COMPANY AFFAIRS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 204, 29 August 1928, Page 4

COMPANY AFFAIRS.

NEW REGISTRATIONS

Five new companies, one public and four private. have been registered in Auckland. Detail® are a<a follow:— Public Company. Gold Seekers, Limited, mining prospectors and engineers, etc. Capital: £1250. divided into 100 shares of £12 10/ each. Subscribers: Henry Hay ward, five shares; Robert George Boyd, Arthur Robinson Shutes, Robert Taylor, Joseph Wilfred Craven, two shares each; and William Basil Woolley and William Patterson one share each. Private Companies. Cleary's, Limited, gentlemen'#? outfitters, Hamilton. Capital: £2000, divided into £1 share?. Subscribers: John Domonic Cleary, 1950 shares; and Henrietta Cleary, 50 shares. Settle Brothers, Limited, general storekeepers, at Himiera 'and Te I'oi. Capital: £2000, divided into £1 shares. Subscribers: Herbert Settle and Wilfred Settle. 950 shares each; and Clara Settle and Mary Settle, 50 shares each. R. W. Strong, Limited, wholesale and retail dealers in musie. musical instru- | ments, gramophones, radio, etc. Capital: £500, in £1 shares. Subscribers: Robert Wilford Strong. 273 shares; Francis William Martin, 200 shares; and Dukie ileale Strong, 25 share*. Bronze Lacquer and Paint Sprayers, Limited. Capital: £200, in £1 shares. Subscribers: Gilbert Shirwell Mouatt and Robert Murray Crockett, 100 shares cach. NORTH OTAQO CO-OP. DIVIDEND OF FIVE PER CENT. The annual report of the North Ota go Farmers' Co-operative Association for the year ended July 31 states that from a trading point of view the past year has shown a marked improvement as compared with recent years, and reflects the general prosperity experienced by the farming community during that period. The gross earnings for the year amounted to £18,086, and after making provision for depreciation, bad debts, and portion of the cost of extensive alterations to the association's premises, the net amount available for distribution is £3508, which the directors recommend shall be allotted as follows:—To payment of dividend of 5 per cent on the paid-up capital, and, after! allowing for income tax, the balance be carried forward.