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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, holden at Hawera.

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES WILLIAM HAWKE,
of Eltham, Butcher's Assistant, was this day ad-
judged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of
creditors, to be holden at the Athenæum, Eltham, on the
22nd day of November, 1897, at 11 o'clock a.m.

C. A. BUDGE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Hawera, 10th November, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, holden at Hawera.

NOTICE is hereby given that HOLLIS AND HULME, of
Manaia, Brewers, were this day adjudged bankrupt;
and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden
at my office, on the 19th day of November, 1897, at 2
o'clock.

C. A. BUDGE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Hawera, 10th November, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Wairarapa, holden
at Masterton.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN BELL SHELBOURNE,
of Pahiatua, Labourer, was this day adjudged bank-
rupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be
holden at the Courthouse, Pahiatua, on Thursday, the 18th
day of November, 1897, at 3 o'clock p.m.

W. B. CHENNELLS,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Masterton, 5th November, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, holden at Hokitika.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN HUNT CURRIE, of
Ross, Storekeeper and Baker, was this day adjudged
bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors,
to be holden at my office, on the 13th day of November,
1897, at 12 o'clock noon.

R. W. WADE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Hokitika, 10th November, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, holden at Westport.

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE ALEXANDER, of
Charleston, Miner, was this day adjudged bankrupt;
and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden
at my office, on the 19th day of November, 1897, at 11
o'clock a.m.

A. D. BAYFEILD,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Westport, 10th November, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, holden at Westport.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN MCNEILL, of West-
port, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt;
and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden
at my office, on the 23rd day of November, 1897, at 11
o'clock a.m.

A. D. BAYFEILD,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Westport, 15th November, 1897.

n Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Timaru and Oamaru,
holden at Oamaru.

No. 62.

In the matter of "The Bankruptcy Act, 1892"; and in the
matter of the bankruptcy of JOHN WILSON JOHNSTON, of
Redcliff, Farmer, a bankrupt.

NOTICE is hereby given that the public examination of
the above-named bankrupt is fixed for the 19th
November, 1897, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, at the
sittings of the above-named Court in Bankruptcy at the
Court at Oamaru.

Dated this the 1st November, 1897.

E. A. ATKINSON,
Deputy Assignee.
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Mining Notices.

HAURAKI PENINSULAR EXPLORATION COM-
PANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given, under "The Mining Act,
1891," and "The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,"
that the Office or place of business in New Zealand of the
Hauraki Peninsular Exploration Company (Limited), incor-
porated in England under the Companies Acts, 1862 to 1893,
is situated at Legal Chambers, Queen Street, Auckland.

FRED. H. WHALLEY,
Attorney in New Zealand for the Hauraki Penin-
sular Exploration Company (Limited).
BASLEY AND BRUCE,
Solicitors for the Hauraki Peninsular Explora-
tion Company (Limited).

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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CONSTRUCT WATER-
RACE.

Otago Mining District, 27th October, 1897.

To the Warden at Lawrence.

I HEREBY give notice that I intend to construct a
water-race to divert and use water for the purpose
of driving a chaff-cutter and other machinery, commencing
at a point in Auguilla Creek, in Section 5, Block XIII.,
Crookston District, about 8 chains north-east from my
dwellinghouse, and terminating at my chaff-house in Sec-
tion 4, Block XIII., Crookston.

The length of such race is 500 yards or thereabouts, and
its intended course is westerly, passing through my freehold
Sections 4 and 5, Block XIII., Crookston District. Pegs
marked W.

The mean depth of such race is 1 ft. 6 in., and the
mean breadth 2ft.; and it is proposed to divert four Go-
vernment heads of water.

Cost of construction: Already constructed.

Number and date of miner's right: No. 27987; 26th
October, 1897.

WILLIAM DUFF,
Applicant
(By his Solicitor, ALFRED CROOKE).

Any person objecting to the granting of this applica-
tion must lodge his objection in writing at the Warden's
Office at Lawrence within thirty clear days from the date
hereof.

Hearing at 2 o'clock on the 6th December, 1897.

A. M. EYES,
Pro Warden.

Warden's Office, Lawrence, 27th October, 1897.

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In the matter of "The Foreign Companies Act, 1884," and
of the Island Block Gold-mining Company (Limited), a
company incorporated in Great Britain under the Joint-
stock Companies Acts, and formed for mining purposes.

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of
the above-mentioned Act, that the office or place of
business in the colony of the above-named company is at
the offices of William Brown and Co., situate at No. 101,
Dunedin, 5th November, 1897.

CHAS. C. RAWLINS,
Attorney for the said Company.

Witness—J. F. Woodhouse, Solicitor, Dunedin.

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In the matter of "The Foreign Companies Act, 1884"; and
in the matter of the Waiho Hydraulic Sluicing and
Water-race Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that the Office or place of
business in New Zealand of the Waiho Hydraulic
Sluicing and Water-race Company (Limited), a company
incorporated in England under the Companies Acts, 1862 to
1890, is at the office of Thomas William Bearé, Solicitor,
Hamilton Street, Hokitika.

Dated this 2nd day of November, 1897.

PHILIP J. PERRY,
Attorney for the Waiho Hydraulic Sluicing
and Water-race Company (Limited).
THOMAS W. BEARÉ, Solicitor for the Company,
Hokitika.

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