May 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 815

I, WILLIAM LAWRENCE SIMPSON, Manager of the Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited), do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That the liability of the company is limited.
2. That the capital of the company is £50,000, divided into 10,000 shares of £5 each.
3. That the number of shares issued is 10,000.
4. That calls to the amount of £1 per share have been made, from which the sum of £10,000 has been received.
5. That the amount of money received as executor of estates under administration for the six months to the 31st March, 1896, was £3,490 10s. 10d.
6. That the amount of money paid as executor of estates under administration for the six months to the 31st March, 1896, was £3,490 10s. 10d.
7. That the amount of money held as executor of estates under administration was, at the 31st March, 1896, £16 19s. 4d.
8. That the sum remaining in the company’s hands at the 31st March, 1896, to the credit of estates for which the company is trustee, which sum is represented by either cash or securities, or both, was £157,500 12s. 3d.
9. That the company’s liabilities and assets were as follows:—

THE TRUSTEES, EXECUTORS, AND AGENCY COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND (LIMITED).

BALANCE-SHEET for Year to the 31st March, 1896.

Liabilities.

Capital—10,000 shares at £5 each .. .. .. £ 50,000 0 0
Less £4 per share uncalled 40,000 0 0 10,000 0 0
Reserve fund .. .. .. 1,500 0 0
Balances due by the company 3,920 19 1
Open accounts due .. 69 11 0 3,990 10 1
Balance of profit and loss .. .. 1,674 18 8
£17,165 8 9

Assets.

Deposits in bank, mortgages, debentures, and land .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
11,628 4 3
Balances due to the company 4,799 9 1
Office furniture and stationery 135 19 0
Interest accrued .. .. 138 3 9 5,073 11 10
Cash in bank on current accounts .. 463 12 8
£17,165 8 9

PROFIT AND LOSS.

Dr.

Directors’ fees, Auditors’ fees, rent, expenses, and salaries £ s. d. £ s. d.
1,212 18 3
Government license-fee and land- and income-tax .. 82 7 0
Office stationery, petty cash, and expenses .. .. 81 15 6 1,377 0 9
Printing and advertising .. .. .. 50 0 5
Loss on property realised .. .. .. 68 0 0
Bad and doubtful debts written off .. .. 8 8 1
Balance .. .. .. .. 1,674 18 8
£3,178 7 11

Cr.

Balance from last statement .. £ s. d. £ s. d.
1,646 17 11
Dividend: 7 per cent. on £10,000 £700 0 0
Transfer to Reserve Fund .. .. 500 0 0
Paid Manager’s percentage .. 115 18 0 1,315 18 0 330 19 11
Transfer fees .. .. 0 17 6
Agency and commission .. 2,190 10 10
Interest and discount .. 655 19 8 2,847 8 0
£3,178 7 11

We have examined the books, vouchers, and accounts of the Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited) (which include the accounts of constituents) for the twelve months ending the 31st March, 1896, and certify that in our opinion the above balance-sheet fully and fairly represents the position of the company’s affairs at date of balance; and we have also seen the securities held by the company on behalf of its constituents, and on its own behalf, and found them in order.

WILLIAM BROWN AND CO.,
A. BARTLEMAN,
} Auditors.

Dunedin, 17th April, 1896.

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

W. LAWRENCE SIMPSON.

Declared this 14th day of May, 1896, before me—William Wills, a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

550

I, HENRY CLAYTON BREWER, Registrar of the Supreme Court of New Zealand for the Northern District at Auckland, do hereby notify that an affidavit, a copy of which is hereunder given, by Hugh Falconer Anderson and Charles Burrell Stone, two Directors of the Auckland Fibre Manufacturing Company (Limited), has been lodged in the Magistrate’s Court at Auckland, and forwarded to me, and that unless notice of objection be lodged with me within sixty days of this date, I shall proceed to declare the said company to be dissolved, in manner provided by “The Companies Act, 1882.”

Signed this 7th day of May, 1896.

HENRY C. BREWER,
Registrar.

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882,” and of the Auckland Fibre Manufacturing Company (Limited).

WE, HUGH FALCONER ANDERSON, Ship-chandler, and CHARLES BURRELL STONE, Agent, both of Auckland, in New Zealand, two of the Directors of the Auckland Fibre Manufacturing Company (Limited), incorporated under “The Joint-stock Companies Act, 1860,” severally make oath and say,—1. That the nominal capital of the said company is £25,000, in 25,000 shares of one pound (£1) each. 2. That the shares have been fully paid up. 3. That the company has no assets, and has ceased to carry on its operations. And we, the said Hugh Falconer Anderson and Charles Burrell Stone, do hereby apply for a declaration of dissolution of such company.

H. F. ANDERSON.
C. B. STONE.

Severally sworn by the said Hugh Falconer Anderson and Charles Burrell Stone, at Auckland, this 30th day of April, 1896, before me—H. W. Northcroft, Stipendiary Magistrate.

541

TO JUSTICES OF THE PEACE AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGAL PROFESSION.

Now ready, royal 8vo, 386 pages,

THE NEW ZEALAND JUSTICE OF THE PEACE.
Founded upon the Third Edition of the late Mr. Justice Johnston’s work.

By W. R. HASELDEN, Barrister-at-Law.

CONTENTS.

Office, Jurisdiction, and Duties of Justices; Law of Evidence; Conservation of the Peace; Summary Jurisdiction of Justices by Convictions and Orders, and respecting Indictable Offences; Appeals, &c.; Indictable Offences; Liabilities and Protection of Justices; Duties of Visiting Justices; Office, Powers, and Duties of Coroners; Police; Civil Jurisdiction; and Miscellaneous. Also an Appendix containing a digest of selected cases relating to Justices’ duties that have been decided in New Zealand.

Price, cloth boards, 10s.; half calf, 12s. 6d.; full calf, 15s.

Orders may be given to any bookseller or to the undersigned, who will send copies post-free.

PATENT OFFICE SUPPLEMENT.

A SPECIAL Supplement to the New Zealand Gazette is now published fortnightly, containing all notices concerning patents and trade-marks required by law to be gazetted; also, particulars of lapsed applications for patents, expired letters patent, and other information useful to inventors, manufacturers, and others. The Supplement will be issued free to subscribers to the Gazette, and to others on payment of a subscription of ten shillings per annum, payable in advance to the Government Printer.

JAMES BURNS,
Government Printer for the time being.