Dec. 3.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2525

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court, holden at Invercargill.

NOTICE is hereby given that Timothy Clifford, of Nightcaps, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Thursday, the 10th day of December, 1903, at 2.30 o’clock.

CHARLES ROUT,
Official Assignee.

Invercargill, 26th November, 1903.

MINING NOTICES.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Matakanui Gold-mining Company (Limited).
When formed and date of registration: 22nd January, 1902.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Matakanui; W. Norman, Manager.
Nominal capital: £7,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £7,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £7,000.
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: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 7,000.
Number of shares allotted: 7,000.
Amount paid per share: £1.
Amount called up per share: £1.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.
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: 7.
Present number of shareholders: 8.
Present number of men employed by company: 7.
Total quantity and value of gold since registration: 566 oz. 13 dwt. 19 gr.; cash, £10: total, £2,121 18s. 2d.
Total expenditure since registration: £1,806 9s. 10d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £174 18s. 6d.
Total amount of dividends paid: £174 18s. 6d.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £385 9s. 4d.
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: £900.

I, W. Norman, of Matakanui, Legal Manager of the Matakanui 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 the 31st March, 1903; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

W. NORMAN.

Declared at Matakanui, this 12th day of November, 1903, before me—Wm. Laidlaw, J.P. 1058

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Tinkers Gold-mining Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 10th June, 1902.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Matakanui; T. Duggan, Secretary.
Nominal capital: £15,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £15,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £15,000.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £15,000.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 15,000.
Number of shares allotted: 15,000.
Number of shares unallotted: Nil.
Amount paid per share: £1.
Amount called up per share: £1.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.
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: 14.
Present number of shareholders: 14.
Number of men employed by company: 6.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: Nil.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: 808 oz. 17 dwt. 14 gr.; £3,114 4s. 11d.
Total expenditure since registration: £1,640 6s. 4d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £1,500.
Total amount of dividends paid: £1,500.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £288 2s. 4d.
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: £285 18s. 2d.

I, Timothy Duggan, of Matakanui, the Secretary of the Tinkers 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 the 31st March, 1903; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

TIMOTHY DUGGAN.

Declared at Matakanui, this 11th day of November, 1903, before me—Wm. Laidlaw, J.P. 1059

UNDER “THE MINING ACT, 1898.”

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A WATER RACE.

To the Warden of the Otago Mining District, at Macrae’s.

PURSUANT to “The Mining Act, 1898,” the undersigned, John Orr Gilmour, of Dunback, Miner, and James Philip, jun., of Dunback, Storekeeper, 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.

Dates and numbers of miners’ rights: 21st September, 1903, No. 2689; 6th November, 1903, No. 40313.

Address for service: C/o Cutten and Hjorring, Solicitors, Naseby.

Dated at Naseby, this 11th day of November, 1903.

SCHEDULE.

Locality of the race, and of its starting and terminal points: Situated on Section 19, Block V., Dunback District, being freehold owned by James Philip, of Stoneburn, farmer; starting at a point in a gully about 250 yards east of residence of the said James Philip, and terminating at applicant’s battery in same section. Pegs marked V.

Length and intended course of race: 100 yards; W. to E.

Points of intake: In gully 250 yards east of residence of said James Philip.

Estimated time and cost of construction: One week; £5.

Mean depth and breadth: 6 in.; 1 ft.

Number of heads to be diverted: One head.

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

Proposed term of license: Forty-two years.

JOHN ORR GILMOUR,
JAMES PHILIP, JUN.

(By their Solicitors, Cutten and Hjorring),
Applicants.

Precise time of filing of the foregoing application: 10.50 a.m., 12th November, 1903.

Time and place appointed for the hearing of the application and all objections thereto: The first sitting of the Warden’s Court at Macrae’s after sixteen days from this date, at 9.30 a.m.

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

F. M. W. PHILPOTTS,
Deputy Mining Registrar.

1064

UNDER “THE MINING ACT, 1898.”

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A CLAIM.

To the Warden of the Otago Mining District, at Macrae’s.

PURSUANT to “The Mining Act, 1898,” the undersigned, John Orr Gilmour, of Dunback, Miner, and James Philip, jun., of Dunback, Storekeeper, hereby apply for a license for a claim, as specified in the Schedule hereto, in respect of the land therein referred to, which has been duly marked out for the purpose.