Aug. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1355

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Waihi 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: 7th December, 1887.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Shortland Street, Auckland; Robert Rose.

Where mine is situate: Waihi.

Nominal capital: £320,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £319,914.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: £10,967 10s.

Price paid to the vendors of the mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £53,333.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up:
(c.) In cash: £48,637.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 320,000.

Number of shares on Colonial Register: 10,000.

Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): 6,818, £1; 3,182, 5s.

Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): £1.

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: 48.

Number of men employed by company in colony: Say, 550.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: £144,041 13s.

Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: £636,360 18s. 2d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £136,411 9s.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £537,109 4s. 10d.

Total amount of dividends paid in colony: £13,271 2s.

Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: Nil.

Amount of cash in hand in colony: Nil.

Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: Nil.

Amount of such debts considered good:

Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in colony: £2,677 5s. 10d.

I, Robert Rose, of Auckland, the Attorney of the Waihi 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 December, 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.”

ROBERT ROSE.

Declared at Auckland, this 9th day of August, 1898, before me—J. Russell, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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Land Transfer Act Notices.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

734. WILLIAM STUART.—Part of Sections 1 and 2, Town Belt I., New Plymouth, and Part 22, Fitzroy; 4 acres 1 rood 2 perches. Occupied by R. D. Stuart.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office (Plan 1204).

Dated this 15th day of August, 1898, at the Lands Registry Office, New Plymouth.

R. L. STANFORD,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within three calendar months from the date of the gazetting of this notice.

ARTHUR THOMAS FRANKS, EDWARD PATCHETT, and JAMES FRASER.—2 roods, being Sections 10 and 11, Block LXV., Town of Invercargill. No. 2706.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 11th day of August, 1898, at the Lands Registry Office, Invercargill.

F. G. MORGAN,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month from the date of the gazetting of this notice.

ROBERT COUPLAND, JOHN McQUEEN, and ROBERT McNAB.—149 acres 2 roods, being Applications Nos. 63c, 6878; 6882, 6881, 6880, being pre-emptive rights on runs in the South eastern District. Nos. 2707 to 2712.

RICHARD BLACKHAM.—2 roods 4 perches, being part of Section 4, Block 1, Hundred of Campbelltown. Occupied by May Hamilton. No. 2714.

ALFRED BALL.—1 rood, being part of Section 1, Block III., Invercargill Hundred. Occupied by Applicant. No. 2715.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 11th day of August, 1898, at the Lands Registry Office, Invercargill.

F. G. MORGAN,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 19th day of September, 1898.

2795. JOSEPH CHARLES NATHAN and GEORGE NATHAN.—11 acres 1 rood 23·6 perches, Suburban Sections 8 and 9, parts of Suburban Section 17, 18 and 22, and parts of Sections 68 and 69, all in the Town of Wanganui. Part occupied by George Nathan; other parts by David Hogan, Thomas Lafferty, and Mary Roux Boissau as tenants; and other parts unoccupied.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 17th day of August, 1898, at the Lands Registry Office, Wellington.

W. STUART,
District Land Registrar.

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APPLICATION having been made to me for the issue of a provisional perpetual lease of Lot 1 of Reserve 1237, Orari Survey District, Vol. clxi, folio 76, of the Register-book, whereof WILLIAM WILLCOX, of Riccarton, is the registered lessee, and proof of the loss of the original lease having been furnished, I hereby give notice that I will issue such provisional perpetual lease at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch, this 13th day of August, 1898.

G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month from date of the Gazette containing this notice.

8327. VICTOR HARRIS.—139 acres 3 roods, Rural Sections 1548 and 2774, and part of 1880, Halswell Survey District. Occupied by James Wallace and Robert Millen.

8328. JAMES ARTHUR LAMBERT.—4 acres 1 rood 27 perches, part of Rural Section 148, Borough of St. Albans. Occupied by Applicant.

8329. HENRY SCHOFIELD.—2 acres and 4 perches, part of Rural Section 321, Borough of Kaiapoi. Occupied by Applicant.

8330. KATE ELEANOR BERRY.—10¼ perches, part of Lot 108, Christchurch Town Reserves. Occupied by Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 13th day of August, 1898, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one calendar month from the date of publication hereof in the Gazette.

Part of Section 27, Block I., Otago Peninsula District.—ANN ELIZA ERRINGTON and ARTHUR ALEXANDER ADAMS, Applicants. Occupied by George Holmes. No. 4249.

Sections 10, 11, Block II., Town of Oamaru.—MATILDA JANE BAKER, Applicant. Occupied by Maria Landels. No. 4251.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 15th day of August, 1898, at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin.

H. TURTON,
District Land Registrar.

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