660
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 28

Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: 312; £6 15s.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 39.
Present number of shareholders: 96.
Number of men employed by company: 12.
Quantity and value of quicksilver produced since last statement: 1,500 lb.; £375.
Total quantity and value produced since registration: 1,500 lb.; £375.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement: £1,305 13s. 11d.
Total expenditure since registration: £2,468 18s. 9d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash in bank: Overdrawn, £122 16s. 6d.
Amount of cash in hand: £3 4s. 4d.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: £397 2s. 1d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, Henry Cromwell Tewsley, of Auckland, the Secretary of the Whangarei Cinnabar 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, 1917; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

H. C. TEWSLEY.

Declared at Auckland this 25th day of February, 1918, before me—A. P. Friend, J.P.
179

OPOTIKI COUNTY COUNCIL.

EXTRACT FROM THE MINUTES OF PROCEEDINGS AT A MEETING HELD ON THE 8TH DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1918, AT 10 A.M.

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 Opotiki County Council hereby resolves as follows:—
That, for the purpose of providing for the payment of interest, sinking fund, and other charges on the Opotiki County Council joint loan with the Whakatane County of £3,000, 1917, authorized to be raised by Opotiki County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purposes set out hereunder, the amount to be spent on each such purpose being set opposite thereto—
(a.) Construction of wharf and shed at Kutarere: £2,750
(b.) Cost of raising and payment of interest and sinking fund for first year: £250
the said Opotiki County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of three-farthings in the pound sterling on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property in that portion of the Kutarere Wharf Special Rating District within the Opotiki County Council, such special area being bounded as follows:—
All that area in the Auckland Land District bounded on the west commencing at the point of intersection between the boundary-line of the Opotiki and Whakatane Counties and the northern boundary of S.G. Run No. 5, thence following the said boundary-line between the Opotiki and Whakatane Counties in a southerly direction generally to the point of intersection of the said boundary-line of Cook County, Block XII, Ruatahuna Survey District; bounded on the south commencing at the said point of intersection of the boundary-line between the Opotiki and Whakatane Counties and the boundary-line of Cook County in a north-easterly direction generally to the point where the boundary-line between the Cook and Opotiki Counties intersects the block-line dividing Blocks V and VI, Koranga West Survey District; bounded on the east by a straight line between the Cook and Opotiki Counties, intersects the block-line dividing Blocks V and VI, Koranga West Survey District, in a northerly direction along the eastern boundaries of Blocks V and I, Koranga West Survey District, Blocks XIII, IX, V, and I, Waioeka South Survey District, and Block XIII, Waioeka Survey District, to the north-eastern corner of said Block XIII, Waioeka Survey District; thence along the northern boundary of the said Block XIII, Waioeka Survey District, in a westerly direction to the point where the Tahoma No. 2A Block boundary intersects the said northern boundary of Block XIII, Waioeka Survey District; thence towards the north-east and north by the eastern boundary of Tahoma No. 2A Block to the source of the Waiotahi River; thence in northerly direction by the said Waiotahi River to the road crossing said river at the north-eastern corner of Section 413, Block I,

Opotiki Survey District, and bounded on the north generally by the road commencing at the north-east corner of the said Section 413 in a westerly direction through Section 435, Block I, Opotiki Survey District; thence following the road on the southern boundaries of Sections 148, 147, 117, and 115, Block I, Opotiki Survey District; thence in a southerly direction along the road forming the eastern boundaries of Sections 139, 188, 131, 132, and 136, Blocks I and V, Opotiki Survey District; thence following the road by the southern boundary of the said Section 136, Block V, Opotiki Survey District, to high-water mark in Ohiwa Harbour; thence in a north-westerly direction generally following high-water mark of the southern and western reaches of the Ohiwa Harbour to the intersection of the northern boundary of the said S.G. Run No. 5 with said high-water mark; thence in a westerly direction by the northern boundary of the said S.G. Run No. 5 to the point of commencement.

And that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the first day of April 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.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Opotiki was hereto affixed at the office of and pursuant to a resolution of the Opotiki County Council, in the presence of—

J. B. GOW, Chairman.
WILLIAM YOUNG, Clerk.
171

MANGAWARA DRAINAGE BOARD.

RESOLUTION PASSED AT A DULY CONSTITUTED MEETING HELD AT THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK, HAMILTON, ON THE 10TH DAY OF JANUARY, 1918.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the Mangawara Drainage Board hereby resolves as follows:—
That, for the purpose of providing the instalments in respect of principal and interest and also the other charges on two loans of seven hundred and fifty pounds each, authorized to be raised by the Mangawara Drainage Board, under the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, for improving of existing drains and making new ones, the said Mangawara Drainage Board makes and levies a special rate of 11d. in the pound on lands classified “A,” 8d. in the pound on lands classified “B,” and 3d. in the pound on lands classified “C,” upon the rateable value of all rateable property in the Board’s No. 1 Area; and a special rate of 6d. in the pound on lands classified “A,” 5½d. in the pound on lands classified “B,” and 1d. in the pound on lands classified “C,” upon the rateable value of all rateable property in the Board’s No. 2 Area; comprising all the lands situated in the No. 1 and No. 2 Special Rating Areas respectively.

And that such special rates shall be annual-recurring rates during the currency of such loans, and be payable half-yearly on the first days of February and August in each and every year during the currency of such loans, being a period of 36½ years, or until the loans are fully paid off.

I certify this to be a true copy.

N. G. GRIBBLE, Clerk.
172

PINE EXPORT COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that at an extraordinary general meeting of the above-named company duly convened and held at Greymouth on the fifteenth day of January, 1918, the following special resolution was passed, and at a subsequent extraordinary general meeting of the said company duly convened and held at Greymouth on the eighth day of February, 1918, the said resolution was duly confirmed, viz.:—
“That the company be wound up voluntarily; and that Messrs. H. S. CASTLE and E. J. RUNDLE be appointed Liquidators.”

Dated this 20th day of February, 1918.

E. J. RUNDLE, Secretary.
173

In the matter of the OLRIG DREDGING COMPANY (LIMITED), in Liquidation.

AT an extraordinary general meeting of the members of the above-named company duly convened and held at the registered office of the company, 53 Crawford Street, Dunedin, on the 12th day of February, 1918, the following extraordinary resolution was duly passed:—
“That it has been proved to the satisfaction of this meeting that the company cannot by reason of its liabilities continue