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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that RICHARD ARTHUR WOOD-
gER, of Wellington, Seedsman, 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
March, 1899, at 11 o’clock.

JAMES ASHCROFT,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 16th March, 1899.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that CARL ERIK EKENGREN,
trading with Charles Johan Olivecrona as “Olive-
crona, McDonald, and Co.,” of Wellington, Wool Merchant,
was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a
meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Thurs-
day, the 23rd day of March, 1899, at 2.30 o’clock.

JAMES ASHCROFT,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 16th March, 1899.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Christ-
church.

NOTICE is hereby given that CHARLES WHITE, of Avon-
side, Richmond, Baker, was this day adjudged bank-
rupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be
holden at my office, on the 22nd day of March, 1899, at 11
o’clock.

G. L. GREENWOOD,
Official Assignee.

Christchurch, 15th March, 1899.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of WALTER F. RAPHAEL, Dentist, Greymouth.

A FIRST and final dividend, of 4s. 11½d. in the pound,
on all accepted proved claims, is now payable at my
office, Hospital Street, Greymouth.

G. S. SMITH,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Greymouth, 14th March, 1899.

Mining Notices.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Waihi Grand Junction Gold 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: 22nd December, 1897; 19th April, 1898.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or
Attorneys: Fort Street, Auckland; John Moginie Cham-
bers.
Where mine is situate: Waihi.
Nominal capital: £200,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £150,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony:
£2,571.
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: Nil.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as 15s. paid up:
£112,500.
(c.) In cash: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 200,000.
Number of shares on Colonial Register: 8,538.
Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): 18s.
Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): 18s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear (Colonial Register):
3; £17 10s.
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: 15.
Number of men employed by company in colony: 60.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period
since last statement: Nil.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since
registration of office of company in colony: Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining
operations in colony during period since last statement:
£15,927 15s. 2d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in
colony: £15,927 15s. 2d.
Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: Nil.

Amount of cash in hand in colony: £3 10s.
Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: £35.
Amount of such debts considered good: £35.
Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in colony: £824
10s. 8d.

I, John Moginie Chambers, of Auckland, the Attorney of
the Waihi Grand Junction Gold Company (Limited), do
solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and com-
plete statement of the affairs of the said company as on
the 31st day of December, 1898, being the date of the last
balance-sheet; and I make this solemn declaration con-
scientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of
“The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

J. M. CHAMBERS, Attorney.

Declared at Auckland, N.Z., this day of March, 1899,
before me—D. B. McDonald, J.P.
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I, the Riley’s Beach Claim Company (Limited) as a
limited company under the provisions of “The Mining
Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Riley’s Beach
   Claim Company (Limited).
2. The place of operations is at Cromwell.
3. The registered office of the company will be situated at
   the business premises of Messrs. D. A. Jolly and Sons,
   Melmore Terrace, Cromwell.
4. The nominal capital of the company is four thousand
   five hundred pounds, in four thousand five hundred shares
   of one pound each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is four thou-
   sand five hundred, being the whole of the entire number of
   shares in the company.
6. The number of paid-up shares is three thousand five
   hundred.
7. The amount already paid up is three thousand five
   hundred pounds.
8. The name of the Manager is William David Jolly.
9. The names, and addresses, and occupations of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at this date,
   are as follows:—

No. of
Shares.
Jolly, David Anderson, Cromwell, Merchant .. 778
Jolly, Ernest, Cromwell, Merchant .. 777
McCracken, Thomas, Cromwell, Journalist .. 728
Solomon, Judah, Cromwell, Auctioneer (in trust) .. 50
McPherson, Benjamin, Dunedin, Engineer.. .. 728
Ledingham, James, Cromwell, Dredgeman (in trust) 50
McLay, George, Cromwell, Dredgemaster .. .. 389
Johnston, Forsyth, Dunedin, Ironmonger .. .. 150
Sarrell, James Greeg, Dunedin, Bookseller.. .. 100
Inder, Charles James, Naseby, Farmer .. .. 100
Inder, Clarence John, Dunedin, Engineer .. .. 250
Inder, Frederick Walter, Naseby, Agent .. .. 400

Total .. .. .. .. 4,500

Dated this 11th day of March, 1899.

WILLIAM D. JOLLY,
Manager.

Witness to signature — Fred. W. Shortland, Solicitor,
Cromwell.

I, William David Jolly, 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 knowledge
   and belief, true in every particular.
   And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously be-
   lieving 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.”

WILLIAM D. JOLLY.

Taken at Cromwell, this 11th day of March, 1899, before
me—K. Pretsch, J.P.
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In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882,” and in the
matter of the Hauraki Sterling Dredging Company (Li-
mitted), (in liquidation).

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 192 of
“The Companies Act, 1882,” that at a general meet-
ing of shareholders in the above-named company, held in
the Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, the 22nd day of
February, 1899, a special resolution was carried, viz., “That
the company be wound up voluntarily”; and, further, that
at an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the
said company, held at the registered office of the company,
Princes Street, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 14th day of March,
1899, the said special resolution was confirmed, and RICHARD
THOMAS WHEELER, Jun., of Dunedin, Accountant, was ap-
pointed Liquidator of the said company.

Dated at Dunedin, this 15th day of March, 1899.

R. T. WHEELER, Jun.,
Liquidator,
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