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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 46

I, WILLIAM LAURENCE SIMPSON, Manager of the Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited), do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare,--

1. That the liability of the company is limited.
2. That the capital of the company is £50,000, divided into 10,000 shares of £5 each.
3. That the number of shares issued is 10,000.
4. That calls to the amount of £1 per share have been made, from which the sum of £10,000 has been received.
5. That the amount of money received as executor of estates under administration for the six months to the 31st March, 1903, was £6,463 5s. 4d.
6. That the amount of money paid as executor of estates under administration for the six months to the 31st March, 1903, was £6,965 5s. 4d.
7. That the amount of money held as executor of estates under administration was, at the 31st March, 1903, nil.
8. That the amount remaining in the company’s hands at the 31st March, 1903, to the credit of estates for which the company is trustee, which sum is represented by either cash or securities, or both, was £319,662 0s. 2d.
9. That the company’s liabilities and assets were as follows:--

LIABILITIES.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Capital—10,000 shares of £5 each 50,000 0 0
Less £4 per share uncalled .. 40,000 0 0 10,000 0 0
Reserve Fund .. .. .. .. 5,000 0 0
Balances due by the Company 20,785 5 11
Open accounts due .. .. 23 15 0 20,809 0 11
Balance of profit and loss .. .. 1,338 10 7
£37,147 11 6

ASSETS.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Deposits in banks, mortgages, and debentures .. .. 14,723 8 0
Balances due to the Company.. 14,321 17 3
Office furniture and stationery 168 1 4
Interest and commission accrued 227 12 6 14,717 11 1
Cash in banks on current accounts .. 7,706 12 5
£37,147 11 6

PROFIT AND LOSS.
Dr.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Directors’ fees, Auditors’ fees, rent, expenses, and salaries .. 1,722 8 1
Government license fee and land- and income-tax .. .. 84 11 6
Office stationery, petty cash, and expenses .. .. .. 119 9 5
Law costs .. .. .. 7 10 0 1,933 19 0
Printing and advertising .. .. 66 0 0
Bad debts written off .. .. 7 16 10
Interim dividend at 8 per cent. per annum for half-year ended 30th September, 1902, paid .. 400 0 0
Balance .. .. .. 1,338 10 7 1,738 10 7
£3,746 6 5

Cr.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
Balance from last statement .. 1,332 12 6
Dividend (which, with interim dividend paid for the half-year ended 30th Sept., 1901, makes 8 per cent. for the year) ..£400 0 0
Bonus, 1 per cent. on £10,000 .. 100 0 0
Transfer to Reserve Fund .. 500 0 0
Paid Manager’s percentage .. 152 5 0 1,152 5 0 180 7 6
Transfer fees .. .. .. 1 7 6
Agency and commission .. 2,858 10 0
Interest and discount .. 706 1 5 3,565 18 11
£3,746 6 5

We hereby certify that all our requirements as auditors of the Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited) have been complied with, and we now report having examined the books, vouchers, and accounts of the company for the year ending 31st March, 1903, and that the above balance-sheet is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the company’s affairs as shown by the books of the company.
WILLIAM BROWN AND CO.,
G. L. DENNISTON, Auditors.

We certify that the mortgages and debenture trust deeds held by the company for its constituents and on its own behalf have been produced to and examined by ourselves, conjointly with the Manager and the Auditors of the company, and that the mortgages and trust deeds secure the principal moneys and interests specified against them in the books of the company.
BATHGATE AND WOODHOUSE,
Solicitors for the Company.

Dunedin, 24th April, 1903.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”
W. LAURENCE SIMPSON.

Declared this 8th day of June, 1903, before me—John Roberts, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Colony of New Zealand.
664

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership lately subsisting between us, the undersigned JACOB STAUB and FREDERICK BRADLEY, carrying on business as Tailors at Wellington, under the style or firm of “Staub and Bradley,” has this day been dissolved by mutual consent.
All debts due to or owing by the said late firm will be received and paid by the said Frederick Bradley, who will continue the said business under the present style or firm of “Staub and Bradley.”
Dated this 1st day of June, 1903.
J. STAUB.
F. BRADLEY.
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DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership lately subsisting between us, the undersigned EDWARD JOHN DICKIN and ERNEST WHITE, as Chemists, at Napier, under the firm of “Welsman and White,” was, on this 26th day of May, 1903, dissolved by mutual consent; and that in future the business will be carried on by ERNEST WHITE alone, under the name of “Ernest White,” and that all debts due and owing to or by the late firm will be respectively received and paid by the said Ernest White.
Dated at Napier, this 26th day of May, 1903.
EDWD. JNO. DICKIN.
Witness to signature of Edward John Dickin—H. Humphries, Solicitor, Napier.
ERNEST WHITE.
Witness to signature of Ernest White—P. S. McLean, Solicitor, Napier.
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In the matter of “The Foreign Companies Act, 1884,” and its amendments.
NOTICE is hereby given that G. S. Yuill and Co. (Limited) intend to carry on business in the Colony of New Zealand, and that the office or place of business of the company where legal proceedings or notices may be served upon it will be No. 8, Grey Street, in the City of Wellington.
Dated this 30th day of May, 1903.
C. S. WILLIMOTT,
Attorney for the Company.
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