May 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 793

Number of shares forfeited: 150.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: Nil.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 7.
Present number of shareholders: 186.
Number of men employed by company: 15.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year: Gold, 17 oz. 8 dwt. 2 gr.; £65 5s. 4d.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration: Gold, 21 oz. 18 dwt. 19 gr.; £82 5s. 8d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £1,977 1s. 5d.
Total expenditure since registration, £6,699 18s. 7d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker's: £65 6s. 9d.
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): £182 14s. 8d.

I, John Hutcheson, of Blenheim, the Manager of the Wakamarina Gorge and Deep Creek Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 31st day of December, 1897; 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 HUTCHESON,
Manager.

Declared at Blenheim, this 25th day of April, 1898—
R. D. Nosworthy, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Southern Cross Gold-mining Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 22nd March, 1889.
Whether in active operation or not: Not at present.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Blenheim; John Hutcheson.
Nominal capital: £14,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £14,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £2,019 15s. 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: £1,400.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 14,000.
Number of shares allotted: 14,000.
Amount paid per share: 2s.
Amount called up per share: 3s. 6d.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.
Number of shares forfeited: 8,916.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: 1,220; £13 15s.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 22.
Present number of shareholders: 26.
Number of men employed by company: None.
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: £82 16s. 2d.
Total expenditure since registration: £2,033 10s. 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: 8s. 11d.
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, John Hutcheson, of Blenheim, the Manager of the Southern Cross Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 31st day of December, 1897; 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 HUTCHESON,
Manager.

Declared at Blenheim, this 25th day of April, 1898—
R. D. Nosworthy, J.P.
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I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Pactolus Sluicing Company (No Liability) as a no-liability company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Pactolus Sluicing Company (No Liability).

2. The place of operations is on the Barrytown Road, between Greymouth and Barrytown, in the Provincial District of Westland.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at 140, Hereford Street, Christchurch, in the Provincial District of Canterbury.

4. The value of the company’s property, including claim, leased ground, and machinery, is six thousand pounds.

5. The number of shares in the company is twenty-five thousand, of one pound each.

6. The number of shares subscribed for is twenty-five thousand.

7. The name of the Manager is Harry Aulsebrook Bruce.

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.

Bishop, Walter E. D., Christchurch, Solicitor .. 100
Burke, Michael John, The Peaks, Canterbury, Farmer .. .. .. .. 200
Brittan, Florence L., Burnham, Housekeeper .. 425
Bruce, Harry A., Christchurch, Legal Manager .. 695
Bruce, Thomas H., Christchurch, Clerk .. .. 100
Bellingham, —, Greymouth, Engine-driver .. 633
Bowie, C. B., Christchurch, Accountant .. .. 250
Brown, Matthew S., Christchurch, Solicitor .. 350
Barnes, George R., New Brighton, Gentleman .. 230
Brown, Blanche, Christchurch, Spinster .. .. 75
Callender, James, Christchurch, Accountant .. 100
Coe, Ernest F., Irwell, Farmer .. .. .. 550
Campbell, William, Greymouth, Miner .. .. 1,000
Carmichael, Harry, Fendalton, Gentleman .. 200
Duffy, Thomas, Christchurch, Commission Agent .. 250
Day, William Henry, Christchurch, Clerk .. .. 350
Dudley, Charles T., Christchurch, Agent .. .. 98
Foster, Thomas S., Christchurch, Schoolmaster .. 1,200
Grossmann, Joseph P., Christchurch, Schoolmaster 2,533
Gittos, John C., Greymouth, Draper .. .. 633
Goodwin, Edward, St. Albans, Farmer .. .. 230
Greenwood, Graham L., Christchurch, Official Assignee .. .. .. .. 750
Hunt, Emma E., Christchurch, Domestic Duties .. 75
Hunt, F. W., Christchurch, Clerk .. .. .. 120
Harris, John, Christchurch, Accountant .. .. 225
Humphreys, G., Christchurch, Merchant .. .. 350
Jennings, Edward, Christchurch, Medical Practitioner .. .. .. .. 600
Knight, James, Christchurch, Butcher .. .. 850
Macdonald, Herbert A., Invercargill, Solicitor .. 1,050
Macbeth, William N., Christchurch, Accountant .. 700
Maude, Thomas, Christchurch, Solicitor .. .. 1,017
Morris, William, Greymouth, Miner .. .. 1,000
Mitchell, A. W., Greymouth, Draper .. .. 634
Palethorpe, T., Burnham, Manager .. .. 288
Rose, Arthur, Christchurch, Waiter .. .. 220
Rattray, A. I., Christchurch, Accountant .. .. 330
Ritchie, George Berry, Christchurch, Solicitor .. 1,714
Scott, Henry A., Christchurch, Solicitor .. .. 402
Stubbs, William M., Christchurch, Clerk .. .. 50
Stringer, Thomas W., Christchurch, Solicitor .. 950
Soanes, Herbert, Christchurch, Commission Agent 288
Scarvell, J. L., Christchurch, Accountant .. .. 230
Trent, James, Christchurch, Gentleman .. .. 1,350
Wilson, Peter, Greymouth, Miner .. .. 1,000
Wallace, Jane, St. Albans, Widow .. .. 350
Woledge, Charles, Christchurch, Clerk .. .. 250
Whiteside, George F., Christchurch, Clerk .. .. 5

Total .. .. .. .. 25,000

Dated this 21st day of April, 1898.

H. A. BRUCE,
Manager.

Witness to signature—Arch. Scott, J.P.

I, Harry Aulsebrook Bruce, of Christchurch, 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.”

H. A. BRUCE.

Taken at Christchurch, this 21st day of April, 1898, before me—Arch. Scott, J.P.
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