Feb. 22.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 761

A PPLICATION having been made to me for the issue of provisional certificates of title, in favour of MARY ANN BROOKES, of Niagara, Southland, Widow, for Sections 18 and 19, Block XI, District of Waikawa, being all the land contained in certificate of title, Vol. 74, folio 49, being a lease in perpetuity), and Section 19, Block VII, and Section 20, Block XI, of said district, being the land contained in certificate of title, Vol. 66, folio 95 (being an occupation license with right of purchase), and evidence having been lodged of the loss of the said certificates of title, I hereby give notice that I shall issue provisional certificates of title as requested, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within fourteen days from the date of publication of this notice in the Gazette.

Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Invercargill, the 19th day of February, 1917.

F. W. BROUGHTON,
District Land Registrar.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE COMPANIES ACT, 1908.

SECTION 266, SUBSECTION (3).

I T having been reported to me that the undersigned companies have ceased to carry on business, I hereby give notice that, at the expiration of three months from this date, the names of such companies will, unless cause is shown to the contrary, be struck off the Register, and the companies will be dissolved.

Names of Companies.

The Economic (Limited).

Swainson and Bevan (Limited).

The Carrick Gold-mining Company (Limited).

Dated at Wellington this 16th day of February, 1917.

P. G. WITHERS,
Assistant Registrar of Companies.

In the matter of the Alien Enemy Trade Disposal Ordinance, 1916; and in the matter of HEDMANN EVERS AND COMPANY, of Levuka, in the Colony of Fiji.

B Y an Order of His Excellency the Acting Governor dated the 18th day of March, 1916, under section 5, subsection (1), of the above-mentioned ordinance, requiring the business of the above-named company to be wound up, Arthur Joske, Esquire, of Suva, in the Colony of Fiji, was by the aforesaid order appointed Liquidator :

And whereas on the 31st day of October, 1916, the said Arthur Joske retired from the Liquidatorship of the said firm ; and by an order dated the 1st day of November, 1916, His Excellency the Governor did appoint me, Roger Greene, Registrar of the Supreme Court, Public Trustee, &c., to be the Liquidator in place of the said Arthur Joske, Esquire, and did direct the Colonial Secretary to so appoint me, the undersigned Roger Greene, in writing under his hand, and on the 1st day of November, 1916, the Colonial Secretary of the Colony, in pursuance of the aforesaid direction, did in writing appoint me, the undersigned, to be the Liquidator of the affairs of the said firm in the place of the said Arthur Joske, Esquire, resigned :

Notice is hereby given that the creditors of the said Hedemann Evers and Company are required, on or before the 28th day of February, 1917, to send their names and addresses, and the full particulars of their debts and claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to me, the undersigned, at my address aforesaid, as such Liquidator ; and, if so required by notice in writing from me, are by their solicitor or personally to come in and prove their said debts as claimed, at such time and place as shall be specified in such notice. And in default of complying with the requirements of this notice they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts are so proved. The proofs of creditors outside the Colony of Fiji must be accompanied by a statutory declaration that the debt is due and owing, with particulars as to securities (if any) held, and must show how the order for the goods was given. The statutory declaration must further state whether there have been prior dealings with the said company, and (if so) how payment was previously made.

All creditors of the above-mentioned firm may prove in the liquidation, but those creditors who have looked for payment to the Hamburg office of the company, or any branch of that office outside the Colony of Fiji, will not receive any dividend or be allowed to rank for dividend until all claimants who have dealt directly with the local firm in Fiji, and who have looked exclusively to that firm for payment, have been paid in full.

Dated this 27th day of December, 1916.

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ROGER GREENE, Liquidator.

To the Vice-President and Trustees of the Invercargill Savings-bank.

I, SAMUEL KNOCK, of Winton, Farmer, being the Widower and sole next-of-kin of ESTHER LOUISA ELIZABETH KNOCK, deceased, intestate, do hereby give you notice that I claim as such widower and sole next-of-kin to receive all moneys standing to her credit as a depositor in the books of your bank. And I agree to indemnify you against all actions, claims, and demands on account of your paying over such moneys to me.

Dated at Invercargill this 19th day of January, 1917.

S. KNOCK.

Signed by the said Samuel Knock in the presence of Herbert A. Macdonald, Solicitor, Invercargill ; J. H. Smith, Accountant, Invercargill.

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COMPANIES ACT, SECTION 302.

T AKE notice that the RELIANCE MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED), whose head office is situated in Exchange Buildings, Liverpool, England, proposes to carry on the business of fire insurance in New Zealand at the office of Russell & Somers, Customs Street, Auckland, New Zealand, its attorneys.

RUSSELL & SOMERS.

Dated this 7th day of February, 1917.

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In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908.

N OTICE is hereby given that GOLLIN AND COMPANY PROPRIETARY (LIMITED), a company incorporated in Victoria but carrying on business within New Zealand, has changed the situation of its office or place of business in New Zealand, where legal process of any kind may be served upon it and notices of any kind may be addressed or delivered, from Numbers 76 and 78 Jervois Quay, in the City of Wellington, to Number 9 Grey Street, in the City of Wellington, as from the 1st day of February, 1917.

Dated at Wellington the 12th day of February, 1917.

GOLLIN AND COMPANY PROPRIETARY (LIMITED),

By its Attorney, W. PREEDY.

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In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908.

N OTICE is hereby given that the BRITISH IMPERIAL OIL COMPANY (N.Z.) (LIMITED), a company incorporated in England but carrying on business within New Zealand, has changed the situation of its office or place of business in New Zealand, where legal process of any kind may be served upon it and notices of any kind addressed or delivered, from Numbers 76 and 78 Jervois Quay, in the City of Wellington, to Number 9 Grey Street, in the City of Wellington, as from the 1st day of February, 1917.

Dated at Wellington the 12th day of February, 1917.

THE BRITISH IMPERIAL OIL COMPANY (N.Z.), LIMITED,

By its Attorney, W. PREEDY,

Manager in New Zealand of Gollin and Company Proprietary (Limited).

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In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908 ; and in the matter of the DOMINION OIL WELLS SYNDICATE (LIMITED).

A T an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the above company duly convened and held at Dunedin on the 11th December, 1916, the following resolutions were duly passed :—

1. “That it has been proved to the satisfaction of the company that the company cannot by reason of its liabilities continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same, and that accordingly the company be wound up voluntarily under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1908.

2. “That ALFRED ANDERSON, of Dunedin, Accountant, be appointed Liquidator, and a sum of £25 be devoted for the purpose.”

C. A. H. HUTTON, Chairman.

Witness to signature—S. Robertson, Typiste, Dunedin.

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