396

William Rose, Shortland ... 500
George Lacy Seymour, Thames ... 500
Alfred Singer, Auckland ... 500
John Wm. R. Guilding, Shortland... 500
John Matthew Muir, Shortland ... 500
Graves Aicken, Shortland ... 500
Francis Perrot, Thames ... 500
David Stewart, Thames ... 500
Hugh Black, Thames ... 500
John Morris, Thames ... 500
Frank Robinson, Thames ... 500
William Parsons, Thames ... 500
James Hansen, Shortland ... 500
William Carnell, Graham's Town ... 500
William Joseph Young, Thames ... 500
Isaac Harrison, Thames ... 500
Charles O'Brien, Shortland ... 500
Henry Leopold, Shortland ... 500
John Gwynneth, in trust for the Company,
Graham's Town ... 5,000

Total 20,000

Dated this thirty-first day of July, 1869.
JOHN GWYNNETH,
Legal Manager.
Witness to signature--James Skene, a Justice of
the Peace. 214

I, the undersigned JOHN GWYNNETH, hereby make
application to register "The British Gold
Mining Company, Hape Creek, 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
   British Gold Mining Company, Hape Creek, Regis-
   tered."
2. The place of operations is at Hape Creek,
   at the Thames Gold Field, in the Province of Auck-
   land, in the Colony of New Zealand.
3. The nominal capital of the Company is ten
   thousand pounds in ten thousand shares of one
   pound each.
4. The amount already paid up is fifteen shillings
   per share, or seven thousand five hundred pounds
   sterling.
5. The name of the manager is John Gwynneth.
6. The office of the Company is at Owen Street,
   Graham's Town.
7. The names and several residences of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at
   this date, are as follows:—
   No. of
   Shares.
   John Noble, Shortland ... 2,998
   Joseph Pearce, Graham's Town ... 1,100
   Mrs. Joseph Pearce, Graham's Town 399
   Eli Kibblewhite, Graham's Town 749
   William Kibblewhite, Graham's Town 1,499
   George McMullen, Thames 749
   Thomas Graham, Thames 833
   Joseph Darvill, Thames 833
   Alexander Farquhar, Thames 833
   John Gwynneth, Graham's Town 7
   10,000

Dated this twenty-eighth day of July, 1869.
JOHN GWYNNETH,
Manager.
Witness to signature—James Skene, a Justice of
the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand. 216

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

I, the undersigned JOHN GWYNNETH, hereby make
application to register "The Victoria Cross Gold
Mining Company, Registered," under the pro-
visions 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
   Victoria Cross Gold Mining Company, Registered."
2. The place of operations is between the Karaka
   and Waiotahi Creeks, Karaka Block.
3. The nominal capital of the Company is ten
   thousand pounds (£10,000), in ten thousand (10,000)
   shares of one pound (£1) each.
4. The amount already paid up is three thousand
   six hundred pounds (£3,600).
5. The name of the manager is John Gwynneth.
6. The office of the Company is at Owen Street,
   Graham's Town.
7. The names and several residences of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at
   this date, are as follows:—
   No. of
   Shares.
   Franz Scherff, Shortland 200
   William Joseph Constant, Shortland 200
   Duncan McNab, Graham's Town ... 400
   John Paxton Hall, Thames 400
   Thomas Gillibrand, Graham's Town 200
   George Maslen, Shortland 200
   George Foster, Shortland 200
   Henry Allen Clery, Shortland 200
   Arthur Haimes, Auckland 200
   Peter Clarke, Graham's Town 200
   James Boyle, Graham's Town 200
   Henry Joyner, Shortland 200
   Charles John Rayton, Shortland 200
   William Burton, Thames 200
   George Woodward, Shortland 200
   William Towers, Shortland 200
   Edward Kelly, Shortland 200
   George Pennyfield, Shortland 200
   George Hall, Thames 200
   James Beadon, Thames ... 200
   Charles Lucy, Shortland... 200
   John Henry Salmon, Graham's Town 200
   John Gwynneth, Owen Street, Graham's Town,
   Legal Manager, in trust for the Company 5,200
   10,000

Dated this nineteenth day of July, 1869.
JOHN GWYNNETH,
Legal Manager.
Witness to the signature-James Skene, a Justice
of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand. 217

I, the undersigned ALEXANDER MCKECHNIE, do
hereby make application to register "The
Auckland Independent 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
   Auckland Independent Gold Mining Company,
   Registered."
2. The place of operations is at the Karaka Creek,
   McIsaac's Hill, at the Thames Gold Field, in the
   Province of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zea-
   land.
3. The nominal capital of the Company is eight
   thousand pounds, in one thousand six hundred shares
   of five pounds each.
4. The amount already paid up is nil.