JULY 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1855

THE LOWER HUTT BOROUGH COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

Road-sealing Loan, 1929, of £11,800.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, the Lower Hutt Borough Council hereby resolves as follows:—
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and principal and other charges on a loan of £11,800, authorized to be raised by the Lower Hutt Borough Council under the above-mentioned Act for tar-sealing the roads set out in the proposal to raise the said loan, the said Lower Hutt Borough Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of 300/625ths of a penny in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Borough of Lower Hutt, comprising the whole of the Borough of Lower Hutt, and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of April and the 1st day of October in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of ten years, or until the loan is fully paid off.

623 E. P. BUNNY, Borough Solicitor.

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COUNTY OF WAITEMATA.

A SPECIAL meeting was held when the following resolution moved and carried, on the motion of Cr. Paltridge, seconded by Cr. Glasgow, levying an annual-recurring special rate over the limits of the Waipareira Riding, to cover the interest and sinking-fund charges in respect of the Waipareira Riding Loan of £15,000 (1929):—
In pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, the Waitemata County Council hereby resolves as follows:—
That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £15,000, authorized to be raised by the Waitemata County Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purposes of road-construction, bridge and culvert building, and constructing and metalling roads in the Waipareira Riding of the County of Waitemata, the said Waitemata County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of five farthings in the pound upon the rateable value of all rateable property of the Waipareira Riding of the County of Waitemata, and that such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and be payable half-yearly on the 1st day of September and the 1st day of March in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of fifteen years in respect of the sum of £10,800 of the loan, and twenty-two and a half years in respect of £4,200 of the loan, or until the loan is fully paid off.

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of a resolution passed by the Waitemata County Council at a meeting held on Friday, the 21st day of June, 1929.

624 LANCE E. KERR-TAYLOR,
County Chairman.

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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Buller Diversion Gold-mining Co., Ltd.
When formed and date of registration: 13th March, 1928.
Whether in active operation or not: Development-work.
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: 18 Wakefield Street, Westport; W. T. Slee.
Nominal capital: £12,500.
Amount of capital subscribed: £8,183.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £3,064 9s.
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 company is divided: 50,000.
Number of shares allotted: 45,232.
Amount paid per share: 5s.
Amount called up per share: Various amounts on different allotments.
Number and amount of calls in arrears: 3; £622 1s.
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: 185.
Number of men employed by the company: 7.

Total quantity and value of gold and silver produced since the last statement: No previous statement.
Total value and quantity produced since registration: Nil.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement: No previous statement.
Total expenditure since registration: £2,965 19s. 10d.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash in bank: £571 10s. 11d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to the company: £622 1s.
Amount of debts considered good: £622 1s.
Amount of contingent liabilities of the company (if any): Nil.
Amount of debts owing by the company: £304 6s. 9d.

I, Wilfred Thomas Slee, the Secretary of the Buller Diversion Gold-mining Company, Ltd., do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company as the 31st March, 1929; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.

W. T. SLEE.

Declared at Westport, this 15th day of June, 1929, before me.—A. L. Black, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of the company: The Natural Bridge Gold-mining Company, Ltd.
When formed and date of registration: 8th April, 1925
Whether in active operation or not: Not at present.
Where business is conducted and name of Secretary: Cromwell; John Leopold Stewart Wright.
Nominal capital: £4,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £2,600.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £2,334 18s. 6d.
The paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount of cash received for the same (if any): Nil.
The paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £1,400.
Number of shares into which the capital is divided: 16,000.
Number of shares allotted: 16,000.
Amount paid per share: 4s. 6d.
Amount called up per share: 4s. 6d.
Number and amount of calls in arrears: Nil.
Number of shares forfeited: 556.
Number of forfeited shares sold, and money received for same: 250 shares, £11 13s. 4d.; 306 shares unsold.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of company: 25.
Present number of shareholders: 37.
The number of men employed by the company: Nil.
Quantity and value of gold or silver produced since last statement: Nil.
Total quantity and value produced since registration: 28 ozs. 11 dwts. 6 grs.; £109 19s. 3d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since the last statement: £128 1s. 1d.
Total expenditure since registration: £2,366 0s. 2d.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash in bank: Dr. £21 4s. 7d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to the company: £1 5s.
Amount of debts considered good: £1 5s.
Amount of the contingent liabilities of the company: £320.
Amount of debts owing by the company: £54 11s. 8d.

I, John Leopold Stewart Wright, the Secretary of the Natural Bridge Gold-mining Company, Ltd., do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at the 31st day of December, 1928: and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

J. L. STEWART WRIGHT.

Declared at Cromwell, this 2nd day of July, 1929, before me—Jas. C. Parcell, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Nevis Junction Gold-mining Company, Ltd.
When formed, and date of registration: 23rd June, 1926.