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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 64

MINING NOTICES.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Komata Reefs Gold-mining 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: 16th October, 1900.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Registered office, Shortland Street, Auckland; Frederick C. Brown, General Manager and Attorney.

Where mine is situate: Komata, Ohinemuri.

Nominal capital: £200,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £200,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: Not known.

Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: 7 shares.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as 4s. 3d. paid up: 399,993 shares.
(c.) In cash: £6,109 2s. 10d.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 800,000.

Number of shares on Colonial Register: 195,932.

Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): 5.

Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): 5.

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: 283.

Number of men employed by company in colony: 83.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during the period since last statement: 5,606·25 oz. gold, 33,752·9 silver; £27,244 9s. 2d.

Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: 7,991·9 oz. gold, 42,490·3 oz. silver; £38,587 6s. 10d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £21,735 2s. 4d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £41,535 1s. 3d.

Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: £459 17s. 6d.

Amount of cash in hand in colony: Nil.

Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: £111 9s. 6d.

Amount of such debts considered good: £111 9s. 6d.

Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in colony: £7 12s.

Amount of debts owing by company: £70 7s. 7d.

I, Frederick C. Brown, of Komata, Ohinemuri, the Attorney of the Komata Reefs Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company as on the 6th day of December, 1902, 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.”

F. C. BROWN,
Attorney.

Declared at Komata, this 1st day of August, 1903, before me—A. Dunsford, authorised to witness statutory declarations.
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THE MUDDY CREEK SLUICING COMPANY (LIMITED), (IN LIQUIDATION).

NOTICE is hereby given that, in pursuance of section 202 of “The Companies Act, 1882,” that a general meeting of the members of the above-named company will be held at the office of the Liquidator, No. 27, Rattray Street, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 15th day of October, 1903, at 5 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 this 4th day of August, 1903.

WM. REID,
Liquidator.

Witness—W. R. Brugh, Solicitor, Dunedin.
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THE HIKUTAIA GOLD SYNDICATE (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that the office or place of business of the above-named company is changed from Queen Street, Thames, to Kenny Street, Waihi.

Dated this 22nd day of July, 1903.

BUDDLE, BUTTON, AND CO.,
Solicitors for the Company.
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THE BRITANNIA GOLD-DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED), (IN LIQUIDATION).

NOTICE is hereby given that a Meeting of Shareholders of the company will be held at J. A. Hopcraft’s office, 12, Octagon, Dunedin, on Friday, 23rd October, 1903, at 7.30 p.m., for the purpose of receiving the report of the Liquidator, together with the accounts, showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of, also for the disposing of the books, accounts, and documents of the company and of the Liquidator.

J. A. HOPCRAFT, Liquidator.

Dunedin, 5th August, 1903.
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THE NEW BRITANNIA GOLD-DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED), (IN LIQUIDATION).

NOTICE is hereby given that a Meeting of Shareholders of the company will be held at J. A. Hopcraft’s office, 12, Octagon, Dunedin, on Friday, 23rd October, 1903, at 8 o’clock p.m., for the purpose of receiving the report of the Liquidators, together with the accounts, showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of; also for the disposing of the books, accounts, and documents of the company and of the Liquidators.

PETER MILLER,
THOS. GLENDINING,
PETER AITKEN,
J. A. HOPCRAFT,
} Liquidators.

Dunedin, 5th August, 1903.
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In the matter of the Coronation Gold-dredging Company (Limited).

AT an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the above-named company, held on Wednesday, the 15th day of July, 1903, the following extraordinary resolution was passed, and confirmed on Wednesday, the 5th day of August, 1903:—

“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.”

Dated at Alexandra South, this 7th day of August, 1903.

W. S. LAIDLAW,
Secretary.
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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.

3978. GEORGE LORAM.—Lot 15 of Allotment 27, Section 10, Suburbs of Auckland, containing 1 rood 15 perches. Occupied by Alice Victoria Soar.

3979. ROBERT ERNEST LESTER.—All that parcel of land situated at Kohukohu, Hokianga, and being part of the land-claim of William Richardson Gundry, containing 2 acres 3 roods 12 perches. Occupied by Applicant and tenants.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 8th day of August, 1903, at the Lands Registry Office, Auckland.

EDWIN BAMFORD,
District Land Registrar.
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