Feb. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 455

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Dunedin; Hector Faulkner Monro Mercer.
Nominal capital: £8,500.
Amount of capital subscribed: £6,500.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £1,816 14s.
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: £2,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 8,500 shares of £1 each.
Number of shares allotted: 6,500 contributing and 2,000 vendors’.
Amount paid per share: 7s.
Amount called up per share: 7s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: 70 shareholders; £458 6s.
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: 119.
Present number of shareholders: 125.
Number of men employed by company: Nil.
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: £638 18s. 9d.
Total expenditure since registration: £1,942 12s. 5d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: Debit balance, £125 18s. 5d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: £202 7s. 4d.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, H. F. M. Mercer, the Legal Manager of the Great Beach 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, 1901; 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. F. M. MERCER,
Manager.

Declared at Dunedin, this 28th day of January, 1902, before me—James Hazlett, J.P.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Union Waihi 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: 18th September, 1895; 20th November, 1895.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Shortland Street, Auckland; Charles Rhodes.
Where mine is situate: Waihi.
Nominal capital: £200,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £149,081.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: £2,046 5s.
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £100,000.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Nil.
(c.) In cash: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 200,000.
Number of shares on Colonial Register: 1,382.
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: 39.
Number of men employed by company in colony:
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: 22,685·7 oz. bullion; £28,375 6s. 5d.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: 22,685·7 oz. bullion; £28,375 6s. 5d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £46,715 8s. 3d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £121,302 8s. 3d.
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 1s. 11½d.
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 £2,631 9s. 11d.
Amount of debts owing by company: £2,631 9s. 11d.

I, Charles Rhodes, of Auckland, the Attorney of the Union Waihi 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 30th day of September, 1901, being the date of the last balance-sheet; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

CHAS. RHODES,
Attorney.

Declared at Auckland, this 24th day of January, 1902, before me—C. J. Tunks, a Solicitor, &c.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Ohinemuri Syndicate (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: 24th December, 1895; 4th March, 1896.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Shortland Street, Auckland; Charles Rhodes.
Where mine is situate: Owharoa.
Nominal capital: £60,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £51,918.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: £2,253 5s.
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £20,000.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as 18s. 6d. paid up: £1,800.
(c.) In cash: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 60,000, in 48,007 ordinary and 11,993 priority shares.
Number of shares on Colonial Register: 19,951 ordinary, 250 priority.
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: 282.
Number of men employed by company in colony: Say, 6.
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: £3,024 17s. 5d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £28,580 1s. 11d.
Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: £6 15s. 11d.
Amount of cash in hand in colony: 10s. 6d.
Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: £53 5s.
Amount of such debts considered good: £53 5s.
Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in colony: £66 9s.
Amount of debts owing by company: £66 9s.

I, Charles Rhodes, of Auckland, the Attorney of the Ohinemuri Syndicate (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company as on the 30th September, 1901, being the date of the last balance-sheet; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

CHAS. RHODES,
Attorney.

Declared at Auckland, this 24th day of January, 1902, before me—C. J. Tunks, a Solicitor, &c.