Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 55

Page 784

✨ Gold Mining Company Registrations



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John Tuam O’Donnell, Grahamstown . . . . . . . . . 160
Thomas Brinkworth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
James Mattheson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
James Lawlee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
William Rennie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Robert Pitcairn, deceased . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Margaret Elizabeth Philp, Shortland . . . . . . . . . . 80
Robert Easter, Grahamstown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Thomas Crowhurst . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
William Hough . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Joseph Rose . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,560

Dated this 9th day of August, 1869.

DAVID PHILP,
Manager.

Declared in the presence of me,
H. CHARLES LAWLOR,
A Justice of the Peace.

James Skene, in trust for Company Grahamstown . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000

Dated this third day of August, 1869.
JAMES SKENE,
Manager.

Witness to signature:
RICHARD OLIVER,
A Justice of the Peace.

THE undersigned, ERNEST ARTHUR CHAPMAN, hereby make application to register "The Wheal of Friendship 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 Wheal of Friendship Gold Mining Company (Registered)."

  2. The places of intended operations are at the Tararu and the Otunui Blocks, at the Thames Goldfield, in the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.

  3. The nominal capital of the Company is Nineteen thousand two hundred Pounds, in Nineteen thousand two hundred shares of One Pound each.

  4. The amount already paid up is Fourteen thousand four hundred Pounds.

  5. The name of the Manager is Ernest Arthur Chapman.

  6. The Office of the Company is at Mr. Hanson Turton’s office, Pollen-street, Shortland, (temporary).

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

Name Residence Shares
Charles Oxenbridge Shortland 600
Charles Hart Grahamstown 1000
Joseph Hart 200
James Preston 400
John Curtis 300
William Curtis 300
William Dullamore 300
Alfred Curtis 200
Henry Pickett 300
Frank Gardener 300
Charles Cooper 300
Hugh Hamilton 400
Hugh Heron 200
Thomas Buckley 300
John Donald 300
William Dick Shortland 200
James Duke Grahamstown 300
John Young Auckland 200
Ralph Young Shortland 200
Henry Ibbetson Grahamstown 200
Charles Butterworth 200
Frederick Webber 200

THE undersigned, JAMES SKENE, hereby make application to register "The British Rough Diamond 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 British Rough Diamond Gold Mining Company (Registered)."

  2. The place of operations is at the Karaka, at the Thames Goldfield, in the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.

  3. The nominal capital of the Company is Six thousand Pounds, in Six thousand shares of One Pound each.

  4. The amount already paid up is Five thousand Four hundred Pounds.

  5. The name of the Manager is James Skene.

  6. The Office of the Company is at 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:—

Name Residence Shares
Moses Bird Thames 500
John Kernahan 500
John Grant Forbes 250
James Watt 625
Robert Barclay 250
William Gillott 125
Patrick Kilkenny 500
John Law 375
Alexander Mackay 375
George Small 188
John Chapman 187
Archibald McLiver Auckland 375
Joseph Parkes 375
Thomas Beecken 375


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🌾 Registration of The Bon Accord Gold Mining Company (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
4 August 1869
Gold Mining, Company Registration, Thames Goldfield, Shareholders
12 names identified
  • John Tuam O’Donnell, Shareholder
  • Thomas Brinkworth, Shareholder
  • James Mattheson, Shareholder
  • James Lawlee, Shareholder
  • William Rennie, Shareholder
  • Robert Pitcairn, Shareholder (deceased)
  • Margaret Elizabeth Philp, Shareholder
  • Robert Easter, Shareholder
  • Thomas Crowhurst, Shareholder
  • William Hough, Shareholder
  • Joseph Rose, Shareholder
  • James Skene, Manager and Shareholder

  • David Philp, Manager
  • H. Charles Lawlor, Justice of the Peace
  • James Skene, Manager
  • Richard Oliver, Justice of the Peace

🌾 Registration of The Wheal of Friendship Gold Mining Company

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Gold Mining, Company Registration, Thames Goldfield, Shareholders, Tararu, Otunui Blocks
23 names identified
  • Ernest Arthur Chapman, Applicant and Manager
  • Charles Oxenbridge, Shareholder
  • Charles Hart, Shareholder
  • Joseph Hart, Shareholder
  • James Preston, Shareholder
  • John Curtis, Shareholder
  • William Curtis, Shareholder
  • William Dullamore, Shareholder
  • Alfred Curtis, Shareholder
  • Henry Pickett, Shareholder
  • Frank Gardener, Shareholder
  • Charles Cooper, Shareholder
  • Hugh Hamilton, Shareholder
  • Hugh Heron, Shareholder
  • Thomas Buckley, Shareholder
  • John Donald, Shareholder
  • William Dick, Shareholder
  • James Duke, Shareholder
  • John Young, Shareholder
  • Ralph Young, Shareholder
  • Henry Ibbetson, Shareholder
  • Charles Butterworth, Shareholder
  • Frederick Webber, Shareholder

  • Ernest Arthur Chapman

🌾 Registration of The British Rough Diamond Gold Mining Company

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Gold Mining, Company Registration, Thames Goldfield, Shareholders, Karaka
15 names identified
  • James Skene, Applicant and Manager
  • Moses Bird, Shareholder
  • John Kernahan, Shareholder
  • John Grant Forbes, Shareholder
  • James Watt, Shareholder
  • Robert Barclay, Shareholder
  • William Gillott, Shareholder
  • Patrick Kilkenny, Shareholder
  • John Law, Shareholder
  • Alexander Mackay, Shareholder
  • George Small, Shareholder
  • John Chapman, Shareholder
  • Archibald McLiver, Shareholder
  • Joseph Parkes, Shareholder
  • Thomas Beecken, Shareholder

  • James Skene