Sept. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3027

Amount of cash in hand in New Zealand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company in New Zealand: £340 6s. 3d.
Amount of such debts considered good: £340 6s. 3d.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £1,322 6s.

I, Frank William Robinson, Attorney of the Blackwater Mines (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 Reef ton, this 19th day of September, 1919, before me—H. P. Lawry, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

679

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A FOREIGN MINING COMPANY.

Name of company: Consolidated Goldfields of New Zealand (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration of office of company in New Zealand: 22nd January, 1896.
Whether in active operation or not: Not in active operation at present time.
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: £300,000.
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: £17,378.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as £1 paid up: Nil.
(c.) In cash: £43,416 13s. 4d.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 300,000.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register: 57,998.
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: 190.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 24.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: 1,291 oz.; £4,955 5s. 3d. (includes nil proceeds from concentrates sold).
Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: 173,533 oz. 16 dwt.; £718,907 16s. 11d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement: £8,889 1s. 1d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £911,818 14s. 10d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £12,398 10s. 6d.
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: £131 5s. 6d.
Amount of such debts considered good: £131 5s. 6d.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £2,717 19s. 5d.

I, Frank William Robinson, Attorney of the Consolidated Goldfields 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.

680

CAMBRIDGE BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RATING ON UNIMPROVED VALUES.

THE result of a poll taken on 9th instant (which had been duly publicly notified), that a system of rating on the unimproved value be adopted in the Borough of Cambridge,

was as follows, viz.: For the proposal, 153; against the proposal, 61; informal, 2.

I have therefore declared the proposal carried.

E. J. WILKINSON, Mayor.

681

RAGLAN COUNTY COUNCIL.

WHAINGAROA RIDING.—RESOLUTION STRIKING SPECIAL RATE AS SECURITY FOR LOAN OF £2,500.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Counties Act, 1908, the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and amendments thereto, the Raglan County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £2,500, authorized to be raised by the Raglan County Council, under the above-mentioned Acts, and with the consent of the Governor in Council under section 26 of the Appropriation Act, 1915, as gazetted on page 1914 of the New Zealand Gazette, 1919, for the purpose of forming and metalling various roads in the Whaingaroa Riding of the County of Raglan, the Raglan County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of three farthings in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property within the Whaingaroa Riding (both outlying and Raglan Town District, the latter being a component part of the Whaingaroa Riding), the boundaries of the Whaingaroa Riding being as defined in Gazette number 61, of the 31st July, 1902, at page 1613.

And that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, being a period of 36½ years, and be payable yearly on the 1st day of January in each and every year during the currency of such loan (and the rate of interest on the said loan being at the rate of 4½ per cent. per annum, together with an additional yearly payment to provide the necessary sinking fund), or until the loan is fully paid off. It is the intention to pay out of the loan the first year’s interest and sinking fund.

The above resolution was duly passed at a meeting of the Raglan County Council held at Ngaruawahia on the 10th September, 1919.

The common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Raglan has hereunto been affixed this 10th day of September, 1919, in the presence of—

CAMPBELL JOHNSTONE, Chairman.
H. MARSLAND, County Clerk.

682

KOWAI COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and of all other powers and authorities it thereunto enabling, the Kowai County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £3,300, authorized to be raised by the Kowai County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purchase of a traction-engine, crusher, wagons, road-roller, and scarifier, and for the erection of Council Chambers and Offices, the said Kowai County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-sixteenth of a penny in the pound on the capital value of all rateable property in the whole of the County of Kowai; 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 July in each and every year during currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and one-half years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

I hereby certify that the above resolution striking a special rate was duly passed by the Kowai County Council at a duly constituted meeting on the sixth day of September, 1919.

G. A. McLEAN, Chairman.

683

RAGLAN COUNTY COUNCIL.

DUNMORE-PEPEPE SPECIAL RATING DISTRICT.—RESOLUTION STRIKING SPECIAL RATE AS SECURITY FOR LOAN OF £5,000.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Counties Act, 1908, the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1913, and amendments thereto, the Raglan County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

That, for the purpose of providing the interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £5,000, authorized to be raised by the Raglan County Council, under the above-mentioned Acts, and with the consent of the Governor in