JUNE 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1079

Amount of cash at banker’s : £6 5s. 8d.
Amount of cash in hand : £2 16s. 6d.
Amount of debts directly due to company : Nil.
Amount of debts considered good : Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any) : Nil.

I, Edward Bowes Cargill, of Dunedin, the Secretary of the Mount Ida Gold-dredging Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at the 31st December last; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

E. B. CARGILL,
Secretary.

Declared at Dunedin, this 16th day of January, 1899, before me—James Hazlett, J.P.
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I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Buller Junction Gold-dredging Company (Limited) as a limited company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894,” and the amendments thereof.

1. The name of the company is to be the Buller Junction Gold-dredging Company (Limited).

2. The place of intended operations is in or near the bed of the Buller River, in the Provincial District of Nelson, or such other place or places in New Zealand as may from time to time be decided upon by the company.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated in Bridge Street, Reefton, County of Inangahua, Colony of New Zealand.

4. The nominal capital of the company is nine thousand three hundred and seventy-five pounds, divided into twelve thousand five hundred shares of fifteen shillings each, of which two thousand five hundred shares shall be issued as paid up to ten shillings per share; and upon the shares so issued as paid up to ten shillings no calls shall be made until ten shillings per share shall be called up upon the remaining shares in the company.

5. The number of shares subscribed for is twelve thousand five hundred, being the entire number of shares in the company.

6. The amount already paid up is seven hundred and fifty pounds, being one shilling and sixpence per share.

7. The name of the Manager is Bernard Patrick McMahon.

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

Contributing Shares.

Kingswell, P. N., Reefton, Mining Investor .. 1,000
Black, George, Reefton, Mine-manager .. 500
Ferens, T. J. W., Reefton, Bank-manager.. .. 250
Noonan, William, Reefton, Clerk.. .. 250
Free, S. L. P., Reefton, Solicitor .. .. 1,000
McMahon, B. P., Reefton, Mining Agent .. .. 250
Budge, H. F., Reefton, Bootmaker .. .. 250
Woolhouse, E., Reefton, Storekeeper .. .. 200
Campbell, A., Reefton, Bank Accountant .. .. 100
Dunbar, A., Reefton, Saddler .. .. 100
Crumpton, Thomas, Reefton, Blacksmith .. .. 100
Sutherland, R. A., Reefton, Hairdresser .. .. 50
Kater, H., Reefton, Tinsmith .. .. 100
Aitken, R. M., Reefton, Metallurgist .. .. 200
Cochrane, W., Reefton, Livery-stable Keeper .. 200
Scantlebury, E. J., Reefton, Stationer .. .. 200
Dawson, John, Reefton, Hotelkeeper .. .. 200
McNeill, R. W. J., Reefton, Mining Agent .. .. 100
Whitton, Thomas B., Reefton, Doctor .. .. 300
Billett, James, Reefton, Contractor .. .. 100
Barkley, W. B., Reefton, Draper.. .. 200
Pearce, Frank, Reefton, Mining Superintendent .. 250
Green, R. E., Black’s Point, Teacher .. .. 100
Jones, W. H., Reefton, Miner .. .. 200
Kingswell, E. C., Reefton, Speculator .. .. 250
Dunphy, R., Reefton, Hotelkeeper .. .. 200
Grange, B. B., Reefton, Draper .. .. 200
Dixon, J. D., Reefton, Speculator.. .. 200
Spencer, Ernest W., Reefton, Engineer .. .. 500
Cresswell, W. J., Christchurch, Solicitor .. .. 500
Stringer, T. W., Christchurch, Solicitor .. .. 1,000
Evans, W. Bowen, Reefton, Metallurgist .. .. 250
McMahon, B. P., Reefton, Manager (in trust for absent shareholders) .. .. .. 700

Paid up to 10s. per Share.

Budge, H. F., Reefton, Bootmaker .. .. 2,500

Total .. .. .. .. 12,500

Dated at Reefton, this 6th day of May, 1899.

B. P. McMAHON,
Manager.

Witness to signature—P. N. Kingswell, Mining Investor, Reefton.
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I, Bernard Patrick McMahon, 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 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 6th day of May, 1899—E. J. Scantlebury, J.P.
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WAIHI CONSOLIDATED GOLD-MINES (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that it is the intention of the above-named company, now in liquidation, to cease carrying on business in New Zealand, and also that the Office or place of business in New Zealand of the new company of the same name (incorporated on the 19th day of December last) is at the office of the undersigned, Bank of New Zealand Buildings, Queen Street, Auckland.

CHAS. E. PURCHAS,
Local Attorney for the new Company.

Hesketh and Richmond, Solicitors.
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THE GREAT MERCURY GOLD-MINING COMPANY (NO LIABILITY).

NOTICE is hereby given that the above-named company will voluntarily cease to carry on business in any part of New Zealand at the expiration of three calendar months from the 18th day of May, 1899.

Dated at Auckland, this 12th day of May, 1899.

THE GREAT MERCURY GOLD-MINING COMPANY (NO LIABILITY)
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(By its Attorney, H. GILFILLAN, Jun.).

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.

3551. JOHN WILLIAM DIMMOCK.—Lots 50, 51, 80, and 81 of Allotment 21, Section 8, Suburbs of Auckland, containing 1 rood 20 perches. In the occupation of Charles William Dimmock.

3552. JAMES ROBERTSON and JOSEPH GEORGE COATES.—Part of Allotment 9, Section 3, Suburbs of Auckland, containing 2 roods 7 perches. Occupied by Applicants.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 27th day of May, 1899, at the Lands Registry Office, Auckland.

EDWIN BAMFORD,
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 3rd day of July, 1899.

1204. Applicant: JOHN ROSS.—1 rood 30 perches, being Sections 22 and 102, Township of Abbotsford (Waipawa). In occupation of Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 27th day of May, 1899, at the Lands Registry Office, Napier.

THOS. HALL,
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.

Parts of Section 8, Block VII., Otago Peninsula District; part of Sections 75 and 76, Block VII., Town District; and part of Sections 1, 2, 9, Block III., Anderson’s Bay District.—JOHN HENRY HOSKING and MATTHEW BEGG, Applicants. Occupied by weekly tenants. No. 4303.

Part of pre-emptive right on Run 334, under Application No. 8423, Interior District of Otago.—ROBERT McGREGOR TURNBULL, Applicant. Occupied by Applicant. No. 4304.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 29th day of May, 1899, at the Lands Registry Office, Dunedin.

H. TURTON,
District Land Registrar.