HOLIDAY.

Opening of the Exhibition.

THE General Government Offices in Otago will not be opened on Thursday, 12th January, 1865.

J. RICHARDSON,
Postmaster-General.

11th January, 1865.

HOLIDAY.

Opening of the Exhibition.

THE Provincial Government Offices will not be opened to-morrow, the 12th January, 1865.

JAMES PATERSON,
Provincial Secretary.

11th January, 1865.

APPOINTMENT TO BE MADE.

Overseer of Labour at Dunedin Gaol. Particulars may be had at the Gaol. Salary at the rate of £200 per annum. Apply by letter to the Provincial Secretary, by noon of Saturday, 14th January current.

WAKATIPU GOLD FIELD.

Refusal of Application for a Gold Mining Lease.

NOTICE is hereby given that His Honor the Superintendent of Otago has determined not to recommend His Excellency the Governor to grant the application of John Small, David Moore, William Moore, John Goodall, and Henry Pennie, for a Gold Mining Lease of 2a. 3r. 34p., situate on Few’s, or the Twelve Mile Creek, Lake Wakatipu.

By His Honor’s command,
JOHN LOGAN,
Secretary to the Superintendent.
Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 9th January, 1865.

TENDERS wanted from parties willing to lease the Lower Taieri Ferry House, &c., until the end of 1865, as held by the present lessee. Tenders to be lodged at the Superintendent’s Office by noon of Friday, 20th January, 1865. Further particulars may be had at the Office of the Secretary for Public Works, Dunedin. The Government will not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender.

H. J. MILLER,
Secretary for Public Works.

11th January, 1865.

IMPOUNDED

IMPOUNDED on the 4th day of January, 1865, by John Blair, one Brown Mare, J C near shoulder, TC near rump, JC or TC off neck. Owners unknown. For trespassing on Kirkside Farm, for which 2s. 6d. damages are claimed, and in default of being released, the above Mare will be sold at the Public Pound at East Taieri, on the 1st day of February, 1865, at 12 noon.

JAMES PURVIS,
Poundkeeper of the East Taieri Pound.

IMPOUNDED on the 10th day of January, 1865, by Mr. Hooper, one Red Cow, branded NC off rump; one Red Heifer Calf, no visible brand. For trespassing in Mr. Hooper’s garden, for which £1 damages are claimed, and in default of being released, the above cattle will be sold at the Public Pound at East Taieri, on the 1st day of February, 1865, at twelve o’clock noon.

JAMES PURVIS,
Poundkeeper of the East Taieri Pound.

NEW ZEALAND.

No. 9.

Certificate of Incorporation of the Otago Pioneer Sluicing Company (Limited), under the “Joint Stock Companies Act, 1860.”

ALFRED WILLIAM SMITH, Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, do hereby certify that the Otago Pioneer Sluicing Company is Incorporated under the “Joint Stock Companies Act, 1860,” and that it is a limited company.

Given under my hand, at Dunedin, this 6th day of January, 1865.

A. W. SMITH,
Registrar of Joint Stock Companies for Otago and Southland.

PRENDERGAST, KENYON & MADDOCK,
Solicitors for the above-named Company.

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

THE Partnership hitherto existing between Mary Jones and David Ross Lewers, trading as Drapers under the style or firm of Jones and Lewers, has been this day dissolved by mutual consent.

MARY JONES.
DAVID ROSS LEWERS.

Witness—Thos. M. WILKINSON.
December 14th, 1864.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership lately subsisting between us, the undersigned Robert Neill, James Denny Rankin, Archibald Chambers, George Munro, and Percival Clay Neill, as Merchants at Geelong, Melbourne, and Ballarat, in the Colony of Victoria, and Dunedin in the Colony of New Zealand, under the firm of M’Callum, Neill and Co., and at Talbot, in the said Colony of Victoria, under the firm of Neill, Bruce and Co., has been as from the 1st day of September last, dissolved by mutual consent, as far as regards the said Archibald Chambers, who has from that day retired from the concern; and that all debts due and owing to or by the late firm, will be received and paid by the said Robert Neill, James Denny Rankin, George Munro, and Percival Clay Neill.

Dated this 10th day of December, A.D. 1864.

ROBERT NEILL,
JAMES D. RANKIN,
A. CHAMBERS,
GEO. MUNRO,
PERCIVAL CLAY NEILL,
By his Attorney, ROBERT NEILL.

Witness—WILLIAM HIGGINS,
Solicitor, Geelong.

£1 19s.

IMPOUNDED on the 7th day of January, 1865, by Thomas Morris, Mount Pleasant, one Bay Horse, branded EC on off side of neck, 34 on off side under saddle, I on near shoulder, white streak on nose, for trespassing on Thomas Morris’ ground; and in default of being released, the above Horse will be sold at the Public Pound at Port Chalmers, on the 28th day of January, 1865, at 12 o’clock noon.

DAVID KILGOUR,
Poundkeeper of the Port Chalmers Pound.

IMPOUNDED on the 5th day of January, 1865, by Constable Keligher, one Dark Brown Mare with black points, branded & under saddle on off side, and 76 EC on neck, owner unknown, for trespassing on High-street; and in default of being released, the above Mare will be sold at the Public Pound at South Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 1st day of February, 1865, at 12 o’clock noon.

JOHN BARR,
Poundkeeper of the South Dunedin Pound.

Printed for the Provincial Government by DANIEL CAMPBELL, Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand.