1. The name and style of the Company is "The Upper Junction Gold Mining Company (Registered)."

2. The place of operations is the Punga Flat and Waiotahi Creek, Thames Goldfield.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is Ten thousand two hundred and forty Pounds, in Five thousand one hundred and twenty shares of Two Pounds each.

4. The amount already paid up is Seven thousand six hundred and eighty Pounds, represented by the value of the mine.

5. The name of the Manager is John Batger.

6. The Office of the Company is at No. 7, Queen-street, Auckland.

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

SHARES.

William Brady, Grahamstown . . . . . . 160
Charles Ewen, Tamaki . . . . . . . . 160
J. R. Harrison, Auckland . . . . . . . 160
William Corrigan, Panmure . . . . . . 320
William Jones, Panmure . . . . . . . 640
James Carrigan, Panmure . . . . . . . 320
Peter Ganley, Panmure . . . . . . . . 480
Richard W. Dyson, Auckland . . . . . . 540
Cecil S. Fison, Shortland . . . . . . . 180
John S. Welsman, Auckland . . . . . . 90
Thomas Welsman, Grahamstown . . . . . 360
Mary J. S. Dyson, Auckland . . . . . . 205
John Banbury, Grahamstown . . . . . . 170
Anna M. Hull, Auckland . . . . . . . . 180
Edwin Glanville, Auckland . . . . . . . 20
John Batger, Auckland . . . . . . . . 135
Charles Alexander, Auckland . . . . . . 155
John Wells, Grahamstown . . . . . . . 155
Annie S. McEwan, Auckland . . . . . . 205
George Chappell, Auckland . . . . . . 180
James Wilkinson, Auckland . . . . . . 180
Solomon Salmon, Auckland . . . . . . . 280

Dated this first day of September, 1869.

CHARLES ALEXANDER,
Legal Manager.

Witness to signature:
THOMAS HENDERSON, J.P.

THE undersigned, JOHN BATGER, hereby make application to register "THE UPPER JUNCTION 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:

Dated this 30th day of August, 1869.

JOHN BATGER,
Manager.

Witness to the Signature—
HENRY GILFILLAN,
A Justice of the Peace.

Samuel Jackson, Auckland . . . . . . . 50
D. K. Clarkson . . . . . . . . . . . 50
R. W. Nuttall, Coromandel . . . . . . 50
Robert Proude, Razorback . . . . . . . 50
John Connelly, Auckland . . . . . . . 50
John Castles . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
James Butcher . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Phillip Solomon . . . . . . . . . . 50
John Moore Perrier, Shortland . . . . . 50
Charles Henry Bennett . . . . . . . . 25
Franz Scherff, Auckland . . . . . . . 25
David Gardiner, Auckland . . . . . . . 850
Samuel Mann, Tararu Creek . . . . . . 950
Fred. Williams, Auckland . . . . . . . 50
Edward Morris, Tararu Creek . . . . . . 600
Thomas Waterworth . . . . . . . . . 600
William Abbott . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Benjamin Dobson, Auckland . . . . . . . 25
Richard Forgie . . . . . . . . . . . 25
John Paxton Hall, Grahamstown . . . . . 325
Charles Alexander, Auckland . . . . . . 50
Peter Carter, Sydney . . . . . . . . . 50
Walterwood Johnston, Wellington . . . . 200
Joseph Manning, Auckland . . . . . . . 50
Samuel Brown . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
William Motion . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Robert Tessell . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Thomas Henderson, jun. . . . . . . . . 50
William Bell, jun., Sydney . . . . . . . 50
Samuel J. Stratford, Auckland . . . . . 100
Charles George Carter, Shortland . . . . 100
Roderick McKay, Auckland . . . . . . . 50
Thomas Henderson, sen. . . . . . . . . 50
James Russell . . . . . . . . . . . 100

7,500

Dated this first day of September, 1869.

CHARLES ALEXANDER,
Legal Manager.

Witness to signature:
THOMAS HENDERSON, J.P.