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Amount of debts directly due to the company: Nil.
Amount of debts considered good: Nil.
Amount of the contingent liabilities of the company (if any):
£594.
Amount of debts owing by the company: £942 8s. 9d.

I, Geoffrey Tyndall Withers, the Secretary of Skippers Westland 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 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, 1927.

G. T. WITHERS.

Declared at Wellington, by the said Geoffrey Tyndall Withers, this 12th day of February, 1929, before me—D. W. Virtue, a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company: Colossus Gold-mining Development Company, Ltd.
When formed, and date of registration: 28th August, 1914.
Whether in active operation or not: Property being maintained.
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary: Registered office, Tribune Buildings, Hastings; Laurence A. Denton, Secretary.
Nominal capital: £36,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £30,073.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash: £12,073.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders, and amount in cash received for same: £30,073; £12,073.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid: £18,000.
Number of shares into which the capital is divided: 36,000.
Number of shares allotted: 30,473, of which 400 are forfeited.
Amount paid per share: £1.
Amount called up per share: £1.
Number and amount of calls in arrears: Nil.
Number of shares forfeited: 400.
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: 65.
Number of men employed by company: 1.
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: £504 11s. 6d.
Total expenditure since registration: £35,840 18s. 1d. (including purchase of properties).
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid: Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends: Nil.
Amount of cash in bank: £2 18s. 5d.
Amount of cash in hand: £3 12s.
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: £5,724 8s. 6d.

I, Laurence Ackworth Denton, the Secretary of the Colossus Gold-mining and Development Company, Ltd., do solemnly and sincerely declare that this is a true and complete statement of the affairs of the said company at the present date; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1908.

LAURENCE A. DENTON.

Declared at Hastings this 11th day of February, 1929, before me—Foster Brook, J.P.

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