4142
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 103

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 250,000.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register: 13,974.
Amount paid per share (New Zealand Register): £1.
Amount called up per share (New Zealand Register): £1.
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: 66.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 190.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: 19,087 oz. 16 dwt.; £73,199 14s. 6d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: 23,778 oz. 11 dwt.; £90,844 8s. 3d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement: £39,244 5s.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £82,415 18s. 2d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £698 14s.
Amount of cash in bank in New Zealand: Nil.
Amount of cash in hand in New Zealand: Nil.
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: £1,195 1s.

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I, Henry Samuel Castle, of Reefton, the Attorney of the Blackwater Mines (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company as on the 31st December, 1909, 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, 1908.

HENRY S. CASTLE,
Attorney.

Declared at Reefton, this 24th day of November, 1910, before me—H. C. Lawry, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
762

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A FOREIGN MINING COMPANY.

Name of company: Progress Mines of New Zealand (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration of office of company in New Zealand: 8th December, 1896.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Head Office, London; New Zealand Office, Reefton, New Zealand, Ernest William Spencer and Smith Laughton Pattrick Free.
Where mines are situated: Reefton.
Nominal capital: £275,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £275,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in New Zealand: Nil.
Price paid to vendors of mines—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £200,000.
(b.) In fully paid-up shares, credited as £1 paid up: Nil.
(c.) In cash: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 275,000.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register: 11,939.
Amount paid per share (New Zealand Register): £1.
Amount called up per share (New Zealand Register): £1.
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: 47.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 335.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: 14,100 oz. 1 dwt.; £51,940 15s. 7d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: 260,303 oz. 3 dwt. 4 gr.; £1,056,966 13s. 1d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement: £58,676 1s. 7d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £772,872 9s. 9d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £4,933 15s. 6d.
Amount of cash in bank in New Zealand: Nil.
Amount of cash in hand in New Zealand: Nil.

Amount of debts directly due to company in New Zealand: £764 7s.
Amount of such debts considered good: £764 7s.
Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in New Zealand: £1,133 6s.

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I, Henry Samuel Castle, of Reefton, one of the Attorneys of the Progress Mines of New Zealand, do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company as on the 31st December, 1909 (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, 1908.

HENRY S. CASTLE,
Attorney.

Declared at Reefton, this 24th day of November, 1910, before me—H. C. Lawry, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
763

THE LEAD OF WAIKAIA SLUICING COMPANY (LIMITED), (IN LIQUIDATION).

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 230 of the Companies Act, 1908, that a General Meeting of the members of the above company will be held in the company’s registered office, Exchange Court, Princes Street, Dunedin, on Wednesday, the 14th December, 1910, at 4.30 o’clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of having the accounts laid before them showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the assets of the company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that may be given by the Liquidator. Also of determining by extraordinary resolution the manner in which the books, accounts, and documents of the company and the Liquidator thereof shall be disposed of.

Dated at Dunedin, the 25th November, 1910.

EDWARD TRYTHALL,
Liquidator.
768

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

SATISFACTORY evidence having been furnished of the loss of Crown lease registered No. 2586, comprised in Vol. 4L, folio 107, for Section 5, Block XV, Hikurangi Survey District, whereof ARTHUR KEITH COTTERILL, of Clive, Sheepfarmer, is the registered proprietor, and application having been made to me for the issue of a provisional Crown lease for the said section, I hereby give notice of my intention, at the expiration of fourteen days from the date of the Gazette containing this notice, to issue such provisional lease unless good cause be shown to the contrary.

Dated at the Lands Registry Office, Gisborne, this 17th day of November, 1910.

W. JOHNSTON,
Assistant 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 of the date of the Gazette containing this notice.

11264. RUDOLF ALEXANDER ANDERSON.—21 1/4 perches, part of Town Section 15, Lyttelton. Occupied by Applicant.

11265. HENRY ERNEST GOTT.—1 rood, Lot 26, Plan 121, part of Rural Section 132, Block XIV, Christchurch Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.

11266. THOMAS HORTON.—2 acres and 14 perches part of Rural Section 188, Block X, Christchurch Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.

Diagrams may be inspected at this office.

Dated this 28th day of November, 1910, at the Lands Registry Office, Christchurch.

G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.