THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 55

1864. Feb. 25. Paid hospital expenses
      " 29. Paid Spicer and Murray, funeral expenses
      Paid swearing and filing 2 affidavits, 10s.;
      order, 6s.
      Paid letters of administration
      Paid advertising balance sheet
      Oct. 19. Paid advertising for claims in Times
      " 30. Paid advertising for claims in Evening Star
      Paid Administrator's commission
      Nov. 15. Paid balance to John Merritt, attorney of
      next of kin, by order of a Judge, of 14th
      November, 1865
      £41 12 0

ROBERT CHAPMAN, Esq., Official Administrator
of Intestate Estates at Otago, in account with
the Estate of JOHN FRASER, deceased, intestate.
1863. DR. £ s. d.
Oct. 8. By cash from police, proceeds sale of effects 62 0 0
By cash found on person 6 14 6
£68 14 6

1863. CR. £ s. d.
      Oct. 8. Paid Reuben Harris for selling gold
      claim, &c. 5 2 9
      Paid funeral expenses... 6 7 6
      " 31. Paid postage to widow 0 0 6
      Paid postage to John Stavely 0 0 6
      Paid advertising in Telegraph, 7s.; Times,
      6s. 6d. 0 13 6
1864. Paid advertising in Wakatip Mail, 10s.;
      Dunstan News, 12s. 1 2 0
      Mar. 17. Paid Court fees of administration 2 13 6
      Paid Administrator's commission 5 6 0
      Paid proportion of expense of advertising
      sale of claims 0 4 0
      July 13. Paid postage to Messrs. Cuthbert and
      Shovelbottom 0 1 0
1865. Jan. 11. Remitted by bank bill of exchange to
      Elizabeth Fraser, widow of deceased, by
      order of 6th instant, (less postage, &c.) 47 2 6
      Balance 0 0 9
      £68 14 6

ROBERT CHAPMAN, Esq., Registrar of Real
Estates of Deceased Persons for the Otago and
Southland District of New Zealand, in account with
the Real Estate of THOMAS REDPATH, of Clutha,
Settler, deceased, intestate.
1863. DR. £ s. d.
May 23. By cash from Gillies and Street, proceeds
of leasing for one year of store and farm 90 0 0
Oct. 30. By cash from Mr. Bamford, rent of farm,
&c., to 1st September last 50 0 0
Mar. 16. By cash from Gillies and Street, three
months' rent of store from Mr. Begg 15 0 0
June 2. By cash from Gillies and Street, rent from
Mr. Begg 14 15 0
By cash from Gillies and Turton, rent
recovered from Mr. Bamford... 50 0 0
£219 5 0

1864. CR. £ s. d.
      Mar. 12. Paid Gillies and Street for collecting rents 0 15 0
1865. Paid Gillies and Street for leasing store
      (£100 rent) 5 0 0
      Jan. 18. Paid Gillies and Street for leasing farm 1 1 0
      Paid Administrator's commission 10 19 3
      Paid advertising balance sheet 0 7 6
      Balance 201 2 3
      £219 5 0

I, the undersigned ROBERT MURRAY MCTURK,
hereby make application to register "The
Epsom Rise 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
   Epsom Rise Gold Mining Company, Registered."

2. The place of operations is at the Karaka,
   Shortland.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is three
   thousand pounds, in one thousand shares of three
   pounds each.

4. The amount already paid up is one thousand
   and eighty pounds.

5. The name of the manager is Robert Murray
   McTurk.

6. The office of the Company is at John Graham
   and Son's, Shortland.

7. The names and several residences of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at
   this date, are as follows:-
   No. of
   Shares.
   Robert Murray McTurk, Shortland 40
   William McKinstry, Shortland... 40
   Robert Cox, Shortland 40
   John Cox, Shortland 20
   Edward Brown, Shortland 20
   Joseph Harper, Shortland 20
   William Richards, Shortland 20
   Francis Henry Richards, Shortland 20
   John Dennerly, Shortland 20
   Robert Boyd Scott, Shortland 40
   Francis Winter, Otahuhu 20
   William Dixon, Shortland 10
   Alfred Eustace, Shortland 20
   James Tonies Wade; Shortland 10
   Andrew Graham, Shortland 10
   John Graham, Shortland 10
   Dated this seventh day of January, 1869.
   ROBERT M. MCTURK,
   Manager.
   Witness to signature-Lowther Broad, J.P.

VICTORIAN Co-operative Gold Mining Company,
Registered.-Balance Sheet, 31st December,
1868.
Assets. £ s. d.
Value of engines and pump 998 8 0
Value of wheel, fluming, buildings, tram-
ways, and rolling stock 2,500 0 0
Value of seven unsold shares 1,400 0 0
Cash in Bank of New Zealand 69 5 3
Cash in Treasurer's hands 10 11 6
£4,978 4 9
Liabilities.
Bills payable £133 3 6
Current accounts payable 183 19 3
317 2 9
£4,661 2 0
DAVID ROSS,
WM. G. RUNCIE, } Auditors.
Hokitika, 25th January, 1869.

SOUTHERN CROSS Gold Mining Company,
Registered.-Balance Sheet, 31st December,
1868.
DR. £ s. d.
To gold received from claim 3,495 2 0
To Bank of New Zealand overdraft 349 14 3
To other debts outstanding 480 1 6
£4,324 17 9
CR. £ s. d.
By paid for plant, and working expenses
to 31st December 2,642 5 6
By wages paid 861 6 8
By amount advanced to shareholders... 821 5 7
£4,324 17 9