JUNE 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1731

Where business is conducted, and name of Attorney: Head Office, London; New Zealand Office, Reefton. Attorney, Ernest William Spencer.
Where mines are situated: Westland Mining District.
Nominal capital: £300,000.
Amount of capital subscribed: £50,000.
Amount of capital actually paid up in cash in New Zealand: Nil.
Price paid to vendors of mines: In fully paid up shares, £17,378; in partly paid up shares credited as £1 paid up, nil; in cash, £43,416 13s. 4d.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 1,500,000.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register: 19,720.
Amount paid up per share (New Zealand Register): 4s.
Amount called up per share (New Zealand Register): 4s.
Number of forfeited shares on New Zealand Register sold, &c.: Nil.
Number and amount of calls in arrears (New Zealand Register): Nil.
Number of shareholders on New Zealand Register: 141.
Number of men employed in New Zealand: 6.
Quantity and value of gold and silver produced since last statement: 131 oz. 5 dwt.; £797 8s. 4d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration of offices of company in New Zealand: 178,315 oz. 5 dwt.; £765,479 0s. 7d.
Amount expended in connection with carrying on operations in New Zealand since last statement: £18,118 7s.
Total expenditure since registration of office of company in New Zealand: £973,536 8s. 3d.
Total amount paid in dividends in New Zealand: £17,362 8s. 3d.
Amount of cash in bank in New Zealand: £769 1s. 4d.
Amount of cash in hand in New Zealand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company in New Zealand: £1,560 14s. 6d.
Amount of such debts considered good: £1,560 14s. 6d.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £1,590 10s. 7d.

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 at 31st December, 1933 (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, 1927.

ERNEST W. SPENCER.

Declared at Reefton, this 1st day of June, 1934, before me—
L. E. Morgan, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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STATEMENT OF AFFAIRS OF A MINING COMPANY.

Name of company: The Blackwater Mines, Limited.
When formed and date of registration 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. Attorney, Ernest William Spencer.
Where mines are situated: 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: In fully paid up shares, £200,000; in partly paid up shares credited as £1 paid up, nil; in cash, nil.
Number of shares into which capital is divided: 250,000.
Number of shares on New Zealand Register: 52,204.
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, &c.: Nil.
Number of shareholders on New Zealand Register: 189.
Number of men employed by the company: 230.
Quantity and value of gold and silver produced since last statement: 22,621 oz. 12 dwt.; £163,935 6s. 5d.
Total quantity and value produced since registration of office of company in New Zealand: 465,308 oz. 5 dwt.; £2,069,354 11s. 2d.
Amount expended in carrying on operations in New Zealand since last statement: £108,720 6s.
Total expenditure since registration of office in New Zealand: £1,643,891 4s. 10d.
Total amount of dividends paid in New Zealand: £39,365 14s.

Amount of cash in bank in New Zealand: £5,709 2s. 10d.
Amount of cash in hand: Nil.
Amount of debts directly due to company in New Zealand: £107 3s. 8d.
Amount of such debts due to the company considered good: £107 3s. 8d.
Amount of liabilities of company in New Zealand: £7,045 6s. 10d.

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 at 31st December, 1933 (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, 1927.

ERNEST W. SPENCER.

Declared at Reefton, this 1st day of June, 1934, before me—
L. E. Morgan, a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

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