3. The nominal capital of the Company is six thousand pounds (£6,000) in six thousand shares (£6,000) of one pound (£1) each.

4. The amount already paid up is three thousand three hundred and sixteen pounds (£3,316).

5. The name of the Manager is Charles William Melsop.

6. The office of the Company is at Pollen Street, Shortland, in the said Province.

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

Shares.

Charles Frederick Andrews, Shortland 275

Henry Samuel Andrews, Shortland 75

Thomas Barron, Shortland 63

John Wicket Bridgemon, Auckland 50

George Crow, Shortland 250

Charles Clayforth, Shortland 75

John George Chisholm, Shortland 125

Lawrence Costello, Shortland 125

James Goodwill, Otahuhu 75

William Osborne Hamlin, Shortland 125

Moses Hotchins, Shortland 63

Wm. Laing, Shortland } in dispute { 63

John Styak Otahuhu } { 38

Samuel Marks, Auckland 63

Samuel Mellor, Shortland 125

Charles William Melsop, Shortland 70

William Martin, Shortland 70

William Burrows Moore, Shortland 125

Oughton & Myers, Shortland 100

Francis Purvis, Shortland 88

William Ricket, Otahuhu 105

Joseph Ricket, Shortland 100

James Ricket, Shortland 100

James Runciman, Mangere 125

Sydney Pope Stevens, Shortland 18

James Campbell Stratford, Auckland 125

Matthew Vaughan, Shortland 75

Allen Wheeler, Shortland 50

Edward Wood, Shortland 125

F. O. Worfolk, Auckland 63

H. S. Andrews & Co., Shortland 200

Dated this sixteenth day of November, one thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.

CHARLES W. MELSOP.

Witness: JACKSON KEDDEL, R.M., a Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

Solicitors for the Company: Messrs. Beveridge & Ritchie, of Wyndham Chambers, Wyndham Street, Auckland, and of Grey Street, Shortland.

TO THE WARDEN OF THE DISTRICT OF HAURAKI, PROVINCE OF AUCKLAND.

I THE undersigned, THOMAS SHAILER WESTON, hereby make application to register the “GRAND TRUNK 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 belief and knowledge, true in every particular, namely:—

1. The name and style of the Company is the “Grand Trunk Gold Mining Company, Registered.”

2. The place of operations is situated at Waiotahi Creek, District of Hauraki, Province of Auckland.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is £7,000, in 1,400 shares of £5 each.

4. The amount already paid up is £5,000.

5. The name of the Manager is Thomas Shailer Weston.

6. The office of the Company is at Crescent Chambers, Shortland street, Auckland.

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

Shares.

George Turrell, of Auckland, Merchant 200

Warwick Weston, of Shortland, Gentleman 200

Thomas Shailer Weston, of Auckland, Gentleman 200

George Chalmers, of Shortland, Miner 100

Terence Dinelly, of Shortland, Miner 100

Samuel Algie, of Shortland, Miner 100

James Campbell, of Shortland, Miner 100

James Dearness, of Shortland, Miner 100

Alexander Algie, of Shortland, Miner 100

Charles Carlson, of Shortland, Miner 50

Edward Simpson, of Shortland, Miner 50

Edward Rhodes, of the Razor Back, Auckland, Gentleman, 100

Dated this 27th day of November, 1868.

THOS. S. WESTON.

Witness to signature:

LOWTHER BROAD, J.P. & R.M.

I THE undersigned, WILLIAM HENDERSON, hereby make application to register “THE PURIRI PIONEER QUARTZ CRUSHING 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 belief and knowledge, true in every particular, namely:—

1. The name and style of the Company is “The Puriri Pioneer Quartz Crushing Company, Registered.”

2. The place of operations is at Sluicer’s Creek, Puriri, Thames Goldfield.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is Two thousand and forty-eight pounds, in One hundred and twenty-eight shares, of Sixteen pounds each.

4. The amount already paid up is Five hundred pounds.