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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 50

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, held at Invercargill.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM SLOAN, of Invercargill, Boot- and Shoe-dealer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on the 3rd day of June, 1897, at 2.30 o’clock.

CHARLES ROUT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Invercargill, 28th May, 1897.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, held at Invercargill.

NOTICE is hereby given that PATRICK DUGGAN, of Mandeville, Rabbiter, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at the Courthouse, Gore, on the 4th day of June, 1897, at 2.15 o’clock p.m.

CHARLES ROUT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Invercargill, 26th May, 1897.

Mining Notices.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Grace Darling Gold-mining Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 26th January, 1894; 30th January, 1894.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: 11, New Zealand Insurance Buildings, Auckland; Dennis Gilmore MacDonnell.

Nominal capital: £30,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £30,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £4,853 5s. 3d.

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

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: Nil.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 60,000.

Number of shares allotted: 60,000.

Amount paid per share: 6s. 6d.

Amount called up per share: 1s. 6d.

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: 14.

Present number of shareholders: 223.

Number of men employed by company: 9.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year: Nil.

Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration: 70 oz. 16 dwt.; £73 15s. 1d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £1,897 11s. 4d.

Total expenditure since registration: £6,939 14s. 3d.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s: Nil.

Amount of cash in hand: £1 9s. 3d.

Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.

Amount of debts considered good: Nil.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £538 8s. 5d.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company—judgment creditors: £791 11s. 9d.

I, Dennis Gilmore MacDonnell, of Auckland, the Manager of the Grace Darling 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.”

D. G. MACDONNELL,
Manager.

Declared at Auckland, this 21st day of May, 1897, before me—Joseph Thornes, J.P.

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I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Parnassus 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 the Parnassus Gold-mining Company (No Liability).

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

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 five thousand pounds.

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

6. The number of shares subscribed for is fifty-eight thousand three hundred and ninety-eight.

7. The name of the Manager is George Charles Waudby Morris.

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.

Cooke, H. R., Auckland, Agent .. .. .. 1,125
Hodge, F., Coromandel, Mining Engineer .. .. 1,500
Thornes, J., Auckland, Land Agent .. .. 3,000
Keesing, Ralph, Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 1,500
Miller, Fred., Auckland, Customs Officer (in trust) 1,500
Cahill, T. F., Auckland, Agent .. .. .. 1,875
Harrison, Jno. H., Auckland, Legal Manager .. 1,500
Vines, W. R., Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 1,500
Smith, P. J. L., Auckland, Agent .. .. .. 1,500
Speer, R. C., Auckland, Agent .. .. .. 1,500
Stewart, Wm. F., Auckland, Traveller .. .. 1,500
Cooper, W. H., Auckland, Legal Manager .. .. 1,500
Walton, J., Auckland, Settler .. .. .. 1,500
Walton, Emily, Auckland, Domestic Duties .. .. 750
Coulthard, J., care of J. Walton, Auckland, Miller 1,500
Stephenson, E., Auckland, Master Mariner .. 1,500
Heron, J., Auckland, Contractor .. .. .. 1,500
Osmond, G. B., Auckland, Accountant .. .. 1,500
Edwards, E., Paeroa, Journalist.. .. .. 750
O’Toole, Thos. D., Auckland, Mining Agent .. 1,500
Geddis and Blomfield, Auckland, Journalists .. 1,500
Bunyard, A., Karangahake, Hotel-proprietor .. 750
Kronfeld, Gustavus, Auckland, Importer.. .. 750
Smith, J. C., Auckland, Accountant .. .. 750
Manton, F. W., care of Philips and Pike, Wellington, Traveller .. .. .. .. .. 1,500
Armstrong, M. W., Whangarei, Farmer .. .. 1,500
Dalton, C. H., Auckland, Domestic Duties .. 1,500
Johnson, H. J., Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 1,500
Robison, W. C., Tokaanu, Settler .. .. 1,500
Falvey, J., Karangahake, Miner.. .. .. 1,500
Brewer, T. E., Auckland, Engineer .. .. 1,500
Kay, Henry, Auckland, Agent .. .. .. 750
Purchas, Charles E., Auckland, Solicitor.. .. 1,500
Buddle, Thomas, Auckland, Solicitor .. .. 1,500
Douglas, A. D., Auckland, Agent .. .. .. 1,500
Aickin, Graves, Auckland, Chemist .. .. 1,500
Tunks, Chas. J., Auckland, Solicitor .. .. 1,500
Walker, Geo. Clark, Whangarei, Agent .. .. 375
Ralph, J. G., Auckland, Mine-manager .. .. 1,500
Chambers, Jno., Auckland, Merchant .. .. 1,500
Argall, W. H., Auckland, Mining Engineer .. 1,500
Stacey, Joseph, Auckland .. .. .. .. 1,023
Morris, George C. W., Auckland, Legal Manager (in trust for the company) .. .. .. 41,602

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

Dated this 25th day of May, 1897.

G. C. W. MORRIS,
Manager.

Witness to signature—Ernest Wright.

I, George Charles Waudby Morris, 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.”

G. C. W. MORRIS.

Taken before me—H. M. Shepherd, J.P.

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The Registrar, Supreme Court.

PLEASE take notice that the Registered Office of the Staffa Gold- and Silver-mining Company (No Liability) is at the Bank of New Zealand Buildings, Auckland; and that Mr. WILLIAM ELLIOT has been appointed Manager.

H. BURTON,
JOSEPH THORNES, } Directors.

Auckland, 21st May, 1897.

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