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Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £11,289 10s., and remitted to London, £1,800.

Total expenditure since registration: £25,807 13s. 6d., and total remitted to London, £4,150.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s: Nil.

Amount of cash in hand: £3 1s. 9d.

Amount of debts directly due to company: £35 17s. 3d.

Amount of debts considered good: £35 17s. 3d.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £90 9s. 1d.

I, Walter J. Stanford, of Macetown, the Manager of the Glenrock Consolidated (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that, to the best of my information, knowledge, and belief, this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 1st day of January, 1899; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

WALTER J. STANFORD,
Manager.

Declared at Macetown, this 30th day of January, 1899, before me—W. T. Smith, J.P. 229

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Te Puke Gold-mining Company (No Liability).

When formed, and date of registration: 8th November, 1897.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Tauranga; John H. Griffiths.

Nominal capital: £2,500.

Amount of capital subscribed: £1,295.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £669 6s. 11d.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same: Nil.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £30,000.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 100,000.

Number of shares allotted: 81,800.

Amount paid per share: 3½d.

Amount called up per share: 3½d.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: 30,350; £63 2s. 7d.

Number of shares forfeited: 4,550.

Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: Nil.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 84.

Present number of shareholders: 96.

Number of men employed by company: 2.

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: £445 17s. 10d.

Total expenditure since registration: £615 2s. 10d.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s: £6 10s. 3d.

Amount of cash in hand: £4 10s. 8d.

Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.

Amount of debts considered good: Nil.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company: £35 (rent).

I, John Hollings Griffiths, of Tauranga, the Manager of the Te Puke Gold-mining Company (No Liability), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at the 31st day of December, 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.”

JNO. H. GRIFFITHS, Manager.

Declared at Tauranga, this 31st day of January, 1899, before me—Thos. Ed. Price, J.P. 227

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the No. 2 Big River Gold-mining Company as a limited company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the No. 2 Big River Gold-mining Company (Limited).

2. The place of intended operations is on Section 45, Block X., Waitahu Survey District.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated in Smith Street, Reefton.

4. The nominal capital of the company is thirteen thousand five hundred pounds, divided into fifty-four thousand shares of five shillings each.

5. The number of shares subscribed for is fifty-four thousand, being not less than two-thirds of the entire 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 Bernard Patrick McMahon, of Reefton, Mining Agent.

9. The names, and addresses, and occupations of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follows:—

No. of Shares.

Wilson, James S., Reefton, Hotelkeeper .. 10,250
Alexander, D. H., Cronadun, Storeman .. 4,250
Malloy, T. J., Reefton, Boot Importer .. 2,250
McMahon, B. P., Reefton, Mining Agent .. 3,000
McCloy, A., Reefton, Miner .. 750
Dunn, William, Reefton, Builder .. 1,000
Cullen, Michael, Reefton, Miner .. 8,313
Enright, M., Reefton, Hotelkeeper .. 3,000
Fagan, Thomas, Reefton, Miner .. 3,000
Monteith, Stewart, Reefton, Brewer .. 8,750
Paine, Edward, Reefton, Bushman .. 750
Dunphy, R., Reefton, Hotelkeeper .. 750
Scarlett, James, Reefton, Hotelkeeper .. 500
Lee, T. Hubert, Reefton, Mining Agent .. 750
Cavell, Thomas, Reefton, Confectioner .. 1,000
McTaggart, John, Reefton, Carpenter .. 250
McMahon, B. P., Reefton, Mining Agent (in trust for absent shareholders) .. 5,437

Total .. .. .. 54,000

Dated this 3rd day of February, 1899.

B. P. McMAHON,
Manager.

Witness to signature—R. W. J. McNeill, Mining Agent, Reefton.

I, Bernard Patrick McMahon, of Reefton, Mining Agent, 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 the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

B. P. McMAHON.

Taken before me, at Reefton, this 3rd day of February, 1899—Chas. Cohen, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand. 233

HAURAKI FREEHOLDS (LIMITED).

SALE OF RESERVE SHARES.

NOTICE is hereby given that, by resolution of the board of directors of the above company, 17,190 shares held in trust for the company are now offered to the shareholders at the price of 5s. each in the proportion to the number of shares now held by the shareholders.

Such shares will be open to the shareholders for the space of fourteen days after the publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

Dated at Auckland, this 2nd day of February, 1899.

By order of the Board.

J. H. HARRISON,
Legal Manager.

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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.

Application 758. ELIZABETH WILSON, of New Plymouth, Married Woman; MARION HALES, of Strahan, Tasmania, Married Woman; and LOUISA AGNES JANE CHILMAN, of Hokitika, Married Woman.—Part of Section No. 90, Fitzroy District, area 43 acres 2 roods 27 8/10 perches, more or less, and part of closed Road No. 17, Fitzroy District, area 3 roods 31 perches, more or less. Occupied by one George Knight.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office (Plan 1260).

Dated this 3rd day of February, 1899, 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 one month from date of Gazette containing this notice.

8406. FREDERICK SELWYN.—2 acres, part of Rural Section 143, Christchurch Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.