Aug 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2583

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the pro-
visions of the Land Transfer Act, 1908, unless caveat be
lodged forbidding the same within one month from the
publication hereof.

JAMES HENRY PRESTON.—Part of Section 26,
Block I, Hawksbury District. Occupied by Applicant.
No. 5021.

THOMAS ERSKINE STENHOUSE.—Part of Sec-
tion 26, Block I, Hawksbury District. Occupied by James
Henry Preston. No. 5022.

HENRY ELDRIDGE, PRISCILLA HANNAH
WASTIE DANIELS, and RICHARD HENRY
DANIELS.—Part of Section 4, Block XXXV. City of
Dunedin. Occupied by Applicants. No. 5023.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 12th day of August, 1911, at the Lands
Registry Office, Dunedin.

C. E. NALDER,
District Land Registrar.

MINING NOTICES.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Last Chance Mining Company (Li-
mited).
When formed, and date of registration: 1907.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Alexandra; George Rivers.
Nominal capital: £1,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £800.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £600.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of
cash received for same (if any): Nil.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no
cash has been paid: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 2,000.
Number of shares allotted: 1,600.
Amount paid per share: 10s.
Amount called up per share: 7s. 6d.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.
Number of shares forfeited: Nil.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for
same: Nil.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of com-
pany: 16.
Present number of shareholders: 14.
Number of men employed by company: 8.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year:
£729 14s. 7d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration:
£2,997 11s. 4d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations
during preceding year: £598 17s. 9d.
Total expenditure since registration: £3,339 7s. 1d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash in bank: Nil.
Amount of cash in hand: In Post Office, £11 0s. 10d.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: £174 14s. 3d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £100.

I, George Rivers, of Alexandra South, the Secretary of the
Last Chance Mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and
sincerely declare that this is a true and complete state-
ment of the affairs of the said company on the 31st De-
cember, 1910; and I make this solemn declaration
conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by
virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

GEORGE RIVERS,
Secretary.

Declared at Alexandra, this 24th day of July, 1911,
before me—Edward Marslin, J.P.
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UNDER THE MINING ACT, 1908.

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A WATER-RACE.

To the Warden of the Hauraki Mining District, at
Thames.

PURSUANT to the Mining Act, 1908, the undersigned,
Tairua Golden Hills Gold-mining Company (Limited),
of Auckland, Miners, 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.

Precise time of marking out privilege applied for: 2nd
September, 1910, at 10 a.m.

Date and number of miner’s right: 3rd September, 1910;
No. 78499.

Address for service: Care of Miller and Son, Solicitors,
Thames.

Dated at Thames, this 3rd day of September, 1910.

Schedule.

Locality of the race and of its starting and terminal points:
On the Tairua River, at Tairua, in Blocks VI and X, Tairua
Survey District, commencing at a point in the Gorge section
of the said river about the locality known as Puketaiko and
terminating at the company’s battery-site.

Also the right to occupy for the purposes of the construc-
tion, maintenance, and improvement of the race, and the
deposit of soil and other matter removed therefrom, a strip
of land 40 ft. wide along the entire length of the course of
the race, and extending a distance of 20 ft. on each side of
the race.

Mark on pegs: X.

Length and intended course of race: About ten miles;
generally northerly.

Points of intake: At the starting-point and at junction of
race with Ti-tree Creek.

Estimated time and cost of construction: Twelve months;
£5,000.

Mean depth and breadth: 3½ ft. by 7 ft.

Number of heads to be diverted: Forty heads.

Purpose for which water is to be used: Driving machinery
for mining purposes.

Proposed term of license: Forty-two years.

TAIRUA GOLDEN HILLS GOLD-MINING
COMPANY (LIMITED)
(By their Solicitors, MILLER AND SON),
Applicant.

Precise time of filing of the foregoing application: 3rd
September, 1910.

Time and place appointed for the adjourned hearing of
the application and all objections thereto: Friday, 1st Sep-
tember, 1911, at 10.30 a.m., at Warden’s Court, Thames.

Objections thereto must be filed in the Registrar’s office
and notified to applicant at least three days before the time
so appointed.

JAMES JORDAN,
Mining Registrar.

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PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE COMPANIES ACT, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given, in accordance with the above
Act, that the office of the London and Lancashire
Fire Insurance Company has been removed to Wright’s
Buildings, corner of Fort and Commerce Streets, Auck-
land.

HENRY WALKLEY,
Manager and Attorney.

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