Jan. 31.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 413

Amount of cash at banker’s and on deposit: Current account, £266 8s. 11d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: 18s. 11d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Say, £250.

I, H. E. Wilson, of Dunedin, the Secretary of the New Skippers Sluicing 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, 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.”

HERBERT E. WILSON,
Secretary.

Declared at Dunedin, this 28th day of January, 1907, before me—John Angus, J.P. 160

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Blackwater River Gold-dredging Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 27th April, 1900.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: Dunedin; A. J. C. Brown.
Nominal capital: £11,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: Contributing capital, £6,475; vendors, £3,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £5,891 18s.
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: £3,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 11,000.
Number of shares allotted: 9,475.
Amount paid per share: 18s.
Amount called up per share: 18s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.
Number of shares forfeited: 525.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: Nil.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 82.
Present number of shareholders: 92.
Number of men employed by company: 11.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 1,452 oz. 16 dwt. 12 gr.; £5,782.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: 6,517 oz. 17 dwt. 13 gr.; £26,001 1s.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £4,987 4s. 2d.
Total expenditure since registration: £27,862 19s. 10d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £7,816 17s. 6d.
Total amount of dividends paid: £7,810.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: £6 17s. 6d.
Amount of cash at banker’s and on deposit: Various current accounts, £447 1s. 3d.; on deposit, £500.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: Monthly current accounts accrued only.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, A. J. C. Brown, of Dunedin, the Secretary of the Blackwater River Gold-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, 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.”

A. JOHNSTON C. BROWN,
Secretary.

Declared at Dunedin, this 28th day of January, 1907, before me—John Angus, J.P. 161

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Bakery Flat Sluicing Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 10th September, 1896.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation (claim let on tribute).
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: Dunedin; A. J. C. Brown.

Nominal capital: £3,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £2,500.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £2,012 10s.
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: £300.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 3,000.
Number of shares allotted: 2,500.
Amount paid per share: 18s. 6d.
Amount called up per share: 18s. 6d.
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: 24.
Present number of shareholders: 28.
Number of men employed by company: At present claim is worked on tribute.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 37 oz. 17 dwt.; £145 14s. 4d. Apart from this, 167 oz. 2 dwt. 6 gr. was won under tribute arrangement between J. T. Johnson and the company in connection with prospecting Deep Lead.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: 2,952 oz. 19 dwt. 15 gr.; £11,129 0s. 9d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement: £45 6s. 1d.
Total expenditure since registration: £12,067 10s. 4d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £1,062 10s.
Total amount of dividends paid: £1,062 10s.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s and on deposit: Current account, £10 16s. 9d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: £276 19s.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, A. J. C. Brown, of Dunedin, the Secretary of the Bakery Flat Sluicing Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at 31st December, 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.”

A. JOHNSTON C. BROWN,
Secretary.

Declared at Dunedin, this 28th day of January, 1907, before me—John Angus, J.P. 162

UNDER “THE MINING ACT, 1905.”

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF LICENSE FOR MINING PRIVILEGE.

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

PURSUANT to “The Mining Act, 1905,” the undersigned, the Golden Bed Dredging Company (Limited), Exchange Court, Dunedin, being the holder of the license specified in the Schedule, hereby applies for a renewal thereof for a term of fifteen years, commencing on the expiry of the current term.

Address for service: Care of Robert Cockburn, Mining Agent, Roxburgh.

Dated at Roxburgh, this 19th day of January, 1907.

SCHEDULE.—PARTICULARS OF CURRENT LICENSE.

Date and registered number: 21st March, 1889; No. 3957.
Name and locality of mining privilege: Water-race license; Timor Creek.
Date of expiry of term: 21st March, 1904.

THE GOLDEN BED DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED),
(By their Agent, R. Cockburn),
Applicant.

Precise time of filing of the foregoing application: 10 a.m., 21st January, 1907.

Time and place appointed for the hearing of the application and all objections thereto: Thursday, 14th February, 1907, at 10 a.m., in the Warden’s Court, Roxburgh.

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

FREDERICK JEFFERY,
Mining Registrar. 115