JUNE 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1351

BANKRUPTCY NOTICE.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Wangannui, holden at Palmerston North.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN WILLIAM PEMBER-
TON PROCTER, of Levin, formerly Hotelkeeper, Marton,
was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a
meeting of creditors, to be helden at the Courthouse, Mar-
ton, on Wednesday, the 17th day of June, 1903, at 2 o'clock.
G. J. SCOTT,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Palmerston North, 29th May, 1903.

MINING NOTICES.

In the matter of “The Mining Companies Act, 1891,” and
its amendments, and of a company proposed to be regis-
tered thereunder as the Duke of Gordon Dredging Com-
pany (No Liability).

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register
the Duke of Gordon Dredging Company as a no-
liability company, under the provisions of “The Mining
Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Duke of Gordon
   Dredging Company (No Liability).
2. The place of intended operations is at Waikaia.
3. The registered office of the company will be situated
   at Crawford Street, Dunedin.
4. The value of the company’s property, including dredg-
   ing rights, dredge, and machinery, is £4,000.
5. The number of shares in the company is 8,000, of £1
   each.
6. The number of shares subscribed for is 8,000.
7. The name of the Manager is John Ferguson Harper.
8. The names and addresses and occupations of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at this date,
   are as below:—

No. of
Shares.

John McGregor, Engineer, Dunedin .. 2,000
Thomas McCallum Gillies, Engineer, Dunedin .. 2,000
Peter Gordon, Mining Expert, Dunedin .. 1,800
William McGillivray Gordon, Clerk, Dunedin .. 600
John Ferguson Harper, Accountant, Dunedin .. 600
John P. Smith, Mining Expert, Dunedin .. 1,000

Dated this 1st day of June, 1903.

JOHN FERGUSON HARPER,
Manager.

Witness to signature—W. Stewart Park, Solicitor, Dun-
edin.

I, John Ferguson Harper, of Dunedin, Accountant, do
solemnly and sincerely declare that—

1. I am the Manager of the said intended company.
2. The above statement is, to the best of my belief and
   knowledge, true in every particular.
3. The whole of the shares in the said intended company
   are fully paid up.
   And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
   lieving the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
   General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices
   of the Peace Act, 1882.”

J. F. HARPER.

Taken before me, this 1st day of June, 1903—Eardley C.
Reynolds, J.P.
638

In the matter of the Gow’s Creek Gold-mining Company
(Limited), (in liquidation).

TAKE notice that a General Meeting of the members of
the above-named company will be held at the registered
office of the company, Ross Place, Lawrence, on Wednesday,
the 5th August, 1903, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, for the
purpose of having an account laid before them showing the
manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and
the property of the company disposed of, and of hearing any
explanation that may be given by the Liquidator, and also
of determining by extraordinary resolution the manner in
which the books, accounts, and documents of the company
and of the Liquidator shall be disposed of.

R. PILLING, Jun.,
Liquidator.

Lawrence, 1st June, 1903.
637

In the matter of the Dart River Gold-dredging and Pro-
specting Company (Limited), (in liquidation).

TAKE notice that a General Meeting of the members of
the above-named company will be held at No. 14,
Bond Street, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 7th day of July,
1903, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of having
an account laid before them showing the manner in which
the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the
company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that
may be given by the Liquidators; and also of determining
by extraordinary resolution the manner in which the books,
accounts, and documents of the company and of the
Liquidators shall be disposed of.

J. N. LAWSON,
H. F. M. MERCER,} Liquidators.

Dunedin, 6th May, 1903.
594

In the matter of the Kia-ora Gold-dredging Company
(Limited), (in liquidation).

TAKE notice that a General Meeting of the members of
the above-named company will be held at No. 14,
Bond Street, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 8th day of July,
1903, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of having
an account laid before them showing the manner in which
the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the
company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that
may be given by the Liquidator; and also of determining
by extraordinary resolution the manner in which the books,
accounts, and documents of the company and of the
Liquidator shall be disposed of.

H. F. M. MERCER,
Liquidator.

Dunedin, 6th May, 1903.
595

In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884”; and
in the matter of the New Alburnia Gold-mining Company
(Limited), (in liquidation).

NOTICE is hereby given that it is the intention of the
above-named company to cease carrying on business
in this colony on the expiration of three months from the
first publication of this notice.
Dated at Auckland, this 18th day of May, 1903.
D. G. MACDONNELL,
615 Attorney for the Liquidator of the said Company.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land herein-
after described will be brought under the pro-
visions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” and its amend-
ments, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or
before the 4th day of July, 1903.
3379. HERRMAN LEWIS.—1 acre and 4 perches, part
Section 8, Town District. Unoccupied.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 2nd day of June, 1903, at the Lands Registry
Office, Wellington.

W. STUART,
District Land Registrar.
639

LEASE 4746 — GEORGE YATES LETHBRIDGE
(now FRANK YATES LETHBRIDGE, JOHN
PERRY LETHBRIDGE, and JAMES BRUCE), to FRED
RINK, FREDERICK RINK, GEORGE RINK, and
HENRY RINK—of Section 126, Township of Sandon, being
part of the land comprised in certificate of title, Vol. iii.,
flio 254.—Notice of re-entry and cancellation of the said
lease will be entered on the said certificate of title, on the
application of Frank Yates Lethbridge, John Perry Leth-
bridge, and James Bruce, unless caveat be lodged forbidding
the same on or before the 4th day of July, 1903.
Dated this 2nd day of June, 1903, at the Lands Registry
Office, Wellington.

W. STUART,
District Land Registrar.
640

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the provi-
sions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” and its amend-
ments, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within
one month from the date of the Gazette containing this
notice.
9534. JAMES ROWE and FRANK BRADSHAW.—
1 rood 12 perches, part of Lot 140, Christchurch Town
Reserves. Unoccupied.