Aug. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1523

THE BOATMAN'S EXPLORATION GOLD-MINING
COMPANY (LIMITED).

THIS is to notify that the Registered Office of the
company is situated at Shiel Street, Reefton ; and
that the name of the Manager is JOSEPH STEELE.
Given under the seal of the company, this 7th day of
August, 1897.
JOHN DICK,
WILLIAM DUNN, } Directors.
1106

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register
the Victoria Gold-mining Company (Limited) as a
limited company under the provisions of "The Mining
Companies Act, 1894."

1. The name of the company is to be the Victoria Gold-
   mining Company (Limited).
2. The place of intended operations is at Upper Black-
   ball, Grey District.
3. The registered office of the company will be situated
   at Bland's Store, Taylorville.
4. The nominal capital of the company is nine thousand
   pounds, in twenty-four thousand shares of seven and six-
   pence each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is twenty-four
   thousand, being not less than two-thirds of the whole
   number of shares of the company.
6. The number of paid-up shares is nil.
7. The amount already paid up is sixty-five pounds.
8. The name of the Manager is Thomas Bland.
9. The names and addresses and occupations of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at this date,
   are as follows:—

No. of
Shares.
Bishop, James, Greymouth, Mining Engineer .. 1,847
Bland, Thomas, Taylorville, Stationer .. 924
Armstrong, James, Taylorville, Miner .. 1,846
Armstrong, David, Taylorville, Storekeeper .. 1,846
Rayner, Ralph, Taylorville, Miner .. 923
Ward, John, Wallsend, Commission Agent .. 1,846
Dupre, Fritz Carl, Greymouth, Watchmaker .. 923
James, Horace D. F., Greymouth, Shop-assistant .. 923
Smith, Ernest James, Greymouth, Draper .. 1,846
Bevilacqua, Vincent, Greymouth, Hotelkeeper .. 923
Petrie, Joseph, Greymouth, Journalist .. 923
Badger, Francis, Greymouth, Painter .. 923
Doogan, James Louis, Greymouth, Accountant .. 1,846
Dunn, William, Denniston, Mine-manager .. 1,846
Julian, John, Brunnerton, Mine-manager.. .. 923
Heley, Walter Holist, Taylorville, Draper .. 1,846
Herd, Joseph, Taylorville, Miner.. .. 1,846
Total .. .. .. .. 24,000
Dated this 7th day of August, 1897.
THOMAS BLAND,
Manager.
Witness to signature—W. Urquhart, J.P., Brunnerton.

I, Thomas Bland, of Taylorville, in the Provincial Dis-
trict of Nelson, in New Zealand, Stationer, do hereby
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 be-
   lieving 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."
   THOMAS BLAND.
   Taken before me, at Brunnerton, this 7th day of August,
   1897—W. Urquhart, a Justice of the Peace in and for the
   Colony of New Zealand.
   1107

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register
the Alpine Extended Gold-mining Company (Limited)
as a limited company under the provisions of "The Mining
Companies Act, 1894."

1. The name of the company is to be the Alpine Extended
   Gold-mining Company (Limited).

2. The place of operations is at or near Lyell, in the Pro-
   vincial District of Nelson, in the Colony of New Zealand.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at
   Lyell aforesaid.

4. The nominal capital of the company is twenty-five
   thousand pounds, in fifty thousand shares of ten shillings
   each.

5. The number of shares subscribed for is fifty thousand,
   being not less than two-thirds of the entire number of shares
   in the company.

6. The number of paid-up shares is nil.

7. The amount already paid up is nil.

8. The name of the Manager is Robert William Shallcrass.

9. The names and addresses and occupations of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at this date,
   are as follows:—
   No. of
   Shares.
   Kingswell, P. N., Reefton, Mining Speculator .. 1,362
   Sharp, J., jun., Nelson, Auctioneer .. 175
   Butler, Patrick, Reefton, Mining Speculator .. 2,500
   Fedderson, F. C., Lyell, Farmer .. 1,193
   Fennell, J., Lyell, Storekeeper .. 1,186
   Shallcrass, R. W., Lyell, Manager (in trust for the
   shareholders of the United Alpine Quartz-mining
   Company, Limited) .. .. .. 28,125
   Shallcrass, R. W., Lyell, Manager (in trust for the
   shareholders of the Lyell Creek Extended Quartz-
   mining Company, Limited) .. .. .. 15,459
   Total .. .. .. .. 50,000
   Dated this 7th day of August, 1897.
   R. W. SHALLCRASS,
   Manager.
   Witness to signature—Walter Atkin.

I, Robert William Shallcrass, 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 be-
   lieving 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."
   R. W. SHALLCRASS.
   Taken before me, at Lyell, this 7th day of August, 1897—
   Walter Atkin, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony
   of New Zealand.
   1105

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSTRUCT WATER-
RACE.

Hauraki Mining District, 31st July, 1897.
To the Warden at Paeroa.
WE hereby give notice that we intend to construct a
water-race to divert and use water for domestic pur-
poses, commencing at a point on Tarariki Creek about
40 chains above the boundary of Messrs. Mitchell and
Quinn's freeholds, also taking the water from the right-hand
branch stream by a side-race, and terminating at the com-
mencement of our present race on Tarariki Creek, held
under License No. 161.
The length of such race is 40 chains or thereabouts,
and its intended course is westerly, and the water will be
conveyed in underground pipes. This race is an extension
of our present race. Pegs marked C.
It is proposed to divert twenty Government heads of
water.
Cost of construction: £400.
Time required for construction: Twelve months.
Number and date of miner's right: No. 5702; 30th July,
1897.
THE OHINEMURI COUNTY COUNCIL
(By its Solicitors, MILLER AND PORRITT),
Applicant.

Any person objecting to the granting of this application
must lodge his objection in writing at the Warden's Office at
Paeroa within fourteen clear days from the date hereof.
Hearing at 10 o'clock on the 19th August, 1897.
R. S. BUSH,
Warden.
Warden's Office, 3rd August, 1897.
1103

THE THAMES (NEW ZEALAND) EXPLORING
SYNDICATE (LIMITED).

"The Foreign Companies Act, 1884."
NOTICE is hereby given that the Office of the above-
named company is situate in Bank of New Zealand
Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland, in the Colony of New
Zealand.
Dated this 29th day of July, 1897.
HENRY A. GORDON,
Attorney for the said Company in New Zealand.
JACKSON AND RUSSELL,
Shortland Street, Solicitors for the said Syndicate. 1080