Aug. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1799

Government Insurance Department. — Agency of the Life Branch opened at Weber.

Government Insurance Department,
Wellington, 7th August, 1903.

AN agency of the Life Branch of the above Department will be opened at

The Post-office, Weber,

as from the 17th August, 1903.

J. H. RICHARDSON,
Commissioner.

Branch of Friendly Society registered.

Friendly Societies’ Registry Office,
Wellington, 12th August, 1903.

THE St. Patrick’s Branch, No. 373, situated at Gisborne, is registered as a branch of the New Zealand Hibernian Australasian Catholic Benefit Society Friendly Society, under “The Friendly Societies Act, 1882,” this 12th day of August, 1903.

GEO. LESLIE,
Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Adoption of Child under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 6th August, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the adoption particulars of which are set out hereunder has been duly registered by me under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

R. C. SIM,
Registrar.

PARTICULARS OF ADOPTION OF CHILD.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, Wellington District.

I, WAIHAKEKE, of Moawhango, hereby give notice that I have taken Kohatu Ngamotu Waihakeke, a child of Ngamotu Pateriki and Terewha Ngamotu, to be my adopted child according to Maori custom; and I request that such adoption be registered under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

As witness my hand, this 3rd day of August, 1903.

WAIHAKEKE.

Signed by the said Waihakeke in the presence of — J. M. Fraser, Licensed Interpreter, First Grade, of Auckland.

Adoption of Child under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the adoption particulars of which are set out hereunder has been duly registered by me under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

R. C. SIM,
Registrar.

PARTICULARS OF ADOPTION OF CHILD.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, Wellington District.

I, MUROA PANAPA, of Fraser Road, Hawera, hereby give notice that I have taken Muroa Ngarangi Katitia, a child of Ngarangi Katitia and Te Purei Hitarere, to be my adopted child according to Maori custom; and I request that such adoption be registered under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

As witness my hand, this 28th day of July, 1903.

MUROA PANAPA.

Signed by the said Muroa Panapa in the presence of — James A. Stevens, Postmaster, of Hawera, and John Adams, Licensed Interpreter, First Grade, of Hawera.

Adoption of Child under Section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 7th August, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that the adoption particulars of which are set out hereunder has been duly registered by me under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

R. C. SIM,
Registrar.

PARTICULARS OF ADOPTION OF CHILD.

To the Registrar of the Native Land Court, Wellington District.

I, MUROA PANAPA, of Fraser Road, Hawera, hereby give notice that I have taken Te Rou Ngarangi Katitia, a child of Ngarangi Katitia and Te Purei Hitarere, to be my adopted child according to Maori custom; and I request that such adoption be registered under the provisions of section 50 of “The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901.”

As witness my hand, this 28th day of July, 1903.

MUROA PANAPA.

Signed by the said Muroa Panapa in the presence of — James A. Stevens, Postmaster, of Hawera, and John Adams, Licensed Interpreter, First Grade, of Hawera.

Notice under “The Companies Act, 1882.”

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882”; and in the matter of the Cardiff Co-operative Store Company (Limited).

I, ROBERT LOFTUS STANFORD, Registrar of the Supreme Court for the Northern District (Taranaki), located at New Plymouth, do hereby notify that an affidavit, a copy of which is hereunder given, by CHARLES McGECHEIE, of Cardiff, Farmer, chairman of the Cardiff Co-operative Store Company (Limited), has been lodged in the Magistrate’s Court at Stratford 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 23rd day of July, 1903.

R. L. STANFORD,
Registrar.

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882”; and in the matter of the Cardiff Co-operative Store Company (Limited).

I, CHARLES McGECHEIE, of Cardiff, Farmer, chairman of the Cardiff Co-operative Store Company (Limited), incorporated under “The Companies Act, 1882,” do hereby make oath and say,—

That the nominal capital of the said company is £1,000, in 1,000 shares of £1 each.

That the shares have been fully paid up.

That the company has no assets, and has ceased to carry on its operations.

And I, the said Charles McGechie, do hereby apply for declaration of dissolution of such company.

CHARLES McGECHEIE.

Sworn before me, this 21st day of July, 1903—R. L. Stanford, Stipendiary Magistrate.

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.