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I, THE undersigned, John Gwynneth, hereby make application to register “The Victoria Cross 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 Victoria Cross Gold Mining Company (Registered).”

2. The place of operations is between the Karaka and Waiotahi Creeks, Karaka Block.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is Ten thousand Pounds (£10,000), in Ten thousand (10,000) shares of One Pound (£1) each.

4. The amount already paid up is Three thousand six hundred Pounds (£3,600).

5. The name of the Manager is John Gwynneth.

6. The office of the Company is in Owen-street, Grahamstown.

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

| SHARES | | SHARES |
|--------|-------------------------------|--------|----------------------------------|
| 200 | Franz Scherff, Shortland | 600 | Robert Vincent, Shortland |
| 200 | William Joseph Constant, Shortland | 300 | John Elliers Dodd, Shortland |
| 400 | Duncan M’Nab, Grahamstown | 300 | Nathaniel I. Isaacs, Shortland |
| 200 | John Paxton Hall, Thames | 300 | Charles Stephenson, Shortland |
| 200 | Thomas Gillibrand, Grahamstown | 300 | Alfred Andrews, Shortland |
| 200 | George Maslen, Shortland | 300 | Frederick Cook, Shortland |
| 200 | George Foster, Shortland | 1,350 | Charles John Ratjen, Shortland |
| 200 | Henry Allen Cleary, Shortland | 1,800 | William Gibbons, Shortland |
| 200 | Arthur Haimes, Auckland | 1,050 | William Jennings, Shortland |
| 200 | Peter Clarke, Grahamstown | 1,050 | Thomas Nash, Shortland |
| 200 | James Boyle, Grahamstown | 1,200 | William Towers, Shortland |
| 200 | Henry Joyner, Shortland | 300 | Charles Thomas Gatward, Shortland |
| 200 | Charles John Rayton, Shortland | 300 | Charles Lewis Wiggins, Shortland |
| 200 | William Burton, Thames | 300 | Ralph Donkin, Grahamstown |
| 200 | George Woodward, Shortland | 750 | Henry Joyner, Grahamstown |
| 200 | William Towers, Shortland | | |
| 200 | Edward Kelly, Shortland | 2,100 | Charles Short, Tararu |
| 200 | George Pennyfield, Shortland | | |
| 200 | George Hall, Thames | 4,200 | John Gwynneth, in trust for Company |
| 200 | James Beadon, Thames | | |
| 200 | Charles Lucy, Shetland | | |
| 200 | John Henry Salmon, Grahamstown | | Total number of shares . . 16,800 |

Dated this 24th day of July, 1869.

John Gwynneth, Manager.

Declared in the presence of me:
C. E. HAUTAIN,
A Justice of the Peace.

Dated this 19th day of July 1869.
John Gwynneth,
Legal Manager.

Witness to signature:
JAMES SKEEN,
A Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

I, THE undersigned, John Gwynneth, hereby make application to register “The British Gold Mining Company, Hape Creek (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. That the name and style of the Company is “The Queen Victoria Gold Mining Company (Registered).”

2. That the place of operations is at the Hape Creek Karaka Block, at the Thames Gold Field, in the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.

3. That the nominal capital of the Company is Sixteen thousand eight hundred Pounds, in Sixteen thousand eight hundred shares of One Pound each.

4. That the amount paid up is Eleven thousand and twenty-five Pounds.

5. That the name of the Manager is John Gwynneth.

6. That the Office of the Company is at Owen-street, Grahamstown.

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: