Nov. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2069

“The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”—Inquiry under Subsection (10) of Section 14 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” Mangaorapa Block.

(Wellington, 97–100.)

WHEREAS by Order in Council dated the 22nd day of February, 1897, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of Thursday, 25th February, 1897, the Native Land Court was, in respect of the land specified in the Schedule hereto, authorised to exercise its jurisdiction under subsection (10) aforesaid—that is to say, to determine whether or not the said land or any part thereof was, on the investigation of title thereto, intended by the Native Land Court, or by the nominal owner or owners of such land, to be held by such nominal owner or owners in trust for Natives not named in the title, and to determine who are the Natives (if any) entitled beneficially to such land, and to order the inclusion of such Natives in the title, either together with or in lieu of the nominal owners or any of them, and for the purpose aforesaid to order the cancellation or amendment of any existing instrument of title, and the issue of such new Crown grants or other instruments of title as may be necessary, and generally to exercise in respect of the said land all the jurisdiction and powers conferred on the Native Land Court by subsection (10) of section 14 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894”:

It is hereby notified that the Court will proceed to exercise its said jurisdiction and to deal with the matters aforesaid at the adjourned sitting of the Court to be held at Hastings on Wednesday, the 17th day of November, 1897. All persons interested are hereby notified to attend.

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SCHEDULE.

ALL that parcel of land in the Provincial District of Hawke’s Bay, situate at Porangahau, and known as Mangaorapa Block, containing 16,761 acres, more or less.

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“The Native Land Court Act, 1894.”—Notice under Rule 133.

Registrar’s Office, Wellington, 10th November, 1897.

NOTICE is hereby given that application has been made to a Judge of the Court for a certificate under section 55 of “The Native Land Court Act, 1894,” confirming the alienation hereunder specified. All objections to the granting of such certificate must be lodged with me within fourteen days from the publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

EDWARD BUCKLE, Registrar.

[Sec. 55, 97–28.]

THE ALIENATION ABOVE REFERRED TO.

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Bankruptcy Notices.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that MICHAEL LENNAN, of the Wade, Baker and Confectioner, was this day adjudged bankrupt, on creditors’ petition; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Saturday, the 6th day of November, 1897, at 11 o’clock.

J. LAWSON,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 26th October, 1897.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HERBERT PEAKE, of Ponsonby, Auckland, Clerk, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at the office of the Official Assignee, Christchurch, on Monday, the 8th day of November, 1897, at 11 o’clock.

J. LAWSON,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 29th October, 1897.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that DAVID WHITE, of Valley Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, Settler, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Monday, the 8th day of November, 1897, at 11 o’clock.

J. LAWSON,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 1st November, 1897.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIS JOHNSON, of Kamo, Contractor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at Mr. T. H. Steadman’s office, Whangarei, on Thursday, the 11th day of November, 1897, at 2.30 o’clock.

J. LAWSON,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 4th November, 1897.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that MICHAEL GASTEEN FARRY, of Wellington, Hawker, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Thursday, the 11th day of November, 1897, at 11 o’clock.

JAMES ASHCROFT,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 5th November, 1897.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that HARRY KING, of Kennington, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on the 10th day of November, 1897, at 11 o’clock.

CHARLES ROUT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Invercargill, 2nd November, 1897.

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Mining Notices.

THE UNITED HERCULES HYDRAULIC SLUICING COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 202 of “The Companies Act, 1882,” that a General Meeting of the members of the above-named company will be held at the company’s Registered Office, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 25th day of January, 1898, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of having an account laid before them showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted, and the property of the company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that may be given by the Liquidator, and also of determining by extraordinary resolution the manner in which the books, accounts, and documents of the company and of the Liquidator thereof shall be disposed of.

Dated the 4th day of November, 1897.

PETER BARR,
Liquidator.

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