SEPT. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1721

A PPLICATION having been made to me for the issue
of a provisional title for Section 2, Block II., Mataura
Bridge, being a Crown grant issued in the name of
WILLIAM LAURIE, and registered in Vol. i., folio 197,
evidence of the loss of the original Crown grant having been
furnished, I hereby give notice that I will issue such pro-
visional title at the expiration of fourteen days from the date
of the Gazette containing this notice.
Dated this 5th day of September, 1900, at the Lands
Registry Office, Invercargill.

F. G. MORGAN,
District Land Registrar.

772

N OTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the pro-
visions 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.

8868. LAERY AND COMPANY (LIMITED). — 15½
      perches, part of Section 981, City of Christchurch, with
      right-of-way over parts of Sections 981 and 983. Occupied
      by Applicant.

8869. ELIZABETH ROSE REBECCA CREYKE.—
      1 rood, part of Lot 22, Christchurch Town Reserves. Un-
      occupied.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 11th day of September 1900, at the Lands
Registry Office, Christchurch.

G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.

783

Mining Notices.

S TATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Bullion Gold-mining Company
(Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 3rd May, 1899;
5th May, 1899.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Queen Street, Auckland; George Charles Waudby Morris.
Nominal capital: £3,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £2,200.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £662 10s.
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: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 60,000.
Number of shares allotted: 44,000.
Amount paid per share: 4d.
Amount called up per share: 4d.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: 13; £70 16s. 8d.
Number of shares forfeited: Nil.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for
same: Nil.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of com-
pany: 35.
Present number of shareholders: 40.
Number of men employed by company: 1.
Number of men on tribute: About 6.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced: —; £41
9s. 8d.
Quantity and value of gold produced by tributers: —;
£1,584.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since
registration: —; £1,625 9s. 8d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on opera-
tions: £856 19s.
Total expenditure since registration: £856 19s.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £28 11s. 4d.
Amount of cash in hand:
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of liabilities of company (if any): £83 9s. 4d.

I, George Charles Waudby Morris, of Auckland, the Manager
of the Bullion Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly
and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete state-
ment of the affairs of the said company on the 31st day of
July, 1900; and I make this solemn declaration conscien-
tiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The
Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

G. C. W. MORRIS,
Manager.

Declared at Auckland, this 5th day of September, 1900,
before me—D. B. McDonald, J.P.

780

S TATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Blagrove’s Freehold Gold-mining Com-
pany (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: May, 1895.
Whether in active operation or not: Active since 22nd July,
1899.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or
Attorneys: H. Battens, Coromandel; J. Mowbray, Auck-
land.
Where mine is situate: Coromandel.
Nominal capital: £62,500.
Amount of capital subscribed: £62,500.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony:
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £12,500.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as 2s. 6d. paid up:
£25,000.
(c.) In cash:
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 500,000.
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: 23.
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: 43 oz. 6 dwt.;
£129 19s. 8d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining
operations in colony during period since last statement:
£3,647 12s. 8d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in
colony: £29,639 18s. 2d.
Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s in colony:
Amount of cash in hand in colony: £5 5s. 9d.
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, Henry Battens, of Coromandel, the Attorney of the
Blagrove’s Freehold Gold-mining Company (Limited), do
solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and com-
plete statement of the affairs of the said company as on the
31st day of 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.”

H. BATTENS,
Attorney.

Declared at Coromandel, this 5th day of September, 1900,
before me—Sam. James, J.P.

778

S TATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Preece’s Point Proprietary (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: August, 1895.
Whether in active operation or not: Inactive.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or
Attorneys:
Where mine is situate: Coromandel.
Nominal capital: £100,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £84,705.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: £250.
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £75,693 10s.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £
paid
up:
(c.) In cash:
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 400,000.
Number of shares on Colonial Register: 1,000.
Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): 5s. (fully paid).
Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): 5s.
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.