Jan. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 77

Amount called up per share: 7s. 6d.
Number and amount of calls in arrear (parts of allotment and first call): £69 6s.
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: 32.
Present number of shareholders: 34.
Number of men employed by company: Nil.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year: Nil.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration: Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: Nil.
Total expenditure since registration: £101 1s. 9d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £616 9s. 3d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: £69 6s.
Amount of debts considered good: £69 6s.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £2,114 10s.

I, John Joseph Woods, of Lawrence, Otago, the Manager of the Evans Flat Dredging 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.”

JOHN J. WOODS,
Manager.

Declared at Lawrence, this 6th day of January, 1898, before me—Francis Oudaille, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Mont d’Or Gold-mining and Water-race Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 25th July, 1882.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Aylmer Street, Ross; Thomas Wanless Bruce.
Nominal capital: £12,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £12,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £10,799 14s.
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: 12,000.
Number of shares allotted: 12,000.
Amount paid per share: 18s.
Amount called up per share: 18s.
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: 5.
Present number of shareholders: 25.
Number of men employed by company: 27.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 1,242 oz. 2 dwt. 12 gr.; £4,844 10s. 6d.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: 20,437 oz. 19 dwt. 11 gr.; £78,912 10s. 4d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £2,727 15s. 4d.
Total expenditure since registration: £63,993 1s. 3d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £27,000.
Total amount of dividends paid: £27,000.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £19 2s.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, Thomas Wanless Bruce, the Manager of the Mont d’Or Gold-mining and Water-race Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at the 6th of January, 1898; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

THOMAS WANLESS BRUCE,
Manager.

Declared at Ross, this 6th day of January, 1898, before me—J. K. McKey, J.P.
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In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884”; and in the matter of Scotty’s Hauraki Gold-mining Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that it is the intention of the above-named company to cease carrying on business in this colony, the said company being now in liquidation.
Dated this 17th day of December, 1897.

BUDDLE, BUTTON, AND CO.,
Solicitors for the said Company.

1392

THE MAHAKIRAU SYNDICATE (LIMITED).

“THE FOREIGN COMPANIES ACT, 1884.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the Mahakirau 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 13th day of December, 1897.

LAURENCE D. NATHAN,
Attorney for the said Syndicate.

JACKSON AND RUSSELL,
Solicitors for the said Syndicate.

1386

SCOTTY’S GOLD-MINE (LIMITED).

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 Scotty’s Gold-mine (Limited) is at the office of Mr. G. D. Ingall, Shortland Street, in the City of Auckland.
Dated this 20th day of December, 1897.

BUDDLE, BUTTON, AND CO.,
Solicitors for the said Company.

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NOTICE OF INTENTION TO RENEW WATER-RACE LICENSE.

Otago Mining District,
Arrowtown, 21st December, 1897.

To the Mining Registrar, at Arrowtown, of the Otago Mining District, and all other persons whom it may concern.

TAKE notice that it is intended to renew our Water-race License No. 609, 23/11/82, to divert and use water for mining purposes, the present description of which is as follows—Commencing at a tributary of Scanlan’s Gully, Macetown (known as Skipper’s Creek), and terminating at the head of and emptying into our water-race held under License No. 331, 22/12/79, Scanlan’s Gully, Macetown; and that such renewal license shall be subject to the same annual payment and to the like conditions, and shall confer the like privileges, including the right of renewal, as were and are conferred by the said original License No. 609.

The length of such race is 1,000 yards or thereabouts, and its intended course is east-and-west.

Term of renewal license to be fifteen years, with right of renewal at end of said term.

The mean depth of such race is 1 ft. 6 in., and the mean breadth is 2 ft., and it is proposed to divert two Government heads of water, being the quantity of water already held under the said License No. 609. Priority to the said water to date from and including the 23rd day of November, 1882, and preserving all other priorities and rights of every description to the said race.

Time required for construction: Already constructed, and in use.

Number and date of miner’s right: 18412; 15/1/97.

THE TIPPERARY GOLD-MINE (LIMITED)
(By its Solicitor, WESLEY TURTON),
Applicant.

Any person objecting to the granting of this application must lodge his objection in writing at the Warden’s Office at Arrowtown within fourteen clear days from the date hereof.

Hearing at 11 o’clock on the 1st February, 1898.

H. NELSON FIRTH,
Pro Mining Registrar.

Warden’s Office, 21st December, 1897.
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THE PEVERIL GOLD-MINES (LIMITED).

“THE FOREIGN COMPANIES ACT, 1884.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the Peveril Gold-mines (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 17th day of December, 1897.

MOSS DAVIS,
WILLIAM McCULLOUGH,
Attorneys for the Peveril Gold-mines (Limited),
(By their Solicitors, MACKECHNIE AND NICHOLSON).
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