Jan. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 75

Bankruptcy Notices.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES JOHN SANDERSON, of Beach Road, Thames, Engineer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at Mr. T. W. Clark’s office, Thames, on Thursday, the 13th day of January, 1898, at 2.30 o’clock.
J. LAWSON,
Official Assignee.

6th January, 1898.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that COLIN McMILLAN, of Whangarata, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at Mr. T. Walker’s house, at Tuakau, on Wednesday, the 12th day of January, 1898, at 5 o’clock p.m.
J. LAWSON,
Official Assignee.

5th January, 1898.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES NUTTING, of Gisborne, Tobacconist, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on the 18th day of January, 1898, at 2.30 o’clock.
JOHN COLEMAN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Gisborne, 10th January, 1898.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ABIGAIL MURRAY, of Hastings, Music-teacher, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at the Courthouse, Hastings, on Wednesday, the 19th day of January, 1898, at 10.30 o’clock.
M. W. P. LASCELLES,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Napier, 11th January, 1898.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that HENRY CRANN, of New Plymouth, Railway Employé, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, at New Plymouth, on Monday, the 17th day of January, 1898, at 2 o’clock.
ROBT. G. BAUCHOPE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

New Plymouth, 4th January, 1898.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIE WATERS, Mechanical Engineer, of Masterton, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at the Courthouse, Masterton, on Monday, the 17th day of January, 1898, at 12 o’clock noon.
W. B. CHENNELLS,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Masterton, 7th January, 1898.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ROBERT JOHN KINGAN, of Wellington, Horse-trainer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Thursday, the 13th day of January, 1898, at 11 o’clock a.m.
JAMES ASHCROFT,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 6th January, 1898.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ELLSWORTH PROBASCO, of Westport, Circus-manager, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on the 17th day of January, 1898, at 3 o’clock p.m.
A. D. BAYFEILD,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Westport, 4th January, 1898.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends are declared, and are now payable at my office, on all proved and accepted claims in the following estates:—
David Cossgrove, fourth, 1s. in the pound (making 5s. in the pound paid).
Louis Carmine, of Lyell, first and final, 1s. 10d. in the pound.
Thomas Smart, first and final, 3½d. in the pound.
John Bredbury, second and final, 2¾d. in the pound.
Edward Benson, first and final, 6s. 10d. in the pound.
Charles Gooding, first and final, 3s. 2d. in the pound.
A. D. BAYFEILD,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Westport, 31st December, 1897.

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

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 26th day of January, 1898, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates.
Henry Page, of Takaka, Butcher.
Frederick Page, of Takaka, Butcher.
Richard Weller, of Suburban North, Farmer.
Dated this 6th day of January, 1898.
A. A. SCAIFE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that THOMAS BENNET CRESSEY, jun., at Ahaura, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on the 13th day of January, 1898, at 11.30 o’clock.
G. S. SMITH,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Greymouth, 6th January, 1898.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES DAVIS LIGHTBAND, of Christchurch, Leather Merchant, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on the 18th day of January, 1898, at 11 o’clock.
G. L. GREENWOOD,
Official Assignee.

Christchurch, 11th January, 1898.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN HENDERSON PRICE and JOSEPH PRICE, both of Timaru, carrying on business together in partnership as Saddlers, under the style or firm of “Price and Son,” were this day adjudged bankrupts; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, Arcade, Timaru, on Monday, the 24th day of January, 1898, at 11 o’clock.
ALEX. MONTGOMERY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Timaru, 10th January, 1898.

Mining Notices.

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,
1393 Attorneys of the said Company in New Zealand.