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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[NO. 124

Notice is hereby given that the parcels of land herein-
after described will be brought under the provisions
of the Land Transfer Act, 1915, unless caveat be lodged for-
bidding the same within one month from the publication
hereof in the Gazette.

5284. THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE.-39-5 perches, part of
      Allotment 9, being subdivision of part of Section 65, Block VI,
      Town District. Deeds Plan No. 111. Occupied by George
      Fawcett.

5285. HARRIET EARLAND.-2 roods 30-5 perches,
      part of Allotment 9, being subdivision of part of Section 65,
      Block VI, Town District. Deeds Plan No. 111. Unoccupied.
      Diagrams may be inspected at this office.
      Dated this 7th day of September, 1918, at the Lands
      Registry Office, Dunedin.
      C. E. NALDER,
      District Land Registrar.

ADVERTISEMENTS.

THE COMPANIES ACT, 1908.

SECTION 266, SUBSECTION (3).

IT having been reported to me that the undermentioned
companies have ceased to carry on business, I hereby
give notice that at the expiration of three months from the
date hereof the names of such companies will, unless cause
be shown to the contrary, be struck off the Register, and
the companies will be dissolved:

The Whakamaru Development Company (Limited). Caddy and Williams (Limited). B. Reginald Collins and Company (Limited). H. V. Benge (Limited). Mangaweka Cavity Non - refillable Bottle Company (Limited).

Dated at Wellington this 9th day of September, 1918.
P. G. WITHERS, Assistant Registrar of Companies.

COOK COUNTY COUNCIL.

SPECIAL RESOLUTION MADE ON FRIDAY, 16TH DAY OF
AUGUST, 1918.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that
behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, the Cook
County Council hereby resolves as follows:-

That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other
charges on a loan of £100 (being 10 per cent. of the original
loan of £1,000 for constructing Tokonui Road), authorized
to be raised by the Cook County Council, under the above-
mentioned Act, for completing the Tokonui Road, the said
Cook County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate
of one-twentieth of a penny in the £1 upon the rateable value
of all rateable property of the Tokonui No. 2 Special Rating
District, comprising Puninga 4B 2; Puninga 4B 1 ; Puninga
5; Puninga 3A; Puninga 3B; Puninga 4A; part Small
Grazing-run 40 (3,770 acres); part Section 3, Block X; all
in the Nuhaka North Survey District: part Section 3, Marae-
taha 2; Section 2, Block III, Nuhaka North Survey District;
Maraetaha 2c; Sections 2, 3, Blocks II and III, Nuhaka
North Survey 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 July in each and every year during a
period equal to the currency of such loan, being a period of
thirty-six and a half years, or until the loan is fully paid
off. The rate of interest to be four and one-half per cent.
The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and In-
habitants of the County of Cook was hereto affixed in the
presence of--

GEO. M. REYNOLDS, Chairman.
JOHN WARREN, Clerk.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A FOREIGN
MINING COMPANY.

Name of company: Waihi Grand Junction Gold Company
(Limited).
When formed, and date of registration of office of company
in New Zealand: 22nd December, 1897.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney or
Attorneys: Waihi and Auckland; Duncan Thomas Bilston
McArthur.
Where mine is situate: Waihi.
Nominal capital: £400,000.
Amount of capital subscribed : £385,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in New Zealand:
£40,494 14s.
Price paid to vendors of mine-
(a.) In fully paid-up shares: Nil.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as 15s. paid up;
£112,500.
(c.) In cash: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 400,000.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register: 218,714.
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: 1,187.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 353.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last
statement: ---; £220,090 3s. 2d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration of
office of company in New Zealand: ---; £1,679,680 1s. 3d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining
operations in New Zealand since last statement:
£131,252 7s. 4d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in
New Zealand: £1,514,531 17s. 1d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £123,836
9s.
Amount of cash in bank in New Zealand: £1,269 11s. 11d.
Amount of cash in hand in New Zealand: £20.
Amount of debts directly due to company in New Zealand:
£551 6s. 2d.
Amount of such debts considered good: £551 6s. 2d.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £3,658
16s. 5d.

I, Duncan Thomas Bilston McArthur, the Attorney of the
Waihi Grand Junction Gold Company (Limited), do solemnly
and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete state-
ment of the affairs of the said company as on the 31st
December, 1917 (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.
D. T. B. McARTHUR.
Declared at Waihi this 4th day of September, 1918,
before me- Dawson Donaldson, J.P.

FEATHERSTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and in exercise of the powers vested in it
in that behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913,
and of all other powers (if any) it thereunto enabling, the
Featherston Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:-

That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of
interest, sinking fund, and other charges of the Featherston
Borough Council Sewerage Loan, £2,000, 1918, authorized
to be raised by the Featherston Borough Council, under the
above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of completing the
sewerage works in connection with the said borough, the
said Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one
penny and one-eighth of a penny in the pound sterling on
the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value)
of all rateable property in the Borough of Featherston; and
that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate
during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly
on the 14th day of June during the currency of such loan,
being a period of thirty years, or until the loan is fully paid off.
The common seal of the Mayor, Councillors, and Burgesses
of the Borough of Featherston was hereto affixed at the
office of and pursuant to a resolution of the Featherston
Borough Council, in the presence of--

J. W. CARD, Mayor.
F. E. MERLET, Town Clerk.
We hereby certify that the above is a true copy of and
a correct extract from the minutes of proceedings of the
Featherston Borough Council at the meeting above mentioned.
J. W. CARD, Mayor.
F. E. MERLET, Town Clerk.