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registered office on Thursday, the 15th day of March, 1928,
the following resolution was duly passed :

“ That the company go into voluntary liquidation, and
that FRED TEMPEST EYRE, of Auckland, Public Accountant,
be appointed Liquidator for the purposes of winding up the
company.”
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T. F. EYRE, Liquidator.

MARKHAM'S MOTORS, LTD.

IN VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908, and its amendments, and in the matter of MARKHAM'S MOTORS, LTD.
BY resolution of the above-mentioned company, passed
pursuant to section 168, subsection (6), of the Companies Act, 1908, on Saturday, 3rd March, 1928, at the
office of Messrs. W. E. C. Reid and Co., High Street, Dunedin,
it was resolved as follows :—

(1) “That it has been proven to the satisfaction of the
company that the company cannot, by reason of its liabilities, continue its business, and that it is advisable to wind up the same, and accordingly
that the company be wound up voluntarily.”
(2) “That W. E. C. REID AND CO., Dunedin, Public Accountants, be and are hereby appointed Liquidators for the purpose of such winding-up.”
Dated this 17th day of March, 1928.
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W. E. C. REID AND CO., Liquidators.

AUTOBUILD LIMITED.

IN LIQUIDATION.

A GENERAL MEETING of shareholders in the abovementioned company will be held at the office of Mr. J. McD. COLEMAN, A.M.P. Buildings, Auckland, on Thursday,
12th April, 1928, commencing at 10 a.m., to meet the requirements of section 230 of the Companies Act, 1908.
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J. McD. COLEMAN, Liquidator.

HAURAKI PLAINS COUNTY COUNCIL.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LAND FOR QUARRY PURPOSES.
NOTICE is hereby given that it is proposed, under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1908, and its amendments, by the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Hauraki Plains (being a body corporate known as the Hauraki Plains County Council) to undertake and execute a public work—namely, a quarry reserve in Block V of the Waitoa Survey District—and for the purpose of such public work the lands described in the Schedule hereto are required to be taken : Notice is hereby further given that a plan of the land so required to be taken is deposited in the public office of the Hauraki Plains County Council at Ngatea, and is open for inspection (without fee) by all persons during ordinary office hours. All persons affected by the execution of the said public work or by the taking of such lands who have any well-grounded objection to the execution of the said public work or to the taking of the said lands must state their objections in writing, and must send the same within forty days from the 28th day of March, 1928, being the date of the first publication of this notice, to the said County Council at the office of the Clerk thereof at Ngatea aforesaid.

SCHEDULE.

Approximate area of land required to be taken : 25 acres 2 roods 28 perches.
Being part of Section No. 2. Situated in Block V, Waitoa Survey District ; coloured on plan, edged red.
The said piece of land is situated in the block and survey district above mentioned, and in the Land District of Auckland.
Dated this 16th day of March, 1928.
For and on behalf of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Hauraki Plains—
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ERNEST WALTON, Chairman.
E. A. MAHONEY, Clerk.

TE ARO HOUSE DRAPERY COMPANY, LIMITED.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908.
NOTICE is hereby given that the office or place of business of TE ARO HOUSE DRAPERY COMPANY, LIMITED, has been changed from No. 84–92 Cuba Street, Wellington, to No. 87, Cuba Street, Wellington.
TE ARO HOUSE DRAPERY COMPANY, LIMITED.
By its Attorney—
ARTHUR T. CLARKE.
87 The Terrace, Wellington, N.Z.
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!No. 27

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 offices 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 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 up per share (New Zealand Register) : £1.
Amount called up per share (New Zealand Register) : £1.
Number and amount of calls in arrears (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 : 3.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement : 186 oz. 13 dwt. ; £573 1s. 10d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand : 348,244 oz. 7 dwt. ; £1,473,066 8s. 6d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement : £3,136 4s. 6d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand : £1,243,844 2s. 6d.
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 : £462 16s.
Amount of such debts considered good . £462 16s.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand : £25 18s. 6d.

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 at the 31st December, 1926 (being the date of the last balance-sheet received in New Zealand); 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 13th day of March, 1928, before me.—L. E. Morgan, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
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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 : 55,561.
Amount called up per share (New Zealand Register) : £1.
Amount paid up per share (New Zealand Register) : £1.
Number and amount of calls in arrears (New Zealand Register): Nil.
Number of forfeited shares on New Zealand Register sold, and money obtained for same : Nil.
Number of shareholders on New Zealand Register : 173.
Number of men employed by company in New Zealand : 145.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement : 18,603 oz. 16 dwt. ; £74,915 7s. 9d.