MAY 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1085

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: King Edward Gold-mining Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 22nd June, 1901.

Whether in active operation or not: Yes.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Invercargill; Arthur Ernest Otway.

Nominal capital: £4,500.

Amount of capital subscribed: £910.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £705 15s.

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: £3,000.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 4,500.

Number of shares allotted: Contributing, 910; vendors’, 3,000.

Amount paid per share: Various.

Amount called up per share: 14s.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: 240; £43 15s.

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: 31.

Present number of shareholders: 31.

Number of men employed by company: 9.

Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 11 oz. 7 dwt. 8 gr.; £43 12s. 7d.

Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: 11 oz. 7 dwt. 8 gr.; £43 12s. 7d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £1,122 8s. 8d.

Total expenditure since registration: £1,122 8s. 8d.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s: £8 14s. 7d.

Amount of cash in hand: £3.

Amount of debts owing by company: £282 19s. 7d.

Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.

Amount of debts considered good: Nil.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £300.

Directors: James Alexander Fullarton, Surgeon, Invercargill; William Lewis, Draper, Invercargill; John Forrester, Engineer, Invercargill; Francis Jack, Farmer, Winton; and Edmund Webber, Schoolmaster, Invercargill.

I, Arthur Ernest Otway, of Invercargill, the Secretary of the King Edward Gold-mining Company (Limited), do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on 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.”

ARTHUR E. OTWAY,
Secretary.

Declared at Invercargill, this 7th day of February, 1902, before me—Jno. W. Mitchell, J.P. 700

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RECORD REIGN DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED), (IN LIQUIDATION).

A GENERAL Meeting of the above company will be held at my office, Athenæum Chambers, Dee Street, Invercargill, on Tuesday, 15th July, 1902.

Business: To receive Liquidator’s accounts, pass same, and wind up the company.

675 ALEXANDER CROSS, Liquidator.

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THE BRITANNIA GOLD-DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED).

A T an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the above company, duly convened, and held at the Dunedin Stock Exchange Buildings, Princes Street, Dunedin, on the 18th day of April, 1902, the subjoined extraordinary resolution was duly passed:—

Resolution.—“That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this meeting that the company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same, and accordingly that the company be wound up voluntarily.”

And at the said meeting it was resolved that JOHN ARMOUR HOPCRAFT, of Dunedin, Accountant, be appointed Liquidator for the purposes of winding up the said company.

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

PETER MILLER.
Chairman. 683

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THE WESTLAND GOLD-DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED).

A T an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the abovenamed company, duly convened, and held at the Dunedin Stock Exchange Buildings, Princes Street, Dunedin, on the 2nd day of May, 1902, the subjoined extraordinary resolution was duly passed:—

RESOLUTION.

“That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this meeting that the company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same, and accordingly that the company be wound up voluntarily.”

And at the said meeting it was resolved that GEORGE AIRSTON ESTHER, of Dunedin, Accountant, be appointed Liquidator for the purposes of winding up the said company.

Dated at Dunedin, this 8th day of May, 1902.

W. R. FROST, Chairman. 685

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In the matter of the Britannia Gold-dredging Company (Limited), (in liquidation).

T HE Creditors of the abovenamed company are required, on or before Saturday, the 7th day of June, 1902, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to JOHN ARMOUR HOPCRAFT, of Dunedin, the Liquidator of the said company, and, if so required by notice in writing by the said Liquidator, are, by their solicitors, to come in and prove their said debts or claims at such time and place as shall be specified in such notice, or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts are proved.

Dated this 3rd day of May, 1902.

J. A. HOPCRAFT,
Liquidator, Octagon, Dunedin. 686

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In the matter of the Westland Gold-dredging Company (Limited), (in liquidation).

T HE Creditors of the abovenamed company are required, on or before Saturday, the 7th day of June, 1902, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors (if any), to GEORGE AIRSTON ESTHER, of Dunedin, the Liquidator of the said company, and, if so required by notice in writing by the said Liquidator, are, by their solicitors, to come in and prove their said debts or claims at such time and place as shall be specified in such notice, or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts are proved.

Dated this 5th day of May, 1902.

GEO. A. ESTHER,
Liquidator, Princes Street, Dunedin. 687

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THE WOODSTOCK GOLD-MINING COMPANY (LIMITED).

“THE FOREIGN COMPANIES ACT, 1884.”

N OTICE is hereby given that the Office of the Woodstock Gold-mining Company (Limited) is situate at the office of the New Zealand Mines Trust (Limited), Shortland Street, Auckland.

Dated the 6th day of May, 1902.

CHAS. RHODES,
Attorney for said Company.

JACKSON AND RUSSELL,
Solicitors for the said company,
Shortland Street, Auckland. 670

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THE NEW ZEALAND JUBILEE GOLD-MINE (LIMITED).

“THE FOREIGN COMPANIES ACT, 1884.”

N OTICE is hereby given that the Office of the New Zealand Jubilee Gold-mine (Limited), for the keeping of the Colonial Share-register and for the transaction of its ordinary business, is situate at the office of the New Zealand Jubilee Gold-mine (Limited), at the Jubilee Mine, Waitekauri, in the Provincial District of Auckland.

Dated this 23rd day of April, 1902.

A. H. S. SELLON,
Attorney.

MILLER AND PORRITT,
Solicitors, Paeroa. 642