Feb. 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 171

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: The Sir Francis Drake Gold-mining Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 9th May, 1887; 10th June, 1887.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Reef ton; Jonathan Auld.

Nominal capital: £12,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £12,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £11,250.

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: 9s. 4½d.

Amount called up per share: 9s. 4½d.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: Part of 38th call; £175 1s. 3d.

Number of shares forfeited: 950.

Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: 950; £15 8s. 4d. (placed to credit of Calls Account).

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 36.

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: £16 15s.

Amount of debts directly due to the company: £327 3s. 3d.

Amount of debts considered good: £327 3s. 3d.

Amount of contingent liabilities of the company: £1,001 6s. 6d.

I, Jonathan Auld, of Reef ton, the Manager of the Sir Francis Drake 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, 1892; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

JONATHAN AULD, Manager.

Declared at Reef ton, this 19th day of January, 1893, before me—Walter Irving, J.P. 109

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: The Golden Hill Quartz-mining Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 1st September, 1891; 30th October, 1891.

Whether in active operation or not: Not in active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Reef ton; Jonathan Auld.

Nominal capital: £12,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £12,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £700.

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: 7d.

Amount called up per share: 7d.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: Part of 5th and 6th calls; £100 14s. 2d.

Number of shares forfeited: 12,200.

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

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 44.

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: £13 6s. 8d.

Amount of debts directly due to the company: £136 8s. 10d.

Amount of debts considered good: £100 14s. 2d.

Amount of contingent liabilities of the company: £359 18s. 6d.

I, Jonathan Auld, of Reef ton, the Manager of the Golden Hill Quartz-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, 1892; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

JONATHAN AULD, Manager.

Declared at Reef ton, this 19th day of January, 1893, before me—Walter Irving, J.P. 111

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: The United Alpine Quartz-mining Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 5th October, 1874; 31st October, 1874. Reorganized: 7th August, 1883.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Lyell; George F. Wright.

Nominal capital: £48,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £40,933 6s. 8d.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £24,933 6s. 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: £16,000.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 32,000.

Number of shares allotted: 32,000.

Amount paid up per share: 15s. 7d.

Amount called up per share: 15s. 7d.

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: 23.

Total amount of dividends declared: £54,666 13s. 4d.

Total amount of dividends paid: £54,666 13s. 4d.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at bankers: Nil.

Amount of cash in hand: £2 17s. 3d.

Amount of debts directly due to the company: Nil.

Amount of debts considered good: Nil.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company: £1,295 14s. 7d.

I, George Folo Wright, of Lyell, the Manager of the United Alpine Quartz-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, 1892; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

GEORGE F. WRIGHT, Manager.

Declared at Lyell, this 17th day of January, 1893, before me—James Ryan, J.P. 115

Private Advertisements.

In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” and of the Mutual Assurance Society of Victoria (Limited).

IN conformity with and for the purposes of section 7 of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” notice is hereby given that the office or place of business in the colony of the Mutual Assurance Society of Victoria (Limited), where legal proceedings of any kind may be served upon it, and to which notices of any kind may be addressed or given, is at the office of the said society, in Liverpool Street, Dunedin.

WILLIAM WILLS,

Attorney for the said society. 87

To W. J. Hall, Esq., Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Dunedin.

I, DOUGLAS DIXON DRYDEN, Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Edinburgh, and Licentiate of the Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, now residing at Fairlie, Canterbury, hereby give notice that it is my intention to apply to you on the 1st day of March, 1893, to have my name placed on the Medical Register of the Colony of New Zealand; and that I have deposited my evidence of qualifications for public inspection with the Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages at Dunedin.

DOUGLAS DIXON DRYDEN.

Fairlie, Canterbury, 26th January, 1893. 104

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership hitherto existing between us, the undersigned, who have carried on the business of Builders, Carpenters, and Joiners, at Hawera, under the style or firm of “SMART AND HOOD,” has this day been dissolved by mutual consent; and that Thomas Smart will pay all the liabilities of and receive all debts owing to the firm.

Dated at Hawera, this 14th day of January, 1893.

T. SMART.

ROBT. B. HOOD.

Witness to both signatures—H. Caplen, Solicitor, Hawera, New Zealand. 107