Jan. 30.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 155

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: The Progress Gold-mining Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 1886; 24th September, 1886.

Whether in active operation or not: Inactive at present.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Naseby; J. T. Brooke Hickson.

Nominal capital: £5,400.

Amount of capital subscribed: £5,400.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £1,865 6s. 9d.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same: £6,500; £1,865 6s. 9d.

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

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 10,800.

Number of shares allotted: 10,800.

Amount paid up per share: 5s. 7d.

Amount called up per share: 5s. 7d.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.

Number of shares forfeited: 2,650.

Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: 1,525; £44 0s. 5d.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 9.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at bankers: Nil.

Amount of cash in hand: £10 2s. 1d.

Amount of debts directly due to the company: £11 2s.

Amount of debts considered good: £11 2s.

Amount of contingent liabilities of the company: £160 14s. 2d.

I, John Theodore Brooke Hickson, of Naseby, the Manager of the Progress Gold-mining 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."

J. T. BROOKE HICKSON,
Manager.

Declared at Naseby, this 1st day of January, 1890, before me—N. P. Hjorring, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: The Swiss Republic Gold-mining Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 9th July, 1887.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Greymouth; Edmund Wickes.

Nominal capital: £24,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £24,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £1,785 3s. 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: 24,000.

Number of shares allotted: 24,000.

Amount paid up per share: 1s. 5¼d.

Amount called up per share: 1s. 7d.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: £56 10s.

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: 43.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at bankers: £1 10s. 11d.

Amount of cash in hand: Nil.

Amount of debts directly due to the company: £56 10s.

Amount of debts considered good: £56 10s.

Amount of contingent liabilities of the company: £25 16s.

I, Edmund Wickes, of Greymouth, the Manager of the Swiss Republic Gold-mining 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."

EDMUND WICKES,
Manager.

Declared at Greymouth, this 23rd day of January, 1890, before me—F. C. Dupré, J.P.
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I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the Jacob Quartz-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 Jacob Quartz-mining Company (Limited).

2. The place of intended operations is at Nenthorn, in the Provincial District of Otago.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Nenthorn, in the Provincial District of Otago.

4. The nominal capital of the company is nine thousand pounds, in eighteen thousand shares of ten shillings each.

5. The number of shares subscribed for is eighteen 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 two shillings and sixpence per share.

8. The name of the Manager is William Donaldson.

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

Bernard Diamond, Nenthorn, Miner .. .. 4,500
Jacob Jacobsen, Nenthorn, Miner .. .. 2,250
W. G. Buchan, Nenthorn, Miner .. .. 3,750
William McConnell, Nenthorn, Miner .. .. 750
W. E. Griffen, Nenthorn, Hotelkeeper .. .. 750
Patrick Ryan, Nenthorn, Hotelkeeper .. .. 3,000
Alexander Esson, Nenthorn, Miner .. .. 750
N. Maloney, Nenthorn, Hotelkeeper .. .. 750
Patrick Keligher, Dunedin, Hotelkeeper .. .. 1,500
———
18,000

Dated this 22nd day of January, 1890.
Wm. DONALDSON,
Legal Manager.

Witness to signature—John B. Christie, Law Clerk, Dunedin.

I, William Donaldson, 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."
   Wm. DONALDSON.

Taken at Dunedin, this 22nd day of January, 1890, before me—D. Baxter, J.P.
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Private Advertisements.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership lately subsisting between us, the undersigned Henry Hodgkinson, Thomas Hodgkinson, and Sampson Hodgkinson, carrying on business at Makarewa as Brickmakers and Pipe and Tile-makers, under the style or firm of "Hodgkinson Brothers," has this day been dissolved by mutual consent.

All debts due to or owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said Thomas Hodgkinson, who will continue the said business.

As witness our hands, this 20th day of January, 1890.
HENRY HODGKINSON.
THOMAS HODGKINSON.
SAMPSON HODGKINSON.

Witness to the respective signatures of the above-named Henry Hodgkinson, Thomas Hodgkinson, and Sampson Hodgkinson—T. M. Macdonald, Solicitor, Invercargill. 83

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership hitherto subsisting between us, the undersigned Eldred Beck and George Stoddart Whitmore, as Sheep-farmers, General Merchants, and Millers, at Tuparoa, West Clive, and Hastings, under the firm of "Beck and Co.," was on the 15th day of January, 1890, dissolved by mutual consent.

The business at Clive will in future be carried on under the style of "Eldred Beck."

The business at Hastings, hitherto carried on under the style of "E. Beck and Co.," in which Mr. E. Beck has no further interest, will be continued with a view to liquidation under the management of Mr. A. C. Bennett, who has the sole charge of the business.

The sheep-farming business at Tuparoa will be carried on by the said G. S. Whitmore.

Dated this 24th day of January, 1890.
G. S. WHITMORE.
ELDRED BECK.

Witness to signatures of the said G. S. Whitmore and E. Beck—H. Humphries, Solicitor, Napier.
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