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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 18

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 con-
scientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of
the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

C. E. RICHARDS,
Secretary.

Declared at Alexandra this 30th day of January, 1915,
before me—George Rivers, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Earnscleugh Gold-dredging Company
(Limited).

When formed, and date of registration: 15th July, 1901.

Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary:
Alexandra; C. E. Richards.

Nominal capital: £11,000.

Amount of capital subscribed: £8.

Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £8.

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: £10,992.

Number of shares into which capital is divided: 11,000.

Number of shares allotted: 11,000.

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 com-
pany: 9.

Present number of shareholders: 16.

Number of men employed by company when dredging: 30.

Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding
year: 2,809 oz. 10 dwt. 7 gr.; £10,780 9s. 11d.

Total quantity and value produced since registration:
47,702 oz. 1 dwt. 12 grs.; £182,868 17s. 4d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations
since last statement: £11,245 10s. 11d.

Total expenditure since registration: £159,623 15s. 11d.

Total amount of dividends declared: £26,950.

Total amount of dividends paid: £26,950.

Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.

Amount of cash in bank and on deposit: £731 5s. 5d.

Amount of gold in hand: 29 oz. 1 dwt.; £111 9s. 6d.

Amount of debts directly due to company: £1,713 13s. (in-
vestments).

Amount of debts considered good: £1,713 13s. (investments).

Amount of debts owing by company: £722 10s. 9d.

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

I, Charles E. Richards, Alexandra, the Secretary of the
Earnscleugh Gold-dredging Company (Limited), do solemnly
and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete state-
ment of the affairs of the said company on the 31st De-
cember, 1914; and I make this solemn declaration con-
scientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of
the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

C. E. RICHARDS,
Secretary.

Declared at Alexandra this 30th day of January, 1915,
before me—George Rivers, J.P.
194

WHAKATANE COUNTY COUNCIL.

COPY of resolution making special rate as security for a
special loan of £1,228 16s., for works in the Waimana
Riding of the County of Whakatane, passed at an ordinary
meeting held on the 16th January, 1915:—

In pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on it
in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the
Whakatane County Council hereby resolves as follows,—

That, for the purpose of providing interest and sinking
fund and other charges on a loan of £1,228 16s., authorized
to be raised by the Whakatane County Council, under the
provisions of the above-mentioned Act, for (1) metalling and
improving Waimana Gorge Road from boundary of Omataroa
and Waimana Ridings to where the deviations leave the river,
£400; (2) metalling and improving Waimana Gorge devi-
ations from fingerpost at Mrs. Healey’s to Mr. E. S. Addison’s
property, £140; (3) widening, metalling, culverting, and
improving Low’s Road, £50; (4) widening, metalling, culvert-
ing, and improving Hodge’s Road, £50; (5) bridges, culverts,
and improving Bell’s Road, £100; (6) clearing, widening,
and improving Stanley Track from Otarepe Creek to Wai-
garara Stream, and road from fingerpost at Mr. McCoy’s
to Wainui, £400; (7) the payment of the first year’s interest
and sinking fund, and cost of raising loan, £88 16s.—the
Whakatane County Council hereby makes and levies a special
rate of one-farthing in the pound upon the rateable value
of all rateable property in the special-rating district, to be
called the Waimana Special-rating District, and comprising
the whole of the Waimana Riding: and that such special
rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency
of the loan, and shall be payable annually on the first day
of April in each and every year during the currency of the
loan, being a period of thirty years, or until the loan is fully
paid off; and that the first year’s interest and sinking fund,
and cost of raising the loan, be paid out of the loan.

I hereby certify that the above resolution was passed at
a properly constituted meeting of the Whakatane County
Council held on the 16th day of January, 1915.

H. O. GARAWAY,
County Clerk.
195

MASTERTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in
that behalf by the Municipal Corporations Act, 1908,
the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and any Acts amending
the same respectively, and all other Acts, powers, or autho-
rities (if any) vested in it or in anywise enabling it in that
behalf, the Masterton Borough Council doth hereby resolve
as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and sinking
fund on a loan of one thousand six hundred and seventy-seven
pounds thirteen shillings and ninepence (£1,677 13s. 9d.),
authorized to be raised by special order passed on 23rd day
of September, 1913, and confirmed on the 4th day of Novem-
ber, 1913, for the purpose of repaying the balance of the
Bannister Street Street-widening Loan, the Masterton Borough
Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of nine sixty-
fourths of a penny in the pound sterling upon the rateable
value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable
property in the Borough of Masterton, comprising that part
of the said borough formerly included in and known as the
East and West Wards thereof, and more particularly described
in the Schedule hereto; and that such special rate shall be
an annual-recurring rate during the currency of the loan,
and be payable half-yearly on the first day of February and
the first day of August in each year during the currency of
the loan, being a period of ten years, or such shorter period
as may be determined by the Council, or until the loan is fully
paid off.

Schedule.

All rateable property comprising that part of the Borough
of Masterton included in the following boundaries: Bounded
towards the north-east by the right bank of the Waipoua
River from the south-east boundary-line of the Akura Block
to the east side of Columba Road; towards the east by the
eastern side of the said Columba Road to the Kuripuni Stream;
thence towards the south and south-east by the said Kuripuni
Stream to Railway Road; thence towards the north-east
generally by a line along the middle-line of the said Railway
Road to a point in a line with the southern boundary-line of
Section 31, Masterton Small-farm Block; thence by a right
line to the south corner of that section; thence north-west
by Section 31 aforesaid to the Waipokaka Stream; thence
by the Ngaumatawa Block, the Bishop’s Reserve, and the
Akura Block aforesaid to the right bank of the Waipoua
River opposite Section 63, Masterton Small-farm Block,
the starting-point.

We hereby certify that this resolution is a correct extract
from the minutes of the proceedings of the Council of the
4th day of November, 1913, after confirmation of the special
order for renewal of loan.

JAS. M. CORADINE,
Mayor.

JAMES ARCHER,
Town Clerk.
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EPSOM ROAD BOARD.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LAND FOR A PUMPING-STATION
FOR DRAINAGE-WORKS, BEING PART OF LOTS 9A AND 10A,
ALLOTMENT 23, SECTION 10, SUBURBS OF AUCKLAND.

NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed by the body
corporate called the Inhabitants of the Epsom Road
District, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908,