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such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the first day of September in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and one-half years, or until the loan is fully paid off; and it is further resolved that the cost of raising the said loan and the first year’s interest thereon shall be paid out of such loan.

In testimony whereof the common seal of the Otane Town Board has been hereunto affixed this 2nd day of June, 1913, in the presence of—

J. J. LANGRIDGE,
Chairman.

J. C. TAYLOR,
Town Clerk.

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IN LIQUIDATION.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908, and of A. Jones & Sons (Limited), (in Liquidation).

NOTICE is hereby given that a general meeting of the above-named company will be held at the office of the undersigned, Dominion Buildings, Queen Street, Hastings, on Thursday, the 31st day of July, 1913, at ten o’clock in the forenoon, for the purpose of having the account of the Liquidator, showing the manner in which the winding-up has been conducted and the property of the company disposed of, laid before such meeting, and of hearing any explanation that may be given by the Liquidator.

Dated at Hastings this 11th day of July, 1913.

W. MCCULLOCH,
Liquidator.

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In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908; and in the matter of Smiths Taxi-cabs (Limited), duly incorporated under the said Act.

To the Registrar of Companies, Christchurch.

KINDLY take notice that the following is a copy of a special resolution dated the 3rd day of July, 1913, by the shareholders of Smiths Taxi-cabs (Limited) :—

It is hereby agreed and resolved as follows,—

1. That the company be wound up voluntarily.

2. That Cecil Claude Morton Ollivier, of Christchurch, Accountant, be appointed Liquidator for the purpose of winding up the affairs of the company.

3. That in winding up the affairs of the company the Liquidator shall give effect to an agreement dated the 3rd day of July, 1913, entered into between the company of the one part and its debenture-holders of the other part, and also to a further agreement also dated the 3rd day of July, 1913, entered into between William Hayward the Elder and William Hayward the Younger of the 1st part, the company of the 2nd part, and George Mitchell Douglas, of Christchurch Solicitor, of the 3rd part.

Dated this 3rd day of July, 1913.

A. W. SMITH.
ALFRED E. SMITH.
M. F. SMITH (per E. M. S.).
C. MORTON OLLIVIER.
G. H. SMITH.
HENRY WOOD
(By his Attorney, PETER WOOD).
WILLIAM WOOD)
(By his power attorney).
WALCOT WOOD.
W. J. MINTY.
F. M. WARREN.

Wilding and Acland, Solicitors to the Company. 533

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908; and in the matter of the Shotover Consolidated Mining Company (Limited), in Liquidation.

TAKE notice that, pursuant to section 230 of the Companies Act, 1908, a general meeting of the members of the above-named company will be held at the offices of Messrs. Reid and Bundle, 9 Dowling Street, Dunedin, on Friday, the first day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, at 5.15 o’clock in the afternoon, for the purpose of having an account laid before them showing the manner in which the winding-up of the company has been conducted and the assets of the company disposed of, and of hearing any explanation that may be given by the Liquidator, and also of determining by extraordinary resolution the manner in which the books, accounts, and documents of the company and of the Liquidator shall be disposed of.

Dated at Dunedin this 9th day of July, 1913.

J. N. LAWSON,
Liquidator.

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NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership hitherto existing between HERBERT JAMES SUMNER and REGINALD SCREATON, of Helensville, Storekeepers, and carried on under the style or firm of “Sumner and Screaton,” has this day been dissolved by mutual consent. The business will in future be carried on by Mr. R. SCREATON, who will discharge all the liabilities of the late firm, and to whom all accounts due to the late firm are to be paid.

Dated this 1st day of July, 1913.

H. J. SUMNER.
R. SCREATON.

Witness to both signatures—James McLeod, Farmer, Parkhurst. 535

NOTICE is hereby given that LAKE HOCHSTETTER GOLDFIELDS (LIMITED) proposes to commence business in New Zealand, and that the office or place of business of the company in New Zealand where legal process of any kind may be served upon it, and notices of any kind may be addressed or delivered, is situated in Coates’ Buildings, No. 16 Mackay Street, Greymouth.

Dated this 25th day of June, 1913.

H. L. MICHEL,
JAMES HARGREAVES,
WILLIAM CLAYTON,
Attorneys in New Zealand for Lake Hochstetter Goldfields (Limited).

Guinness and Kitchingham, Solicitors, Greymouth. 536

In the matter of the Guardian, Trust, and Executors Company of New Zealand (Limited).

I, ERNEST GERARD, the Managing Director of the Guardian, Trust, and Executors Company of New Zealand (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare,—

1. That the liability of the members is limited.

2. That the capital of the company is £100,000, divided into 20,000 shares of £5 each.

3. That the number of shares issued is 2,390.

4. That calls to the amount of £2 11s. 6d. per share have been made, under which the sum of £6,154 5s. has been received.

5. That the amount of all moneys received on account of estates on the 1st day of January last is £15,014 7s. 5d.

6. That the amount of all moneys paid on account of estates on that day is £13,924 18s. 11d.

7. That the amount of the balance held to the credit of estates under administration on that day is £1,089 8s. 6d.

8. That the liabilities of the company on the 1st day of January last were nil.

9. That the contingent liabilities of the company on deposits on the 1st day of January last were £550.

10. That the assets of the company on that day were £1,500 6s.

11. That the first annual license was issued on the 10th day of March, 1911.

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand intituled the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

E. GERARD.

Declared at Auckland this 7th day of April, 1913, before me—C. J. Sturge, a Justice of the Peace in and for the Dominion of New Zealand.

In accordance with the provisions of the Guardian, Trust, and Executors Company Amendment Act of 1911, No. 17, I have examined this statement with the books of the company, and I hereby certify it to be correct.

Auckland, 10th July, 1913.

ALEXR. GRIERSON, C.A. (Eng. and Wales),
F.P.A. (N.Z.),
Auditor appointed by the Auditor-General. 537

WAIPAWA BOROUGH COUNCIL.

SPECIAL LOAN.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Act, 1909, and amendments to the said Acts, the Waipawa Borough Council hereby resolves as follows :—

That, for the purpose of completing the provision of additional pumping power for water-supply purposes and other works connected with same, the said Waipawa Borough