along the north-western boundary of Section 74 to the south-western boundary of said Section 74; thence in a south-easterly direction along the south-western boundary of said Section 74, Block VII, to the southern boundary thereof; thence in an easterly direction along the southern boundary of Sections 74 and 79, Block VII, across a county road, to the western boundary of Section 30, Block VI; thence in a northerly direction along the western boundary of Section 30, Block VI, to the northern boundary of Section 30, Block VI; thence in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of Section 30, Block VI, to the eastern boundary thereof; thence across a county road; thence in a southerly direction along the western boundaries of Sections 14 and 15, Block VI, and 41, Block III, to the northern boundary of Section 4, Block III; thence in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of Section 4, Block III, to Section 9; thence in a southerly direction along the eastern boundary of Section 4, Block III, and across a county road to the north-western corner of Section 8, Block III; thence in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of Section 8 to the north-eastern corner thereof; thence in a southerly direction along the eastern boundary of Section 8 to the northern boundary of Section 7; thence in a westerly direction along the northern boundary of Section 7 to the north-eastern corner of Section 7, Block III; thence in a southerly direction along the western boundary of Section 7, Block III, and across a county road to the north-eastern corner of Section 6, Block III; thence in an easterly direction along the northern boundary of Section 6, Block III, to the eastern boundary thereof; thence in a southerly direction along the eastern boundary of said Section 6, Block III, back to the point of commencement: which said piece of land comprises and includes Sections 1, 10, and 11, Block II, Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 42, 43, and 44, Block III, Sections 9 and 30, Block VI, Sections 4 and 73, Block VII, and part Runs 223J, 223K, 223N, 223O, all in the Lauder Survey District.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that THE DAYTON MONEY-WEIGHT SCALE COMPANY (LIMITED), a company incorporated in New South Wales, proposes to carry on business throughout New Zealand, and that the office or place of business of the company is situated in Safe Deposit Buildings, High Street, Auckland.

Dated this seventh day of December, 1922.

I. J. OSMOND

E. N. CAVAYE

(OSMOND AND CAVAYE),

Attorneys for the Company.

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between HENRY EDWARD DAVIES, the Younger, and JOHN SMITH DAVIES, carrying on business as Farmers at Kelso under the style or firm of “Davies Brothers,” has been dissolved by mutual consent as from the 1st day of December, 1922.

Dated the 12th day of December, 1922.

H. E. DAVIES, JUN.

J. S. DAVIES.

Witness to the signatures of Henry Edward Davies, the Younger, and John Smith Davies—A. McKinnon, Agent, Kelso.

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: 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 : £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 in New Zealand : 2.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement : ; £18 18s. 10d. (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.; £719,707 10s. 9d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement : £5,366 19s. 1d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand : £935,911 8s. 9d.

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 : £368 18s.

Amount of such debts considered good : £368 18s.

Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand : £21,795 2s. 10d.

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, 1921 (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 24th day of November, 1922, before me—H. P. Lawry, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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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 : 35,711.

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 : 138.

Number of men employed by company in New Zealand : 133.

Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement : 13,672 oz. 10 dwt.; £66,152 15s. 4d. (includes £1,287 18s. 3d. proceeds concentrates sold and on hand).

Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand : 233,759 oz. 5 dwt.; £904,044 7s. 2d.

Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement : £65,470 7s. 6d.

Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand : £778,249 ls. 7d.

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.