Dec. 21.
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
2993

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1903”; and in the matter of the Atlas Assurance Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that the office or place of business in New Zealand of the above-named company—the Atlas Assurance Company (Limited)—a company incorporated in Great Britain and carrying on business in New Zealand, where legal process of any kind may be served upon it and notices of any kind may be addressed or delivered, is situate at Customhouse Quay, in the City of Wellington.

Dated at Wellington, this 15th day of December, 1905.

L. ROSE JAGGAR,
Attorney for the Company.

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In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1903”; and in the matter of the Gilbert Machinery Company, Limited.

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the winding-up of the above-named company by the Supreme Court was, on the 18th day of December, 1905, presented to His Honour Sir Robert Stout, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of the Colony of New Zealand, a Judge of the Supreme Court, by Symon and Company, Limited—a registered company carrying on business as Merchants in Wellington and elsewhere, and having its registered office at 68, Fore Street, City of London—a creditor of the said company. And the said petition is directed to be heard before a Judge of the said Court on the 10th day of January, 1906, and any creditor or contributory of the said company desirous to oppose the making of an order for the winding-up of the said company under the above Act should appear at the time of hearing, by himself or his counsel, for that purpose; and a copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the said company requiring the same, by the undersigned, on payment of the regulated charge for the same.

FINDLAY, DALZIELL, AND CO.,
Lambton Quay, Wellington,
Solicitors for the Petitioner.

1063

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1903”; and in the matter of Wilson, Thompson, and Company, Limited.

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the winding-up of the above-named company by the Supreme Court was, on the 18th day of December, 1905, presented to His Honour Sir Robert Stout, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of the Colony of New Zealand, a Judge of the Supreme Court, by Symon and Company, Limited—a registered company carrying on business as Merchants in Wellington and elsewhere, and having its registered office at 68, Fore Street, City of London—a creditor of the said company. And the said petition is directed to be heard before a Judge of the said Court on the 10th day of January, 1906, and any creditor or contributory of the said company desirous to oppose the making of an order for the winding-up of the said company under the above Act should appear at the time of hearing, by himself or his counsel, for that purpose; and a copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the said company requiring the same, by the undersigned, on payment of the regulated charge for the same.

FINDLAY, DALZIELL, AND CO.,
Lambton Quay, Wellington,
Solicitors for the Petitioner.

1064

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership hitherto subsisting between the undersigned, JOHN EDWARD LONG and ALFRED JOHN LANGMUIR, as Storekeepers, under the firm-name of “Langmuir and Long,” at Taumarunui, has been dissolved as from the 20th day of November, 1905, by mutual consent.

Dated at Auckland, this 13th day of December, 1905.

JOHN EDWARD LONG.
ALFRED JOHN LANGMUIR.

Witness to the signatures of John Edward Long and Alfred John Langmuir — Hugh Shrewsbury, Solicitor, Auckland.

1054

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us, the undersigned, carrying on business as Brickmakers, at Rawhitiroa, under the style or firm of “Ford and Son,” has been dissolved by mutual consent as from the date hereof. All debts due to and owing by the late firm will be received and paid respectively by HENRY JAMES FORD, Sen., who will continue to carry on the said business in his own name.

Dated the 16th day of December, 1905.

H. J. FORD, SEN.
H. J. FORD, JUN.

Witness to signatures—David Syme, Solicitor, Eltham.

1062

I, WILLIAM LAURENCE SIMPSON, Manager of the Trustees, Executors, and Agency Company of New Zealand (Limited), do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare,––

1. That the liability of the company is limited.
2. That the capital of the company is £50,000, divided into 10,000 shares of £5 each.
3. That the number of shares issued is 10,000.
4. That calls to the amount of £1 per share have been made, from which the sum of £10,000 has been received.
5. That the amount of money received as executor of estates under administration for the six months to 30th September, 1905, was £262,232 5s. 4d.
6. That the amount of money paid as executor of estates under administration for the six months to 30th September, 1905, was £198,925 17s. 4d.
7. That the amount of money held as executor to the credit of estates under administration was at 30th September, 1905, £75,370 1s. 4d.
8. That the amount remaining in the company’s hands at 30th September, 1905, to the credit of estates for which the company is executor, co-executor, trustee, or co-trustee, which sum is represented by either cash or securities or both, was £795,663 4s. 6d.
9. That the liabilities and assets of the company other than in its fiduciary capacity were at 30th September, 1905, as follows:––

Liabilities—Capital .. .. .. £10,000 0 0
Balances due to various constituents .. .. 15,362 1 1
Reserve Fund .. .. 8,500 0 0
Other liabilities .. .. Nil.

Assets—Cash in hand, freehold properties, mortgages, debentures, and deposits .. .. .. 26,478 17 5
Balances due by various constituents .. .. 9,919 11 11
Other assets .. .. 246 17 3

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly intituled “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

MAURICE SIMPSON.

Declared this 14th day of December, 1905, before me—Jno. Angus, a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

1047

OTAUTAU TOWN DISTRICT.

“RATING ON UNIMPROVED VALUES ACT, 1896.”—DECLARATION OF POLL.

PURSUANT to section 7 of “The Rating on Unimproved Values Act, 1896,” I hereby declare the result of the poll taken this day on the proposal that “The Rating on Unimproved Values Act, 1896,” be adopted in the Otautau Town District to be as follows:––

For the proposal .. .. .. 87 votes.
Against the proposal .. .. .. 105 “
Majority against .. .. .. 18 “
Informal .. .. .. 4 “
Number of voters on roll .. .. .. 128
Number of voters who voted .. .. .. 71
Number of votes .. .. .. 196 “

The majority of votes being against the proposal, I declare the same not carried.

EWEN MATHESON,
Chairman, Otautau Town Board.

1071

“THE MOTOR REGISTRATION ACT, 1905.”

IN pursuance of the provisions of “The Motor Registration Act, 1905,” public notice is hereby given that the Hutt County Council decided by resolution passed on the 12th day of December, 1905, that the said Act shall be brought into force in the County of Hutt on the 16th day of January, 1906.

By order.

H. D. ATKINSON,
Wellington, 14th December, 1905. Clerk.

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