Mar. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 577

NOTICE is hereby given that the registered office of the
Occidental Gold-mining Company (No Liability) is
at present situated at 119, Victoria Arcade, Auckland.
Dated this 21st day of March, 1895.
JOHN REID,
JAMES MACFARLANE,
Directors.

Signed by John Reid and James Macfarlane, two of the
Directors of the said company, and the common seal thereof
affixed hereto, in the presence of— S. Cochrane Macky,
Manager.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.
Name of company: The Parapara Hydraulic Sluicing and
Mining Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: Registered 18th June,
1892, under “The Companies Act, 1882.”
Whether in active operation or not: Engaged in construc-
tion of necessary works.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Wellington; No Legal Manager; Richard T. Badham,
Secretary.
Nominal capital: £40,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £38,800.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £18,820.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders; and amount of
cash received for same: £19,200; nil.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no
cash has been paid: £19,200.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 200.
Number of shares allotted: 194.
Amount paid up per share: 87 shares, £200; 2 shares, £175;
3 shares, £150; 2 shares, £145; 2 shares, £100; 1 share,
£80; 1 share, £50.
Amount called up per share: £200.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: Part of calls Nos. 2
to 8 inclusive; £780.
Number of shares forfeited: Nil.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for
same: Nil.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of com-
pany: 7.
Present number of shareholders: 40.
Number of men employed by company: 37 men employed in
connection with construction of works, but none employed
in mining.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during the
preceding year: Nil.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since
registration: Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations
during the preceding year: £2,202.
Total expenditure since registration: £16,854.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker's: £2,434.
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: £3,030.

I, Richard Tree Badham, of Wellington, Secretary of the
Parapara Hydraulic Sluicing and Mining Company (Limited),
do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and com-
plete statement of the affairs of the said company on the
31st day of December, 1894; and I make this solemn de-
claration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and
by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”
RICHARD T. BADHAM,
Secretary.

Declared at Wellington, this 28th day of March, 1895,
before me—John G. W. Aitken, J.P.
275

Private Advertisements.

In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” and
of the Singer Manufacturing Company.
NOTICE is hereby given that the office or place of busi-
ness of the above company, in the Town of Nelson,
has been removed from Trafalgar Street to Nile Street West
in the said town.
Dated this 14th day of March, 1895.
The Singer Manufacturing Company.
S. ROBINSON,
Attorney.
239

In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” and
of the Singer Manufacturing Company.
NOTICE is hereby given that the office or place of busi-
ness of the above company in the Town of Palmerston
North has been removed from Kerslake's Buildings to Beal's
Buildings, Broad Street, in the said town.
Dated this 25th day of March, 1895.
The Singer Manufacturing Company.
S. ROBINSON,
Attorney.
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In the matter of the Companies Act; and in the matter of
J. Plaisted and Co. (Limited).
NOTICE is hereby given that at an extraordinary general
meeting of the shareholders of the above-named com-
pany, duly convened, and held at the registered office of the
said company on Friday, the 15th day of March instant, the
following extraordinary resolution was duly passed, namely:
“ That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this company
that, by reason of its liabilities, it cannot continue its busi-
ness, and that it is advisable that the company be wound up
voluntarily.”
And notice is hereby further given that at such meeting
Graham Lord Greenwood, of Christchurch, the Official
Assignee in Bankruptcy, was duly appointed Liquidator of
the said company for the purpose of winding up the same.
Dated this 21st day of March, 1895.
E. PROSSER,
Chairman.
257

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882,” and amend-
ments thereof; and in the matter of the Co-operative
New Zealand Dairy-farmers' Company (Limited).
BY direction of his Honour Mr. Justice Williams, notice
is hereby given that the said Judge has appointed
Friday, the 5th day of April, 1895, at 11 o'clock in the fore-
noon, at his chambers, Supreme Court House, Dunedin, to
make a call on all contributories of the said company, and
that the Official Liquidators of the said company propose that
such call shall be for the full amount remaining unpaid on
each share. All persons interested are entitled to attend at
such day, hour, and place to offer objections to such call.
Dated this 26th day of March, 1895.
COLIN McK. GORDON,
Registrar.
BATHGATE AND WOODHOUSE, Solicitors,
Dunedin.
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