MAR. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 861

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.
Name of company: Mount Morgan Sluicing Company
(Limited).
When formed, and date of registration : 2nd July, 1902.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary:
Matakanui; T. Duggan.
Nominal capital: £2,800.
Amount of capital subscribed : £800.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash : £800.
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 : £2,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided : 2,800.
Number of shares allotted : 2,800.
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 : 8.
Present number of shareholders : 8.
Number of men employed by company : 3.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year :
176 oz. 17 dwt. 12 gr.; £679 5s. 10d.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration:
1,308 oz. 4 dwt. 8 gr.; £5,041 12s. 2d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations
during preceding year : £512 0s. 1d.
Total expenditure since registration : £4,860 13s. 7d.
Total amount of dividends declared : £70.
Total amount of dividends paid : £70.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends : Nil.
Amount of cash at banker's: £168 5s. 3d.
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 : £17 17s. 1d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any) : Nil.

I, Timothy Duggan, the Secretary of the Mount Morgan
Sluicing Company (Limited), of Matakanui, do solemnly and
sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement
of the affairs of the said company on the 31st December,
1909 ; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously
believing the same to be true, and by virtue of "The Justices
of the Peace Act, 1908."
T. DUGGAN,
Secretary.
Declared at Matakanui, this 11th day of March, 1910,
before me-Wm. Laidlaw, J.P.
257

Precise time of filing the foregoing application : 4 p.m.,
28th January, 1910.
Time and place appointed for the hearing of the applica-
tion and all objections thereto : Saturday, 12th March,
1910, at 11 a.m., at the Warden's Court, Clyde.
Objections must be filed in the Registrar's office and
notified to applicant at least three days before the day so
appointed.
F. JEFFERY,
Mining Registrar.

In the matter of "The Companies Act, 1908"; and in the
matter of the Dargo Gold-dredging Company (Limited).
An extraordinary general meeting of the members of
the above company held at Port Chalmers on Wed-
esday, the second day of March, one thousand nine hundred
and ten, the following extraordinary resolution was duly
passed:-
"That it is proved to its satisfaction that the company
cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue in business, and
that it is advisable to wind up the same, and that the com-
pany be wound up accordingly."
And at such meeting JAMES HENRY GRAY, of Port
Chalmers, was appointed Liquidator for the purposes of the
winding-up.
Dated at Port Chalmers, this 11th day of March, 1910.
257 FREDERICK WILLIAM PLATTS, Chairman.

LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of
land hereinafter described will be brought under the
provisions of "The Land Transfer Act, 1908," and its
amendments, unless caveat be lodged forbidding the same
on or before the 18th day of April, 1910.
Application 4273. MARJOREY McDONNELL.-1 acre,
part Section III, Rangitikei Block, Rangitoto Survey Dis-
trict, Block XI (Town of Bull's). Unoccupied.
Application 4339. THOMAS WILLIAM CAVERHILL.
-260 acres 1 rood 6 perches, Section 184, and part of
Sections 48, 51, 183, Hutt. Occupied by the Belmont Park
Company (Limited).
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 16th day of March, 1910, at the Lands
Registry Office, Wellington.
E. BAMFORD,
District Land Registrar.

NOTICE is hereby given that the parcel of land herein-
after described will be brought under the provisions
of "The Land Transfer Act, 1908," unless caveat be lodged
forbidding the same on or before the 14th day of April, 1910.
No. 638. GEORGE HENRY BENNETT SMITH.-
2 roods 16 perches, Section 94, Town of Kaikoura. Un-
occupied.
Diagram may be inspected at this office (D.P. No. 492).
Dated this 14th day of March, 1910, at the Lands Registry
Office, Blenheim.
R. STONE FLORANCE,
District Land Registrar.

NOTICE is hereby given that the several parcels of land
hereinafter described will be brought under the pro-
visions 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.
11010. MARY ANN REDPATH.-1 rood 10 perches,
part of Rural Section 41, City of Christchurch. Occupied
by Applicant.
11100. CHARLES BOWKER.--31 perches, part of
Rural Section 2334, Borough of Timaru. Occupied by
William McIntosh.
11112. JOHN FLINDERS SCOTT.-5 acres 2 roods
21 perches, part of Rural Section 1765, Block III, Christ-
church Survey District. Occupied by Applicant.
11113. JAMES CUSACK.-32 perches, Lot 2, Plan 2701,
part of Rural Section 325, Block XI, Christchurch Survey
District. Occupied by Applicant.
Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
Dated this 14th day of March, 1910, at the Lands Registry
Office, Christchurch.
G. G. BRIDGES,
District Land Registrar.

UNDER "THE MINING ACT, 1908."
APPLICATION FOR EXCHANGE FOR TITLE
UNDER "THE MINING ACT, 1905."

To the Warden of the Otago Mining District, at Clyde.
PURSUANT to "The Mining Act, 1908," the under-
signed, Kate Theodora Muir, of Earnscleugh, Widow,
being the holder of the mining privilege specified in the
Schedule hereto, hereby applies to surrender the same, and
to obtain in substitution therefor a license for a correspond-
ing mining privilege under that Act.
Address for service : Care of W. A. Bodkin, Solicitor,
Alexandra.
Dated at Alexandra, this 26th day of January, 1910.

Schedule.
Name of mining privilege proposed to be surrendered, and
Act under which the title is held : Water-race License
No. 1569.
Locality and area of mining privilege: Blackman's Gully,
in Leaning Rock District.
Existing instrument of title, with date and registered
No.: License dated 19th September, 1895; registered
No. 1569.
Whether instrument produced or not : Produced.
Time from which priority is claimed: 29th July,
1880.
Name of proposed corresponding mining privilege : Water-
race license.
Proposed term of new license : Forty-two years.
KATE T. MUIR
(By her Solicitor, W. A. BODKIN),
Applicant.