Oct. 29. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2317

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year: 1,103 oz. 19 dwt. 3 gr.; £4,250 6s. 4d.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration: 5,858 oz. 18 dwt. 1 gr.; £22,576 18s. 1d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £2,692 2s. 2d.
Total expenditure since registration: £15,974 5s. 7d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £9,000.
Total amount of dividends paid: £8 872 10s.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: £127 10s.
Amount of cash at banker's: £445 15s. 1d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: £200.

I, Alexander McLean, of Lawrence, the Secretary of the Success 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 the 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.”

ALEX. McLEAN,
Secretary.

Declared at Lawrence, this 23rd day of October, 1903, before me—B. W. Winn, J.P. 968

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Phoenix Golden Reefs Gold-mining Company as a no-liability company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Phoenix Golden Reefs Gold-mining Company (No Liability).
2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Whangapoua.
3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Legal Chambers, Queen Street, Auckland.
4. The value of the company's property, including claim (or lease ground) and machinery, is ——.
5. The number of shares in the company is 60,000.
6. The number of shares subscribed for is 24,000.
7. The name of the manager is Moritz Samuel Leers.
8. The names, and addresses, and occupations of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as below:—

No. of Shares.
Samuel Wing, Auckland, Secretary .. .. 500
Albert Taylor, Auckland, Accountant .. .. 1,000
Oliver Aspinal, Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 500
George Alexander Carron, Auckland, Storekeeper .. 500
James Foster, Auckland, Tailor .. .. 500
James Hill Mackay, Auckland, Engineer .. .. 500
James Henry Moore Carpenter, Auckland, Coal Merchant .. .. 1,000
Thomas Wilson, Auckland, Baker .. .. 500
Seering Hall Matthews, Auckland, Accountant .. 1,000
John Leslie Ross, Auckland .. .. 500
Charles Frederick Andrews, Auckland, Agent .. 1,000
Samuel Stone, Auckland, Storekeeper .. .. 1,000
Edward McKeown, Auckland, Baker .. .. 1,000
James Morris, Auckland, Builder .. .. 500
Henry Louis Possenniskie, Auckland, Tailor .. .. 500
William Scott Lyell, Auckland, Stationer .. .. 500
George Sinnett, Auckland, Storekeeper .. .. 500
Francis Gedey, Auckland, Builder .. .. 500
Frank Mense, Auckland, Clerk .. .. 1,000
James Arbothnott Lyell, Auckland, Stationer .. .. 250
William Woods, Auckland, Engineer .. .. 500
Andrew Jackson, Auckland, Engineer .. .. 500
Kathleen Leers, Auckland .. .. 1,500
John Morrison, Coromandel, Miner .. .. 2,000
Thomas Barron, Auckland, Miner .. .. 5,000
Seering Hall Matthews (in trust), Auckland, Accountant .. .. 500
Henry Bernard Massey, Auckland, Agent .. .. 500
Alexander Huntley Barron, Auckland, Horsedealer 250
Moritz Samuel Leers (in trust for the company), Auckland, Accountant.. .. .. 36,000

M. S. LEERS,
Manager.

Dated this 20th day of October, 1903.
Witness to signature—C. F. Reid, Solicitor, Auckland.

I, Moritz Samuel Leers, do solemnly and sincerely declare that—

1. I am the Manager of the said intended company.
2. 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.”

Taken before me, at Auckland, this 20th day of October, 1903—C. F. Reid, a Solicitor, &c. 969

UNDER “THE MINING ACT, 1898.”

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A WATER-RACE.

To the Warden of the Otago Mining District, at Lawrence.

Pursuant to “The Mining Act, 1898,” the undersigned, William Pearson, of Lawrence, Farmer, hereby applies for a license for a water-race, as specified in the Schedule hereto, the course whereof has been duly marked out for the purpose.

Date and number of miner's right: 1st October, 1903; No 41713.

Address for service: The office of David Finlayson, Solicitor, Lawrence.

Dated at Lawrence, this 13th day of October, 1903.

SCHEDULE.

Locality of the race, and of its starting and terminal points: Commencing in a small creek in freehold Section 43, Block X., Tuapeka East District, belonging to Daniel McCluskey; following course of old water-race through part of said Section 43; thence through part of freehold Section 11, Block X. aforesaid, belonging to George Edward McCluskey; thence through part of freehold Section 16, Block II., Tuapeka East District, belonging to Edward Tubman and John Joseph Paulin; thence through part of freehold Sections 18 and 24 of said Block II., belonging to Julia Cameron; and terminating in freehold Section 23, Block II. aforesaid, belonging to John Pearson. Pegs marked X.

Length and intended course of race: Four miles; westerly and southerly.

Points of intake: At head of race.

Estimated time and cost of construction: Partly constructed, as it consists of course of old race, except through Section 23, Block II., Tuapeka East District; six months; £200.

Mean depth and breadth: Depth, 1 ft. 6 in.; breadth, 3 ft.

Number of heads to be diverted: Four heads.

Purpose for which water is to be used: Mining purposes.

Proposed term of license: Forty-two years.

WILLIAM PEARSON
(By his Solicitor, DAVID FINLAYSON),
Applicant.

Precise time of filing of the foregoing application: 3 p.m. on 13th October, 1903.

Time and place appointed for the hearing of the application and all objections thereto: Monday, 23rd November, 1903, at 2 p.m., at Warden’s Court, Lawrence.

Objections thereto must be filed in the Registrar’s office and notified to applicant at least twenty-four hours before the day so appointed.

A. M. EYES,
Mining Registrar. 965

UNDER “THE MINING ACT, 1898.”

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A WATER-RACE.

To the Warden of the Otago Mining District, at Roxburgh.

Pursuant to “The Mining Act, 1898,” the undersigned, Henry Weatherall and Joseph Weatherall, both of Coal Creek, Miners, hereby apply for a license for a water race, as specified in the Schedule hereto, the course whereof has been duly marked out for the purpose.

Date and numbers of miners’ rights: 2nd April, 1903; Nos. 29728, 29729.

Address for service: C/o Jabez Burton, Mining Agent, Roxburgh.

Dated at Roxburgh, this 16th day of October, 1903.

SCHEDULE.

Locality of the race, and of its starting and terminal points: On Mount Benger; starting on Donaldson’s grazing-run, at the right-hand branch of Snowy Gully, about 50 chains above the western boundary of Block X., Teviot District, taking in its course the water from the Main Creek