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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 21

Where mine is situate: Thames.
Nominal capital: £120,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £92,518 15s.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: Nil.
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £78,500.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up:
(c.) In cash: £1,500.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 960,000.
Number of shares on Colonial Register: Nil.
Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): Nil.
Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): Nil.
Number and amount of calls in arrear (Colonial Register): Nil.
Number of shares forfeited (Colonial Register): Nil.
Number of forfeited shares on Colonial Register sold, and money received for same: Nil.
Number of shareholders on Colonial Register: Nil.
Number of men employed by company in colony: 17.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: Nil.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £6,794 17s. 8d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £6,794 17s. 8d.
Total amount of dividends paid in colony:
Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: £51 4s. 8d.
Amount of cash in hand in colony: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: Nil.
Amount of such debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in colony: £126 5s. 10d.

I, William McCullough, of Auckland, the Attorney of the Gloucester Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company as on the 31st day of October, 1897, being the date of the last balance-sheet; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

WILLIAM McCULLOUGH,
Attorney.

Declared at Auckland, this 22nd day of March, 1898, before me—P. A. Philips, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: New Zealand Crown Mines Company (Limited), (being a foreign company as defined by section 2 of “The Mining Companies Acts Amendment Act, 1897”).
When formed, and date of registration: 27th June, 1896.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney: Head Office, 11, Cornhill, London; Karangahake; R. R. Hunt, Auckland.
Where mine is situate: Karangahake.
Nominal capital: £200,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £200,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: Nil.
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £100,000.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Nil.
(c.) In cash: £50,000.
Working capital (cash): £50,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 200,000.
Number of shares on Colonial Register: 21,771.
Amount paid up per share (Colonial Register): £1 fully paid up.
Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): The whole.
Number and amount of calls in arrear (Colonial Register): Nil.
Number of shares forfeited (Colonial Register): Nil.
Number of forfeited shares on Colonial Register sold, and money received for same: Nil.
Number of shareholders on Colonial Register: 101.
Number of men employed by company in colony: 255.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement (January to August inclusive, 1897): Gold 6,316 oz., silver 6,688 oz.; £27,670.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony (from 1st January, 1896, to 31st August, 1897): Gold 13,262 oz., silver 14,933 oz.; £58,171.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £29,206 2s. 6d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony (January, 1896, to August, 1897, inclusive): £48,170 7s. 10d.
Total amount of dividends paid in colony: £652 5s.
Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: General Manager’s Account, Dr. balance, £161 11s. 3d.; Attorney’s Account, Cr. balance, £957 5s. 8d.
Amount of cash in hand in colony: £10 petty cash at mines.
Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: £31 1s. 5d.
Amount of such debts considered good: £31 1s. 5d.
Amount of liabilities of company in colony: £1,524 10s. 6d.

I, Richard Robert Hunt, of Auckland, the Attorney of the New Zealand Crown Mines Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company as on the 31st day of August, 1897, being the date of the last balance-sheet; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

R. R. HUNT,
Attorney.

Declared at Auckland, this 23rd day of March, 1898, before me—R. McVeagh, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
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I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Imperial Gold-dredging Company as a limited company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Imperial Dredging Company (Limited).
2. The place of operations is on the Wakamarina River, in the Marlborough Gold-mining District.
3. The registered office of the company will be situate at No. 35, Featherston Street, in the City of Wellington.
4. The nominal capital of the company is five thousand pounds, in five thousand shares of one pound each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is five thousand, being the whole of the capital of the company.
6. The number of paid-up shares is two thousand five hundred.
7. The amount already paid up is nil.
8. The name of the Manager is George Albert Perry.
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.
Brandon, Alfred de Bathe, Wellington, Solicitor .. 200
Hislop, Thomas William, Wellington, Solicitor .. 200
Hislop, Thomas William, Wellington, Solicitor (in trust) .. 200
Erley, Albert Edward, Wellington, Gentleman .. 200
Farmar, Frederick Broadley, Wellington, Agent .. 200
Palliser, Charles, Wellington, Contractor .. 200
Van Staveren, H., Wellington, Rabbi .. 100
McLellan, James, Wellington, Company’s Attorney 125
Gale, T. J. W., Wellington, Merchant .. 125
Rotheram, J. F., Wellington, Engineer .. 125
Macdonald, Thos. Kennedy, Wellington, Valuer .. 125
Young, John, Wellington, Insurance Agent .. 125
Lodder, Arthur, Wellington, Hotelkeeper .. 125
Field, Wm. Hughes, Wellington, Solicitor.. 62
Treadwell, Chas. H., Wellington, Solicitor.. 63
Leicester, Robert, Wellington, Banker .. 100
Barraud, W. F., Wellington, Gentleman .. 100
Douslin, Paul, Wellington, Clerk .. 1,000
Skerrett, Chas. P., Wellington, Solicitor .. 125
Wilson, A. F. (in trust for allotment in terms of a certain agreement dated the 23rd day of February, 1898) .. 1,500
Total .. 5,000

Dated this 5th day of March, 1898.

GEO. PERRY,
Manager.

Witness to signature—F. J. Rolleston, Solicitor, Wellington.

I, George Albert Perry, 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.”

GEO. PERRY.

Taken before me, at Wellington, this 5th day of March, 1898—Martin Chapman, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
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