MAY 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1487

In Bankruptcy.—In the District Court of Wanganui, held at Palmerston North.

NOTICE is hereby given that WILLIAM JERROLD DAVIS, of Rongotea, Farmer, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at the Courthouse, Feilding, on Thursday, the 27th day of May, 1909, at 1 o’clock.

G. J. SCOTT,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Palmerston North, 21st May, 1909.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that PATRICK JOHN BELLETT, of Greymouth, retired Hotelkeeper, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Tuesday, the 1st day of June, 1909, at 11 o’clock a.m.

J. E. ALLEN,
Deputy Official Assignee.

19th May, 1909.

In Bankruptcy.

In the estate of CHARLES JOHN GALT, of Timaru, Draper.

A FIRST and final dividend, of 3s. 4d. per pound, on all accepted proved claims is now payable at my office, Arcade, Timaru. Promissory notes (if any) must be produced for indorsement of dividend.

ALEX. MONTGOMERY,
Deputy Official Assignee.

Timaru, 17th May, 1909.

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

NOTICE is hereby given that JOHN JACOB ECKHOFF, of Dunedin, Advertising Agent, was this day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be held at my office, on Friday, the 28th day of May, 1909, at 2.30 o’clock.

W. S. FISHER,
Official Assignee.

Dunedin, 21st May, 1909.

MINING NOTICE.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Crewe Gold-dredging Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 7th September, 1902.
Whether in active operation or not: Active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: Alexandra South; Henry Schaumann, Secretary.
Nominal capital: £5,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £2,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £2,000.
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: 5,000.
Number of shares allotted: 5,000.
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: 18.
Present number of shareholders: 19.
Number of men employed by company: 14.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 1,067 oz. 16 dwt. 18 gr.; £4,112 9s. 1d.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration: 4,452 oz. 16 dwt. 14 gr.; £17,241 13s. 9d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement: £3,940 15s. 6d.
Total expenditure since registration: £19,488 5s. 2d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £500.
Total amount of dividends paid: £500.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at banker’s and on deposit: Nil.

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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: £229 6s. 8d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, Henry Schaumann, of Alexandra, the Secretary of the Crewe 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 31st December, 1908; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.”

HENRY SCHAUMANN,
Secretary.

Declared at Dunedin, this 15th day of May, 1909, before me—Laurence Ryan, J.P.

524

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

APPLICATION having been made to me to register a discharge of Mortgage No. 13107, in favour of ELIZABETH ANN NICHOLSON, of Waipukurau, Married Woman, affecting Lot 18, Subdivision M, Manchester Block (D.P. 234), being the land in Vol. 59, folio 127, of the Wellington Registry, and evidence having been lodged of the loss or destruction of the said mortgage, I hereby give notice that I will dispense with the production of the said mortgage and register the discharge as requested unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same on or before the 10th day of June, 1909.

Dated this 26th day of May, 1909, at the Lands Registry Office, Wellington.

EDWIN BAMFORD,
District Land Registrar.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land hereinafter described will be brought under the provisions of “The Land Transfer Act, 1908,” unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same within one month from the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

10935. SAMUEL SKINNER and GEORGE WILLIAM WHITE.—400 acres, Rural Sections 10123, 10134, 10135, 10136, and 10424, Block XII, Selwyn Survey District. Occupied by Applicants.

10936. WILLIAM WALTER VAUGHAN and SIDNEY MAURICE VAUGHAN.—205 acres 1 rood 3 perches, Rural Section 6686, and part of Rural Section 6107, Block VIII, Grey Survey District. Occupied by Applicants.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 25th day of May, 1909, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.

PRIVATE ADVERTISEMENTS.

NOTICE.

“THE COMPANIES ACT, 1908,” SECTION 266.

TAKE notice that the companies enumerated in the Schedule hereunder will (unless cause to the contrary be shown within three months from this date) be struck off the Registers, and the said companies dissolved.

Schedule.

1892/2. Northern Union Steamboat Company (Limited).
1898/7. Northern Estate Agency and Finance Company (Limited).
1901/18. Renboy Syndicate (Limited).
1903/9. Old Hauraki Gold-mining Company (Limited).
1903/11. New Zealand Canning Company (Limited).
1903/37. New Eclipse Gold-mining Company (Limited).
1904/15. New Saxon Gold-mining Company (Limited).
1904/19. New Moanatairi Gold-mining Company (Limited).
1904/26. Horse Terrace Sluicing Company (Limited).
1904/32. Coronation Gold-mining Company (Limited).
1904/41. Hoffmann (Limited).
1905/8. Maraetai Bricks (Limited).
1905/16. The Waro Co-operative Coal Company (Limited).
1905/33. Auckland Gold-mining Company (Limited).
1905/50. Waihi Discovery Gold-mining Company (Limited).
1906/36. Old Kapanga Gold-mining Company (Limited).