Feb. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 357

Section 8, Suburbs of Auckland; containing 2 acres 1 rood 35 perches. Partly unoccupied and partly occupied by tenants.

3420. ARTHUR KNIGHT.—Lots 4, 23, 24 of Allotment 21, Section 8, Suburbs of Auckland, containing 25 perches. Occupied by Applicant and tenants.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 12th day of February, 1898, at the Lands Registry Office, Auckland.

EDWIN BAMFORD,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land herein-after described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one calendar month from the date of publication hereof.

† Part of Section 78, Block XIX., Town of Dunedin.—MARY PAGAN, Trustee and Devisee under the Will of WILLIAM PAGAN, deceased, Applicant. Occupied by Robert McCracken. No. 4232.

Diagram may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 14th day of February, 1898, at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin.

H. TURTON,
District Land Registrar.

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Private Advertisements.

TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN.

NOTICE is hereby given that, by an agreement in writing, dated the 9th day of October, 1897, and made between the Midhirst Sawmilling Company (Limited) of the one part, and George Syme of the other part, all timber, tramway, and water rights held by the said company were assigned and transferred to the said George Syme.

Dated at Hawera, this 7th day of February, 1898.

GEO. SYME.

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COUNTY OF TARANAKI.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Taranaki propose to take, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1894,” for the purpose of a deviation of the South Road, a portion of the section numbered forty on the map of the Omata District, containing one acre two roods and ten perches, more or less. A plan of such land is open for inspection at the Omata toll-gate. All persons affected are hereby required to set forth in writing any well-grounded objection to the execution of such works or to the taking of such land, and to send such writing within forty days from the publication of this notice to the Taranaki County Council, at its office, Devon Street, New Plymouth.

H. OKEY, Chairman,
C. T. MILLS, Clerk,
Taranaki County Council.

330

COUNTY OF WAIPAWA.

NOTICE is hereby given that on 2nd February, 1898, in accordance with “The Rating on Unimproved Value Act, 1896,” a poll was taken over the above county on the proposal “That ‘The Rating on Unimproved Value Act, 1896,’ be adopted in the County of Waipawa, and that henceforth property be rated upon the basis of the unimproved value thereof.” The result was as follows:—

The total number of ratepayers .. .. 1,155
There voted at the poll 406 ratepayers.
Votes for the proposal .. .. .. 462
Votes against the proposal .. .. .. 28
Informal .. .. .. 3

As more than one-third of the ratepayers voted, and a majority of the votes being in favour, I hereby declare the proposal carried.

A. E. JULL,
Chairman, Waipawa County Council.

9th February, 1898. 331

I, PHILIP OSWALD ANDREW, Member of the Royal College of Surgeons, England, and Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians, London, now residing in Nelson, hereby give notice that I intend applying on the 28th March next to have my name placed on the Medical Register for the Colony of New Zealand; and that I have deposited the evidence of my qualification in the office of the Registrar-General.

PHILIP OSWALD ANDREW.

Dated at Wellington, 16th February, 1898. 322

THE WALTON PARK COAL AND POTTERY COMPANY (LIMITED), IN LIQUIDATION.

PURSUANT to the provisions of “The Companies Act, 1882,” notice is hereby given that a meeting of shareholders in the above company will be held in the Chamber of Commerce, Crawford Street, Dunedin, on Monday, the 18th April next, at 3 p.m., for receiving the liquidators’ statement of accounts, and determining what is to be done with the books and documents of the company.

E. E. C. QUICK,
ANDREW MELVILLE,
Liquidators.

Dunedin, 9th February, 1898. 287

PROPOSAL TO RATE THE BOROUGH OF PICTON UNDER “THE UNIMPROVED VALUE ACT, 1896.”

RESULT of Poll taken on the 9th day of February, 1898:—

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 27; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 73; informal vote, 1: majority against the proposal, 46.

I therefore declare the proposal to be rejected.

THOMAS PHILPOTTS,
Mayor.

Picton, 12th February, 1898. 294

NELSON SAVINGS-BANK.

NOTICE is hereby given that the rate of interest upon deposits with this bank will be reduced to three per centum per annum on and after 1st May, 1898.

Nelson, 4th February, 1898.

H. EDWARDS,
Vice-President.

215

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED).

ESTABLISHED 1821.

Head Office—11, Lombard Street, London, E.C.

Subscribed capital .. .. .. £2,000,000
Total invested funds, upwards of .. 4,465,000
Total annual income .. .. 720,000

THE undersigned, having been appointed General Agent and Attorney of the above company for Hawke’s Bay, is prepared to issue policies of insurance against loss by fire on the lowest current terms.

JOHN PARKER.

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I, ANDREW TURNBULL, Registrar at Napier of the Supreme Court of New Zealand, do hereby notify that an affidavit, a copy of which is hereunder given, by two directors of the Napier Sterilised Milk, Chilled Butter, and Ice Company (Limited), has been lodged in the Magistrate’s Court at Napier and forwarded to me, and that, unless notice of objection be lodged with me within sixty days of this date, I shall proceed to declare the said company to be dissolved in manner provided by “The Companies Act, 1882.”

Signed this 4th day of February, 1898.

ANDREW TURNBULL,
Registrar.

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882”; and in the matter of the Napier Sterilised Milk, Chilled Butter, and Ice Company (Limited).

WE, CHARLES ALBERT HEALD and PETER ANDREAS PETERSEN, Directors of the Napier Sterilised Milk, Chilled Butter, and Ice Company (Limited), incorporated under “The Companies Act, 1882,” do hereby make oath and say,—

1. That the nominal capital of the said company is £5,000, in 500 shares of £10 each.
2. That the allotted shares have been fully paid up.
3. That the company has no assets, and has ceased to carry on its operations.

And we, Charles Albert Heald and Peter Andreas Petersen, do hereby apply for declaration of dissolution of such company.

C. A. HEALD.
P. A. PETERSEN.

Severally sworn before me, this 2nd day of February, 1898
—Andrew Turnbull, Stipendiary Magistrate. 183