NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1908, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month of the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

11467. WAATA MONO TAITUHA.—17 acres and 3 perches, Allotment 120, part of Native Reserve 873, Block XI, Rangiora Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.

11468. MARJORY KER.—39·5 perches, Town Section 279, City of Christchurch. Unoccupied.

11469. JOHN THEODOREILES and ANNIE HARRIET ILES.—17·8 perches, part Rural Section 26, Linwood Ward, City of Christchurch. Occupied by Lucy St. Quinton.

11470. HANNAH THOMPSON.—33 acres and 8 perches, Rural Section 10644, Block V, Halswell Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.

11471. JOSEPH ALFRED BECKETT COOKSON.—2 roods 10·5 perches, part of Rural Section 18, Block X, Christchurch Survey District. Occupied by Tracy Thomas Gough.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 13th day of February, 1912, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

W. WYINKS,
District Land Registrar.

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

HENRIETTA McLEOD.—Allotment 50, Block V, Township of Hawkesbury. Occupied by Caroline Hurn-dell. No. 5043.

JAMES ARKLE.—Section 10 and part of Section 11, Block XXVIII, Town of Palmerston. Occupied by Kirkby and Co. and Alexandrina Macdonald. No. 5047.

ARCHIBALD MILLER and CHARLES SPEIGHT.—Allotment 16, Township of Broad Bay. Occupied by Catherine Tilbury. No. 5048.

WILLIAM CRON.—Part of Section 28, Block IV, Oamaru Survey District. Occupied by Applicant. No. 5049.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 10th day of February, 1912, at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin.

C. E. NALDER,
District Land Registrar.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1908, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one calendar month from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

2959. ROBERT FRASER and LAURENCE FRASER.—32·7 perches, part Section 31, Block I, Invercargill Hundred. Occupied by Applicants.

2960. ALBERT MORRIS.—11 perches, part of Section 2, Block I, Invercargill Hundred. Occupied by Applicant.

2961. SAMUEL McNATTY McMILLAN.—1 acre and 6·3 perches, part Section 32, Block XIX, Invercargill Hundred. Occupied by Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 9th day of February, 1912, at the Lands Registry Office, Invercargill.

L. PAULING,
District Land Registrar.

MINING NOTICES.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908; and in the matter of the Greymouth-Point Elizabeth Railway and Coal Company (Limited).

PURSUANT to section 307 of the above Act, we, FRANCIS HENRY DILLON BELL and ERNEST TANCREDDILLON BELL, of Wellington, Solicitors, the Attorneys of the Receiver appointed by the High Court of Justice in England in an action George Skelton Yuill, plaintiff, and the above-named company, defendant, give public notice that the said company has voluntarily ceased to carry on business in New Zealand.

Dated this 24th day of January, 1912.

H. D. BELL.
E. D. BELL.

UNDER THE MINING ACT, 1908.

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A WATER-RACE.

To the Warden of the Otago Mining District at Lawrence.
PURSUANT to the Mining Act, 1908. the undersigned, Samuel Johnston, of Lawrence, Miner, Frank Bell, of German Flat, Miner, Andrew Barr, of Blue Spur, Miner, and John Sutherland, of Ashburton, Baker, hereby apply 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 : 26th January, 1912, at 7 a.m.

Date and number of miner's right : 14th November, 1911, No. 88585 ; 21st December, 1911, No. 88599 ; 4th August, 1911. No. 88544 ; 4th August, 1911, No. 88545.

Address for service : Office of Robert C. Moore, Solicitor, Lawrence.

Dated at Lawrence, this 26th day of January, 1912.

Schedule.

Locality of the race and of its starting and terminal points: Commencing in Bow Bell Creek. in Section 45, Block 10, Tuapeka East District, at outlet-pipe of dam held by Samuel Johnston under License No. 455, dated 1st March, 1910, lifting six heads of water; thence running south-westerly through Section 53, Block 5, same district, and along west side of county road; thence crossing road into Section 34, Block 5, same district, and south-easterly along east side of Bow Bell Creek to its junction with German Creek in Section 76, Block 5 ; thence north-easterly through Section 76, Block 5, and Sections 21 and 24, Block 6, Tuapeka East District, to Scrubby Creek, at a point about half a mile from its junction with German Creek, lifting four heads of water ; thence south-easterly and north-easterly through Sections 24, 29, and 34, Block 6, to Falls Creek in Section 34, lifting eight heads of water; thence south-westerly through Sections 34 and 29, Block 6, following Falls Creek on its south side; thence southerly through Section 29, Block 6, to terminating-point in Section 29, about 10 chains from the north-west corner of special alluvial claim held by applicants under Amalgamated License No. 514, dated 4th October, 1910. (The above sections are private property held by Mary Matheson and by the executors of the will of the late George Matheson. Pegs marked x.)

Length and intended course of race : 4½ miles; generally east.

Points of intake: Three; one at commencing-point, one at Scrubby Creek, and one at Falls Creek.

Estimated time and cost of construction : About 4 miles held under prior license; ½ mile, £80 ; six months.

Mean depth and breadth : 2 ft. by 2½ ft.

Number of heads to be diverted : 18 heads.

Purpose for which water is to be used : Mining purposes.

Proposed term of license: Forty-two years.

SAMUEL JOHNSTON,
FRANK BELL,
ANDREW BARR,
JOHN SUTHERLAND
(By their Solicitor, Robt. C. Moore),
Applicants.

Precise time of filing of the foregoing application : 26th January, 1912, at 3 40 p.m.

Time and place appointed for the hearing of the application and all objections thereto : Tuesday, 12th March, 1912, at 11 a.m., at Warden's Court at Lawrence.

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

J. M. ADAM,
Mining Registrar.

UNDER THE MINING ACT, 1908.

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A WATER-RACE.

To the Warden of the Otago Mining District, at Livingstone.

PURSUANT to the Mining Act, 1908. the undersigned, Thomas Alexander Munro and Walter Grant Munro, both of Kurow, Farmers, hereby apply for a license for a water-race, as specified in the Schedule hereto, the course whereof has been duly marked out for the purpose.