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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Extract from the Dundee Advertiser of Friday,
November 7, 1873.

NEW ZEALAND FLAX GOODS IN THE EXHIBITION.

To the Editor of the Dundee Advertiser.

SIR,-In your valuable paper of yesterday you give
some details regarding the preparation of Phormium,
and the various uses to which it can be applied, and
I notice you mention my name, and state,-

"We understand Mr. Thorne can supply fibre
similar to that exhibited by him at a cost of £35 per
ton."

Please correct this statement, as it is calculated to
mislead manufacturers. I have not any fibre at pre-
sent for sale. The total quantity I prepared, adapted
for textile fabrics, amounted to a little over two and
a half tons; and with the exception of about three
quarters of a ton sold to Mr. Forbes, of Arbroath, I
have not disposed of any, but have had it worked up
at my own expense in various parts of the country.
When I visited Dundee in June, 1871, I was told
personally that this fibre could not be manufactured;
but through the very kind assistance rendered to me
by Mr. E. Parker, of Dundee, Mr. A. K. Forbes, of
Arbroath, and Mr. Harry Roper, I was enabled to
leave Dundee on the 24th July, 1871, with some cloth
manufactured from the Phormium in my possession.
Since that time much progress has been made. Mr.
Lockhart, of Kirkcaldy, formerly of New Zealand,
has been perseveringly at work in introducing the
fibre to his numerous manufacturing friends; and
now it is hoped that, the practical adaptability of the
Phormium to textile manufactures having been proved
beyond a doubt, the Colonists in New Zealand will be
stimulated to proceed with the careful preparation
of the fibre, so abundant in that Colony, and, whilst
benefiting themselves, will materially assist the manu-
facturers here, by supplying a strong and useful pro-
duct at a low cost.

I have, &c.,
C. THORNE.

16, Mark Lane, E.C., London, 5th Nov., 1873.
[The information as to the price was given by the
gentleman who showed us the case. -ED. D.A.]

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to
register "The Inangahua Gold Mining and Quartz
Crushing Company, Limited," as a Limited Company,
under the provisions of "The Mining Companies
Act, 1872."

1. The name of the Company is to be "The Inangahua Gold
   Mining and Quartz Crushing Company, Limited."
2. The place of intended operations is at Inangahua, in the
   Province of Nelson.
3. The registered office of the Company will be situated at
   Reefton, in the Province of Nelson.
4. The nominal capital of the Company is £10,000, in 20,000
   shares of 10s. each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is 20,000, being not
   less than two-thirds of the entire number of shares in the
   Company.
6. The number of paid-up shares is nil.
7. The amount already paid up is nil.
8. The name of the Manager is Louis Davies.
9. The names and addresses and occupations of the share-
   holders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are
   as follow:-

No. of
Shares.
Morris Levy, Greymouth, Merchant ... 5,000
George Bird, Christchurch, Telegraph Inspector ... 1,100
Patrick Brennan, Reefton, Mining Agent ... 1,000
Louis Davies, Reefton, Sharebroker ... 1,000
Mathew Byrne, Reefton, Miner ... 1,000
Robert Tapley, Reefton, Sharebroker ... 1,000
Robert Evans Gulline, Reefton, Mining Manager ... 1,000
John Calvin Craig, Reefton, Hotel Keeper ... 600
Edward Masters, Greymouth, Merchant ... 500

Henry Heath, Boatman's Creek, Miner ... 500
Murray Richard Gissinge, Reefton, Chemist ... 500
George Joseph Woolley, Reefton, Surveyor ... 500
Edward Walters, Boatman's Creek, Miner ... 500
John Irvin Beck, Reefton, Miner ... 400
Daniel Buntin, Reefton, Sharebroker ... 400
Thomas Brown, Boatman's Creek, Miner ... 400
Charles Mirfin, Reefton, Journalist ... 300
William D'Alton, Reefton, Miner ... 200
Robert Cassels, Boatman's Creek, Miner ... 200
Frederick Franklyn, Black's Point, Storekeeper ... 200
Thomas King, Boatman's Creek, Miner ... 200
James Naysmith, Boatman's Creek, Mining Manager ... 200
William McInroy, Murray Creek, Miner ... 200
Ramsay Edwards and Company, Black's Point, Store-
keepers ... 200
...
David Young, Boatman's Creek, Miner ... 200
Hans Peterson, Reefton, Bootmaker ... 200
Fergus Barrowman, Boatman's Creek, Miner ... 200
James Clark, Boatman's Creek, Miner ... 200
John Ching, Reefton, Storekeeper ... 200
Alexander McKenzie, Reefton, Miner ... 200
Chauncey Burgett, Black's Point, Machine Manager ... 200
George Arthur Strike, Reefton, Cordial Manufacturer ... 200
Alexander Christie, Black's Point, Miner ... 200
Hannah Patterson, Black's Point, Hotel Keeper ... 200
Richard Harman Jeffares Reeves, Reefton, Auctioneer ... 200
Robert McNiece, Reefton, Miner ... 200
William McLean, Reefton, Sharebroker ... 100
John Dawson, Reefton, Hotel Keeper ... 100
James Stephenson, Black's Point, Butcher ... 100
Thomas Shanks, Black's Point, Hotel Keeper ... 100
Francis Callaghan, Murray Creek, Miner ... 100
Isaac Gill, Murray Creek, Miner ... 100
William Pitt, Reefton, Solicitor ... 100
Hartwick Johnson, Black's Point, Miner ... 100
Richard Jones, Black's Point, Miner ... 100
Thomas Naysmith, Black's Point, Mining Manager ... 100

Dated this 5th day of January, 1874.

LOUIS DAVIES,
Manager.

Witness to signature-Charles Broad, J.P.

I, LOUIS DAVIES, do solemnly and sincerely
declare that-

1. I am the Manager of the said intended Com-
   pany.
2. The above statement is, to the best of my belief
   and knowledge, true in every particular; and I make
   this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the
   same to be true, and by virtue of an Act of the
   General Assembly of New Zealand intituled "The
   Justices of the Peace Act, 1866."

LOUIS DAVIES.

Taken before me, at Reefton, in the Province of
Nelson, this 5th day of January, 1874-Charles
Broad, J.P.
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I, the undersigned, hereby make application to
register "The Keep-it-Dark Quartz Mining
Company, Limited," as a Limited Company, under
the provisions of "The Mining Companies Act, 1872."

1. The name of the Company is to be "The Keep-it-Dark
   Quartz Mining Company, Limited."
2. The place of operations is at Inangahua, in the Province
   of Nelson.
3. The registered office of the Company will be situated at
   Reefton, in the Province of Nelson.
4. The nominal capital of the Company is £20,000, in 20,000
   shares of £1 each.
5. The number of shares subscribed for is 18,000, being not
   less than two-thirds of the entire number of shares in the Com-
   pany, 2,000 shares being reserved by the Company.
6. The number of paid-up shares is nil.
7. The amount agreed to be considered as paid up, being the
   value of the Company's mine and work done thereon, is
   £10,000.
8. The name of the Manager is Louis Davies.
9. The names and addresses and occupations of the share-