Jan. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 327

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Majestic Gold-dredging Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 31st July, 1899.

Whether in active operation or not: Building dredge.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Lawrence, Otago; Richard Pilling, jun.

Nominal capital: £6,500.

Amount of capital subscribed: £5,700.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £5,700.

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: £800.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 6,500.

Number of shares allotted: 6,500.

Amount called up per share: £1.

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: 98.

Number of men employed by company: 1.

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: £551 1s. 6d.

Total expenditure since registration: £5,712 15s. 9d.

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: Nil.

Amount of debts considered good: Nil.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Approximately, £700.

I, Richard Pilling, jun., of Lawrence, Otago, the Manager of the Majestic Gold-dredging Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 31st December, 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.”

R. PILLING, Jun.,
Manager.

Declared at Lawrence, this 21st day of January, 1901, before me—John Thompson, J.P. 139

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Naseby Dredging and Hydraulic Sluicing Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 16th October, 1897.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: Naseby; Niels Peter Hjorring.

Nominal capital: £7,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £5,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £2,287 10s.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £2,000; nil.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £2,000.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 7,000.

Number of shares allotted: 5,000.

Amount paid per share: 15s. 3d.

Amount called up per share: 15s. 3d.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: None.

Number of shares forfeited: None.

Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: None.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 7.

Present number of shareholders: 23.

Number of men employed by company: 10.

Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 590 oz. 3 dwt. 20 gr.; £2,311 6s. 8d.

Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: 1,814 oz. 11 dwt. 17 gr.; £7,024 5s. 9d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £1,715 14s.

Total expenditure since registration: £10,417 1s.

Total amount of dividends declared: £750.

Total amount of dividends paid: £750.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: None.

Amount of cash at banker’s: £22 6s. 2d.

Amount of cash in hand: Nil.

Amount of debts directly due to company: None.

Amount of debts considered good: Nil.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, Niels Peter Hjorring, of Naseby, the Secretary of the Naseby Dredging and Hydraulic Sluicing Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 31st day of December last; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

N. P. HJORRING,
Secretary.

Declared at Naseby, this 10th day of January, 1901, before me—A. L. Herdman, J.P. 129

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Tararu Creek Gold-mining Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 1st September, 1895.

Whether in active operation or not: Active.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Tararu, Thames; W. J. Lavington, London; J. Mowbray, Attorney and Registrar, Auckland.

Nominal capital: £95,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £95,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £60,000.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £65,000, cash and shares.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: 10s.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 190,000.

Number of shares allotted: 190,000.

Amount paid per share: 10s.

Amount called up per share: 10s.

Number and amount of calls in arrear:

Number of shares forfeited: 4,780.

Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: 4,780; £380 10s.

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: Have no knowledge.

Present number of shareholders: Cannot say further than 33 colonial shareholders, holding 4,980 shares.

Number of men employed by company: 80.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year: 5,751 oz. 19 dwt.; £12,445 19s. 1d.

Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration: 20,227 oz. 13 dwt.; £40,405 6s. 4d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £17,219 1s. 6d.

Total expenditure since registration: £76,128 6s. 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, Thames: 10s. 10d.

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): Local, £1,868 14s. 2d.

I, Robert William Powell, of Tararu, the General Manager of the Tararu Creek Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at the present date, 31st December, 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.”

R. W. POWELL,
Manager.

Declared at Thames, this 16th day of January, 1901, before me—L. von Rotter, J.P. 131

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Royal Oak of Hauraki (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: 28th March, 1895.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Registered office, Shortland Street, Auckland; F. A. Holdsworth, John Mowbray.

Where mine is situate: Coromandel Goldfield.

Nominal capital: £250,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £249,791 1s. 3d.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: