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(bein 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.
A. WINTER EVANS,
Attorney.
Declared at Reefton, this 29th day of August, 1911,
before me—H. P. Lawry, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of
New Zealand.
580
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 ; A. Winter Evans.
Where the mines are situate: 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: 15,509.
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: 47.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 353.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last
statement: 18,816 oz. 18 dwt.; £73,513 14s. 8d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration of
office of company in New Zealand: 279,120 oz. 1 dwt.
4 gr.; £1,130,480 7s. 9d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining
operations in New Zealand since last statement:
£78,385. 12s. 9d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in
New Zealand: £851,258 2s. 5d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £5,335
14s. 9d.
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:
£667 3s. 11d.
Amount of such debts considered good: £667 3s. 11d.
Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in New Zealand:
£1,950 1s. 11d.
I, Alfred Winter Evans, of Reefton, one of the Attorneys
of the Progress Mines of New Zealand (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, 1910 (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.
A. WINTER EVANS,
Attorney.
Declared at Reefton, this 29th day of August, 1911, before
me—H. P. Lawry, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New
Zealand.
581
STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A FOREIGN
MINING COMPANY.
Name of company: Consolidated Goldfields of New Zealand
(Limited).
When formed, and date of registration of office of company
in New Zealand: 22nd January, 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; A. Winter Evans.
Where mines are situate: Westland Mining District, New
Zealand.
Nominal capital: £250,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £242,378.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in New Zealand:
Nil.
Price paid to vendors of mines-
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £17,378.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £1 paid up:
Nil.
(c.) In cash: £43,416 13s. 4d.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 225,000.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register: 53,855.
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: 183.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 163.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last
statement: 9,818 oz. 14 dwt.; £38,472 6s. 9d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration of
office of company in New Zealand: 111,009 oz. 14 dwt.
16 gr.; £455,962 2s.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining
operations in New Zealand since last statement: £29,419
7s. 2d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in
New Zealand: £667,703 8s. 7d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £9,200
9s. 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:
£289 3s. 9d.
Amount of such debts considered good: £289 3s. 9d.
Amount of liabilities of company (if any) in New Zealand:
£32,145 12s. 10d.
I, Alfred Winter Evans, of Reefton, one of the Attorneys
of the Consolidated Goldfields of New Zealand (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, 1910 (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.
A. WINTER EVANS,
Attorney.
Declared at Reefton, this 29th day of August, 1911, before
me—H. P. Lawry, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New
Zealand.
582
STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A FOREIGN
MINING COMPANY.
Name of company: Westland Gold-mining Syndicate (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration of office of company
in New Zealand: 28th October, 1909; 22nd August, 1910.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or
Attorneys: Westport, New Zealand, and Bush Lane
House, Cannon Street, London, England; Mr. A. W. Mills,
Accountant, Westport, New Zealand.
Where the mine is situate: Shamrock Lead, Addison's Flat,
Westport, New Zealand.
Nominal capital: £10,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £5,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in New Zealand:
Nil.
Price paid to vendors of mine-
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £5,000 in 5,000 ordinary
shares of £1 each.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid
up: Nil.
(c.) In cash: £500.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 10,000
shares of £1 each, of which 5,000 are preference shares
and 5,000 are ordinary shares.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register: Nil.
Amount paid per share (New Zealand Register): Nil.
Amount called up per share (New Zealand Register): Nil.
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.