JAN. 16.]

Amount of cash at banker's : £81 9s. 2d.
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): Nil.

I, Robert Erskine, the Manager of the Ourawera 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 31st December, 1901; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of "'The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."" R. ERSKINE,
Manager.

Declared at Invercargill, this 9th day of January, 1902, before me—William Todd, J.P.

In the matter of "The Companies Act, 1882," and its amendments; and in the matter of the Roxburgh Jubilee Dredging Company (Limited).

An extraordinary general meeting of the above-named company, duly convened, and held in the hall of the Dunedin Stock Exchange, Colonial Bank Buildings, Dunedin, on the 23rd day of December, 1901, the following extraordinary resolution was passed:—

"That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this meeting that the company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same, and accordingly that the company be wound up voluntarily."

And at the same meeting John Davie, of Dunedin, Accountant, was appointed Liquidator for the purpose of such winding-up.

Dated this 7th day of January, 1902.

H. ADAM,
Chairman.

Witness to signature—Daniel Anderson, Clerk, Dunedin.

NOTICE is hereby given that at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Lindis River Dredging Company (Limited) held on the 20th day of December, 1901, the following extraordinary resolution was submitted to the meeting and carried:—

"That it has been proved to the satisfaction of the shareholders that the company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and accordingly that it be wound up voluntarily."

And the undersigned was appointed Liquidator.

E. L. MACASSEY,
Liquidator.
Water Street, Dunedin, 7th January, 1902.

RICHARDS' BEACH GOLD-DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED), (IN LIQUIDATION).

NOTICE is hereby given that a Meeting of Shareholders of the company will be held in the Dunedin Stock Exchange Rooms, Princes Street, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 18th day of March, 1902, at 8 o'clock p.m., when the following resolutions will be submitted:—

(a.) "That the accounts of the Liquidator submitted to this meeting, showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of, be received and adopted."
(b.) "That the books, accounts, and documents of the company, and of the liquidation thereof, be retained by the Liquidator for a period of three months, and after that period that they be destroyed."

E. A. COGAN,
Liquidator.
Dunedin, 31st December, 1901.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE 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 month from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

3810. WILLIAM MELVILLE.—Part of Allotments 78, 79, 111, and 124, Parish of Mahurangi, containing 282 acres and 19 perches. Occupied by Applicant.

3811. JANE COLE HUTSON.—Lots 49, 50, and 55, of Allotment 38, Section 44, in the City of Auckland, containing 20½ perches. Occupied by Applicant and tenant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 13th day of January, 1902, at the Lands Registry Office, Auckland.

EDWIN BAMFORD,
District Land Registrar.

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 month from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

1330. THOMAS BROWN, of Richmond, Farmer.—2 acres, part of Part 11 of Section 26, Waimea East. Occupied by Applicant.

Diagram may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 13th day of January, 1902, at the Lands Registry Office, Nelson.

H. W. ROBINSON,
District Land Registrar.

APPLICATION having been made to me to register a surrender of Lease No. 3896, in favour of the SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS for the WELLINGTON PROVINCIAL DISTRICT, over Section 26, Block VIII., Tiriraukawa Survey District, being the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. xci., folio 235, and evidence having been lodged of the destruction of the said lease, I hereby give notice that I intend to dispense with the production of the said lease, and register the surrender as requested, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 17th day of February, 1902.

Dated this 15th day of January, 1902, at the Lands Registry Office, Wellington.

W. STUART,
District Land Registrar.

APPLICATION having been made to me to register certain dealings affecting Section 186, Town of Ashburton, contained in certificate of title, Vol. lvii., folio 246, whereof JAMES WERE BAKER, of Ashburton, Cabinet-maker, is the registered proprietor, and for the issue of a provisional certificate of title for the said land, and evidence of the loss of the original certificate of title having been furnished, I hereby give notice that I will register such dealings and issue such provisional certificate at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated this 13th day of January, 1902, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.

NOTICE 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 month from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

8924. WILLIAM JAMIESON DONALD.—15 acres 2 roods 13 perches, part of Rural Section 308, Block VII., Christchurch Survey District. Occupied by James Donald.

8925. RICHARD MAY MORTEN.—55 acres, Rural Section 1857 and parts of Rural Sections 268, 2738, 2807, and 2824, Borough of Lyttelton. Occupied by Lyttelton Borough Council.

8926. STEWART SHIRLEY BLACKBURNE, ALBERT LAMB SMITH, and FRANCIS ARTHUR PYNE. —¼ perch, part of Town Section 824, Christchurch. Occupied by Applicants.

8927. SAMUEL FREDERICK SMITHSON.—21⅙ perches, Lot 11, Plan 345, part of Rural Section 1757, Borough of Timaru. Occupied by Joseph John Mason.

8928. JOHN CLIFF.—60 acres, Rural Section 7959, Aronhenua and Geraldine Survey Districts. Occupied by William Smith.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 13th day of January, 1902, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.

PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between the undersigned MAURICE HARRIS and VICTOR HARRIS, carrying on business at No. 172, Lichfield Street, Christchurch, as Financial and Commission Agents, has been dissolved as from the 31st December, 1901, by mutual consent. All outstanding assets and liabilities will be received and discharged by the undersigned Victor Harris, who will alone, as from the above date, carry on the business at the same place.

Dated at Christchurch, this 6th day of January, 1902.

M. HARRIS.
V. HARRIS.

Witness to both signatures—P. H. Hardcastle, Financial Agents’ Clerk, Christchurch.