JAN. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 125

In Bankruptcy.—In the Supreme Court, held at Dunedin.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM CHARLES PITCHES, of Ophir, Hotel-manager, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Monday, the 23rd day of December, 1907, at 2.30 o’clock.

C. C. GRAHAM,
Official Assignee.

Dunedin, 18th December, 1907.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN McNEILLY, of Wetherstones, Gold-miner, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Monday, the 6th day of January, 1908, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon.

R. PILLING,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Lawrence, 20th December, 1907.

MINING NOTICES.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A FOREIGN MINING COMPANY.

Name of company: Talisman Consolidated (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration of office of company in New Zealand: 1904.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Karangahake; Harry Stansfield.
Where mine is situated: Karangahake.
Nominal capital: £300,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £270,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in New Zealand: £177,392 14s.
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares:
(b.) In partly paid-up shares,\ncredited as £ paid up: \n(c.) In cash:
Acquired under scheme
of reconstruction.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 300,000.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register: 197,103 (on 1st April, 1907, date of balance of share register nearest to 28th February, 1907).
Amount paid per share (New Zealand Register): 18s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear (New Zealand Register): Nil.
Number of forfeited shares on New Zealand Register sold, and money received for same: Nil.
Number of shareholders on New Zealand Register: 708 (on 1st April, 1907, date of balance of share register nearest to 28th February, 1907).
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 275.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: 285,372 oz. 4 dwt.; £159,782 2s. 2d.
Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £634,109 4s. 10d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement: £71,380 6s. 7d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand:
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £46,888 8s.
Amount of cash in bank in New Zealand: £1,887 9s. 5d.
Amount of cash in hand in New Zealand: £57 0s. 3d.
Amount of debts directly due to company in New Zealand: Nil.
Amount of such debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in New Zealand: Nil.

I, Harry Stansfield, of Karangahake, in New Zealand, the Attorney of the Talisman Consolidated (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company as on the 28th day of February, 1907, 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.”

H. STANSFIELD,
Attorney.

Declared at Karangahake, this 17th day of December, 1907, before me—J. Kitching, Justice of the Peace. 6

In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1903”; and in the matter of the Matau Dredging Company (Limited), (in liquidation).

NOTICE is hereby given that a General Meeting of the shareholders of the above-named company will be held in my office, Water Street, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 15th day of January, 1908, at 4 p.m., for the purpose of having a certified account laid before them showing the manner in which the winding-up of the company has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that may be given by me as Liquidator; and also of determining by extraordinary resolution the manner in which the books, accounts, and documents of the company and the Liquidator shall be disposed of.

Dated at Dunedin, this 16th day of December, 1907.

E. R. SMITH,
Liquidator of the above-named Company. 10

THE NEW ALPINE CONSOLS GOLD-DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED), (IN LIQUIDATION).

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 230 of “The Companies Act, 1903,” that a General Meeting of members of the above-named company will be held at the office of the Liquidator, Vogel Street, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 30th day of January, 1908, at 4 o’clock p.m., for the purpose of having an account placed before them showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that may be given by the Liquidator; and also of determining by extraordinary resolution the manner in which the books, accounts, and documents of the company, and of the Liquidator thereof, shall be disposed of.

Dated at Dunedin, this 20th day of December, 1907.

CHARLES S. REEVES,
Liquidator. 12

THE ALPINE NO. 2 GOLD-DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED), (IN LIQUIDATION).

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 230 of “The Companies Act, 1903,” that a General Meeting of members of the above-named company will be held at the office of the Liquidator, Vogel Street, Dunedin, on Thursday, the 30th day of January, 1908, at 3 o’clock p.m., for the purpose of having an account placed before them showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that may be given by the Liquidator; and also of determining, by extraordinary resolution, the manner in which the books, accounts, and documents of the company, and of the Liquidator thereof, shall be disposed of.

Dated at Dunedin, this 20th day of December, 1907.

CHARLES S. REEVES,
Liquidator. 13

NOTICE is hereby given that at a special general meeting of the Livingstone Creek Gold-dredging Co., held on the 20th November, 1907, and subsequently confirmed at a meeting held on the 4th December, the following resolution was passed: “That the company be wound up voluntarily.”

JAS. H. GRAY, Secretary. 22

In the matter of the GOLDEN RUN DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED), (in liquidation); and in the matter of section 230 of “The Companies Act, 1903.”

TAKE notice that a General Meeting of the above-named company will be held on Thursday, 30th January, 1908, at 8 p.m., at Woods Private Hotel, Rattray Street, Dunedin, for the purpose of having laid before it an account showing the manner in which the winding-up of the company has been conducted, and the assets of the company disposed of.

Dated at Roxburgh, this 20th day of December, 1907.

JABEZ BURTON,
Liquidator. 28