MAY 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 605

Private Advertisements.

GAVIN GIBSON, DECEASED.

PURSUANT to the 59th section of “The Trusts Act, 1890,” notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demands against the estate of GAVIN GIBSON, late of Elizabeth Street, in the City of Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, leather merchant, deceased, who died on the 20th day of June, 1888, and probate of whose will was granted by the Supreme Court of the said colony to the Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company (Limited), the executor appointed by the said will, are required to send in writing particulars of such claims and demands to the said Executor Company, at its registered office, No. 37, Queen Street, Melbourne aforesaid, on or before the 1st day of July, 1891, after which date the said Executor Company will distribute the assets of the said deceased amongst the persons entitled, having regard only to the claims and demands of which the said company shall then have had notice; and the said company will not be liable for the assets or any part thereof so distributed to any person of whose claim it shall not have had notice at the time of such distribution.

Dated this 12th day of May, 1891.

GILLOTT, CROKER, SNOWDEN, AND CO.,
84, 86, and 88, William Street, Melbourne,
Proctors for the said Executor Company.

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND DISTRICT.

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882,” and the amendments thereof, and in the matter of MUNRO, HUTCHISON, AND Co. (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the winding-up of the above-named company by the Supreme Court was, on the 19th day of May, 1891, presented to Mr. Justice Williams, the Judge of the Supreme Court assigned to the Otago and Southland District, by Margaret Marshall Risk, of Mornington, near Dunedin, Wife of Alexander Spiers Risk, of the same place, Compositor, a creditor of the said company; and the said petition is directed to be heard before a Judge of the said Court on the 5th day of June, 1891; and any creditor or contributory of the said company desirous to oppose the making of an order for the winding-up of the said company under the above Act should appear at the time of hearing, by himself or his counsel, for that purpose; and a copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the said company requiring the same, by the undersigned, on payment of the regulated charge for the same.

Dated at Dunedin, the 20th day of May, 1891.

BATHGATE AND WOODHOUSE,
Solicitors for the Petitioner.

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NOTICE.

WHEREAS I, the undersigned, did, on the 8th day of May, 1891, receive a notice in writing as follows:—

“To the Public Trustee under ‘The Public Trust Office Act, 1872,’ Wellington.

“TAKE notice that it is the intention of the Equitable Insurance Association of New Zealand, under the powers in that behalf conferred by sections 17 and 18 of “The Life Assurance Companies Act, 1873,” after the expiration of six months from the receipt by you of this notice, to withdraw all securities deposited, whether voluntarily or compulsorily, with you under the provisions of the aforesaid Act, the said association having, except as to policies or contracts made before this date, ceased to carry on the business of life assurance in New Zealand.

“Dated at Dunedin, this 5th day of May, 1891.

“ANDREW MAXWELL,
“Liquidator of the Equitable Insurance Association of New Zealand.”

Now this is to give notice to all whom it may concern that, under and by virtue and in pursuance of the provisions of section 18 of “The Life Assurance Companies Act, 1873,” I shall, on or after the 10th day of November, 1891, allow the withdrawal of all deposits made with me by the Equitable Insurance Association of New Zealand under the said Act, provided that the said company shall then or previously satisfy me, as required by subsections (2) and (3) of the said section 18.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of May, 1891.

R. C. HAMERTON,
Public Trustee.

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I, WILLIAM LAURENCE SIMPSON, Manager of the Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That the liability of the company is limited.

2. That the capital of the company is £50,000, divided into 10,000 shares of £5 each.

3. That the number of shares issued is 10,000.

4. That calls to the amount of £1 per share have been made, from which the sum of £10,000 has been received.

5. That the amount of money received as executor of estates under administration for the six months to the 31st March, 1891, was £1,599 13s.

6. That the amount of money paid as executor of estates under administration for the six months to the 31st March, 1891, was £1,168 4s. 9d.

7. That the amount of money held as executor of estates under administration at the 31st March, 1891, was £479 1s. 4d.

8. That the sum remaining in the company’s hands on the 31st March, 1891, to the credit of estates for which the company is trustee, which sum is represented by either cash or securities, or both, was £68,984 7s.

9. That the following is the statement of the company’s liabilities and assets at the 31st March, 1891:—

Liabilities.

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Capital, 10,000 shares at £5 each 50,000 0 0
Less £4 per share uncalled .. 40,000 0 0 10,000 0 0
Balances due by the company .. 2,817 8 0
Open accounts due .. .. 27 10 0 2,844 18 0
Balance of profit and loss .. .. 1,480 12 0
£14,325 10 0

Assets.

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Deposits in bank, mortgages, and land .. .. .. 10,664 14 2
Balances due to the company .. 1,326 5 8
Office furniture and stationery.. 222 2 0
Interest accrued .. .. 106 16 3 1,655 3 11
Cash in banks on current accounts .. .. .. 1,988 16 11
Cash in hand .. .. 16 15 0 2,005 11 11
£14,325 10 0

Profit and Loss.

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Dr.
Directors’ fees, auditors’ fees, rent, office expenses, and salaries .. 1,104 13 6
Government license-fee and property tax .. .. 68 17 9
Office stationery, petty cash, and sundry expenses .. .. 78 14 9 1,252 6 0
Printing and advertising .. .. 47 4 6
Balance .. .. .. 1,480 12 0
£2,780 2 6

Cr.
Balance from last statement .. 1,032 3 1
Dividend, 6 per cent. on £10,000 600 0 0 432 3 1
Transfer fees .. .. 1 2 6
Agency and commission .. 1,788 18 2
Interest and discount .. 557 18 9 2,347 19 5
£2,780 2 6

We have examined the books, vouchers, and accounts of the Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited), for the twelve months ending the 31st March, 1891, and certify that, in our opinion, the above balance-sheet fully and fairly represents the position of the company’s affairs at date of balance; and we have also seen the securities held by the company on behalf of its constituents and on its own behalf, and found them in order.

WILLIAM BROWN, }
A. BARTLEMAN, } Auditors.

Dunedin, 14th April, 1891.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

W. LAURENCE SIMPSON,
Manager.

Declared this 19th day of May, 1891, before me—W. Cunningham Smith, J.P.

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