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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 22

Amount of debts owing by company: £2,000, on dredge.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £2,458,
on dredge contract.

I, Gordon James Reid, of Dunedin, Legal Manager of the
Golden United 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
day of December, 1902; and I make this solemn declaration
conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue
of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”
GORDON J. REID,
Secretary.

Declared at Dunedin, this 9th day of March, 1903, before
me—C. F. Sundstrum, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Premier Sunrise (New Zealand) Gold-
mining Company (Limited).
Where formed, and date of registration: London; 11th April,
1903.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Macetown; William Patton.
Nominal capital: £5,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £2,500.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £2,405 15s.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of
cash received for same (if any): Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 50,000.
Number of shares allotted: 25,000.
Amount paid per share:
Amount called up per share: 2s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: —; £94 5s.
Number of shares forfeited: Nil.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of com-
pany: 7.
Present number of shareholders: 147.
Number of men employed by company: 26.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced for year: Mill
gold, 1,486 oz. 13 dwt. 17 gr., value £5,673 8s. 6d.; cyanide
gold, 22 oz. 1 dwt. 18 gr., value £68 1s. 1d.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since
registration: Mill gold, 1,486 oz. 13 dwt. 17 gr., value £5,673
8s. 6d.; cyanide gold, 22 oz. 1 dwt. 18 gr., value £68 1s. 1d.
Amount of cash at banker’s in New Zealand: £2.
Amount of debts directly due to company: £802 9s. 8d.
Amount of debts considered good: £802 9s. 8d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: £121 13s. 5d.

I, William Patton, of Macetown, Manager of the Premier
Sunrise Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and
sincerely declare that, to the best of my knowledge, informa-
tion, and belief, this is a true and complete statement of the
affairs of the said company on the 1st January, 1903; and
I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the
same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace
Act, 1882.”
W. PATTON,
Manager.

Declared at Macetown, this day of March, 1903, before
me—Henry Graham, J.P.
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UNDER “THE MINING ACT, 1898.”

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A BRANCH
WATER-RACE.

To the Warden of the Otago Mining District, at Roxburgh.
PURSUANT to “The Mining Act, 1898,” the under-
signed, William Coulter, Richard George, William
Young, and John George, all of Roxburgh, miners, hereby
apply for a license for a branch water-race, as specified in
the Schedule hereto, the course whereof has been duly
marked out for the purpose.
Dates and numbers of miners’ rights: 6/11/02, No. 24388;
11/10/01, No. 24378; 30/9/02, No. 29683; 30/9/02, No. 29684.
Address for service: c/o Jabez Burton, Mining Agent,
Roxburgh.
Dated at Roxburgh, this 12th day of March, 1903.

SCHEDULE.

Locality of the race, and of its starting and terminal
points: Commencing on the Cemetery Hill, at Roxburgh
East, at the termination of main water-race, held under
license No. 503, dated 14/11/01, and terminating at dam at
Osbourne’s Gully.

Length and intended course of race: About three miles
northerly, through Sections 16, 17, 23, and 24, Block I.,
Teviot District, being land owned by Mr. G. A. Smith.
Points of intake: One only.
Estimated time and cost of construction: Main race, with
two branches, £1,700; twelve months.
Mean depth and breadth: 18 in. by 4 ft.
Number of heads to be diverted: Ten.
Purpose for which water is to be used: Gold-mining.
Proposed term of license: Forty-two years.
WM. COULTER,
RICHARD GEORGE,
WM. YOUNG,
JOHN GEORGE
(By their Registered Agent, JABEZ BURTON),
Applicants.

Precise time of filing of the foregoing application:
11.20 a.m., 12th March, 1903.
Time and place appointed for the hearing of the appli-
cation, and all objections thereto: Wednesday, 8th April,
1903, at 10 a.m., in Warden’s Court, Roxburgh.
Objections thereto must be filed in the Registrar’s office
and notified to applicant at least twenty-four hours before
the day so appointed.
FREDERICK JEFFERY,
Mining Registrar.
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In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882”; and in
the matter of the New Zealand Westport Coal-mines
(Limited).

AT an extraordinary general meeting of the abovenamed
company, duly convened, and held at the registered
office of the company, No. 6, Customhouse Quay, Wellington,
on the 4th day of March, 1903, the following resolution was
duly passed, and at a subsequent extraordinary general
meeting of the members of the said company, also duly
convened, and held at the same place on the 20th day of
March, 1903, the following resolution was duly confirmed,
viz.: “That the company be now wound up voluntarily,
and that Mr. R. F. Smith be appointed Liquidator of the
company for the purposes of such winding-up.”
Dated at Wellington, this 20th day of March, 1903.
CHARLES PALLISER,
Chairman.

Witness—R. F. Smith, Solicitor, Wellington.
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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND,
OTAGO AND SOUTHLAND DISTRICT.

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1882,” and its
amendments; and in the matter of the Fortification Rail-
way and Coal Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that the order of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand, dated the 13th day of March,
1903, confirming the cancellation and reduction of the capital
of the abovenamed company from £40,000 to £26,037 10s.,
and the minute (approved by the Court) showing with
respect to the capital of the company as altered the several
particulars required by the above statutes, were registered
by the Registrar of Joint-stock Companies at Dunedin on
the 18th day of March, 1903. And notice is further given
that the said minute is in the words and figures following,
namely:—
“The capital of the Fortification Railway and Coal Com-
pany (Limited) is henceforth £26,037 10s., divided into
27,925 ordinary shares of 10s. each, 9,075 ordinary shares of
£1 each, and 3,000 preference shares of £1 each, instead of
£40,000, divided into 37,000 ordinary shares of £1 each and
3,000 preference shares of £1 each. At the time of the regis-
tration of this minute 27,925 of the said ordinary shares have
been issued, which have been and are deemed to be fully paid
up; 1,125 of the said ordinary shares have been issued but
have been forfeited, upon 100 of which the sum of 3s. per share
has been and is to be deemed paid, and upon 400 of which
the sum of 1s. 6d. per share has been and is to be deemed
paid, and upon 600 of which the sum of 1s. per share has
been and is to be deemed paid, and upon 25 of which nothing
has been or is to be deemed paid. The residue of the said
ordinary shares, 7,950 in number, have not been issued, and
nothing has been or is to be deemed to have been paid on
any of them. The whole of the said 3,000 preference shares
have been issued, and have been and are to be deemed fully
paid up.”
Dated at Dunedin, this 18th day of March, 1903.
BATHGATE AND WOODHOUSE,
Solicitors for the Company.
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