Oct. 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2637

In Bankruptcy.

Estate of EDWARD SMITH, of Greymouth, Draper.

NOTICE is hereby given that a first dividend, of 2s. 6d. in the pound, is now payable on all proved claims in the above estate.

JAMES E. ALLEN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Greymouth, 7th October, 1908.

In Bankruptcy.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM JOHNSTONE, of Omarama, Rabbiter, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, at Tyne Street, Oamaru, on Monday, the 12th day of October, 1908, at 2 o’clock p.m.

C. W. COOKE,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Oamaru, 5th October, 1908.

MINING NOTICES.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A FOREIGN MINING COMPANY.

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

When formed, and date of registration of office of company in New Zealand: 16th October, 1900.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Registered Office, Shortland Street, Auckland; Frederick Capel Brown, Attorney, at Mine.

Where mine is situated: Komata, Ohinemuri.

Nominal capital: £200,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £200,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in New Zealand: Not known.

Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: 7 shares.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as 4s. 3d. paid up: £399,993.
(c.) In cash: £6,109 2s. 10d.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 800,000.

Number of shares on New Zealand Register: 234,637.

Amount paid per share (New Zealand Register): 5s.

Amount called up per share (New Zealand Register): 5s.

Number and amount of calls in arrear (New Zealand Register): Nil.

Number of shares forfeited (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: 416.

Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 180.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced during period since last statement: Gold, 9,649·384 oz.; silver, 46,607·356 oz.: £47,128 15s. 1d.

Total quantity and value of gold or silver produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: Gold, 50,417·383 oz.; silver, 246,827·966 oz.: £243,180 2s. 5d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand during period since last statement: £41,560 5s. 3d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £208,748 9s. 6d.

Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £5,438 2s. 4d.

Amount of cash in bank in New Zealand: }
Amount of cash in hand in New Zealand: }
Amount of debts directly due to company in New Zealand: £14 0s. 5d.
Amount of such debts considered good: £14 0s. 5d.
Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in New Zealand: £128 6s. 2d.
Amount of debts owing by company in New Zealand: £1,007 8s. 10d.

I, Frederick Capel Brown, of Komata, the Attorney of the Komata Reefs Gold-mining Company (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 December, 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.”

F. C. BROWN,
Attorney.

Declared at Komata, this 24th day of September, 1908, before me—A. Dunsford, J.P.

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THE OLD KAPANGA GOLD-MINING COMPANY (LIMITED).

AT an extraordinary general meeting of the above-named company, duly convened, and held at the office of the company, No. 108, Victoria Arcade, Queen Street, Auckland, on the 15th day of September, 1908, the following special resolution was duly passed; and at a subsequent extraordinary general meeting of the members of the said company, also duly convened, and held at the same place on the 1st day of October, 1908, the following resolution was duly confirmed, viz.:—

1. That it is desirable to reconstruct the company, and accordingly that the company be wound up voluntarily; and that HENRY GILFILLAN, the Younger, of Auckland, Company Secretary, be and he is hereby appointed Liquidator for the purposes of such winding-up.

Dated at Auckland, this 5th day of October, 1908.

E. MITCHELSON,
Chairman.

H. GILFILLAN, Jun.,
Secretary.

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In the matter of the Rising Sun Gold-mining Company (No Liability).

NOTICE is hereby given that at an extraordinary general meeting of the above-named company held at the office of the company, Tyrone Buildings, Customs Street East, in the City of Auckland, on the 8th day of September, 1908, the following special resolutions were passed; and at a subsequent extraordinary general meeting of the said company held at the said office of the said company on the 1st day of October, 1908, the said resolutions were duly confirmed, viz.:—

That the whole of the company’s business and property be transferred to a new company, to be incorporated and registered under “The Companies Act, 1903,” and “The Mining Companies Act, 1904,” and their amendments, and to be called “The Rising Sun Gold-mining Company (Limited),” (hereinafter referred to as “the new company”), having a nominal capital of £18,000, divided into 120,000 shares of three shillings each, upon the condition that the shares in such new company shall be disposed of in the following way, that is to say:—

(a.) By allotting the following shares in the new company to such of the shareholders of this company whose names appear upon the register of shareholders of this company at 4 p.m. on the day of the registration of the new company, and who shall apply for shares in the new company within fourteen days of such time, pro rata to the number of shares then held by them in this company, that is to say,—

(i.) 92,250 shares in the new company, in respect of which the sum of sixpence per share shall be treated as paid up, and the balance of two shillings and sixpence per share shall be payable in calls of not more than twopence per share at intervals of not less than one calendar month, as and when required; and

(ii.) 23,062 shares in the new company upon the conditions that the applicants pay in respect of each share the sum of threepence on application and the sum of threepence on allotment, the balance of two shillings and sixpence per share to be payable in calls as aforesaid.

(b.) The remaining 4,688 shares in the new company, and all of the shares in the new company not so applied for by the shareholders of this company in manner aforesaid, shall be sold by the Liquidators either by public auction or by private tender, as the Liquidators shall, in their absolute discretion, think fit.

(c.) Any shares in the new company which shall not be applied for by the shareholders of this company or sold by the Liquidators as aforesaid shall be dealt with upon such terms and conditions as the directors of the new company shall think fit.

That the company be wound up voluntarily under the provisions of “The Companies Act, 1903,” and “The Mining Companies Act, 1904”; and that WILLIAM BLOMFIELD, of Auckland, and ARTHUR LITTLER, of Auckland, be and they are hereby appointed Liquidators for the purpose of such winding-up, with power to enter into the proposed arrangement for the transfer of the business and property of the company.

Dated this 6th day of October, 1908.

W. BLOMFIELD,
Chairman.

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