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NELSON GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 51

Superintendent\'s Office,
Nelson, 10th June, 1871.

THE SUPERINTENDENT directs it to be notified for general information, that the undermentioned STORAGE RENTS will be charged on Gunpowder stored in the Government powder magazine at Charleston, on and after the 1st July next, viz:—

Each keg or barrel containing not more than 25lbs per week... THREEPENCE.
Each keg or barrel containing more than 25lbs. and not exceeding 50lbs. per week, or part of a week... SIXPENCE.
Larger keys in proportion.
Powder remaining in store more than three weeks will be charged only half the above rates after that time.

ALFRED GREENFIELD,
Provincial Secretary.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW ZEALAND.

NELSON DISTRICT.

RANSOM AND CLARK V. PORTER.

WRIT OF Fi Fa.

WHEREAS, I, the undersigned, Sheriff of the Westland North District of New Zealand, have Taken in Execution and levied upon the Real Estate and Lands hereinafter described of ADAM PORTER, late of Westport, in the Province of Nelson, in the Judicial District of Nelson, in the Colony of New Zealand, public but now of Grahamstown, in the Province of Auckland, in New Zealand, out of business, the Defendant in the said action at the suit of JAMES RANSOM and JOHN CLARK, of Westport, in the said Province, the Plaintiffs in the said action by virtue of Writ of Fieri Facias issued out of the said Supreme Court in the said action in pursuance of the provisions of "The Execution of Judgments against Real Estates Act, 1867," for the sum of One hundred and ninety six shillings and fourpence, with the interest upon the said sum at the rate of Eight pounds for every One hundred pounds by the year from the 5th day of May, 1871, besides Sheriff\'s poundage, Officer\'s fees, and all other incidental expenses and costs: Now, I do hereby give Notice, that it is my intention to cause all the Estate and Interest, the Fee Simple and inheritance in reversion of the said ADAM PORTER in all that Piece or Parcel of Land situate at Westport aforesaid, being part of allotment No. 8 on Block 6 of the Native Reserve, having a frontage of 30 feet on Gladstone-street, and running back in a rectangular block 164 feet, or thereabout, as the same land is delineated in the plan drawn in the margin of the conveyance thereof to the said ADAM PORTER, to be sold by Public Auction, at Westport, on the Ninth day of SEPTEMBER next, at Two o\'clock in the afternoon, in the said Province of Nelson,

unless the above-mentioned debt and costs be sooner paid.

And I do hereby give Notice that Messrs. PITT and FISUER, of Westport aforesaid, are the Solicitors of the said JAMES RANSOM and JOHN CLARK, the execution creditors.

Given under the authority of me, the undersigned, JOSEPH GILES, Esquire, Sheriff of the Westland North District of New Zealand, this Thirtieth day of May, One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one.

JOSEPH GILES,
Sheriff.

I, the Undersigned, HENRY BUCKERIDGE, hereby make application to Register "The Decimal Gold-Mining Company (Registered)," under the Provisions of "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act, 1865;" "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869;" and "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1871;" 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 Decimal Gold-Mining Company (Registered)."
The place of operations is at Kelly\'s Gully, Collingwood.
The nominal capital of the Company is Four thousand pounds, in Ten shares of Four hundred pounds each.
The amount already paid-up is Twelve hundred pounds.
The name of the Manager is HENRY BUCKERIDGE.
The office of the Company is at EDMUND BUXTON and Co.\'s Warehouse, Trafalgar-street, Nelson.
The names and several residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follows:—

NAMES OF SHAREHOLDERS. RESIDENCES. No. of Shares.
Frank C. Simmons Nelson 1
James Burnett Nelson 1
Alexander Sclanders Nelson 1
Henry Buckeridge Nelson 1
Charles Lendrick Maclean Nelson 1
Henry Baly Nelson 1
James Watkins Nelson 2
Edmund Buxton Nelson 1
Joseph Durham Brace Collingwood 1
Thomas Adams Collingwood 1

Dated this 22nd day of May, 1871.
HENRY BUCKERIDGE,
Manager.

Witness to Signature—
LOWTHER BROAD, R.M.,
Justice of the Peace.



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💰 Storage rents for gunpowder at Charleston

💰 Finance & Revenue
10 June 1871
Gunpowder, Storage rents, Charleston, Government magazine
  • Alfred Greenfield, Provincial Secretary

⚖️ Notice of sale of land by Sheriff under Writ of Fi Fa

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
30 May 1871
Sheriff, Writ of Fieri Facias, Land sale, Public auction, Westport, Debt recovery
  • Adam Porter, Defendant in legal action
  • James Ransom, Plaintiff in legal action
  • John Clark, Plaintiff in legal action

  • Pitt and Fisher, Solicitors
  • Joseph Giles, Sheriff

🏭 Application to register The Decimal Gold-Mining Company

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
22 May 1871
Mining company, Registration, Collingwood, Kelly's Gully, Shareholders
11 names identified
  • Henry Buckeridge, Applicant and Manager of the company
  • Frank C. Simmons, Shareholder
  • James Burnett, Shareholder
  • Alexander Sclanders, Shareholder
  • Henry Buckeridge, Shareholder
  • Charles Lendrick Maclean, Shareholder
  • Henry Baly, Shareholder
  • James Watkins, Shareholder
  • Edmund Buxton, Shareholder
  • Joseph Durham Brace, Shareholder
  • Thomas Adams, Shareholder

  • Lowther Broad, R.M., Justice of the Peace