JUNE 4.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1583

DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between GAVIN WALLACE and EDGAR STANMORE DAY, carrying on business as Hardware-merchants at Delta Buildings, Anzac Avenue, Auckland, under the firm name or style of “Wallace, Day, and Co.,” has been dissolved by mutual consent as from the date hereof. The said business will henceforth be carried on at the above address by the said GAVIN WALLACE alone, under the firm name or style of “G. Wallace and Co.” All moneys payable to and all debts owing by the late Partnership as at the date hereof shall be receivable and payable respectively by the said GAVIN WALLACE.

Dated this 31st day of May, 1926.

G. WALLACE.
E. S. DAY.

Witness to both signatures—C. Duncan, Clerk, 22 Suffolk Street, Auckland.
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In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908; and in the matter of WEINGOTTS’ LIMITED, Outfitters, &c., Napier.

NOTICE is hereby given that at an extraordinary general meeting of members of the above-named company held at the company’s registered office, Emerson Street, Napier, on Monday, the 24th day of May, 1926, the following extraordinary resolution was duly passed :—

“That it is proved to the company’s satisfaction that it cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same; it is hereby resolved that the company go into voluntary liquidation, and that Mr. SAM HARRIS, of Napier, Wholesale Cap-manufacturer, and HORACE BOURGEOIS, of Napier, Public Secretary, be appointed Liquidators to the Company.

H. E. BOURGEOIS,
S. HARRIS,
} Liquidators.
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COUNTY OF HUTT.

DECLARATION OF POLL ON PROPOSAL TO ADOPT SYSTEM OF RATING ON THE UNIMPROVED VALUE.

PURSUANT to the provisions of section 32 of the Local Elections and Polls Act, 1925, I hereby give notice that at a poll of the ratepayers of the County of Hutt taken on the 12th day of May, 1926, on the proposal that the system of rating in the said county be on the unimproved value,—

The number of votes recorded for the proposal was 817; the number of votes recorded against the proposal was 954; informal, 50.

I therefore declare that the proposal was rejected.

Wellington, 17th May, 1926.

S. BLACKLEY, Chairman.
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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Hauraki Reefs (Limited), in liquidation.
When formed, and date of registration: 28th April, 1910.
Whether in active operation or not: Not in active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Liquidator: 210 Victoria Arcade, Auckland; C. A. Stubbs.
Nominal capital: £20,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £12,416 13s. 4d.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £11,681 11s. 2d.
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: £5,083 6s. 8d.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 200,000.
Number of shares allotted: 175,000.
Amount paid per share: 1s. 8d. on 5,000, 2s. on 120,000, 2s. considered paid on 50,000.
Amount called up per share: 2s. on 125,000.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: Nil.
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: 406.
Present number of shareholders: 414.

Number of men employed by company: Nil.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: Nil.
Total quantity and value produced since registration: £9,175 13s.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement: £51 16s.
Total expenditure since registration: £21,766 14s. 2d.
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: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: £381 10s.

I, Charles Arthur Stubbs, of Auckland, the Secretary of the Hauraki Reefs (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at 31st December, 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.

C. A. STUBBS.

Declared at Auckland this 25th day of May, 1926, before me—A. C. Wilkin, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
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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, Reef ton; Winton Gore Porter.
Nominal capital: £20,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £20,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £14,979 15s.
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.
Number of shares allotted: 20,000.
Amount paid per share: 20s. on 14,925, 15s. on 60, 13s. on 15.
Amount called up per share: 20s. on 12,750, 15s. on 2,250.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: 1 shareholder two calls, £1 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: 105.
Number of men employed by company: 22.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: 2,720·4616 oz. fine gold; £11,550 13s. 5d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration: 5,584·9861 oz. fine gold; £23,698 9s. 1d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement: £13,658 16s.
Total expenditure since registration: £43,455 10s. 1d.
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: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: £8,831 14s. 11d. (includes debenture £8,000).

I, Winton Gore Porter, the Secretary of the Wealth of Nations Mine (Limited), do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company as at 31st December, 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.

W. GORE PORTER.

Declared at Reef ton this 28th day of May, 1926, before me—E. W. Reeves, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
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