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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 60

UNDER “THE MINING ACT, 1898.”

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A WATER-RACE.

To the Warden of the Otago Mining District, at St. Bathan’s.

Pursuant to “The Mining Act, 1898,” the undersigned, James Clouston, of Beck’s, Farmer, hereby applies for a license for a water-race as specified in the Schedule hereto, the course whereof has been duly marked out for the purpose.

Date and number of miner’s right: 4th July, 1906; No. 55966.

Address for service: Care of Mr. James R. Kirk, Solicitor, Naseby.

Dated at Naseby, this 3rd day of July, 1906.

SCHEDULE.

Locality of the race and of its starting and terminal points: Commencing in Beck’s Creek, in Section 13, Block V, Blackstone District, held under yearly license by Tonkin and Co., at a point about 2 chains below boundary-fence between Sections 12 and 13, same block, traversing said Section 13, and terminating in Section 4, same block; occupied by applicant; pegs marked “C,” and trenches cut.

Length and intended course of race: One mile; south-westerly.

Points of intake: Commencing-point in Beck’s Creek.

Estimated time and cost of construction: One month; £15.

Mean depth and breadth: 9 in., 18 in.

Number of heads to be diverted: Two heads.

Purpose for which water is to be used: Irrigation and watering stock.

Proposed term of license: Forty-two years.

JAMES CLOUSTON
(By his Solicitor, JAMES R. KIRK),
Applicant.

Precise time of filing of the foregoing application: 3 p.m., 4th July, 1906.

Time and place appointed for the hearing of the application and all objections thereto: Thursday, 23rd August, 1906, at 10 a.m., at Warden’s Court, St. Bathan’s.

Objections thereto must be filed in the Registrar’s office and notified to applicant at least twenty-four hours before the day so appointed.

T. A. W. PHILPOTTS,
For Mining Registrar.

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In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1903”; and in the matter of the Ophir Mining Company (Limited).

At an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the above-named company, duly convened, and held at Dunedin on Monday, the 11th day of June, 1906, the following special resolutions were duly passed; and at a subsequent general meeting of the members of the said company, also duly convened, and held at the same place on the 28th day of June, 1906, the said resolutions were duly confirmed, viz.:

1. That it is expedient to effect an amalgamation of this company with the Shotover Quartz-mining Company (No Liability).

2. That the Ophir Mining Company (Limited) be wound up voluntarily, and that James Newburgh Lawson, of Dunedin, be and he is hereby appointed Liquidator for the purposes of such winding-up.

3. That the said Liquidator be and he is hereby authorised to consent to the registration of a new company, to be named the Shotover Consolidated Mining Company (Limited), with a memorandum and articles of association which have been already prepared with the privity and approval of the directors of this company.

4. That the draft agreement expressed to be made between the Liquidator of the Shotover Quartz-mining Company (No Liability) of the first part, the Shotover Quartz-mining Company (No Liability) of the second part, the Liquidator of the Ophir Mining Company (Limited) of the third part, the Ophir Mining Company (Limited) of the fourth part, and the Shotover Consolidated Mining Company (Limited) of the fifth part, be and the same is hereby approved; and that the said Liquidator be and he is hereby directed to enter into an agreement on behalf of this company on the terms of the draft, and to carry the same into effect.

Dated at Dunedin, this 13th day of July, 1906.

J. N. LAWSON,
Secretary.

Witness—Edw. Rivers, 66 High Street, Dunedin.

677

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

Evidence of the loss of certificate of title, Vol. 55, folio 144, in favour of JOSEPH HENRY, for Allotment 195, Parish of Te Puna, having been lodged with me, and application made to issue a provisional certificate of title, and also to register a transmission of such land to KATHLEEN HENRY, of Wellington, Spinster: notice is hereby given of my intention to issue a provisional certificate of title and to register the transmission accordingly at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated the 10th day of July, 1906, at the Lands Registry Office, Auckland.

EDWIN BAMFORD,
District Land Registrar.

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Notice is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” and its amendments, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

4119. ERNEST JOHN PARKER.—Allotments 217 and 329, Parish of Whangamarino, containing together 70 acres. Occupied by Applicant.

4120. BENJAMIN GEORGE HALL.—Part of Allotment 1, Parish of Whangarei, and right-of-way appurtenant thereto, containing 269 acres 1 rood 31 perches. Occupied by Applicant.

4121. MARY ANN SEDGMAN.—Part of Allotment 58, Parish of Taupiri, containing 12 acres 1 rood 28 perches. Occupied by Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 14th day of July, 1906, at the Lands Registry Office, Auckland.

EDWIN BAMFORD,
District Land Registrar.

682

Notice is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” and its amendments, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month.

1082. ALFRED HUGHES ARNOLD, Applicant.—5 acres 2 roods 2 perches, parts of Sections G and H, Fitzroy District. Occupied by Applicant. Contiguous occupiers are G. H. Bullard and H. R. Cattley, of New Plymouth.

1083. HARRY LONGSTAFF, Applicant.—59 acres 1 rood 30 perches, part of Rural Allotment No. 61, Waitara West District. Occupied by Isaac Longstaff, of Waitara, Farmer. Contiguous occupiers are N. Sole and A. J. Hoskins, of Waitara West.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office (Plans 2316, 2338).

Dated this 14th day of July, 1906, at the Lands Registry Office, New Plymouth.

T. HUTCHISON,
District Land Registrar.

681

Notice is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” and its amendments, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 20th day of August, 1906.

3883. NORAH O’SHANNESSY.—33 3/10 perches, part Section 89, Left Bank Wanganui River (Township of Eastown). Unoccupied.

3884. EDWARD DANIEL BARBER, HAROLD BARBER, RICHARD HENRY BARBER, and WALTER EDWARD BARBER.—9 7/10 perches, part Section 205, City of Wellington, with right-of-way. Occupied by Bernard Erickson and Garguilo and Poli.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 18th day of July, 1906, at the Lands Registry Office, Wellington.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar.

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Application having been made to me for the issue of a provisional Crown lease in the name of GEORGE HARRY ARCHER, of Waterfalls, Labourer, for Section 20, Rakaunui Village Settlement, being the land comprised in Crown lease, Vol. 9A, folio 172, and evidence having been