Mar. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 661

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

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

When formed, and date of registration: 24th October, 1899.

Whether in active operation or not: Not in active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Dunedin; James Archibald Sligo.

Nominal capital: £10,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £8,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £5,547 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: 10,000 shares at £1 each.

Number of shares allotted: 8,000 contributing.

Amount paid per share: 18s., less arrears.

Amount called up per share: 18s.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: —; £1,652 10s.

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: 111.

Present number of shareholders: 128.

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: £4,701 13s. 1d.

Total expenditure since registration: £5,555 3s. 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: £20 15s. 9d.

Amount of cash in hand: Nil.

Amount of debts owing by company: £85 12s. 6d.

Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.

Amount of debts considered good: Nil.

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

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I, James Archibald Sligo, of Dunedin, the Manager of the Westland Gold-dredging Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at 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.”

J. A. SLIGO,
Manager.

Declared at Dunedin, this 11th day of January, 1902, before me—Spencer G. Smith, J.P. 490

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Sheddon’s Waikaka Freehold Gold-dredging Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 26th April, 1900.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Dunedin; V. Logan.

Nominal capital: £6,500.

Amount of capital subscribed: £4,318.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £3,800 13s.

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: £2,182.

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

Number of shares allotted: 6,500.

Amount paid per share: 20s., less arrears.

Amount called up per share: 20s.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: 7 shareholders; £517 7s.

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: 25.

Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 416 oz. 13 dwt.; £1,524 3s. 5d.

Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: 416 oz. 13 dwt.; £1,524 3s. 5d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £6,216 15s.

Total expenditure since registration: £7,002 0s. 3d. (including debts owing by company, £1,863).

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s: £185 16s. 2d.

Amount of cash in hand: Nil.

Amount of debts owing by company: £1,863.

Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £100 (estimated).

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I, V. Logan, of Dunedin, the Manager of Sheddon’s Waikaka Freehold Gold-dredging Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at 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.”

V. LOGAN,
Manager.

Declared at Dunedin, this 4th day of March, 1902, before me—J. J. Ramsay, J.P. 491

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Greymouth Lagoons Gold-dredging Company (No Liability), (being a foreign company as defined by section 2 of “The Mining Companies Acts Amendment Act, 1897”), covering the company’s operations up to 31st December, 1901, being the date of last balance-sheet.

When formed, and date of registration of office of company in colony: Formed in Sydney, New South Wales, August, 1900; registered office in New Zealand, July, 1901.

Whether in active operation or not: Active operation, building dredge.

Where business is conducted in the colony, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Greymouth; George Stephen Cray and Thomas W. Ponsonby.

Where mine is situate: Blackwater River, Grey Valley, Westland.

Nominal capital: £24,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £17,325.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: £21 10s.

Price paid to vendors of mine—

(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £8,000—i.e., 16,000 shares at 10s. each.

(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Nil.

(c.) In cash: Nil.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 48,000.

Number of shares on Colonial Register: 2,500 paid-up, and 130 contributing shares.

Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): 4s. per share on 100 shares, and 1s. per share on 30 shares.

Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): 3s. per share on 100 shares, and 2s. per share on 30 shares.

Number and amount of calls in arrear (Colonial Register): 2; 30s.

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: 5.

Number of men employed by company in colony: 9.

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: £7,361 18s. 7d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £7,361 18s. 7d.

Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: £2,283 3s. 2d.

Amount of cash in hand in colony: Nil.

Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: Nil.

Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in colony: Contingent on purchase of property, £2,760; contingent on dredge contracts, £3,329 5s. 1d.

Amount of debts owing by company: £307.

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I, George Stephen Cray, of Greymouth, Attorney of the Greymouth Lagoons Gold-dredging Company (No Liability), 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, 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.”

GEO. S. CRAY,
Attorney.

Declared at Greymouth, this 6th day of March, 1902, before me—W. R. Kettle, J.P. 376