David Dunningham, Auckland . . . 225
\nWilliam Raynor, Papakura . . . 225
\nJohn McDonald, Wairoa . . . 225
\nJames Hull, Shortland . . . 225
\nEdward Thomas Green, Shortland . . . 225
\nAbraham Blott, Auckland . . . 225
\nCharles Edward Dod, Shortland . . . 225
\nGeorge Priest, Shortland . . . 225
\nChristopher Cossey, Shortland . . . 225
\nSamuel Henry Webb, Auckland . . . 225

\nTotal . . . 3,600

\nJames Hull,
\nManager.
\nSigned in the presence of
\nJ. L. Tole, J.P.,
\nThis 26th July, 1869.

\nLawrence Pidgeon, Shortland . . . 500
\nPeter Comie, Grahamstown . . . 500
\nJames Ohlson, Grahamstown . . . 500

\nTotal . . . 10,000

\nDated this second day of August, 1869.
\nLowther Broad,
\nManager.

\nWitness to signature:
\nJackson Keddell,
\nA Justice of the Peace.

\nTHE undersigned, Lowther Broad,
\nhereby make application to register
\n"The Specimen Hill 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:—

\n1. The name and style of the Company is "The Specimen Hill Gold Mining Company (Registered)."
\n2. The place of operations is at Waiotahi Creek, at the Thames Gold Field, in the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.
\n3. The nominal capital of the Company is Thirty thousand Pounds, in Ten thousand shares of Three Pounds each.
\n4. The amount already paid up is Fifteen thousand Pounds.
\n5. The name of the Manager is Lowther Broad.
\n6. The Office of the Company is at the Royal Exchange, Grahamstown.
\n7. The names and several residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follows, namely:—

\nShares.
\nMichael Hannaford, Auckland . . . 500
\nWilliam White, Shortland . . . 500
\nRobert Kadie, Shortland . . . 500
\nJames Clark, Grahamstown . . . 500
\nJames McFarland, Grahamstown . . . 500
\nJames Fahey, Shortland . . . 500
\nAbraham Cass, Shortland . . . 500
\nDaniel Grove, Shortland . . . 500
\nThomas Haston, Puriri . . . 500
\nWilliam Adrain, Shortland . . . 500
\nAlbert Simeon, Grahamstown . . . 500
\nAlexander Bethune, Shortland . . . 500
\nJohn Daly, Shortland . . . 500
\nG. F. Manson, Auckland . . . 500
\nGeorge Gibson, Shortland . . . 500
\nGeorge H. Hagin, Shortland . . . 500
\nNeil Girdler, Shortland . . . 500

\nThomas Jackson, Shortland . . . 1714
\nGeorge Clements . . . 1142
\nJohn Jarvis, Auckland . . . 1142
\nAlexander Bastgate, Auckland . . . 1142
\nThomas Robert Jones, Shortland . . . 1142
\nAlexander Porter, Kaipara . . . 571
\nWilliam Stanaway, Shortland . . . 571
\nWilliam Keyll, Auckland . . . 285
\nRichard Jones, Shortland . . . 285
\nLowther Broad, in trust for the Company, Grahamstown . . . 6

\nTotal . . . 8,000

\nDated this 30th day of July, 1869.
\nLowther Broad,
\nManager.

\nWitness to signature:
\nJackson Keddell,
\nA Justice of the Peace.

\nTHE undersigned, Lowther Broad,
\nhereby make application to register
\n"The Pride of the Karaka 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:—

\n1. The name and style of the Company is "The Pride of the Karaka Gold Mining Company (Registered)."
\n2. The place of operations is at Karaka Hill, at the Thames Goldfield, in the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.
\n3. The nominal capital of the Company is Forty thousand Pounds, in Eight thousand shares of Five Pounds each.
\n4. The amount already paid up is Thirty-eight thousand Pounds.
\n5. The name of the Manager is Lowther Broad.
\n6. The Office of the Company is at the Royal Exchange, Grahamstown.
\n7. The names and several residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follows: