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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 13

MARTINBOROUGH TOWN BOARD.

RESULT OF POLL.

In the matter of the Town Boards Act, 1908, Rating Act, 1908, and Local Elections and Polls Act, 1908, and amendments to the above several Acts.

I HEREBY give public notice that a poll of ratepayers of the Martinborough Town District was taken on the 11th day of February, 1914, on the proposal—

“That henceforth the system of rating property on the basis of the unimproved value be adopted in the Martinborough Town District.”

The number of valid votes recorded for the proposal, 119; the number of valid votes recorded against the proposal, 107; informal votes, 7.

I therefore declare the proposal carried.

Dated at Martinborough this 12th day of February, 1914.

A. O. CONSidine,
Chairman.

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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Kia-Ora Victoria Gold-dredging Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 10th August, 1901.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: Beach Street, Port Chalmers; Jas. H. Gray.

Nominal capital: £9,100.

Amount of capital subscribed: £9,100.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £5,915.

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: Nil.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 9,100.

Number of shares allotted: 9,100.

Amount paid per share: 13s.

Amount called up per share: 13s.

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: 29.

Present number of shareholders: 35.

Number of men employed by company when dredging: 10.

Quantity and value of gold produced during the preceding year: 1,447 oz.; £5,795 16s.

Total quantity and value produced since registration: 27,291 oz. 10 dwt.; £110,460 18s. 9d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement: £5,960 0s. 8d.

Total expenditure since registration: £78,915 9s. 1d.

Total amount of dividends declared: £37,765.

Total amount of dividends paid: £37,759 7s. 6d.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: £5 12s. 6d.

Amount of cash in bank and on deposit: £183 8s. 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: Current accounts for the month.

Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, Jas. H. Gray, of Port Chalmers, the Secretary of the Kia-Ora Victoria Gold-dredging 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, 1913; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

JAS. H. GRAY,
Secretary.

Declared at Dunedin this 3rd day of February, 1914, before me—N. Dodds, J.P.

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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A FOREIGN MINING COMPANY.

Name of company: Komata Reefs Gold-mining Company (Limited).

When formed, and date of registration of office of company in New Zealand: 16th October, 1900.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys: Shortland Street, Auckland; Herbert W. Hopkins, Thomas Frederick Wallace.

Where mine is situate: Komata, Ohinemuri.

Nominal capital: £200,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £200,000.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in New Zealand: Not known.

Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: 7 shares.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as 4s. 3d. paid up: 399,993 shares.
(c.) In cash: £6,109 2s. 10d.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 800,000.

Number of shares on New Zealand Register: 231,800.

Amount paid per share (New Zealand Register): 5s.

Amount called up per share (New Zealand Register): 5s.

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: 441.

Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 37.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: Gold, 4,694 oz., £19,890 16s. 6d.; silver, 13,568 oz., £1,356 16s.

Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: Gold, 77,510 oz.; silver, 363,089 oz.: £371,118 7s. 6d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement: £19,338 17s.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £328,382 7s. 7d.

Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £7,466 15s. 2d.

Amount of cash in bank in New Zealand: £374 3s. 7d.

Amount of cash in hand in New Zealand: Nil.

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: Nil.

I, Thomas Frederick Wallace, of Auckland, one of the Attorneys of the Komata Reefs Gold-mining Company (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, 1913 (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.

T. F. WALLACE,
Attorney.

Declared at Auckland this 14th day of February, 1914, before me—Alfred E. Harding, J.P., a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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THE COMPANIES ACT, 1908.

Dunedin Grain and Produce Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that at an extraordinary general meeting of the above-named company held at Dunedin on the 2nd day of February, 1914, the company passed the following extraordinary resolution:—

“That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this meeting that the company cannot by reason of its liabilities continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same, and accordingly the company be wound up voluntarily.”

And at the same meeting Messrs. WILLIAM LANGLANDS SCOTT and CHARLES FREDERICK ORGAN were appointed Liquidators for the purpose of such winding-up.

CALVERT & BRUGH,
Solicitors for the Liquidators.

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AWAKINO COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION PASSED AT A MEETING OF THE AWAKINO COUNTY COUNCIL HELD AT WAITANGURU ON SATURDAY, 8TH NOVEMBER, 1913.

THAT, in pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by section 4 of the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1910, the Awakino County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the instalments in respect of principal and interest and also other charges on a loan of £2,000, authorized to be raised by the Awakino County Council, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1908, and its amendments, for forming and metalling the Kiritehere-Mangakakopu Road, the said Awakino County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of threepence in the pound on the unimproved value of all rateable property within the Kiritehere-Mangakakopu Special-rating Area, such