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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 2

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: The Minerva Petroleum Company (No Liability).

When formed, and date of registration: 23rd March, 1885.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Gisborne; Francis James Piesse.

Nominal capital: £50,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £50,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £4,976 17s. 8d.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same: Nil.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: Nil.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 50,000.

Number of shares allotted: 50,000.

Amount paid up per share: 2s.

Amount called up per share: 2s.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.

Number of shares forfeited: 3,750.

Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: 3,750; £63 15s. 2d.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 20.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at bankers: £2,366 15s. 8d.

Amount of cash in hand: £15 4s.

Amount of debts directly due to the company: Nil.

Amount of debts considered good: Nil.

Amount of contingent liabilities of the company: £336 5s. 7d.

I, Francis James Piesse, of Gisborne, the Manager of the Minerva Petroleum Company, do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at the present date; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

F. J. PIESSE,
Manager.

Declared at Gisborne, this 3rd day of January, 1888, before me—A. McDonald, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: The Southern Cross Petroleum Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 2nd April, 1881.

Whether in active operation or not: In operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: 5, Chancery Lane, Christchurch; William Henry Harvey.

Nominal capital: £48,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £48,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £39,920 13s. 3d.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same: Nil.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: Nil.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 48,000.

Number of shares allotted: 48,000.

Amount paid up per share: 18s. 4d., less £65 14s. 2d. in arrears.

Amount called up per share: 18s. 6d.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: 1; £65 14s. 2d.

Number of shares forfeited: 1,768.

Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: 1,768; £2 17s. 3d.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 7.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at bankers: £35 6s. 8d.

Amount of cash in hand: £100 15s. 11d.

Amount of debts directly due to the company: Nil.

Amount of debts considered good: Nil.

Amount of contingent liabilities of the company: £200.

I, W. H. Harvey, of Christchurch, the Manager of the Southern Cross Petroleum Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at the present date; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

W. H. HARVEY,
Manager.

Declared at Christchurch, this 10th day of January, 1888, before me—Archd. Scott, J.P.
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Private Advertisements.

THE NEW ZEALAND SUGAR COMPANY (LIMITED).

At a special general meeting of the members of the above-named company, duly convened and held at the registered office of the company, Customs Street, Auckland, on the 9th day of December, 1887, the subjoined special resolutions were duly passed; and at a subsequent special general meeting of the members of the said company, also duly convened and held at the same place on the 24th day of December, 1887, the said resolutions were duly confirmed.

RESOLUTIONS.

1. That it is expedient to effect an amalgamation of this company with the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (Limited), and that, with a view thereto, this company be wound up voluntarily, and that Messrs. William Willmet Philson and John Aitken Connell be, and they are hereby appointed, Liquidators for the purpose of such winding up.

2. That the conditional agreement dated the 22nd day of November, 1887, made between Sir Frederick Whitaker, of Auckland, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the New Zealand Sugar Company (Limited), for and on behalf of that company, of the one part, and the Colonial Sugar Refining Company (Limited), of the other part, a draft of which agreement was submitted to this meeting, be, and the same is hereby, approved; and that the Liquidators be, and they are hereby, authorised to adopt the said agreement and carry the same into effect.

3. That the remuneration of the Liquidators be fixed at the sum of £15 15s.

Dated this 4th day of January, 1888.

D. L. MURDOCH,
Chairman.

Signed by David Limond Murdoch, Chairman of the said meetings, in the presence of—W. W. Philson, Customs Street, Auckland.
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NOTICE.

To Arthur C. Henderson, Esq., Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages for the District of Invercargill, Provincial District of Otago, New Zealand.

I, Roderick Alexander Macleod, Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery of the University of Glasgow, now residing in Invercargill, do hereby give notice that I intend to apply to you, on the 4th day of February, 1888, to have my name placed on the Register of Medical Practitioners in the Colony of New Zealand; and I have deposited diplomas along with this in your office for public inspection, in terms of “The Medical Practitioners Act, 1869.”

RODERICK ALEXANDER MACLEOD.

Invercargill, 4th January, 1888.
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WAIROA ROAD BOARD.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LAND FOR ROAD PURPOSES.

The Wairoa Road Board intend to take certain lands herein described, under “The Public Works Act, 1882,” for road purposes, and all persons affected are requested to set forth in writing any well-grounded objections to the taking of such lands or the execution of the proposed works, and to send such writing within forty days from the date of publication hereof to the Wairoa Road Board.

Plans are open for inspection at Mr. A. W. Curry’s store, Waitotara.

Dated at Waverley, this 6th day of January, 1888.

F. P. FOOKES,
Clerk, Wairoa Road Board.
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