Aug. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2011

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JAMES CUNNINGHAM, of Dipton, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Thursday, the 17th day of August, 1905, at 2.30 o’clock.

CHARLES ROUT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Invercargill, 9th August, 1905.

MINING NOTICES.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Taitapu Gold Estates (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: Present company (reconstructed), 22nd February, 1899; 2nd March, 1903.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney: At registered office, Paturau, Collingwood; Noel Lee Buchanan.

Where mine is situate: Taitapu, Collingwood County.

Nominal capital: £175,000 (not exclusively applicable to mine).

Amount of capital subscribed and issued: £147,597.

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 17s. paid up: Mine purchased as part of business of large freehold estate, and value not assessed separately.
(c.) In cash: Nil.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 175,000.

Number of shares on Colonial Register: Nil.

Amount paid per share (Colonial Register): Nil.

Amount called up per share (Colonial Register): Nil.

Number and amount of calls in arrear (Colonial Register): Nil.

Number of forfeited shares on Colonial Register sold, and money received for same: Nil.

Number of shareholders on Colonial Register: Nil.

Number of men employed by company in colony: Average for year, 24.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: 1,217 oz. 11 dwt.; £4,631 5s. 11d.

Total quantity and value produced since registration of (reconstructed) company in colony: 2,473 oz. 13 dwt.; £9,241 5s. 9d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony since the last statement: £5,510 11s. 8d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of (reconstructed) company in colony: £11,661 14s. 6d.

Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.

Amount of cash in bank in colony: £540 10s.

Amount of cash in hand in colony: Nil.

No debts due to the company, nor any liabilities of the company, in colony.

I, Noel Lee Buchanan, the Attorney of the Taitapu Gold Estates (Limited), do hereby solemnly declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company as on the 30th day of September, 1904 (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.”

N. L. BUCHANAN.

Made and declared at Pakawau, in the County of Collingwood, this 10th day of August, 1905, before me—Edmund Davidson, Justice of the Peace.

768

EBENEZER GOLD-MINING COMPANY (LIMITED).

“THE COMPANIES ACT, 1903.”

NOTICE is hereby given that the Office of the above company is situated at No. 10, Hobson’s Buildings, Shortland Street, Auckland.

GEO. E. STEPHENSON,
Attorney.

759

THE MIKONUI HYDRAULIC GOLD-DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED), (IN LIQUIDATION).

NOTICE is hereby given that at an extraordinary general meeting of the Mikonui Hydraulic Gold-dredging Company (Limited) held at the registered office of the company, No. 12, Harbour Chambers, Jetty Street, Dunedin, on Friday, 11th August, 1905, the following resolution was proposed and carried as an extraordinary resolution:—

“That it has been proved to the satisfaction of the company that the company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same, and accordingly that the company be wound up voluntarily under the provisions of “The Companies Act, 1903,” and that JAMES WILLIAM FRASER, the secretary of the company, be hereby appointed Liquidator for the purpose of such winding-up.”

J. W. FRASER,
Liquidator.

Dunedin, 14th August, 1905.

765

UNDER “THE MINING ACT, 1898.”

APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE FOR A BRANCH WATER-RACE.

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

PURSUANT to “The Mining Act, 1898,” the undersigned, George Redhead, of Kawarau Gorge, Farmer, hereby applies for a license for a branch 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; 16th January, 1905; No. 47719.

Address for service: Care of A. M. Brodrick, Solicitor, Cromwell.

Dated at Cromwell, this 1st day of August, 1905.

SCHEDULE.

Locality of the race and of its starting and terminal points: Starting at a point in John Fleming’s freehold paddock in water-race held under License No. 1394, 14th August, 1903, in name of John Fleming, George Redhead, and Martin Heaney, about twenty-one miles and a half from the termination of said race, and terminating in leasehold land belonging to Richard George Redhead. (Crosses road between Fleming’s and R. G. Redhead’s land.)

Length and intended course of race: Twenty chains, west to east.

Points of intake: In Water-race No. 1394, 14th August, 1903, in Fleming’s paddock.

Estimated time and cost of construction: Two days; £2.

Mean depth and breadth: 2 ft. deep; 2 ft. wide.

Number of heads to be carried: One-half head.

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

Proposed term of license: Forty-two years.

GEORGE REDHEAD
(By his Solicitor, A. M. BRODRICK).

Precise time of filing of the foregoing application: 10.3 a.m., 2nd August, 1905.

Time and place appointed for the hearing of the application and all objections thereto: Thursday, 7th September, 1905, at 11 a.m., at Warden’s Court, Cromwell.

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

O. E. BOWLING,
Mining Registrar.

756

UNDER “THE MINING ACT, 1898.”

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A BRANCH WATER-RACE.

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

PURSUANT to “The Mining Act, 1898,” the undersigned, John Fleming and George Redhead, of Cromwell district, Farmers, 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: 24th October, 1904; No. 44913. 16th January, 1905; No. 47719.

Address for service: Care of A. M. Brodrick, Solicitor, Cromwell.

Dated at Cromwell, this 1st day of August, 1905.