Feb. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 401

Total expenditure since registration : £159,308 0s. 11d.
Total amount of dividends declared : £27,500.
Total amount of dividends paid : £27,500.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends : Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s (current account in the colony) : Nil.
Amount of cash in hand : Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company : £54 16s. 1d.
Amount of debts considered good : £54 16s. 1d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any) : £837 10s. 1d.

I, Smith Laughton Patrick Free, the Local Manager of the Progress Mines of New Zealand (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company in the colony at the 31st day of December, 1899 ; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

S. L. P. FREE,
Local Manager.

Declared at Reefton, this 31st day of January, 1900, before me—Walter Irving, J.P. 298

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company : Humphrey’s Hydraulic Sluicing Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration : 2nd July, 1898.
Whether in active operation or not : In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary : T. Dundas Pillans, London ; Smith Laughton Patrick Free, Reefton.
Nominal capital : £150,000.
Amount of capital subscribed : £145,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash : £50,000.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any) : Nil.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid : £95,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided : 150,000.
Number of shares allotted : 145,000.
Amount paid per share : £1.
Amount called up per share : £1 per share on 50,000 contributing shares.
Number and amount of calls in arrear : Nil.
Number of shares forfeited during year : 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 : On Colonial Register, 190.
Number of men employed by company : 81.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year : 62 oz. 10 dwt. 3 gr. ; £243 15s. 5d.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration : 62 oz. 10 dwt. 3 gr. ; £243 15s. 5d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year : £8,869 2s. 8d.
Total expenditure since registration : £8,869 2s. 8d.
Total amount of dividends declared : Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid : Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends : Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s (current account in the colony) : Nil.
Amount of cash in hand : Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company : Nil.
Amount of debts considered good : Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any) : Nil.

I, Smith Laughton Patrick Free, of Reefton, the Local Manager of the Humphrey’s Hydraulic Sluicing Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company in the colony at the 31st December, 1899 ; and I make this declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

S. L. P. FREE,
Local Manager.

Declared at Reefton, this 31st day of January, 1900, before me—Walter Irving, J.P. 300

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company : Welcome Gold-mining Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration : 2nd July, 1898.
Whether in active operation or not : In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary : T. Dundas Pillans, London ; Smith Laughton Patrick Free, Reefton.
Nominal capital : £110,000.
Amount of capital subscribed : £100,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash : £15,000.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any) : £85,000 ; nil.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid : £85,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided : 110,000.
Number of shares allotted : 100,000.
Amount paid per share : £1.
Amount called up per share : £1 on 15,000 contributing shares.
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 : On Colonial Register, 160.
Number of men employed by company : 27.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year : Nil.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration : Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year : £3,420 4s. 6d.
Total expenditure since registration : £3,420 4s. 6d.
Total amount of dividends declared : Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid : Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends : Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s (current account) : £38 8s. 3d.
Amount of cash in hand : Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company : Nil.
Amount of debts considered good : Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any) : Nil.

I, Smith Laughton Patrick Free, the Local Manager of the Welcome Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company in the colony at the 31st day of December, 1899 ; and I make this declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

S. L. P. FREE,
Local Manager.

Declared at Reefton, this 31st day of January, 1900, before me—Walter Irving, J.P. 301

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company : Blue Spur and Gabriel’s Gully Consolidated Gold Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration : 1st February, 1888.
Whether in active operation or not : In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager : London ; E. A. Foster, Secretary.
Nominal capital : £130,000.
Amount of capital subscribed : £91,266.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash : £37,622.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid : £60,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided : 130,000.
Number of shares allotted : 82,298 ordinary, 8,968 preference.
Amount paid per share : £1 on 82,298 ordinary shares, £1 on 8,968 preference shares.
Amount called up per share : £1.
Number and amount of calls in arrear : 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 : Ordinary, 316 ; preference, 53.
Number of men employed by company : Average about 40.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year : 3,056 oz. ; value, £12,128 8s.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration : 33,708 oz. ; value, £132,090 18s. 11d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year : £5,109 13s.
Total expenditure since registration : £137,248 3s. 8d.
Total amount of dividends declared : £24,922 8s. 3d.
Total amount of dividends paid : £24,922 8s. 3d.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends : Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s : £104 7s. 1d.
Amount of cash in hand : Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company : Nil.
Amount of debts considered good : Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any) : Nil,