Feb. 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 477

Total quantity and value produced since registration: 12,861 oz. 6 dwt. 10 gr.; £49,698 6s. 4d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £2,840 6s. 9d.
Total expenditure since registration: £40,228 18s. 11d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £14,295.
Total amount of dividends paid: £14,295.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash in bank: £4 19s. 10d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: £209 3s.

I, Alexander McLean, of Lawrence, the Secretary of the Gabriel’s Gully Sluicing Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and correct statement of the affairs of the said company on the 31st December, 1919; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

ALEX. McLEAN.

Declared at Lawrence this 13th day of January, 1920, before me—John Norrie, J.P.
163

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Lawrence Sluicing Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 18th March, 1916.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: Lawrence; John C. Browne.
Nominal capital: £5,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £5,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £5,000.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £5,000.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 5,000.
Number of shares allotted: 5,000.
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: 20.
Present number of shareholders: 21.
Number of men employed by company: 7.
Quantity and value of gold produced during preceding year: 530 oz 6 dwt.; £2,046 19s. 3d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration: 1,488 oz. 15 dwt.; £5,774 12s. 8d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations during preceding year: £1,589 9s. 31.
Total expenditure since registration: £6,228 7s. 11d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £250.
Total amount of dividends paid: £250.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash in 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: £26.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, John Collins Browne, of Lawrence, the Secretary of the Lawrence Sluicing 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, 1919; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

JOHN C. BROWNE.

Declared at Lawrence this 3rd day of February, 1920, before me—John Norrie, J.P.
164

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Golden Crescent Sluicing Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 26th November, 1898.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: Lawrence; John C. Browne.
Nominal capital: £3,500.
Amount of capital subscribed: £3,500.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £3,500.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £3,500.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 3,500.
Number of shares allotted: 3,500.
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: 15.
Present number of shareholders: 21.
Number of men employed by company: 7.
Quantity and value of gold produced since last statement: 428 oz. 1 dwt.; £1,680 1s.
Total quantity and value produced since registration: 10,446 oz. 10 dwt. 7 gr.; £40,726 9s.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement: £1,543 2s. 9d.
Total expenditure since registration: £31,526 8s. 8d.
Total amount of dividends declared: £11,900.
Total amount of dividends paid: £11,900.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash in bank: Nil.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: £25.
Amount of debts considered good: £25.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: £161 4s.

I, John Collins Browne, the Secretary of the Golden Crescent Sluicing 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, 1919; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

JOHN C. BROWNE.

Declared at Lawrence this 3rd day of February, 1920, before me—John Norrie, J.P.
165

OHURA 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, the Ohura County Council hereby resolves as follows:—
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £1,250, authorized to be raised by the Ohura County Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of metalling the Tongaporutu–Mangaroa Road from the end of the present metal to 20 chains past its junction with the Mangakara Road, and to metal the Mangakara Road from its junction with the Tongaporutu–Mangaroa Road to the Mangakara Stream Bridge, the said Ohura County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all the rateable property of the Mangakara Special Rating Area, comprising the following sections: Sections 2 and 3, Block I, Ohura S.D.; Section 4, Block I, Ohura S.D.; Sections 20, 13, 16, 21, 22, 2, 14, Block V, Ohura S.D.; Section 2, Block IV, Waro S.D.; Sections 4 and 5, Block VIII, Waro S.D.; part Taurangi No. 4, Block V, Ohura S.D.
And that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable yearly on the 14th day of February 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.

130 J. F. McCLENAGHAN, County Clerk.

OHURA 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, the Ohura County Council hereby resolves as follows:—
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £750, authorized to be raised by the Ohura County Council, under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of forming into a twelve-foot road that section of the Otuiti Road from peg XXXVIII to peg LXXXII,