3026
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 116

and preparing the road therefor, the said Tauranga County
Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-fifth of
a penny in the pound sterling upon the rateable value of all
rateable property of the Greerton Special Rating Area, com-
prising the whole of the Greerton Special Rating Area :
Bounded on the north starting at a point on the Kopure-
rerua Stream in line with the centre of Hospital Street, Tau-
ranga ; thence along the centre of that street to the Waimapu
River ; thence on the east from the north-east corner of
Section 59, Suburbs of Tauranga, by the Tauranga Harbour
and Waimapu River to Section 51, Parish of Te Papa ; thence
by the eastern boundary of Sections 51, 50, 59, and 54 of
said parish to the south-east corner of Section 54 of said
parish ; thence on the south by the southern boundary of
Section 54 aforesaid to Section 253 of said parish ; thence on
the east by the eastern boundary of said Section 253, and on
the south by the southern boundary of said Section 253 ;
thence on the east by the eastern boundary of Sections 255,
256, and 260 of said parish ; thence on the south by the
southern boundary of Section 260, and on the east by the
eastern boundary of said section, and again on the south by
the southern boundary of Sections 260, 226, and 222 of said
parish ; thence on the west by the western boundary of
Sections 222 and 221 of said parish, and again on the south
by the southern boundary of Section 142 of said parish ;
thence on the west by the Kopurererua Stream to commenc-
point ; and including Allotments 1 to 61 inclusive, Suburbs
of Tauranga, and Allotments 1 to 294 inclusive, Town and
Suburbs of Greerton, and Sections 1, 19, 20, 22A, 22B, 27 to
44 inclusive, 42A, 46 to 51 inclusive, 54, 55, 55A, 57, 59, 60,
142, 206, 216A, 217 to 226 inclusive, 253, 253A, 255, 256,
260, 286, 373, 458, part 523, 524, 527, 529, 530, Parish of Te
Papa, in Blocks X, XIII, and XIV, Tauranga Survey Dis-
trict, and Block 2, Otanewainuku Survey District.

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

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and in-
habitants of the County of Tauranga was hereunto affixed
this 6th day of September, 1919, in the presence of—

H. SOUTHEY, Chairman.
THOS. LOCHHEAD, Councillor.

676

BOROUGH OF TAKAPUNA.

NOTICE is hereby given, in pursuance of section 20 of
the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, that at a meeting
of the Takapuna Borough Council held on Wednesday, the
10th day of September, 1919, the following resolution was
duly passed :—

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

That, for the purpose of paying the interest, sinking fund,
and other charges on a supplementary loan of £5,000 (five
thousand pounds), authorized to be raised by the Takapuna
Borough Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for com-
pletion of street improvements within the said borough, the
said Takapuna Borough Council hereby makes and levies a
special rate of one-fifteenth of one penny in the pound upon
the capital value of all rateable property in the Borough of
Takapuna ; and that such special rate shall be an annual-
recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and shall
be payable annually in one sum upon the first day of April
in each and every year (the first of such payments being due
on the first day of April, 1920) during the currency of such
loan, being a period of thirty-six years and six months, or
until the loan is fully paid off.

677
S. BRITTAIN BULL, Town Clerk.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A FOREIGN
MINING COMPANY.

Name of company : Progress Mines of New Zealand (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration of office of company
in New Zealand : 8th December, 1896.
Whether in active operation or not : In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney : Head
Office, London ; New Zealand Office, Reefton ; Frank
William Robinson.
Where mines are situate : Reefton.
Nominal capital : £275,000.
Amount of capital subscribed : £275,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in New Zealand :
Nil.

Price paid to vendors of mines—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares : £200,000.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £1 paid up : Nil.
(c.) In cash : Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided : 275,000.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register : 16,956.
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 : 69.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand : 75.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last state-
ment : 4,408 oz. ; £23,375 12s. 7d. (includes £5,799 15s. 8d.
proceeds of concentrates sold and on hand).
Total quantity and value produced since registration of
office of company in New Zealand : 339,492 oz. 12 dwt. ;
£1,428,951 6s. 1d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining
operations in New Zealand since last statement : £22,940
10s. 7d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in
New Zealand : £1,183,178 0s. 6d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand : £5,385
14s. 9d.
Amount of cash in bank in New Zealand : Nil.
Amount of cash in hand in New Zealand : Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company in New Zealand :
£327 2s. 1d.
Amount of such debts considered good : £327 2s. 1d.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand : £885
13s. 1d.

I, Frank William Robinson, Attorney of the Progress Mines
of New Zealand (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare
that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of
the said company as on the 31st December, 1918 (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.

F. W. ROBINSON, Attorney.

Declared at Reefton this 19th day of September, 1919,
before me—H. P. Lawry, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of
New Zealand.

678

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A FOREIGN
MINING COMPANY.

Name of company : Blackwater Mines (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration of office of company
in New Zealand : 25th March, 1907.
Whether in active operation or not : In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney : Head
Office, London ; New Zealand Office, Reefton ;
Frank William Robinson.
Where mines are situate : Westland Mining District.
Nominal capital : £250,000.
Amount of capital subscribed : £250,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in New Zealand :
Nil.
Price paid to vendors of mines—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares : £200,000.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £1 paid up : Nil.
(c.) In cash : Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided : 250,000.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register : 33,061.
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 obtained for same : Nil.
Number of shareholders on New Zealand Register : 134.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand : 108.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last
statement : 14,209 oz. 10 dwt. ; £61,309 3s. (includes
£4,236 14s. 6d. proceeds concentrates sold and on hand).
Total quantity and value produced since registration of office
of company in New Zealand : 198,287 oz. 17 dwt. ; £822,707
16s. 6d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining
operations in New Zealand since last statement : £45,725
5s. 8d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company
in New Zealand : £608,807 14s. 4d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand : £16,098 3s.
Amount of cash in bank in New Zealand : Nil,