Aug. 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1575

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

The water now applied for is to run for about half the
distance through another race applied for by me by a
separate application of even date herewith.

The mean depth of such race is 3ft., and the mean
breadth is 2ft. 6in., and it is proposed to divert twenty
Government heads of water.

Cost of construction: £1,000.

Time required for construction: Twelve months.

Number and date of miner's right: No. 16309; 4th May,
1897.

ROWLAND CHARLES FIELDING
(By his Solicitor, J. A. MILLER),
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.

Adjourned hearing at 10 o'clock on the 7th September,
1897, at Warden's Court, Thames.

J. ASKENBECK,
Pro Warden.

Warden's Office, 27th May, 1897 (3.25 p.m.). 1118

Land Transfer Act Notices.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the pro-
visions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1885," unless caveat
be lodged forbidding the same within one month from the
date of the Gazette containing this notice.

8029. JOHN COWPER.—1 rood 29 perches, part of Rural
      Section 257, Borough of St. Albans. Occupied by George
      Smith.

8030. ANNIE WOODHAM.—27¾ perches, part of Rural
      Section 257, Borough of St. Albans. Occupied by Applicant.

8031. EVA MABEL BOYD.—1 rood 25 perches, part of
      Lot 158, Christchurch Town Reserves. Occupied by Harry
      Sycamore.

8032. JOHN ORR.—20 acres, Rural Section 3805, Waka-
      nui Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.

8033. EFFIEGENIA MARIA LOUISA STUDHOLME.
      —48 acres 1 rood 17 perches, Rural Section 11262, and part
      of Rural Section 10406, Waimate Survey District. Occupied
      by Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 21st day of August, 1897, at the Lands Registry
Office, Christchurch.

G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.

1121

EVIDENCE of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. xvi.,
folio 72, in favour of JAMES PRESCOTT, of Rua-
kaka, Farmer, for Allotment 76 of the Parish of Ruakaka,
having been lodged with me, and application made to issue
a provisional certificate of title, notice is hereby given of my
intention to issue a provisional certificate of title accordingly
at the expiration of fourteen days after the date of the
Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 16th day of August, 1897, at the Lands Registry
Office, Auckland.

EDWIN BAMFORD,
District Land Registrar.

1124

APPLICATION having been made to me to register a
dealing affecting memorandum of mortgage No. 9049,
from JOHN REID to DAVID MITCHELL ROSS and
WILLIAM MONTAGUE SIMS, over part of Rural Sec-
tion 1652, comprised in certificate of title, Vol. lili., folio 88,
and evidence having been furnished of the loss of the out-
standing duplicate of the said memorandum of mortgage, I
hereby give notice that the production of such duplicate will
be dispensed with, and the dealing registered at the expira-
tion of fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing
this notice.

Dated this 21st day of August, 1897, at the Lands Registry
Office, Christchurch.

G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.

1122

APPLICATION having been made to me for the issue of
a provisional perpetual lease for Lot 15, part of
Reserve 2332, Oxford Survey District, Vol. cxxvii., folio 197,
of the Register-book, whereof JAMES POTTS POLE, of
View Hill, is the registered lessee, and proof of the destruc-
tion of the original lease having been furnished, I hereby
give notice that I will issue such provisional lease at the
expiration of fourteen days from the date of the Gazette con-
taining this notice.

Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch, this
23rd day of August, 1897.

G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.

1125

APPLICATION having been made to me to register a
discharge of mortgage No. 14284 in favour of
GEORGE ALLMAN, of Palmerston North, Blacksmith,
also for the issue of a provisional certificate of title for part
Lot 1 of subdivision of Section 969, Palmerston North, de-
posited plan No. 274, being the land comprised in certificate
of title, Vol. lix., folio 137, and in the said mortgage
No. 14284, and evidence having been lodged of the loss of
the outstanding duplicate of the said mortgage and of the
certificate of title, I hereby give notice that I intend to dis-
penso with the production of the said mortgage and certifi-
cate of title, and give effect to the said discharge and issue
the provisional certificate as requested, unless caveat be
lodged forbidding the same on or before the 9th day of Sep-
tember, 1897.

Dated this 25th day of August, 1897, at the Lands Registry
Office, Wellington.

W. STUART,
District Land Registrar.

1126

APPLICATION having been made for the issue of a pro-
visional title for Section 24, Block VII., Hundred of
Invercargill, registered in Vol. xliii., folio 139, and evi-
dence having been lodged as to the loss of the original title,
I hereby give notice that I shall issue a provisional title, as
requested, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within
fourteen days from the date of the gazetting of this notice.

Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Invercargill, the 19th
day of August, 1897.

F. G. MORGAN,
District Land Registrar.

1127

Private Advertisements.

In the matter of a Bill intituled "An Act to authorise the
Greymouth Gas Company (Limited) to break up Streets,
Roads, and Bridges, and to lay down and place Pipes, Con-
duits, and Service-pipes, and to make and construct other
Works for supplying the Borough of Greymouth and the
County of Grey with Gas."

NOTICE is hereby given that application is intended to
be made at the next session of the General Assembly
of New Zealand for leave to bring in a Bill to authorise the
Greymouth Gas Company (Limited), incorporated under the
provisions of "The Joint-stock Companies Act, 1860," to break
up streets, roads, and bridges, to lay down and place pipes,
conduits, and service-pipes, and to make and construct other
works for supplying the Borough of Greymouth and County
of Grey with gas, and for other purposes relating thereto,
and to the objects for which the said company has been
established.

It is intended to apply for the following powers on behalf
of the company, that is to say:—

1. The company may, under the superintendence of the
   persons having the control or management thereof, open and
   break up the soil and pavements of the several streets, roads,
   bridges, and wharves within the limits of the Act, and open
   and break up any sewers, drains, or tunnels within or under
   such streets, roads, bridges, or wharves, and lay down and
   place within the same limits pipes, conduits, service-pipes,
   and other works, and from time to time repair, alter, or
   remove the same, and also make any sewers that may be
   necessary for carrying off the washings and waste liquids
   which may arise in the making of the gas, and for the pur-
   poses aforesaid may remove and use all earth and material in
   and under such streets, roads, and bridges, and may in such
   streets and roads and upon such bridges and wharves erect
   any pillars, lamps, and other works, and do all other acts
   which the company shall from time to time deem necessary
   for supplying gas within the said limits, doing as little damage
   as may be in the execution of the powers to be granted by the
   said Act, and making compensation for any damage which
   may be done in the execution of the said powers.

2. That the company may from time to time enter into
   any contract with any person for lighting or supplying with
   gas any public or private building, or providing any person
   with pipes, burners, meters, and lamps, and for the repair
   thereof, and also from time to time enter into any contract
   with the Greymouth Borough Council, the Grey County
   Council, or the Greymouth Harbour Board, or other persons
   having the control or management of any streets, roads, or
   wharves within the limits of the Act, for lighting the same
   with gas, and for providing such Councils or Board or
   persons with lamps, lamp-posts, burners, and pipes for that
   purpose and for the repair thereof, in such manner and upon
   such terms as shall be agreed upon between the company
   and the said Councils or Board or other persons.

3. That the company may let or hire any meter for
   ascertaining the quantity of gas consumed or supplied, and
   any fittings for the gas, for such remuneration as shall be
   agreed upon between the company and any person to whom
   the same may be so let; and such remuneration shall be