APRIL 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 723

A PPLICATION having been made to me for the issue of
a provisional certificate of title in the name of DORA
DEVERY, wife of William Devery, of Whatatutu, Hotel-
keeper, for Lot 3 on deposited plan No. 298, being part of
Subdivision 4 of the Whataupoko Block, containing 23
acres, and being the land contained in certificate of title,
Vol. xvii., folio 234 of the Register-book; and evidence
having been lodged of the loss of the original certificate, I
hereby give notice that I will issue such provisional certi-
ficate of title at the expiration of fourteen days from the
date of the Gazette containing this notice.
Dated this 10th day of April, 1900, at the Lands Registry
Office, Gisborne.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.

501

Private Advertisements.

TO THE REGISTRAR, SUPREME COURT, DUNEDIN.

T AKE notice that at a meeting of the Directors of the
Hit-or-Miss Water-race Company (Registered), held
in Naseby, on Thursday, 15th February, 1900, Mr. John
WESLEY REED was appointed Legal Manager of the com-
pany, in place of Mr. George Leighton Stewart.
Naseby, 9th March, 1900.

JAMES ALEXANDER,
G. W. MASON,

} Directors.

502

AUCKLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

I N accordance with the provisions of “The Auckland
Grammar School Act, 1899,” it is hereby notified that,
on the 8th day of March last,
Dr. ERNEST ROBERTON, M.D.,
was elected a member of the Board of Governors of the
Auckland Grammar School.

W. WALLACE KIDD,
Returning Officer.

Auckland, 5th April, 1900.

AUCKLAND GRAMMAR SCHOOL.

I N accordance with the provisions of “The Auckland
Grammar School Act, 1899,” it is hereby notified that,
on the 5th day of April instant,
Professor F. D. BROWN
was elected a member of the Board of Governors of the
Auckland Grammar School.

W. WALLACE KIDD,
Returning Officer.

Auckland,
5th April, 1900.

498

I, ELIZABETH PLATTS, Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery of the University of New Zea-
land, now residing at Port Chalmers, hereby give notice that
I intend applying, on the 1st day of May, 1900, to have my
name placed on the Medical Register of the Colony of New
Zealand, and that I have deposited the evidence of my quali-
fications in the office of the Registrar of Births and Deaths
at Dunedin.
ELIZABETH PLATTS, M.B., Ch.B.
Port Chalmers, 30th March, 1900.

490

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO REGISTER.

I, THOMAS ARTHUR WILL, Bachelor of Medicine
and Bachelor of Surgery, now residing at Granity
Creek, hereby give notice that I intend applying, on the
30th April 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 qualifications in the office of
the Registrar at Hokitika.

THOMAS ARTHUR WILL.
Dated at Granity Creek, 23rd March, 1900.

488

I, LEONARD EDGAR WHITAKER, Member of the
Royal College of Surgeons, England, and Licentiate
of the Royal College of Physicians, England, now residing
in Stronvar, Masterton, hereby give notice that I intend
applying on the 7th May 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.

LEONARD EDGAR WHITAKER.
Dated at Stronvar, 1st April, 1900.

497

N OTICE is hereby given that the undersigned CLAUDE
ERNEST WHITE SAWTELL did, on the 1st day of
December last, retire from the business as Seed Merchants
hitherto carried on by himself in partnership with the
undersigned JOHN FREDERICK WACHSMANN under the style of
“Sawtell and Wachsmann.”
The business will be carried on as heretofore under the
same style of “Sawtell and Wachsmann,” the share in the
business hitherto held by the said C. E. W. Sawtell having
been purchased by Messrs. Gould, Beaumont, and Co. All
the assets of the late firm have been taken over and all
their liabilities will be discharged by the new firm.
Dated this 5th day of April, 1900.

CLAUDE SAWTELL.
J. F. WACHSMANN.
GOULD, BEAUMONT, AND CO.
Witness to the signatures of all parties—Wm. Lewis,
Solicitor, Christchurch.

494

PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.

W E beg to give notice that Mr. ARNOLD MORELL MAC-
DONALD, of Invercargill, Solicitor, has this day been
admitted a partner in the practice or business heretofore
carried on by the undersigned, Thomas Morell Macdonald
and Herbert Alexander Macdonald, as Barristers and
Solicitors, under the style or firm of “T. M. Macdonald
and Son.”
Dated at Invercargill, this 2nd day of April, 1900.

THOS. M. MACDONALD.
HERBERT A. MACDONALD.

Referring to the above notice, we beg to intimate that the
practice or business heretofore carried on as above men-
tioned will in future be carried on by us in copartnership,
under the style or firm of “T. M. Macdonald and Sons,” in
the same premises in Esk Street.
Dated at Invercargill, this 2nd day of April, 1900.

THOS. M. MACDONALD.
HERBERT A. MACDONALD.
A. MORELL MACDONALD.

495

PELORUS ROAD BOARD.

R ESULT of Poll taken on the 31st March, 1900, on the
proposal to adopt “The Rating on Unimproved
Value Act, 1896,” within the Pelorus Road District:—
Number of votes recorded for the proposal .. 98
Number of votes recorded against the proposal 41
The majority of votes recorded being in favour of the pro-
posal, I hereby declare the proposal carried.

JOHN DUNCAN,
Chairman,
Pelorus Road Board.

Havelock, Marlborough,
4th April, 1900.

489

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
CANTERBURY DISTRICT.

In the matter of “The Commissioners of the Supreme
Court Act, 1875,”

AND

In the matter of CHARLES JAMES FOX, of Number 7, Great
St. Thomas Apostle, in the City of London, in England,
Solicitor.

I, SIR ROBERT STOUT, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of New Zealand, do hereby appoint
CHARLES JAMES FOX, of Number 7, Great St. Thomas
Apostle, in the City of London, in England, Solicitor, a
Commissioner to administer oaths in the Supreme Court
of Judicature in England, to be and act as a Commissioner
of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in England, for the
purpose of administering and taking any oath, affidavit, or
affirmation, whether in any action, suit, cause, proceeding,
matter, or thing commenced or pending in the said Court,
or in any Court of concurrent or inferior jurisdiction in the
Colony of New Zealand, or in any proceeding, matter, or
thing whatsoever within the cognisance or jurisdiction of
any such Court, to have, enjoy, exercise, and use the said
office of Commissioner, and the power and authority afore-
said, as long as it shall please the said Court.

[Seal of
the Supreme
Court of
New
Zealand.]
Given under my hand and the seal of
the said Court, at Christchurch, this
twenty-seventh day of March, one
thousand nine hundred.

A. R. BLOXAM,
Registrar.

ROBERT STOUT, C.J.

492