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Mayor of the said Incorporated Town of Alexandra, at
the election of Councillors and Auditors :

Now, therefore, I, the said John Cumming, do hereby
fix Saturday, the twenty-seventh day of July, 1867, at
noon, at one of the Government Buildings at the Camp,
in the said Incorporated Town of Alexandra, as the day,
hour, and place for nomination of candidates for election to the offices of Councillors and Auditors of the
said Incorporated Town of Alexandra at the ensuing
election: And I do hereby give notice that I shall
attend at the said place, and at the day and time hereinbefore mentioned, and shall then cause to be publicly
opened and read all such nominations of candidates for
election to the offices of Councillors and Auditors of the
said Incorporated Town of Alexandra as shall be in due
form, and shall have been lodged with Richard Watkins,
the person appointed by his Honor the Superintendent
to act as Town Clerk at such election at Alexandra,
before noon of the said twenty-seventh day of July,
1867.

Dated at Alexandra, this 16th day of July, 1867.

John Cumming,
Presiding Officer.

Witness: James Sandison.

REGULATIONS

passed by the Wardens of the
South Tokomairiro Hundred, 15th April, 1867.

A meeting of Licenseholders having been held under
Clause 103 of the “Otago Waste Lands Act, 1866,”
at which meeting it was decided by a majority of the
votes of those present, that great Cattle only should be
depastured on the Waste Lands of the Crown within
the South Tokomairiro Hundred.

The Wardens of the South Tokomairiro Hundred
compute that the above Hundred will depasture 2,500
two thousand five hundred head of great Cattle, and do
hereby apportion the right of pasturage as under, viz.:
one head of great Cattle for every six acres of
purchased land.

William Gray,
Thomas Johnson,
John Bruce,
Robert Waugh Johnston.

Wardens of the South
Tokomairiro Hundred.

SCANDINAVIAN WATER RACE COMPANY,

(REGISTERED.)—Capital, £12,000.

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, JULY, 1867.

Assets

1867. To Cash due by Water sold ... £704 6 10
      ,, Arrears of Calls ... 365 0 0
      ,, Interest due on Unpaid Calls ... 10 10 0
      ,, Estimated value of Gold in Tail Races ... 250 0 0

Liabilities

1867. By balance of Loan ... £600 0 0
      ,, Outstanding Bills ... 150 0 0
      ,, Balance ... 579 16 10

£1,329 16 10

George Purton, Manager.

St. Bathans, Otago,
July 18th, 1867.

MOUNTAIN WATER RACE COMPANY,

(REGISTERED.)

Capital, £4,000, in Ten Shares of £400 each, paid up.

Assets

Main Race ... £2,000 0 0
Reservoir ... 700 0 0
Branch Races ... 600 0 0
Claims and Plant ... 700 0 0
Balance in Bank of New South Wales ... 51 13 6
Amount due to the Company ... 250 1 6

£4,302 0 0

Liabilities,

Nil.

James Smith, Manager.
St. Bathans, July 17, 1867.

ENTERPRISE WATER RACE COMPANY,

REGISTERED.

Capital, £4,500, in Nine Shares of £500 per share,
paid up.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities for the Half-year

ending 30th of June, 1867.

Assets

To Main Race ... £2,500 0 0
,, Reservoir and Branch Races ... 1,212 16 0
,, Claims and Tail Races, and Plant ... 787 4 0
,, Balance due to Company ... 146 6 6

£4,646 6 6

Liabilities

None.
Paid-up Capital by nine Shareholders of £500 per share ... £4,500 0 0

Patrick Rook, Manager.
Company’s Office, St. Bathans,
20th July, 1867.

[From the New Zealand Gazette, July 8, 1867, No. 38.]

Colonial Secretary’s Office,

Wellington, 8th July, 1867.

His Excellency the Governor has, in Her Majesty’s
name, summoned

The Honorable Joseph Dresser Tetley,
of Kekerangu, Marlborough; and

The Honorable John Hyde Harris,
of Dunedin, Otago, to the Legislative Council of New
Zealand, by Writs of Summons under the Seal of the
Colony.

E. W. Stafford.

[From the New Zealand Gazette, July 16, 1867, No. 40.]

Colonial Secretary’s Office,

Wellington, 15th July, 1867.

It is hereby notified that a Writ issued for the election
of a Member of the House of Representatives for
the District of Port Chalmers, has been returned with a
certificate to the effect that

David Forsyth Main,
of Dunedin, householder, has been duly elected.

E. W. Stafford.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,

Wellington, 15th July, 1867.

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint

John Boyle Bennett, Esq.,
Registrar-General at Wellington, to receive Petitions
from persons desirous of obtaining Letters Patent under
“The Patents Act, 1860.”

E. W. Stafford.

General Post Office,

Wellington, 13th July, 1867.

The following Report of the Court of Inquiry held
under “The Inquiry into Wrecks Act, 1863,” on
the wreck of the s.s. “South Australian” is published
for general information.

John Hall.

INQUIRY INTO WRECKS

REPORT on the Wreck of the screw steamship “South Australian.”

To the Honorable the Postmaster-General of New Zealand.