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

SHARES.

Luke H. Holloway, Shortland 800
Alexander Bruce, Shortland 267
Malcolm Bruce, Shortland 267
David Wallace, Shortland 266
J. S. White, Canterbury 240
W. F. Buckland, Shortland 240
J. Middleton, jun., Shortland 320

2,400

Dated this sixth day of July, 1869.

WALTER SULLY,
Manager.

Declared in the presence of me,

JNO. L. TOLE,
A Justice of the Peace.

I, THE undersigned, WILLIAM ROWE, hereby make application to register "THE WAITEMATA 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 Waitemata Gold Mining Company (Registered)."

2. The place of operations is the Waiotahi, Thames Goldfield.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is Twenty-one thousand Pounds, in Four thousand two hundred shares of Five Pounds each.

4. The amount already paid up is Nineteen thousand four hundred and twenty-five Pounds.

5. The name of the Manager is William Rowe.

6. The Office of the Company is in Pollen-street, Shortland.

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

SHARES.

Samuel Luke, of Otahuhu 600
William Osborn Hamlin, of Grahamstown 725
Herbert Vickers Stevens, of Grahamstown 150
Robert Urquhart, of Grahamstown 75
James Stewart, of Grahamstown 300
Alexander Ewen, of Grahamstown 200
John Todd, of Grahamstown 150
Michael Hannaford, of Auckland 300
John George Chisholm, of Grahamstown 75
James Nosworthy, of Grahamstown 150
Daniel Mackay, of Grahamstown 75
William Surfen, of Grahamstown 300

James Burns, of Grahamstown 200
Edwin Morrisby, of Grahamstown 150
Thomas Russell, of Auckland 875
Thomas Morrin, of Auckland 300
R. McDonald Scott, of Grahamstown 38
Charles B. Robinson, of Grahamstown 87

Dated at Shortland, the 10th day of July, 1869.

W. ROWE.

Witness to the signature of William Rowe;

JAMES SKEENE,
A Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

I, THE undersigned, WILLIAM ROWE, hereby make application to register "THE FOURTH OF JULY 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 Fourth of July Gold Mining Company (Registered)."

2. The place of operations is the Thames Gold Field.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is Twenty-one thousand Pounds, in Twenty thousand shares of One pound one shilling each.

4. The amount already paid up is Twenty thousand Pounds.

5. The name of the Manager is William Rowe.

6. The Office of the Company is in Pollen-street, Shortland.

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

SHARES.

John Smith, of Grahamstown 4,000
Thomas Russell, of Auckland 4,000
Thomas Nathaniel Baker, of Grahamstown 1,000
Albert Walford, of Grahamstown 1,000
James Atkinson Fryer, of Grahamstown 1,000
William Morrin, of Auckland 1,000
Frank Robinson, of Grahamstown 2,000
William Ford, of Shortland 2,000
John Thomas Somerville, of Grahamstown 1,900
George Osborn, of Auckland 700
John Osborn, of Shortland 700
William Lichfield, of Shortland 700
Alexander Ewen, of Grahamstown 200
John Todd, of Grahamstown 150
Michael Hannaford, of Auckland 800
John George Chisholm, of Grahamstown 75
James Nosworthy, of Grahamstown 150
Daniel Mackay, of Grahamstown 75
William Surfen, of Grahamstown 300

Dated at Shortland this tenth day of July 1869.

W. ROWE.

Witness to signature of William Rowe:

JAMES SKEENE, J.P.