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Amount of gold on hand : Nil.
Amount of bullion on hand : Nil.
Value of concentrates shipped and sold : Nil.
Amount of cash in bank : £34 9s. 6d.
Amount of cash in hand : 5s. 6d.
Amount of reserve fund : Nil.
Amount of debts due to the company: £175.
Amount of debts considered good : £130.
Amount of debts owing by company : £168 Is. 2d.
Amount of contingent liabilities : Nil.

I, Thomas Hubert Lee, the Secretary of the Scotia Prospecting and Development Syndicate (Limited) do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company on the 13th January, 1925; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

T. H. LEE.

Declared at Reefton this 3rd day of August, 1925, before me—W. B. Auld, J.P.

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A FOREIGN MINING COMPANY.

Name of company : New Zealand Crown Mines Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration of office in New Zealand : 13th January, 1914.
Whether in active operation or not: Yes.
Where business is conducted : 60 Shortland Street, Auckland.
Name of Attorney : Herbert William Hopkins.
Where mine is situate : Karangahake.
Nominal capital : £100,000.
Amount of capital subscribed : £39,585 2s.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in New Zealand : £11,367 7s.
Price paid to vendors of mine—
(a.) In fully paid-up shares : 16 shares at 4s., £3 4s.
(b.) In partly paid-up shares, credited as 2s. paid up: 200,218 at 2s., £20,021 16s.
(c.) In cash : Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided : 500,000.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register : 116,529.
Amount paid per share (New Zealand Register) : 108,208 at 4s., 5,220 at 3s. 6d., 3,10l at 3s.
Amount called up per share (New Zealand Register) : 4s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear (New Zealand Register) : 11 ; £285 lis.
Number of forfeited shares on New Zealand Register : Nil.
Number of shareholders on New Zealand Register : 159.
Number of men employed in New Zealand : 6.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement : Nil.
Total quantity and value produced since registration in New Zealand : 3,933 oz. gold, 13,685 oz. silver; £16,848 10s. 2d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement : £1,422 15s. 2d. (development and upkeep).
Total expenditure since registration of office in New Zealand : £44,095 £s. 10d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand : Nil.
Amount of cash in bank in New Zealand : £843 Os. 10d.
Amount of cash in hand in New Zealand : Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company in New Zealand: £166 14s.
The amount of such debts considered good: £166 14s.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand : £15.

I, Herbert William Hopkins, Attorney of the New Zealand Crown Mines Company (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 day of December, 1924, 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.

H. W. HOPKINS.

Declared at Auckland this 8th day of August, 1925, before me—R. D. Bagnall, Solicitor.

By Authority : W. A. G. SKINNER, Government Printer, Wellington.

Price, ls.]

2452 THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [No. 59

CONTENTS.

ADVERTISEMENTS ... ... ... ... ... ... 2449
APPOINTMENTS, ETC. ... ... ... ... ... 2427, 2429
BANKRUPTCY NOTICES ... ... ... ... ... 2447
CROWN LANDS NOTICES ... ... ... ... ... 2446
DEFENCE FORCES ... ... ... ... ... ... 2427
LAND-
Boundaries, Proposed Alteration of ... ... ... ... 2438
Crown Land proclaimed ... ... ... ... ... 2412
Foreshore, Licensing Use and Occupation of ... ... ... 2419
Foreshore, Revoking Order in Council licensing Use and Occupation of ... ... ... ... ... ... 2421
Native Land, Prohibiting all Alienation of certain ... 2422
Public Trustee. Vested in ... ... ... ... ... 2444
Railway, Defining Middle-line of ... ... ... ... 2409
Railway Purposes, Taken for ... ... ... ... 2409, 2412
Reclamation of Land authorized ... ... ... ... 2420
Road, Taken for ... ... ... ... ... ... 2410
Roads proclaimed ... ... ... ... ... ... 2410
Roads proclaimed and closed ... ... ... ... ... 2411
School, Vesting an Addition to a Site for ... ... ... 2424
Street, Taken for ... ... ... ... ... ... 2410
Street, Varying a Condition as to setting back the Building-line of ... ... ... ... ... ... 2423
Streets exempted from the Provisions of Section 117 the Public Works Act ... ... ... ... 2421
Streets proclaimed ... ... ... ... ... ... 2411
Water-power, Taken for Development of ... ... ... 2410
LAND TRANSFER ACT NOTICES ... ... ... ... ... 2448
MISCELLANEOUS-
Agricultural and Pastoral Association, Changing Name of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2412
Closing-hours of Shops, Cancelling Notice fixing ... 2444
Closing-hours of Shops, Varying Notice fixing ... ... 2444
Conciliation Commissioner appointed ... ... ... ... 2425
Danish-seine or Purse-seine Nets for taking Fish prohibited ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2421
Divorce and Matrimonial Causes Act, Making Rule under... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2424
Drainage Board, Increasing Number of Members of ... 2421
Electric-power Board, Appointing Time and Place for holding First Meeting of ... ... ... ... ... 2438
Friendly Society's Branch registered ... ... ... ... 2443
Incorporated Society dissolved ... ... ... ... ... 2445
Loans, Consenting to raising ... ... ... ... ... 2420
Loans, Prescribing Rates of Interest, &c., to be paid in respect of ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2413
Loans, Validating Proceedings in re ... ... ... ... 2422
Maintenance Orders Act (Union of South Africa) extended to New Zealand ... ... ... ... ... 2428
Mining Privileges ... ... ... ... ... ... 2437
Native Land Cour , Sitting of ... ... ... ... ... 2444
Officiating Ministers for 1925 ... ... ... ... ... 2438
Polls for Proposed Loans, Results of ... ... ... ... 2438
Population of the Dominion ... ... ... ... ... 2445
Postal Correspondence, &c., prohibited ... ... ... ... 2444
Public Trustee : Elections to administer Estates. ... 2443
Radio-telegrams, Charges for Press ... ... ... ... 2420
Regulations under the Census and Statistics Act ... 2425
River Board, Election of Member of ... ... ... ... 2444
Shops and Offices Act, Cancelling Notice prohibiting the Sale of certain Goods under ... 2444
Statistics, Vital ... ... ... ... ... ... 2439
Surveyor licensed ... ... ... ... ... ... 2443
Tenders ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2443
War Memorial Board, Member appointed to ... ... ... 2420
SHIPPING-
Commissioner appointed to inquire into and report as to most suitable Site for a Wharf ... ... 2424
Notices to Mariners ... ... ... ... ... ... 2445
Wharf, Vesting Management of ... ... ... ... ... 2423