98.                                                                                         THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.                                                                  [No. 5.

Amount paid up per share: 17s. 6d.
Amount called up per share: 17s. 6d.
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: 7.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at bankers: £270 15s. 10d.
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, Alexander Johnston Cree Brown, the Secretary of the Rees Valley Quartz-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 31st December, 1890; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

A. JOHNSTON C. BROWN.

Declared at Dunedin, this 16th day of January, 1891, before me—Thos. M. Wilkinson, J.P.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: The Maori Point Gold-dredging and -mining Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 19th June, 1890.
Whether in active operation or not: Not in active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Dunedin; A. Johnston C. Brown, Secretary.
Nominal capital: £9,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £8,950.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £985.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £4,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 18,000.
Number of shares allotted: 17,900.
Amount paid up per share: 2s.
Amount called up per share: 2s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: One call; £5.
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: 27.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at bankers: £641 19s. 1d.
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: Approximate, £50.

I, Alexander Johnston Cree Brown, of Dunedin, the Secretary of the Maori Point Gold-dredging and -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 31st day of December, 1890; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

A. JOHNSTON C. BROWN.

Declared at Dunedin, this 13th day of January, 1891, before me—A. Bartleman, J.P.

Private Advertisements.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between GILBERT MATTHEW CLARK and HARRY SHEARBURN CLARK as Sheepfarmers, under the style of “Clark Brothers,” has been dissolved, as from the 1st day of January, 1891, by mutual consent. All liabilities will be discharged by the said Gilbert Matthew Clark, and all debts due to the late copartnership must be paid to him.

Dated the 14th day of January, 1891.

GILBERT M. CLARK.
H. S. CLARK.

Witness to signatures of Gilbert Matthew Clark and Harry Shearburn Clark—A. J. Cotterill, Solicitor, Napier.

WAINUI ROAD BOARD.

COUNTY OF WAITEMATA.

IT is hereby notified that, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act 1882 Amendment Act, 1884,” the Wainui Road Board intend to take land for a road 66ft. wide, as described in the attached Schedule.

The works proposed to be constructed are general roadworks—clearing, forming, bridge-building, &c. Plans duly certified, showing the proposed line of road, lie open for inspection at the residence of the Chairman of the Board, Orewadale, Wade, Auckland.

All persons affected by the said road are hereby called upon and required to set forth in writing any well-grounded objections to the taking of such lands or the construction of such works, and to send such writing within forty days from the first publication of this notice to the undersigned.

A. JACK, Jun.,
Chairman.

SCHEDULE.

LANDS REQUIRED FOR A NEW ROAD BY THE WAINUI ROAD BOARD.

THE several parcels of land mentioned in the list hereunder:—

Orewadale, 9th January, 1891. 89

TAIERI COUNTY COUNCIL.

NOTICE UNDER “THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT, 1882,” AND AMENDMENTS.

NOTICE is hereby given that, under the provisions of “The Public Works Act, 1882,” it is the intention of the Taieri County Council to take land for a road through the following properties, viz., through Section 1, river sections, East Taieri; area required, 2 roods: and through Section 2, river sections, East Taieri; area required, 2 acres 3 roods 17·7 perches.

Plan showing the land required to be taken, together with the names of the owners and occupiers of such land, as far as they can be ascertained, is deposited at the office of the Council, Mosgiel, for public inspection during office hours.

All persons affected by the proposed road are hereby called upon and required to set forth in writing any well-grounded objection to the execution of such work or the taking of such land, and to send such writing within forty days from the first publication of this notice to the County Council Office at Mosgiel.

Dated at Mosgiel, this 15th day of January, 1891.

JOHN S. KENNEDY,
County Clerk.

NEW ZEALAND,
TO WIT.

In the matter of a Bill intituled “An Act to further amend ‘The New Zealand Bank Act, 1861.’”

NOTICE is hereby given that the Bank of New Zealand intends to present a petition to the General Assembly of New Zealand, at its next session, praying for leave to introduce a Bill to be intituled “An Act to further amend ‘The New Zealand Bank Act, 1861.’”

The object of the said Bill is to confirm and validate certain resolutions passed at the half-yearly general meeting of the proprietors of the said bank, held in London on the 28th day of August, 1890, and confirmed at a special general meeting of said proprietors, also held in London on the 18th day of September, 1890.

The following is a copy of the resolutions above referred to:—

1. “That the £1 15s. per share of the existing shares in the capital of the bank numbered 1 to 100,000 inclusive, and £2 10s. per share of the shares in the same capital numbered 100,001 to 150,000 inclusive, be and the same respectively are hereby cancelled, such capital having been lost or being unrepresented by available assets; and that henceforth dividends shall be paid on the first-mentioned shares as representing £5 5s. each, instead of £7 each; and on the secondly-mentioned shares as representing £7 10s. each, instead of £10 each: but such reduction shall not interfere with or in any way alter the liability of shareholders to contribute a further sum of £10, as provided by the bank’s Acts and Deed of Settlement, in the event of the assets of the corporation being insufficient to meet its engagements.”

2. “That the directors be and are hereby empowered, at their option, to receive from such holders of the shares in the capital of the bank numbered 1 to 100,000 inclusive as may be willing to pay the same £1 15s. per share, to reinstate their shares to £7; and to receive from such holders of the shares in the same capital numbered 100,001 to 150,000 inclusive as may be willing to pay the same £2 10s. per share, to reinstate their shares to £10; and on all shares so reinstated to pay dividends on the reinstated amounts.”

And notice is hereby further given that copies of the said Bill will be deposited at the office of the Examiner of Standing Orders at Wellington, at or within fourteen days after the commencement of the session.

Dated this 20th day of December, 1890.

C. E. BUTTON,
Auckland, Solicitor for the promoters of the Bill.

By Authority: GEORGE DIDSBUKY, Govt. Printer, Wellington.