Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 89

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✨ Government Appointments and Mining Company Registration



Auckland Provincial Government Gazette.

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY.

VOL. XVIII.] FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1869. [No. 89.]

General Government Offices,
Auckland, 15th November, 1869.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following gentlemen to be members of a Board to advise the Government on Native Affairs in the Province of Taranaki:—

His Honour the SUPERINTENDENT.

CHARLES BROWN, Esq., M.H.R.
THOMAS KELLY, Esq., M.H.R.
WILLIAM HALSE, Esq.
ROBERT PARRIS, Esq., and
THOMAS KING, Esq.

DONALD McLEAN.

I, THE undersigned, George William Jones, hereby make application to register the “South Britain Gold Mining Company (Registered),” under the provisions of “The Mining Companies’ Limited Liability Act, 1865,” and “The Mining Companies’ Limited Liability 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 “South Britain Gold Mining Company (Registered).”

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

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

  4. The amount paid up is in cash nil, and in partly paid up shares is Nine thousand seven hundred and fifty Pounds, being the estimated value of the Company’s mine.

  5. The name of the Manager is George William Jones.

  6. The Office of the Company is in 24 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 follow, namely:—

Name Residence Shares
Henry Probert Auckland 1,000
Howard Hutton Auckland 1,000
Matthew Henry Roe Onehunga 1,000
Frederick Ashman Auckland 500
John Churton Parnell 500
John Laing Shortland 500
Thomas Hammond Grahamstown 500
Joseph Morris Shortland 250
James C. Clough Shortland 250
William Edmonds Shortland 500

Total ... 6,000

Dated this 30th day of October, 1869.

Geo. Wm. Jones,
Manager.

Declared in the presence of me,

Geo. P. Pierce,
A Justice of the Peace.



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🪶 Appointment of Board for Native Affairs in Taranaki

🪶 Māori Affairs
15 November 1869
Board, Native Affairs, Taranaki, Appointments
  • Charles Brown (Esquire), Appointed to Board for Native Affairs
  • Thomas Kelly (Esquire), Appointed to Board for Native Affairs
  • William Halse (Esquire), Appointed to Board for Native Affairs
  • Robert Parris (Esquire), Appointed to Board for Native Affairs
  • Thomas King (Esquire), Appointed to Board for Native Affairs

  • Donald McLean

🏭 Registration of South Britain Gold Mining Company

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
30 October 1869
Mining Company, Registration, Gold Mining, Thames Gold Field
11 names identified
  • George William Jones, Manager of the South Britain Gold Mining Company
  • Henry Probert, Shareholder of the South Britain Gold Mining Company
  • Howard Hutton, Shareholder of the South Britain Gold Mining Company
  • Matthew Henry Roe, Shareholder of the South Britain Gold Mining Company
  • Frederick Ashman, Shareholder of the South Britain Gold Mining Company
  • John Churton, Shareholder of the South Britain Gold Mining Company
  • John Laing, Shareholder of the South Britain Gold Mining Company
  • Thomas Hammond, Shareholder of the South Britain Gold Mining Company
  • Joseph Morris, Shareholder of the South Britain Gold Mining Company
  • James C. Clough, Shareholder of the South Britain Gold Mining Company
  • William Edmonds, Shareholder of the South Britain Gold Mining Company

  • Geo. Wm. Jones, Manager
  • Geo. P. Pierce, A Justice of the Peace