April 26.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 655

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

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

When formed, and date of registration: 4th September, 1890; 10th September, 1890.

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

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: New Zealand Insurance Buildings, Auckland; Dennis Gilmore MacDonnell.

Nominal capital: £6,250.

Amount of capital subscribed: £6,050.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £156 5s.

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: 25,000.

Number of shares allotted: 24,200.

Amount paid up per share: 1¼d.

Amount called up per share: 1¼d.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: 2; £52 1s. 8d.

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: 41.

Total amount of dividends declared; Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker's: £1 6s. 11d.

Amount of cash in hand: 2s. 2d.

Amount of debts directly due to the company: £52 1s. 8d.

Amount of debts considered good: £24 15s. 10d.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company: £58 10s.

I, Dennis Gilmore MacDonnell, of Auckland, the Manager of the Golden Age 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 31st December, 1893; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

D. G. MACDONNELL.

Declared at Auckland, this 17th day of April, 1894, before me—D. B. McDonald, J.P. 273

Private Advertisements.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership existing for some time past between ALEXANDER MCARTHUR, WILLIAM ALEXANDER MCARTHUR, JOHN PERCIVAL MCARTHUR, CHARLES COOKMAN McMILLAN, and HERBERT THOMPSON, under the style of “Wm. McArthur and Co.,” was dissolved by mutual consent on the 27th day of January, 1894.

Alexander McArthur, William Alexander McArthur, and John Percival McArthur will receive and pay all debts due to and by the said partnership concern.

Auckland, 17th April, 1894.

A. MCARTHUR
(By his Attorney, J. P. MCARTHUR).

W. A. MCARTHUR
(By his Attorney, J. P. MCARTHUR).

J. P. MCARTHUR.

C. C. McMILLAN.

HERBERT THOMPSON.

Witness to signatures—Hugh Campbell, Solicitor, Auckland. 270

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership which has for some time past been carried on by CHARLES HUGH CRANBY, JOHN PREBBLE, and WILLIAM PREBBLE, under the firm of “Cranby and Prebble,” in the trade or business of Merchants and Carriers, was this day dissolved by mutual consent, and that all moneys owing to and all debts and liabilities of the late firm will be received and paid respectively by John Prebble and William Prebble.

Dated this 20th day of April, 1894.

C. H. CRANBY.

JOHN PREBBLE.

W. PREBBLE.

Witness to the signing hereof by Charles Hugh Cranby—Edmond T. Sayers, Accountant, Napier.

Witness to the signing hereof by John Prebble and William Prebble—G. E. Sainsbury, Solicitor, Napier. 272

I, GEOFFREY BRUTON SWEET, Bachelor of Medicine and Master of Surgery of the University of Sydney, now residing in Napier, hereby give notice that I intend applying on the 24th day of May next to have my name placed on the Medical Register for the Colony of New Zealand, and that I have deposited the evidence of my qualifications in the office of the Registrar at Napier.

Dated at Napier, 24th April, 1894.

278 GEOFFREY BRUTON SWEET.

SPECIAL ORDER MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

WHAREROA RIDING NO. 1 LOAN.

IT is hereby resolved that, after the expiration of twenty-eight days from this date, the Hutt County Council intends to strike a special rate of five-sixteenths (⁵⁄₁₆ths) of a penny in the pound on the rateable value of the sections hereinafter described—viz., Sections 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, Block 13, Kaitawa Survey District: part Section 57, Block 1; Sections 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 56, 58, 60, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, Block 2, Paikakariki Survey District: Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Block 1, Akatarawa Survey District: Sections 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, Block 4; Sections 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, Block 7, Paikakariki Survey District: Sections 18, 19, 20, 21, Block 2; Allotments, 1, 2, 3, Block 2; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Block 3; 2, Block 6, Paraparaumu: and part Block 4, Horokiwi.

Such rate to be an annual recurring rate for a period of twenty-six years, and to be payable at the offices of the Hutt County Council, in one instalment, on the 1st day of June in each year, to provide for the payment of interest and other charges on a loan of two hundred and fifty pounds (£250), to be raised under “The Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1886,” for the purpose of forming a bridle-track from Mr. Cruikshank's gate to Wainui, on the line of road laid down by Mr. Bennett.

And that at a meeting of the said Council, duly convened, and held on this the 11th day of April, 1894, for the purpose of confirming the said resolution, the same was confirmed.

In witness whereof the seal of the Council has been hereunto affixed this 11th day of April, 1894.

H. COOK,
Chairman.

The seal of the Hutt County Council was hereunto affixed on the 11th day of April, 1894, in the presence of—

[SEAL.] H. D. ATKINSON,
Clerk to the Council.

I hereby certify that this order has been duly made.

H. D. ATKINSON,
Clerk to the Council.

281

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

IN conformity with and for the purposes of section 7 of the above Act, notice is hereby given that the office or place of business of the China Traders' Insurance Company (Limited) in Auckland is at the office of Robert Blair, Esq., in Lower Queen Street, instead of in Fort Street, as formerly.

JAMES WHITTALL,
Attorney for the China Traders' Insurance Company (Limited) for the Colony of New Zealand.

259

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Thames Lead- and Silver-mining Syndicate (Limited), a company formed and incorporated for mining purposes at Leith, Scotland, under the provisions of the British Companies Act, 1862 to 1890, has this day been registered at Auckland under the provisions of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884”; that the duly-appointed Agent in New Zealand of the said company is the undersigned, JOHN JAMES BROADBENT, of Te Aroha; and that the office or place of business in New Zealand of the said company is at Koromiko Street, Te Aroha aforesaid.

Dated this 14th day of April, 1894.

JOHN JAMES BROADBENT,
Agent.

264

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

NOTICE is hereby given that the office and place of business of the above company has been removed from Messrs. Aitken, Wilson, and Co.'s office, Customhouse Quay, to the office of the undersigned, Featherston Street, where all legal proceedings may be served and notices delivered.

A. S. BISS,
Attorney for the Canton Insurance Office (Limited) at Wellington, in the Colony of New Zealand.

18th April, 1894. 26