Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 15

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✨ Government and Legal Notices



Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 10th March, 1869.

THE following Bill, passed by the Provincial Council, and assented to by the Superintendent of the Province of Auckland, intituled "The City Board Act, 1863, Amendment Act, 1869," having been laid before the Governor, His Excellency has not been advised to exercise his power of disallowance in respect of it.

E. W. STAFFORD.

PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.

Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 25th March, 1869.

THE following notice of appointments to the Commission of the Peace, of gentlemen, residents in the Province of Auckland, is republished from the New Zealand Gazette for general information.

J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
(Judicial Branch)
Wellington, 13th March, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JAMES McPHERSON, of Hamilton, Esquire;
WILLIAM STEELE, of Hamilton, Esquire;
WILLIAM SCOTT, of Te Hori, Esquire;
MATTHEW JAMESON LOAN, of Karapiro, Esquire;
DANIEL BOCKET, of Rangiaohia, Esquire;
CHARLES JAMES METCALFE, of Matakohe, Esquire;
EDWARD COATES, of Matakohe, Esquire,

to be Justices of the Peace for the Colony.

E. W. STAFFORD.

THE undersigned, WILLIAM ROWE, hereby make application to Register "The Nil Desperandum 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 Nil Desperandum Gold Mining Company (Registered)."

  2. The place of operations is the Thames Goldfield, Shortland, in the Province of Auckland.

  3. The nominal capital of the Company is Four Thousand Eight Hundred Pounds in Nine Hundred and Sixty Shares of Five Pounds each.

  4. The amount already paid up is Four Thousand and Eighty Pounds.

  5. The name of the Manager is William Rowe.

  6. The office of the Company is at Shortland.

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

Shareholders Shares
Warwick Weston, of Shortland, Thames Gold Field 80
John Goodhall, of Graham’s Town Thames Gold Field 160
John Cook, of Graham’s Town, Thames Gold Field 80
"The Thames Gold Mining Company, Limited" Auckland 300
F. H. Crawford, of Graham’s Town, Thames Gold Field 100
Kenneth McDonald, of Graham’s Town, Thames Gold Field 80
Freeland Burnard Kersteman, of Shortland, Thames Gold Field 80
Henry Mitchell, of Auckland, Province of Auckland 40
Thomas Selby Tancred, of Christchurch, Province of Canterbury 20
John Robert Perry, of Graham’s Town, Thames Gold Field 20
William Rowe Manager

Witness to signature of William Rowe,
HAROLD H. FENTON,
Justice of the Peace.

Dated this thirteenth day of March, 1869.



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🏛️ Approval of Provincial Council Bill

🏛️ Governance & Central Administration
10 March 1869
Bill approval, City Board Act, Auckland Province
  • E. W. Stafford

⚖️ Re-published Appointments to Commission of the Peace

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
25 March 1869
Commission of the Peace, Appointments, Auckland Province
  • J. Williamson, Superintendent

⚖️ Appointment of Justices of the Peace

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
13 March 1869
Justices of the Peace, Appointments, Colony
7 names identified
  • James McPherson (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
  • William Steele (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
  • William Scott (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
  • Matthew Jameson Loan (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
  • Daniel Bocket (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
  • Charles James Metcalfe (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace
  • Edward Coates (Esquire), Appointed Justice of the Peace

  • E. W. Stafford

🌾 Registration of Mining Company

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
13 March 1869
Gold Mining Company, Registration, Thames Goldfield
11 names identified
  • William Rowe, Manager of Nil Desperandum Gold Mining Company
  • Warwick Weston, Shareholder
  • John Goodhall, Shareholder
  • John Cook, Shareholder
  • F. H. Crawford, Shareholder
  • Kenneth McDonald, Shareholder
  • Freeland Burnard Kersteman, Shareholder
  • Henry Mitchell, Shareholder
  • Thomas Selby Tancred, Shareholder
  • John Robert Perry, Shareholder
  • Harold H. Fenton (Justice of the Peace), Witness to signature