JUNE 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1235

Bankruptcy Notices.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Wanganui, held at Palmerston North.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM REID ANDREWS, of Palmerston North, Confectioner, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Thursday, the 6th day of July, 1899, at 2.30 o’clock.

G. J. SCOTT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

26th June, 1899.

In the Supreme Court of New Zealand, Wellington District.

In the matter of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894”; and in the matter of the Wakamarina Dredging Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that the schedule showing the realised amount of the assets, including the contributions, and the liabilities of the above-named company, the amount of moneys available for the claims in the matter of the winding-up, and the proposed plan of distribution thereof, is open in my office, in the City of Wellington, for inspection by the contributors to and creditors of the company, and that the claims mentioned in the said schedule will, after the lapse of twenty-one days from the publication of this notice, be paid at my said office.

Dated at Wellington, this 27th day of June, 1899.

JAMES ASHCROFT
(Official Assignee in Bankruptcy),
Liquidator.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that LAWRENCE COGLE, of Christchurch, Carter, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on the 29th day of June, 1899, at 11 o’clock.

G. L. GREENWOOD,
Official Assignee.

22nd June, 1899.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Timaru and Oamaru, held at Timaru.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM NELTHORP MOFFATT the younger, of Pareora, Farmer and Farming Contractor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, at Arcade, Timaru, on Friday, the 30th day of June, 1899, at 2 o’clock.

ALEX. MONTGOMERY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Timaru, 21st June, 1899.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, Otago Goldfields District, held at Naseby.

NOTICE is hereby given that DAVID MOWAT, of Ranfurly, Carpenter, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on the 28th day of June, 1899, at 2 o’clock p.m.

N. P. HJORRING,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Naseby, 14th June, 1899.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN MUNDEN, of Dunedin, Boot-upper Manufacturer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Thursday, the 29th day of June, 1899, at 2.30 o’clock.

C. C. GRAHAM,
Official Assignee.

Dunedin, 24th June, 1899.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that ROBERT McROBIE, of Dunedin, Clerk, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Saturday, the 1st day of July, 1899, at 11 o’clock.

C. C. GRAHAM,
Official Assignee.

Dunedin, 26th June, 1899.

Mining Notices.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Hauraki 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: 5th December, 1894; 2nd April, 1895.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Registered office, Shortland Street, Auckland; Francis Hodge, Godefrei D. Ingall.

Where mine is situate: Coromandel.

Nominal capital: £40,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £40,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: Nil.

Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £8,750.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up:
(c.) In cash: £15,000.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 320,000.

Number of shares on Colonial Register: 700.

Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): 2s. 6d.

Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): 2s. 6d.

Number and amount of calls in arrear (Colonial Register): Nil.

Number of shares forfeited (Colonial Register): None.

Number of forfeited shares on Colonial Register sold, and money received for same: None.

Number of shareholders on Colonial Register: 2.

Number of men employed by company in colony: 100.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: 5,790 oz. 11 dwt.; £17,066 5s. 10d.

Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: 80,441 oz. 15 dwt. 12 gr.; £245,854 8s. 3d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £16,448 13s. 9d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £80,518 13s. 11d.

Total amount of dividends paid in colony: None through colonial office; no dividends paid.

Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: £308 5s. 11d.

Amount of cash in hand in colony: £308 5s. 11d.

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, Francis Hodge, of Coromandel, the Attorney of the Hauraki 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.”

FRANCIS HODGE,
Attorney.

Declared at Coromandel, this 19th day of June, 1899, before me—S. Inder, Postmaster, Coromandel. 511

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
WESTLAND DISTRICT.

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882,” and the amendments thereto; and in the matter of the Westport Twin Gold-mines (Limited).

BY an order made by Mr. Justice Denniston in the above matter, dated the 27th day of May, 1899, in the petition of THOMAS BAILIE, HENRY NAHR, GEORGE WALTER MARTIN, GEORGE HARGREAVES GOTHARD, it was ordered,—

1. That the Westport Twin Gold-mines (Limited), being an unregistered company within the meaning of “The Companies Act, 1882,” section 270, be wound up by this Court under the provisions of the said “Companies Act, 1882,” and the amendments thereto.

2. That all subsequent proceedings in connection with the winding-up of the said company be taken in the District Court of Westland, held at Westport.

3. That a service of this order upon the said company be effected by leaving a duplicate copy thereof at the office of the said company, in the Town of Westport, in the Provincial District of Nelson.

HARDEN AND WILSON,
of Palmerston Street, Westport,
Solicitors for the Petitioners.

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