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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 20

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Waihi Gold-mining Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 7th December, 1887.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Manager: Shortland Street, Auckland; Robert Rose.
Nominal capital: £150,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £150,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £96,667.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same: £53,333; nil.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £53,333.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 150,000.
Number of shares allotted: 150,000.
Amount paid up per share: £1.
Amount called up per share: £1.
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: £52,500.
Total amount of dividends paid: Unknown in the colony.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Unknown in the colony.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £3,790 9s. 4d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: £76 5s. 3d.
Amount of debts considered good: £76 5s. 3d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company: £676 19s. 7d.

I, Robert Rose, of Auckland, the Manager of the Waihi 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 day of December, 1894; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

ROBERT ROSE.

Declared at Auckland, this 7th day of March, 1895, before me—D. G. MacDonnell, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: The New Eldorado Sluicing Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 17th April, 1893.
Whether in active operation or not: Preparing for active operation.
Where business is conducted and name of Legal Manager: Dunedin; John R. Hooper.
Nominal capital: £2,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £1,911.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £341.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same: £341.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £1,570.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 2,000.
Number of shares allotted: 1,911.
Amount paid up per share: £1.
Amount called up per share: £1.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: 2; £12.
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: 5.
Present number of shareholders: 1,911.
Number of men employed by company: None at present.
Quantity and value of gold produced during the preceding year: Nil.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during the preceding year: £197.
Total expenditure since registration: £378.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £4 16s.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company: £32 2s. 9d.

I, John R. Hooper, of Dunedin, the Legal Manager of the New Eldorado Sluicing 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 day of December, 1894; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

JOHN R. HOOPER.

Declared at Dunedin, this 9th day of March, 1895, before me—Edwin J. Spence, J.P.
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I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the Sheridan Gold-mining Company as a no-liability company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Sheridan Gold-mining Company (No Liability).

2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Tapu, District of Hauraki, in the Provincial District of Auckland.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Nos. 10 and 11, New Zealand Insurance Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland.

4. The value of the company’s property, including claim (or lease ground) and machinery, is two thousand five hundred pounds.

5. The number of shares in the company is fifty thousand, of three shillings each, one shilling per share paid up.

6. The number of shares subscribed for is fifty thousand.

7. The name of the Manager is Dennis Gilmore MacDonnell.

8. The names, addresses, and occupations of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as below:—

No. of Shares.
James Macfarlane, Auckland, Merchant .. .. 2,500
John D. Connolly, Auckland, U.S. Consul .. .. 2,500
Michael Browne, Auckland, Produce Merchant .. 2,500
Patrick Brophy, Auckland, Settler .. .. 2,500
Annie Brophy, Auckland Spinster.. .. .. 1,000
Joseph Gorham, Thames, Miner .. .. .. 4,000
James Darrow, Thames, Contractor .. .. 2,500
Edward McDonnell, Thames, Merchant .. .. 2,500
Louis Melhose, Thames, Agent .. .. .. 2,500
Edward H. Whitaker, Thames, Assayer .. .. 2,500
John Watson, Thames, Accountant .. .. 2,500
James Hawkes, Thames, Merchant .. .. 2,500
James W. Ricket, Thames, Coach Proprietor .. 2,500
Alfred Howe, Thames, Miner .. .. .. 2,500
John William Ryan, Thames, Miner .. .. 2,500
Charles J. Winder, Thames, Merchant .. .. 2,500
Robert Stewart, Thames, Accountant .. .. 2,500
Henry Christian Wick, Paeroa, Settler .. .. 2,500
James Corbett, Hikutaiā, Hotelkeeper .. .. 2,500
Daniel Sheridan, Tapu, Miner .. .. .. 2,500

Total .. .. .. .. 50,000

Dated this 5th day of March, 1895.

D. G. MacDONNELL,
Manager.

Witness to signature—H. M. Shepherd, J.P.

I, Dennis Gilmore MacDonnell, do solemnly and sincerely declare that—

1. I am Manager of the said intended company.

2. The above statement is to the best of my belief and knowledge true in every particular.

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

D. G. MacDONNELL.

Taken before me this 5th day of March, 1895—H. M. Shepherd, J.P.
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VICTOR GOLD-MINING COMPANY (NO LIABILITY).

NOTICE OF INCREASE OF CAPITAL.

I, the undersigned, Manager, hereby give notice that an increase in the capital of the above-named company was, on the 8th day of March, 1895, resolved on.

The mode adopted for the increase is by issuing 75,000 new shares of two shillings each, in addition to the 75,000 shares now existing in the company.

H. GILFILLAN, Jun.,
Manager of the above-named Company.

JONATHAN SEAVER,
G. MAKGILL,
Directors of the above-named Company.

Auckland, 9th March, 1895.
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