Aug. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2647

BOROUGH OF HOKITIKA.

RESULT OF POLL.

PURSUANT to section 39 of the Rating Act, 1908, I hereby give notice that a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Hokitika was taken on the 21st day of August, 1912, on the proposal “That, in accordance with section 2, clause (2), of the Rating Amendment Act, 1911, all rates now or hereafter leviable in the Borough of Hokitika be levied on the unimproved value of all rateable property within the said borough.”

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 185. The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 74. I therefore declare the proposal to be carried.

Dated this 22nd day of August, 1912.

GEORGE PERRY,
Mayor.

597

IN THE MAGISTRATE’S COURT, HELDEN AT WANGANUI.

In the matter of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1908; and in the matter of the Wanganui Cooperative Society (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the winding-up of the above-named company by the Magistrate’s Court was on the 23rd day of August, 1912, presented to WILLIAM KERR, Esquire, a Magistrate of the said Court by A. HATRICK AND CO. (LIMITED), GIBSONS AND PATERSON (LIMITED), T. H. RICE AND CO., and D. R. WALKER AND CO.; and the said petition is directed to be heard before a Magistrate of the said Court on the 9th day of September, 1912; and any creditor or contributory of the said company desirous to oppose the making of an order for the winding-up of the said company under the above Act should appear at the time of hearing, by himself or his counsel, for that purpose; and a copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the said company requiring the same, by the undersigned, on payment of the regulated charge for the same.

BURNETT, MCBETH, AND HOGG,
Solicitors for the Petitioners, Wanganui.

598

NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership hitherto subsisting between WALTER JAMES AUSTIN and CHARLES FREDERICK MASON JOHNSON, carrying on business as Contractors at Gisborne and Opotiki under the style or firm of “Austin and Johnson,” has been dissolved by mutual consent as from the 22nd day of August, 1912.

All debts due and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid respectively by the said WALTER JAMES AUSTIN, who will continue to carry on the said business.

Dated this 23rd day of August, 1912.

W. J. AUSTIN.
C. F. M. JOHNSON.

Witness to both signatures—G. Bradley Smith, Solicitor’s Clerk, Gisborne.

599

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908; and in the matter of Harris and Bastin (Limited).

AT an extraordinary general meeting of members of the above-named company duly convened and held at the offices of Messrs. Buller, Anderson, and Buddle, 9 Johnston Street, Wellington, on the 21st day of August, 1912, the following extraordinary resolution was duly passed :—

“That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this 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; and that Mr. ERNEST WILLIAM HUNT, of Wellington, Accountant, be and is hereby appointed Liquidator for the purposes of such winding-up.”

Dated this 22nd day of August, 1912.

R. A. HARRIS,
Chairman.

Witness—H. Buddle, Solicitor, Wellington.

600

THE MOTOR REGULATION ACT, 1908.

PUBLIC notice is hereby given that the Springs County Council has, by resolution passed on the 29th day of July, 1912, decided that Part II of the Motor Regulation Act, 1908, be brought into force in the Springs County on and after the first day of September, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

Dated at Springston, this sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twelve.

By order of the Springs County Council.

HENRY NEALE,
Clerk.

601

GEOLOGICAL AND MINING PUBLICATIONS.

THE following Works, published under the authority of the Government, are now on sale at the Stationery Department, Wellington, and will be transmitted at the published price to any address in the Dominion :—

GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN No. 1 : The Geology of the Hokitika Sheet, North Westland Quadrangle. By DR. BELL. 2s. 6d.

GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN No. 2 : The Geology of the Area covered by the Alexandra Sheet, Central Otago Division. By DR. BELL. 2s. 6d.

GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN No. 3 : The Geology of the Parapara Subdivision, Karamea, Nelson. By DR. BELL. 2s. 6d.

GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN No. 4 : The Geology of the Coromandel Subdivision, Auckland. By COLIN FRASER, assisted by J. H. ADAMS. Price, 2s. 6d.

GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN No. 5 : The Geology of the Cromwell Subdivision, Western Otago. By JAMES PARK. Price, 2s. 6d.

GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN No. 6 : The Geology of the Mikonui Subdivision, North Westland. By P. G. MORGAN. 2s. 6d.

GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN No. 7 : The Geology of the Queenstown Subdivision, Western Otago Division. By JAMES PARK, F.G.S. 2s. 6d.

GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN No. 8 : The Geology of the Whangaroa Subdivision, Hokianga Division. By J. M. BELL and E. DE C. CLARKE. 2s. 6d.

GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN No. 9 : The Geology of the Whatatutu Subdivision, Raukumara Division, Poverty Bay. By JAMES HENRY ADAMS. 2s. 6d.

GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN No. 10 : The Geology of the Thames Subdivision, Hauraki, Auckland. By COLIN FRASER. 2s. 6d.

GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN No. 11 : The Geology of the Mount Radiant Subdivision, Westport Division. By ERNEST JOHN HERBERT WEBB. 2s. 6d.

GEOLOGICAL BULLETIN : A Geological report on the Franz Josef Glacier. By JAMES MACKINTOSH BELL. 2s. 6d.

THE FIRST GOLD-DISCOVERIES IN NEW ZEALAND. 6d.

MINING HANDBOOK OF NEW ZEALAND. With Maps and Illustrations. Demy 8vo. Paper cover, 2s. 6d.; cloth boards, 5s.

MINING AND ENGINEERING AND MINERS’ GUIDE. By H. A. GORDON, Assoc. M.I.C.E., Inspecting Engineer. Copiously illustrated. Royal 8vo. Cloth, 10s.

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NEW ZEALAND. Reports for 1879–80, 1881, 1882, 1887–88, 1888–89, 1889–90, 1890–91, and 1892–93. Royal 8vo. 2s. 6d. each. Later reports are contained in Mining Reports each year.

Orders should be addressed to—

GOVERNMENT PRINTER,
Wellington