County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, June 16, 1871.

THE Chairman of the County Council directs it to be notified for general information that he has appointed

CONSTABLE JAMES O’MALLEY
to be Inspector of Slaughter Houses for the Hokitika District, in the room of James Elliot, resigned.

A. E. TENNANT,
Chief Clerk.

Hokitika, June 16, 1871.

IN pursuance of the powers delegated to me under “The Gold Mining Claims Drainage Act, 1868,” I hereby disallow Bye Law No. 19, of the Jones’ Flat Drainage Board.

H. H. LAHMAN,
Governor’s Delegate.

County Chairman’s Office,
Hokitika, June 7, 1871.

ALL accounts against the County Government must be sent in to the Department from which the order for the supply was issued, on or before the 20th instant, on which date the accounts for the half-year close.

A. E. TENNANT,
Chief Clerk.

AUCTION SALE OF WASTE LANDS OF THE CROWN, UNDER “THE WESTLAND WASTE LANDS ACT, 1870.”

WE, the undersigned, Commissioners of the Waste Lands Board of the County of Westland, in accordance with the provisions of section thirty-four of “The Westland Waste Lands Act, 1870,” do hereby notify that Monday, the twenty-fourth day of July next, at 12 o’clock noon, in the Land Office, Hokitika, is fixed as the time and place, when a sale by auction of town, suburban, and rural lands, shall take place.

G. G. FITZGERALD,
Chief Commissioner.

C. HOOS,
H. H. LAHMAN,
W. EVANS,
H. W. BARBOR,
Commissioners.

Receiver of Land Revenue.

Land Office,
Hokitika, 6th June, 1871.

STATEMENT of the affairs of “The Caledonian Water Race and Gold Mining Company, Registered,” in accordance with section thirteen of “The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869.”

Name of Company—“Caledonian Water Race and Gold Mining Company Registered.”
When formed—1st July, 1868.
Date of Registration—4th August, 1869.
Where business is conducted, and name of legal Manager—Hokitika, and German Gully (Arahura); William Purnell.
Nominal Capital—Six thousand eight hundred pounds sterling (£6,800).
Amount of paid-up Scrip given to Shareholders—None.
Number of shares in which capital is divided—One hundred and seventy (170).
Number of shares taken—One hundred and sixty (160).
Amount of Calls made—Four thousand three hundred and twenty-two pounds (£4,322).
Total amount of subscribed capital paid-up—Four thousand and eighty-seven pounds (£4,087).
Number of Shareholders at time of Registration of Company—Eleven (11).
Amount of cash in hand—Two pounds five shillings and eleven pence (£2 5s. 11d).
Whether in operation or not—Yes.
Total amount of dividend declared—None.
Number of shares unallotted—Ten.

W. PURNELL,
Manager.

THE undersigned, GEORGE PURVIS, hereby make application to register The Excelsior Gold Mining 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 Excelsior Gold Mining Company (Registered).”
2. The place of operations is at Jones’s Flat, Ross.
3. The nominal capital of the company is one thousand eight hundred pounds, in 360 shares of £5 each.
4. The amount already paid-up is twelve hundred pounds.
5. The name of the manager is George Purvis.
6. The office of the company is situate on the claim, Jones’s Flat.
7. The names and several residences of the...