Feb. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 475

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): £1,200; nil.
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 (including 4,000 preferential B shares).
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: 79.
Number of men employed by company: 8.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 1,080 oz.; £4,188 17s.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: —; £9,049 16s. 2d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £2,821 7s. 9d.
Total expenditure since registration: £17,570 7s. 2d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £1,769.
Total amount of dividends paid: £1,769.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £426 1s. 11d.
Amount of cash in hand: £48 12s. 1d.
Amount of debts directly due to company: £345 14s. 10d.
Amount of debts considered good: £343 4s. 10d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £163 9s. 6d.

I, Lawrence 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 28th 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.”

LAWRENCE RYAN,
Secretary.

Declared at Alexandra, this 17th day of February, 1899, before me—Jas. Rivers, J.P. 278

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Homeward Bound Red Lion 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 Homeward Bound Red Lion Gold-mining Company (Limited).
2. The place of operations is at the Paparoa Range.
3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Richmond Quay, Greymouth.
4. The nominal capital of the company is thirty thousand pounds, in sixty thousand shares of ten shillings each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is forty thousand, being not less than two-thirds of the entire number of 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 Edmund Alexander Wickes.
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.
Tymons, Thomas Walter, Greymouth, Draper .. 4,000
Wilson, Thomas Watson, Greymouth, Gentleman .. 3,200
Gittos, John Clark, Greymouth, Draper .. 7,400
Johnston, Frederick James, Greymouth, Clerk .. 1,600
Stark, Henry Preston, Greymouth, Bank Accountant 1,600
Green, William Richard, Greymouth, Railway Employé .. 3,200
Williams, James Edward, Greymouth, Tailor .. 800
Russell, William Morris, Hokitika, Bank Clerk .. 1,600
Cowie, Alexander, Greymouth, Engine-fitter .. 3,200
Boyle, Hugh, Reefton, Engine-driver .. 3,200
Olsen, Henry, Cobden, Railway Guard .. 2,400
Orr, James, Reefton, Engine-driver .. 1,600
Regan, John Dignan, Wellington, Draper .. 1,600
Wickes, Edmund Alexander (in trust for Arthur John Howell’s estate), Greymouth, Commission Agent .. 800
Snowden, John, Greymouth, Brewer .. 1,600
Christian, John, Dunedin, Master Mariner .. 800
Wickes, Edmund Alexander (in trust for the company), Greymouth, Commission Agent .. 2,400

Dated this 1st day of December, 1898.

EDMUND A. WICKES,
Manager.

Witness to signature of Edmund Alexander Wickes—J. W. Eissenhardt, Law Clerk, Greymouth.

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I, Edmund Alexander Wickes, of Greymouth, in the Provincial District of Westland, Insurance Manager, 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.”

EDMUND A. WICKES.

Taken before me, at Greymouth, in the Colony of New Zealand, this 1st day of December, 1898—Andrew Matheson, J.P. 277

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Sunlight Copper-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 Sunlight Copper-mining Company (No Liability).
2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Totara, Mangonui County.
3. The registered office of the company will be situated at 236, Queen Street, Auckland.
4. The value of the company’s property, including claim or lease ground and machinery, is twenty thousand pounds.
5. The number of shares in the company is twenty-eight thousand, of two shillings each.
6. The number of shares subscribed for is twenty-eight thousand.
7. The name of the Manager is James Andrew Gorrie.
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.
Houston, Robert Morrow, Mangonui, Storekeeper .. 2,000
Bell, Robert, Totara North, Farmer .. 2,000
Bell, Robert Henry, Totara North, Settler .. 2,000
Bell, John Charles, Totara North, Settler.. .. 2,000
Saies, Wm. Henry, jun., Totara North, Storeman .. 2,000
Bell, Andrew, Totara North, Settler .. 2,000
Houston, Christina Robertson, Mangonui, Domestic Duties .. 2,000
Harris, Wm. John, Mangonui, Clerk .. 2,000
Stephenson, Henry, Russell, Inspector of Fisheries 2,000
Clendon, James, Russell, Stipendiary Magistrate .. 2,000
Gorrie, James Andrew, Auckland, Auctioneer .. 2,000
McKay, Duncan, Auckland, Clerical .. 2,000
Forsyth, Montgomery, Auckland, Gentleman .. 2,000
Stewart, Wm. Forsyth, Auckland, Traveller .. 2,000

Total .. .. .. 28,000

Dated this 14th day of February, 1899.

J. A. GORRIE, Manager.

Witness to signature—C. Arthur, Auctioneer, Auckland.

I, James Andrew Gorrie, 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.”

J. A. GORRIE.

Taken before me, at Auckland, this 14th day of February, 1899—John W. Stewart, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. 269

In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” and of the Hauraki Golden Age Mines (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that it is the intention of the above-named company to cease carrying on business within this colony.

Dated the 7th day of February, 1899.

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

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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 date of Gazette containing this notice.

8478. HAMILTON McILRATH.—50 acres, Rural Section 14081, Kowai Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.
8479. FRANCIS HENRY BRITTAN.—1 acre and 15 perches, Lots 14, 15, 45, 46, and 63, Plan 871, parts of Rural Section 300, Borough of Linwood. Occupied partly Annie Glover, and partly by Applicant.