Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1876 – No. 21

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✨ Mining Company Statements and Customs Revenue

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NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

STATEMENT of the affairs of "The Anderson's Creek Quartz-mining Company, Registered," for the half-year ended June 30, 1876, in accordance with Section 135 of "The Mining Companies Act, 1872."

Name of Company: "The Anderson's Creek Quartz-mining Company, Registered."
When formed, and date of registration: April 25, 1871; April 27, 1871.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Reefton, Inangahua, Province of Nelson; Robert Tapley.
Nominal capital: £44,000.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: Nil.
Number of shares in which capital is divided: 40,000.
Number of shares taken: 38,000.
Amount of calls made: £10,007 6s 8d.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid-up: Calls, £9961 11s 1d; estimated value of claim and machinery, £28,926 = £38,887 11s 1d, amount subscribed capital paid-up.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company: 32.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Whether in operation or not: Not in operation.
Total amount of dividends declared: £475.
Number of shares unallotted: 2000.

ROBERT TAPLEY,
Legal Manager.
Reefton, June 30, 1876.

STATEMENT of the affairs of "The Ajax Quartz-mining Company, Registered," for the half-year ending June 30, 1876, in accordance with Section 135 of "The Mining Companies Act, 1872."

Name of Company: "The Ajax Quartz-mining Company, Registered."
When formed, and date of registration: 15th and 18th June, 1872.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Shield's Prospecting Claim, Murray Creek, Province of Nelson; George William Moss, Greymouth, Westland.
Nominal capital: £50,080.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: £40,064.
Number of shares in which capital is divided: 50,080.
Number of shares taken: 50,080.
Amount of calls made: £2,504.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid-up: £42,568—including amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders, £40,064.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company: 12.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Whether in operation or not: In operation.
Total amount of dividends declared: £2,504.
Number of shares unallotted: Nil.

GEORGE WILLIAM MOSS,
Legal Manager.
Greymouth. June 30, 1876.

RETURN of CUSTOMS REVENUE COLLECTED at the PORT of NELSON during the QUARTER ENDED 30th JUNE, 1876..

	s.	d.
Spirits	2,765	11
,, distilled in New Zealand	24	5
Cigars and Snuff	84	18
Tobacco	1,101	15
,, Sheepwash	1	19
Wine	282	8
Ale and Beer, &c., in bottle	133	19
Tea	869	15
Coffee, Cocoa, Chicory, and Chocolate	53	10
Sugar, raw, refined, and Molasses	1,284	14
Goods by Weight	504	5
,, ad valorem	2,057	15
Other duties not specified above	176	1

Light Dues and other Receipts	9,290	19
Gold Duty—Provincial Account	311	18
Pilotage—Provincial Account	156	4
	334	14
Total	£10,093	16

D. JOHNSTON,
Collector.
Custom-House, Nelson, July 3, 1876.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government, by LUCKIE and COLLINS, Waimea-street, Nelson,
Printers for the time being to the said Government.