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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court of New Zealand,
Otago and Southland District.

In the matter of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894”; and
in the matter of the Alpine Dredging Company (Limited),
(in Liquidation).

NOTICE is hereby given that, by order of this honour-
able Court made this day, a schedule of distribu-
tion of assets herein has been approved, that such schedule
is now open in my office for inspection by the contributors
and creditors of the company, and that the claims men-
tioned therein will, after the lapse of twenty-one days from
the date hereof, be paid at my office.

Dated at Dunedin, this 10th day of March, 1904.
C. C. GRAHAM,
Official Liquidator.

MINING NOTICES.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Greenstone Sluicing Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 22nd January, 1889.
Whether in active operation or not: Not in active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Hamilton Street, Hokitika; Thomas William Beare.
Nominal capital: £7,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £7,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £2,702 10s.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of
cash received for same (if any): £2,300; nil.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no
cash has been paid: £2,300.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 7,000.
Number of shares allotted: 7,000.
Amount paid per share: 11s. 6d.
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 com-
pany: 40.
Present number of shareholders: 29.
Number of men employed by company: None at present.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year:
Nil.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration:
4,036 oz. 9 dwt. 3 gr.; £15,868 2s. 9d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations
during preceding year: Nil; operations suspended.
Total expenditure since registration: £19,010 16s. 6d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £1,925.
Total amount of dividends paid: £1,925.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: Nil.
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: £20 (estimated).

I, Thomas William Beare, of Hokitika, Solicitor, the Legal
Manager of the Greenstone Sluicing Company (Limited), do
hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and
complete statement of the affairs of the said company at
the present date; and I make this solemn declaration con-
scientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of
“The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

THOS. W. BEARE.

Declared at Hokitika, this 7th day of March, 1904, before
me—H. L. Michel, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Greymouth Lagoons Gold-dredging
Company (No Liability), (being a foreign company as de-
fined by section 2 of “The Mining Companies Acts Amend-
ment Act, 1897”).
When formed, and date of registration: Formed in Sydney,
N.S.W., in August, 1900; registered office in New Zealand
in July, 1901.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted in New Zealand: Greymouth.
Names of Attorneys: George Stephen Cray and Thomas
William Ponsonby.
Where company’s claim is situate: Blackwater River, Grey
Valley.
Nominal capital: £24,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £17,740 10s.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash by shareholders
in New Zealand: £65.
Price paid by company to vendors of mine—
(a.) £8,000—i.e., 16,000 shares of 10s. each.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares: Nil.
(c.) In cash: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 48,000.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register: 2,450 paid up
and 130 contributing.
Amount paid per share: 10s.
Amount called up per share: 10s.
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 on New Zealand Register: 6.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 13.
Quantity and value of gold produced during period since
last statement: 777 oz. 14 dwt. 8 gr.; £3,090 8s. 3d.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration
of office of company in New Zealand: 864 oz. 12 dwt. 8 gr.;
£3,444 3s. 7d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on opera-
tions in New Zealand during period since last statement:
£2,830 9s. 9d.
Total expenditure since registration: £14,420 14s. 7d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s in New Zealand: £140 13s. 9d.
Amount of cash in hand in New Zealand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company in New Zealand:
Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any) in New
Zealand: £2,760, contingent on purchase of property
under option.
Amount of debts owing by company in New Zealand: £646
6s. 10s.

I, Thomas William Ponsonby, of Greymouth, one of the
Attorneys of the Greymouth Lagoons Gold-dredging Com-
pany (No Liability), do solemnly and sincerely declare that
this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the
said company as on the 31st December, 1903 (being the
date of the last balance-sheet); and I hereby make this
solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be
true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act,
1882.”

T. W. PONSONBY.

Declared at Greymouth, this 10th day of March, 1904,
before me—Clement Parfitt, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Golden United Dredging Company
(Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 7th April, 1900.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: Craw-
ford Street; Gordon J. Reid.
Nominal capital: £14,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £6,500.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £5,503 2s. 6d.,
including £253 2s. 6d. paid on shares forfeited.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of
cash received for same (if any):
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no
cash has been paid: £6,000, and £1,500 of nominal capital
also issued in part payment of dredge.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 14,000.
Number of shares allotted: 14,000, less 450 forfeited and not
yet reissued.
Amount paid per share: 20s.
Amount called up per share: 20s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: £308 15s. on 450
forfeited shares.
Number of shares forfeited: 1,300.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for
same: 850 reissued as fully paid in settlement of debt to
engineer (£350) and in part purchase of dredge (£500).
Number of shareholders at time of registration of com-
pany: 7.
Present number of shareholders: 123.
Number of men employed by company: 8.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year:
286 oz. 11 dwt. 6 gr.; £1,089 13s. 4d.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration:
Same as above.
Total amount expended in connection with carrying on
operations during preceding year: £3,992 11s. 1d.