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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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43, 62, and part of 107, deposited Plan 467; Lots 145, 145A, 146, 147, and 148, deposited Plan 501; Lots 2, 3, and 4 (parts of Lot 16), deposited Plan 1326; and Lot 3 (part of Lot 131), deposited Plan 1402; situated in the Otaio and Patiti Survey Districts: as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 19215, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, and thereon edged with red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land declared to be Crown Land subject to “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894.”

(L.S.)

RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been acquired under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and the purchase thereof has been concluded as by the said Act is provided: And whereas it is enacted by the said Act that all land so acquired shall be proclaimed as Crown land subject to the provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall, on the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, be and be deemed to be Crown land subject to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894.”

SCHEDULE.

WAIHI SETTLEMENT.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing 113 acres 3 roods 7 perches, more or less, being Section No. 3106, situated in Block XIV., Geraldine Survey District; as the same is delineated on the plan marked S.G. 19220, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured red.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Land declared to be Crown Land subject to “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894.”

(L.S.)

RANFURLY, Governor.

A PROCLAMATION.

WHEREAS the land described in the Schedule hereto has been acquired under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894” (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), and the purchase thereof has been concluded as by the said Act is provided: And whereas it is enacted by the said Act that all land so acquired shall be proclaimed as Crown land subject to the provisions of the said Act:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in exercise and pursuance of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, do hereby proclaim and declare that the land described in the Schedule hereto shall, on the date of the publication hereof in the New Zealand Gazette, be and be deemed to be Crown land subject to the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Act, 1894.”

SCHEDULE.

TAKITU SETTLEMENT.

ALL that area in the Canterbury Land District, containing 9,697 acres 3 roods 37 perches, more or less, situated in the Meyer and Elephant Hill Survey Districts, being Rural Sections Nos. 24004, 25940, 25941, 25942, 25943, 25944, 25945, 25946, 25947, 26294, 26295, 26296, 26297, 26321, 26322, 26323, 26324, 26325, 26326, 26327, 26342, 26343, 29721, 29722, 29723, 29725, 29726, 29727, 29728, 30226, 30259, 30750, 30821, 30822, 30823, 36124, 36170, and part of 20118; as the same is delineated upon the plan marked S.G. 19214, deposited in the Head Office, Department of Lands and Survey, at Wellington, in the Wellington Land District, and thereon coloured pink.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Right Honourable Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly; Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Mining Notices.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Big River Gold-mining Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 7th January, 1891; 11th April, 1891.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Reefton; T. Hubert Lee.

Nominal capital: £12,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £12,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £600.

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: 24,000.

Number of shares allotted: 24,000.

Amount paid per share: 6d.

Amount called up per share: 6d.

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: 67.

Present number of shareholders: 62.

Number of men employed by company: 20.

Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 2,863 oz. 19 dwt. 12 gr.; £11,627 15s. 3d.

Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: 23,421 oz. 14 dwt. 1 gr.; £94,136 8s. 3d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £4,720 11s. 5d.

Total expenditure since registration: £52,768 15s.

Total amount of dividends declared: £46,200.

Total amount of dividends paid: £46,200.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s: £58 10s. 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): £112 2s.

I, Thomas Hubert Lee, Manager of the Big River Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at the 30th day of December, 1899; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

T. HUBERT LEE,
Manager.

Declared at Reefton, this 24th day of January, 1900, before me—E. J. Scantlebury, J.P.

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