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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 38

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 7.
Present number of shareholders: 14.
Number of men employed by company: 4.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 17 oz. 10 dwt. 5 gr.; £67 8s. 2d.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: 17 oz. 10 dwt. 5 gr.; £67 8s. 2d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £500 11s.
Total expenditure since registration: £500 11s.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
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: £431 1s. 1d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, Albert Edward Fish, of Dunedin, the Manager of the First Bendigo 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, 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.”

ALBERT EDWARD FISH,
Manager.

Declared at Dunedin, this 1st day of May, 1908, before me—James Wren, J.P.
519

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Switzers Dredging Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 9th June, 1906.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Dunedin; E. R. Smith.
Nominal capital: £4,800.
Amount of capital subscribed: £3,880.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £3,880.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £500; no cash.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £500; an additional 200 fully paid-up shares were given to the owner of the ground in part-payment.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 4,800.
Number of shares allotted: 4,580.
Amount paid per share: 20s.
Amount called up per share: 20s.
Number and amount of calls in arrears: 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: 7.
Present number of shareholders: 38.
Number of men employed by company: 8.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 242 oz. 15 dwt. 12 gr.; £946 11s. 4d.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: 242 oz. 15 dwt. 12 gr.; £946 11s. 4d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £3,117 9s. 1d.
Total expenditure since registration: £6,069 17s. 2d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
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: £540, approximately.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, Edmund Robinson Smith, of Dunedin, the Secretary of the Switzers 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, 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.”

E. R. SMITH,
Secretary.

Declared at Dunedin, this 22nd day of January, 1908, before me—David Larnach, J.P.
520

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Argyle Gold-dredging Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 24th December, 1902.
Whether in active operation or not: Not in active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Secretary: Gore; Ethelbert Cann Smith.
Nominal capital: £6,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £6,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £6,000.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same: £6,000.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 6,000.
Number of shares allotted: 6,000.
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 company: 8.
Present number of shareholders: 7.
Number of men employed by company: None.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 481 oz. 19 dwt.; £1,928 17s. 8d.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: 5,427 oz. 12 dwt.; £21,844 7s. 8d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £3,110 10s. 9d.
Total expenditure since registration: £22,706 17s. 3d.
Total amount of dividends declared during preceding year: £600.
Total amount of dividends paid during preceding year: £600.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker's: £943 17s. 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: £69 12s. 8d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, Ethelbert Cann Smith, of Gore, the Secretary of the Argyle Gold-dredging Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at 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.”

E. C. SMITH,
Secretary.

Declared at Gore, this 11th day of May, 1908, before me—Thos. Taylor, J.P.
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In the matter of “The Companies Act, 1903”; and in the matter of the Garden Gully Dredging Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 230 of “The Companies Act, 1903, that a General Meeting of the members of the above-named company will be held at the Empire Buildings, No. 113 Princes Street, Dunedin, on Friday, the 7th day of August, 1908, at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of having an account laid before them showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of, and to hear 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 this 6th day of May, 1908.

JOHN B. BRUGH,
Liquidator.

Witness—W. F. Forrester, Clerk to Messrs. Calvert and Brugh, Solicitors, Dunedin.
521

In the matter of the Gold King Dredging Company (Limited).

AT an extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Gold King Dredging Company (Limited), held at the registered office of the company, at Roxburgh, on the 5th day of May, 1908, at 8 o'clock p.m., the following resolution was submitted and carried: “That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this meeting that the company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it