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comprised in the following schedule, to be
granted in payment for public works.

SCHEDULE.

195 Acres in Block XVIII.
450 Acres in Block LXIV.
50 Acres in Block LXV.
880 Acres in Block LXIV.
100 Acres in Blocks XXVI and XVIII.
240 Acres in Blocks XXVI and XVII.

By order of the Waste Lands Board,
G. G. FITZGERALD,
Chief Commissioner.

County Treasury,
Hokitika, July 4, 1871.

PURSUANT to the provisions of "The Auctioneers Ordinance, Session III., No. 3," I hereby give notice that the undermentioned persons have taken out Auctioneer’s Licenses for the period ending 30th June, 1872:

Wm. Todd, of Hokitika.
Richard Harman Jeffares Reeves, of Hokitika.
Francis Christopher Tabart, of Hokitika.

T. HORTON,
County Treasurer.

Hokitika, July 6, 1871.

NOTICE is hereby given that, pursuant to the sixty-seventh section of "The County of Westland Act, 1868," the County Council will meet for the despatch of business at the Supreme Court House, Hokitika, on Wednesday, the 12th July, 1871, at the hour of twelve noon.

A. E. TENNANT,
Secretary of the Council.

STATEMENT of the affairs of "The Morning Star Gold Mining Company, Registered," for the half-year ended 3rd June, 1871, in accordance with section 13 of "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869."

Name of company—Morning Star Gold Mining Company, Registered, Ross.
When formed, and date of registration—Formed 24th September, 1866; date of registration 16th August, 1867.
Where business is conducted, and name of legal manager—Ross; Henry A. Gordon.
Nominal capital—£16,000.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders—£7866 13s. 4d.
Number of shares in which capital is divided—480.
Number of shares taken—464.
Amount of calls made—£5826 10s.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up—£13,693 3s. 4d.
Number of shareholders at the time of registration of company—17.
Amount of cash in hand—£7 15s. 11d.
Whether in operation or not—In operation.
Total amount of dividends declared—£8572.
Number of shares unallotted—None.

CAMILLE MALFROY,
Manager.
Ross, June 9, 1871.

STATEMENT of the affairs of "The Totara and Jones’s Creek Amalgamated Water Race Company, Registered," for the half-year ended 9th June, 1871, in accordance with section 13 of "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869."

Name of company—Totara and Jones’s Creek Amalgamated Water Race Company, Registered, Ross.
When formed, and date of registration—Formed 26th August, 1866; registered 7th September, 1866.
Where business is conducted and name of legal manager—Totara district, Ross; Camille Malfroy, legal manager.
Nominal capital—£12,800.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders—£8400; being estimated value of the two races at the time of the amalgamation, 26th August, 1866.
Number of shares in which capital is divided—1280.
Number of shares taken—1280.
Amount of calls made—None.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up—£4400; being the amount paid in extension, improvements, and purchase of other races out of the proceeds of the races.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company—16.
Amount of cash in hand—Nil.
Whether in operation or not—In operation.
Total amount of dividends declared—£870.
Number of shares unallotted—16.

HENRY A. GORDON,
Manager.
June 28, 1871.

STATEMENT of the affairs of "The Will and the Way Gold Mining Company, Registered," for the half-year ended May 31, 1871, in accordance with section 13 of "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869."