SEPT. 19.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2399

THE NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.

TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR, AND AGENCY BRANCH.

In the matter of the New Zealand Insurance Company Trust Act, 1916.

Annual Statement.

I, ROBERT KING, Trust Manager, do solemnly and sincerely declare:—

1. That the liability of the members is limited.
2. That the capital of the company is £1,500,000 divided into 1,500,000 shares of £1 each.
3. That the number of shares issued is 1,500,000.
4. That calls to the amount of £1 per share have been made, under which the sum of £1,500,000 has been received.
5. That the amount of all moneys received on account of estates is £15,550,895 19s. 9d.
6. That the amount of all moneys paid on account is £15,517,389 0s. 3d.
7. That the amount of the balance held to the credit of estates under administration is £33,506 19s. 6d.
8. That the liabilities of the company at the close of the financial year (to wit, the 31st day of May, 1940) were:—

Debts owing to sundry persons by the company, viz.:—

On judgment .. .. Nil.
On speciality .. .. Nil.
On notes or bills .. .. Nil.
On simple contracts .. £798,041 9s. 4d.
On estimated liabilities .. £476,514

9. That the assets of the company on that date were:—

£ s. d.
Government securities, New Zealand 360,319 2 6
Government securities, British and
and British dependencies .. 1,435,302 13 6
Bills of exchange and promissory
notes .. .. Nil.
Cash at bankers .. .. 162,615 5 7
Other securities .. .. 2,553,306 6 8

And I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand entitled the Justices of the Peace Act, 1927.

Declared at Auckland, this 10th day of September, 1940, before me—THOMAS H. KIRKMAN, J.P.

R. KING.

397

EKETAHUNA COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, the Eketauna County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

“That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of five thousand pounds (£5,000), authorized to be raised by the Eketauna County Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of readvances by the Council under the Rural Housing Act, 1939, and its amendments, the said Eketauna County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of one-tenth of a penny (¼d.) in the pound upon the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of all rateable property of the whole of the County of Eketauna; and that such special rate shall be an annually recurring rate during the currency of such loan, and payable yearly on the 1st day of September, in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-five years or until the loan is fully paid off.”

J. B. CARRUTHERS,
Chairman.

W. N. RICHARDSON,
County Clerk.

401

CHANGE OF NAME OF COMPANY.

NOTICE is hereby given that Hardings Bookshop and Library, Limited, has changed its name to Hardings Bookshop, Limited, and that the new name was this day entered on my Register of Companies in place of the former name.

Dated at Auckland, this 13th day of September, 1940.

L. G. TUCK,
Assistant Registrar of Companies.

402

FARMS AND FARMLETS, LIMITED.

IN LIQUIDATION.

Notice of Release of Liquidator.

Name of company: Farms and Farmlets, Limited (in liquidation).
Address of registered office: Wellington.
Registry of Supreme Court: Wellington.
Liquidator’s name: Public Trustee.
Date of release: 30th August, 1940.

E. O. HALES,
Public Trustee, as liquidator
under the Companies (Special
Liquidations) Act, 1934-35, of
Farms and Farmlets, Limited.

400

WAITOMO COUNTY COUNCIL.

RESOLUTION MAKING SPECIAL RATE.

Rural Housing Loan, 1940, £10,000.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers vested in it in that behalf by the Local Bodies’ Loans Act, 1926, the Waitomo County Council hereby resolves as follows:—

“That, for the purpose of providing the interest and other charges on a loan of £10,000, authorized to be raised by the Waitomo County Council under the above-mentioned Act, for the purpose of making advances to farmers under the provisions of the Rural Housing Act, 1939, the said Waitomo County Council hereby makes and levies a special rate of nine thirty-seconds pence (9/32d.) in the pound on the rateable value (on the basis of the unimproved value) of the whole of the rateable property in the County of Waitomo; and such special rate shall be an annual-recurring rate during the currency of such loan and be payable yearly on the first day of October in each and every year during the currency of such loan, being a period of twenty-five years or until the loan is fully paid off.”

Dated this 13th day of September, 1940.

And in witness whereof the common seal of the Chairman, Councillors, and Inhabitants of the County of Waitomo was hereto affixed in the presence of—

W. A. LEE,
Chairman.

J. N. O’Brien,
County Clerk.

I hereby certify that the above is a true copy of the resolution passed as above stated—

W. A. LEE, Chairman.

403

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