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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 26.
Present number of shareholders: 51.
Number of men employed by company: Nil.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: Nil.
Total quantity and value produced since registration: Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £502 10s.
Total expenditure since registration: £27,768 14s. 10d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash in bank and on deposit: Nil.
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: £2,717 13s. 8d.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Debentures, £5,000.

I, R. A. Mathewson, the Manager of the Manila Gravel and 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, 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.

R. A. MATHEWSON.

Declared at Dunedin this 11th day of January, 1918, before me—Hugh Mitchell, J.P.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Waikaka Deep Lead Gold-dredging Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 16th June, 1913.
Whether in active operation or not: Not in active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: Dunedin; R. A. Mathewson.
Nominal capital: £6,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £6,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £6,000.
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: 6,000.
Number of shares allotted: 6,000.
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 company: 13.
Present number of shareholders: 13.
Number of men employed by company: 1 (caretaker).
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: Nil.
Total quantity and value produced since registration: 3,130 oz.; £12,520 0s. 5d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £531 12s. 6d.
Total expenditure since registration: £20,851 12s. 11d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £300.
Total amount of dividends paid: £300.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at bank: Nil.
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: £2,832 10s.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, R. A. Mathewson, the Manager of the Waikaka Deep Lead 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, 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.

R. A. MATHEWSON.

Declared at Dunedin this 11th day of January, 1918, before me—Hugh Mitchell, J.P.
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In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908, and of the WANGANUI CO-OPERATIVE COLD STORAGE AND BACON COMPANY (LIMITED).

NOTICE is hereby given that a petition for the winding-up of the above-named company, subject to the supervision of the Supreme Court, was, on the 15th day of March, 1918, presented to His Honour the Chief Justice by Albert Davey, of Jerusalem, on the Wanganui River, Farmer, a creditor of the said company, and the said petition is directed to be heard before a Judge of the said Court on the 1st day of May, 1918, at 10.30 o’clock in the forenoon, at Wellington; and any creditor or contributory of the said company desirous to oppose the making of an order for the winding-up of the said company under the supervision of the said Court should appear at the time of hearing by himself or his counsel for that purpose; and a copy of the petition will be furnished to any creditor or contributory of the said company requiring the same, by the undersigned, on payment of the regulated charge for the same.

MCCaul, COLLINS, AND CHRISTENSEN,
Solicitors for the Petitioner.
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NEW BRIGHTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION BY WAY OF SPECIAL ORDER MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the New Brighton Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £150, authorized to be raised by the New Brighton Borough Council for road-making, the New Brighton Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of two and a half (2½) pence in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable properties included in the Jubilee Avenue Loan Area, such area being in Block 8 of the Christchurch Survey District, described as follows:—
Commencing at a point being the north-western corner of Lot 7 as shown on deposit plan 1602; thence westerly along the southern boundary of Pacific Street to the north-western boundary of Lot 54 as shown on the sale plan of the Raeburn Subdivision; thence southerly along the eastern boundary of the said lot to Lot 19, deposit plan 3254; thence easterly to the eastern boundary of the said lot; thence southerly to the southern boundary of Lot 21, as shown on the same plan; thence westerly to Marriotts Road; thence northerly to the commencing-point.
And that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of April and the 1st day of October in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and a half years (36½), or until the loan is fully paid off.
Dated this 26th day of March, 1918.

J. BOSOMWORTH, Town Clerk.
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NEW BRIGHTON BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION BY WAY OF SPECIAL ORDER MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, the New Brighton Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £800, authorized to be raised by the New Brighton Borough Council for road-making and kerbing of roads, the New Brighton Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of sevenpence farthing (7¼d.) in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property included in the Esplanade and Fleming Street Loan Area, such area being in Block 8 of the Christchurch Survey District, described as follows:—
Commencing at a point on the northern boundary of Bowhill Road, being the northern boundary of Lot 6, D.P. 3541; thence northerly to the southern boundary of Lot 4; thence westerly and northerly along the southern and western boundaries of Lots 4, 3, 2, and 1 of the same plan, and in a direct line across Osborne Terrace to the southern boundary of Lot 7; thence easterly and northerly across Swann Street, and along the western boundaries of Lots 25, 24, and part 23, D.P. 566, to the south-eastern boundary of Lot 7, D.P. 3255; thence westerly to the Government Road; thence northerly along the eastern boundary of the said road to a point of 2¾ chains north of Fleming Street; thence easterly to the western boundary of Lot 5, D.P. 566; thence northerly to the southern boundary of