Mar. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 907

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A FOREIGN MINING COMPANY.

Name of company: Blue Spur and Gabriel’s Gully Consolidated Gold Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration of office of company in colony: 1st February, 1888.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Lawrence; J. Howard Jackson.

Where mine is situate: Lawrence.

Nominal capital: £130,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £91,266.

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

Price paid to vendors of mine (£95,337 2s. 2d).—

(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £48,268.

(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Nil.

(c.) In cash: £47,069 2s. 2d.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 130,000.

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: 28.

Quantity and value of gold produced since last statement: 1,721 oz. 15 dwt.; £6,836 5s. 5d.

Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration of office of company in colony: 44,618 oz. 2 dwt. 12 gr.; £169,334 7s. 2d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in colony since last statement: £4,895 10s. 2d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in colony: £38,531 12s. 6d.

Total amount of dividends paid in colony: Nil.

Amount of cash in bank in colony: £396 6s.

Amount of cash in hand in colony: Nil.

Amount of debts directly due to company in colony: Nil.

Amount of such debts considered good: Nil.

Amount of liabilities of company in colony: £94.

I, J. Howard Jackson, of Lawrence, the Attorney of the Blue Spur and Gabriel’s Gully Consolidated Gold Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 28th February, 1906, 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.”

J. HOWARD JACKSON,
Attorney.

Declared at Lawrence, this 12th day of March, 1906, before me—Herbert H. Leary, J.P. 403

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Ophir Mining Company (Limited).

Where formed, and date of registration: 20th February, 1905.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: “Mathiuna,” Tasmania; J. Newburgh Lawson.

Nominal capital: £17,500.

Amount of capital subscribed: £4,250.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £1,275.

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: £8,750.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 17,500.

Number of shares allotted: 13,000.

Amount paid per share: 4s.

Amount called up per share: 4s.

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: 14.

Present number of shareholders: 14.

Number of men employed by company: 3.

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: Nil.

Total expenditure since registration: £950 1s. 9d.

Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.

Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s: £295 4s. 5d.

Amount of cash in hand: £29 13s. 10d.

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: Nil.

I, J. N. Lawson, of Dunedin, the Secretary of the Ophir 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 January, 1906; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

J. N. LAWSON,
Secretary.

Declared at Dunedin, this 15th day of March, 1906, before me—Thos. Ross, J.P. 415

UNDER “THE MINING ACT, 1905.”

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A WATER-RACE.

To the Warden of the Otago Mining District, at Black’s.

PURSUANT to “The Mining Act, 1905,” the undersigned, Malcolm Isbister, of Poolburn, Farmer, 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: 12th March, 1906; No. 57404.

Address for service: Care of J. R. Bartholomew, Solicitor, Alexandra.

Dated at Alexandra, this 21st day of March, 1906.

SCHEDULE.

Locality of the race and of its starting and terminal points: Commencing in Tributary or Blind Creek on Ida Valley Run, one mile above Purvis’s fence, thence through McDonald’s and Purvis’s leaseholds to applicant’s Freehold Section 1, Block X, Poolburn. Pegs marked X.

Length and intended course of race: Two miles; north-westerly.

Points of intake: Tributary or Blind Creek.

Estimated time and cost of construction: Two years; £100.

Mean depth and breadth: 1 ft. 3 in. by 3 ft. 9 in.

Number of heads to be diverted: Two heads.

Purpose for which water is to be used: Irrigation, domestic, and watering stock.

Proposed term of license: Forty-two years.

MALCOLM ISBISTER,
(By his Solicitor, J. R. BARTHOLOMEW),
Applicant.

Precise time of filing of the foregoing application: 3.5 p.m., 21st March, 1906.

Time and place appointed for the hearing of the application and all objections thereto: Thursday, 26th April, 1906, at 10 a.m., in the Warden’s Court, Black’s.

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

F. JEFFERY,
Mining Registrar. 405

UNDER “THE MINING ACT, 1905.”

APPLICATION FOR LICENSE FOR A WATER-RACE.

To the Warden of the Otago Mining District, at Black’s.

PURSUANT to “The Mining Act, 1905,” the undersigned, Malcolm Isbister, of Poolburn, Farmer, 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: 12th March, 1906; No. 57404.

Address for service: Care of J. R. Bartholomew, Solicitor, Alexandra.

Dated at Alexandra, this 21st day of March, 1906.