hatter .. 1,500
Sandford, William, Auckland, Fruiterer .. 1,000
Seabrook, H. H., Mount Roskill, Warehouseman .. 750
Southerby, Samuel, Auckland, Dealer .. 500
Taylor, Herber W., Auckland .. 750
Wheeler, J. E., Auckland .. 1,000
White, John, Auckland, Printer .. 500
Wilson, George, Auckland, Draper .. 750
Leers, Moritz Samuel (in trust for the company) .. 22,000

Total .. .. .. .. 75,000

Dated this 21st day of April, 1897. M. S. LEERS, Manager.

Witness to signature—Henry G. Wade, J.P.

I, Moritz Samuel Leers, 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.”

M. S. LEERS.

Taken before me, &c., this 21st day of April, 1897—Henry G. Wade, J.P. 834

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

2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Great Barrier Island.

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

4. The value of the company’s property, including claim or lease ground and machinery, is two 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 William Elliot.

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.
Burton, Henry, Takapuna, Gentleman .. 10,000
MacDonnell, Dennis G., Auckland, Manager .. 10,000
Thornes, Joseph, Auckland, Agent .. 10,000
Elliot, William, Auckland, Manager .. 10,000
Smales, Joseph, Auckland, Broker .. 7,500
Texeira, J., Auckland, Surveyor .. 7,500
Hansen, Peter C., Auckland, Manager .. 5,000
Smith, Fred. W., Auckland, Merchant .. 4,000
Barling, Henry, Auckland, Settler .. 2,500
Bloomfield, William Read, Auckland, Solicitor .. 2,500
Hellaby, William, Auckland, Butcher .. 2,000
Morrin, Thomas, Auckland, Gentleman .. 2,000
Owen, John, Auckland, Gentleman .. 2,000
Pirie, James, Auckland, Manager .. 2,000
Purchas, A. C., Auckland, Surgeon .. 1,000
Carpenter, J. H. M., Auckland, Merchant .. 1,000
Elliot, A. M., Tauranga, Gentlewoman .. 1,000
Elliot, William, Auckland, Manager (in trust for the company) .. 20,000

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

Dated this 3rd day of April, 1897. WILLIAM ELLIOT, Manager.

Witness to signature—Wilfred E. Bruce, Solicitor, Auckland.

I, William Elliot, 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.”

WILLIAM ELLIOT.

Taken before me, this 3rd day of April, 1897—Wilfred E. Bruce, Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. 830

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

2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Waimangaroa, Westport.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at No. 71, Queen Street, Auckland.

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

5. The number of shares in the company is fifty thousand, of four shillings each.

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

7. The name of the Manager is Jesse King.

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.
Nathan, N. Alfred, Auckland, Merchant .. 6,000
Williams, Walter, Westport, Brewer .. 4,000
Roche, Samuel, Westport, Miner .. 4,000
Molony, William, Westport, Miner .. 4,000
Murray, John M., Westport, Miner .. 4,000
King, Mrs. Henrietta, Onehunga, Domestic Duties.. 4,000
Geary, Andrew, Huntly, Miner .. 1,500
Abbott, H. N., Auckland, Gentleman .. 2,000
Vines, W. R., Auckland, Merchant .. 1,000
Pitt, John, Onehunga, Master Mariner .. 1,000
Foster, E. R., Auckland, Draughtsman .. 1,000
Friar, Matthew, Huntly, Storekeeper .. 1,000
Purchas, A. Challinor, Auckland, Surgeon .. 1,000
Duthie, D. W., Auckland, Bank-manager .. 1,000
Mills, John, Westport, Collector of Customs .. 500
King, Stephen, Melbourne, Merchant .. 334
Stanton, Cyprian, Sydney, Bank-manager .. 333
Marshall, C. W., Sydney, Bank Officer .. 333
King, Jesse, Auckland, Mining Agent (in trust) .. 3,000
King, Jesse, Auckland, Mining Agent (in trust for company) .. 10,000

Total .. .. .. .. 50,000

Dated this 5th day of April, 1897. JESSE KING, Manager.

Witness to signature—R. McVeagh.