Shag Valley in the Dunback district, in the Province of Otago.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is six thousand pounds, in six hundred shares of ten pounds each.

4. The amount already paid up is one thousand two hundred pounds, the whole being allotted in partly paid-up shares.

5. The name of the manager is Matthew William Hawkins.

6. The office of the Company is at Dunedin aforesaid.

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

Robert Burns, of Dunedin, surgeon, and James Taylor Mackerras, of Dunedin, merchant ... 125

Hugh Lyons, of Shag Valley, storekeeper ... 100

William Richmond, of Dunedin, shipwright ... 50

Charles M’Queen, of Dunedin, ironfounder, and James Kincaid, of Dunedin, ironfounder ... 50

Francis Waddell, of Dunedin, miner ... 50

Matthew Cleland, of Dunedin, ironfounder ... 25

Grant Preston Farquhar, of Dunedin, leather merchant ... 100

Robert Forbes Fincher, of Dunedin ... 25

Henry Logan, of Dunedin, confectioner ... 50

Henry Miller, of Dunedin, importer ... 25

600

Dated this third day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

M. W. HAWKINS, Manager.

Witness to signature:

ALEX. WILLS,
Justice of the Peace.

20s

I, THE Undersigned, Thomas Mathieson, of the Arrow district, in the Province of Otago, New Zealand, gold miner, hereby make application to register the "Arrow River Water Race Company (Registered)," under the provisions of the "Mining Companies Limited Liability Act 1865," and I do solemnly and sincerely declare that the following statement is to the best of my belief and knowledge, true in every particular, namely:—

1. The name and style of the Company is "The Arrow River Water Race Company (Registered)."

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

3. The nominal capital of the Company is three thousand pounds, in three thousand shares of one pound each.

4. The amount already paid up is fifteen hundred 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 shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follows:—

Names. Residences. No. of shares.
Samuel Symonds, the Arrow district ... 500
Thomas Mathieson do ... 500
John Mathieson do ... 500
Alfred Palamountain do ... 500
Edward Duncan do ... 500
George Marshall do ... 500

3000

Dated this eighth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.

THOMAS MATHIESON, Manager.

Witness to signature:

H. A. STRATFORD,
A Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

20s

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 20th September, 1872.

THE following letter from the Agent-General relative to the representation of the Colony of New Zealand at the International Exhibition, which is to be held in Vienna in 1873, is published for general information.

The Government recognising that this Exhibition will afford an excellent opportunity for disseminating accurate information respecting the resources of the Colony, and the advantages it offers as a field for immigration, desire to afford every facility for the collection and transmission of specimens of such articles as are available for export and for the employment of a large population.

As articles for exhibition should be shipped not later than 15th January next, persons wishing to exhibit are invited to communicate with the Under-Secretary without delay.

All expense of transmission and exhibition of approved articles will be defrayed by Government; but, as experience has proved that in exhibitions of this kind the best effect is produced by a few well-displayed objects of considerable size, and as the space allotted to the Colony in the Exhibition Building will be limited, a careful selection will have to be made, so that the representation may be complete.

The Collectors of Customs at the various ports of the Colony have been instructed to receive exhibits, and to forward them to the port from which they will be shipped to the Agent-General, who will be instructed to undertake their proper arrangement in the Exhibition.

As it is understood that a Competitive Exhibition of Staple Articles of Produce will be held in Christchurch, opening on the 15th December, advantage will be taken of it to select the best exhibits of the following articles for transmission to Vienna, so that persons desirous of having such articles forwarded should in the first instance send them to the Christchurch show:—

Wool and woollen goods
Phormium fibre and cordage
Paper pulp
Grain, whole and ground
Grass seed
Malt
Hops
Preserved fruits and jam
Preserved meat and fish
Salt beef, ham and bacon
Butter and cheese
Tallow and soap
Hides, leather and glue
Tobacco.

The articles will be arranged for exhibition under the following classes:—

I. Minerals, such as—
Metals and metallic ores
Coals, rock oil, &c.

II. Raw Produce, such as—
Grain, grass seed, and hops
Wool, hides
Phormium fibre, timbers
Gum, whale oil, and bone
Shells for inlaying, &c.

III. Manufactures—
Mats and cordage, doors and sashes
Malt, flour and meal
Preserved meats, fish and fruits
Salt beef and pork
Soap, wines and spirits
Leather, glue and tallow
Tobacco and cigars, &c.

IV. Maps, plans, photographs
Ethnological and natural history collections.

Wool intended for exhibition should be if possible in