✨ Company Financial Reports
POLKINGHORN’S GOLD CLAIM COMPANY REGISTERED.
LIABILITIES.
Capital called up ... £2,600 0 0
Bank of Otago ... 35 5 0
Rich’s Gold Claim Company Registered ... 2 5 0
John Mouat ... 60 11 8
Richard Creeth ... 17 7 10
... 115 9 6
Total ... £2,715 9 6
ASSETS.
The Claim at the Blue Spur, Tuapeka ... £2,000 0 0
Amount expended on Claim, nett ...
Plant, utensils, and fittings ... 545 9 6
Calls due on shares ... 170 0 0
Total ... £2,715 9 6
Richard Creeth,
Manager.
Dunedin, 2nd July, 1866.
RICH’S GOLD CLAIM COMPANY REGISTERED.
LIABILITIES.
Capital, 300 shares, at £10, paid up ... £3,000 0 0
George Murray, advance ... 291 4 11
C. J. Hoyt ... 291 4 10
Total ... £3,582 9 9
ASSETS.
The Claim at the Blue Spur, Tuapeka ... £3,000 0 0
Amount expended on Claim, nett ...
Plant, utensils, fittings, and powder ... 582 9 9
Total ... £3,582 9 9
Richard Creeth,
Manager.
Dunedin, 2nd July, 1866.
SHAG RIVER WATER RACE COMPANY REGISTERED.
LIABILITIES.
Capital called up ... £9,900 0 0
Bank of Otago ... £54 15 3
Walter Bell and Co. ... 226 0 0
John Gray ... 6 19 4
James Mills ... 27 1 8
Oliver and Ulph ... 54 4 4
Sundry small sums ... 16 4 0
Total ... 385 4 7
Total Liabilities ... £10,285 4 7
ASSETS.
Value of Race utensils and materials ... £8,220 18 8
Cash on hand ... 64 5 11
Calls due on Shares ... 2,000 0 0
Total Assets ... £10,285 4 7
Richard Creeth,
Manager.
Dunedin, 2nd July, 1866.
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
NOTICE is hereby given that the Partnership subsisting between the Undersigned Nicholas Berrill and George Bond, in the business of Free Storekeepers and Lightermen, carried on by them in Dunedin under the Firm of “Berrill and Bond,” has been this day dissolved as from the seventeenth day of March last. All accounts due to or from the Firm will be respectively received and paid by Mr. Berrill.
Dated this fifth day of July, 1866.
NICHOLAS BERRILL.
GEO. BOND.
Witness to both Signatures —
Geo. Cook,
Solicitor, Dunedin.
10s.
29 VICTORIÆ, No. 26.
SCHEDULE A.
I, the undersigned George Carlyle, hereby make application to register the “Hit or Miss Water Race Company” Registered; under the provisions of the “Mining Companies’ Limited Liability Act, 1863,” and I do solemnly and sincerely declare that the following statement is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, true in every particular, namely:—
- The name and style of the Company is the “Hit or Miss.”
- The place of operations is at Mount Ida.
- The nominal capital of the Company is six thousand and twenty pounds, in three hundred and one Shares of twenty pounds each.
- The amount already paid up is six thousand and twenty pounds.
- The name of the Manager is George Carlyle.
- The Office of the Company is at Mount Ida.
- The names and several residences of the Shareholders and the number of Shares held by each at this date are as follows:—
| NAME | RESIDENCE | NUMBER OF SHARES |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Anderson | Mount Ida | 86 |
| Thomas Baird | do. | 43 |
| William Procter | do. | 43 |
| John Stevens | do. | 43 |
| James Speddie | do. | 43 |
| James Alexander | do. | 43 |
Total ... 301
Dated this eleventh day of July, 1866.
GEORGE CARLYLE,
Manager.
Witness to Signature —
Charles Broad,
Justice of the Peace.
25s.
Printed under the Authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by DANIEL CAMPBELL, of Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand,
Printer to the said Provincial Government for the time being.
Otago Provincial Gazette 1866, No 430
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🌾 Financial Statement of Polkinghorn’s Gold Claim Company Registered
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources2 July 1866
Gold Claim, Financial Statement, Blue Spur, Tuapeka
- John Mouat, Creditor
- Richard Creeth, Manager
- Richard Creeth, Manager
🌾 Financial Statement of Rich’s Gold Claim Company Registered
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources2 July 1866
Gold Claim, Financial Statement, Blue Spur, Tuapeka
- George Murray, Creditor
- C. J. Hoyt, Creditor
- Richard Creeth, Manager
- Richard Creeth, Manager
🌾 Financial Statement of Shag River Water Race Company Registered
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources2 July 1866
Water Race, Financial Statement, Shag River
6 names identified
- Walter Bell, Creditor
- John Gray, Creditor
- James Mills, Creditor
- Oliver, Creditor
- Ulph, Creditor
- Richard Creeth, Manager
- Richard Creeth, Manager
🏭 Dissolution of Partnership between Berrill and Bond
🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry5 July 1866
Dissolution, Partnership, Free Storekeepers, Lightermen, Dunedin
- Nicholas Berrill, Partner
- George Bond, Partner
- Geo. Cook, Solicitor
🌾 Registration Application for Hit or Miss Water Race Company
🌾 Primary Industries & Resources11 July 1866
Water Race, Registration, Mount Ida
7 names identified
- George Carlyle, Manager and Applicant
- Henry Anderson, Shareholder
- Thomas Baird, Shareholder
- William Procter, Shareholder
- John Stevens, Shareholder
- James Speddie, Shareholder
- James Alexander, Shareholder
- Charles Broad, Justice of the Peace