SEPT 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2097

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Consolidated Goldfields of New Zealand (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: 22nd January, 1896.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Head office, London; colonial office, Reefton: Ernest William Spencer and Smith Laughton Patrick Free.

Where mines are situate: Reefton, New Zealand.

Nominal capital: £225,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £225,000.

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

Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: Nil.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Nil.
(c.) In cash: £43,416 13s. 4d.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 225,000.

Number of shares on Colonial Register: Nil.

Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): Nil.

Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): Nil.

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: Nil.

Number of men employed by company in colony: 230.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: 14,576 oz. 12 dwt. 9 gr.; £57,741 18s. 11d.

Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: 18,585 oz. 10 dwt.; £73,932 18s.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £53,910 14s. 6d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £254,760 0s. 11d.

Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: Nil.

Amount of cash in hand in colony: Nil.

Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: £868 16s. 6d.

Amount of such debts considered good: £868 16s. 6d.

Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in colony: £3,401 8s. 10d.

Amount of debts of company in colony: £2,894 8s. 10d.

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I, Smith Laughton Patrick Free, of Reefton, one of the Attorneys of the Consolidated Goldfields of New Zealand (Limited), 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.”

S. L. P. FREE.

Declared at Reefton, this 28th day of August, 1902, before me—E. J. Scantlebury, J.P. 1020

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Progress Mines of New Zealand (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: 8th December, 1896.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Head office, London; colonial office, Reefton, New Zealand: Ernest William Spencer and Smith Laughton Patrick Free.

Where mine is situate: Reefton.

Nominal capital: £275,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £275,000.

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

Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £200,000.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Nil.
(c.) In cash: Nil.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 275,000.

Number of shares on Colonial Register: 4,161.

Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): £1.

Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): £1.

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: 13.

Number of men employed by company in colony: 270.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: 24,196 oz. 12 dwt. 19 gr.; £98,169 12s. 8d.

Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: 78,223 oz. 19 dwt. 18 gr.; £320,384 17s. 9d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £59,217 12s. 10d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £275,319 8s. 10d.

Total amount of dividends paid in colony: £1,783 14s.

Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: Nil.

Amount of cash in hand in colony: Nil.

Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: £255 10s. 7d.

Amount of such debts considered good: £255 10s. 7d.

Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in colony: £1,077 9s. 10d.

Amount of debts of company in colony: £1,077 9s. 10d.

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I, Smith Laughton Patrick Free, of Reefton, one of the Attorneys of the Progress Mines of New Zealand (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company as on the 31st 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.”

S. L. P. FREE.

Declared at Reefton, this 28th day of August, 1902, before me—E. J. Scantlebury, J.P. 1021

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Humphrey’s Hydraulic Sluicing 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: 2nd July, 1898.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorneys: Head office, London; colonial office, Reefton: Ernest William Spencer and Smith Laughton Patrick Free.

Where mine is situate: Humphrey’s Gully, County of Westland.

Nominal capital: £150,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £145,007.

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

Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £95,000.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Nil.
(c.) In cash: Nil.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 150,000.

Number of shares on Colonial Register: 15,598.

Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): £1.

Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): £1.

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: 79.

Number of men employed by company in colony: 23.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: 379 oz. 19 dwt. 7 gr.; £1,488 11s. 8d.

Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: 658 oz. 2 dwt.; £2,573 5s. 1d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £8,878 12s. 7d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £25,104 8s. 1d.

Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: Nil.

Amount of cash in hand in colony: Nil.

Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: £596 17s. 9d.

Amount of such debts considered good: £596 17s. 9d.

Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in colony: £112 11s.

Amount of debts of company in colony: £97 11s.