Dec. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1729

Mining Notices.

To the Mining Registrar at Cromwell of the Otago Gold Fields Mining District, and all other persons whom it may concern.

TAKE notice that it is intended to construct a Water-race and divert water for the purpose of driving machinery, commencing at a point on the north side of Adams’s Gully, Bannockburn, about 400 yards above the western boundary of my coal lease, being Section 1, Block I., Bannockburn District, and terminating at the mouth of the tunnel by which the said coal lease is now worked.

Length of race, 600 yards; mean breadth, 2 feet; depth, 1 foot. Water proposed to be diverted: One Government-head. Time required for construction: Already constructed. Term for which license required: Fifteen years.

Dated at Cromwell, this 8th day of December, 1884.

WILLIAM PARCEL,
By his Agent, SPENCE H. TURTON.

Received at the office of the Mining Registrar at Cromwell, this 8th day of December, 1884, at the hour of two in the afternoon.

JAMES FLEMING,
Mining Registrar.

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I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the Devon Gold-Mining Company (Limited) as a Company, under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1872,” and “The Mining Companies Act 1872 Amendment Act, 1883.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Devon Gold-Mining Company (Limited).

2. The place of operations is at the Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland and Colony of New Zealand.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Brown Street, Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland and Colony of New Zealand.

4. The nominal capital of the company is fifteen thousand pounds, in fifteen thousand shares of one pound each.

5. The number of shares subscribed for is fourteen thousand nine hundred and thirty-eight, being more 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 George Harcourt.

9. The names and addresses and occupations of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follow:—

No. of Shares.

Baggott, James, Thames, Sharebroker .. .. 312
Burton, William, Thames, Hotelkeeper .. .. 312
Carrick, George, Thames, Miner .. .. 500
Dickey, James, Auckland, Ironmonger .. .. 625
Dickey, James, Thames, Carter .. .. 312
Douglas, Robert T., Thames, Baker .. .. 312
Faull, W. D., Thames, Cabinet-maker .. .. 250
Goodwin, James, Thames, Miner .. .. 250
Heighway, John, Thames, Engineer .. .. 312
Hoskin, Thomas, Thames, Hairdresser .. .. 312
Huckett, George, Thames, Clerk .. .. 312
Hughes, Charles J., Christchurch, Commercial Traveller .. .. .. .. 312
Kidd, Alfred, Auckland, Hotelkeeper .. .. 312
Laurie, William, Thames, Turncock .. .. 1,000
McGowan, James, Thames, Storekeeper .. .. 312
McLiver, James, Thames, Gentleman .. .. 187
Mair, John, Hikutaia, Carpenter .. .. 625
Meddins, Samuel, Thames, Miner .. .. 312
Miller, Henry, Auckland, Master Mariner .. .. 312
Muir, John, Thames, Tailor .. .. 312
Neal, John, Thames, Butcher .. .. 875
Pitkethley, David, Thames, Engineer .. .. 625
Price, Alfred, Thames, Engineer .. .. 625
Schofield, John, Thames, Miner .. .. 312
Simons, Thomas, Thames, Amalgamator .. .. 500
Smith, James E., Thames, Mine Manager .. .. 625
Symons, Frank, Thames, Miner .. .. 250
Townsend, John, Thames, Butcher .. .. 312
Walker, John D., Thames, Miner .. .. 250
Wells, Frederick, Thames, Butcher .. .. 250
Wilson, John, Thames, Agent .. .. 750
Harcourt, George, Legal Manager, Thames.. .. 2,071
Harcourt, George (in trust for the Devon Gold-Mining Company, Limited) .. .. .. 62
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15,000

Dated this 3rd day of December, 1884.

GEORGE HARCOURT,
Manager.

Witness—Henry R. Lawry, Accountant, Thames.

I, George Harcourt, do solemnly and sincerely declare that—

1. I am the Manager of the said intended company.

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, 1882.”

GEORGE HARCOURT.

Taken before me, at Thames, this 3rd day of December, 1884—T. L. Murray, J.P.

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I, the undersigned, hereby make application to register the Lord Wolseley Gold-Mining Company as a Limited Company, under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1872.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Lord Wolseley Gold-Mining Company (Limited).

2. The place of operations is at Thames, in the Provincial District of Auckland, in the Colony of New Zealand.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at the New Zealand Insurance Company’s Buildings, Auckland, in the Provincial District of Auckland and Colony of New Zealand.

4. The nominal capital of the company is twenty-five thousand pounds, in fifty thousand shares of ten shillings each.

5. The number of shares subscribed for is forty-seven thousand five hundred, being more 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 Roderick McDonald Scott.

9. The names and addresses and occupations of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follow:—

No. of Shares

William John Hurst, Auckland, Merchant .. .. 1,250
Thomas T. Hull, Auckland, Native Interpreter .. 1,250
Alexander Knight, Auckland, Warehouseman .. 1,250
George William Binney, Auckland, Auctioneer .. 1,250
Benjamin John Maclean, Auckland, Gentleman .. 1,250
Thomas Morrin, Auckland, Merchant .. .. 3,750
Samuel Morrin, Auckland, Merchant .. .. 1,250
Joseph Howard, Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 1,250
Graves Aickin, Auckland, Chemist .. .. 1,250
James Dickey, Auckland, Ironmonger .. .. 1,250
James Henry Fleming, Thames, Draper .. .. 1,250
William Boon (in trust), Auckland, Clerk .. .. 625
George Symington, Thames, Hotelkeeper .. .. 625
Janet Coutts, Thames, Spinster .. .. 625
John Neal, Thames, Butcher .. .. 625
Thomas Macloy, Thames, Miner .. .. 625
Thomas Simons, Thames, Amalgamator .. .. 1,250
Aitken Carrick, Auckland, Mining Agent .. .. 1,250
Ernest Brothers Dufaur, Auckland, Accountant .. 625
Abraham Pattinson, Avondale, Carpenter .. .. 1,250
Samuel Bawden, Thames, Miner .. .. 625
Edward Roberts Edwards, Thames, Miner .. .. 3,750
Alexander Brodie, Thames, Gentleman .. .. 2,500
Thomas Aitken Dunlop, Thames, Mine Manager .. 1,250
John Brown, Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 1,250
James Coutts, Thames, Mine Manager .. .. 1,250
John Henry Smith, Thames, Accountant, .. .. 1,250
James Stodart, Auckland, Mining Agent .. .. 1,250
Cornelius O’Leary, Auckland, Draper .. .. 625
Louis Melhose, Thames, Mining Agent .. .. 3,750
Roderick McDonald Scott, Auckland, Mining Agent .. 1,250
William Fraser (in trust), Thames, Miner .. .. 1,250
William Fraser, Thames, Miner .. .. 2,500
William Henry Brewer, Auckland, Engineer .. .. 1,250
Roderick McDonald Scott (in trust), Auckland, Legal Manager .. .. .. .. 2,500
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50,000

Dated this 15th day of December, 1884.

R. MCDONALD SCOTT,
Manager.

Witness to signature—A. Saunders.

I, Roderick McDonald Scott, do solemnly and sincerely declare that—

1. I am the Manager of the said intended company.

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, 1882.”

R. MCDONALD SCOTT.

Taken before me, this 15th day of December, 1884—Geo. P. Pierce, J.P.

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