MAY 29. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1185

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Wanganui, held at Palmerston North.

NOTICE is hereby given that THOMAS HENRY REED, of Palmerston North, Storekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Tuesday, the 3rd day of June, 1902, at 2.30 o’clock.

G. J. SCOTT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Palmerston North, 26th May, 1902.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, held at Invercargill.

NOTICE is hereby given that HANNAH WHITTINGHAM ARTHUR, of Invercargill, Tea-room Proprietress, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Thursday, the 29th day of May, 1902, at 2.30 o’clock.

CHARLES ROUT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Invercargill, 19th May, 1902.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, held at Invercargill.

NOTICE is hereby given that BENJAMIN GILMORE THOMSON, of Invercargill, Commission Agent, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Tuesday, the 3rd day of June, 1902, at 2.30 o’clock.

CHARLES ROUT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Invercargill, 24th May, 1902.

MINING NOTICES.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

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

When formed, and date of registration: 18th January, 1901.

Whether in active operation or not: Not.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Hospital Street, Greymouth; James Louis Doogan.

Nominal capital: £10,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £4,785.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £416 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: £2,500.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 10,000.

Number of shares allotted: 7,285.

Amount paid per share: 2s.

Amount called up per share: 2s.

Number and amount of calls in arrear: 11; £62.

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: 52.

Present number of shareholders: 56.

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: £416 2s. 1d.

Total expenditure since registration: £416 2s. 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: 7s. 11d.

Amount of cash in hand: Nil.

Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.

Amount of debts considered good: Nil.

Amount of debts owing by company: £60 17s.

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

I, James Louis Doogan, of Greymouth, Secretary of the Shrives Treasure 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.”

J. L. DOOGAN,
Secretary.

Declared before me, at Greymouth, this 3rd day of May, 1902—A. W. Yarrall, J.P.

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In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882”; and in the matter of the Big Flat Dredging Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that at an extraordinary general meeting of the above company, held at the registered office of the company, Crawford Street, Dunedin, on Monday, 19th May, 1902, at 5 o’clock in the afternoon, the following extraordinary resolution was passed:—

“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.”

A further resolution was passed at the above meeting appointing DAVID LESLIE, of Dunedin, Accountant, Liquidator of the said company for the purposes of such winding-up.

Dated this 19th day of May, 1902.

R. T. WHEELER, Jun.,
Chairman.

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

NOTICE is hereby given the creditors of the abovenamed company are required, on or before the twelfth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and two, 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 NEIL McLEOD GUNN, of Temple Chambers, No. 99, Princes Street, Dunedin, the Liquidator of the said company, and, if so required by notice in writing from 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 24th day of May, 1902.

J. GEO. L. HEWITT,
Solicitor to the abovenamed Liquidator,
Temple Chambers, Dunedin.

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In the matter of the Broad Creek Gold-dredging Company (Limited).

AT an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the abovenamed company, duly convened, and held at the Call-room of the Dunedin Stock Exchange, Princes Street, Dunedin, on Saturday, the seventeenth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and two, the following extraordinary resolution was duly passed: “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 same meeting NEIL McLEOD GUNN, of Temple Chambers, Princes Street, Dunedin, aforesaid, Accountant, was appointed Liquidator for the purposes of such winding-up.

Dated at Dunedin, this twenty-fourth day of May, one thousand nine hundred and two.

S. S. MYERS,
Chairman.

Witness to signature—J. Geo. L. Hewitt, Solicitor, Dunedin.

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THE DOBSON No. 2 GOLD-DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 202 of “The Companies Act, 1882,” that a General Meeting of the members of the abovenamed company will be held at the office of the Liquidator, Lower Rattray Street, Dunedin, on Monday, the 1st day of September, 1902, at 4 p.m., for the purpose of having an account laid before them showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that may be given by the Liquidator, and also of determining by extraordinary resolution the manner in which the books, accounts, and documents of the company, and of the liquidation thereof, shall be disposed of.

Dated this 19th day of May, 1902.

THOMAS CALLENDER,
Liquidator.

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