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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

A PPLICATION having been made to me for the issue of
a provisional Crown lease, in the name of ARCHI-
BALD WATSON SHAND, for Sections 11 and 12, Block 14,
Takapau Survey District, being all the land comprised
in Lease No. 1925, Vol. 3L, folio 144, of the Register-book,
and a statutory declaration of the loss of the original lease
having been lodged with me, I hereby give notice that I will
issue such provisional lease unless caveat be lodged for-
bidding the same on or before the 23rd day of September
next.
Dated at the Land Transfer Office, Napier, this 1st day of
September, 1898.

THOS. HALL,
District Land Registrar.

785

N OTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land here-
after described will be brought under the pro-
visions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat
be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 8th day
of October, 1898.
2797. JOHN RODERICK McDONALD. — 500 acres,
Subdivision 3, Aratangata Block. Occupied by Applicant.
Diagram may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 7th day of September, 1898, at the Lands
Registry Office, Wellington.

W. STUART,
District Land Registrar.

791

N OTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of
land hereinafter 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.
Sections 2 and 11, Block XLIII., and part of Section 2,
Block XL., District of Tokomairiro.—JAMES ADAM,
Applicant. Occupied by John Hanley. No. 4256.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 5th day of September, 1898, at the Lands
Registry Office, Dunedin.

H. TURTON,
District Land Registrar.

790

Private Advertisements.

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

T HE Partnership hitherto existing between the under-
signed as Drapers, &c., in the business carried on in
“Te Aro House” under the style or firm of “James Smith
and Co.,” has this day been dissolved by mutual consent.
The business will in future be carried on by the under-
signed, WILLIAM HENRY CARTER, on his own account, and he
will discharge the debts and liabilities of the Partnership.
Dated this 1st day of September, 1898.

JAMES SMITH.

Witness to the signature of James Smith—Robert Stout,
Solicitor, Wellington.

W. H. CARTER.

Witness to the signature of William Henry Carter—
C. P. Skerrett, Solicitor, Wellington.

789

In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884”; and
in the matter of the Hampton Plains Exploration Com-
pany of London (Limited).

N OTICE is hereby given that the Office or place of busi-
ness of the above-named company for the purposes
of such Act is situated at Kaponga Road, Coromandel.
Dated this 23rd day of August, 1898.

EDWIN H. HARDY,
Attorney for above-named Company.

768

T HE NEW ZEALAND OFFICIAL YEAR-BOOK,
1897.

Containing latest information, Historical, Political, Official,
Statistical, Industrial, Commercial, &c.; Digest of Land-
laws and Description of Land Districts.

DIAGRAMS AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

Prices: Paper cover, 1s.; cloth boards, 2s. Copies will
be sent post-free to England or any British possession on
receipt of order, with remittance, addressed to the Govern-
ment Printer, Wellington.

MAY BE OBTAINED OF ANY BOOKSELLER.

CURNIN’S INDEX TO THE LAWS OF NEW
ZEALAND.
TENTH EDITION.
Brought down to the end of 1896.
Price, 10s. 6d.

JOHN MACKAY,
Government Printer.
Printing and Stationery Department,
Wellington, February, 1897.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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CONTENTS.

APPOINTMENTS .. .. .. .. .. 1435
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES .. .. .. .. 1454
CROWN LANDS NOTICES .. .. .. .. 1437
LAND—
Excepting from Operation of Section 117 of “The
Native Land Court Act, 1894” .. .. 1432
Removal of Restrictions on Native .. .. 1432
Rural, open for Sale or Selection .. .. 1434
Set apart for Lease as Village-homestead Allot-
ments .. .. .. .. 1434
Temporarily reserved .. .. .. .. 1433
LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES .. .. .. 1455
MINING NOTICES .. .. .. .. 1455
MISCELLANEOUS—
Altering the Name of the Town of Birmingham 1434
Amending Regulations for Trout- and Perch-
fishing, Wellington .. .. .. .. 1432
Awards of the Royal Humane Society of Austral-
asia granted in New Zealand .. .. 1433
Bonus for the Production of Quicksilver .. 1437
Civil Service Senior Examination .. .. 1436
Justices of the Peace resigned .. .. .. 1435
Notices to Mariners .. .. .. .. 1436
Notices under “The Public Trust Office Consolida-
tion Act, 1894” .. .. .. .. 1437
Officiating Ministers .. .. .. .. 1437
Particulars of the Estates of Deceased Persons .. 1453
Powers delegated under “The Public Domains
Act, 1881” .. .. .. .. 1431
Proposed Loan .. .. .. .. 1436
Tenders for Supply of Steel Castings .. .. 1437
Tuatara Lizards and their Eggs protected .. 1435
NATIVE LAND COURT NOTICES .. .. .. 1450
PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS .. .. .. 1456

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.