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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

T h e assets total £80 10s., leaving a deficiency o f £40 10s. 9d.
Debtor purchased his business from Messrs. Walsh and Jones for £150. He attributes his position to opposition in trade and the negligence of assistants.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN REES DAVIES, of Kiwitea, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt on creditors’ petition; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at the Courthouse, Feilding, on Tuesday, the 28th day of April, 1903, at 2 o’clock.
G. J. SCOTT,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Palmerston North, 18th April, 1903.

NOTICE is hereby given that dividends in the under-mentioned estates are now payable on all proved claims upon production of promissory notes (if any) for indorsement at my office, 183, Lambton Quay, Wellington.

In Bankruptcy.

In the Estates of—
E. J. and E. E. Campion, first dividend, of 16s. 8d. in the pound.
E. J. King, second and final dividend, of 4s. 10d., making 11s. 6d. in the pound.
Smallwood sod Gilchrist, second and final dividend, of 2d., making 1s. 8d. in the pound.

In the Assigned Estates of—
George Cochrane, first and final dividend, of 5s. 5d. in the pound.
William Lewis, first dividend, of 5s. in the pound.
T. Barclay, second and final dividend, of 2s. 1½d., making 8s. 9½d. in the pound.
P. M. Twomey, first and final dividend, of 1s. 10½d. in the pound.
JAMES ASHCROFT,
Official Assignee.
Wellington, 14th April, 1903.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that statements of accounts and balance-sheets in respect of the undermentioned estates, together with the report of the Audit Office thereon, have been duly filed in the above Court; and I hereby further give notice that at the sitting of the said Court to be held on Tuesday, the 5th day of May, 1903, I intend to apply for an order releasing me from the administration of the said estates.
Dated this 15th day of April, 1903.
Ward, J. T., of Ohoka, Farmer.
Kirk, A., of Southbridge, Miller.
Trengrove, W. H., of Christchurch, Engine-smith.
Hopkins, Wm., of Christchurch, Butcher.
Woods, Wm., of Christchurch, Corn-factor.
Davenport, H. D., of Christchurch. Medical Practitioner.
Hoon, P., of Christchurch, Sharebroker.
Cook, C., of Christchurch, Teacher.
G. L. GREENWOOD,
Official Assignee.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM JAMES COURTNEY, of Christchurch, Butter Merchant, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Tuesday, the 28th day of April, 1903, at 2 o’clock.
G. L. GREENWOOD,
Official Assignee.
Christchurch, 22nd April, 1903.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of the Otago Goldfields District, held at Naseby.

NOTICE is hereby given that FRANCIS HUGH MCLEAN, late of Ranfurly, Hotelkeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on the 27th day of April, 1903, at 2 o’clock p.m.
N. P. HJORRING,
Deputy Official Assignee.
Naseby, 17th April, 1903.

MINING NOTICES.

THE GUNTONS BEACH AMALGAMATED 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, No. 3, Bond Street, Dunedin, on Friday, the 26th day of June, 1903, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, 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 Liquidator thereof, shall be disposed of.
Dated at Dunedin, this 16th day of April, 1903.
SIDNEY T. MIRAMS,
Liquidator.
Witness—W. R. Brugh, Solicitor, Dunedin.
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I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Victoria Gold-mining Company as a limited company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Victoria Gold-mining Company (Limited).
2. The place of operations is at Victoria Gully, Nokomai.
3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Nokomai, at the house of John France.
4. The nominal capital of the company is £1,000, in 1,000 shares of £1 each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is 1,000, being the entire number of shares in the company.
6. The number of paid-up shares is nil.
7. The amount already paid up is £750, or 15s. per share.
8. The name of the Manager is John France.
9. The names and addresses and occupations of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follows:—

France, John, Nokomai, Miner .. .. .. 860
Hay, John, Invercargill, Surveyor .. .. .. 10
Treseder, John Henry, Invercargill, Surveyor .. .. 10
Campbell, John, Invercargill, Dentist .. .. 10
France, James Montague, Invercargill, Dentist .. .. 50
France, Martha Eleanor, Wife of John France, Nokomai .. .. .. .. .. 50
Macalister, William, Invercargill, Solicitor .. .. 10

Total .. .. .. .. .. 1,000

JOHN FRANCE,
Manager.

Dated this 9th day of April, 1903.
Witness to signature—Thos. Meredith, Clerk, Invercargill.

I, John France, do solemnly and sincerely declare—

1. That I am the Manager of the said intended company.
2. That 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.”
   JOHN FRANCE.
   Taken before me, at Invercargill, this 9th day of April, 1903—John Stead, J.P.
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THE GOLD CHAIR 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 my office, No. 3, Bond Street, Dunedin, on Tuesday, the 30th day of June, 1903, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, 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 Liquidator thereof, shall be disposed of.
Dated the 20th day of April, 1903.
SIDNEY T. MIRAMS,
Liquidator.
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