Feb. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 221

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: The Undaunted Gold-mining Company (Limited), Tinker’s

When formed, and date of registration: March, 1878.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Tinker’s; John Coffey.

Nominal capital: £9,600.

Amount of capital subscribed: £9,600.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £9,600.

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: 120.

Number of shares allotted: 120.

Amount paid up per share: Full.

Amount called up per share: Full.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.

Number of shares forfeited: Nil.

Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: Nil.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 120.

Total amount of dividends declared: £1,475.

Total amount of dividends paid: £1,475.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at bankers: Nil.

Amount of cash in hand: Nil.

Amount of debts directly due to the company: Nil.

Amount of debts considered good: Nil.

Amount of contingent liabilities of the company: Nil.

I, John Coffey, the Manager of the above-named 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.”

JOHN COFFEY,
Manager.

Declared at Ophir, this 21st day of January, 1888, before me—J. C. Jones, J.P. 87

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the Golden Drop Gold-mining Company as a Limited Company, under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1886.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Golden Drop Gold-mining Company (Limited).

2. The place of intended operations is at Waiomo, Thames.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at 83, Queen Street, Auckland.

4. The nominal capital of the company is twelve thousand five hundred pounds, in twenty-five thousand shares of ten shillings each.

5. The number of shares subscribed for is twenty thousand, being not less 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 Francis Angus White.

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

No. of Shares.
Robert Lowrie, Thames, Miner .. .. .. 1,500
Robert Armstrong Plummer, Karaka Creek, Thames, Miner .. .. .. 1,100
Henry Plummer, Thames, Miner .. .. .. 750
Samuel Lourie, Thames, Miner .. .. .. 1,500
Samuel Turtle, Thames, Mining Agent .. .. .. 820
James Darrow, Thames, Contractor .. .. .. 315
John E. Banks, Thames, Agent .. .. .. 500
William S. Whiteley, Auckland, Merchant .. .. .. 1,000
D. R. Gellion, Thames, Agent .. .. .. 1,200
Maurice Casey, Auckland, Dealer.. .. .. 400
Thomas Leitch Murray, Thames, Bank Manager .. .. .. 330
Michael Browne, Auckland, Produce Merchant .. .. .. 250
W. Johnston, Thames, Miner .. .. .. 895
W. S. Wilson, Auckland, Journalist .. .. .. 250
John Chambers, Auckland .. .. .. 200
James Marshall, Thames, Draper.. .. .. 800
Louis Melhose, Thames, Agent .. .. .. 500
James Read, Thames, Bush Contractor .. .. .. 500
Edward Johns, Auckland, Clerk .. .. .. 417
Charles Short, Thames, Contractor .. .. .. 200
George Ross, Thames, Fitter .. .. .. 616
James Smith, Auckland, Master Mariner .. .. .. 817
Francis Angus White, Auckland, Agent .. .. .. 1,070
Louis O’Connor, Auckland, Clerk .. .. .. 950
Thomas Kantley, Thames, Miner .. .. .. 200

R. R. McGregor, Thames, Auctioneer .. .. .. 1,000
Alfred Kidd, Auckland, Stationer.. .. .. 1,000
A. Newdick, Thames, Miner .. .. .. 100
A. Saunders, Auckland, Agent .. .. .. 820
Francis Angus White, in trust for the Golden Drop Gold-mining Company (Limited) .. .. .. 5,000

25,000

Dated this 12th day of January, 1888.

F. A. WHITE,
Manager.

Witness to signature—J. Newman, J.P.

I, Francis Angus White, 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.”

F. A. WHITE.

Taken before me—Joseph Newman, J.P. 88

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the Scotia Gold-mining Company as a Limited Company, under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1886.”

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

2. The place of intended operations is at Merrijgs.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Reefton.

4. The nominal capital of the company is twelve thousand pounds, in twenty-four thousand shares of ten shillings each.

5. The number of shares subscribed for is twenty-four thousand, being 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 Ernest Octavius Nash.

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

No. of Shares.
Robert Robin, Reefton, Sharebroker .. .. .. 6,000
William McQuarrie, Reefton, Miner .. .. .. 4,500
Ernest O. Nash, Reefton, Sharebroker .. .. .. 1,000
George Joice, Reefton, Watchmaker .. .. .. 1,000
James Lynch, Reefton, Solicitor .. .. .. 1,000
Frederick Orpwood, Reefton, Miner .. .. .. 1,000
W. E. McLevie, Reefton, Speculator .. .. .. 1,000
William Beilby, Reefton, Hotelkeeper .. .. .. 1,000
John Gilbert, Reefton, Miner .. .. .. 1,000
James Bolitho, Black’s Point, Miner .. .. .. 1,000
John Dawson, Reefton, Hotelkeeper .. .. .. 1,000
William Eddy, Reefton, Butcher .. .. .. 1,000
James S. Wilson, Boatman’s, Miner .. .. .. 1,000
John Cameron, Reefton, Constable .. .. .. 500
John Lewis, Black’s Point, Blacksmith .. .. .. 500
Ernest O. Nash, Manager of the company, in trust for absent shareholders .. .. .. 1,500

24,000

Dated this 25th day of January, 1888.

ERNEST O. NASH,
Manager.

Witness to signature—Robert Robin.

I, Ernest O. Nash, do solemnly and sincere 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.”

ERNEST O. NASH.

Taken before me, at Reefton, this 25th day of January, 1888—W. J. Potts, J.P. 91

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the Murchison United Gold-mining Company as a Limited Company, under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1886.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Murchison United Gold-mining Company (Limited).

2. The place of intended operation is on what are known as the Golden Fleece and the Comstock Leases, situated at the Owen, in the County of Inangahua, Colony of New Zealand.