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Whereas the said Mining Drainage Board did,
in pursuance of the said Act, grant—upon
the application of the Ross United Steam
Drainage Company, Registered, bearing date
28th day of February, 1871—a Drainage
Area to be called Drainage Area No. 2: And
whereas, by and under a certain Bye Law of
of the said Mining Drainage Board, numbered
19, it is enacted—“That an equal weekly
rate of 4d. shall be levied upon all alluvial
Gold Mining Claims within the said Drainage
Area hereby granted, and shall be paid by
the owners for the time being of all such
claims, and that such rate shall be computed
after the manner prescribed in Bye Law No.
2 of the said Mining Drainage Board, Clauses
4 and 5;” And also, “That the first weekly
rate of 4d. shall be due and payable to the
Clerk of the said Mining Drainage Board, at
the office of the said Board, on Tuesday the
first day of August, Anno Domini, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy-one, and that
such weekly rate of 4d. shall continue and be
payable and shall be paid to the person, and
at the place aforesaid, every succeeding Friday
in each week until the rate hereby imposed and this Bye Law be rescinded:”

And whereas the said Mining Drainage
Board have resolved that an equal rate of
8d. shall be levied weekly upon all rateable
areas within the aforesaid Drainage Area
No. 2 of the said district of Jones’ Flat, in
lieu of 4d. as imposed under and by virtue of
the aforesaid Bye Law No. 19:

Be it therefore ordained by the said Mining
Drainage Board, as follows, that is to say—
That an equal weekly rate of 8d. shall be levied upon all Alluvial Gold Mining
Claims within Drainage Area No. 2, with the
exception of the Lease of a certain Claim of
one Michael Cassius hereinafter mentioned in
lieu of the said equal weekly rate of 4d. imposed on the said Claims under and by virtue
of the aforesaid Bye Law No. 19, and that
such weekly rate of 8d. shall be paid to the
person, and at the time and place specified
and mentioned in the aforesaid Bye Law No.
19, and shall in all other respects be subject
to the provisions of the aforesaid Bye Law
No. 19:

Provided always, and it is hereby expressly ordained that the owner or owners for
the time being of a certain Gold Mining
Claim, included in the said Area No. 2, and
lately held by a certain company styled “The
Great Ross Extended Gold Mining Company
Registered,” but now owned or held by one
Michael Cassius, of Hokitika, and bounded and
defined as the same is delineated on the Map
of the Chief Surveyor of the County of
Westland, setting out and describing the
Gold Mining Claims in the said District of
Jones’ Flat, shall be exempted from the payment of all rates in respect of drainage imposed, or to be imposed, under and by virtue
of this Bye Law the said owner or owners
having erected complete machinery for the
drainage of the said claim.

The undersigned members of the Jones’
Flat Mining Drainage Board have concurred
in making the foregoing Bye-law No. 26.

Henry A. Gordon, Chairman.
W. Monteith,
William Douglas,
Johnny Gow.

STATEMENT of the Affairs of “The Victorian Co-operative Gold Mining Company, Registered,” for the half-year ending December 31st, 1871, in accordance with Section 13, of “The Mining Companies’ Limited Liability Act Amendment Act, 1869”:

Name of Company.—“The Victorian Co-operative Gold Mining Company, Registered.”

When formed, and date of Registration.—June 26th, 1867.

Where business is conducted, and name of Legal Manager.—Kanieri, County of Westland; William Watt.

Nominal capital.—£900.

Amount of paid-up scrip given to Shareholders.—£20, or one share.

Number of shares into which capital is divided.—45.

Number of shares taken.—38.

Total amount of subscribed capital paid-up.—£760.

Number of Shareholders at time of Registration of Company.—27.

Amount of cash in hand.—None.

Whether in operation or not.—In operation.

Total amount of dividends declared.—£1017 10s., for the half-year.

Number of Shares unallotted.—7.

William Watt,
Manager.

Kanieri, Jan. 7th, 1872.