180

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

No. of
Shares.
Martin Sholl, Auckland ... 66
George Frederic Whitaker, Auckland ... 33
Joseph P. Prescott, Auckland ... 33
Frederick Harvey Lewisson, Auckland ... 101
Edward Pratt, Auckland ... 66
Edward Pratt, in trust for the present pro-
prietors ... ... ... 2000
4000

Dated this twelfth day of March, 1869.
EDWARD PRATT,
Manager.
Witness to signature—Jno. L. Tole, Justice of the
Peace.,

I, the undersigned ALBERT BEETHAM, hereby make
application to register "The Prospectors 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:----

1. That the name and style of the Company is
   "The Prospectors Gold Mining Company, Regis-
   tered."
2. That the place of operations is at Puriri, Thames
   Gold Fields.
3. The nominal capital of the Company is four
   thousand two hundred pounds, in one hundred and
   sixty-eight shares of twenty-five pounds each.
4. The amount already paid up is three thousand
   three hundred and sixty pounds.
5. The names of the managers are Beetham,
   Walker, and Co., Pollen Street, Shortland.
6. The office of the Company is at Beetham,
   Walker, and Co.'s, Pollen Street, Shortland.
7. That the names and several residences of the
   shareholders, and the number of shares held by each
   at this date, are as follows, namely :-
   No. of
   Shares.
   J. M. Lennox, Auckland... 8
   Thomas Minnetti, Auckland ... 8
   Douglas and Walker, Waikato ... 16
   Chas. Fagan, Puriri ... 8
   J. W. Boyle, Puriri ... 18
   Peter Landy, Puriri ... 10
   Robt. Elliot, Puriri ... 16
   Wm. Thorne Buckland, Auckland ... 12
   James Wrigley, Auckland ... 12
   Thos. Dunne, Puriri ... 22
   Jas. Russell, Auckland ... 12
   F. B. Kersteman, Shortland ... 6
   Jas. Rogers, Puriri ... 8
   Henry Ball, Christchurch, New Zealand ... 12

Dated this eleventh day of March, 1869.
ALBERT BEETHAM.
Witness—J. S. Macfarlane, J.P.

I, the undersigned GEORGE RANDALL JOHNSON,
hereby make application to register "The Aus-
tralasian 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:-

1. The name and style of the Company is "The
   Australasian Gold Mining Company, Registered."

2. The place of operations is at the Waiotahi
   Creek, Shortland.

3. The nominal capital of the Company is twenty-
   one thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds, in two
   thousand one hundred and seventy-five shares of ten
   pounds each.

4. The amount already paid up is sixteen thousand
   three hundred and twelve pounds ten shillings.

5. The name of the manager is George Randall
   Johnson.

6. The office of the Company is at Pollen Street,
   Shortland.

7. The names and several residences of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at
   this date, are as follows :-
   John Woodhouse, Parnell, Auckland ... 100
   Michael Hannaford, Auckland ... 200
   George Turrell, Auckland ... 100
   John Howe Mandeno, Remuera ... 100
   James Wallace, Papatoitoi ... 50
   Daniel Stephenson, Auckland ... 50
   Albert Simeon, Shortland ... 200
   George Randall Johnson, Graham's Town ... 100
   Thomas Kelly, Shortland ... 50
   Charles Davis, Auckland
   William Gwynne, Shortland } ... 150
   Edward Wood, North Shore, Auckland ... 50
   Abraham Cass, Shortland ... 75
   Ebenezer Cass, Shortland ... 25
   John Wilson, Cambridge, Waikato ... 50
   Josiah Pratt Hamlin, Auckland ... 50
   William Whyte, Shortland ... 100
   John Earle, Shortland ... 50
   John McGregor, Shortland ... 25
   Alexander Bethune, Shortland
   William Louis Buscke, Shortland } ... 75
   John Cantwell, Shortland ... 75
   John Kennedy, Shortland ... 75
   Alexander Smith, Shortland ... 75
   Executors of the late George Cashell,
   Graham's Town ... 50
   In trust for "The Australasian Quartz Crush-
   ing and Mining Company, Registered,"
   Auckland ... 300

Dated this thirty-first day of March, 1869.
G. RANDALL JOHNSON,
Manager.
Witness to signature—William C. Daldy, Justice
of the Peace.

IN THE MATTER OF A BILL INTITULED "AN ACT
TO AUTHORIZE 'THE CHRISTCHURCH GAS,
COAL, AND COKE COMPANY (LIMITED),' TO
MAKE GAS WORKS FOR SUPPLYING THE CITY
OF CHRISTCHURCH AND SUBURBS WITH GAS."
NOTICE is hereby given, that application is in-
tended to be made at the next Session of the
General Assembly of New Zealand, for leave to bring
in a Bill to authorize "The Christchurch Gas,
Coal, and Coke Company (Limited)," incorporated
under the provisions of "The Joint Stock Companies
Act, 1860," to construct Gas Works for supplying
the City of Christchurch and Suburbs with Gas, and
for other purposes relating thereto and to the objects
for which the said Company has been established.
Copies of the Bill will be deposited in the Private
Bill Office on or before the commencement of the
Session.
It is intended to apply for the following powers on
behalf of the Company; that is to say-
The Company, under such superintendence as is
hereinafter specified, may open and break up the
soil and pavement of the several streets and bridges
within the limits of this Act, and may open and
break up any sewers, drains, or tunnels within or
under such streets and bridges, and lay down
and place within the same limits pipes, conduits,
service-pipes, and other works, and from time to
time repair, alter, or remove the same, and also
make any sewers that may be necessary for