MAY 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1053

I, WILLIAM LAURENCE SIMPSON, Manager of the Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited), do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That the liability of the company is limited.
2. That the capital of the company is £50,000, divided into 10,000 shares of £5 each.
3. That the number of shares issued is 10,000.
4. That calls to the amount of £1 per share have been made, from which the sum of £10,000 has been received.
5. That the amount of money received as executor of estates under administration for the six months to the 31st March, 1901, was £569 3s. 7d.
6. That the amount of money paid as executor of estates under administration for the six months to the 31st March, 1901, was £350 1s. 2d.
7. That the amount of money held as executor of estates under administration was, at the 31st March, 1901, £367 9s. 1d.
8. That the sum remaining in the company’s hands at the 31st March, 1901, to the credit of estates for which the company is trustee, which sum is represented by either cash or securities, or both, was £207,624 5s. 1d.
9. That the company’s liabilities and assets were as follows :—

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Capital—10,000 shares of £5 each 50,000 0 0
Less £4 per share uncalled 40,000 0 0 10,000 0 0
Reserve Fund .. .. .. 4,000 0 0
Balances due by the company .. .. .. 9,402 15 4
Open accounts due .. .. .. 21 5 0
Balance of profit and loss .. .. .. 1,357 16 4

£24,781 16 8

ASSETS.

£ s. d.
Deposits in bank, mortgages, and debentures 13,875 14 11
Balances due to the company .. .. 7,191 17 9
Office furniture and stationery .. .. 140 8 0
Interest and commission accrued .. .. 193 17 9
Cash in banks on current accounts .. .. 3,379 18 3

£24,781 16 8

PROFIT AND LOSS.

Dr.
£ s. d.
Directors’ fees, Auditors’ fees, rent, expenses, and salaries .. .. .. 1,454 9 11
Government license-fee and land- and income-tax .. .. .. 65 9 8
Office stationery, petty cash, and expenses .. .. 92 10 4
Law costs .. .. .. 7 7 0
Printing and advertising .. .. .. 60 16 0
Interim dividend at 8 per cent. per annum for half-year ended 30th September, 1900, paid 400 0 0
Balance .. .. .. .. 1,357 16 4

£3,438 9 3

Cr.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Balance from last statement .. 1,695 15 1
Dividend—8 per cent. on £10,000 .. £800 0 0
Transfer to Reserve Fund .. 500 0 0
Paid Manager’s percentage .. 114 13 5 1,414 13 5

281 1 8
Transfer fees .. .. .. .. 1 5 0
Agency and commission .. .. .. 2,544 3 7
Interest and discount .. .. .. 611 19 0

£3,438 9 3

We have examined the books, vouchers, and accounts of the Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited) (which include the accounts of constituents) for the twelve months ending 31st March, 1901, and certify that in our opinion the above balance-sheet fully and fairly represents the position of the company’s affairs at date of balance; and we have also seen the securities held by the company on behalf of its constituents, and on its own behalf, and found them in order.

WILLIAM BROWN AND CO.,
A. BARTLEMAN,

We certify that the mortgages held by the company for its constituents and on its own behalf have been produced to and examined by ourselves, conjointly with the Manager and the Auditors of the company, and that the mortgages secure the principal moneys and interests specified against them in the books of the company.

BATHGATE AND WOODHOUSE,
Solicitors for the Company.

Dunedin, 24th April, 1901.

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

W. LAURENCE SIMPSON.

Declared this 6th day of May, 1901, before me—James Hazlett, a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

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PRIVATE BILL.

In the matter of a proposed Bill or Act to amend “The Presbyterian Church Property Act, 1885,” and to make certain provisions in reference to the Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland and the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand respectively, and to define the rights in respect of the property of such churches, and for other collateral purposes.

PURSUANT to the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives relating to Private Bills, the Otago Presbyterian Church Board of Property, the intending petitioners, give notice that within fourteen days of the meeting of the General Assembly of New Zealand to be held next after the date of this notice a petition will be presented to the said General Assembly of New Zealand through the Honourable the Speaker and members of the House of Representatives, by it, praying and applying for leave to bring in a private Bill to be called “The Presbyterian Church of New Zealand Act, 1901.” The object of the said application and Bill are as follows :—

(a.) To provide for the union of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand and the Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland under the name of the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand, subject to the terms and provisions set forth in the said Bill and in the agreement referred to in the said Bill.

(b.) To define the jurisdiction in the Provincial District of Otago of the Synod of the Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland.

(c.) To provide that that portion of the united Church within the Provincial District of Otago shall be entitled to all the property and rights which the Presbyterian Church of Otago and Southland had or exercised before the said union.

(d.) To provide that the said union shall not affect the land or trusts relating to property belonging to congregations connected with the uniting churches.

(e.) To provide that the words “General Assembly” or any similar expression in “The Presbyterian Church Property Act, 1885,” shall mean the General Assembly of the said united Churches.

A copy of the said petition and Bill will be deposited in the office of the Examiner of Standing Orders within fourteen days after the commencement of the said session.

Dated at Dunedin, this 4th day of May, 1901.

DOWNIE STEWART AND PAYNE,
Solicitors to the Bill.

753

MEDICAL NOTICE.

I, PETER MOIR, Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery of Glasgow University, now residing in Auckland, hereby give notice that I intend applying on the 1st June, 1901, to have my name placed on the Medical Register for the Colony of New Zealand; and that I have deposited the evidence of my qualification in the office of the Registrar at Auckland.

PETER MOIR.

Dated at Auckland,
22nd April, 1901.

744

THE Partnership subsisting between ROBERT PITCAITHLY, THOMAS WALLACE, and WILLIAM PITCAITHLY in the business of Customhouse, Shipping, Forwarding, and General Agents, under the style of ‘Pitcaithly, Wallace, and Co.,’ was terminated by mutual consent on the 31st day of March last. All debts due to the late firm are to be paid to Robert Pitcaithly and William Pitcaithly, who will carry on the same business in the late firm’s premises at Christchurch and Lyttelton, and they, the said Robert Pitcaithly and William Pitcaithly, will discharge the late firm’s liabilities.

Dated this 2nd day of May, 1901.

ROBT. PITCAITHLY.
THOS. WALLACE.
W. PITCAITHLY.

Witness to the signatures of all parties—Thos. S. Weston, Solicitor, Christchurch.

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