Jan. 20.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 183

OTAGO ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, the Otago Electric-power Board hereby resolves as follows :—
That, for the purpose of providing interest, sinking fund, and other charges on a loan of £13,426 15s. 11d. (being part of 10 per cent. of an original loan) authorized to be raised by the Otago Electric-power Board under the above-mentioned Act for the following purposes—namely: The reticulation of district, erection of stand-by plant, and other contingencies, and purchase of Milton reticulation, the said Otago Electric-power Board hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-twelfth of a penny in the pound upon the capital value of all rateable property in the Otago Electric-power District, as described in the New Zealand Gazette of 18th October, 1923, and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the first day of February and the first day of September in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of thirty-six and one-half years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

P. BRISCOE, Chairman.
76

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: The Peter Maxwell Gold-mining Company (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 14th September, 1926.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: Albany Buildings, Victoria Street, Hamilton; Wm. I. Conradi, Secretary.
Nominal capital: £2,500.
Amount of capital subscribed: £2,500.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £1,250.
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: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 10,000.
Number of shares allotted: 10,000.
Amount paid per share: 5s.
Amount called up per share: 5s.
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: 7.
Present number of shareholders: 25.
Number of men employed by company: 3.
Quantity and value of gold produced since last statement: Nil.
Total quantity and value produced since registration: Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement: £361 6s. 3d.
Total expenditure since registration: £742 11s. 5d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash in bank: £507 8s. 7d.
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: Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: Nil.

I, William Inglis Conradi, of Hamilton, Secretary of the Peter Maxwell Gold-mining 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, 1926; 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. I. CONRADI.

Declared at Hamilton this 13th day of January, 1927, before me—W. P. GRAY, Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
52

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., 3,101 at 3s.
Amount called up per share (New Zealand Register): 4s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear (New Zealand Register): 11; £285 11s.
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: £1,856 10s. 11d. (development and upkeep).
Total expenditure since registration of office in New Zealand: £45,951 14s. 9d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: Nil.
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: £6 0s. 1d.
The amount of such debts considered good: £6 0s. 1d.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £74 11. 9d.

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, 1925, 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 14th day of January, 1927, before me—R. D. Bagnall, Solicitor.
63

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Hauraki Mines Consolidated (Limited).
When formed, and date of registration: 28th November, 1925.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: National Bank Chambers, Auckland; Henry Gilfillan.
Nominal capital: £100,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £46,356 10s.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £9,347 17s.
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: £20,000.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 400,000.
Number of shares allotted: 185,426.
Amount paid per share: 5s. on 80,300, 2s. on 80,331, 1s. on 24,795.
Amount called up per share: 2s.
Number and amount of calls in arrear: £1,239 15s.
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: 110.
Present number of shareholders: 393.
Number of men employed by company: 16.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: Nil.
Total quantity and value produced since registration: Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement: £901 1s.
Total expenditure since registration: £901 1s.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.