July 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1715

Notice under “The Companies Act, 1882.”

I, ANDREW ROBY BLOXAM, Registrar of the Supreme Court for the District of Canterbury, do hereby notify that an affidavit, a copy of which is hereunder given, by NORMAN GORDON WHICHCOTE HANMER, of the Straits Settlements Dredging and Prospecting Company (Limited), has been lodged in the Stipendiary Magistrate’s Court at Christchurch and forwarded to me, and that unless notice of objection be lodged with me within sixty days of this date I shall proceed to declare the said company to be dissolved, in manner provided by “The Companies Act, 1882.”
Signed this 24th day of July, 1903.

A. R. BLOXAM,
Registrar.

I, NORMAN GORDON WHICHCOTE HANMER, chairman of the Straits Settlements Dredging and Prospecting Company (Limited), incorporated under “The Companies Act, 1882,” do hereby make oath and say,–
That the nominal capital of the said company is £1,075, in 215 shares of £5 each.
That the shares have been fully paid up.
That the company has no assets, and has ceased to carry on its operations.
That I, Norman Gordon Whichcote Hanmer, do hereby apply for declaration of dissolution of such company.
NORMAN G. W. HANMER.
Taken and sworn this 18th day of July, 1903, at Christchurch, in the Colony of New Zealand, before W. R. Haselden, Stipendiary Magistrate.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Land in Wellington Land District for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned land will be offered to the holder of adjoining land, under section 114 of the said Act, on Monday, the 26th day of October, 1903.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Wellington Land District for Sale under Section 114 of “The Land Act, 1892.”

District Lands and Survey Office,
Wellington, 28th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 240 of “The Land Act, 1892,” that the undermentioned lands will be offered to the holder of adjoining land, under section 114 of the said Act, on Monday, the 26th day of October, 1903.

SCHEDULE.
WELLINGTON LAND DISTRICT.

JOHN STRAUCHON,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Lands in Rainford Settlement, Marlborough Land District, open for Selection on Lease in Perpetuity.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Blenheim, 27th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned lands will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity, at this office, and at the Courthouse, Kaikoura, on Monday, the 31st day of August, 1903, under the provisions of “The Land for Settlements Consolidation Act, 1900,” and amendments.
If more than one application is received for the same section on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
MARLBOROUGH LAND DISTRICT.—KAIKOURA COUNTY.—MOUNT FYFFE SURVEY DISTRICT.—RAINFORD SETTLEMENT.
Classified as Dairy Farms for Lease in Perpetuity.

Subdivision 2.

| 3R | VIII. | 51 1 27 | 1 3 0 | 29 11 4 |
| | | | | 14 11 5* |

Subdivision 3.

| 4R | VIII. | 21 0 4 | 1 4 0 | 12 12 4 |
| 5R | " | 18 0 20 | 1 4 0 | 10 17 6 |
| 7R | " | 17 3 10 | 1 6 0 | 1 18 10† |
| | | | | 11 11 7 |

Subdivision 4.

| 6R | VIII. | 12 0 31 | 1 6 0 | 7 18 6 |
| 8R | " | 10 2 21 | 1 8 0 | 7 8 10 |
| 9R | " | 12 0 34 | 1 8 0 | 8 11 0 |

Subdivision 5.

| 10R | VIII. | 25 2 19 | 1 8 0 | 17 18 8 |
| 11R | " | 25 2 27 | 1 4 0 | 15 8 0 |

*Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £225, repayable in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £14 11s. 5d. Total half-yearly, £44 2s. 9d.
†Interest and sinking fund on buildings valued at £30, repayable in ten years by half-yearly instalments of £1 18s. 10d. Total half-yearly, £12 16s. 4d.

C. W. ADAMS,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Small Grazing-runs in Otago Land District open for Lease on Application.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Dunedin, 27th July, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned small grazing-runs will be open for lease on application, at this office, on Tuesday, the 15th day of September, 1903, under the provisions of Part V. of “The Land Act, 1892.”
If more than one application is received for the same run on the same day, the order of selection shall be decided by ballot.

SCHEDULE.
OTAGO LAND DISTRICT.—VINCENT COUNTY.—LEANING ROCK SURVEY DISTRICT.
Second-class Pastoral Country.

These runs are composed of level dry terraces. The soil is light and poor, with a gravel subsoil. There are some