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ANNUAL STATEMENT of the Palmerston District
Road Board, for the year ending July 31, 1875:—

RECEIPTS.
Balance in bank ... £372 6 5½
Blue Mountain Road rate ... 313 1 7
Bushey ... 228 15 5½
Meadowbank ... 156 5 9
Goodwood ... 157 11 0
Government subsidy ... 1069 12 4½
Corporation cheque ... 211 18 3
Hampden Road Board ... 300 0 0

£2809 10 11

EXPENDITURE.
Blue Mountain—
M'Leod and Biggar's contract ... £175 10 0
Cruickshank's do. ... 56 1 3
Do. surface work ... 1 10 0
Do. do. ... 2 7 0
Moore ... 6 16 0
Templeton's contract ... 69 10 0
Do. surface work ... 34 5 3
Rolland and Watt's do. ... 14 8 0
Ross, surface work ... 6 10 0
Hector Reid's contract ... 130 0 0
Robinson ... 3 19 6
Solicitor (Catomore) ... 9 8 0

480 10 0

Bushey—
Phillips and Christie's contract ... 159 7 1
M'Lean ... 21 0 6
Amyess ... 7 10 0
M'Lean, surface work ... 6 18 0
Rich's contract ... 61 12 6
M'Vinish, surface work ... 59 0 0
Kennard's contract ... 99 0 0
M'Vinish ... 31 4 0
Solicitor ... 6 0 2
M'Vinish ... 39 12 0
Fraser and M'Call's contract ... 12 10 0
Kennard's do. ... 111 0 3
M'Vinish do. ... 72 0 0
Munro, surface work ... 2 4 0
M'Vinish ... 30 16 0

719 14 6

Meadowbank—
Phillip's contract ... 116 10 10
Munro's do. ... 194 17 0
M'Kay's do. ... 219 17 6
Munro's do. ... 12 0 0
M'Kay's do. ... 74 0 8
Stuart's do. ... 65 0 9

682 6 9

Goodwood—
Turner, surfaceman ... 8 16 0
Do. do. ... 16 9 0
M'Leod & Biggar's contract ... 1246 1 2
Do. do. ... 215 5 0
Turner, surfaceman ... 23 19 6
M'Kay's contract ... 232 8 5
Turner, surfaceman ... 23 2 0

1766 1 1

General expenses—
Grey, (Inspector) ... 56 5 0
Watt (Auditor) ... 1 0 0
Cheque books ... 1 0 0
Clerk and Collector ... 0 12 0
Pratt and Gill ... 15 0 0
M'Bryde (Auditor) ... 15 4 6
Interest ... 2 0 0
Clerk ... 21 2 2
Rent ... 15 0 0
Interest ... 10 0 0
Otago Daily Times Co. ... 13 18 6
Barr and Oliver, engineers ... 6 18 0
Interest ... 129 15 0
Exchange on Government subsidy ... 94 8 4

1 5 2¾

381 18 8¾

£4030 11 0¾

Total expenditure ... £4030 11 0¾
Total receipts ... 2809 10 11

Balance ... £1221 0 1¾

I hereby certify that I have this day examined the accounts of the Palmerston Road Board, and that I find them correct.

JOHN M'BRYDE, Auditor.
WILLIAM ALFRED YOUNG, Chairman.

August 17, 1875. 1-45s.

STATEMENT of the affairs of the Sons of Fortune Gold Mining Company, Registered, for the half-year ended July 31st 1875, in accordance with section 135 of "The Mining Companies Act, 1872."

Name of Company: Sons of Fortune Gold Mining Company, Limited.
When formed, and date of registration: October 16th, 1874.
Where business is conducted and name of legal manager: Arrowtown; Luke H. Preston.
Nominal capital: £6,000.
Amount of paid-up scrip given to shareholders: £2,500.
Number of shares in which capital is divided: 6,000.
Number of shares taken: 2,104.
Amount of calls made: £1082 9s. 0d.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up: £746 13s. 8d.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company: 66.
Amount of cash in hand: £88 19s. 6d.
Whether in operation or not: In operation.
Total amount of dividends declared: Nil.
Number of shares unallotted: 1099.

LUKE H. PRESTON, Manager.
15s. pd.

NOTICE.

ON and after this date ALL CATTLE found running on Run No. 20, Flagstaff and Snowy Mountain, will be impounded.

GEO. POGSON,
Cottesbrook.
September 1, 1875. 2-4s. 6d.

SUPREME COURT CIRCUIT SITTINGS.
NOTICE is hereby Given, that a Circuit Court Sitting of the Supreme Court for the despatch of Criminal and Civil business will be holden in the Court House at Lawrence, on Tuesday, the twenty-first day of September next, at the hour of ten o'clock in the forenoon; at which time and place all persons bound by recognizances, or otherwise, to appear as prosecutors, plaintiffs, defendants, or witnesses, are required to give their attendance.

LOST, STOLEN, OR STRAYED,
From Tois Tois,
A DARK Bay Filly, rising five years, unbroken, well bred, with a white snip on the nose, branded LG near shoulder. Any person delivering the same to Mr. John Hamill, Woodlands, will receive £2 reward, or £1 will be paid to any one giving such information as will lead to its recovery. 4-10s.

OTAKIA POUND.
THE HORSE that was advertised to be sold on the 3rd of September has been claimed by one William Allan, of St. Kilda.

SAMUEL O'KANE,
Poundkeeper, Otakia.
August 30, 1875.

ABSTRACTS from previous Gazette of Impounding Notices :—
Friday, 3rd September, at Noon.
1 horse will be sold at South Dunedin Pound.
1 gelding will be sold at Otakia Pound.
1 bullock, 1 cow, 1 heifer will be sold at Hampden Pound.

IMPOUNDED on the 23rd day of August, 1875, by Mr. John Herbert, Ardmore Station.
1 roan gelding, branded like S under mane.