Legal Notices and Mining Company Registration




IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.

NORTHERN DISTRICT.

Between RICHARD LAISHLEY and WILLIAM GORRIE, of Shortland, Wine Merchants, trading in Co-partnership as LAISHLEY & CO., Plaintiffs;
and VALENTINE BLAGROVE, of the Suburbs of Auckland, Settler, Defendant.

WHEREAS by virtue of a Writ of Fieri Facias issued in this action, and directed to me, ordering me that of the real and personal estate of the above-named VALENTINE BLAGROVE, I should cause to be made the sum of £98 19s. 6d., together with interest on the said sum, at the rate of Eight Pounds for every One Hundred Pounds by the year, from the fourteenth day of January, 1869, together with £1 13s. 4d., for the said writ and warrant thereof beside Sheriff’s Poundage, Officers’ Fees, &c. Now, I do hereby give notice that I shall cause to be sold by Public Auction, by SAMUEL COCHRANE and SON, at their Auction Mart, Fort-street, Auckland, on the eighteenth day of May, 1869, at the hour of twelve o’clock noon, unless the said debt of £98 19s. 6d. and interest be sooner paid, together with the said sum of £1 13s. 4d., besides Sheriff’s Poundage, Officers’ Fees, &c. All the estate, right, title, and interest of the said VALENTINE BLAGROVE, of, in, and of, all that piece or parcel of LAND, situate in the Parish of Titirangi, in the County of Eden, and being Lots Numbers one, two, three, four, and five, of the subdivision into lots of Allotment Number twenty, which said allotments are delineated, and the boundaries and measurements shown upon the plan thereof, drawn on the Memorial of Judgment upon which the said writ of Fieri Facias was issued and which memorial is registered at the Registrar of Deeds Office, at Auckland, aforesaid, as numbered 38591. And I further give notice that the estate and interest of the said VALENTINE BLAGROVE, in the said piece or parcel of Land, consist of an estate in fee simple, subject to a certain mortgage, and further charge made between the said VALENTINE BLAGROVE of the one part, and WILLIAM ADAM, therein described, of the other part, and registered in the said Registry Office, under numbers 38096, and 38541 respectively; and that the same has been taken by me in execution at the suit of the said RICHARD LAISHLEY and WILLIAM GORRIE, the Execution Creditors.

Dated the twelfth day of February, 1869.

H. C. BALNEAVIS,
Sheriff.

SAMUEL JACKSON and JAMES RUSSELL, of Fort-street, Auckland, Solicitors for the said Richard Laishley and William Gorrie.


THE undersigned, JOHN HENRY BURNSIDE, do hereby make application to Register THE MARINER’S REEF GOLD MINING COMPANY (Registered) under the provisions of the Mining Companies’ Limited Liability Act, 1863, 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 Mariner’s Reef Gold Mining Company (Registered)”.

  2. The place of operations is near the Waiotahi Creek, opposite Graham’s Town, in the Thames Gold Field.

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

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

  5. The name of the manager is John Henry Burnside.

  6. The Office of the Company is near the Waiotahi Company’s battery, on the Waiotahi Creek.

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

SHARES.
Michael Hannaford, Auckland
Hugh Campbell, Auckland
John Benjamin Russell, Auckland
Edward Wood, Auckland
John Henry Burnside, Auckland
Patrick Leslie, Auckland
Samuel John Edmonds
John Ogilvie, Auckland

Dated this 24th day of April, 1869.

William Bennett Howell, Manager.

Witness to signature:
John L. TOLE, J.P.


  1. The names and several residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follow:—
SHARES.
George Grieve Burns, Graham’s Town
Alice Kelly, Graham’s Town
Charles John Taylor, Auckland
Henry Scott McKellar, Auckland
Hugh Falconer Anderson, Auckland
Benjamin Johnson, Auckland
Jackson McKentry, North America
John McEffer Shera, Auckland
Charles Robinson, Auckland
James Rae, Shortland

600 shares

Dated this 23rd day of April, 1869.

John Henry Burnside, Manager.

Witness to signature—John L. TOLE, Justice of the Peace.



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Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 24





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⚖️ Supreme Court Notice of Sale by Sheriff

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
12 February 1869
Supreme Court, Writ of Fieri Facias, Public Auction, Land Sale, Auckland
  • Richard Laishley, Plaintiff in legal action
  • William Gorrie, Plaintiff in legal action
  • Valentine Blagrove, Defendant in legal action
  • William Adam, Mortgagee

  • H. C. Balneavis, Sheriff
  • Samuel Jackson, Solicitor
  • James Russell, Solicitor

🌾 Registration of The Mariner’s Reef Gold Mining Company

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
24 April 1869
Mining, Company Registration, Gold, Thames Goldfield, Auckland
19 names identified
  • John Henry Burnside, Applicant and manager of the company
  • Michael Hannaford, Shareholder
  • Hugh Campbell, Shareholder
  • John Benjamin Russell, Shareholder
  • Edward Wood, Shareholder
  • John Henry Burnside, Shareholder
  • Patrick Leslie, Shareholder
  • Samuel John Edmonds, Shareholder
  • John Ogilvie, Shareholder
  • George Grieve Burns, Shareholder
  • Alice Kelly, Shareholder
  • Charles John Taylor, Shareholder
  • Henry Scott McKellar, Shareholder
  • Hugh Falconer Anderson, Shareholder
  • Benjamin Johnson, Shareholder
  • Jackson McKentry, Shareholder
  • John McEffer Shera, Shareholder
  • Charles Robinson, Shareholder
  • James Rae, Shareholder

  • William Bennett Howell, Manager
  • John L. Tole, Justice of the Peace