Mar. 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 659

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Island Block Gold-mining Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 28th November, 1888.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Island Block, Otago, New Zealand; Chas. C. Rawlins.

Nominal capital: £60,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £56,187.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £21,917.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £35,000; Nil.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 56,187.

Number of shares allotted: 56,187.

Amount paid per share: £1.

Amount called up per share: All.

Number of shares forfeited: Nil.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 150.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s: £123 5s. 9d.

Amount of cash in hand: £63 18s. 2d.

Amount of debts directly due to company: £8.

Amount of debts considered good: £8.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £2,300.

Number of men employed by company: 21.

Amount of gold won in the year: £5,013.

Amount of wages and expenses: £4,116.

Amount spent in wages to date: £32,000.

I, Chas. C. Rawlins, the Manager of the Island Block Gold-mining Company (Limited), 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.”

CHAS. C. RAWLINS,
Manager.

Declared at Island Block, this 26th day of January, 1897, before me—J. F. Kitching, J.P. 659

THE GLOUCESTER GOLD-MINING COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of “The Mining Act, 1891,” and “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” that the Office or place of business in New Zealand of the above-named company has been changed from the office of the undersigned, Attorney of the said Company, in Hobson’s Buildings, Shortland Street, Auckland, to the office in the New Zealand Insurance Company’s Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland, of Mr. Henry Gilfillan, jun., the Local Secretary of the said company.

Dated the 19th day of February, 1897.

WM. McCULLOUGH,
Attorney of the said Company.

HESKETH AND RICHMOND,
Solicitors for the Company. 652

THE MAHAKIRAU SYNDICATE (LIMITED).

“The Foreign Companies Act, 1884.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the Office of the above-mentioned company is situate at the office of Messrs. L. D. Nathan and Co., in High Street, Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.

Dated this 23rd day of February, 1897.

LAWRENCE D. NATHAN,
N. ALFRED NATHAN,
Attorneys for the said Company in New Zealand.

JACKSON AND RUSSELL,
Shortland Street, Auckland,
Solicitors for the said Company. 651

In the matter of “The Mining Act, 1891,” and of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1894”; and in the matter of the Progress Mines of New Zealand (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that the Office or place of business in the Colony of New Zealand of the above-named company, where legal proceedings of any kind may be served upon it, and to which notices of any kind may be addressed or given, is situated at the office of the said company, at the corner of Bridge and Sheils Streets, in the Town of Reefton.

Dated the 2nd day of March, 1897.

PHILIP LAWRENCE FOSTER,
GEORGE HENRY BOYD,
Attorneys for the Company. 653

In the matter of “The Mining Act, 1891,” and of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” and of the Woodstock Main Reef (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that the Office or place of business of the above-named company in New Zealand where legal proceedings of any kind may be served upon it, and to which notices of any kind may be addressed or given, is 135, Queen Street, in the City of Auckland.

Dated at Auckland, this 9th day of February, 1897.

HERBERT W. FLINT,
Attorney for the Company.

WYNYARD AND PURCHAS, Solicitors for the Company,
Bank of New Zealand Chambers,
Queen Street, Auckland, 517

Land Transfer Act Notices.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

3278. WILLIAM GORRIE, HENRY THOMSON GORRIE, and ELEANOR UPTON.—Part of Allotments 1 and 2, Section 4, City of Auckland, containing 6 perches. Occupied by tenants.

3279. JANE McKENZIE.—Northern part of Allotment 1, Section 19, Town of Onehunga, containing 2 roods. In Applicant’s occupation.

3280. THE THAMES HAURAKI GOLDFIELDS (LIMITED).—Lots 369, 369A, 370, 370A, 371, 371A, 372, 372A, 621, 622, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630, and 631 of the Subdivision of Kauaeranga Nos. 4, 5, and 5A Blocks, situated in the Township of Grahamstown, containing 3 roods 17 perches. In the occupation of Applicants.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 27th day of February, 1897, at the Lands Registry Office, Auckland.

EDWIN BAMFORD,
District Land Registrar. 656

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 5th day of April, 1897.

2634. RICHARD RELF.—18·4 perches, part Section 83, City of Wellington. Occupied by Mrs. Laura Adams and Donald Duncan.

2635. THOMAS HUMPHREY JONES.—2 acres 2 roods 12 perches, part Section 19, Right Bank, Wanganui River. Part occupied by Applicant and part by Joseph Jones.

2636. JOHN GORDON HODGE.—24 perches, part Section 728, City of Wellington. Occupied by Applicant.

2637. STEPHEN WILLIAM GREEN.—15·2 perches, part Section 868, City of Wellington. Occupied by Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 3rd day of March, 1897, at the Lands Registry Office, Wellington.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar. 654

APPLICATION having been made to me to register a dealing affecting Leases Nos. 1736 and 2054, being leases of Tuwhakatupua No. 2c No. 1, and Tuwhakatupua No. 2b No. 1, and being the whole of the lands comprised in certificates of title, Vol. lx., folio 150, and Vol. lxvi., folio 54, and evidence having been lodged of the loss of Leases 1736 and 2054, I hereby give notice that I will dispense with the production of the said Leases 1736 and 2054, and register the dealing as requested, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 18th day of March, 1897.

Dated this 3rd day of March, 1897, at the Lands Registry Office, Wellington.

J. M. BATHAM,
District Land Registrar. 655

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one calendar month from the date of the gazetting of this notice.

MARY NICHOLS, PHILIP OAKDEN, AND JOSEPH COWIE NICHOLS.—28 acres 3 roods 12 perches, more or less, being part of Section 3, Block VII., Wyndham District. Occupied by Alexander Duff Watt. No. 2650.

Diagram may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 24th day of February, 1897, at the Lands Registry Office, Invercargill.

F. G. MORGAN,
District Land Registrar. 657