Dec. 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2857

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908; and in the matter of the WAIROA GUARDIAN COMPANY (LIMITED), in Liquidation.

NOTICE is hereby given that a special resolution of the above company was duly passed by entry in the minute-book on the 21st November, 1921, for the voluntary liquidation of the company, and for the appointment of MORRIS STEWART SPENCE, Chartered Accountant, Wairoa, as Liquidator.

Dated 24th day of November, 1921.

MORRIS STEWART SPENCE, C.A.,
964 Liquidator.

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COUNTY OF HOROWHENUA.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LAND IN WAITARERE SUB-DIVISION THREE (3) B, BLOCK III, MOUTERE SURVEY DISTRICT, UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS ACT, 1908, FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING A PUBLIC ROAD.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Horowhenua County Council, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, proposes to execute a certain public work—namely, a road through the above-named subdivision; and for the purposes of such public work the land described in the Schedule hereto is required to be taken. And notice is hereby further given that a plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the office of the County Clerk for the Horowhenua County in Oxford Street, Levin, and is there open for inspection; and that all persons affected by the taking of the said land must, if they have any well-grounded objections to the execution of such public work or the taking of such lands, set forth the same in writing, and send such writing, within forty (40) days from the first publication of this notice, to the said County Clerk at his said office.

THE SCHEDULE ABOVE REFERRED TO.

APPROXIMATE area of land taken: 20·8 perches.
Being portion of Waitarere 3b, Block III, Moutere Survey District.
Coloured on plan: Pink.

Dated this 30th day of November, 1921.

P. W. GOLDSMITH,
965 Clerk to the Horowhenua County Council.

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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; Ernest William Spencer.
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: 58,398.
Amount paid per share (New Zealand Register): £1.
Amount called up per share (New Zealand Register): £1.
Number of forfeited shares on New Zealand Register sold, and money received for same: Nil.
Number and amount of calls in arrear (New Zealand Register): Nil.
Number of shareholders on New Zealand Register: 187.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 12.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: — oz. — dwt.; £18 1s. 8d. (includes proceeds from concentrates sold and on hand).
Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: 173,798 oz. 4 dwt.; £719,688 11s. 11d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement: £8,600 19s.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £930,544 9s. 8d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £12,398 10s. 6d.

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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: £66 0s. 6d.
Amount of such debts considered good: £66 0s. 6d.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £27,927 14s. 7d.

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I, Ernest William Spencer, 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, 1920 (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.

ERNEST W. SPENCER.

Declared at Reefton this 29th day of November, 1921, before me—H. P. Lawry, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
966

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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; Ernest William Spencer.
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: 34,511.
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: 136.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 108.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: 10,685 oz. 18 dwt.; £59,047 0s. 3d. (includes £1,675 15s. 11d. proceeds concentrates sold and on hand).
Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: 220,086 oz. 15 dwt.; £927,891 11s. 10d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement: £54,273 1s. 6d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £712,778 14s. 1d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £16,098 3s.
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: £721 4s. 9d.
Amount of such debts considered good: £721 4s. 9d.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £5,838 0s. 7d.

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I, Ernest William Spencer, 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, 1920 (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.

ERNEST W. SPENCER.

Declared at Reefton this 29th day of November, 1921, before me—H. P. Lawry, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
967

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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.