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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 120,000.
Number of shares allotted: 117,183.
Amount paid per share: 2s. 5d.
Amount called up per share: 2s. 5d.
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: 153.
Present number of shareholders: 319.
Number of men employed by company: 48.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year: £6,376 11s. 11d.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration: £8,553 10s. 7d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £6,850 12s. 8d.
Total expenditure since registration: £17,698 7s. 7d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £208 15s. 6d.
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 (if any): Nil.

I, Joseph James Macky, of Auckland, the Manager of the Victoria Gold-mining Company (No Liability), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at the 31st day of December, 1896; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

J. J. MACKY,
Manager.

Declared at Auckland, this 23rd day of January, 1897, before me—W. F. Inder, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
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I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Opal Proprietary 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 Opal Proprietary Mining Company (No Liability).

2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Tairua.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at 113, Victoria Arcade, Auckland.

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

5. The number of shares in the company is seventy thousand, of one shilling each.

6. The number of shares subscribed for is forty-five thousand.

7. The name of the Manager is Albert Say Board.

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

No. of Shares.
Marsh, George, Tairua, Settler .. .. .. 10,000
Slaney, Walter, Auckland, Jeweller .. .. 5,000
Seccombe, Thomas, Oreti Point, Farmer .. .. 3,834
Smith, Walter, Auckland, Baker .. .. 3,333
De Castro, C. S., Thames, Surveyor .. .. 3,333
Nutsey, Joseph, Auckland, Agent .. .. 2,500
McFarlane, William, Auckland, Agent .. .. 2,500
Board, Jane, Auckland, Domestic Duties .. .. 3,000
Colbeck, John C., Auckland, Agent .. .. 1,666
Clarkson, D. H., Auckland, Miner .. .. 1,666
Matthews, Newton, Auckland, Clerk .. .. 1,666
Morrison, William, Thames, Hotelkeeper .. .. 416
Amodéo, —, Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 416
McCabe, William, Auckland, Clerk .. .. 200
Board, Albert S., Auckland, Agent .. .. 3,370
Brown, C. A., Auckland, Warehouseman .. .. 100
Isaacs, Alfred, Dunedin, Warehouseman .. .. 1,000
Nutsey, Joseph, Auckland, Agent (in trust) .. .. 1,000
Board, Albert S., Auckland, Agent (in trust for company) .. .. .. .. 5,000
Board, A. S., Auckland, Agent (in trust for company) .. .. .. .. 20,000

Total .. .. .. .. 70,000

Dated this 9th day of February, 1897.

ALBERT S. BOARD,
Manager.

Witness to signature—W. B. Colbeck, Solicitor, Auckland.

I, Albert Say Board, do solemnly and sincerely declare that—

1. I am the 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.”

ALBERT S. BOARD.

Taken before me, this 9th day of February, 1897—W. B. Colbeck, Solicitor, Auckland.
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I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Dover Castle 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 Dover Castle Gold-mining Company (No Liability).

2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Puriri, Thames.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at 103, Queen Street, Auckland.

4. The value of the company’s property, including claim or lease ground and machinery, is one thousand pounds.

5. The number of shares in the company is eighty thousand, of one shilling each.

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

7. The name of the Manager is Sydney Thornburgh Twentyman.

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

No. of Shares.
Graham, Mrs. G., Thames, Domestic Duties .. .. 3,928
Taylor, W., Thames, Butcher .. .. 3,928
Townsend, Mrs. J., Thames, Widow .. .. 7,858
Smith, Mrs. A., Devonport, Domestic Duties .. .. 502
Nevill, W. J., Thames, Mining Expert .. .. 1,000
Hastings, R. J., Puriri, Mine-manager .. .. 3,928
Milnes, E. J., Thames, Tailor .. .. 3,928
O’Sullivan, D., Thames, Mine-manager .. .. 1,000
Styak, W. J., Thames, Sharebroker .. .. 3,928
McOwen, Robt., Ashburton, Bank-manager .. .. 1,000
Wroughton, C. F. M., Ashburton.. .. .. 1,000
Collier, W. H., Ashburton, Settler .. .. 1,000
Bryant, W., Ashburton, Settler .. .. 1,000
Preston, W. D. V., Ashburton, Gentleman .. .. 1,000
Maher, James J., Ashburton, Settler .. .. 500
Dyhrberg, L. N., and Crum, Alfred, Ashburton, Settlers .. .. .. .. 500
Cowlishaw, F. J., Ashburton, Solicitor .. .. 1,000
Furze, Jno. M., Dunsandel, Farmer .. .. 1,000
Chapman, Robert, Springbank, Cust, Runholder .. 1,000
Garforth, Samuel, Spreydon, Farmer .. .. 1,000
Stringer, T. W., Christchurch, Solicitor .. .. 500
Bishop, R. C., Christchurch, Manager .. .. 500
Cochrane, Jno., Ashburton, Farmer .. .. 1,000
Dudley, C. T., Christchurch, Sharebroker .. .. 1,500
Twentyman, S. T., Auckland, Legal Manager .. .. 1,150
Scott, Jno., Auckland, Sharebroker .. .. 4,000
Woodward, Harry, Auckland, Reporter .. .. 250
Twentyman, S. T., Auckland, Legal Manager (in trust) .. .. .. .. 2,000
Malcolm, F. S., Auckland, Importer .. .. 1,000
Fairs, J. B., Auckland, Accountant .. .. 1,000
Atkinson, A., Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 500
Scott, Robt., Auckland, Hotelkeeper .. .. 1,000
Jerram, J. T., Auckland, Sharebroker .. .. 250
Baxter, Fred., Auckland, Reporter .. .. 250
Smith, M., Auckland, Clerk .. .. 250
Noakes, H. L., Auckland, Sharebroker .. .. 250
Hastings, R. J., Thames, Mine-manager (in trust) .. 2,500
Porter, J. H., Auckland, Legal Manager .. .. 1,100
Haultain, A. R. T., Auckland, Sharebroker (in trust) 1,500
Davies, W. T., Auckland, Manager .. .. 500
Scott, Jno., Auckland, Sharebroker (in trust) .. .. 500
Hill, N. K., Auckland, Clerk (in trust) .. .. 5,000
Twentyman, S. T., Auckland, Legal Manager, No. 2 Account (in trust) .. .. .. .. 3,500
Twentyman, S. T. (in trust for Dover Castle Gold-mining Company, No Liability), reserve shares .. 10,000

Total .. .. .. .. 80,000

Dated this 10th day of February, 1897.

S. T. TWENTYMAN,
Manager.

Witness to signature—Norman K. Hill.

I, Sydney T. Twentyman, do solemnly and sincerely declare that—