WARDEN'S COURT. HOKITIKA.

Thursday, Jan. 9. ' (Before Major Keddell, Warden.) APPLICATIOiiS. Philip Boyd and others, 1 ailing site and i extended claim, Back Creek road — , Granted. Kanieri Lake Water Race and Mining Company, branch race, near Kanieri 1 Forks. Mr Northcroft, the secretary to i the company, asked to have the applies ) tion adjourned till next court day, which was done. ( M'Kinnon and Party, tailing site and water race. Objected to by Rickard and ! Priest. Mr Park, who appeared for ■ objectors, stated that a grant for a i timber tramway had been made by the Westland Land Board. The Warden r said he could not make a grant to over- ) ride one made by another body also having jurisdiction over the bind. If ! they {nought the grant was obtained : through mtsrppresencafcion they should s ask tiet i e Board to revise it —Application , meanwhile adjourned George Davis, extended claim and tunnel, Lon on 'iully. — Adjourned. Thomas M'Donald, cxrended claim, Back Creek.— Granted, old certificate ; surrendered for cancellation. [ Ambrose Creber and others, two , months' protection to extended claim, Soith Hokitikj. Mr Northcroft ap1 peared for applicants. — Granted. George Bruce and others; extended • clam, Woodbtock. — Granted, old certificate surrender- d for j;mce.lation, Robort Ferguson, extended claim, Wood 1 lock. Gianted, old cer'ificate I surrendered for canceli-ition. Henry Patz, dam, M'lntyre's Gully.— Grauted. J. C-. Jacubsen, tunnel, Back Creek <=» , Graotpcl. jumea M'Donald ard o hers, extended c'aio, >Voo<i_*.ock— Granted, old certincat 1-*1 -* ( surrande ed for cancellation. Ah i?oy and others. prote-t ; on, extended claim, <-au Uau— Adjourned. Patrick Hayes, tunnel wnd double area claim, !*andy (iully i. ranted. Tie Cou i thtn adjourned. RESIDENT MAGISTRA L'h'S COURT. (Before Major Keddell, R.M.,) Hokitika Bo'oagh Council v, Jeremiah Morphew, rates 6* 9J — Paid into Court, dame v Louisa Wi kins n n, rules £1 11s 6d ;of this 7a 6d hid a'nee b-en paid. — i Judgment for £l 4^ wi h co-ts 6s Same v Mary Bourke, rates 13s 6d. — Judgment for amount claimed with, costs Same v Carl Schroder, rates £1 2s 6d — Judgment for amount claimed with co'tß 6s, The Court then closed