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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 54

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN SMITH, Miner, of Blackball, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be helden at my office, on Tuesday, the 22nd day of June, 1897, at 11 o’clock a.m.
G. S. SMITH,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Greymouth, 12th June, 1897.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN BLACKWOOD, of Balclutha, Salesman, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be helden at my office, on the 10th day of June, 1897, at 11.30 o’clock.
C. C. GRAHAM,
Official Assignee.
Dunedin, 7th June, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.

DIVIDENDS on all accepted proved claims in the following estates are now payable at my office, New Government Life Insurance Buildings:—
Taylor, William, Dunedin, Watchmaker, first and final, 2s. 8d. in the pound.
Rodgers, A. F., Palmerston, Storekeeper, third and final, 4½d. in the pound.
C. C. GRAHAM,
Official Assignee.
Dunedin, 14th June, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, held at Invercargill.

NOTICE is hereby given that DONALD HOLLOWAY, of Otatau, Builder, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be helden at my office, on the 17th day of June, 1897, at 11 a.m.
CHARLES ROUT,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Invercargill, 11th June, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, held at Invercargill.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN ADAMSON, of Eastern Bush, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be helden at my office, on the 15th day of June, 1897, at 2.30 o’clock.
CHARLES ROUT,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Invercargill, 9th June, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, held at Invercargill

NOTICE is hereby given that ALEXANDER MILLAR, of Riverton, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be helden at my office, on the 15th day of June, 1897, at 11 o’clock a.m.
CHARLES ROUT,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Invercargill, 9th June, 1897.

Mining Notices.

THE JOHANNESBURG AND NEW ZEALAND EXPLORATION COMPANY (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 New Zealand of the above-named company is at Shortland Street, in the City of Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.
MAX EPSTEIN,
RENÉ DE BONAND,
Attorneys of the said Company.
Messrs. WHITTAKER AND BAUME,
Herald Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland,
Solicitors for Company.
953

THE NEW ZEALAND MINERALS COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that the Office of the above-named company is now in the Government Insurance Buildings, Princes Street, Dunedin.
Dated this 10th day of June, 1897.
N. KENNEDY,
Attorney for the said Company.
968

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Port Jackson Gold-mining Company (No Liability) as a no-liability company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Port Jackson Gold-mining Company (No Liability).
2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Port Jackson, Cabbage Bay.
3. The registered office of the company will be situated at 103, Queen Street, Auckland.
4. The value of the company’s property, including claim or lease ground and machinery, is two hundred and fifty pounds.
5. The number of shares in the company is one hundred and fifty thousand, of one shilling each.
6. The number of shares subscribed for is seventy-two thousand.
7. The name of the Manager is John Henry Porter.
8. The names, addresses, and occupations of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as below:—

No. of
Shares.
Roseman, Robert, Monmouth Street, Arch Hill, Auckland, Settler .. .. .. .. 1,000
Pirrit, George, Victoria Street, Auckland, Ironmonger .. .. .. .. 2,000
Pheny, —, Arch Hill, Auckland, Clerk .. .. 1,000
Baldock, G., Parnell, Auckland, Gentleman .. 1,000
Mathieson, John, Shelly Beach Road, Ponsonby, Auckland, Builder .. .. .. .. 2,000
Sturtivant, George, Auckland, Land Transfer Office .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,000
Bell, Miss Isabella R., Auckland, Domestic Duties 2,000
Jones, H., Wyndham Street, Auckland, Joiner .. 2,000
Cleland, R., Queen Street, Auckland, Commission Agent .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,000
Webster, J. D., Auckland, Fruiterer .. .. 2,000
Catchpole, Jos., Karangahape Road, Auckland, Cabinetmaker .. .. .. .. 2,000
Morton, W., Onehunga, Grocer.. .. .. 2,000
Ogle, G., Eden Terrace, Auckland, Gentleman .. 2,000
Harrison, James, Fort Street, Auckland, Gum Merchant .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,000
Pirrit, W. Wilson, Auckland, Settler .. .. 2,000
McLeod, James, Star Hotel, Newton, Hotelkeeper 4,000
Vickery, George, Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 2,000
Allen, W., Auckland, Dairyman .. .. 2,000
Moor, George, Auckland, Settler .. .. 2,000
Ellingham, —, Auckland, Builder .. .. 2,000
McKerras, James, Auckland, Gentleman .. 2,000
Porter, J. H., Auckland, Legal Manager (in trust) 7,000
Porter, J. H. (in trust for prospectors) .. .. 24,000
Porter, J. H., Auckland, Legal Manager (in trust for the company) .. .. .. .. 78,000
Total .. .. .. .. 150,000

Dated this 14th day of June, 1897.
J. H. PORTER,
Manager.
Witness to signature—Thomas Porter.

I, John Henry Porter, 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.”
   J. H. PORTER.
   Taken before me, at Auckland, this 14th day of June, 1897—Charles W. Cave, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
   975

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Diamond 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 Diamond Gold-mining Company (No Liability).
2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Waitekauri.
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 .
5. The number of shares in the company is sixty thousand, of sixpence each.
6. The number of shares subscribed for is fifty-three thousand five hundred.
7. The name of the Manager is George Elliot.