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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 1

RESULT OF POLL.

THE poll of the ratepayers of the Gt. Barrier Island County was taken on Wednesday, 11th November, 1914, on the proposal that the system of rating on the basis of the unimproved value be adopted in the said county.
Number of votes recorded for the proposal, 63. Number of votes recorded against the proposal, 7 (seven).
I hereby declare the proposal carried.

S. COOPER,
Chairman.

Okiwi, Gt. Barrier, 2nd December, 1914.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Te Puke Gold Reefs (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 4th May, 1898.
Whether in active operation or not: Not in active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: Te Puke; R. R. Hunt, Manager, Auckland.
Nominal capital: £20,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £12,864 15s.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £12,864 15s.
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: 160,000.
Number of shares allotted: 101,478.
Amount paid per share: 2s. 6d.
Amount called up per share: 2s. 6d.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.
Number of shares forfeited: 1,925.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: £26 7s. 11d.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 7.
Present number of shareholders: 102.
Number of men employed by company: Nil.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: Nil.
Total quantity and value produced since registration: Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement: £92 8s. 9d.
Total expenditure since registration: £13,164 11s. 7d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £4,545 5s. 10d.
Total amount of dividends paid: £4,545 5s. 10d.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash in bank: £6 14s. 7d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: £39 7s. 6d.
Amount of debts considered good: £39 7s. 6d.
Amount of debts owing by company: £3 1s.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, Richard Robert Hunt, of Auckland, the Secretary of the Te Puke Gold Reefs (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, 1914; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

R. R. HUNT,
Secretary.

Declared at Auckland this 24th day of December, 1914, before me—E. Gerard, 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: Not in active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or Attorneys; Auckland; Herbert William Hopkins and Thomas Frederick Wallace.
Where mine is situate: Komata.
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.
(c.) In cash: £6,109 2s. 10d.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 800,000.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register: 220,800.
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: 430.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 20.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: 5,389 oz. fine gold, 5,874 oz. fine silver; £22,899 2s. 9d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: 82,899 oz. gold, 368,963 oz. silver; £394,017 10s. 3d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement: £3,798 0s. 6d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £332,280 17s. 1d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £7,466 15s. 2d.
Amount of cash in bank in New Zealand: £514 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, 1914 (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 21st day of December, 1914, before me—C. J. Tunks, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
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In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908; and in the matter of the Masterton Motor Bus Company (Limited).

NOTICE is hereby given that the following resolutions were passed by the company on 27th November:—

1. Special.—That the Masterton Motor Bus Company (Limited) be wound up voluntarily.
2. That the Secretary, ARTHUR D. Low, Accountant, Masterton, be appointed Liquidator.

CHAS. E. DANIELL,
Chairman.
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BAY OF PLENTY CO-OPERATIVE LAND COMPANY (LIMITED), (IN LIQUIDATION).

MEETING TO RECEIVE FINAL ACCOUNTS.

IN accordance with section 230, subsection (1), of the Companies Act, a general meeting of the company will be held at the Civic Chambers, Manchester Street, Christchurch, at 4 p.m. on 25th January, 1915, to receive from the Liquidator a final account of the manner of the winding-up of the company.

OSCAR W. B. ANDERSON,
Liquidator.
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BOROUGH OF SOUTH INVERCARGILL.

NOTICE OF SPECIAL ORDER.

NOTICE is hereby given that a special meeting of the Council of the Borough of South Invercargill held on the 12th day of November, 1914, a resolution was passed as follows:—

Loan of £8,500 of the Borough of South Invercargill.

In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the Council of the Borough of South Invercargill hereby resolves as follows:—

1. To borrow the sum of £8,500 as a special loan for the purpose of paying off the loan of £8,500 which falls due on the 1st day of February, 1915.
2. The said loan shall be raised by the issue of 85 debentures of £100 each, payable in ten years from the said 1st day of February, 1915, and bearing interest not exceeding the rate of 5½ per cent. per annum.
3. That the said loan, and the interest thereon, shall be secured upon the annual income and revenues of the Corporation of the Borough of South Invercargill, and an annually special recurring rate on the annual rateable unimproved value of all rateable property within the said Borough of South Invercargill.