Nov. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3445

Road, the said Pigeon Bay Road Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of 1/20 of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Pigeon Bay Road Board District; and that such rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 31st day of March and the 30th day of September in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of 36½ years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

EBENEZER HAY,
Chairman.
G. H. SALE,
Clerk.

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TE AWAMUTU TOWN BOARD.

RESOLUTION.

IN pursuance of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and the Local Bodies’ Loans Amendment Act, 1910, and the New Zealand State-guaranteed Advances Amendment Act, 1912, the Te Awamutu Town Board hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £20,000, authorized to be raised by the Te Awamutu Town Board, under the above-mentioned Acts, for the construction of waterworks for the supply of water, including the purchase of all necessary land, plant, and materials (£18,000), and for the formation, construction, and metalling of streets (£2,000), the said Te Awamutu Town Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of one penny and five-sixteenths of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Te Awamutu Town District, comprising the whole of such district; and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the first day of November 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.

A. S. WALLACE,
Chairman.

I hereby certify that the above resolution was duly passed at a special meeting of the Te Awamutu Town Board duly constituted and held on the 31st day of October, 1912.

DUDLEY BOCKETT,
Town Clerk.

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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, N.Z.; Alfred 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: 67,800.

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: 208.

Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 60.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: 4,795 oz.; £17,899 3s. 5d.

Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: 128,670 oz. 16 dwt.; £536,915 8s. 3d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement: £24,854 10s. 5d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £716,017 14s. 3d.

Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £12,398 10s. 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: £66 19s. 11d.

Amount of such debts considered good: £66 19s. 11d.

Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £16,482 11s. 2d.

I, Alfred Winter Evans, of Reefton, Attorney 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 day of December, 1912, 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 31st day of October, 1913, before me—H. P. Lawry, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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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, N.Z.; Alfred Winter Evans.

Where 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 partly 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: 22,653.

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: 79.

Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 100.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: 3,510 oz. 11 dwt.; £20,875 5s. 5d. (includes £8,332 13s. 4d., value of concentrates sold).

Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: 393,755 oz. 9 dwt. 2 gr.; £1,199,369 19s. 5d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement: £21,358 11s. 7d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £946,484 13s. 5d.

Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £5,385 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: £94 12s. 6d.

Amount of such debts considered good: £94 12s. 6d.

Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £340 16s. 8d.

I, Alfred Winter Evans, of Reefton, Attorney 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 day of December, 1912 (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 31st day of October, 1913, before me—H. P. Lawry, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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