Mar. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 495

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Pactolus Sluicing Company (No Liability).

When formed, and date of registration: 21st April, 1898; 25th April, 1898.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: 140, Hereford Street, Christchurch; H. A. Bruce.

Nominal capital: £25,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £25,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £4,495 6s. 3d.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £13,000.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £13,000.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 25,000.

Number of shares allotted: 25,000.

Amount paid per share: 7s. 9d. on contributing.

Amount called up per share: 7s. 9d.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.

Number of shares forfeited: 825.

Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: Nil.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 47.

Present number of shareholders: 50.

Number of men employed by company: 6.

Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 1 oz. 4 dwt. 18 gr.; £4 17s. 9d.

Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: 1 oz. 4 dwt. 18 gr.; £4 17s. 9d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £865 19s. 3d.

Total expenditure since registration: £5,492 7s.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s: £264 2s. 7d.

Amount of cash in hand:

Amount of debts directly due to company: £1,300, guaranteed by shareholders.

Amount of debts considered good:

Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £1,300, to National Bank.

I, Harry A. Bruce, of Christchurch, the Manager of the Pactolus Sluicing Company (No Liability), Greymouth, do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at the present date; 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. A. BRUCE,
Manager.

Declared at Christchurch, this 14th day of February, 1900, before me—R. Hill Fisher, J.P. 404

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Waiwhero Sluicing Company (No Liability).

When formed, and date of registration: 15th September, 1897; 28th September, 1897.

Whether in active operation or not: In course of reconstruction.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: 140, Hereford Street, Christchurch; H. A. Bruce.

Nominal capital: £31,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £31,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £12,941 2s. 6d.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £18,000; £1,287 10s., calls on 2,000 forfeited shares.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £16,000.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 31,000.

Number of shares allotted: 31,000.

Amount paid per share: 18s. 6d. on B’s.

Amount called up per share: 18s. 6d. on B’s.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: 16; £221 7s. 6d.

Number of shares forfeited: 2,000.

Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: 2,000; reissued to vendors in part payment of mortgage.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 63.

Present number of shareholders: 84.

Number of men employed by company: 13.

Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 179 oz. 6 dwt. 3 gr.; £717 4s. 6d.

Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: 324 oz. 3 dwt. 6 gr.; £1,296 13s.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £7,044 15s. 6d.

Total expenditure since registration: £16,721 9s.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s: £80 2s.

Amount of cash in hand:

Amount of debts directly due to company: £221 7s. 6d., for calls.

Amount of debts considered good: £99 7s. 6d.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): About £500, and mortgage to the National Bank, £2,000.

I, Harry A. Bruce, of Christchurch, the Manager of the Waiwhero Sluicing Company (No Liability), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at the present date; 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. A. BRUCE,
Manager.

Declared at Christchurch, this 14th day of February, 1900, before me—R. Hill Fisher, J.P. 405

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: New Inkerman Mines (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: 30th April, 1898; registered in New Zealand, July, 1898.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Smith Street, Reefton; George Gough Dixon and George Henry Boyd.

Where mine is situate: Merrijigs.

Nominal capital: £200,000.

Amount of capital subscribed:

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: 200,000.

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: 32.

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: £7,322 7s. 4d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £12,494 10s. 3d.

Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: £100 10s. 11d.

Amount of cash in hand in colony: £24 15s. 2d.

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, George Gough Dixon, of Reefton, New Zealand, the Attorney of the New Inkerman Mines (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, 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.”

GEORGE G. DIXON,
Attorney.

Declared at Reefton, N.Z., this 29th day of January, 1900, before me—Chas. Cohen, J.P. 397