firm of “W. Stavely and Co.” was this day Dissolved
by mutual consent.

And that all debts owing or payable to the said late Partnership are to be paid to,
and the Liabilities thereof will be discharged by, the
said Henry Cable.

Dated this 22nd day of July, 1872.

W. STAVELY.
H. CABLE.

Witness—James Adamson,
Solicitor, Dunedin.

REFERRING to the above Notice, I beg to inform
my friends and the public, that I, until I obtain
suitable premises, shall carry on business on my own
account, under the style of W. Stavely and Co., in the
offices of the late firm.

W. STAVELY.

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership
heretofore existing between Joseph Edmonds and
James Reid, as Storekeepers at Serpentine, was dissolved
on the 29th June, 1872.

It is also further notified that Mr. Joseph Edmonds
will receive and pay all moneys and accounts in con-
nection with the abovementioned partnership.

4s 6d.

NOTICE.—I, the undersigned, Thomas Mathieson,
of the Arrow District, in the Province of Otago,
New Zealand, gold miner, hereby make application to
register “The New River Water Race Company” (Re-
gistered) under the provisions of “The Mining
Companies Limited Liability Act 1865,” and I do
solemnly and sincerely declare that the following state-
ment is, to the best of my belief and knowledge, true
in every particular, namely—

1. The name and style of the Company is the New
   River Water Race Company.

2. The place of operations is at the Arrow District,
   near Arrowtown.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is Two
   Thousand pounds in Two Thousand shares of one
   pound each.

4. The amount already paid up is One Thousand
   pounds.

5. The name of the manager is Thomas Mathieson.

6. The office of the Company is at Arrowtown.

7. The names and several residences of the Share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at this
   date are as follows:—

Dated this twenty-fourth day of June, 1872.

THOMAS MATHIESON.

Witness to signature—
Archd. H. Douglas,
Justice of the Peace.

CITY OF DUNEDIN.

Annual Election of Councillors and Auditors.

PUBLIC Notice is hereby given, that the nomi-
nation of candidates for the several offices of
Councillors and Auditors for the year ending 1st August,
1873, will be declared on Wednesday, 24th July in-
stants, at the terrace of the Provincial Government
Chambers, Water street, at the Issued room.

Nominations must be in form of Schedule D of the
“Otago Municipal Corporations Ordinance, 1865,” and
be lodged at the Town Clerk’s office, Manse street,
where blank forms may be had, on or before noon of
the day herein fixed for the declaration.

The Councillors retiring by rotation are—

For South Ward—Councillor James Walker.
For High Ward—Councillor Andrew Mercer.
For Bell Ward—Councillor Alex. R. Livingston.
For Leith Ward—Councillor John Barnes.

One Councillor to be elected for each Ward.
Two (2) Auditors to be elected for the whole City.

H. S. Fish, junr., Mayor.

13th July, 1872.

STATEMENT of the Affairs of the Extended
Water Race and Sluicing Company (Registered)
for the Half-Year ended 30th June, 1872, in accor-
dance with Section 13 of the Mining Companies Limited
Liability Act Amendment Act 1869.

Name of Company—The Extended Water Race and
Sluicing Co. (Registered).

When formed and date of registration—23rd day of
August, 1867.

Where business is conducted, and name of legal
manager—Naseby, Otago. Lancelot Hors.

Nominal capital—£5400.

Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders—
£5400.

Number of shares in which capital is divided—270.

Number of shares taken 270.

Amount of calls made—£5400.

Total amount of subscribed capital paid up—£5400.

Number of shareholders at date of registration of
company—Nine.

Amount of cash in hand—£1 18s. 9d.

Whether in operation or not—In operation.

Total amount of dividends declared—Nil.

Number of shares unallotted—

LANCELOT HORS,
Manager.

6th July, 1872.

From the New Zealand Gazette,
Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 8th July, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint Andrew Turnbull, Esq.,
to be an examiner of Titles for the Otago Land
Registration District.

W. Gisborne.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch),
Wellington, 1st July, 1872.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
appoint Robert Ferguson Cunningham, Esq., of
Otakou, Otago; and
William Stewart, Esq., of Blackmount,
Otago,
to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony.

W. Gisborne.