Mining Company Registration and Legal Notices




  1. The names and several residences of the Shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date are as follows :

Shares.

Thomas Shailer Weston, of Jermyn-street, Auckland ... 28
Michael Henry McGinley, of Shortland-street, Auckland ... 12
Bernard McDonald, of Parnell Road Auckland ... 12
Thomas George Tauton, of Freemans Bay, Auckland ... 8
Edmund Mahoney, of Chapel-street, Auckland ... 4

Total 64

Dated this twelfth day of June, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

THOS. S. WESTON,
Manager.

Witness to signature, Henry Gilfillan,
Justice of the Peace.

I, THE undersigned, CAPTAIN JAMES STONE, hereby make application to register “THE MOANATAIRI GOLD MINING COMPANY REGISTERED,” under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act, 1865,” and I do solemnly and sincerely declare that the following statement is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true in every particular, namely :-

  1. The name and style of the Company is “The Moanatairi Gold Mining Company Registered.”

  2. The place of operations is the Thames Gold-field, in the Province of Auckland.

  3. The nominal capital of the Company is Five thousand pounds, in five hundred shares of ten pounds each.

  4. The amount already paid up is Two thousand four hundred pounds.

  5. The name of the Manager is Captain James Stone.

  6. The office of the Company is in the City of Auckland, in the Province of Auckland.

  7. The names and addresses of the shareholders and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follows :-

  8. Benjamin Johnson, of Parnell, in the Province of Auckland ... 100 shares

  9. Thomas Russell, of Auckland ... 92 shares

  10. James McCosh Clark, of Auckland ... 80 shares

  11. Captain James Stone, of Auckland ... 50 shares

  12. William Rowe, of Shortland ... 33 shares

  13. James Loomb, of Shortland ... 25 shares

  14. Robert Humphrey Stevenson, of Auckland ... 20 shares.

Dated this thirteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

C. J. STONE.

Witness to the signature of Captain James Stone,
J. A. GILFILLAN,
A Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.

NORTHERN DISTRICT.

Between THOMAS SEAMAN, Plaintiff, and JOHN ANDERSON, Defendant.

WHEREAS, by virtue of a Writ of Fi. Fa., issued in this action, and directed to me, ordering me that of the real and personal Estate of the above-named John Anderson, I should cause to be made upon the sum of £40 14s. 8d., together with interest upon the said sum at the rate of £8 per centum per annum, together with £1 13s. 4d. for the said Writ and Warrant, besides Sheriff’s Poundage, Officer’s Fees, &c., from the twenty-second day of May, 1868: Now I do hereby give notice that I shall cause to be sold by Public Auction, by Charles Davis, at his Auction Mart, in Queen-street, Auckland, on the seventeenth day of September, 1868, at the hour of twelve o’clock at noon, unless the said debt or sum of £40 14s. 8d. and interest be sooner paid, together with the said sum of £1 13s. 4d., besides Sheriff’s Poundage, Officer’s Fees, &c., all the estate, right, title, and interest of the said John Anderson, under a trust deed bearing date the 9th day of May, 1863, made between John Anderson of the first part, Jessie Anderson of the second part, and James Macky and James Matthews, therein described, of the third part, of, in, and to, all that piece or parcel of land situated in the Parish of Waiwerawera, in the County of Marsden, and containing by admeasurement seventy-six acres, and being part of allotment number sixty-four, bounded on the North by the Waiwerawera River, and by part of the same allotment sold to one Gagin; on the East by a line bearing 155° 20’, 3535 links; on the South by a line bearing 90° 8600 links; and on the West by a line bearing 860° 2½ chains, and then by the said Gagin’s Land 10 chains.

And all that piece or parcel of land in the Parish and County aforesaid, containing forty acres, part of allotment number seven, bounded on the South-west by a boundary line of the said allotment No. 7 2000 links; on the North-east by lot No. 8; on the South-east by the boundary line of the said allotment No. 8; and on the North-west by a line parallel with the South-west boundary line of the said allotment, so as to include forty acres.

And all that parcel of land in the Province of Auckland aforesaid containing by admeasurement one hundred and nine acres more or less, and being lot No. 110 of the Parish of Waiwera, in the county aforesaid, excepting so much of the land hereinafter described as may be necessary for the making of a road, as excepted by the Crown Grant of the same; bounded on the North by the Waiwera River; on the East by land granted to Robert Graham, 1598 links, 360 links, 740 links, 435 links, and 278 links, and by the sea; on the South by lot 15, 2506 links; and on the west by lot 64, and a line 3985 links.

And also all that parcel of land in the Province aforesaid containing by admeasurement two hundred acres more or less, situated in the Parish of Waiwera aforesaid, and being lot No. 83; bounded on the North-east by lot No. 84, 4430 links; and on the South-east by a line 1010 links, and 210 links, and then by lot No. 63, 4000 links; on the South-west by lot No. 96, 1070 links; and on the West by the Wainui River to its junction with the road, and then by the said road 202 links, 500 links, 280 links, 1700 links, and 685 links; and on the North-west by lot No. 85, 3000 links, partly intersected from North to South by a road 100 links wide.

And I further give notice that the estate and interest of the said John Anderson in the said land consists of the equity of redemption held by the said James Macky and James Matthews in trust for the said Jessie Anderson and John Anderson, and that the same has been taken by me in execution, at the suit of the said Thomas Seaman, the execution creditor.

Dated this tenth day of June, 1868.

H. C. BALNEAVIS,
Sheriff.

T. B. GILLIES, Wyndham-street, Auckland, solicitor for the said Thomas Seaman.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Auckland Provincial Gazette 1868, No 32





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🌾 Shareholders of Homeward Bound Gold Mining Company

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
12 June 1868
Shareholders, Gold Mining, Auckland, Company Registration
  • Thomas Shailer Weston, Shareholder with 28 shares
  • Michael Henry McGinley, Shareholder with 12 shares
  • Bernard McDonald, Shareholder with 12 shares
  • Thomas George Tauton, Shareholder with 8 shares
  • Edmund Mahoney, Shareholder with 4 shares

  • THOS. S. WESTON, Manager
  • Henry Gilfillan, Justice of the Peace

🌾 Application to Register Moanatairi Gold Mining Company

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
13 June 1868
Mining Company, Registration, Thames Gold-field, Auckland
7 names identified
  • Benjamin Johnson, Shareholder with 100 shares
  • Thomas Russell, Shareholder with 92 shares
  • James McCosh Clark, Shareholder with 80 shares
  • James Stone (Captain), Shareholder with 50 shares and Manager
  • William Rowe, Shareholder with 33 shares
  • James Loomb, Shareholder with 25 shares
  • Robert Humphrey Stevenson, Shareholder with 20 shares

  • C. J. STONE
  • J. A. GILFILLAN, Justice of the Peace

⚖️ Supreme Court Notice of Sale of Property

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
10 June 1868
Supreme Court, Property Sale, Debt Recovery, Auckland
  • Thomas Seaman, Plaintiff
  • John Anderson, Defendant
  • Jessie Anderson, Trustee
  • James Macky, Trustee
  • James Matthews, Trustee

  • H. C. BALNEAVIS, Sheriff
  • T. B. GILLIES, Solicitor