Notice of Registration of Adoption funder Section 50 of
"The Native Land Claims Adjustment and Laws Amendment Act, 1901."

Native Land Court Office,
Wellington, 6th February, 1909.
NOTICE having been lodged with me by Muroa Panapa, of Fraser Road, Hawera, that he has taken Te Rou Ngaramgikatitia and Muroa Ngaramgikatitia, the children of Ngaramgikatitia and Te Purei Hitarere, to be his adopted children, and a certificate by a Judge of the Native Land Court, as required by Regulation No. 6, having been received, it is hereby notified that the said notice of adoption has been duly filed and registered.

E. A. WELCH,
Registrar.

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.--In the Supreme Court, holden at Auckland.
NOTICE is hereby given that DAVID BORNE, of 116 Newton Road, Auckland, Builder, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Friday, the 12th day of February, 1909, at 2.30 p.m.

E. GERARD,
Official Assignee.
Auckland, 5th February, 1909.

In Bankruptcy.--In the District Court of Waikato and Thames, holden at Thames.
NOTICE is hereby given that REECE NICHOLSON, Sen., of Whitianga, Mercury Bay, Storekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt on the petition of R. H. Abbott and Co. (Limited); and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Tuesday, the 16th day of February, 1909, at 11 a.m.

E. GERARD,
Official Assignee.
Auckland, 5th February, 1909.

In Bankruptcy.
NOTICE is hereby given that dividends on all accepted proved claims in the undermentioned estates are now payable at my office, Gladstone Road:
In the estate of James Lang, of Gisborne, Bootmaker: A first dividend, of 6s. in the pound.
In the estate of Joseph Burke, of Gisborne, late Hotel-keeper: A first and final dividend, of 20s. in the pound.

JOHN COLEMAN,
Deputy Assignee.
Gisborne, 23rd January, 1909.

In Bankruptcy.--In the District Court of Wanganui, holden at Palmerston North.
NOTICE is hereby given that MARY McDONALD, of Palmerston North, Phonograph Dealer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Friday, the 12th day of February, 1909, at 2.30 o'clock.

G. J. SCOTT,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Palmerston North, 1st February, 1909.

In Bankruptcy.--In the District Court of Wanganui, holden at Palmerston North.
NOTICE is hereby given that THOMAS ALBERT DURRAN, of Feilding, Canvasser, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Wednesday, the 10th day of February, 1909, at 11.30 o'clock.

G. J. SCOTT,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Palmerston North, 1st February, 1909.

In Bankruptcy.--In the District Court of Wairarapa, holden at Pahiatua.
NOTICE is hereby given that ELIJAH WILLIAM BARNETT, of Woodville, Carpenter, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at the Courthouse, Woodville, on Monday, the 15th day of February, 1909, at 2 o'clock p.m.

J. D. WILSON,
Deputy Official Assignee.
6th February, 1909.

In Bankruptcy.
NOTICE is hereby given that AUGUSTUS EDWARD WILLIAMS, of Masterton, Tobacconist, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at Official Assignee's Office, Wellington, on Friday, the 12th day of February, 1909, at 12 o'clock noon.

W. B. CHENNELLS,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Masterton, 5th February, 1909.

In Bankruptcy.
NOTICE is hereby given that MARGARET ANDREWS, of Oamaru, Boardinghouse-keeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, at Oamaru, on Friday, the 12th day of February, 1909, at 2.30 o'clock p.m.

CHAS. W. COOKE,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Oamaru, 3rd February, 1909.

In Bankruptcy.--In the District Court, holden at Invercargill.
NOTICE is hereby given that RALPH COLE SCOTT, of Clifton, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Tuesday, the 16th day of February, 1909, at 2.30 o'clock p.m.

CHARLES B. ROUT,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Invercargill, 4th February, 1909.

MINING NOTICES.

In the matter of the New Skippers Sluicing Company (Limited).
An extraordinary general meeting of the above-named company, duly convened, and held at the registered office of the company on the 1st day of February, the following resolution, of which notice had been given, was duly proposed and carried:
"That it had been proved to the satisfaction of the meeting that the company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same, and accordingly that the company be wound up voluntarily."
A further resolution appointing Mr. A. Johnston C. Brown, Liquidator, was also carried.
Dated at Dunedin, 2nd February, 1909.

A BATHGATE,
Chairman.

UNDER "THE MINING ACT, 1908."
APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A WATER-RACE.

To the Warden of the Otago Mining District, at Hyde.
Pursuant to "The Mining Act, 1908," the undersigned, Paul G. M. Fink, of Alexandra, Otago, Miner, 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: 16th September, 1908; No. 71570.
Address for service: Care of T. B. McNeil, Solicitor, Naseby.
Dated at Alexandra, this 21st day of January, 1909.