APRIL 19.]

WAITOMO ELECTRIC-POWER BOARD LOANS CONVERSION, 1934.

I HEREBY certify that the necessary resolution to proceed with the conversion of the Waitomo Electric-power Board's loans in accordance with the Waitomo Electric-power Board Loans Conversion Order, 1934, was passed at a special meeting of the said Board held on the 28th day of March, 1934, and confirmed at the ordinary monthly meeting of the said Board held on the 16th day of April, 1934.

W. A. LEE,
Chairman.
Dated at Te Kuiti, this 17th day of April, 1934. 65

SOUTHLAND BREWERIES, LIMITED.

In the matter of the Companies Act, 1908, and in the matter of SOUTHLAND BREWERIES, LIMITED (in Liquidation).

N OTICE is hereby given that the creditors of the above-named company are required, on or before the 10th day of May, 1934, to send their names and addresses, and the particulars of their debts and claims, to Thomas Henry Watson, care of the Southland Building Society Chambers, Clyde Street, Invercargill, the Liquidator of the said company, and if so required by notice in writing from the said liquidator to come in and prove their said debts and claims at such time and place as shall be specified in such notice, or in default thereof they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made before such debts are proved.

Dated at Invercargill, this 16th day of April, 1934.

WATSON AND WATSON,
Solicitors for the Liquidator. 66

STATEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF A COMPANY.

Name of company : St. Bathan's Channel Co.
When formed, and date of registration : 10th November, 1881 ; 4th January, 1882.
Whether in active operation or not : In active operation.
Where business is conducted, and name of Secretary : St. Bathan's ; Walter Johnsen.
Nominal capital : £4,590.
Amount of capital subscribed : £4,590.
Amount of capital paid up in cash : £4,590.
Paid-up value of scrip given to shareholders on which no cash has been paid : Nil.
Number of shares into which the capital is divided : 81 shares (three issues of 27 each).
Number of shares allotted : 81.
Amount paid up per share : 27, each at £100, £40, and £30.
Amount called up per share : £100, £40, and £30.
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 : 11.
Present number of shareholders : 2.
Number of men employed by company : None regularly. Labour engaged for repair work only.
Quantity and value of gold produced since last statement : Nil.
Total quantity and value of gold produced since registration : 1,507 oz. 11 dwt. 7 gr.; £5,817 11s. 7d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations since last statement : £17 9s. 3d.
Total expenditure since registration : £11,171 11s. 7d.
Total amount of dividends declared : Nil.
Total amount of dividends paid : Nil.
Total amount of unclaimed dividends : Nil.
Amount of cash at bank : Nil.
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 (if any) : Nil.
Amount of debts owing by company : £17 9s. 3d.

I, Walter Johnsen, of St. Bathan's, Secretary of the St. Bathan's Channel Co., 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, 1933, and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.

WALTER JOHNSEN.

Declared at Oturehua this 11th day of April, 1934, before me—Thomas Mitchell, J.P. 67

R. M. MOORCRAFT AND COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE is hereby given that in terms of section 234 of the Companies Act, 1933, a meeting of creditors of R. M. Moorcraft and Company, Limited, will be held on Monday, the 23rd day of April, 1934, at 3 p.m., at the office of R. C. Judd, Solicitor, 47 Vulcan Buildings, Auckland, for the purpose of appointing a liquidator.

R. M. MOORCRAFT AND COMPANY, LIMITED.

R. M. MOORCRAFT, Director. 68

RAGLAN COUNTY COUNCIL.

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO TAKE LAND.

In the matter of the Public Works Act, 1928.

PUBLIC notice is hereby given that the Raglan County Council proposes to execute certain public works—to wit, the formation of a public road—for which purpose the following lands require to be taken by the Raglan County Council under the provisions of the Public Works Act, 1928, sections 22 and 23, that is to say:

(a) All that parcel of land containing 2 acres 0 roods 9·2 perches, more or less, being part of Allotment 24, Block V, of the Parish of Onewhero;
(b) All that parcel of land containing 2 acres 1 rood 4·7 perches, more or less, being part of Allotment 58A No. 1, Block V, of the Parish of Onewhero;
(c) All that parcel of land containing 1 rood 9·7 perches, more or less, being part of Allotment 58A No. 2, Block V, of the Parish of Onewhero; and
(d) All that parcel of land containing 5 acres 1 rood 15·6 perches, more or less, being part of Allotment 58B, Blocks V and VI, of the Parish of Onewhero.

A plan of the lands required to be taken as aforesaid is open for inspection at the offices of the Raglan County Council at Ngaruawahia.

All persons affected are hereby called upon to set forth in writing any well-founded objections to the execution of such works or to the taking of such lands, and to send such in writing to the clerk of the Raglan County Council within forty (40) days from the date of the first publication of this notice.

Dated at Ngaruawahia, this 17th day of April, 1934.

By order of the Raglan County Council—

H. MARSLAND,
County Clerk. 69

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