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RETURN.— OFFICIAL AGENCY, under the Mining Companies Acts, in AUCKLAND, from the 1st September, 1870 (the commencement of operations of the present Official Agent), to the 30th June, 1872, being 1 Year and 10 Months.

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EETURN OE MINING COMPANIES WOUND UP, &c.

Total Number of Winding-up Orders issued to Official Agent. Number of Companies in actual Liquidation. Number of Shareholders of Companies in Liquidation. Total Amount of Liabilities of Companies in Liquidation. Total Amount of Moneys Collected for Companies in Liquidation. Number of Companies Wound up and in last stage of Winding up, in which Dividends have been Paid and Declared. Total Amount of Liabilities of said thirty-five Companies. Total Amount of Dividends Paid and Declared ready for Payment in said thirty-five Companies. Total Amount of Official Agent's, Law, and all other Charges, paid in said thirty-five Companies, as per list below, marked A. £ s. d. 28,022 11 11 £ s. d. 12,315 7 1 £ s. d. 12,711 8 5 £ s. d. 9,870 19 5 £ s. d. 1,735 9 8 162 123 5,489 35 List A. Companies. Liabilities. Charges. Companies. Liabilities. Charges. Companies. Liabilities. Charges. Australasian Atlas Australian Penrith Auckland Independent Armstrong's Claim Bon Accord Bell Bock Extended Band of Hope Colleen Bawn Clydesdale California Route ... Cosmopolitan Lease Bay Spring £ s. d. 495 10 2 1,364 17 10 124 14 5 145 11 7 56 11 8 09 9 8 100 7 11 339 4 6 89 13 9 104 18 7 167 13 8 129 15 2 380 4 5 £ s. d. 10 12 1 117 0 7 13 2 6 45 9 11 2 11 7 40 6 8 14 9 5 53 11 2 50 9 5 . 57 0 6 3 17 6 79 10 8 43 19 5 ! Brought forward Eureka Eiery Cross and Great Victoria ... Golden Beef Golden Harp Golden Gate Golden Crown Extended ... Hand in Hand Imperial Crown Jupiter Kohinoor Magenta £ s. d. 3,598 13 4 171 2 0 129 12 9 219 17 0 225 1 3 1,403 11 4 393 0 11 221 11 8 3,227 5 0 93 3 0 140 1 1 278 9 1 £ s. d. 532 1 5 18 18 4 26 1 11 63 7 9 24 11 8 78 17 4 78 4 4 8 0 6 227 15 3 33 6 7 24 9 0 81 13 5 Brought forward ... Melsaacs Marquis of Hastings Montezuma Sew Zealand Proof Positive ... Star of Fermanagh Telegraph Tradesmen's Victoria Waiotahi Cascades Waterfall £ a. d. 10,101 8 5 849 15 8 212 5 0 122 1 8 290 2 11 132 2 10 102 10 8 294 4 10 214 5 3 79 1 0 160 9 10 153 0 4 £ s. d. 1,197 7 6 196 9 2 77 12 5 22 10 7 6 1 11 21 9 3 10 15 0 43 15 5 81 13 11 15 10 3 53 1 2 9 3 1 Carried forward 3,598 13 4 532 1 5 Carried forward ... 1,197 7 6 12,711 8 5 1,735 9 8 10,101 8 5