Feb. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 377

Declared at Whangarei, this 27th day of January, 1892, before me—W. A. Carruth, a Solicitor for the Supreme Court of New Zealand. 196

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

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

When formed, and date of registration: Registered, 23rd November, 1888.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Island Block; Charles C. Rawlins.

Nominal capital: £60,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £56,917.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £21,917.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 60,000.

Number of shares allotted: 56,917.

Amount paid up per share: £1.

Amount called up per share: £1.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of debts directly due to the company: £101 5s.

I, Charles C. Rawlins, of Island Block, the Manager of the Island Block Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 31st December, 1891; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

CHARLES C. RAWLINS,
Manager and Director.

Declared at Lawrence, this 4th day of February, 1892, before me—Francis Oudaille, J.P. 199

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: The Sylvia Gold- and Silver-mining Company (No Liability).

When formed, and date of registration: 25th April, 1890; 14th June, 1890.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Registered office, 47, Market Street, Melbourne, and local office, 28 and 29, New Zealand Insurance Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland; Edward Hewitt Whiteman.

Nominal capital: £100,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £100,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £13,150.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same: £82,500; £13,150.

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

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 100,000.

Number of shares allotted: 100,000.

Amount paid up per share: 16s. 6d.

Amount called up per share: 16s. 6d.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: 1 on 300 shares; £7 10s.

Number of shares forfeited: 300.

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

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 29.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at bankers: £122 15s. 8d. (Melbourne), and £959 12s. 3d. (Auckland).

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: £361 7s. 9d.

I, Edward Hewitt Whiteman, the Manager of the Sylvia Gold- and Silver-mining Company (No Liability), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 31st December, 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 Parliament of New Zealand entitled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

E. H. WHITEMAN,
Manager.

Declared at Melbourne, in the Colony of Victoria, this 3rd day of February, 1892, before me—W. Stawell, a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of the Colony of New Zealand for taking affidavits, &c., in Victoria. 198

Private Advertisements.

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882,” and of the Acts amending the same, and of the New Zealand Tablet Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to section 202 of “The Companies Act, 1882,” that a General Meeting of the members of the above-named company will be held on the 20th day of May, 1892, at 8 o’clock in the evening, at the registered office of the New Zealand Tablet Printing and Publishing Company (Limited), in the Octagon, Dunedin, in order that there may be laid before the said company an account showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the company has been disposed of; and in order that the said company may hear any explanation that may be given by the Liquidator; and also in order that an extraordinary resolution may be passed for determining the manner in which the books, accounts, and documents of the said company and of the Liquidator shall be disposed of.

Dated this 15th day of February, 1892.

JOHN MURRAY,
Liquidator.

Witnesses to signature of Liquidator—J. B. Callan, Solicitor, Dunedin; Duncan Moore, Clerk to Messrs. Callan and Gallaway, Solicitors, Dunedin. 204

In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” and of the United Insurance Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that the offices or places of business of the above-named company in New Zealand are as follows:—

For Wellington: At the company’s offices, Hunter Street.

For Auckland: At the offices of Mr. Arthur Heather, Custom Street.

For Napier: At the offices of Mr. W. Kinross White, Emerson Street.

For New Plymouth: At the offices of Mr. John Gilmour, Devon Street.

For Nelson: At the offices of Mr. J. H. Newman, Hardy Street.

For Christchurch: At the offices of Messrs. Jameson, Anderson, and Co., Colombo Street.

For Dunedin: At the offices of Messrs. Neil and Co. (Limited), Bond Street.

For Invercargill: At the offices of the United Farmers’ Agency Company (Limited), Tay Street.

J. H. COCK,
J. S. JAMESON,
Attorneys for the company in New Zealand. 177

NOTICE is hereby given that the Copartnership heretofore existing between us, the undersigned JOHN SLOAN and WILLIAM SLOAN, of Invercargill, in the Colony of New Zealand, Boot and Shoe Manufacturers and Importers, under the style or firm of “Sloan Brothers,” has been this day dissolved by mutual consent.

The business will be henceforth carried on by the undersigned William Sloan alone, who will collect all debts due to, and pay all debts owing by, the late firm.

Dated at Invercargill, this 30th day of January, 1892.

JOHN SLOAN.
WILLIAM SLOAN.

Witness to the signatures of the said John Sloan and William Sloan—William Taylor, Salesman, Invercargill. 195

COMMISSIONER OF THE SUPREME COURT APPOINTED.

NOTICE.—REGINALD EDGAR ASHTON SHORTER, of 118, Pitt Street, Sydney, in the Colony of New South Wales, a practising Solicitor, has been appointed by His Honour Mr. Justice Conolly a Commissioner of the Supreme Court of New Zealand in New South Wales, under “The Commissioners of the Supreme Court Act, 1875,” for the purpose of taking all such oaths, affidavits, and affirmations as in the said Act are mentioned.

HENRY C. BREWER,
Registrar, Supreme Court.

Auckland, 8th February, 1892. 197