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and Civil business, will be holden in the Court House at
Lawrence, on Tuesday, the 15th day of September next,
at the hour of ten o’clock in the forenoon; at which time
and place all persons bound by recognizances or other-
wise to appear as prosecutors, plaintiffs, defendants, or
witnesses are required to give their attendance.

Warden’s Office, Lawrence,
August 21st, 1874.

THE Application, of date August 19, 1874, for a
Gold-mining Lease of four acres of land, being
Section 8, of Block VII., Table Hill, has this day been
withdrawn by the applicant.

NOTICE.—ATHENÆUMS.

A SUM of £1500 having been voted by the Provincial
Council to assist in providing buildings to be used
as Athenæums in localities where no such buildings have
as yet been erected.

It is hereby notified to those desirous of participating
in the vote, that in order to do so it will be necessary to
forward a written application, stating the amount col-
lected, and giving a general description of the approxi-
mate cost of the building proposed to be erected. The
sum voted will be distributed pro rata to the contributors
of the district, provided that in no case shall the contri-
bution of the Government exceed the sum of £250 to any
building.

Applications to be received at this office on or before
the 1st day of October proximo, after which date no fur-
ther application for subsidy will be entertained during
the current financial year.

D. REID, Provincial Secretary.
Provincial Secretary’s Office,
Dunedin, 30th June, 1874.

AMENDED NOTICE.

WHALING BONUS. £500.

Open until the first day of Nov., 1874.

THE Provincial Government will pay £250 by way of
Bonus to the first vessel which leaves the Province
fully equipped for a whaling cruise, provided such vessel
shall leave on or before the 1st day of November 1874;
also £250 on her returning to the Province with a cargo
of oil; provided that such vessel is owned in, and hails
from a port within the Province. Vessel not to be under
150 tons. Provided also that she carries at least five
boys as apprentices. Bonus will be paid on production
of certificate from the Harbor Master that these provi-
sions have been complied with.

D. REID,
Provincial Secretary.
Dunedin 7th July 1874.

BONUS FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF POTTERY WORKS IN OTAGO.

THE Provincial Government, being desirous of en-
couraging the establishment of Pottery Works in
Otago, is prepared to pay a Bonus of £250, as under:—

On the erection of buildings and plant to the value of
at least £300—£75.

On the production of pottery to a value of not less
than £150—£75.

On the production of a further quantity of pottery to
a value of not less than £200—£100.

The pottery ware in each case to be suitable for house-
hold or domestic purposes, to be produced in works per-
manently established in the Province, and to be manu-
factured either wholly or to a large extent from material
obtained in the Province.

Proposals will be received at the Provincial Govern-
ment Offices, Dunedin, until the 1st of October, 1874,
and should state the estimated cost and productive power
of the works proposed to be erected, the date at which
the same will be in operation, and that the parties will be
bound in the sum of £100 to produce pottery to the
value of £300, within two years from the date on which
their offer is accepted.

24th June, 1874.
D. REID, Provincial Secretary.

WEST TAIERI RIVER DISTRICT TRUST.

STATEMENT of Accounts from 30th June 1873 to 23rd July, 1874.

RECEIPTS.

To Rates received ... £236 1 4
Arrears do. ... ... 19 0 0
Government Subsidy ... 177 0 0
Balance due to Bank ... 50 2 6

£484 2 10

EXPENDITURE.

By Balance due Bank 30th June 1873 ... £188 9 4
Contract (Embankment) ... 120 0 0
Labour (Men and Horses) ... 91 12 3
Iron work ... 7 7 6
Scrub ... 25 1 9
Cartage ... 3 11 6
Pile Driver ... 25 0 0
Interest and Exchange ... 11 0 6

£484 2 10

ASSETS.

1872 Rates uncollected ... £41 18 10
1873 do. do. ... 56 10 6

LIABILITIES.

Due National Bank ... £50 2 6

THOMAS KER }
JOHN DOW } Auditors.

JAMES SHAND, Chairman.

11th September, 1874.

STATEMENT of Accounts of the Managers of the Blacks Cemetery till 31st December, 1873.

1873.

RECEIPTS.

Subscriptions ... £27 6 6
Provincial Government ... 25 0 0

£52 6 6

EXPENDITURE.

Fencing, per Contract ... £21 5 6
Gates do do ... 11 10 0
Sinking holes for trees per Contract ... 6 0 0
Day labour ... 8 6 0
Posts and Chains ... 2 17 0
Labour on do ... 1 5 0
Stationery and Stamps ... 0 1 11
Balance ... 1 1 1

£52 6 6

JOHN KITCHES
MICHAEL FITZGERALD } Managers.
ROBERT RYAN
SAMUEL LEASK

JAMES W. GRAHAM, Auditor.

11th September, 1874.

STATEMENT of the affairs of the “Royal Standard Quartz Mining Company Registered,” for the half year ending 30th June, 1874, in accordance with Section 135, of the “Quartz Mining Companies’ Act, 1872.”—

Name of Company—The Royal Standard Quartz
Mining Company, Registered.

When formed, and date of Registration—Formed
August, 1870; registered, 8th October, 1870.

Where business is conducted, and name of legal
Manager—Cromwell, Otago. Geo. Jenour.

Nominal Capital—£5410.

Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders, £5600.

Number of shares in which capital is divided—56.

Amount of shares taken—56.

Amount of calls made—£1456.

Total amount of subscribed capital paid up—£7056.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of
Company—7.

Amount of cash in hand—£6 0s 3d.

Whether in operation or not—Not in operation.

Total amount of dividends declared—Nil.

Number of Shares unallotted—Nil.

GEO. JENOUR, Manager.

Cromwell, 30th June, 1874.

1t. 15s.