Westland Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 17

Page 104

✨ Company Registration and Financial Statements



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  1. The name and style of the Company is
    "THE CALEDONIAN WATER RACE AND
    GOLD MINING COMPANY."

  2. The place of intended operations is at
    the Arahura.

  3. The nominal capital of the Company is
    three thousand six hundred pounds, in ninety
    shares of forty pounds each.

  4. The amount already paid is one
    thousand seven hundred and eighty pounds.

  5. The name of the Manager is William
    Purnell.

  6. The Office of the Company is at
    Hokitika.

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

NAME ADDRESS No. of SHARES
Henry Cornfoot Hokitika 23
John Prentice Arahura 10
David Blake " 10
Peter Cameron Hokitika 5
George A. Paterson " 5
Robert Arthur Arahura 5
William Brown " 5
William Kilgour " 5
William Purnell " 5
Mrs Margaret Prentice Hokitika 5
James M’Beth " 2
Total 80

Dated this 4th day of August, 1869.
Witness to Signature—
JAS. A. BONAR,
Justice of the Peace.
WILLIAM PURNELL, Manager.

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE MORNING STAR
GOLD MINING COMPANY, ROSS, REGISTERED ON THE 12TH
JULY, 1869.

ASSETS.

£ s. d. £ s. d.
Nominal Capital 4,000 0 0
Capital paid-up 3,710 5 0
... 289 15 0
Machinery and Plant ... 3,466 8 8
3,756 3 8
Balance to credit of Company in Bank ... 17 5 11
£3,773 9 7

LIABILITIES.

£ s. d.
Debts due by the Company 5 10 0
By Balance 3,767 19 7
£3,773 9 7

WILLIAM ARMSTRONG,
Manager, pro. tem.

STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF THE LEVIATHAN
WATER RACE COMPANY, REGISTERED TO 19TH JULY, 1869.

DR.

£ s. d.
To Paid-up Capital 6,320 0 0
" Income 258 14 10
" Bill receivable, due 22nd Nov.,
1869 500 0 0
" Balance 54 14 11
£7,133 9 9

CR.

£ s. d.
By amount paid for construction
of Race 6,883 3 7
" Liability on account of same 94 13 8
" Working Expenses 155 12 6
£7,133 9 9

By Balance ... £54 14s. 11d.

W. B. MORRIS,
Secretary.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🌾 Application to Register The Caledonian Water Race and Gold Mining Company (continued from previous page)

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
4 August 1869
Mining, Company, Registration, Caledonian Water Race, Gold Mining, Shareholders, Hokitika
11 names identified
  • Henry Cornfoot, Shareholder
  • John Prentice, Shareholder
  • David Blake, Shareholder
  • Peter Cameron, Shareholder
  • George A. Paterson, Shareholder
  • Robert Arthur, Shareholder
  • William Brown, Shareholder
  • William Kilgour, Shareholder
  • William Purnell, Manager and Shareholder
  • Margaret Prentice (Mrs), Shareholder
  • James McBeth, Shareholder

  • Jas. A. Bonar, Justice of the Peace
  • William Purnell, Manager

🌾 Statement of Assets and Liabilities of The Morning Star Gold Mining Company

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Mining, Financial Statement, Assets, Liabilities, Ross
  • William Armstrong, Manager pro tem

🌾 Statement of Assets and Liabilities of The Leviathan Water Race Company

🌾 Primary Industries & Resources
Water Race, Financial Statement, Assets, Liabilities
  • W. B. Morris, Secretary