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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 69

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register
the Gordon Gold-Mining Company as a Limited Com-
pany, under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act,
1872,” and amendment Acts thereof.

1. The name of the company is to be the Gordon Gold-
   Mining Company (Limited).

2. The place of operations is at Karangahake, in the Pro-
   vincial District of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at
   the New Zealand Insurance Company’s Buildings, Auckland,
   in the Provincial District of Auckland and Colony of New
   Zealand.

4. The nominal capital of the company is fifteen thousand
   pounds sterling, in thirty thousand shares of ten shillings
   sterling each.

5. The number of shares subscribed for is twenty-seven
   thousand, being more than two-thirds of the entire number
   of shares in the company.

6. The number of paid-up shares is nil.

7. The amount already paid up is nil.

8. The name of the Manager is Dennis Gilmore Mac-
   Donnell.

9. The names and addresses and occupations of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at this date,
   are as follow:—

No. of
Shares.

William Theobald Raymond, Auckland, Gentleman 4,500
William LaGrenade Mitchell, Auckland, Agent .. 3,375
Samuel Jackson, jun., Auckland, Solicitor.. .. 2,475
William Dixon Buddle, Auckland, Accountant .. 2,250
Henry Bedford, Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 1,350
Thomas M. Jackson, Auckland, Auctioneer .. 1,350
Henry Herbert Worrall, Auckland, Clerk .. .. 1,350
J. C. Bassett, Auckland, Solicitor.. .. .. 450
Alexander Morton, Auckland, Auctioneer .. .. 450
John Featon, Auckland, Land Agent .. .. 450
Albert Walker, Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 450
J. C. Irvine, Howick, Gentleman .. .. 2,250
John Ritchie, Karangahake, Miner .. .. 3,150
Maurice Kelly, Karangahake, Miner .. .. 3,150

27,000

Dated this 28th day of November, 1885.
D. G. MacDONNELL,
Manager.

Witness to signature—J. W. Nichol, jun.

I, Dennis Gilmore MacDonnell, 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, 1882.”

D. G MacDONNELL,
Manager.

Taken before me, this 28th day of November, 1885—Joseph
Newman, Justice of the Peace.

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STATEMENT of the Affairs of the Invincible Quartz-
Mining Company (Limited), for the half-year ending
the 30th November, 1885, in accordance with section 135 of
“The Mining Companies Act, 1872.”

Name of company: The Invincible Quartz-Mining Company
(Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 8th September, 1880;
28th September, 1880.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Ballarat Street, Queenstown; Franz William Frederick
Geisow.

Nominal capital: £21,000.

Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: £14,000.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 21,000.

Number of shares taken: 21,000.

Amount of calls made: 6s. per share on 7,000 contributing
shares, and £390 11s. 8d. on 14,000 paid-up shares; total,
£2,490 11s. 8d.

Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: Virtually
£2,490 11s. 8d., and nominally £16,100.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of com-
pany: 7.

Amount of cash in hand: Nil.

Whether in operation or not: In operation.

Total amount of dividends declared: £2,975.

Number of shares unallotted: Nil.

FRANZ WILLIAM FREDERICK GEISOW,
Manager.

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HAWKE’S BAY GOLD-MINING PROSPECTING
ASSOCIATION (LIMITED).

A GENERAL Meeting of the above-named association
will be held at the Town Hall, Hastings, on Monday,
the 28th day of December, 1885, at 8 o’clock p.m., for the
purpose of considering the final accounts of the association
as prepared by the Liquidator.

Wm. D. IRELAND,
Liquidator.

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HALF-YEARLY Balance-sheet of the Invincible Quartz-
Mining Company (Limited), up to the 21st day of
November, 1885.

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d.
Capital paid up .. .. .. .. 2,490 11 8
Unpaid accounts .. .. .. .. 1,872 2 9
£4,362 14 5

ASSETS.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Reserve fund on deposit in Bank
of New Zealand .. .. 508 0 0
Cash credit balance in Bank of
New Zealand .. .. 136 14 11
Value of plant, &c. .. .. 3,000 14 3
Value of horses, saddles, &c. .. 111 17 0
3,112 11 3
Debit balance, Profit and Loss
Account .. .. .. 605 8 3
£4,362 14 5

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.
Dr. £ s. d. £ s. d.
To debit balance from half-year
ended 30th May, 1885 .. .. 59 4 8
Incidental expenses for sun-
dries, £32 2s. 8d.; for sur-
vey of mines, £42 18s. .. 75 0 8
Goods .. .. .. 208 9 1
Wages .. .. .. 1,741 13 4
Rent on leases .. .. 17 10 0
Insurance .. .. 6 0 0
Legal charges .. .. 5 0 0
5-per-cent. deterioration on ..
plant, horses, &c. .. 110 9 4 2,164 2 5
£2,223 7 1

Cr. £ s. d.
By Proceeds of gold during the half-year .. 1,617 18 10
Debit balance .. .. .. 605 8 3
£2,223 7 1

F. W. F. GEISOW,
Legal Manager.

Queenstown, 21st November, 1885.

I hereby certify that I have examined the above balance-
sheet, together with the books, deposit-receipts, and vouchers
of the company, for the six months ending the 21st November,
1885, and have found the same correct.

PHILIP B. BOULT,
Auditor.

Queenstown, 23rd November, 1885.

I, Franz William Frederick Geisow, do solemnly and
sincerely declare that the above statement is, to the best of
my knowledge and belief, 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, 1882.”

F. W. F. GEISOW.

Taken before me, at Queenstown, the 4th day of December,
1885—James Reid, J.P.

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Private Advertisements.

NOTICE.—The Partnership hitherto existing between the
undersigned, and carried on under the style or name
of “Bascombe and Co.” Storekeepers and Gum-buyers,
Fitzgerald’s Block, near Port Albert, Kaipara, is dissolved by
mutual consent as from the 26th day of January, 1885.

All debts due to and by the said firm will be received and
paid by John Bascombe.

JOHN BASCOMBE.
R. H. WATT.

Witness—C. S. S. George, Solicitor, Auckland.
Auckland, 21st November, 1885.

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