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3. The registered office of the company will be situated at Esk Street, Invercargill.

4. The value of the company’s property, including claim, is estimated at one thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds.

5. The number of shares in the company is nine thousand, of ten shillings each, of which three thousand are fully paid up, and represent more than five per cent. required by the Act.

6. The number of shares subscribed for is seven thousand nine hundred and fifty.

7. The name of the Manager is Richard Allen.

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

No. of Shares.
Allen, Richard, Invercargill, Legal Manager .. 472
Dunlop, Robert, Invercargill, Shipping Agent .. 1,533
Edmunds, Charles, Invercargill, Shipping Agent .. 1,250
Gilkison, Peter L., Invercargill, Flourmiller .. 100
McLean, F. H., Orepuki, Miner .. .. 858
McLean, N. K., Orepuki, Miner .. .. 859
Pilcher, E. B., Invercargill, Insurance Agent .. 1,533
Pilcher, Ed. B., Invercargill, Insurance Agent (in trust) .. .. .. .. 150
Rochfort, Hugh, Invercargill, Bank Clerk.. .. 145
Sharp, William, Invercargill, Civil Engineer .. 500
Ward, John, Ophir, Medical Practitioner .. .. 100
Allen Richard (in trust for owners for land compensation, &c.) .. .. .. .. 450
Allen, Richard, Legal Manager (in trust for the Waiau Beach Hydraulic Elevating Company, No Liability) .. .. .. .. 1,050

Total .. .. .. .. 9,000

Dated this 11th day of February, 1897.

RICHARD ALLEN,
Manager.

Witness to signature—Montagu T. S. Pasley.

I, Richard Allen, 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.”

RICHARD ALLEN.

Taken before me, this 11th day of February, 1897—John C. Ellis, J.P. 576

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Thames Gold-mining Company as a no-liability company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Thames.

2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Thames.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at 111, Victoria Arcade.

4. The value of the company’s property, including claim or lease ground and machinery, is one thousand pounds.

5. The number of shares in the company is eighty-five thousand, of two shillings each.

6. The number of shares subscribed for is eighty-five thousand.

7. The name of the Manager is John Frederick Churton.

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

No. of Shares.
Ledingham, William, Auckland, Gentleman .. 1,000
Sharland, William, Auckland, Chemist .. 1,000
Chambers, John, Auckland, Agent .. 1,000
Wright, Arthur, Auckland, Tailor .. 1,000
Colbeck, John C., Auckland, Agent .. 1,000
Julian, J. T., Auckland, Contractor .. 1,000
Loughlin, James, Thames, Merchant .. 1,000
Churton, John, Auckland, Agent (in trust for subscribers) .. .. .. .. 78,000

Total .. .. .. .. 85,000

Dated this 15th day of February, 1897.

JOHN FREDERICK CHURTON,
Manager.

Witness to signature—Leith R. Carter.

I, John Frederick Churton, 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.”

J. F. CHURTON.

Taken before me, this 15th day of February, 1897—J. W. Napier, Solicitor of Supreme Court of New Zealand. 602

I, THE undersigned, hereby make application to register the Chance Gold-mining Company as a no-liability company under the provisions of “The Mining Companies Act, 1894.”

1. The name of the company is to be the Chance Gold-mining Company (No Liability).

2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Karaka Queen, Thames.

3. The registered office of the company will be situated at No. 111, Victoria Arcade, Auckland.

4. The value of the company’s property, including claim or lease ground and machinery, is one thousand pounds.

5. The number of shares in the company is seventy thousand, of one shilling each.

6. The number of shares subscribed for is sixty-two thousand.

7. The name of the Manager is John F. Churton.

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

No. of Shares.
Ledingham, William, Auckland, Agent .. .. 1,000
Wright, Arthur, Auckland, Tailor.. .. .. 1,500
Brophy, Patrick, Auckland, Settler .. .. 3,000
Sharland, William, Auckland, Chemist .. .. 1,000
McDonald, E., Thames, Merchant .. .. 4,000
Davis, J., Karangahake, Butcher .. .. 250
Foley, Thomas, Auckland, Publican .. .. 1,000
Smith, Edward Joseph, Auckland, Publican .. 1,000
Smith, R., Thames, Banker .. .. 1,000
Sandell, Edward, Auckland, Dealer .. .. 500
Lamb, Peter, Thames, Timber Merchant .. .. 1,000
Dickey, N., Paeroa, Settler .. .. 1,000
Thorburn, R., Thames, Draper .. .. 500
Mills, E., Thames, Tailor .. .. 500
Scott, W., Thames, Baker .. .. 1,000
Hancock, J., Thames, Bootmaker .. .. 250
Page, George, Thames, Draper .. .. 250
Melhose, L., Thames, Sharebroker .. .. 500
Percy, A., Thames, Miner .. .. 250
Tettley, Elizabeth, Thames, Domestic Duties .. 250
Towhill, Edward, Thames, Miner .. .. 500
Vanish, George, Auckland, Gentleman .. .. 1,000
Colbeck, J. C., Auckland, Merchant .. .. 2,000
Basley, G. W., Auckland, Solicitor .. .. 1,500
Wilkinson, W., Auckland, Printer .. .. 2,000
Hooper, John H., Auckland, Doctor .. .. 1,500
Connolly, J. D’Arcy, Auckland, U.S. Consul .. 2,000
Gorham, Joseph, Thames, Miner .. .. 2,000
Murphy, Edward, Thames, Miner .. .. 1,000
Webster, Richard, Thames, Miner .. .. 2,000
Sullivan, John, Thames, Miner .. .. 1,000
Sullivan, Susan, Thames, Domestic Duties .. 1,000
Boyle, John, Thames, Miner .. .. 1,000
Boyle, Arthur, Thames, Miner .. .. 1,000
Boyle, Jerry, Thames, Miner .. .. 1,000
Boyle, Thomas, Thames, Miner .. .. 6,500
Churton, John F., Auckland, Legal Manager (in trust for subscribers) .. .. .. .. 7,250
Churton, John F., Auckland, Legal Manager .. 8,000
Churton, John F., Auckland, Legal Manager (in trust for company) .. .. .. .. 8,000

Total .. .. .. .. 70,000

Dated this 9th day of February, 1897.

J. F. CHURTON,
Manager.

Witness to signature—C. M. Calder, Solicitor, Auckland.

I, John Frederick Churton, 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.”

J. F. CHURTON.

Taken before me, at Auckland, this 9th day of February, 1897—C. M. Calder, a Solicitor of Supreme Court, 601