JUNE 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1097

Mining Notices.

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Kapowai Gold-mining Company as a no-liability company, under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Kapowai Gold-mining Company (No Liability).

2. The place of operations or intended operations is at Kapowai, Mercury Bay, Hauraki Mining District.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Nos. 40 and 41, New Zealand Insurance Buildings, Auckland.

4. The value of the company’s property, including claim or lease ground and machinery, is two thousand pounds.

5. The number of shares in the company is one hundred thousand, of one shilling each.

6. The number of shares subscribed for is one hundred thousand.

7. The name of the Manager is Henry Gilfillan, jun.

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

No. of Shares.
Meikle, William, Mercury Bay, Settler .. .. 4,500
Gilfillan, Henry, jun., Auckland, Mining Agent .. 1,000
Ritchie, Robert, Kuaotunu, Hotelkeeper .. .. 3,500
Brophy, Thomas, Guntown, Settler .. .. 1,000
Peebles, John, Guntown, Settler .. .. 1,000
O’Connor, M., Guntown, Hotelkeeper .. .. 1,500
Ward, Edgar, Auckland, Accountant .. .. 1,000
Dyer, Walter, Auckland, Settler .. .. 500
Ratjen, Charles, Auckland, Chemist .. .. 500
McIsaac, Joseph, Mercury Bay, Settler .. .. 500
Nicholson, William, Mercury Bay, Settler .. .. 1,000
Bryce, Dugald, Mercury Bay, Storekeeper .. .. 3,000
Robb, John, Auckland, Inspector, Kauri Timber Company .. .. .. .. 1,000
Moorcraft, Walter, Coromandel, Mine-manager .. 600
Steedman, J. N., Mercury Bay, Settler .. .. 1,400
Foster, Edward, Auckland, Engineer .. .. 1,500
Johnston, Henry, Auckland, Managing Director, Kauri Timber Company .. .. .. 5,000
Brown, John, Auckland, Merchant .. .. 12,000
Lindsay, George, Kapowai, Mine-manager .. .. 6,250
Gray, William, Auckland, Accountant .. .. 1,000
Kelly, Adam Maxwell, Auckland, Surveyor .. .. 1,000
Harker, George John, Auckland, Settler .. .. 1,000
Grant, William H., Guntown, Storekeeper .. .. 500
Clayton, Daniel Louis Jarvis, Auckland, Clerk .. 500
Mair, Harry, Kapowai, Miner .. .. .. 1,000
Hellaby, William, Auckland, Merchant .. .. 1,000
Hellaby, Richard, Auckland, Merchant .. .. 1,000
Virtue, Peter, Auckland, Manager, Northern Roller Mills .. .. .. .. 1,000
Wood, Peter, Christchurch, Merchant .. .. 1,000
Taylor, Margaret, England, Domestic Duties .. 1,000
Houchen, Grace, Takapuna, Domestic Duties .. 1,000
Edmiston, Henry John, Auckland, Stationer .. 1,000
Carter, Charles, Auckland, Vocalist .. .. 1,000
Leys, Cecil, Auckland, Journalist .. .. 2,000
Rainger, William Joseph, Auckland, Agent .. .. 5,000
Brett, Arthur Roland, Auckland, Printer .. .. 1,000
Brett, Harry Lloyd, Auckland, Clerk .. .. 1,000
Larner, Victor John, Auckland, Sharebroker (in trust) .. .. .. .. 5,000
Gilfillan, Henry, jun., Auckland, Mining Agent (in trust) .. .. .. .. 14,250
Brett, Henry, Auckland, Journalist .. .. 7,000
Kauri Timber Company (Limited), Auckland .. 5,000

Total .. .. .. .. 100,000

Dated this 1st day of June, 1900.

H. GILFILLAN, Jun., Manager.

Witness to signature—E. B. Gilfillan, Auckland, Clerk.

I, Henry Gilfillan, jun., 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 belief and knowledge, true in every particular.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

H. GILFILLAN, Jun.

Taken before me, at Auckland, this 1st day of June, 1900
—Frederick L. Prime, J.P. 597

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Republic Sluicing Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 20th September, 1898.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation. 598

Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: Greymouth; H. Bignell.
Nominal capital: £15,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £13,750.
Amount actually paid up in cash: Nil.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £11,000; nil.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £11,000.
Number of shares into which company is divided: 24,000.
Number of shares allotted: 22,000.
Amount paid per share: Nil.
Amount called up per share: Nil.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.
Number of shares forfeited during year: Nil.
Number of forfeited shares sold during year, and money received for same: Nil.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 11.
Present number of shareholders: 10.
Number of men employed by company: 9.
Quantity and value of gold and silver produced during preceding year: 366 oz.; £1,446 3s. 7d.
Total quantity and value of gold and silver produced since registration: 590 oz.; £2,333 12s. 11d.
Total expenditure since registration: £2,706 16s.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: Nil.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: £50.
Amount of debts considered good: £50.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company: £358 19s. 5d.

I, Henry Bignell, the Secretary of the Republic Sluicing 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 March, 1900; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

HENRY BIGNELL.

Declared at Greymouth, this 31st day of May, 1900, before me—J. Goldsworthy, J.P. 596

FORTUNA (HAURAKI) GOLD-MINES (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given, pursuant to the provisions of “The Mining Companies Acts Amendment Act, 1897,” that the Office or place of business in New Zealand of the above-named company will, as from 1st June next, be changed from No. 208, Victoria Arcade, Auckland, to the office of Messrs. Hesketh and Richmond, Wyndham Street, Auckland, who will act as Attorneys for the company during the absence of the undersigned from the colony.

ANDRE P. GRIFFITHS,
General Manager and Attorney for the said company. 598

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882”; and in the Golden Terrace Dredging Company (Limited), (in liquidation).

NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of shareholders of the above company, held on 29th May, 1900, the following resolution was carried unanimously:—

“That it has been proved to the satisfaction of the shareholders that the company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and accordingly that it is advisable to wind up the company voluntarily.

“That Mr. Richard Thomas Wheeler, jun., be appointed Liquidator.”

R. T. WHEELER, Jun.,
Liquidator. 599

Dunedin, 29th May, 1900.

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.

3636. THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE.—Allotment 121, Parish of Te Puna, containing 50 acres. Unoccupied.

3637. JOSEPH WILLIAM SOUTER and EDWIN NEVILLE SOUTER.—Allotments 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34, of the Town of Cambridge East, containing 5 acres. Occupied by Applicants.

3638. EDITH CREAGH.—Part of Allotment 28, Section 12, Suburbs of Auckland, containing 10 acres. Occupied by Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 2nd day of June, 1900, at the Lands Registry Office, Auckland.

EDWIN BAMFORD,
District Land Registrar.