MAR. 27.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 757

Total expenditure since registration : £40,545 14s. 8d.
Total amount of dividends declared : Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid : Nil.
Amount of unclaimed dividends : Nil.
Amount of cash in bank : £459 0s. 7d.
Amount of cash in hand : £90 6s.
Amount of debts directly due to company : Nil.
Amount of debts considered good : Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company : £9,060 5s. 9d.

I, John Thomas Hamann, of Dunedin, Secretary of the Scandinavian Water-race Company (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at 31st December, 1923 ; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

J. T. HAMANN.
Declared at Dunedin this 17th March, 1924, before me—John Wilson.
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TAUPO ROAD DISTRICT.
DECLARATION OF POLL ON PROPOSAL TO ADOPT SYSTEM OF RATING ON UNIMPROVED VALUE.
PURSUANT to section 39 of the Rating Act, 1908, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the Taupo Road District, taken on the 14th day of March, 1924, on the proposal that the system of rating in the said Road District be on the unimproved value.
The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 16; The number of votes recorded against the proposal was 1. I therefore declare that the proposal was carried.
Dated this 14th day of March, 1924.
H. J. FLETCHER,
Chairman, Taupo Road Board.
STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.
Name of company : Wealth of Nations Mine (Limited). When formed, and date of registration : 15th July, 1922. Whether in active operation or not : In active operation. Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary : Bridge Street, Reefton ; Winton Gore Porter. Nominal capital : £20,000. Amount of capital subscribed : £20,000. Amount of capital actually paid up in cash : £11,736 5s. Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any) : Nil. Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid : £5,000. Number of shares into which capital is divided : 20,000. Numberof shares allotted : 20,000. Amount paid per share : 17s. on 12,725, 16s. on 25, 8s. on 2,250 (less £751 5s. in arrears). Amount called up per share : 17s. on 12,725, 16s. on 25, 8s. on 2,250. Number and amount of calls in arrear : 102 shareholders, 1 call £748 15s. ; 1 shareholder, 2 calls £2 10s. 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 : 99. Present number of shareholders : 103. Number of men employed by company : 34. Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement : 292·2355 oz. fine gold ; £1,240 12s. ld. Total quantity and value produced since registration : 292·2355 oz. fine gold ; £1,240 12z. ld. Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement : £11,406 10s. Total expenditure since registration : £14,283 11s. 7d. Total amount of dividends declared : Nil. Total amount of dividends paid : Nil. Total amount of unclaimed dividends : Nil. Amount of cash in bank : Nil. Amount of cash in hand : 4s. 9d. Amount of debts directly due to company : £7 17. Id. Amount of debts considered good : £7 17s. Id. Amount of debts owing by company : £9,068 14s. 5d. (includes debenture £9,000. Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any) : Nil.

the said company as at 31st December, 1923 ; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.
W. GORE PORTER.
Declared at Reefton this 31st day of January, 1924, before me—E. W. Reeves a.Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership lately subsisting between us as motor sheet-metal specialists, under the style of “Hawkins and Huggins,” has been dissolved by mutual consent as from the 29th day of February, 1924.
All moneys owing to and all debts owing by the late firm will be respectively received and paid by HENRY GEORGE HUGGINS, who will carry on the said business.
As witness our hands this 29th day of February, 1924.
HENRY GEORGE HUGGINS.
EDWIN ROLAND HAWKINS.
PIAKO COUNTY COUNCIL.
RESOLUTION STRIKING SPECIAL RATE.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies' Loans Act, 1913, the Piako County Council hereby resolves as follows:
That, for the purpose of providing the instalments in respect of the principal, interest, and other charges on a loan of £6,300, authorized to be raised by the Piako County Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of metalling roads in the Walton Riding of the County of Piako, the said Piako County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one penny and one-eighth of a penny in the pound on the rateable value (upon the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property in the Central Walton Road Special-rating Area, comprising all that area in the Land District of Auckland, being bounded as follows-Commencing at a point on the Piakonui River, being the north-west corner of Section 11, Te Pae o tu Rawaru, and part Te Waikaukau ; thence in an easterly direction through Sections 3] and 30, Richmond Downs, to a point in the centre of Section south part of 5 on D.P. 13089 ; thence following a public road in a south-easterly direction to a point in the centre of Section 6 on D.P. 13089 ; thence by a right line nearly due east through the centre of Section 6 to its eastern boundary ; thence in a north-westerly direction following the north-east boundary of Section 6 to its intersection with Section 8 on D.P. 13089 ; thence in a north-easterly direction following the south-east boundary of the said Section 8 to its eastern corner situated on the Piakoiti Stream ; thence following the Piakoiti Stream in an easterly direction to a point being the centre of Sections 7, Te Pae o Tu Rawaru, Block XVI, Maungakawa Survey District ; thence in a north-easterly direction by a right line through the centre of Sections 7 and 6, Te Pae o Tu Rawaru, to a point in the centre of the north-east boundary of the said Section 6 ; thence in a north-westerly and north-easterly direction to the railway-line where it intersects Section 2, Te Pae o Tu Rawaru ; thence in an easterly direction following the railway-line to where it crosses the Waitoa River, being the most northerly point in Section 27, Block XII, Wairere Survey District ; thence in a generally southerly direction following the county boundary-line to the most southerly point in Section 17, Block XII, Wairere Survey District ; thence in a north-westerly direction to the most easterly point in the said Section 17 ; thence in a north-easterly direction following the north-west boundary of Section 17 for a distance of about 35 chains to the centre of the south-east boundary of Section 5, Te Pae o Tu Rawaru ; thence in a north-westerly direction for a distance of about 40 chains, and in a south-westerly direction for about 45 chains, to a point being the centre of section being parts 12 and 13 of Te Pae o Tu Rawaru ; thence in a north-westerly direction through the centre of Section parts 12 and 13, to a point being the centre of its western boundary ; thence in a southerly direction for a distance of about 20 chains to the south-east corner of Sections 5 and 10A of Te Pae o Tu Rawaru ; thence following the southern boundary of the said Section 5 and 10A to its south-west corner ; thence following the eastern boundary of Section 11 and Nos. 2A and 2B, Te Pae o Tu Rawaru, to its most southerly point ; thence in a westerly direction and northerly direction, following the southern boundary of Section 2A and 2B and the westerly direction of Sections 2A and 2B and Section 11, Te Pae o Tu Rawaru, to the point of commencement. And