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(c.) The renewal shall in every case be effected by indorsing on the license, under the hand of some person appointed in that behalf by the Council of the Mangonui County, the words “Renewal fee paid, and license renewed for the year ending 31st December, 191 .”

(d.) In the event of the license being lost or destroyed the Council of the Mangonui County may, on satisfactory proof thereof and on payment of a fee of 1s., issue a duplicate, with all existing indorsements, and such duplicate with its indorsements shall for all purposes operate in lieu of the original.

4. Every licensee under these by-laws shall at all reasonable times produce his license to any person duly appointed in that behalf by the Council of the Mangonui County, upon demand.

5. In all proceedings against any person for any breach of these by-laws he shall be deemed to be unlicensed unless he produces his license to the Court.

6. It shall not be lawful for any person to carry on business as a hawker or pedlar as defined by clause 1 hereof except pursuant to the provisions of these by-laws and with the authority of a hawker’s or pedlar’s license.

7. No person licensed in pursuance of these by-laws shall engage in or carry on business as a hawker or pedlar upon any of the statutory holidays, hours, or times provided by the Shops and Offices Act, 1908, for the closing of shops.

8. Every person who commits a breach of these by-laws shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £5.

9. In addition to any fine imposed upon any licensed person for breach of these by-laws the Court inflicting the penalty may order the offender’s license to be cancelled, or direct the Council of the Mangonui County that it shall not be renewed.

10. Nothing in these by-laws shall apply to bona fide commercial travellers, meaning thereby persons employed by merchants as commercial travelling agents for the purpose of selling goods to or seeking orders for goods from persons who are dealers therein and who buy to sell again.

11. These by-laws shall apply to the whole of the Mangonui County.

12. These by-laws shall come into force on the 31st day of March, 1913.

THE FIRST SCHEDULE HERETO.

No. £5.

The Counties Act, 1908.

HAWKER’S AND PEDLAR’S LICENSE WITHIN THE MANGONUI COUNTY.

(Not transferable.)

[Name in full], of [Address and occupation], having paid the sum of £5, is hereby licensed to carry on his trade or business of a hawker or pedlar within the Mangonui County, subject to the provisions of the above-mentioned Act and the by-laws to regulate the licensing of hawkers and pedlars within the said county.

This license continues in force until the 31st day of December next.

Dated at Mangonui this day of , 191 .

W. J. HARRIS,
Clerk, Mangonui County Council.

R. T. WRATHALL,
County Chairman.

I hereby declare the above to be a true copy of a resolution passed by the Mangonui County Council on the 8th day of January, 1913, and confirmed at a special meeting of the said Council on the 12th day of February, 1913.

W. J. HARRIS,
County Clerk.

232

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Arrow River Mining Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 28th November, 1911.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: Invercargill; D. Cuthbertson.
Nominal capital: £2,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £975.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £975.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £975 and £975.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 2,000.
Number of shares allotted: 975.
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: 7.
Present number of shareholders: 13.
Number of men employed by company: 5 or 6.
Quantity and value of gold produced: 147 oz. 19 dwt. 14 gr.; £571 19s. 9d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration: 147 oz. 19 dwt. 14 gr.; £571 19s. 9d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations: £878 14s. 3d.
Total expenditure since registration: £878 14s. 3d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash in bank: £94 12s. 4d.
Amount of cash in hand: 13s. 5d.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: £9 10s. 4d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, D. Cuthbertson, of Invercargill, the Secretary of the Arrow River Mining Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 31st December, 1912; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

D. CUTHBERTSON,
Secretary.

Declared at Invercargill this 28th day of February, 1913, before me—W. B. Scandrett, J.P.

233

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A FOREIGN MINING COMPANY.

Name of company: Karaka Mines (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration of office of company in New Zealand: 27th October, 1910; 13th September, 1911.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Thames, New Zealand; George Arrindell Dougall.
Where mine is situate: Karaka Creek, Thames, New Zealand.
Nominal capital: £175,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £16,528.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in New Zealand: Nil.
Price paid to vendors of mines—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: £47,514.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £ paid up: Nil,
(c.) In cash: £2,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 175,000.
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.
Number of shareholders on New Zealand Register: Nil.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 16.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since the last statement: Nil.
Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement:
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £6,640 17s.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: Nil.
Amount of cash in bank in New Zealand: Nil.
Amount of cash in hand in New Zealand: £178 3s. 9d.
Amount of debts directly due to company in New Zealand: Nil.
Amount of such debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £406 14s. 5d.

I, George Arrindell Dougall, of Thames, New Zealand, the Attorney of the Karaka 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 30th day of June, 1912, being the date of the last balance-sheet