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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 1

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

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance-sheets in respect of the under-mentioned estates, together with the report of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court; and I hereby further give notice that at the sitting of the said Court to be held on Wednesday, the 12th day of January, 1898, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates.
Dated this 21st day of December, 1897.
Thomas Musson, of Fairlie, Tailor;
William Fitzgerald, of Timaru, Labourer;
John M. Innes, of Geraldine, Carpenter; and
Adolphus Frederick John Bennetts, of Timaru, Cattle-dealer.

ALEX. MONTGOMERY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ANNIE Fox, of Cromarty, Storekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on the 30th day of December, 1897, at 4 o’clock.
CHARLES ROUT,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Invercargill, 20th December, 1897.

Mining Notices.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Queen Victoria of Hauraki Gold-mining Company (No Liability).
When formed, and date of registration: 6th August, 1896; 2nd September, 1896.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: 71, Queen Street, Auckland; Sydney Thornburgh Twentyman.
Nominal capital: £10,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £8,500.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: Nil.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): Nil.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 100,000.
Number of shares allotted: 85,000.
Amount paid per share: Nil.
Amount called up per share: Nil.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.
Number of shares forfeited: Nil.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: Nil.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 68.
Present number of shareholders: 97.
Number of men employed by company: 2.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year: —; £16 15s.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration: —; £25 1s. 2d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £442 17s. 4d.
Total expenditure since registration: £993 12s. 6d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £171 14s. 4d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £5.

I, Sydney T. Twentyman, of 71, Queen Street, Auckland, the Manager of the Queen Victoria of Hauraki Gold-mining Company (No Liability), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at the 31st day of December, 1897; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

S. T. TWENTYMAN,
Manager.

Declared at Auckland, this 31st day of December, 1897, before me—W. H. Cooper, J.P.
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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO RENEW WATER-RACE LICENSE.

Otago Mining District,
Arrowtown, 21st December, 1897.
To the Mining Registrar, at Arrowtown, of the Otago Mining District, and all other persons whom it may concern.

TAKE notice that it is intended to renew our Water-race License No. 609, 23/11/82, to divert and use water for mining purposes, the present description of which is as follows—Commencing at a tributary of Scanlan’s Gully, Macetown (known as Skipper’s Creek), and terminating at the head of and emptying into our water-race held under License No. 331, 22/12/79, Scanlan’s Gully, Macetown; and that such renewal license shall be subject to the same annual payment and to the like conditions, and shall confer the like privileges, including the right of renewal, as were and are conferred by the said original License No. 609.
The length of such race is 1,000 yards or thereabouts, and its intended course is east-and-west.
Term of renewal license to be fifteen years, with right of renewal at end of said term.
The mean depth of such race is 1 ft. 6 in., and the mean breadth is 2 ft., and it is proposed to divert two Government heads of water, being the quantity of water already held under the said License No. 609. Priority to the said water to date from and including the 23rd day of November, 1882, and preserving all other priorities and rights of every description to the said race.
Time required for construction: Already constructed, and in use.
Number and date of miner’s right: 18412; 15/1/97.

THE TIPPERARY GOLD-MINE (LIMITED)
(By its Solicitor, WESLEY TURTON),
Applicant.

Any person objecting to the granting of this application must lodge his objection in writing at the Warden’s Office at Arrowtown within fourteen clear days from the date hereof.
Hearing at 11 o’clock on the 1st February, 1898.

H. NELSON FIRTH,
Pro Mining Registrar.
Warden’s Office, 21st December, 1897.
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In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” “The Mining Act, 1891,” and its amendments; and in the matter of the Westralia and New Zealand Gold Explorers (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that the Westralia and New Zealand Gold Explorers (Limited), a company duly incorporated and registered in England under the Companies Act, 1862 to 1890, intends to carry on its business at Macetown, in the Provincial District of Otago, in the Colony of New Zealand, and that the office of the said company in New Zealand will be at the company’s gold-mining claim at Macetown aforesaid, where legal proceedings of any kind may be served upon the said company, and to which notices of any kind may be addressed or given.
Dated this 11th day of December, 1897.

WALTER J. STANFORD,
SPENCER BRENT,
Attorneys of the said Company in New Zealand.
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In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884”; and in the matter of Scotty’s Hauraki Gold-mining Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that it is the intention of the above-named company to cease carrying on business in this colony, the said company being now in liquidation.
Dated this 17th day of December, 1897.

BUDDLE, BUTTON, AND CO.,
Solicitors for the said Company.
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THE MAHAKIRAU SYNDICATE (LIMITED).

“The Foreign Companies Act, 1884.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the Mahakirau Syndicate (Limited) will, after the expiration of three months from the date hereof, cease to carry on business in the Colony of New Zealand.
Dated at Auckland, this 13th day of December, 1897.

LAURENCE D. NATHAN,
Attorney for the said Syndicate.

JACKSON AND RUSSELL,
Solicitors for the said Syndicate.
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