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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 391

I, the undersigned, hereby make application to
register "The Stewart Gold Mining Com-
pany" as a Limited Company, under the pro-
visions of "The Mining Companies Act, 1872."

  1. The name of the Company is to be "The Stewart Gold
    Mining Company, Limited."
  2. The place of operations is at Pakirarahi Block, adjoining
    the Tairua Claim, District of Hauraki South, Province of
    Auckland, and Colony of New Zealand.
  3. The registered office of the Company will be situated at
    Brown Street, Thames.
  4. The nominal capital of the Company is four thousand
    pounds, in four thousand shares of one pound each.
  5. The number of shares subscribed for is four thousand,
    being 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 Thomas Horsbrugh.
  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.
    Robert Workman, Thames, Gentleman ... 300
    Alfred George Horton, Thames, Journalist ... 400
    William Wilkinson, Thames, Newspaper Proprietor ... 400
    David Stewart, Auckland, Gentleman ... 400
    George McCaul, Thames, Plumber and Gasfitter ... 200
    Thomas Horsbrugh (in trust), Thames, Mining Agent ... 100
    James Macky, Thames, Gentleman ... 200
    Henry Gillett, Thames, Storekeeper ... 200
    Robert Smith, Thames, Plumber ... 200
    James Graham, Thames, Gasfitter ... 200
    David Stewart (in trust for Tiopira), Settler, Kirikiri ... 200
    John Dickson Wickham, Thames, Mining Agent ... 100
    Frank Amodeo, Auckland, Mariner ... 100
    Walter Sully, Thames, Mining Agent ... 200
    Louis Ehrenfried, Thames, Brewer ... 100
    Ralph Levoi, Auckland, Commercial Traveller ... 200
    Francis Kneebone, Thames, Miner ... 100
    John Watson Walker, Thames, Mine Manager ... 200
    Henry Wilcox, Thames, Miner ... 200
    Total ... 4,000

Dated this 22nd day of May, 1875.
THOMAS HORSBRUGH,
Manager.

Witness to signature-Henry J. Lee, Clerk,
Thames.


I, Thomas Horsbrugh, 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."

THOMAS HORSBRUGH,
Manager.

Taken before me, this 22nd day of May, 1875-
H. Goldsmith, Justice of the Peace. 270

NOTICE is hereby given, that the Partnership
hitherto existing between George Randall
Johnson, James Woodbine Johnson, and Charles
Westrup, under the style of "Messrs. Johnson
Brothers and Westrup," Sheep Farmers, Poverty
Bay, has this day been dissolved by mutual consent.
All accounts due to and from the said firm to be
settled by Messrs. Johnson Brothers.

G. RANDALL JOHNSON,
JAMES WOODBINE JOHNSON.
CHAS. WESTRUP.

Witness-Jas. B. P
Gisborne, 15th May 1875 629

In the matter of a Bill to be intituled "The
Dunedin Waterworks Extension Act, 1875."

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 be intituled "The Dunedin Waterworks
Extension Act, 1875."

And notice is hereby given, that the said Bill is
intended to be read with and be supplementary to
"The Dunedin Waterworks Act, 1874."

And notice is hereby given, that by the said Bill it
is intended to acquire, on behalf of the Corporation
of the City of Dunedin, power to take, divert, and
impound the whole of the water flowing into and in
the stream called "The Water of Leith," and all or
any of the tributaries thereof, and to alter the course
of the said stream and its tributaries, for the purpose
of increasing the present supply of water for the
inhabitants of the City of Dunedin, and for the
purpose of supplying the inhabitants of the Suburbs
of the said City with water.

And notice is hereby given, that by the said Bill it
is intended to acquire, on behalf of the said Corpora-
tion, power to purchase compulsorily, and to extinguish
on payment of adequate compensation for the same,
all private riparian rights in the said Water of Leith
stream and the tributaries thereof, or at the option of
the said Corporation to supply the several owners of
such riparian rights from a compensating reservoir
to be constructed by the said Corporation with the
same quantity of water as they respectively at pre-
sent take or use directly from the said stream or any
of the tributaries thereof.

And notice is hereby given, that by the said Bill it
is intended to acquire, on behalf of the said Corpora-
tion, on payment of adequate compensation, certain
private lands situate respectively on either side of
the said Water of Leith stream and the tributaries
thereof, and certain other private lands adjacent to
the first-mentioned lands, for the purpose of forming
a catch water or gathering grounds in connection
with the Waterworks of the said Corporation.

And notice is hereby given, that the said lands
required for such last-mentioned purpose are all
situate in the Province of Otago, and that portions
thereof are situate in the Upper Kaikorai District,
other portions in the Dunedin and East Taieri Dis-
trict, and the remainder in the North Harbour and
Blueskin District.

And notice is hereby also given, that by the said
Bill it is intended to empower the said Corporation:
from time to time to sink such wells or shafts, and
make, maintain, alter, or discontinue such reservoirs
waterworks, cisterns, tanks, aqueducts, drains, cuts,
races, sluices, pipes, culverts, weirs, engines, and
other works, and to erect such buildings upon the
lands and streams authorized to be taken by the said
Corporation, as the said Corporation shall think
proper for supplying the inhabitants of the said Cit y
and the Suburbs thereof with water.

And notice is hereby given, that by the said Bill it
is intended to acquire, on behalf of the said Corp -
ration, power to extend and lay mains and pipe s
from the Waterworks of the said Corporation into a ll
the Suburbs of the said City lying within a radius o f
three miles and a half from the Octagon in the said
City, for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants
of such Suburbs with water; and for that purpose
from time to time to open and dig trenches in al i
roads, streets, and footpaths in the said Suburbs, and
to do all other acts and things necessary for layin:
and fixing originally, and afterwards from time to
time repairing and altering, the said mains and pipes
and all other necessary apparatus.

And notice is hereby given, that by the said Billi it



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🌾 Application to register The Stewart Gold Mining Company, Limited

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
22 May 1875
Mining company registration, Limited liability, Hauraki South, Thames, Shareholders, Capital structure
19 names identified
  • Robert Workman, Held 300 shares
  • Alfred George Horton, Held 400 shares
  • William Wilkinson, Held 400 shares
  • David Stewart, Held 400 shares
  • George McCaul, Held 200 shares
  • Thomas Horsbrugh, Held 100 shares in trust
  • James Macky, Held 200 shares
  • Henry Gillett, Held 200 shares
  • Robert Smith, Held 200 shares
  • James Graham, Held 200 shares
  • David Stewart, Held 200 shares in trust
  • John Dickson Wickham, Held 100 shares
  • Frank Amodeo, Held 100 shares
  • Walter Sully, Held 200 shares
  • Louis Ehrenfried, Held 100 shares
  • Ralph Levoi, Held 200 shares
  • Francis Kneebone, Held 100 shares
  • John Watson Walker, Held 200 shares
  • Henry Wilcox, Held 200 shares

  • Thomas Horsbrugh, Manager
  • Henry J. Lee, Clerk
  • H. Goldsmith, Justice of the Peace

πŸ‘· Dissolution of partnership Johnson Brothers and Westrup

πŸ‘· Labour & Employment
15 May 1875
Partnership dissolution, Sheep Farmers, Poverty Bay, Gisborne
  • G. Randall Johnson, Partner in dissolved firm
  • James Woodbine Johnson, Partner in dissolved firm
  • Charles Westrup, Partner in dissolved firm

  • Jas. B. P

πŸ—οΈ Notice of intended Dunedin Waterworks Extension Act, 1875

πŸ—οΈ Infrastructure & Public Works
Legislation notice, Waterworks extension, Dunedin, Water of Leith, Land acquisition, Otago Province