Martin Sholl, Auckland . . . . . 286
Freeland B. Kersterman, Auckland . . . . 110
Robert Johnson, Wellington . . . . . 102
Edward Henry Power, Shortland . . . . 59
Lowther Broad, in trust for John Foster, Grahamstown . . . . . 236
Lowther Broad, in trust for other shareholders, Grahamstown . . . . . 210

Dated this 10th day of August, 1869.

8,960

Lowther Broad,
Manager.

Witness to signature:
Jackson Keddell,
A Justice of the Peace.

THE undersigned, Hugh Hart Lusk, hereby make application to register "The Coulabah 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 Coulabah Gold Mining Company (Registered)."

2. The place of operations is on the Karaka Creek, Thames Goldfield, Province of Auckland.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is Four thousand Pounds, in Sixteen hundred Shares of Two Pounds ten shillings each, of which Two thousand eight hundred Pounds shall be considered paid up.

4. The amount already paid up is Two thousand eight hundred Pounds.

5. The name of the Manager is Hugh Hart Lusk.

6. The Office of the Company is at Shortland street, Auckland.

Dated this 10th day of August, 1869.

Hugh H. Lusk,
Manager.

THE undersigned, William Rowe, hereby make application to register "The Tweedside 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 Tweedside Gold Mining Company (Registered)."

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

3. The nominal capital of the Company is Twenty thousand Pounds, in Four thousand Shares of Five Pounds each.

4. The amount already paid up is Eighteen thousand Pounds, represented by the estimated value of the Company’s mine.

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.
Henry Boucher, Shortland . . . . . 800
William Blundell, Shortland . . . . . 120
Joseph Paul, Shortland . . . . . 80
James Bissland, Shortland . . . . . 40
John Tilly, Shortland . . . . . 80
George Joyce, Shortland . . . . . 80
Thomas Leigh White, Shortland . . . . . 120
Robert Munroe, Shortland . . . . . 80
William Lurndell, Shortland . . . . . 40
Robert Gordon McDonald, Auckland . . . . . 80
Hugh Hart Lusk, Auckland . . . . . 80

Dated this 31st day of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

Hugh H. Lusk,
Manager.

Witness to signature:
J. A. Gilfillan,
A Justice of Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

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

Shares.
Thomas Russell, of Auckland . . . . . 1,500
Michael Hannaford, of Auckland . . . . . 1,000
William Rowe, of Shortland . . . . . 500
George Burgoyne Owen, of Auckland . . . . . 250
William Chisholm Wilson, of Auckland . . . . . 250
William Aitken, of Auckland . . . . . 250
Samuel Browning, of Auckland . . . . . 125
David Limond Murdoeh, of Auckland . . . . . 125

Dated at Auckland this fourth day of August, One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.

W. Rowe.

Witness to the signature of William Rowe:
Joseph Newman, J.P.,
A Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

THE undersigned, Dav[id] Brown Wal..., hereby make application to register "The Metropolitan 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. That the name and style of the Company is "The Metropolitan Gold Mining Company (Registered)."

2. That the place of operations is at the Waiotahi Creek, at the Thames Goldfield, in the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.