Company Statements and Notices




STATEMENT of the Affairs of the “Amber Quartz Crushing Company (Limited)” ending 30th June, 1871.

Name of Company — Amber Quartz Crushing Company (Limited).
Parramatta.

Where business is conducted — Bendigo.
Name of legal manager — George Francis.
Nominal capital — £7000.
Amount of (1£) shares given to shareholders — 7000.
Number of shares in which capital is divided — 7000.
Number of shares taken up to which capital is allotted — 1400.
Amount of calls made — Nil.
Amount of calls paid — Nil.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up — £2700.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company — 13.
Amount of cash in hand — £37 6s. 8d.
Whether in operation or not — In operation.
Total amount of dividends declared — Nil.
Number of shares unallotted — Nil.

G. F. Belcher, Manager.
Legal Manager.
Clyde, July 22, 1871.


STATEMENT of the Affairs of the “Alta Quartz Mining Company,” Registered,” for the half-year ending June 30, 1871.

Name of Company — Alta Quartz Mining Company.
Registered — 7th April, 1870.
When formed and date of registration — August 31, 1870.
Where business is conducted — Bendigo.
Name of legal manager — George Pascoe.
Nominal capital — £4800.
Amount of paid up scrip given to shareholders — £2400.
Number of shares in which capital is allotted — 4800.
Number of shares taken — 4800.
Amount of calls made — £2400.
Total amount of subscribed capital paid up — £2400.
Number of shareholders at time of registration of Company — 7.
Amount of cash in hand — None.
Whether in operation or not — In operation.
Total amount of dividends declared — None.
Number of shares unallotted — Nil.

G. Pascoe, Manager.
Legal Manager.
Clyde, July 22, 1871.


STATEMENT of the Affairs of the “Royal Standard Quartz Mining Company, Registered,” for the half year ending 15th July, 1871, in accordance with Section 13 of “The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869.”

Name of Company — “Royal Standard Quartz Mining Company, Registered.”
When formed, and date of registration — Formed August, 1870; registered 8th October, 1870.
Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager — Cromwell, Otago; George Jameson.
Nominal capital — £8000.
Amount of paid up scrip given to shareholders — £5000.
Number of Shares in which Capital is divided — 50.
Number of Shares allotted — 50.
Amount of calls made — £2175.
Total amount of Subscribed Capital paid up — £26776.
Number of Shareholders at time of registration — 7.
Number of Shareholders at date — 24.
Amount of Cash in hand — Nil.

Whether in operation or not — Not in operation.
Total amount of dividends declared — £107 10s.
Number of shares unallotted — 26.


Notice — The partnership hitherto existing between James Reid and Matthew Instone as millers and maltsters, under the style of James Reid and Co., was dissolved by mutual consent on the 10th day of June, 1871.

Messrs. Whittingham Bros. and Instone, Rupert street, will collect the accounts of, and settle all indebtedness due to the late firm.

James Reid.

Signed by the said James Reid in presence of George O. Officer, miller.

M. Instone.

Signed by the said Matthew Instone in presence of James Berry, solicitor, Invercargill.

In reference to the above, the business will be carried on as usual by Messrs. Whittingham Bros. and Instone under the management of Mr. James Reid.


DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.

Notice is hereby given, that the partnership heretofore subsisting between George Mingay, Alexander Pirie, Burbridge Boul, Donald M’Kay, and Allan M’Kay, sawmill proprietors and timber-merchants at Queenstown, in the Province of Otago, under the style of “Boul, M’Kay and Co.,” has this day been dissolved. The debts due to and from the late firm will be received and paid by George Mingay Alldred.

Dated this fifth day of July, 1871.

G. M. Alldred.
Philip B. Boul.
Donald M’Kay.
Allan M’Kay.
(per Donald M’Kay.)

Witness to the signatures —
George Atkins, butcher, Queenstown.


£2 REWARD.

STRAYED from Tuapeka Flat, a dark grey horse, with slight collar mark on near shoulder, branded IOI off neck; also one black mare, branded KM off shoulder, slightly saddle-marked on near side. Any person bringing the above to the Tuapeka Hotel, Tuapeka Flat, or giving such information as will lead to their recovery, will receive £2 reward.


STOLEN,

from Forbury, about 20th April, a black Gelding, horse-shoe brand, off neck. £5 reward on conviction. — James Scoular, Commercial Hotel.


IMMIGRATION — PASSAGE FARES REDUCED.

To £5 — Persons desirous of bringing their friends or relatives to the Province of Otago, can procure Passages from London or Glasgow, on payment of ship office of Five Pounds per statute adult. Forms of application may be had from

John Logan,
Immigration Agent.

Superintendent’s Office,
Dunedin, 17th July, 1871.


Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of Otago, by Mills, Dick & Co., of Dunedin, Otago. Printers to the said Provincial Government for the time being.




Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa PDF Otago Provincial Gazette 1871, No 747





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏭 Statement of Affairs of Amber Quartz Crushing Company (Limited)

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
22 July 1871
Company Affairs, Quartz Crushing, Bendigo, Parramatta
  • G. F. Belcher, Manager
  • George Francis, Legal Manager

  • G. F. Belcher, Manager
  • George Francis, Legal Manager

🏭 Statement of Affairs of Alta Quartz Mining Company

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
22 July 1871
Company Affairs, Quartz Mining, Bendigo, Clyde
  • George Pascoe, Manager

  • G. Pascoe, Manager

🏭 Statement of Affairs of Royal Standard Quartz Mining Company

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Company Affairs, Quartz Mining, Cromwell, Otago
  • George Jameson, Legal Manager

  • George Jameson, Legal Manager

🏭 Dissolution of Partnership between James Reid and Matthew Instone

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
Partnership Dissolution, Millers, Maltsters, Invercargill
  • James Reid, Dissolved partnership
  • Matthew Instone, Dissolved partnership
  • George O. Officer, Witness
  • James Berry, Solicitor

  • James Reid
  • M. Instone

🏭 Dissolution of Partnership in Boul, M’Kay and Co.

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
5 July 1871
Partnership Dissolution, Sawmill Proprietors, Timber Merchants, Queenstown
7 names identified
  • George Mingay, Dissolved partnership
  • Alexander Pirie, Dissolved partnership
  • Burbridge Boul, Dissolved partnership
  • Donald M’Kay, Dissolved partnership
  • Allan M’Kay, Dissolved partnership
  • G. M. Alldred, Debt collector
  • George Atkins, Witness

  • G. M. Alldred
  • Philip B. Boul
  • Donald M’Kay
  • Allan M’Kay

⚖️ Reward for Strayed Horses

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Reward, Strayed Horses, Tuapeka Flat

⚖️ Reward for Stolen Horse

⚖️ Justice & Law Enforcement
Reward, Stolen Horse, Forbury, Commercial Hotel
  • James Scoular, Victim

  • James Scoular

🛂 Reduction in Immigration Passage Fares

🛂 Immigration
17 July 1871
Immigration, Passage Fares, Otago, Dunedin
  • John Logan, Immigration Agent

  • John Logan, Immigration Agent