APRIL 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 843

Pitt, Mrs. A. Dean, Auckland, Domestic Duties .. 400
Russell, James, Auckland, Solicitor .. 6,117
Roseman, R., Auckland, Fireman .. 200
Reid, R. T., Auckland, Grocer .. 200
Reed, James, Palmerston North, Surgeon .. 1,000
Raynes, George, Parnell, Butcher .. 300
Reid, James, Auckland, Sharebroker .. 850
Swanson, Charles, Auckland, Agent .. 400
Smallbone, H. P., Wellington, Clerk .. 140
Sweetapple, R. D., Napier, Merchant .. 800
Somerville, J. M., Auckland, Clerk .. 300
Smith, Mrs. J., Auckland, Domestic Duties .. 400
Twigg, E. M., Petone, Domestic Duties .. 50
Thorpe, J. E., Auckland, Gentleman .. 550
Tomlinson, E., Auckland, Domestic Duties .. 200
Thomas, William, Auckland, Marble Mason .. 200
Varnom, J. R., Auckland, Gentleman .. 200
Wilson, William S., Auckland, Journalist .. 400
Williams, N. T., Auckland, Accountant .. 400
White, William B., Auckland, Clerk .. 300
Westrup, Charles, Auckland, Gentleman .. 200
Wallace, Jane B., Auckland, Domestic Duties .. 100
Walton, Richard, Auckland, Manufacturer .. 200
Wallace, James, Tauranga, Settler .. 1,750
Young, J. T., Auckland, Grocer .. 100

Total .. .. .. .. 100,000

Dated this 30th day of March, 1897.

SEERING H. MATTHEWS,
Manager.

Witness to signature—Frederick L. Prime.

I, Seering Hall Matthews, 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.”

SEERING H. MATTHEWS.

Taken before me, at Auckland, this 30th day of March, 1897—Frederick L. Prime, J.P. 772

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Turakina Gold-dredging Company (Limited) under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Turakina Gold dredging Company (Limited).
2. The place of intended operations is on the Manuherikia River, near Manorburn Junction, Alexandra, South Otago.
3. The registered office of the company will be situated at 24, Manse Street, Dunedin.
4. The nominal capital of the company is four thousand pounds, in four thousand shares of one pound each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is four thousand, being not less than two-thirds of the entire number of shares in the company.
6. The number of paid-up shares is one thousand.
7. The amount already paid up is nil.
8. The name of the Manager is Andrew John Park.
9. The names and addresses and occupations of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follow:—

No. of
Shares.
Park, James Alexander, Dunedin, Auctioneer .. 1,970
Park, Margaret Dunbar, St. Leonard’s, Lady .. 1,000
Wain, Job, Opho, Gentleman .. 500
Richardson, Charles Edward, Manorburn, Engineer 250
Laidlaw, William Sanderson, Alexandra South, Run-holder .. 250
Park, Andrew John, Dunedin, Solicitor .. 10
Park, Herbert, Alexandra South, Engineer .. 10
Park, Albert Alexander, Alexandra South, Miner .. 10

Total .. .. .. .. 4,000

Dated this 30th day of March, 1897.

A. J. PARK,
Manager.

Witness to signature—P. Duncan, Solicitor and Notary, Dunedin.

I, Andrew John Park, of Dunedin, Solicitor, 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.”

A. J. PARK.

Taken and declared before me, this 30th day of March, 1897—P. Duncan, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. 756

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Waitekauri Cross Gold-mining Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: Formed, 4th March, 1896; registered in New Zealand, 6th August, 1896.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Pollen Street, Thames; Samuel Hetherington.
Nominal capital: £100,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £75,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £25,000.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any):
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid:
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 100,000.
Number of shares allotted: 75,000.
Amount paid per share: Have no information.
Amount called up per share: Have no information.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: Have no information.
Number of shares forfeited: Have no information.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: Have no information.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: Have no information.
Present number of shareholders: Have no information.
Number of men employed by company: 30.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year:
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration:
Amount expended by company in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: In New Zealand, £1,298 5s. 3d.
Total expenditure since registration: In New Zealand, £1,298 5s. 3d.
Total amount of dividends declared:
Total amount of dividends paid:
Total amount of unclaimed dividends:
Amount of cash at banker’s: Have no information.
Amount of cash in hand: Have no information.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Have no information.
Amount of debts considered good: Have no information.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Have no information.

I, Samuel Armstrong Hetherington, of Thames, the Attorney of the Waitekauri Cross Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is, as far as I am possessed of the information, a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on 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.”

S. A. HETHERINGTON,
Manager.

Declared at Thames, this 27th day of March, 1897, before me—Theodore Wood, J.P. 792

NEW GOLDEN POINT GOLD-MINING COMPANY (NO LIABILITY).

NOTICE is hereby given that the Registered Office of the above company is situated at Hobson’s Buildings, Shortland Street, Auckland.

N. ALFRED NATHAN, }
J. RUSSELL, } Directors.
SEERING H. MATTHEWS,
Legal Manager.

Auckland, 1st April, 1897. 773

In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” and the Royal Standard Gold-mines (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given—(1.) That the above-named company carry on business in New Zealand at Wharekirauponga, in the Survey District of Ohinemuri. (2.) That the office of the company is at the offices of Edwin Clendon, Solicitor, Union Chambers, Albert Street, Thames. (3.) That the Attorney in New Zealand of the said company is the said Edwin Clendon, whose address is at the Union Chambers aforesaid.

Dated this 13th day of March, 1897.

EDWIN CLENDON,
Attorney in New Zealand for the Royal Standard Gold-mines (Limited). 699