Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 54

Page 706

✨ Gold Mining Company Registrations

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THE undersigned, John Worth Pearse, hereby make application to register “The True Briton No. 2 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:—

The name and style of the Company is, ‘The True Briton No. 2 Gold Mining Company (Registered).’
The place of operation is at the Karaka Creek, at the Thames Gold Field, in the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.
The nominal capital of the Company is Eight thousand Pounds, in Eight thousand shares of One Pound each.
The amount already paid up is Four thousand two hundred Pounds.
The name of the Manager is John Worth Pearse.
The Office of the Company is at Owen-street, Grahamstown.
The names and several residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date are as follow, viz.:—

Shareholders	Residence	Shares
Daniel McLeahy	Auckland	300
Thomas Edward Bush	Grahamstown	450
Edward C. Henly	Grahamstown	225
Edwin Shipton	,,	300
John W. Pearse	,,	900
Michael McHale	Auckland	300
Samuel Bennett	,,	300
William Bennett Young	Riverhead	600
Prior Horne	Grahamstown	300
Thomas Horne	,,	525
John Worth Pearse, in trust for the Company	-	3,800
William Mitchell	Grahamstown	500
James Rutherford	,,	1,000
John McCollom	,,	950
Walter Cudworth	,,	550
W. W. Robinson	,,	500
Benjamin Skeen	,,	500
Thomas Wylie	,,	500
William McCan	,,	500
William McIntyre	,,	1,000
James Montgomery	,,	450
Samuel Thornelly	,,	550
John Rayner	,,	550
John W. Pearse	,,	225
Frederick Park	,,	225
James Walker	Auckland	125
James McFarlane	,,	125
Thomas Whitson	,,	125
W. S. Lyell	Grahamstown	125
Michael McGarry	Auckland	500
Henry Parslow	Grahamstown	1,000
John Harrison	Auckland	775
George Ranger	Grahamstown	500
Christopher Tierney	,,	250
Hugh McDonald	,,	250
John Fox	,,	250
James Spence	,,	250
Thomas O’Connor	,,	500
Harriet E. Simms	,,	250
F. R. Park	,,	250
Alexander McNeil	,,	450
Thomas Boyd	Auckland	275
G. E. Elliott	Wellington	550
William Cruickshank	Grahamstown	450
Thomas W. Webster	,,	400
John Woodhouse	(Disputed) Auckland	600
Total		8,000

Dated this 31st day of July, 1869.

John W. Pearse,
Manager.

Witness to signature:
Richard Oliver,
A Justice of the Peace.

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THE undersigned, John Worth Pearse, hereby make application to register “The Middle Star Extended 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, viz.:—

The name and style of the Company is “The Middle Star Extended Gold Mining Company (Registered).”
The place of operations is at the Moanataiari Creek and Wiseman’s Gully, at the Thames Goldfield.
The nominal capital of the Company is Thirty thousand Pounds, in Thirty thousand shares of One Pound each.
The amount already paid up is Twenty-five thousand two hundred Pounds sterling.
The name of the Manager is John Worth Pearse.
The Office of the Company is at Owen-street, Grahamstown.
The names and several residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date are as follow, viz.:—

Shareholders	Residence	Shares
William Mitchell	Grahamstown	500
James Rutherford	,,	1,000
Walter Cudworth	,,	550
W. W. Robinson	,,	500
Benjamin Skeen	,,	500
Thomas Wylie	,,	500
William McCan	,,	500
William McIntyre	,,	1,000
James Montgomery	,,	450
Samuel Thornelly	,,	550
John Rayner	,,	550
Joseph Rogers	Auckland	600
Douglas & Walker	,,	1,050
Neville S. Walker	,,	500
Henry Cohen	Grahamstown	550
George Hind	,,	450
H. W. Skeen	,,	450
Henry Fugate	Auckland	225
R. Bleazard and Brown	Grahamstown	550
Henry William Airey	Shortland	1,000
Peter Ludwig	Grahamstown	500
Thomas N. Baker	,,	500
William McQuillan	Shortland	1,000
William McBride	Grahamstown	1,000