THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

1878, at 3 p.m., for the purpose of considering and passing (if approved) an account showing the manner in which the said Company has been wound up.
F. W. F. GEISOW,
Liquidator.

Queenstown, 17th September, 1878. 615

HOMEWARD BOUND GOLD-MINING COMPANY (LIMITED).

HALF-YEARLY Statement of the Homeward Bound Gold-Mining Company (Limited), for period ending 30th June, 1878.

RECEIPTS.
£ s. d.
Dr. Balance 31st December, 1877 ... 609 11 1
To Receipts gold ... 148 10 1
Cash sale of shares ... 1,112 0 10
Advance by Directors ... 1,076 5 7
Amount twice credited ... 42 0 0
Unpresented cheque ... 13 10 0
Goods ... 2 4 0
Sale of shares per contra account ... 362 10 0
£3,366 11 7

EXPENDITURE.
£ s. d.
By Balance 31st December, 1877 ... 609 11 1
Accounts paid ... 539 17 4
" " ... 462 5 3
" " ... 1,390 3 11
Contra accounts ... 364 14 0
£3,366 11 7

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Value of crushing plant ... 1,500 0 0
" tramways and lowering apparatus ... 600 0 0
" buildings ... 200 0 0
" mining material in stock ... 100 0 0
" 300 tons of quartz at grass, at £3 ... 900 0 0
" unsold scrip ... 325 0 0
" uncalled capital ... 7,200 0 0
" estimated value of mine ... 15,000 0 0
£25,825 0 0

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Loan by Directors... ... 1,076 5 7
Accounts due ... 795 11 11
£1,871 17 6

HENRY J. COPE,
Manager.

J. G. CLOSS,
C. R. MARTELL,
} Auditors.

1st August, 1878. 606

MARYBOROUGH GOLD-MINING AND QUARTZ-CRUSHING COMPANY (LIMITED).

FINANCIAL Statement for period ending 30th June, 1878, showing total transactions of Company to date.

RECEIPTS.
£ s. d.
1876—Sept. To Contribution Shareholders ... 576 0 0
1877—Sept. " ... 534 0 0
1878—June. Advance " ... 277 8 5
£1,387 8 5

EXPENDITURE.
£ s. d.
1876. By Material ... 134 6 2
Wages ... 115 0 0
Machinery ... 249 0 0
Carriage ... 23 10 0
Incidental ... 35 1 0
1877. Material ... 100 18 0
Wages ... 203 15 0
Machinery ... 220 0 0
Incidental ... 20 0 0
1878. Material ... 5 8 0
June 30. Wages... ... 185 7 4
Carriage ... 81 2 11
Incidental ... 14 0 0
£1,387 8 5

ASSETS.
£ s. d.
Value of crushing plant ... 1,500 0 0
" buildings ... 100 0 0
" mining material in stock ... 110 0 0
Contributions due ... 42 0 0
400 tons of quartz at grass, at £4 ... 1,600 0 0
Uncalled capital ... 768 0 0
Estimated value of mine on Dec. 31, 1877 ... 7,340 0 0
£11,460 0 0

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
By advance to shareholders... ... 277 8 5
Accounts due ... 607 18 2
£885 6 7

HENRY J. COPE,
Manager.

J. G. CLOSS,
C. R. MARTELL,
} Auditors.

1st August, 1878. 607

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the Hochstetter Gold-Mining Company as a Limited Company, under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1872.”

1. The name of the Company is to be the Hochstetter Gold-Mining Company (Limited).
2. The place of operations is at German Gully.
3. The registered office of the Company will be situated at Hatter’s Terrace, Nelson Creek.
4. The nominal capital of the Company is three thousand six hundred pounds, in three thousand six hundred shares of one pound each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is three thousand six hundred.
6. The number of paid-up shares is nil.
7. The amount already paid up is two thousand pounds.
8. The name of the Manager is Michael Roche.
9. The names, occupations, and addresses of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follows:—

No. of Shares.
George Nottle, Farmer, Grey Valley Road ... 525
Abraham Jenkins, Miner, German Gully ... 300
William Newcombe, Miner, German Gully ... 450
Duncan McVicar, Miner, Nelson Creek ... 375
William Claughesy, Hotelkeeper, Nelson Creek ... 300
G. C. Bowman, Banker, Greymouth ... 300
Arthur R. Guiness, Solicitor, Greymouth ... 300
John Craig, Miner, Nelson Creek ... 300
Michael Roche, Storekeeper, Nelson Creek ... 450
Julius Anderson, Miner, Little Grey Junction ... 300
3,600

Dated this 10th day of September, 1878.
MICHAEL ROCHE,
Manager.

Witness to signature—E. Masters, J.P.

I, Michael Roche, do solemnly and sincerely declare that—

1. I am the Manager of the said intended Company.
2. The above statement is, to the best of my belief and knowledge, true in every particular; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1866.”

MICHAEL ROCHE.

Taken before me, at Greymouth, this 12th day of September, 1878—E. Masters, J.P. 590

I, the undersigned hereby make application to register the Wetherstone’s Cement Gold-Mining Company as a Limited Company, under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1872.”

1. The name of the Company is the Wetherstone’s Cement Gold-Mining Company (Limited).
2. The place of operations is at Wetherstone’s, Otago.
3. The registered office of the Company will be situated at Wetherstone’s.
4. The nominal capital of the Company is eight thousand pounds, in eight thousand shares of one pound each.