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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

VICTORIAN Co-operative Gold Mining Company,
Registered. - Statement of Receipts and Expen-
diture from 1st July to 31st December, 1869.

Receipts.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Gold sold 5,765 5 5
Fines collected 265 6 6
Potts & Co., balance of engine
money 10 0 0
Sundries sold, including truck
wheels 39 13 6
-6,080 5 5

Disbursements.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Bank overdraft from last ac-
count 3 17 0
Dividends paid 4,408 0 0
General charges account, in-
cluding wages, water, &c. 1,653 19 4
Balance in Bank of New Zealand 13 7 7
Balance in Treasurer's hands 1 1 6
-6,080 5 5

Hokitika, 14th January, 1870.
I have examined the Bank Book, Cash Book,
Ledger, &c., and compared the Vouchers, and certify
the above to be a correct Abstract.
WILLIAM WILKINSON, Auditor.

BALANCE SHEET at 31st December, 1869.
Assets.
Value of stock, plant, &c.-
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Value of engine and pumps 550 0 0
Value of wheel, fluming gear,
building, truck, tramway 2,750 0 0
-3,300 0 0
Value of seven shares unsold 1,400 0 0
Sundry small accounts due to
Company 16 0 0
Balance in Bank of New Zealand 13 7 7
Balance in Treasurer's hands 1 1 6
14 9 1
4,730 9 1

Liabilities.
Sundry accounts due by Com-
pany, -say 150 0 0
£4,580 0 0

Kanieri, 14th January, 1870.
WILLIAM WATT, Manager.

DUKE of Edinburgh Quartz Mining Company
(Macrae's), Registered.
Assets.
Value of plant, being the cost of labour
and machinery now being erected 2,417 11 9
Cash in hand 82 8 3
Capital not called up 2,000 0 0
£4,500 0 0

Liabilities.
Sundry creditors £145 0 0
1st January, 1870.
JAMES J. TAINE, Manager.

STATUTES 1869.-Bound copies of the Statutes
for 1869 can now be procured from the under-
signed, at the following prices: -

Half-bound calf, cloth sides £ s. d.
1 10 0
Cloth backs, paper sides 1 5 0
GEO. DIDSBURY,
Government Printer.

COLLINGWOOD Coal Mining Company, Regis-
tered. Capital, £3,600. Thomas Conway,
Manager. Statement of Receipts and Expenditure
from 24th July, 1869, to 15th January, 1870; with
Assets and Liabilities on 15th January, 1870.

Receipts.
To balance in hand 110 9 6
" calls paid on 16 cash shares 480 0 0
" calls paid on 14 labour shares 382 12 2
" cash for fines, &c. 11 7 0
" cash from Provincial Government... 250 0 0
£1,234 8 8

Expenditure.
By labour on tramway... 827 18 6
" plant and tools 98 7 5
" sundries 56 10 4
982 16 3
Balance in hand 251 12 5
£1,234 8 8

Assets.
Balance in hand 251 12 5
Uncalled balance of shares 1,495 10 1
£1,747 2 6

Liabilities.
Nil.

We hereby certify that we have examined the
above Balance Sheet, with the several Vouchers
connected therewith, and find the same correct.
C. HENRY J. HALCOMBE, } Auditors.
W. E. WASHBOURNE,
Collingwood, 17th January, 1870. 6

GEOLOGICAL REPORTS, 1868-9.-These
Reports are now ready for issue, and can be
procured on application to the Government Printer.
Price Three Shillings. They comprise-

1. Progress Report, by Dr. Hector;
2. Report on Great Barrier Island;
3. Report on East Cape District;
4. Report on Okarita District;
5. Report on Thames Gold Fields;
6. Notes by Dr. Hector on the Composition of
   Specimens forwarded by Captain Hutton;
7. Geology of the Kawau Island;
   and are illustrated by ten coloured Maps and Sections
   of the Districts reported on. Book sent post-free to
   any part of the Colony.
   GEO. DIDSBURY,
   Government Printer.
   Government Printing Office,
   Wellington, 8th January, 1869.

THAMES GOLD FIELDS. - The Government
Printer has on Sale, price Two Shillings, a
REPORT ON THE THAMES GOLD FIELDS
(extracted from the Geological Survey Reports of
1869), including five Maps and Sections of the
Shortland, Tapu, and Puriri Districts, showing the
Geological formation of the country, and indicating
the position of 322 of the more important Claims:
to which are added Analyses of the Rock Specimens,
by Dr. Hector.
GEO. DIDSBURY,
Government Printer.
Government Printing Office,
Wellington, 13th June, 1869.