May 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1579

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 as parent company.
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: 58,445.
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: 191.
Number of men employed in New Zealand: Management and clerical, 3.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: Nil.
Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: 173,798 oz. 4 dwt.; £719,732 17s. 4d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement: £3,724 10s. 11d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £943,628 14s. 3d.
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: £818 15s. 1d.
Amount of such debts considered good: £818 15s. 1d.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £8,281 18s. 2d.

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, 1923 (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 8th day of December, 1924, before me—E. W. Reeves, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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: 50,511.
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: 149.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 142.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: 19,298 oz. 5 dwt.; £80,107 19s. 1d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: 272,535 oz. 4 dwt.; £1,157,981 15s. 11d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement: £65,721 2s. 2d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £916,063 7s. 3d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £16,098 3s.
Amount of cash in bank in New Zealand: £1,741 13s. 9d.
Amount of cash in hand in New Zealand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company in New Zealand: £687 19s.
Amount of such debts considered good: £687 19s.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £1,944 19s. 6d.

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, 1923 (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 8th day of December, 1924, before me—E. W. Reeves, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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.
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: Reefton.
Nominal capital: £275,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £275,000.
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: 275,000.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register: 31,629.
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: 71.

Number of men employed by company in New Zealand: 4.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: 477 oz. 4 dwt.; £1,503 17s. 9d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: 347,234 oz. 13 dwt.; £1,469,074 19s. 5d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement: £1,936 12s. 1d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £1,233,972 12s. 11d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £5,385 14s. 9d.
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: £246 13s. 11d.
Amount of such debts considered good: £246 13s. 11d.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £12 10s. 2d.

I, Ernest William Spencer, Attorney of the Progress Mines 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, 1923 (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 8th day of December, 1924, before me—E. W. Reeves, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.