and knowledge, true in every particular, namely :-

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

2. The place of operations is at Wiseman’s Gully, at the Thames Goldfield, in the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is Sixteen thousand Pounds.

4. The amount already paid up is Ten thousand Pounds, represented by scrip in the hands of the original shareholders.

5. The name of the Manager is James Skene.

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.

Francis Edward Stewart, Grahamstown - 3,000

William J. Hurst, Auckland - 1,000

A. B. Stubbs, Grahamstown - 1,000

Thomas E. Bush - 1,500

Michael G. Barnett - 500

Louis Turrell, Auckland - 2,000

Thomas Turrell - 1,000

George Williamson - 1,000

Thomas Booth, Shortland - 500

John Farrell - 250

Joseph Wallace - 250

Thomas Craig, Whangapoa - 1,000

Isabella Dilworth, Remuera - 1,000

James Hopkins, Auckland - 1,000

John Lamb, Riverhead - 1,000

John Ellison, Shortland - 270

Total 16,000

Dated this sixth day of September, 1869.

JAMES SKENE,
Manager.

Declared in the presence of me,

RICHARD OLIVER,
A Justice of the Peace.

I THE undersigned, RICHARD LAISHLEY, junior, hereby make application to register "THE ROYAL STANDARD EXTENDED GOLD MINING COMPANY, KARAKA, (REGISTERED)," under the provisions of "The Mining Companies’ Limited Liability Act, 1865," and "The Mining Companies’ Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869," 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 Royal Standard Extended Gold Mining Company, Karaka, (Registered)."

2. The place of operation is at Hape Creek, near to Shortland, at the Thames Goldfield, in the Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is Nine thousand Pounds, (£9,000), in Nine thousand (9,000) Shares of One Pound (£1) each.

4. The amount already paid up is, in cash, nil; in partly paid up shares allotted to the undermentioned shareholders, as the estimated value of the mine, the sum of Six thousand seven hundred and fifty Pounds (£6,750).

5. The name of the Manager is Richard Laishley, junior.

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

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

SHARES.

James Tannock Mackelvie, Auckland - 600

Meyer Goldwater, Shortland - 600

George Alexander Douglas, Shortland - 600

John Buchanan, Auckland - 600

Robert T. Douglas, Shortland - 600

Hugh Rea, Shortland - 600

Frederick Cock, Shortland - 315

Adolphus Burgin, Shortland - 300

John Fraud, Auckland - 300

Nevill S. Walker, Auckland - 300

John Handy, Shortland - 300

George Hill, Shortland - 300

David Patterson, Auckland - 300

Charles Seymour Robinson, Auckland - 300

Joseph Greenwood, Matakana - 300

Joseph Ellison, Shortland - 285

George Taylor, Auckland - 270

Maria Johnson, Auckland - 218

Davis Levy, Shortland - 165

William Carpenter, Auckland - 150

F. Minnetti, Auckland - 150

Frank Amodoo, Auckland - 165

Robert Robinson, Shortland - 150

Thomas Carson, Shortland - 150

Robert Whitson and J. L. Lyell, Auckland - 75

Richard Laishley, junior, of Shortland, as Legal Manager of the Company, in trust for Richard Weston Dyson, of Auckland, and certain other shareholders - 907

Total 9,000

Dated this 30th day of September, 1869.

R. LAISHLEY,
Manager.

Witness to signature:

JOHN L. TOLE,
A Justice of the Peace

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Auckland, by CHARLES WILLIAMSON, O’Connell-street, Auckland, Printer for the time being to the Provincial Government.