May 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 939

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Pleasant Valley Gold-mining Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 4th March, 1895.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Roxburgh; Robert James Pitchers, Secretary.
Nominal capital: £1,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £700.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £560.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £560.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £300, vendors’.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 1,000.
Number of shares allotted: 1,000.
Amount paid up per share: 16s. on 700 contributing shares, £300 on 300 vendors’ shares.
Amount called up per share: 16s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.
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: 7.
Present number of shareholders: 31.
Number of men employed by company: 6.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 423 oz. 18 dwt. 21 gr.; £1,629 3s. 6d.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: By company, 1,025 oz. 14 dwt. 1 gr.; £3,946 9s. 3d.: by tributers, 243 oz. 18 dwt. 12 gr.; £902 10s. 3d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £1 8s. per share—£1,400.
Total amount of dividends paid: £1,400.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £32 0s. 10d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company:
Amount of contingent liabilities of company: Nil.
Amount of liabilities of company: Nil.

I, Robert James Pitchers, of Roxburgh, the Secretary of the Pleasant Valley Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 31st 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.”

ROBERT JAMES PITCHERS,
Secretary.

Declared at Roxburgh, this 4th day of May, 1899—Thomas Andrew, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Kathleen Crown 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: 27th February, 1896.
Whether in active operation or not: Active.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: G. D. Ingall, Auckland; H. Battens, Coromandel.
Where mine is situate:
Nominal capital: £75,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £75,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: Nil.
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares:
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as paid up:
(c.) In cash:
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 600,000.
Number of shares on Colonial Register: Nil.
Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): Nil.
Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): Nil.
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: Nil.
Number of men employed by company in colony: 24.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: 11 oz. 3 dwt.; £33 6s. 9d.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: 18 oz.; £52 17s. 3d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement £5,584 1s. 9d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £17,338 17s. 7d.
Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: £21 16s. 4d.
Amount of cash in hand in colony:
Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: Nil.
Amount of such debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any) in colony: Nil.

I, Henry Battens, of Coromandel, the Attorney of the Kathleen Crown 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 30th day of November, 1898, 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.”

H. BATTENS,
Attorney.

Declared at Coromandel, this 26th day of April, 1899, before me—T. W. Rhodes, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Blagrove’s Freehold 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: May, 1895.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation (shut down now—April, 1899).
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: G. D. Ingall, Auckland; H. Battens, Coromandel.
Where mine is situate: Coromandel.
Nominal capital: £62,500.
Amount of capital subscribed: £62,500.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: Nil.
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £12,500.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as 2s. 6d. paid up: Nil.
(c.) In cash: £25,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 500,000.
Number of shares on Colonial Register: Nil.
Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): Nil.
Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): Nil.
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: None.
Number of men employed by company in colony: 34.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: 7 oz. 6 dwt.; £21 18s.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: 43 oz. 6 dwt.; £129 19s. 8d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £5,300 17s. 1d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £25,992 5s. 6d.
Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: £89 9s. 2d.
Amount of cash in hand in colony:
Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: Nil.
Amount of such debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in colony: Nil.

I, Henry Battens, of Coromandel, the Attorney of the Blagrove’s Freehold 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, 1898, 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.”

H. BATTENS,
Attorney.

Declared at Coromandel, this 26th day of April, 1899, before me—T. W. Rhodes, J.P.
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