BANKRUPTCY.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1213, 31 May 1895, Page 28

BANKRUPTCY.

Thos. Dickson, grocer, Lambton quay, who was adjudged bankrupt on Mondaylast, furnished the Official Assignee on the 29th with a statement of his assets and liabilities. The unsecured debts are set down at .£2302 14s 6d, divided among 45 creditors, the largest claims being the following:—Aitken, Wilson and Co., «£350; D. Wilkie, Petone, .£250; Tumbull (landlord), d£l43 ; J. C. McKerrow, Morrison's Bushj .£130; Brandon, Hislop and Brandon, c£l3o; Johnston and Co., .£B9 ; A. Turnbull, .£77; Eeeves and Co., .£69 ; Nelson, Moate and Co., .£64; Haymanand Co., .£SB- - and Co., .£53; Crease and Son,' .£4B j Mar ton (an employee), .£44 ; Provision and Produce Company, Christchurch, .£4l; Levin and Co., .£42; Kempthorne, Prosser and Co., =£37 ; City Council, .£35 ,- Sanderson, Gilbert and Co., Napier, .£3l ; Thomas and Co., .£3O; Biscuit Company* Wellington, .£2B j Virgoe, Son and Chapman, Sydney, .£2B ; Kitchen and All end er, Petone, .£27,- T. Quin and Co., Invercargill, .£26 ; C. H. Tanner, .£25 ; Whitcombe, broker, £22; Ferguson and Mitchell Dunedin, .£2l. Johnston and Co/s and Brandon, Hislop and Brandon's claims are subject to reduction by the amount of acceptances held. The secured debts amount to .£1402, the particulars being as follow : Nathan and Co., ,£2OB, secured by a second mortgage valued at .£2OO over house and allotment.in Pipitea street,; Virtue and Co., .£3B, secured by two promissory notes valued at <£2o; Laery and Co., .£143, secured by bond warrant for tea valued at .£183; Cuningham, Badham and Co., .£73, secured by book debts estimated to produce <£10; Bank of New South Wales, ,£l4O, secured by sundry acceptances valued at that amount'; Mitchell, Mitchelltown, .£SOO, secured by first mortgage on house and allotment in Pipitea street; Dr Findlay, .£175, secured by mortgage on house and three sections at Wadestown valued at .£200; W. T. L. Travers, .£125, secured by mortgage on house and land at Paraparaumu valued at <£lso: Total value of securities, .£1403, leaving a surplus of JBI. Thp assets, which are set down at .£2133 17s 2d, consist of stock-in-trade and plant, estimated at .£756 2s; book debts, estimated to produce .£122615s 2d, .£l5O worth of furniture, and the .£1 surplus mentioned above. With .£l5O of liabilities other than those mentioned above, the total debts (excluding the secured oties) amount to .£2452 14s 6d; leaving «xn estimated deficiency of -£3lB 17s 4d.