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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 9

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Lone Star Dredging Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 15th March, 1902.
Whether in active operation or not: Active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Jetty Street, Dunedin; William T. Monkman.
Nominal capital: £720.
Amount of capital subscribed: £720.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £600.
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: 720.
Number of shares allotted: 720.
Amount paid per share: 16s. 8d.
Amount called up per share: 16s. 8d.
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: 15.
Present number of shareholders: 15.
Number of men employed by company: 10.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 636 oz. 3 dwt.; £2,513 10s. 8d.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: 1,719 oz. 1 dwt. 21 gr.; £6,781 7s. 1d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £2,464 5s. 1d. (including £179 8s. 1d. liabilities from previous year).
Total expenditure since registration: £7,037 5s. 11d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £360.
Total amount of dividends paid: £360.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £266 0s. 5d.
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.
Total debts of the company: £152 11s. 2d.

I, William T. Monkman, Secretary of the Lone Star Dredging Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 31st December, 1904; 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. T. MONKMAN,
Secretary.

Declared at Dunedin, this 24th day of January, 1905, before me—G. L. Denniston, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Atlas Prospecting and Gold-mining Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 22nd May, 1902; 4th August, 1902.
Whether in active operation or not: Not.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Reefton; Henry Cooper.
Nominal capital: £21,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £21,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £460 8s. 4d.
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: 21,000.
Number of shares allotted: 21,000.
Amount paid per share: 5½d.
Amount called up per share: 5½d.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: Part of sixth; £20 16s. 8d.
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: 18.
Present number of shareholders: 19.
Number of men employed by company: Nil.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during preceding year: Nil.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration: Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £69 2s. 8d.

Total expenditure since registration: £467 17s. 4d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s: £11 10s. 9d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: £20 16s. 8d.
Amount of debts considered good: £20 16s. 8d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): £10.

I, Henry Cooper, of Reefton, Manager of the Atlas Prospecting and Gold-mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 31st December last; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

HENRY COOPER,
Manager.

Declared at Reefton, this 25th day of January, 1905, before me—E. J. Scantlebury, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: New Zealand Crown Mines Company (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: 27th June, 1896.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Shortland Street, Auckland; Charles Rhodes.
Where mine is situate: Karangahake.
Nominal capital: £200,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £200,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in colony: Nil.
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £100,000.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Nil.
(c.) In cash: £50,000.
Working capital (cash): £50,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 200,000.
Number of shares on Colonial Register: 43,877.
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: 123.
Number of men employed by company in colony: 204.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: Gold, 12,023 oz. 14 dwt. 3 gr.; silver, 10,949 oz. 10 dwt. 9 gr.: £52,642 3s. 11d.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in colony: Gold, 117,701 oz.; silver, 98,307 oz.: £516,487 0s. 9d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony during period since last statement: £52,486 9s. 4d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £481,550 5s. 6d.
Total amount of dividends paid in colony: £12,224 3s.
Amount of cash at banker’s in colony: Attorney’s account, £2 6s. 2d.; working account, £855 2s. 10d.
Amount of cash in hand in colony: Petty cash—Auckland, 10s.; mine, £10.
Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: £12 6s. 8d.
Amount of such debts considered good: £12 6s. 8d.
Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in colony: £763 15s. 7d.
Amount of debts owing by company: £2,279 8s. 11d.

I, Charles Rhodes, of Auckland, the Attorney of the New Zealand Crown Mines Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 31st August, 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.”

CHAS. RHODES.

Declared at Auckland, this 21st day of January, 1905, before me—John H. Gregory, a Solicitor, &c.
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