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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Timaru and Oamaru, held at Timaru.

NOTICE is hereby given that ROBERT PEEBLES, Blacksmith, of Fairlie, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, at Arcade, Timaru, on Thursday, the 30th day of June, 1898, at 11 o'clock.

ALEX. MONTGOMERY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Timaru, 18th June, 1898.

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In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Timaru and Oamaru, held at Timaru.

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES HILTON, of Timaru, Bricklayer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, at Arcade, Timaru, on Tuesday, the 28th day of June, 1898, at 11 o'clock.

ALEX. MONTGOMERY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Timaru, 20th June, 1898.

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In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Timaru and Oamaru, held at Timaru.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM JOHN OSBORN BINLEY, of Temuka, Aerated-water Manufacturer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, at Arcade, Timaru, on Friday, the 24th day of June, 1898, at 2.30 o'clock.

ALEX. MONTGOMERY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Timaru, 20th June, 1898.

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In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, held at Greymouth.

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN CHARLES STANDIDGE, of Greymouth, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Thursday, the 23rd day of June, 1898, at 11.30 a.m.

G. S. SMITH,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Greymouth, 13th June, 1898.

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Mining Notices.

THE HAURAKI (AUCKLAND) GOLDFIELDS SYNDICATE (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that the Hauraki (Auckland) Goldfields Syndicate (Limited) intends to cease carrying on business in the Colony of New Zealand at the expiration of three months from the first publication of this notice.

Dated at Thames, this 31st day of May, 1898.

HERBERT C. WOOLMER,
Attorney.

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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Molyneux Hydraulic Elevating and Gold-mining Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 19th December, 1890.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: Alexandra South; Laurence Ryan.

Nominal capital: £10,000 (after reduction from £12,500).

Amount of capital subscribed: £8,490.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £8,487 10s.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any):

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £1,200.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 10,000.

Number of shares allotted: 9,690.

Amount paid per share: £1.

Amount called up per share, and due: £1.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: 1; £2 10s.

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: 85.

Present number of shareholders: 64.

Number of men employed by company: 8.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year: Gold, —; £3,133 1s. 6d,

Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration: Gold, —; £4,860 19s. 2d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £6,607 16s. 3d.

Total expenditure since registration: £14,748 19s. 5d.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s: £73 1s. 9d.

Amount of cash in hand: £22 18s. 1d.

Amount of debts directly due to company: £34.

Amount of debts considered good: £31 10s.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £147 18s. 6d.

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I, Laurence Ryan, of Alexandra South, the Secretary of the Molyneux Hydraulic Elevating and Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at the 28th 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.”

LAURENCE RYAN,
Secretary.

Declared at Alexandra, this 9th day of May, 1898, before me—R. S. Gilkison, J.P.

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I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Reward Gold-mining Company as a no-liability company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Reward Gold-mining Company (No Liability).

2. The place of operations is at Preservation Inlet.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Esk Street, Invercargill.

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

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

6. The number of shares subscribed for is two thousand five hundred.

7. The name of the Manager is Frederick James Thomas.

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.

Green, Michael, of Wellington, Constable .. .. 300
Grigor, William Panton, of Invercargill, Surgeon .. 160
Longuet, Lewis Alfred, of Preservation, Miner .. 300
Longuet, Charles Stephen, of Invercargill, Solicitor 300
Longuet, Eleanor Louise, wife of C. S. Longuet .. 50
Macdonald, Herbert Alexander, of Invercargill, Solicitor .. .. .. .. .. 300
Macdonald, Arnold Morell, of Invercargill, Law Clerk .. .. .. .. .. 300
Patterson, George Barr, of Invercargill, Accountant 300
Smith, John Hamilton, of Invercargill, Accountant 150
Treseder, Thomas, of Preservation, Miner .. .. 100
Wright, Robert, of Addison’s Flat, Miner .. .. 50
Trent, James, of Christchurch .. .. .. .. 100
Wilcox, John, of Preservation, Mine-manager .. 100

Total .. .. .. .. 2,500

Dated this 13th day of June, 1898.

F. THOMAS,
Manager.

Witness to signature—Robert Gilmour, a Justice of the Peace, Invercargill.

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I, Frederick James Thomas, of Invercargill, Clerk, 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.

3. Five per centum of the prescribed capital has been paid up.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

F. THOMAS.

Taken at Invercargill, this 13th day of June, 1898, before me—Robert Gilmour, a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand,

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