Aug. 14.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2459

Section 404, Block XV, Rangiora Survey District. Occupied by James Stevenson.

11839. THOMAS DIXON.—41 acres 2 roods 3·3 perches, Rural Section 9319, Block VI, Southbridge Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.

11840. WALTER DUNSTAN ALLISON.—1 rood 38·9 perches, part Rural Section 890, Borough of Rangiora. Occupied by the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Rangiora.

11841. JOHN ALEXANDER O’NEILL.—24 acres and 22 perches, part of Rural Sections 1613 and 1220, Block XV, Rangiora Survey District. Occupied by Frederick Henry Bekor.

11842. ROBERT EWING McDOUGALL.—1 acre and 5 perches, part of Town Reserve 48, City of Christchurch. Occupied by Applicant.

11843. BLANCHE DONALD.—3 roods 28·7 perches, part Rural Section 5787, Block XIV, Leeston Survey District. Occupied by H. Hammond, A. Anderson, G. Purser, F. Begg, and J. F. Donald.

11844. FREDERICK WILLIAMS.—6 acres 3 roods 5 perches, part Rural Section 76, Borough of Spreydon. Occupied by Applicant.

11845. OTTO VON WOGEN.—1 acre and 2 perches, part Rural Section 194, Block XIV, Christchurch Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.

11846. ALFRED MONEY CARPENTER.—100 acres and 15·7 perches, Rural Section 1608, Blocks XI and XV, Rangiora Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.

11847. JOHN EDGAR LISTER.—1 acre 3 roods 34 perches, part of Rural Section 16, Block XV, Christchurch Survey District. Occupied by Frederick Cusack.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 11th day of August, 1913, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

W. WYINKS,
District Land Registrar

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcels of land herein-after described will be brought under the provisions of the Land Transfer Act, 1908, unless caveat be lodged for bidding the same within one month from the publication hereof.

JAMES SHEDDAN.—Lot 17, Carterhope Estate. Occupied by Charles Whittaker. No. 5107.

RICHARD HAROLD CRAIGIE.—Section 2 of 39, Block I, Clarendon District. Occupied by John McNicol Sinclair, James Sinclair, and Eric Sinclair. No. 5108.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 9th day of August, 1913, at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin.

C. E. NALDER,
District Land Registrar.

PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS.

FRANK HARRIS GRANITE COMPANY (LIMITED).

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
NORTHERN DISTRICT.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908; and in the matter of the Frank Harris Granite Company (Limited), (in Liquidation).

THE creditors of the above-named company are required, on or before the 30th day of August, 1913, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any) to WILLIAM ROBERT PATERSON, of Auckland, Public Accountant, P.O. Box 944, the Liquidator of the said company, and, if so required by notice in writing from the said Liquidator, are by their solicitors to come in and prove their said debts or claims at the offices of the said Liquidator at Nos. 18 and 19, Safe Deposit Buildings, High Street, Auckland, at such time as shall be specified in such notice, or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts are proved.

Monday, the 8th day of September, 1913, at the hour of 11 o’clock in the forenoon, at the Liquidator’s said offices, is appointed for hearing and adjudicating upon the debts and claims.

Dated this 22nd day of July, 1913.

W. R. PATERSON,
Liquidator.

A. Hanna, Solicitor for the Liquidator. 583

THE EXCESS INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED).

IN pursuance of the Companies Act, 1908, notice is hereby given that the EXCESS INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED), a company duly incorporated in England under the Companies Acts, 1862 to 1890, proposes to carry on business at the following parts of New Zealand, namely: Canterbury, Dunedin, Auckland, and Wellington; and that the office or place of business of the company in New Zealand where legal process of any kind may be served upon it, and to which notices of any kind may be addressed or delivered, is situate at the following place, namely: 83 Hereford Street, Christchurch.

Dated this 1st day of August, 1913.

JOHN SEAD GOWING,
Attorney for the said Company. 610

TAKE notice that the Partnership hitherto existing between CHARLES CECIL WILLIS and ARTHUR GEORGE MITCHELL, under the style or firm of “C. C. Willis & Co.,” Cycle Agents, has been dissolved as from the 18th day of June, 1913.

The business will in future be carried on by the said CHARLES CECIL WILLIS, who will receive all moneys due to and pay all moneys owing by the said firm.

Dated this 31st day of July, 1913.

ARTHUR GEORGE MITCHELL.

Witness to the signature of Arthur George Mitchell—Hugh B. Lusk, Solicitor, Napier.

C. C. WILLIS.

Witness to the signature of Charles Cecil Willis—H. J. Ferguson, Solicitor, Napier. 615

TE KUITI BOROUGH COUNCIL.

In the matter of the Municipal Corporations Act, the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, and the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, and all the amendments thereto.

I HEREBY give public notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Te Kuiti duly taken on Wednesday, the 26th day of March, 1913, upon the proposal of the Te Kuiti Borough Council to raise a special loan of one thousand pounds (£1,000), under the provisions of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments, for the purpose of making advances to assist those owners of property within the sewerage area to connect their premises with the borough sewerage system, the voting upon such loan was as follows: For the proposal, 13; against the proposal, 6.

And I hereby declare such loan to be duly carried.

EDWIN HENRY HARDY,
Mayor.

Dated at Te Kuiti this 27th day of March, 1913. 616

WAVERLEY TOWN BOARD.

SPECIAL ORDER MAKING SPECIAL RATES.

THAT, in pursuance and in exercise of the powers and authorities vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments, and in exercise of all other powers and authorities it thereunto enabling, the Waverley Town Board hereby resolves,—

That, for the purpose of providing interest and sinking fund and other charges on a loan of £12,200, authorized to be raised by the said Waverley Town Board, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the purpose to acquire site, purchase of land and buildings (including the property known as “Dickie’s Flour-mill,” with the machinery therein and thereon), water rights, rights of way, and easement, plant, and machinery for the installation of an electric lighting and power undertaking, and other uses and purposes within and without the Township of Waverley, and to construct waterworks (including water-tower) within the meaning of the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908, and its amendments (including reticulation), within and without the Township of Waverley, engineering and contingencies, including compensation (if any) for land injuriously affected, the Waverley Town Board hereby make and levies a special rate of 4½ pence in the pound on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of the whole of the rateable property of the Waverley Town District; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable at the office of the Waverley Town Board, Waverley, on the first day of September in each and every