Company Registration




Wanganui Union Gold Mining Company, (Registered).

I,
THE UNDERSIGNED, Edward Churton, hereby make application to register the "Wanganui Union Gold Mining Company," under the provisions of the Mining Companies Limited Liability Company Act, 1865, and the Mining Companies Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869.

  1. The name and style of the Company is the "Wanganui Union Gold Mining Company, Registered."

  2. The place of intended operations is at the Kaimanawa Ranges, in the Province of Wellington.

  3. The nominal capital of the Company is Ten Thousand Pounds, in Five Thousand Shares of Two Pounds each.

  4. The number of shares allotted is Five Hundred and Twenty-five.

  5. The number of partly paid-up shares is Five Hundred and Twenty-five.

  6. The amount already paid-up is One hundred and Thirty-one pounds, Five shillings.

  7. The number of paid-up shares given in exchange for a claim is Nil.

  8. The number of partly paid-up shares given in exchange for a claim is Nil.

  9. The name of the Manager is Edward Churton.

  10. The office of the Company is at Taupo Quay, Wanganui.

  11. The names and several residences of the Shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date is as follows:

Shareholders Residence Shares
Atkinson, David Wanganui 10
Atkinson, Samuel ... 2
Bell, David ... 5
Bell, Peter ... 5
Bell, Malcolm ... 2
Bennett, W. G. H. Nelson 1
Bert, D. C. Marton 2
Blake, Charles H. Wanganui 5
Braithwaite, Charles ... 5
Bridge, James ... 5
Broughton, Edward ... 10
Broughton, E. S. ... 5
Buller, Walter L., R.M. ... 10
Campbell, A. C. ... 5
Cathro, John ... 5
Carrick, Stephen Marton 1
Churton, Henry Wanganui 10
Churton, Edward ... 5
Churton, Frederick Southampton 10
Clark, John Wanganui 5
Day, James ... 5
Day, Richard ... 5
Delamore, Kenneth Wanganui 5
Drummond, T. F. ... 5
Duthie, John ... 10
Earle, R. C. ... 5
Evans, Frank W. ... 5
Findlator, James ... 5
Fort, Joseph ... 5
Furlong, William ... 5
Gibbins, C. R. Wanganui 5
Gray, George ... 5
Grey, Robert ... 10
Hackett, Edward ... 5
Henson, John ... 5
Heywood, James B. ... 5
Henderson & Paul ... 10
Hoskins, Lydia ... 3
Howe, Edward ... 5
Hurley, Henry ... 10
Hurley & Cunnaball ... 10
Iverson, Clifford ... 5
Jones, Henry I. ... 5
Joyce, John ... 2
Kells, Amelia ... 10
Kells, J. F. ... 5
Kells, Joseph ... 5
Lambess, Frederick ... 5
Lyon, Henry Marton 2
Marshall, William Wanganui 10
Miles, John ... 5
Morrison, David Marton 1
Mulville, W. N. Wanganui 5
Mussen, Philip ... 5
M’Niven, W. ... 5
Pakenham, Joshua ... 5
Parsloe, John ... 10
Paterson, W. ... 10
Potto, George ... 3
Potto, Henry ... 3
Reid, William ... 5
Revell, Henry ... 5
Richardson, James Marton 2
Robinson, J. W. Wanganui 10
Roberts, H. B. ... 10
Russell, W. F. ... 5
Samuels, W. R. G. ... 2
Scrivener, Thomas ... 10
Secombe, Charles ... 10
Sherwood, G. F. ... 5
Smith, Benjamin Wellington 2
Stevenson, J. L. Wanganui 5
Stevenson, J. ... 5
Surman, Robert ... 5
Taylor, F. J. ... 5
Taylor, W. H. ... 5
Taylor, Thomas B. ... 20
Taylor, Thomas ... 5
Taylor, Walter ... 5
Thompson, D. ... 5
Villiers, Joseph ... 5
Walker, George ... 5
Warwick, William ... 5
Ward, John ... 5
Watt, W. H. ... 20
Watt, W. G. ... 5
Willcox, Joseph ... 10
Williamson, Francis ... 5

Total Shares ... 5000

Edward Churton, Wanganui, in trust for the above Shareholders 4475

Signed at Wanganui, aforesaid, this 9th day of October, 1869, before me,

JOHN CAMERON,

One of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.



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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Wellington Provincial Gazette 1869, No 36





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🏭 Registration of Wanganui Union Gold Mining Company

🏭 Trade, Customs & Industry
9 October 1869
Company Registration, Mining, Gold, Wanganui, Kaimanawa Ranges, Wellington Province
90 names identified
  • Edward Churton, Applicant for company registration
  • Edward Churton, Manager of the company
  • David Atkinson, Shareholder
  • Samuel Atkinson, Shareholder
  • David Bell, Shareholder
  • Peter Bell, Shareholder
  • Malcolm Bell, Shareholder
  • W. G. H. Bennett, Shareholder
  • D. C. Bert, Shareholder
  • Charles H. Blake, Shareholder
  • Charles Braithwaite, Shareholder
  • James Bridge, Shareholder
  • Edward Broughton, Shareholder
  • E. S. Broughton, Shareholder
  • Walter L. Buller (R.M.), Shareholder
  • A. C. Campbell, Shareholder
  • John Cathro, Shareholder
  • Stephen Carrick, Shareholder
  • Henry Churton, Shareholder
  • Edward Churton, Shareholder
  • Frederick Churton, Shareholder
  • John Clark, Shareholder
  • James Day, Shareholder
  • Richard Day, Shareholder
  • Kenneth Delamore, Shareholder
  • T. F. Drummond, Shareholder
  • John Duthie, Shareholder
  • R. C. Earle, Shareholder
  • Frank W. Evans, Shareholder
  • James Findlator, Shareholder
  • Joseph Fort, Shareholder
  • William Furlong, Shareholder
  • C. R. Gibbins, Shareholder
  • George Gray, Shareholder
  • Robert Grey, Shareholder
  • Edward Hackett, Shareholder
  • John Henson, Shareholder
  • James B. Heywood, Shareholder
  • Henderson & Paul, Shareholder
  • Lydia Hoskins, Shareholder
  • Edward Howe, Shareholder
  • Henry Hurley, Shareholder
  • Hurley & Cunnaball, Shareholder
  • Clifford Iverson, Shareholder
  • Henry I. Jones, Shareholder
  • John Joyce, Shareholder
  • Amelia Kells, Shareholder
  • J. F. Kells, Shareholder
  • Joseph Kells, Shareholder
  • Frederick Lambess, Shareholder
  • Henry Lyon, Shareholder
  • William Marshall, Shareholder
  • John Miles, Shareholder
  • David Morrison, Shareholder
  • W. N. Mulville, Shareholder
  • Philip Mussen, Shareholder
  • W. M’Niven, Shareholder
  • Joshua Pakenham, Shareholder
  • John Parsloe, Shareholder
  • W. Paterson, Shareholder
  • George Potto, Shareholder
  • Henry Potto, Shareholder
  • William Reid, Shareholder
  • Henry Revell, Shareholder
  • James Richardson, Shareholder
  • J. W. Robinson, Shareholder
  • H. B. Roberts, Shareholder
  • W. F. Russell, Shareholder
  • W. R. G. Samuels, Shareholder
  • Thomas Scrivener, Shareholder
  • Charles Secombe, Shareholder
  • G. F. Sherwood, Shareholder
  • Benjamin Smith, Shareholder
  • J. L. Stevenson, Shareholder
  • J. Stevenson, Shareholder
  • Robert Surman, Shareholder
  • F. J. Taylor, Shareholder
  • W. H. Taylor, Shareholder
  • Thomas B. Taylor, Shareholder
  • Thomas Taylor, Shareholder
  • Walter Taylor, Shareholder
  • D. Thompson, Shareholder
  • Joseph Villiers, Shareholder
  • George Walker, Shareholder
  • William Warwick, Shareholder
  • John Ward, Shareholder
  • W. H. Watt, Shareholder
  • W. G. Watt, Shareholder
  • Joseph Willcox, Shareholder
  • Francis Williamson, Shareholder

  • Edward Churton
  • JOHN CAMERON, One of Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand