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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 13

In the matter of “The Mining Act, 1878”; and in the matter of application by R. B. Jackson, John Ingram, and Thomas A. Turnbull for a prospecting warrant in respect of portion of D’Urville Island.

WHEREAS application has been made by R. B. Jackson, John Ingram, and Thomas A. Turnbull for a prospecting warrant in respect of the land more particularly described in the Schedule hereto: And whereas such application has been referred by the Minister of Mines to the Judge of the Native Land Court at Wellington for inquiry and report, in accordance with the regulations under “The Mining Act, 1878”:

It is hereby notified that the said Judge has fixed the 2nd day of March, 1905, at 11 a.m., for hearing the said application, and all or any objections thereto.

Dated at Wellington, this 8th day of February, 1905.

R. C. SIM,
Registrar, Native Land Court.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that piece or parcel of land, containing 1,000 acres, situated in D’Urville Island, being portion of Rangitoto Block No. 1. Bounded towards the north-east by high-water mark of Current Basin (facing Waikawa Bay), and on all other sides by Native land, the boundaries being all marked by pegs marked “V.”

Sitting of Royal Commission at Hawera.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Commissioners appointed under “The Maori Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1904,” will hold a sitting at Hawera on Wednesday, the 1st day of March, 1905, to investigate the claims and allegations set out in the petitions referred to in the Schedule hereunder written. All persons interested in the said matters are hereby notified to attend at the time and place aforesaid.

Dated at Wellington, this 9th day of February, 1905.

R. C. SIM,
Registrar, Native Land Court.

SCHEDULE.

7. PETITION No. 105, of 1902; Rangipaiā Ngamare, of Te Namu, Opunake.—Praying that orders of the Native Appellate Court and the Native Land Court affecting the estate of Wiremu Kingi Matakatea, deceased, may be reviewed with a view to their being set aside, and orders in his (the petitioner’s) favour substituted. (J. 02/928.)

8. Petition No. 390, of 1902; Mereana Matuarei, of Rahotu.—Praying that the order of the Native Appellate Court determining successors to Hamuera te Punga Rangiuru, deceased, in the Mokotunu Cape Block, may be quashed, and that she may be declared the successor to the deceased. (J. 03/1456.)

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Auckland.

NOTICE is hereby given that HERMAN RUPPA, of Te Kopuru, Storekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Tuesday, the 21st day of February, 1905, at 2.30 o’clock.

E. GÉRARD,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 11th February, 1905.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Waikato and Thames, held at Thames.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN O’HARA, of Thames Road, Paeroa, Carpenter and Builder, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at Mr. J. Hague Smith’s office, Paeroa, on Thursday, the 16th day of February, 1905, at 11 o’clock.

E. GÉRARD,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 8th February, 1905.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, held at New Plymouth.

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES GRIFFIN, of New Plymouth, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Friday, the 17th day of February, 1905, at 11 o’clock a.m.

J. S. S. MEDLEY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

11th February, 1905.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Wanganui, held at Palmerston North.

NOTICE is hereby given that FREDERICK YANKO, the younger, of Himitangi, Settler, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Monday, the 20th day of February, 1905, at 2.30 o’clock.

G. J. SCOTT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Palmerston North, 10th February, 1905.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Wairarapa, held at Masterton.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM SMITH BARBER, Engine-driver, of Kopuaranga, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at the Courthouse, Masterton, on Wednesday, the 22nd day of February, 1905, at 11.30 o’clock a.m.

W. B. CHENNELLS,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Masterton, 11th February, 1905.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of JOHN FRANCIS KITTO, of Arthur’s Point, late Dredgemaster, a bankrupt.

A FIRST and final dividend, of 4s. 0½d. in the pound, on all accepted proved claims is now payable at my office, Rees Street, Queenstown.

CYRIL E. GUDGEON,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Queenstown, 8th February, 1905.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Dunedin.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN LAFFEY, of Calton, formerly Hotelkeeper, now out of business, was this day adjudged bankrupt on creditor’s petition; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Friday, the 17th day of February, 1905, at 2.30 o’clock.

C. C. GRAHAM,
Official Assignee.

Dunedin, 13th February, 1905.

In Bankruptcy. — In the District Court, Otago Goldfield, held at Lawrence.

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES TODD, of Roxburgh, Labourer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Monday, the 20th day of February, 1905, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon.

R. PILLING, Jun.,
Deputy Official Assignee,

Lawrence, 7th February, 1905.