Mar. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 913

Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: 309,690 oz. 13 dwt.; £1,312,487 8s. 3d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on mining operations in New Zealand since last statement: £65,480 12s. 10d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £1,046,378 10s. 7d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £18,876 4s.
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: £970 6s. 4d.
Amount of such debts considered good: £970 6s. 4d.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £2,007 15s. 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, 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.

ERNEST W. SPENCER.

Declared at Reefton this 13th day of March, 1925, 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: 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: 57,248.
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: 190.
Number of men employed in New Zealand: Management and clerical, 3.
Quantity and value of gold and silver produced since last statement: Nil.
Total quantity and value produced since registration of offices 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: £3,651 9s. 5d.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £955,418 1s. 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: £1,054 10s. 7d.
Amount of such debts considered good: £20 12s. 1d.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £893 4s. 3d.

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, 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 COMPANY.

Name of company: United M. and E. Water-race Company (Registered).
When formed, and date of registration: 8th April, 1872; 23rd April, 1872.
Whether in active operation or not: In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager: St. Bathan’s; F. M. Pyle.
Nominal capital: £7,600.
Amount of capital subscribed: £7,600.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £7,600.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for same (if any): £7,600.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: Nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 152.
Number of shares allotted: 152.
Amount paid per share: £50.
Amount called up per share: £50.
Number and amount of calls in arrears: 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: 13.
Present number of shareholders: 9.
Number of men employed by company: Property has been worked until recently by Scandinavian Water-race Company (Limited) under tributary agreement.
Quantity of gold produced during preceding year: See return of Scandinavian Water-race Company (Limited).
Total quantity produced since registration: 16,909 oz. 9 dwt. 2 gr. (to date of commencement of work by S.W.R. Co., Ltd.).
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement: £86 15s. 10d.
Total expenditure since registration: £74,783 1s.
Total amount of dividends declared: £3,534.
Total amount of dividends paid: £3,534.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash at bankers and on deposit: £115 2s. 8d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of contingent liabilities of company (if any): Nil.

I, Frank Mortimer Pyle, Legal Manager of the United M. and E. Water-race Company (Registered), do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at 31st December, 1927; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.

FRANK MORTIMER PYLE.

Declared at Dunedin, this 7th day of March, 1928, before me—E. Alex. Duncan, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.
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TE ARO HOUSE DRAPERY COMPANY, LIMITED.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908.

NOTICE is hereby given that TE ARO HOUSE DRAPERY COMPANY, LIMITED, intends to cease voluntarily to carry on business in the Dominion of New Zealand after the expiration of three months after the first publication of this notice in the New Zealand Gazette.

Dated this 22nd day of March, 1928.

TE ARO HOUSE DRAPERY COMPANY, LIMITED.

By its Attorney—

ARTHUR T. CLARKE,
87 The Terrace, Wellington.
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DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership heretofore subsisting between REGINALD RODERICK JAMES JOHNSEN and ALBERT HILL, carrying on business under the style or name of “Johnsen and Hill” at Northland, has been dissolved as from the 19th day of March, 1927, by mutual consent.

The business has been purchased by the said Reginald Roderick James Johnsen, and will in future be carried on by the said Reginald Roderick James Johnsen under the name or style of “R. J. Johnsen,” Grocer, Northland.

Dated this 20th day of March, 1928.

ARTHUR HILL.
R. JOHNSEN.

Witness—C. G. Turner, Solicitor, Wellington.
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