Mar. 26.]. 527

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, holden at Reefton.

NOTICE is herebly given that James William Patterson, of Reefton, Miner, was this day adjuged bank rupt; and I herebly sum mon a meeting of cred itors, to be holden at my office, at Reefton, on Tuesday, the 24th day of March, 1896, at 3 o'clock.

W. HINDMARSH,
Deput y Offic ial Assi gnee.

Reefton, 16th March, 1896.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, holden at Ashburton

NOTICE is herebly given that William Harrington, of Ashburton, Labou r er, was this day adjuged bank rupt; and I herebly sum mon a meeting of cred itors, to be helden at my office, on the 27th day of March, 1896, at 11.30 o'clock in the forenoon.

J O H N DAVISON,
Deput y Offic ial Assi gnee.

19th March, 1896.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, holden at Ashburton.

NOTICE is herebly given that William M iller, of Ash burton, Labou r er, was this day adjuged bank rupt; and I herebly sum mon a meeting of cred itors, to be holden at my office, on the 28th day of March, 1896, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.

J O H N DAVISON,
Deput y Offic ial Assi gnee.

23rd March, 1896.

In Bankruptcy.

Re estates of David M itchell R os s and William M ontague Sims, and of David M itchell R os s.

SECOND and final dividends on all accepted prov ed claims against the joint estate of the above-named bank rupts, at the rate of 8d. per poun d, and against the separate estate of the above-named David M itchell R os s, at the rate of 4s. 9d. per poun d, are now pay able at my office, Arcade Chambers.

A LEX. M ON TGOMERY,
Deput y Offic ial Assi gnee.

T im aru, 16th March, 1896.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Tim aru and Oamaru, holden at Tim aru.

NOTICE is herebly given that James P at rick, late of Tem uka, B aker, was this day adjuged bank rupt; and I herebly sum mon a meeting of cred itors, to be holden at my office, at Arcade, Tim aru, on W ednesday, the 25th day of March, 1896, at 11 o'clock.

A LEX. M ON TGOMERY,
Deput y Offic ial Assi gnee.

T im aru, 18th March, 1896.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Tim aru and Oamaru, holden at Tim aru.

NOTICE is herebly given that W illiam O 'B ryan, of Tim aru, B rickm aker, was this day adjuged bank rupt; and I herebly sum mon a meeting of cred itors, to be holden at my office, at Arcade, Tim aru, on Friday, the 27th day of March, 1896, at 2 o'clock.

A LEX. M ON TGOMERY,
Deput y Offic ial Assi gnee.

T im aru, 21st March, 1896.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is herebly given that James D avidson, of Naseby, was this day adjuged bank rupt; and I herebly sum mon a meeting of cred itors, to be holden at my office, at Naseby, on Friday, the 27th day of March, 1896, at 7 o'clock.

R O B E R T F. IN D E R,
Deput y Offic ial Assi gnee.

Naseby, 14th March, 1896.

C

Mining Notices.

STATEMENT OF THE A FFAIRS OF A COMPANY,

Name of company: The B uller Gold-dredging Company (L imited).

When formed, and date of registration: 28th September, 1894; 14th November, 1894.
W hether in active operation or not: In active operation.
W here business is conducted, and name of L egal M anager: Reefton; Bernard P. M cM a hon.
Nominal capital: £1,500.
Amount of capital subscribed: £1,500.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £600.
Paid-up value of script given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): N il.
Paid-up value of script given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: N il.
N umber of shares into which capital is div ided: 12,000.
N umber of shares allotted: 12,000.
Amount paid up per share: 1s.
Amount called up per share: 1s.
N umber and amount of calls in arrear: N il.
N umber of shares forf eited: N il.
N umber of forf eited shares sold, and money received for same: N il.
N umber of shareholders at time of registration of company: 16.
P res ent number of shareholders: 25.
N umber of men em ployed by company: 12.
Q uantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year: 1,272oz. 15dwt. 10gr.; £4,935 3s. 6d.
T otal quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration: 1,315oz. 18dwt. 5gr.; £5,103 8s. 4d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £2,997 2s.
T otal exp enditure since registration: £3,889 6s. 10d.
T otal amount of dividends declared: £1,350.
T otal amount of dividends paid: £1,350.
T otal amount of unclaim ed dividends: N il.
Amount of cash at bank er's: £432 3s. 6d.
Amount of cash in hand: N il.
Amount of deb ts directly due to company: N il.
Amount of deb ts considered good: N il.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £70 17

I, Bernard P. M cM a hon, of Reefton, the M anager of the B uller Gold-dredging Company (L imited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affa irs of the said company on the 31st day of December, 1895; and I make this solemn dec la r ation con scientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of "The Justices of the P eace Act, 1882. "

B E R N A R D P. M cM A H O N,
M anager.

Declared at Reefton, this 30th day of January, 1896, before me—Chas. C ohen, J.P. 260

I, the under signed, hereb y make application to register the C on serv ative Gold-mining Company as a no- liab ility company under the prov isions of "The M ining C om panies Act, 1894. "

1. The name of the company is to be the C on serv ative Gold-mining C om pany (N o L iability).
2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Th am es.
3. The registered office of the company will be sit uated at Q ueen Street, A uckland.
4. The value of the company's property, including claim (or lea se ground) and m achinery, is one thousand pounds.
5. The number of shares in the company is sev enty thou- sand, of three shillings each.
6. The number of shares subscribed for is f ifty-five thou- sand.
7. The name of the M anager is E dward J am es W hite.
8. The names and addresses and occupations of the share- hold ers, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follow:—

No. of
S hares.

Aickin, C., P onsonby, A gent .. .. .. 1,000
Aickin, E. K., P onsonby, D om estic D uties .. 250
Aickin, J ohn, P onsonby, C ontractor .. .. 250
Aickin, H., A uckland, C l erk .. .. .. 250
Aickin, S. F., A uckland, Settler .. .. .. 250
Aickin, M rs. J ane, A uckland, D om estic D uties .. 250
Boylan, W illiam J., A uckland, A gent .. .. 1,000
Browne, A gnes, A uckland .. .. .. 1,000
Browne, L ily, A uckland .. .. .. 750
Browne, A. E., A uckland .. .. .. 750
Browne, M. K., A uckland .. .. .. 750
Browne, Z ealandia, A uckland .. .. .. 750