Notices of Hearing & Temporary Orders

MINDORO CORPORATION, et. al. [Sec. 174]

BCSECCOM #:
Document Type:
Sec. 174
Published Date:
1998-11-06
Effective Date:
1998-10-28
Details:


COR#98/257

IN THE MATTER OF THE SECURITIES ACT
R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 418

AND

IN THE MATTER OF MINDORO CORPORATION,
RONALD VICTOR MARKHAM, DR. JOHN BERRY and RONALD JAMES CONN
(THE “RESPONDENTS”)


Order Under Section 174


WHEREAS following a hearing under sections 144 and 144.1 of the Securities Act, S.B.C. 1985, c. 83 (the “Old Act”), now section 161 of the Securities Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 418, into the conduct and affairs of Mindoro Corporation, Ronald Victor Markham, Dr. John Berry and Ronald James Conn (the “Respondents”), the Commission issued a decision on February 7, 1997, in which it ordered, inter alia, under section 154.2 of the Old Act, now section 174 of the Act, that Mindoro, Markham, Berry and Conn pay the prescribed fees or charges for the costs of or related to the hearing incurred by the Commission and the Executive Director, the amount to be determined following further submissions from the parties;

AND WHEREAS on May 1, 1997, Commission staff submitted a bill of $29,767.50, representing prescribed fees and charges incurred by the Commission and the Executive Director in relation to the hearing;

AND WHEREAS Commission staff’s submission was sent to the Respondents on May 8, 1997;

AND WHEREAS only Conn responded to Commission staff’s submission;

NOW THEREFORE the Commission orders under section 174 of the Act and in accordance with section 22(1), Item 38(a), (b) and (c) of the Securities Regulation, B.C. Reg. 478/95, that the costs of or related to the hearing of $29,767.50 be apportioned and payable forthwith as follows:


Conn as to$1,555.00
Mindoro, Markham and Berry, jointly and severally, as to$28,212.50


DATED at Vancouver, British Columbia, on October 28, 1998.






Joyce C. Maykut, Q.C.
Vice Chair