Mar. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 665

Total expenditure since registration: £904 4s. 1d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker's: £15 1s. 3d.
Amount of cash in hand: £4 12s. 7d.
Amount of debts directly due to company:
Amount of debts considered good:
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £249 1s.
Amount of debts owing by company: £78 0s. 8d.

I, Richard Allen, of Invercargill, the Manager of the New Star 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 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.”

RICHARD ALLEN,
Manager.

Declared at Invercargill, this 25th day of February, 1902, before me—John W. Mitchell, J.P. 456

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Sealers Creek Gold-dredging Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 20th December, 1898.
Whether in active operation or not: Not.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Esk Street, Invercargill; Richard Allen.
Nominal capital: £3,500.
Amount of capital subscribed: £3,222.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £801 19s. 7d.
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: £1,165.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 3,500.
Number of shares allotted: 3,222.
Amount paid per share: 20s.
Amount called up per share: 20s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: —; £173 13s. 3d.
Number of shares forfeited: 1,205.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: Nil.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 113.
Present number of shareholders: 60.
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: £24 0s. 6d.
Total expenditure since registration: £1,844 19s. 2d.
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: £4 5s. 1d.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £1,106 5s. 3d.
Amount of debts owing by company: £1,106 5s. 3d.

I, Richard Allen, of Invercargill, Manager of the Sealers Creek 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.”

RICHARD ALLEN,
Manager.

Declared at Invercargill, this 25th day of February, 1902, before me—John W. Mitchell, J.P. 455

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Alpha-Dawn Gold-mining Company as a limited company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is the Alpha-Dawn Gold-mining Company (Limited).

2. No prospectus has been or is intended to be issued.

3. There are no promoters’ shares.

4. The minimum issue of shares is seven hundred.

5. The directors may at any time up to the 31st day of March, 1902, issue to any persons who have within two years been shareholders of the Alpha Gold-mining Company (No Liability) all or any of the shares for the time being unissued, and after that date may issue the same in such manner as they may deem advisable, after first offering the same to the shareholders of the company for the time being in proportion to the shares they hold, and at the expiration of fourteen days after posting in Invercargill of notices to such shareholders.

6. At least five shillings per share shall be paid on allotment.

7. The place of operations is at Preservation.

8. The registered office of the company will be situated in Invercargill, at the office of C. S. Longuet, solicitor.

9. The nominal capital of the company is five hundred pounds, in one thousand shares of ten shillings each.

10. The number of shares subscribed for is eight hundred and fifty-eight, being not less than two-thirds of the entire number of shares in the company.

11. There are no shares issued as paid-up.

12. The amount already paid up is £167 17s. 6d.

13. The name of the Manager is David Gibb Thornton.

14. The names, addresses, and occupations of shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follow:—

Dundas, Henry Robert, Invercargill, Surveyor .. 50
Dundas, Duncan, Stewart Island, Runholder.. .. 25
McIlwrick, John, Invercargill, Accountant .. .. 25
Longuet, Louis Alfred, Preservation, Miner .. .. 50
Longuet, Charles Stephen, Invercargill, Solicitor .. 50
Macdonald, Herbert Alexander, Invercargill, Solicitor.. 50
McGregor, James, Invercargill, Accountant .. .. 50
Froggatt, George, Invercargill, Auctioneer .. .. 40
Junker, Frank Arnold, Preservation, Miner .. .. 50
Kirk, John Hobbs, Invercargill, Merchant .. .. 10
Patterson, George Barr, Invercargill, Accountant .. 5
Macdonald, Arnold Morell, Invercargill, Solicitor .. 10
Grigor, William Panton, Invercargill, Medical Practitioner .. .. .. .. 25
Stirling, William Neilson, Invercargill, Merchant .. 25
Kingsland, John, Invercargill, Confectioner .. .. 25
McKay, Robert Barbour, and McKay, David William, Invercargill, Auctioneers .. .. .. 20
Bissett, David, Invercargill, Hotelkeeper .. .. 5
Millar, Annie, Invercargill, Private-hotel Keeper .. 10
Holloway, George, Clifton, Miner .. .. .. 25
Wright, Edward George, Winslow, Sheep-farmer .. 100
Wright, Douglas George, Winslow .. .. .. 10
Wright, Harriet Myra, Winslow .. .. .. 7
Wright, Florence Jenny Myra, Winslow .. .. 7
Wright, Eva Ethel, Winslow .. .. .. 7
Wright, Lilian Kate, Winslow .. .. .. 7
Louisson, Charles, Christchurch, Brewer .. .. 50
Merrett, Sydney Raymond, Invercargill, Butcher .. 10
Appleby, Arthur, Christchurch, Agent .. .. 50
Jennings, Edward, Christchurch, Medical Practitioner 50
Banks, Bramwell, Christchurch .. .. .. 10

Total .. .. .. .. 858

Dated this 4th day of March, 1902.

D. G. THORNTON.

Witness to signature—A. C. Henderson, Solicitor, Invercargill.

I, David Gibb Thornton, of Invercargill, Law Clerk, do solemnly and sincerely declare that—

1. I am the Manager of the said intended company.
2. The above statement is, to the best of my belief and knowledge, true in every particular.

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 of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

D. G. THORNTON.

Taken before me, at Invercargill, this 4th day of March, 1902—A. C. Henderson, Solicitor, Invercargill. 495

THE WHITE STAR GOLD-DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED), (IN LIQUIDATION).

NOTICE is hereby given that a General Meeting of Shareholders in this company will be held at the office of Mr. W. T. Monkman, Jetty Street, Dunedin, on Friday, the 16th May, 1902, at 4.30 p.m., for the purpose of receiving the Liquidators’ accounts, showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of, and of determining the manner in which the books, accounts, and documents of the company, and of the Liquidators thereof, shall be dealt with.

Dated at Dunedin, this 7th day of March, 1902.

W. H. MELTON,
W. T. MONKMAN,
} Liquidators. 482