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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 59

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Christchurch.

NOTICE is hereby given that ALFRED KIRK, of Southbridge, Miller, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on the 23rd day of July, 1902, at 11 o’clock.

G. L. GREENWOOD,
Christchurch, 16th July, 1902. Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that DUNCAN LEITCH, of Ashburton, Tinsmith, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Friday, the 25th day of July, 1902, at 11 o’clock in the forenoon.

JOHN DAVISON,
17th July, 1902. Deputy Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN SMEATON, of Westport, Miner, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Monday, the 4th day of August, 1902, at 3 o’clock p.m.

A. D. BAYFEILD,
22nd July, 1902. Deputy Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.

DIVIDENDS in the following estates are now payable at my office on all accepted proved claims:—

Estate of Donald Henry Fian, of Mornington, Hawker: First and final, 3s. 8½d. in the pound.

Estate of James Walker, of Dunedin, Baker: Second and interim, 2s. 3d. in the pound.

C. C. GRAHAM,
Dunedin, 19th July, 1902. Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Dunedin.

NOTICE is hereby given that NORMAN LINDSAY REID, of Alexandra, Watchmaker, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Thursday, the 24th day of July, 1902, at 2.30 o’clock.

C. C. GRAHAM,
Dunedin, 18th July, 1902. Official Assignee.

MINING NOTICES.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Kuranui-Caledonian 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: Incorporated England, 23rd April, 1896; registered Auckland, 13th August, 1896.

Whether in active operation or not: Working chiefly on tribute.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Auckland and Thames; John Stevenson.

Where mine is situate: Thames.

Nominal capital: £175,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £40,385; total issued, £150,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: Nil.

Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £109,615.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Nil.
(c.) In cash: Nil.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 175,000.

Number of shares on Colonial Register: 36,782.

Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): Issued as fully paid up.

Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): Issued as fully paid up.

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: 156.

Number of men employed by company in colony: 40.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: 1,625 oz. 11 dwt. 13 gr.; £4,501 0s. 7d.

Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: 8,865 oz. 18 dwt. 16 gr.; £24,176 18s.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: Counting tributers as wages-men, £6,699 5s. 3d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £38,894 19s. 4d.

Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: £19 17s. 2d.

Amount of cash in hand in colony: Nil.

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: Nil.

Amount of debts owing by company: In New Zealand, nil; in England, £67 12s. 9d.

I, John Stevenson, of Auckland, the Attorney of the Kuranui-Caledonian 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.”

J. STEVENSON,
Attorney.

Declared at Auckland, this 8th day of July, 1902, before me—Jas. M. Lennox, J.P.
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I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Atlas Prospecting and Gold-mining Company (Limited) as a limited company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Atlas Prospecting and Gold-mining Company (Limited).

2. The place of intended operations is at No Town Creek and elsewhere in the Colony of New Zealand.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Reefton.

4. The nominal capital of the company is twenty-one thousand pounds, divided into twenty-one thousand shares of one pound each.

5. The number of shares subscribed for is twenty-one thousand, being not less than two-thirds of the entire number of shares in the company.

6. The number of paid-up shares is nil.

7. The amount already paid up is nil.

8. The name of the Manager is Henry Cooper.

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

No. of Shares.
E. B. Garven, Reefton, County Engineer .. .. 2,000
W. Noonan, Reefton, County Clerk .. .. 2,000
John A. Montgomerie, Reefton, Surveyor .. .. 2,000
E. Lockington, Reefton, Sawmiller .. .. 2,000
James Stevenson, Reefton, Hotelkeeper .. .. 2,000
Thomas Naysmith, Reefton, Miner .. .. 2,000
R. E. Harris, Reefton, Crown Lands Ranger .. .. 500
T. B. Whitton, Reefton, Medical Practitioner .. .. 2,000
Thomas Bell, Murchison, Farmer .. .. 1,000
Walter Irving, Reefton, Mining Agent .. .. 1,000
R. H. Farmer, Reefton, Miner .. .. 500
G. A. Gow, Reefton, Mining Student .. .. 1,000
James Ferguson, Reefton, Bank-manager .. .. 500
William Kirwan, Reefton, Mine-manager .. .. 500
James Colvin, Westport, Butcher .. .. 500
R. H. J. Reeves, Nelson, Agent .. .. 500
Samuel Frankpitt, Red Jacks, Miner .. .. 500
Henry Cooper, Reefton, Accountant (in trust for absent shareholder) .. .. .. 500

Total .. .. .. .. 21,000

Dated this 9th day of July, 1902.

HENRY COOPER,
Manager.

Witness to signature—E. J. Scantlebury, Stationer, Reefton.

I, Henry Cooper, of Reefton, Accountant, 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 an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

HENRY COOPER.

Taken before me, this 9th day of July, 1902—Edw. J. Scantlebury, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.
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