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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 79

Number of shareholders on Colonial Register: 1.
Number of men employed by company in colony: Nil.
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: Nil.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £84,033 8s. 2d.
Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker's in colony: Nil.
Amount of cash in hand in colony: Nil.
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: £1,248.

I, Henry Battens, of Coromandel, representing the Preece's Point Proprietary (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 March, 1900; and I hereby make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

H. BATTENS,
Representing the above mine.

Declared at Coromandel, this 5th day of September, 1900, before me—Sam. James, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Karaka 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:
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: 4, Wyndham Street, Auckland; Thames Exploration Syndicate of London and New Zealand (Limited).
Where mine is situate: Thames District.
Nominal capital: £150,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: Not known.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: Nil.
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: Not known.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Not known.
(c.) In cash: Not known.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 150,000.
Number of shares on Colonial Register: 1,000.
Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): £1.
Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): £1.
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: 2.
Number of men employed by company in colony: 7.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: —; £148 9s. 4d.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: —; £172 11s. 1d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £2,234 4s.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £6,353 12s. 11d.
Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker's in colony: £116 19s. 8d.
Amount of cash in hand in colony: £3 16s.
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: £71 14s. 1d.

I, John Hope MacLellan, Secretary of the Thames Exploration Syndicate of London and New Zealand (Limited), the Attorneys of Karaka 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.”

J. H. MACLELLAN,
Secretary.

Declared at Auckland, this 4th day of September, 1900, before me—S. Hesketh, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Mahara Royal 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: 27th September, 1896; March, 1897.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: 4, Wyndham Street, Auckland; Thames Exploration Syndicate of London and New Zealand (Limited).
Where mine is situate: Tapu, Thames District.
Nominal capital: £150,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: Not known.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: Nil.
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: Not known.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Not known.
(c.) In cash: Not known.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 150,000.
Number of shares on Colonial Register: 26,624.
Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): £1.
Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): £1.
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: 151.
Number of men employed by company in colony: 54.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: —; £4,101 18s. 9d.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: —; £10,425 13s. 8d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £8,180 8s. 8d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £23,908 2s. 8d.
Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker's in colony: Nil.
Amount of cash in hand in colony: £2 0s. 10d.
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: £1,382 11s. 3d.

I, John Hope MacLellan, Secretary of the Thames Exploration Syndicate of London and New Zealand (Limited), the Attorneys of Mahara Royal Limited, do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company 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.”

J. H. MACLELLAN,
Secretary.

Declared at Auckland, this 4th day of September, 1900, before me—S. Hesketh, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
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Private Advertisements.

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership lately subsisting between us, the undersigned John Gittins Wills and Charles Joseph Morton, carrying on business as photographers at Dunedin under the style or firm of “The American Photo. Coy,” has this day been dissolved by mutual consent.

The said John Gittins Wills will continue the said business under the present style or firm of “The American Photo. Coy.”

Dated this 8th day of August, 1900.

J. G. WILLS.
CHARLES JOSEPH MORTON.

Witness to the signature of John Gittins Wills—A. E. Gascoigne, Solicitor, Dunedin.
Witness to the signature of Charles Joseph Morton—D. Cooke, Solicitor, Dunedin.
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