HSBC Finance New Zealand Limited Notice of Intention to Remove the Company From the New Zealand Register Pursuant to Section 295 of the Companies Act 1955 Take notice that it is intended to remove HSBC Finance New Zealand Limited (``the company'') from the New Zealand Register, under section 293 (1) (d) of the Companies Act 1955, on the grounds that it has ceased to carry on business, has discharged in full its liabilities to all known creditors and has distributed its surplus assets in accordance with its memorandum and articles. The company's registered office is at the Sixth Floor, HongkongBank House, 290 Queen Street, Auckland. Anyone wishing to object, under section 296 of the Companies Act 1955, to the removal must deliver his or her objection to the Registrar of Companies, P.O. Box 1473, Wellington, by 16 May 1997. Dated this 17th day of April 1997. JOHN BARNETT BLANTHORNE, Director.