Nominal capital: £1,200.

Amount of capital subscribed: £600.

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: £600.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 1,200.

Number of shares allotted: 1,200.

Amount paid per share: £1.

Amount called up per share: £1.

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 com-
pany: 7.

Present number of shareholders: 7.

Number of men employed by company: 7.

Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year:
579 oz. 7 dwt. 17 gr.; £2,230 12s. 6d.

Total quantity and value of gold produced since registra-
tion: 579 oz. 7 dwt. 17 gr.; £2,230 12s. 6d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations
since last statement: £1,982 11s. 9d.

Total expenditure since registration: £2,520 17s. 6d.

Total amount of dividends declared: £300.

Total amount of dividends paid: £300.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker's and on deposit: £434 3s. 8d.

Amount of cash in hand: Gold on hand, 15 oz.; value,
£57 15s.

Amount of debts directly due to company: £5.

Amount of debts considered good: £5.

Amount of debts owing by company: £162 5s. 3d.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, Charles Edward Richards, Secretary of the Lower
Nevis Dredging Company (Limited), do solemnly and sin-
cerely declare that this is a true and complete statement
of the affairs of the said company on the 31st December,
1907; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously
believing the same to be true, and by virtue of "The
Justices of the Peace Act, 1882."

C. E. RICHARDS,

Secretary.

Declared at Alexandra, this 13th day of February, 1908,
before me—Laurence Ryan, J.P.

S T A T E M E N T O F T H E A F F A I R S O F A C O M P A N Y.

Name of company: Tinkers Gold-mining Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 10th June, 1902.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager:
Matakanui; T. Duggan.

Nominal capital: £15,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £15,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £15,000.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of
cash received for same (if any): £15,000.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no
cash has been paid: £15,000.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 15,000.

Number of shares allotted: 15,000.

Amount paid per share: £1.

Amount called up per share: £1.

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 com-
pany: 14.

Present number of shareholders: 12.

Number of men employed by company: 8.

Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year:
743 oz. 15 dwt. 16 gr.; £2,860 5s. 4d.

Total quantity and value of gold produced since registra-
tion: 3,791 oz. 11 dwt. 21 gr.; £14,584 16s. 2d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations
during preceding year: £3,065 15s.

Total expenditure since registration: £16,829 9s. 7d.

Total amount of dividends declared: £7,125.

Total amount of dividends paid: £7,125.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker’s: Nil.

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: £228 6s. 3d.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, Timothy Duggan, the Legal Manager of the Tinkers
Gold-mining Company (Limited), of Matakanui, do solemnly
and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete state-
ment of the affairs of the said company on the 31st January,
1908; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously
believing the same to be true, and by virtue of "The Justices
of the Peace Act, 1882."

T. DUGGAN,

Manager.

Declared at Matakanui, this 15th day of February, 1908,
before me—Wm. Laidlaw, J.P.

S T A T E M E N T O F T H E A F F A I R S O F A C O M P A N Y.

Name of company: Waikaka Syndicate (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 20th December,
1901.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary:
Dunedin; W. E. C. Reid.

Nominal capital: £7,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £7,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £3,000.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of
cash received for same (if any): £3,000.

Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no
cash has been paid: £4,000.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 7,000.

Number of shares allotted: 7,000.

Amount paid per share: 20s.

Amount called up per share: 20s.

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 com-
pany: 7.

Present number of shareholders: 22.

Number of men employed by company: Average, 16.

Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year
2,564 oz. 3 dwt.; £10,344 3s. 4d.

Total quantity and value of gold produced since registra-
tion: 9,722 oz. 8 dwt.; £38,883 12s. 5d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations
during preceding year: £5,520 9s.

Total expenditure since registration: £29,581 18s. 11d.

Total amount of dividends declared: £11,900.

Total amount of dividends paid: £11,900.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash at banker's: £401 13s. 6d.

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: Nil.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, William Edwin Charles Reid, the Secretary of the Wai-
kaka Syndicate (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, 1907; 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. E. C. REID,

Secretary.

Declared at Dunedin, this 13th day of February, 1908,
before me—D. Cooke, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of
New Zealand.

In the matter of the Endeavour Gold-dredging Company
(Limited).

A T an adjourned extraordinary general meeting of the
shareholders of the ENDEAVOUR GOLD-DREDGING COM-
PANY (LIMITED), held in the Athenaeum Hall, Roxburgh, on
Thursday, the 23rd day of January, 1908, at 8 o’clock p.m.,
the following resolution was submitted and carried: “That
it has been proved to the satisfaction of the company that it
cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and
that it is advisable to wind up the same; that the same be
wound up voluntarily.”

And R. Cockburn, of Roxburgh, Mining Agent, was ap-
pointed Liquidator to conduct the said winding-up.

JOHN HAND,

Chairman.