Westland Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 14

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✨ Mining Company Registrations



of "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act, 1865," and I do solemnly and sincerely declare that the following statement is, to the best of my belief and knowledge, true in every particular: namely—

  1. The name and style of the Company is "The Golden Gate Gold Mining Company, Registered."

  2. The place of intended operations is at Donoghue’s, in the Totara District, in the County of Westland.

  3. The nominal capital of the Company is two thousand pounds, in two hundred shares of ten pounds each.

  4. The amount already paid up is six hundred pounds.

  5. The name of the manager is James Thompson Baird.

  6. The Office of the Company is on the Company’s claim, at Donoghue’s aforesaid.

  7. The names and several residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each at this date, are as follows:—

NAME RESIDENCE No. of Shares
James A. Bonar Hokitika 10
William Pole ... 5
William M’Kay ... 5
Francis Upham Ross 2
John S. Steel ... 2
Edmundson and Kidwell ... 10
James B. Armstrong ... 10
Melchior H. Zurhorst ... 5
Francis and Palmer ... 12
Cassius and Comisky Hokitika 20
Cowlishaw and Plaisted Selous and Cooper Ross
Cornelius O’Callaghan ... 5
Geo. Timothy Stephenson Dunedin 20
William Miller Hokitika 20
Alexander Cameron Donoghue’s 20
James Midgley Higgin Hokitika 20
John Craigie Ross 20
Margaret Wagner Hokitika 20
William Fisher ... 20
Charles Louisson ... 20
John Jackson ... 20
James Thompson Baird Donoghue’s 20
Joshua Gibson Ross 15
John Gow ... 6
Charles Dawes Ross 4
William C. Roberts Hokitika 5
Charles S. Allen ... 5
Samuel Boyle ... 5
Conrad Hoos ... 10
James M’Beth Ross 2
Neil G. Peterson ... 15
Alexander Gunn ... 15
George Gilbert Prince ... 15
William Ritchie ... 15
William Armstrong ... 15
Robert M’Kenzie ... 1
Joseph Corm Ross 3
James Hansen Ross 2
Robert Thompson ... 2
Archibald Main ... 5
Thomas S. Proudfoot Hokitika 2
Jacob Wagner ... 5
James Miller ... 5
David Drake ... 10
James Rue South Spit 5
Lawerence Harris ... 1
Stuart T. Ogilvie ... 2
James Mole Totara 5
John M’Gowan Ross 2
James Holmes South Spit 7
William Towers Ross 3
John M’Sherry ... 5
Frank Bell ... 2
Alexander Osmond ... 4
James Rosebourgh South Spit 3
John Kelly Ross 10

Dated twenty-eighth day of April, 1869.

JAMES THOMPSON BAIRD.

Witness to signature:
J. AYLMER,
A Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand.

I, THE undersigned, HENRY ANDREW GORDON, hereby make application to register "The Ross United Steam Drainage Company, Registered," under the provisions of "The Mining Companies Limited Liability Act, 1865," and I do solemnly and sincerely declare that the following statement is, to the best of my belief and knowledge, true in every particular, namely:—

  1. The name and style of the Company is "The Ross United Steam Drainage Company, Registered."

  2. The place of intended operations is at Jones’s Flat, Ross, Westland.

  3. The nominal capital of the Company is six thousand pounds, in one thousand two hundred shares of five pounds each.

  4. The amount already paid up is four hundred and forty-six pounds.

  5. The name of the Manager is Henry Andrew Gordon.

  6. The Office of the Company is at the office of the Morning Star Gold-Mining Company, Registered, Ross.

  7. The names and several residences of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each, at the date, are as follows:—

NAME RESIDENCE No. of Shares
James A. Bonar Hokitika 10
William Pole ... 5
Francis Upham Ross 2
John S. Steel ... 2
Edmundson and Kidwell ... 10
James B. Armstrong ... 10
Melchior H. Zurhorst ... 5
Francis and Palmer ... 12
Cornelius O’Callaghan ... 4
John Gow ... 15
Joshua Gibson Ross 6
William Douglass ... 5
Alexander Osmond ... 4
Forsyth and Masters Hokitika 20
Charles Dawes Ross 4
William C. Roberts Hokitika 5
Samuel Boyle ... 5
Conrad Hoos ... 10
James M’Beth Ross 2
Neil G. Peterson ... 15
Alexander Gunn ... 15
George Gilbert Prince ... 15
William Ritchie ... 15
William Armstrong ... 15
Robert M’Kenzie ... 1
Joseph Corm Ross 3
James Hansen Ross 2
Robert Thompson ... 2
Archibald Main ... 5
Thomas Proudfoot Hokitika 2
Jacob Wagner ... 5
James Miller ... 5
David Drake ... 10
James Rue South Spit 5
Lawerence Harris ... 1
Stuart T. Ogilvie Totara 5
James Mole ... 5
John M’Gowan Ross 2
Joshua Gibson South Spit 7
William Towers Ross 3
John M’Sherry ... 5
Frank Bell ... 2
James Rosebourgh South Spit 3
John Kelly Ross 10
Thomas Andrews Ross 3


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🌾 Registration of The Golden Gate Gold Mining Company

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
28 April 1869
Mining, Company Registration, Shareholders, Westland
60 names identified
  • James Thompson Baird, Manager of the company
  • James A. Bonar, Shareholder
  • William Pole, Shareholder
  • William M’Kay, Shareholder
  • Francis Upham, Shareholder
  • John S. Steel, Shareholder
  • Edmundson, Shareholder
  • Kidwell, Shareholder
  • James B. Armstrong, Shareholder
  • Melchior H. Zurhorst, Shareholder
  • Francis, Shareholder
  • Palmer, Shareholder
  • Cassius, Shareholder
  • Comisky, Shareholder
  • Cowlishaw, Shareholder
  • Plaisted, Shareholder
  • Cornelius O’Callaghan, Shareholder
  • Geo. Timothy Stephenson, Shareholder
  • William Miller, Shareholder
  • Alexander Cameron, Shareholder
  • James Midgley Higgin, Shareholder
  • John Craigie, Shareholder
  • Margaret Wagner, Shareholder
  • William Fisher, Shareholder
  • Charles Louisson, Shareholder
  • John Jackson, Shareholder
  • Joshua Gibson, Shareholder
  • John Gow, Shareholder
  • Charles Dawes, Shareholder
  • William C. Roberts, Shareholder
  • Charles S. Allen, Shareholder
  • Samuel Boyle, Shareholder
  • Conrad Hoos, Shareholder
  • James M’Beth, Shareholder
  • Neil G. Peterson, Shareholder
  • Alexander Gunn, Shareholder
  • George Gilbert Prince, Shareholder
  • William Ritchie, Shareholder
  • William Armstrong, Shareholder
  • Robert M’Kenzie, Shareholder
  • Joseph Corm, Shareholder
  • James Hansen, Shareholder
  • Robert Thompson, Shareholder
  • Archibald Main, Shareholder
  • Thomas S. Proudfoot, Shareholder
  • Jacob Wagner, Shareholder
  • James Miller, Shareholder
  • David Drake, Shareholder
  • James Rue, Shareholder
  • Lawerence Harris, Shareholder
  • Stuart T. Ogilvie, Shareholder
  • James Mole, Shareholder
  • John M’Gowan, Shareholder
  • James Holmes, Shareholder
  • William Towers, Shareholder
  • John M’Sherry, Shareholder
  • Frank Bell, Shareholder
  • Alexander Osmond, Shareholder
  • James Rosebourgh, Shareholder
  • John Kelly, Shareholder

  • James Thompson Baird
  • J. Aylmer, A Justice of the Peace for the Colony of New Zealand

🌾 Registration of The Ross United Steam Drainage Company

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Mining, Company Registration, Shareholders, Westland
49 names identified
  • Henry Andrew Gordon, Applicant and Manager of the company
  • James A. Bonar, Shareholder
  • William Pole, Shareholder
  • Francis Upham, Shareholder
  • John S. Steel, Shareholder
  • Edmundson, Shareholder
  • Kidwell, Shareholder
  • James B. Armstrong, Shareholder
  • Melchior H. Zurhorst, Shareholder
  • Francis, Shareholder
  • Palmer, Shareholder
  • Cornelius O’Callaghan, Shareholder
  • John Gow, Shareholder
  • Joshua Gibson, Shareholder
  • William Douglass, Shareholder
  • Alexander Osmond, Shareholder
  • Forsyth, Shareholder
  • Masters, Shareholder
  • Charles Dawes, Shareholder
  • William C. Roberts, Shareholder
  • Samuel Boyle, Shareholder
  • Conrad Hoos, Shareholder
  • James M’Beth, Shareholder
  • Neil G. Peterson, Shareholder
  • Alexander Gunn, Shareholder
  • George Gilbert Prince, Shareholder
  • William Ritchie, Shareholder
  • William Armstrong, Shareholder
  • Robert M’Kenzie, Shareholder
  • Joseph Corm, Shareholder
  • James Hansen, Shareholder
  • Robert Thompson, Shareholder
  • Archibald Main, Shareholder
  • Thomas Proudfoot, Shareholder
  • Jacob Wagner, Shareholder
  • James Miller, Shareholder
  • David Drake, Shareholder
  • James Rue, Shareholder
  • Lawerence Harris, Shareholder
  • Stuart T. Ogilvie, Shareholder
  • James Mole, Shareholder
  • John M’Gowan, Shareholder
  • James Holmes, Shareholder
  • William Towers, Shareholder
  • John M’Sherry, Shareholder
  • Frank Bell, Shareholder
  • James Rosebourgh, Shareholder
  • John Kelly, Shareholder
  • Thomas Andrews, Shareholder

  • Henry Andrew Gordon