2096
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 71

BANKRUPTCY NOTICES.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Waikato and Thames, held at Thames.

NOTICE is hereby given that ROBERT ALEXANDER LAW, of Kaueranga, near Thames, Storekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be helden at the office of Mr. R. R. McGregor, Thames, on Friday, the 26th day of August, 1904, at 11 o’clock.

E. GÉRARD,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 16th August, 1904.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Waikato and Thames, held at Hamilton.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM GEORGE CATE, of Cambridge, Builder, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at the office of Messrs. W. Souter and Co., Cambridge, on Monday, the 29th day of August, 1904, at 3 o’clock.

E. GÉRARD,
Official Assignee.

Auckland, 17th August, 1904.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Napier.

In the matter of ROBERT JAMES HUNTER, of Dannevirke, Livery-stable Keeper.

NOTICE is hereby given that the public examination of the above-named bankrupt is fixed for the 29th day of August, 1904, at 10.30 a.m., at the sitting of the above-named Court in Bankruptcy, at the Courthouse, Napier.

Dated at Napier, this 20th day of August, 1904.

M. W. P. LASCELLES,
Deputy Official Assignee.

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Wairarapa, held at Masterton.

NOTICE is hereby given that FREDERICK ALEX. HARCOWBE (trading as “Coulter, Harcombe, and Co.”) of Masterton, Storekeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at Courthouse, Masterton, on Friday, the 26th day of August, 1904, at 12 o’clock noon.

W. B. CHENNELLS,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Masterton, 16th August, 1904.

In Bankruptcy.

Estate of WILLIAM WARING TAYLOR, late of Wellington, Merchant.

A SUPPLEMENTARY dividend, of 1½d. in the pound, on all proved and admitted claims in the above estate is now payable at my office.

JAMES ASHCROFT,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 9th August, 1904.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Wellington.

NOTICE is hereby given that GEORGE HUGH McLEOD, of Willis Street, Wellington, Tailor, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Friday, the 26th day of August, 1904, at 11 o’clock a.m.

JAMES ASHCROFT,
Official Assignee.

Wellington, 23rd August, 1904.

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Christchurch.

NOTICE is hereby given that EMILY GOWLAND, of Medbury, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, on Wednesday, the 31st day of August, 1904, at 11 o’clock.

G. L. GREENWOOD,
Official Assignee.

23rd August, 1904.

MINING NOTICES.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Progress Mines of New Zealand (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: 8th December, 1896.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Head office, London; colonial office, Reefton, New Zealand. Ernest William Spencer and Smith Laughton Patrick Free.

Where mine is situate: Reefton.

Nominal capital: £275,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £275,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: Nil.

Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £200,000.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Nil.
(c.) In cash: Nil.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 275,000.

Number of shares on Colonial Register: 4,186.

Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): £1.

Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): £1.

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: 15.

Number of men employed by company in colony: 295.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: 27,346 oz. 4 dwt. 6 gr.; £108,120 10s. 3d.

Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: 131,897 oz. 3 dwt. 5 gr.; £535,363 10s. 1d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £60,934 17s. 7d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £394,982 14s. 1d.

Total amount of dividends paid in colony: £2,827 1s. 6d.

Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: Nil.

Amount of cash in hand in colony: Nil.

Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: £481 5s. 11d.

Amount of such debts considered good: £481 5s. 11d.

Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in colony: £264.

Amount of debts owing by company in colony: £1,948 8s. 4d.

I, Smith Laughton Patrick Free, of Reefton, one of the Attorneys of the Progress Mines of New Zealand (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company as on the 31st day of December, 1903 (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.”

S. L. P. FREE.

Declared at Reefton, this 15th day of August, 1904, before me—E. J. Scantlebury, J.P.

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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Consolidated Goldfields of New Zealand (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: 22nd January, 1896.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Head office, London; colonial office, Reefton, New Zealand. Ernest William Spencer and Smith Laughton Patrick Free.

Where mine is situate: Reefton, New Zealand.

Nominal capital: £225,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £225,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: Nil.

Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: Nil.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Nil.
(c.) In cash: £43,416 13s. 4d.