JULY 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1615

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 8,000.
Amount paid per share:
Amount called up per share: 4s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: £599 4s. 4d.
Number of shares forfeited: Nil.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: Nil.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 58.
Present number of shareholders: 60.
Number of men employed by company: Men are employed prospecting, &c., from time to time.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: Nil.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £30 17s. 6d.
Total expenditure since registration: £599 3s. 2d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £1 7s. 6d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: £95 18s. 6d.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good:
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £95 18s. 6d.

I, Frederick Notley Meadows, of Christchurch, the Manager of the Waipuna Creek Gold-dredging Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at 31st 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.”

F. N. MEADOWS.

Declared at Christchurch, this 9th day of June, 1903, before me—John R. Brunt, J.P. 751

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: New Star Gold-mining Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 13th May, 1901; 16th May, 1901.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Esk Street, Invercargill; Richard Allen.
Nominal capital: £30,503.
Amount of capital subscribed: £14,727.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £987 14s. 11d.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): Nil.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £13,254 6s.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 30,503.
Number of shares allotted: 14,727.
Amount paid per share: 1s. 8d.
Amount called up per share: 2s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: 8,630; £152 1s. 6d.
Number of shares forfeited: 636.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: Nil.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 51.
Present number of shareholders: 51.
Number of men employed by company: 6.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year: 113 oz. 16 dwt.; £460 18s. 9d.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration: 113 oz. 16 dwt.; £460 18s. 9d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £433 2s. 4d.
Total expenditure since registration: £1,337 6s. 5d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: Nil.
Amount of cash in hand: £4 15s. 11d.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £140 2s.
Amount of debts owing by company: £25 9s. 4d.

I, Richard Allen, of Invercargill, the Manager of the New Star Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at 31st 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.”

RICHARD ALLEN,
Manager.

Declared at Invercargill, this 11th day of July, 1903, before me—G. Froggatt, J.P. 761

In the matter of the Vulcan Gold-dredging Company (Limited).

AT an annual general meeting of the members of the above-named company, duly convened, and held at the registered office of the above-named company, in Lower High Street, Dunedin, on Friday, the 3rd day of July, 1903, the following extraordinary resolution was duly passed: “That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this meeting that the company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it be advisable to wind up the same, and that the company be wound up accordingly.” And at the same meeting ROBERT SHERIFF BLACK, of Number 1, Lower High Street, Dunedin, aforesaid, Accountant, was appointed Liquidator for the purposes of such winding-up.

Dated at Dunedin, this 8th day of July, 1903.

THOS. COLE,
Chairman.

Witness to signature—J. George L. Hewitt, Solicitor, Dunedin. 744

In the matter of the Vulcan Gold-dredging Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that the creditors of the above-named company are required, on or before the 8th day of September, 1903, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts or claims, and the names and addresses of their solicitors, if any, to ROBERT SHERIFF BLACK, of Number 1, Lower High Street, Dunedin, the Liquidator of the said company; and, if so required by notice in writing from the said Liquidator, are by their solicitors to come in and prove their said debts or claims at such time and place as shall be specified in such notice, or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts are proved.

Dated this 8th day of July, 1903.

J. GEORGE L. HEWITT,
99, Princes Street, Dunedin,
Solicitor for the Liquidator. 745

THE PLEASANT VALLEY GOLD-MINING COMPANY (LIMITED), (IN LIQUIDATION).

NOTICE is hereby given that an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders in the Pleasant Valley Gold-mining Company (Limited) was held in the Athenæum, Roxburgh, on the 19th day of June, 1903, when the following extraordinary resolution was unanimously adopted: “That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this meeting that the company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same, and accordingly that the company be wound up voluntarily.” A further resolution was adopted immediately thereafter appointing JOHN TAMBLYN, Jun., Coal Creek Flat, to be the Liquidator of the above company.

WM. MERCER,
Chairman. 752

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1885,” and its amendments, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

928. MARY WEBSTER.—Part of Section 21, Fitzroy; 6 acres and 36·7 perches. Occupied by Applicant.

929. FREDERICK GILBERT.—Sections 1 and 3, Block 58, Town of Waitara. Occupied by Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office (Plan 1815).

Dated this 9th day of July, 1903, at the Lands Registry Office, New Plymouth.

R. L. STANFORD,
District Land Registrar. 742