Dec. 12.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3481

Tapuihikitea B Block, and for such purpose the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken; and notice is hereby further given that a plan of the lands so required to be taken is deposited in the public office of the Clerk to the said Council, situate at Te Karaka, and is open for inspection without fee by all persons during ordinary office hours.

All persons affected by the taking of such lands, who have any well-grounded objections to the taking of the said lands, must state their objections in writing, and send the same, within forty days from the first publication of this notice, to the County Clerk at the Council Chambers, Te Karaka.

Schedule.

GEO. WARREN,
County Clerk.

Dated this 3rd day of December, 1912. 797

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
HAMILTON JUDICIAL DISTRICT.

No. 10.—In Divorce.

Between FLORA SMITH, Petitioner, and KENNETH KENNEDY SMITH, Respondent.

To KENNETH KENNEDY SMITH, formerly of Wellington, in New Zealand, Jeweller, but now of parts unknown.

WHEREAS FLORA SMITH, of Rotorua, in New Zealand, claiming to have been lawfully married to you on the 6th day of March, 1901, has filed her petition against you in our said Court, praying for a dissolution of her marriage with you, wherein she alleges that you the said KENNETH KENNEDY SMITH did on or about the 23rd day of March, 1904, wilfully desert your said wife without just cause, and have for a period of five years and upwards, namely, from that date down to the present time, continued to desert your said wife without just cause: And whereas by order of this Honourable Court dated the 19th day of November, 1912, it was decreed that this abstract should be advertised by publishing same in one issue of the New Zealand Gazette:

Now take notice that unless within twenty-eight days from the publication in the said New Zealand Gazette of the said abstract you do file in our said Court at Hamilton an answer to the said petition, the said Court will at its sittings to be held at the Supreme Court House at Hamilton, commencing on the 10th day of February, 1913, proceed to hear the said charge and to pronounce sentence therein notwithstanding your absence. And further take notice that before filing the said answer you must enter an appearance in person or by your solicitor at the Registry of the said Court at Hamilton aforesaid, and that if you do not enter such an appearance you will not be allowed to address the Court either in person or by counsel at any stage of the proceedings.

Dated at Hamilton the 4th day of December, 1912.

H. J. DIXON,
Deputy Registrar.

The abstract was extracted by George Urquhart, of Rotorua, solicitor for the petitioner.

The petitioner’s address for service is at the office of Campbell Larnach MacDiarmid, Solicitor, Hamilton.

A copy of the said petition may be inspected at the Supreme Court Office at Hamilton aforesaid, or at the office of George Urquhart. Any friends of the above respondent are requested to forward this advertisement to him. 798

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between JOHN KNIGHT and FREDERICK TIDD COSTALL, carrying on business as Farmers and Graziers at Aponga, near Whangarei, under the style or firm of “Knight and Costall,” has been dissolved by mutual consent as from the 14th day of November, 1912.

All debts due to and owing by the said late firm will be received and paid respectively by JOHN KNIGHT, who will continue to carry on the business in his own name.

Dated this 6th day of December, 1912.

JOHN KNIGHT.
F. T. COSTALL.

Witness to both signatures—Hugh C. Rishworth, Solicitor, Whangarei. 799

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership hitherto existing between THOMAS JAMES and FREDERICK EDWIN LONGDIN, trading at Colombo Street, Christchurch, as T. JAMES AND CO., Sewing-machine and Cycle Vendors, has been dissolved as from the 20th day of November, 1912. Dated this 20th day of November, 1912.

T. JAMES.
F. E. LONGDIN.

Witness—J. Mawson Stewart, Public Accountant, Christchurch. 800

In the matter of the GUARDIAN, TRUST, AND EXECUTORS COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND (LIMITED).

I, ERNEST GERARD, the Managing Director of the Guardian, Trust, and Executors Company of New Zealand (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare:—

1. That the liability of the members is limited.
2. That the capital of the company is £100,000, divided into 20,000 shares of £5 each.
3. That the number of shares issued is 2,390.
4. That calls to the amount of two pounds eleven shillings and sixpence per share have been made, under which the sum of £6,154 5s. has been received.
5. That the amount of all moneys received on account of estates on the 1st day of July last is £4,175 8s. 1d.
6. That the amount of all moneys paid on account of estates on that day is £2,906 12s. 7d.
7. That the amount of the balance held to the credit of estates under administration on that day is £1,268 15s. 6d.
8. That the liabilities of the company on the 1st day of July last were nil.
9. That the contingent liabilities of the company on deposits on the 1st day of July last were £525.
10. That the assets of the company on that day were £1,898 3s. 1d.
11. That the first annual license was issued on the 10th day of March, 1911.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

E. GERARD.

Declared at Auckland this 7th day of October, 1912, before —C. J. Sturge, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Dominion of New Zealand.

In accordance with the provisions of the Guardian, Trust, and Executors Company Amendment Act of 1911, No. 17, I have examined this statement with the books of the company, and I hereby certify it to be correct.

Auckland, 4th December, 1912.

ALEXR. GRIERSON, C.A. Eng. and Wales, F.P.A. (N.Z.),
Auditor appointed by the Auditor-General. 801

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A FOREIGN MINING COMPANY.

Name of company: New Day Dawn and Norfolk Mines (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration of office of company in New Zealand: 23rd December, 1907; 16th June, 1908.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Tararu, Thames; William John McCormick.

Where mine is situated: Tararu Creek, Thames.

Nominal capital: £100,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £71,227 13s. 4d.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in New Zealand: Nil.

Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £5,550.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £54,207 paid up: Nil.
(c.) In cash: £661 5s. 7d.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 100,000.

Number of shares on New Zealand Register: Nil.

Amount paid per share (New Zealand Register): Nil.

Amount called up per share (New Zealand Register): Nil.

Number and amount of calls in arrear (New Zealand Register): Nil.

Number of forfeited shares on New Zealand Register sold, and money received for same: Nil.

Number of shareholders on New Zealand Register: Nil.

Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 15.