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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3510, 15 October 1868, Page 2

AUCKLAND REGATTA, 1868-69. A MEETING of the Auckland Regatta Committee was held on the 10th June last, at the Star Hotel, when it was agreed to form an AUCKLAND REGATTA CLUB. The objects of this Club are to be the carrying out in an efficient mauner of the ANNUAL REGATTA on 29th January (the Anniversary of the Colony) ; to eusure fair competition, encourage improvement in the build and rig of all classes of vessels, and use every endeavour to assist to hold up the high position Auckland has attained amongst the shipbuilding ports of tbe Southern seas. Ihe following^ gentlemen are the Committee of the Club for the year ending February 29, 1869, when the subscribers will be called upon to elect office-holders for tbe ensuing year : — , . . Committee, 1868-69. , : Patron: Vice- Patron : President : Charles Ohamberli-, Esq. Vice-President : •■ , Chairman : Captain W. C. Daldy. (-" ■ "Committee: Anderson, Captain Guilding, T. E. Biett, H. . Nathan, L. D. Casey-, Captain - ' Niccolj'T. • ' Chamberhn, C. Smart,' James Copland, J. ' Yonder 3leyde, G. Daldy, Captain Waymouth, J., sen. Fitzgibbon, J. J, Williams, Captain Fletcher; G. H. - t •> ■

Treasurer : Captain Casey. Measurers : T. Niccol and J. Waymouth. Umpire : J. J. Fitzgibbon. . Starter : J. Copland. Auditors : L. D. Nathan and James Smart. Hon. Secretary : Thomas E. Guildiutj.

AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY REGATTA, 1 ' ' 1869. PRELIMINARY PROGRAMME.

1. Champion Scullers' Match, open to all comers ,2. Yachts, 8 tons and upwards Z.[ Four-oared Gigs 4. Trading Vessels, 10 to 20 tons 5. Man-of-war Boats 6.t Four-oared Gigs, open to all 7. Trading Vessels, over 20 tons 8. Yachts, over 8 tom 9., Amateur Fair-oared Race 10. Merchant Ships' Boats ,11. Pair-oared Race, open to all 12. Canoe Race (canoes to be entered one week ! before Regatta ; 3 canoes to start, or no > • race) ' 13.' Dingies, pulled by boys born in the colony 14. Duck Hunt. ' The term of office of the present Committee will 'expire by the Rules on the 28th December, 1868, When the Subscribers will be called upon, at a meeting to be held for that purpose, to elect the Committee for the ensuing year. By the Ruled adopted every subscriber of £1 Is. will be a member of the Club, and by his member's card entitled to admission to the Flag Ship for himself and one lady. Subscription Cards can be obtained from the Hou. Secretary, or Members of Committee. T. E. GUILDING, Hon. Secretary.

PROSPECTUS

OF THB SACRAMENTO AND ALABAMA UNITED GOLD- MINING COMPANY (REGISTERED).

Capital, £5,500,' in 1,100 Shares— £s per Share.

Directors : Mr. Walter Sigley, Auckland. Dr. A. M. Williams, Auckland. Mr. William Cumming, Shortland. Mr. A. K. Heyland, Shortland. Bankers ; Bank of Australasia. Brokers : Mr. Martin Sholl, Auckland. Mr. William Cumming, Shortland. Solicitor : William Carey, Esq., Shortland.

Office of the Company : Pollen-street, Shortland.

THE Company has been formed, and will be Registered under the Mining Companies' Limited Liability Act, 1865. The Claims are situated on the Alabama Creek (branch of the Karaka), and comprise seventeen men's ground. The Shareholders in the above Claims have agreed to au< amalgamation, by which means the various leaders running through the ground can be worked from a lower level than would otherwise be possible, and a greater, fall of water obtained. In addition to the leaders already cut in the workings, from which good prospects and excellent specimens have been obtained, a gold-bearing reef has been exposed in the Confidence and Rothesay Castle Claims (adjoining the Company's ground), the'm»gnetio bearings of which have been proved to run through the Sacramento and Alabama. Tbe original shareholders have retained 680 shares (paid-up capital) ; 420 are now offered to the public. 10si per share to be paid on application, aud 103. on allotment. Monthly calls, not exceeding 10*., may be afterwards made by the Directors, if necessary, Until the-whole capital is paid up. The object of the Company,' in submitting these shares to tbe public, is to enable them to erect , machinery, and carry on more efficiently the work-, ing of the Claims. Printed forms of application for shares may be obtained from the Company's Brokers or from auy ol the Directors.

WALTER SIGLEY, Manager.

PROSPECTUS

OF THE FEAR-NAUGHT GOLD-MINING COM- , PANY (LIMITED). Capital, £6,600 in 660 shares of £10 each. Directors : > Warwick Weston ' G. Lipsey " ' H. Y. Stevens M. Garvey J. M. Clark J. fledley. 7". } Manager, pro. tern. : W.,0. Hamlin. ' Solicitor : T. S. Weston, Auckland. Bankers : The Union Bank of Australia.

THE object of the Company is to work the FearNaught Claim, and to purchase the machinery belonging to Messrs. Hamlin and Stevens, adjacent thereto. The machinery proposed to be purchased comprises an engine, capable of ' driving 15 head of stampers, and a battery of five head of stampers, which are at present working, together, with site, buildings, water rights,; license*, tools, and all other rights and appurtenances thereto belonging. Of the six hundred shares five hundred will be retained by the shareholders, ninety will Ie allotted to thtT machine-owners as part payment, and the remaining seventy are offered to the public at par. Of the £700 thus raised, £500 will, be paid to complete the purchase of the machinery, 'and the renaaining'£2oo' will be for improvements 'and working the claim. t, , 1 It is considered that £200 will be , ample to < commecce with, as the machinery is complete in every respect, and immediate returns will be obtained. The average yield of quartz ' already crushed from t\-is claim has been at 'the rate of soz. to the ton. Forty tons of quartz can ba obtained from 'the claim weekly, which will keep .the stampers occupied constantly., • 1 - t Applications for shares, accompanied by a deposit' ; of £1 per share, to be made to Mr. ' W. O. Hamlin, ' Manager, care of Union Bank, Shortland ; or to T. S. Wkston, Esq., Solicitor, Auckland. The balance of £9 per share to be paid upon allotment. ' ' , '

) — : ' " JM. LENNOX'S MONTHLY LIST of . ESTATES, , HOUSES, FARMS, and MINING SHARES, may be had, gratis, on application at .the Eatatje, Agency, and Sharebrekinf ififficea, High-»ti:eeJi > A,uckla:nd. t Cj M _ . . ,