Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 25

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✨ Provincial ferry license and mining company registration

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NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.

Superintendent's Office,
Nelson, 19th June, 1869.

JOHN HASSAL and WILLIAM HODGES are hereby protected, under Section XIII of "The Goldfields Act, 1866," in the sole right of ferrying upon the Lagoon, situated to the northward of the Waimangaroa river, running parallel with the sea beach, and about three miles in length, for the period ending 31st December, 1869, upon the following conditions:—

That a good boat, and competent boatman be always in attendance.
That Government officers, including road overseers, laborers, and postmen, shall be conveyed free of charge, when the state of the tide renders the use of the ferry necessary.
That the Warden of the district, on proof that the ferry is not carried on a proper manner, and according to these conditions shall have power to suspend the operation of this license until the matter of complaint be removed.
That all regulations which may at any time be brought into force under Section XIII of "The Goldfields Act, 1866," shall be deemed applicable to this license, as if it had been granted under the same.
That the Toll to be charged shall not exceed the following:—

For every foot-passenger ... 2 6

OSWALD CURTIS,
Superintendent.

I, the undersigned, JAMES WYLDE, hereby make application to register "The Geordie's Terrace Sluicing 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 Geordie's Terrace Sluicing Company," Registered.
The place of intended operations is at Geordie's Terrace, near Point Elizabeth, in the Nelson South-west Goldfields.
The nominal capital of the Company is Four Hundred Pounds, in Forty Shares of Ten Pounds each.
The Amount already paid up is Thirty Pounds.
The name of the Manager is James Wylde.
The Office of the Company is in Tainui-street, Greymouth.
The names and several residences of the Shareholders, and the number of Shares held by each at this date, are as follows:—

Name.	Address.	Number of Shares.
Robert Sealo	Geordie's Terrace	6
James Wylde	Greymouth	5
Ed. Masters	Greymouth	5
Fred. Wm. Lahman	Greymouth	1
John S. M. Thompson	Greymouth	3
Hermann H. Lahman	Greymouth	2
Frank Guinness	Greymouth	1
John Macdougall	Greymouth	1
James Kerr	Greymouth	1
Alfred Cleve	Greymouth	1
Arthur R. Guinness	Greymouth	1
J. V. Rosch	Greymouth	1
R. Shannon	Herbert's Terrace	1
H. Barrhill	Herbert's Terrace	1
James Sloss	Paroa	1
Charles Fitchet	North Beach	1
Neils Densen	Greymouth	5
B. H. Delano	Greymouth	1
Edward S. Lapham	Greymouth	1
J. M. Butt	Greymouth	1

Dated this 4th day of June, 1869,
JAMES WYLDE, Manager.

Witness to Signature,—
WILLIAM H. REVELL,
Resident Magistrate, Greymouth.

Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Nelson, by NATION and LUCKIE, Waimea-street, Nelson, Printers for the time being to the said Government.