JULY 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1285

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.
3. Five per centum of the subscribed capital above mentioned has been paid up by the said shareholders prior to the registration of the said company.
   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. S. SMITH.

Taken before me, at Greymouth, this 19th day of June, 1897—C. F. A. Broad, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.

994

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Bell Hill Gold-mining and Sluicing Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 27th August, 1894.

Whether in active operation or not: In active preparatory operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Hereford Street, Christchurch; Dr. F. Macbean Stewart.

Nominal capital: £12,000, in 12,000 shares of £1 each, of which 7,747 are subscribed.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £3,805 1s. 1,418 shares, paid up, given to subscribers for £710.

1,318 shares, fully paid up, to workmen and contractors: £1,318.

2,900 shares to vendors of mine: No cash.

249 bonus-shares to shareholders: No cash.

1,682 shares, first issue: Cash, £1,600 1s.

180 shares, second issue: Cash, £151 15s.

385 shares forfeited; calls paid on same: £25 5s.

Amount of calls made is £1 on 1,682 shares, first issue, and 19s. on 180 shares, second issue.

Arrears of calls on first issue are: 1s. on 5, 5s. on 50, 6s. on 21, and 13s. owing on twelfth call, 7s. on 20, 7s. on 75, and £2 10s. owing on eleventh call, 11s. on 25, 17s. on 15 = £81 19s.

Arrears of calls on second issue are: 1s. on 45, 4s. on 10, 6s. on 50 = £19 5s.

Forfeited shares sold: Nil.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 8.

Present number of shareholders: 124.

Number of men employed by company: 10.

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

Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration: 2 oz. 5 dwt. 6 gr.; £8 16s. 6d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £2,007 12s.

Total expenditure since registration: £5,148 10s. 5d.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s: £53 12s.

Amount of cash in hand: 9s. 1d.

Amount of debts directly due to company: £54 1s. 1d.

Amount of liabilities of company: £1,397 10s. 6d.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company: Nil.

I, Richard Marshall, of Christchurch, the Secretary of the Bell Hill Gold-mining and Sluicing Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at the present date; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

RICHARD MARSHALL,
Secretary.

Declared at Christchurch, this 1st day of June, 1897, before me—C. M. Gray, J.P.

993

MONTEZUMA 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 Montezuma Gold-mining Company (Limited), where legal proceedings of any kind may be served upon it, and to which notices of any kind may be addressed or given, is at the office of the undersigned, Solicitors in New Zealand for the said company, at Legal Chambers, Queen Street, in the City of Auckland.

Dated this 12th day of June, 1897.

G. W. BASLEY,
WILFRED E. BRUCE,
Attorneys for the said Company.

6

In the matter of “The Mining Act, 1894,” and the Tararu Extended Gold-mining Company (No Liability).

NOTICE is hereby given that the registered Office or place of business of the Tararu Extended Gold-mining Company (No Liability) has been removed from Nos. 106 and 107, Victoria Arcade Buildings, to No. 111, Victoria Arcade Buildings, Auckland; and that the name of the Manager is JOHN FREDERICK CHURTON.

W. LEDINGHAM,\nA. HANNA,\n} Directors.

Auckland, 23rd June, 1897.

997

THE INTERNATIONAL SYNDICATE (LIMITED).

“The Foreign Companies Act, 1884.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the International Syndicate (Limited) will, after the expiration of three months from the date hereof, cease to carry on business in the Colony of New Zealand.

Dated at Auckland, this 16th day of June, 1897.

A. E. SMITH,
For the Attorney.

980

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” and “The Mining Act, 1891,” that the Office or place of business in the colony of the North Island (N.Z.) Prospecting Syndicate is at the Australian Mutual Provident Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland.

Dated this 18th day of June, 1897.

T. TRAFFORD WYNNE,
Attorney of the said Company.

BUDDLE, BUTTON, AND Co., Solicitors,
6, Wyndham Street, Auckland.

985

EDINA GOLD-DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED), (IN LIQUIDATION).

A GENERAL MEETING of the company will be held in the office of Hamilton and McKerrow, No. 1, Bond Street, Dunedin, on Monday, the 13th September, 1897, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of receiving the Liquidator’s account.

Dunedin, 25th June, 1897.

AND. HAMILTON,
Liquidator.

1001

In the matter of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894,” and the Katie Gold-mining Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that the registered Office or place of business of the Katie Gold-mining Company (Limited) has been removed from No. 38, Queen Street, Auckland, to No. 111, Victoria Arcade Buildings, Auckland; and that the name of the Manager is JOHN FREDERICK CHURTON.

ARTHUR WRIGHT,\nW. R. VINES,\n} Directors.

Auckland, 28th May, 1897.

998

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.

7941. ELIZABETH LEAR.—1 rood, Section 945, City of Christchurch; also, 39⅒ perches, part of Rural Section 14, Borough of Woolston. Occupied respectively by Philip Mohr and R. Martin.

7942. MARY ALICE CLEGG.—24 perches, part of Section 623, City of Christchurch. Unoccupied.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 26th day of June, 1897, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.

995

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 2nd day of August, 1897.

2632. THOMAS RAY.—1 acre 2 roods 13 perches, part Section 206, Taratahi Plain Block. Occupied by Applicant.