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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that SYDNEY EVELYN WRIGHT, of Wellington, Cycle Dealer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Wednesday, the 27th day of April, 1898, at 11 o’clock.

JAMES ASHCROFT,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 20th April, 1898.

Mining Notices.

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Snowy Creek Gold-mining Company (Limited) as a limited company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894,” and the amendments thereof.

1. The name of the company is to be the Snowy Creek Gold-mining Company (Limited).

2. The place of intended operations is at Snowy Creek, in the County of Inangahua, Colony of New Zealand.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Bridge Street, Reefton, in the county and colony aforesaid.

4. The nominal capital of the company is three thousand pounds (£3,000), in twenty-four thousand shares of two shillings and sixpence each.

5. The number of shares subscribed for is twenty-four thousand (24,000), being the entire number of shares in the company.

6. The number of paid-up shares is nil.

7. The amount already paid up is nil.

8. The name of the Manager is Thomas Hubert Lee.

9. 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.

Duffy, Robert, Cronadun, Miner .. .. 1,000
Bitera, George, Mawhera-iti, Farmer .. 1,000
Flynn, Daniel, Little Grey Junction, Farmer .. 5,000
Scarlett, James, Reefton, Hotelkeeper .. 600
Budge, Henry Forbes, Reefton, Bootmaker .. 1,750
Scarlett, Frances, Reefton .. .. 1,150
Creagan, William, Reefton, Miner .. .. 5,000
Green, J. R., Reefton, Butcher .. .. 1,000
Marshall, James, Totara Flat, Farmer .. .. 500
Cohen, Jacob, Totara Flat, Storekeeper .. .. 500
Irvine, James, Totara Flat, Miner .. .. 500
Duncan, William, Totara Flat, Blacksmith .. 500
Fitzgerald, John, Little Grey Junction, Farmer .. 500
O’Malley, James, Ikamatua, Farmer .. .. 250
Lee, T. Hubert, Reefton, Mining Agent .. .. 1,000
Lee, T. Hubert (Manager, in trust for absent shareholders), Reefton, Mining Agent .. .. 3,750

Total .. .. .. .. 24,000

Dated this 14th day of April, 1898.

T. HUBERT LEE,
Manager.

Witness to signature—James Thorburn, Mining Investor, Reefton.

I, Thomas Hubert Lee, 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.”

T. HUBERT LEE.

Taken before me, at Reefton, this 14th day of April, 1898
—James Thorburn, J.P.

In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” and “The Mining Companies Acts Amendment Act, 1897”; and in the matter of the Colonial Exploitation Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that the above-named company will voluntarily cease to carry on business in the Colony of New Zealand at the expiration of three months from the 15th day of April, 1898.

Dated the 1st day of April, 1898.

ANDRÉ P. GRIFFITHS,
Attorney for the said Company.

208–9, Victoria Arcade, Auckland.

493

In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” and of the Waitekauri Extended (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that the Office or place of business of the above-named company has been removed from 31, Palmerston Buildings, to Brown, Campbell, and Co.’s Buildings, Shortland Street, Auckland.

BUDDLE, BUTTON, AND CO.,
Solicitors for the Attorney.

Dated this 4th day of April, 1898.

492

NEW ZEALAND BROKEN HILLS GOLD-MINING COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” and “The Mining Act, 1891,” that the situation or locality of the Office or place of business in New Zealand of the above-named company has been changed to No. 31, Shortland Street, Auckland.

HESKETH AND RICHMOND,
Solicitors for the said Company.

Dated this 7th day of April, 1898.

491

THE WINDING CREEK GOLD-MINING COMPANY (LIMITED).

In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” “The Mining Act, 1891,” “The Mining Companies Act, 1894,” and the several amendments of those Acts.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Winding Creek Gold-mining Company (Limited), incorporated in England, and whose Registered Office is at 11, Cornhill, London, intends to commence and carry on business at Waikaka, in the Provincial District of Otago, and that its office or place of business in this colony, where legal proceedings of any kind may be served upon it, and to which notices of any kind may be addressed or given, will be situated in High Street, Dunedin.

Dated this 31st day of March, 1898.

R. HAY,
Attorney.

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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Waitekauri United Gold-mining 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 of office of company in colony: 22nd April, 1896; 1st July, 1896.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Auckland; Dennis Gilmore MacDonnell.

Where mine is situate: Waitekauri.

Nominal capital: £150,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £135,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: Nil.

Price paid to vendors of mine—

(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £50,000.

(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Nil.

(c.) In cash: Nil.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 150,000.

Number of shares on Colonial Register: 42,638.

Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): £1.

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: 180.

Number of men employed by company in colony: 45.

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 the colony: Nil.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £8,033 1s. 7d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £12,639 1s. 8d.

Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: £360 5s. 4d.

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: £247 14s. 6d.