MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXV, Issue 3749, 24 July 1869, Page 6

MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS.

A special meeting of shareholders ia the Royal Sovereign Gold-mining Company tni held yesterday afternoon at the office of Mr. Hughes, lolioitor, Shortland Crescent, for the purpose of, appointing, direotors, passing account^ »nti other ,bu«lne»i conneoted with the company, The aooounti were produced, audited, »nd passed, and a oall of 2*. 6J, jjer share Was declared. The following gentlemen were appointed, directors; — Mesirv. Goodwill,. Ktuder, Hay (of Hay and Honeyman), Bauson, and Niohol. Mr, Hanson was elected chairman of the Board of Directors ; and on behalf of the company ha waa authorised to apply for a l«ase of the ground for a term of 16 years. The meeting of shareholders in Kellys Company is to be held on Friday, August v, at 7 p.m., at the temporary offio* of the Company, near the Bank of New South Wales, Brown-afcreet, Grah«n'« Town, , An extraordinary meeting of the shareholder* in the Jupiter Claim is convened to be held at the Exchange Hotel, Shortland, on Wednesday, the 20th iustant, at 7 p.m., to take into consideration the propriety of forming themselves into a company under the Companies' Limited Liability Act, A meeting of the Goldeu Terrace, Hyda Park, Sleeping Beauty, Golden Star, and Holland Park Claim", Kuranui Hill, is convened to be held at the office of Messrs. C^rtwright and Sou, Short* land-street, on Tuesday next, 27th instant, at 3 p.m. Businesi: To consider the advisability of amalgamating the claims, and forming them into a company.

A meeting o? the shareholleM of ths following olaima was held on TLurs^ay, at the Shortlaud Hotel: — Ptinoe of Wales, Loyalty, Duke of Edinburgh, and Dayapring. Mr. Buokland and Mr. Gibbons, of the Una Quartz-crushiag Company, and tl>e i roprietora of the Karaka Hill tramway, also also attended. Ib was proposed to form the whole of these interests iuto a company, with a capitil of £75,000, in £5 tauten, £i 10*. p»id up; £63,000 allotted, and £12,000 reseived in the hands of th« directors for the purpose of jmrcbaiing other claim", and for the general working of the company. Each ' of tho above-named claims ia p*}iug dividends, and the character of the Una Battery needs no oominen* dation to any miner, ns it ia Becoud to none in the field for tho efficiency with which ifc does its work. At the meeting seven direitor3 wei'B appointed, so that all the interests mit>hfc be represented. It was* decided to have a legal manager, who bhould devote bis entire time and attention to the interests of the company; and Mr. W. F. Buckland, manager of the Una Batter}', was appointed to the office. This undertaking is one of the largest that {have yet been started on the field, and there oan be little doubt that it will be a great success. A meeting of the shareholders of the Portuguese a^l 8.-ii Lomond Claims, Murphy's Hill (adjoining t-.beE"}al -tatsdaul CKim),waa 'loldat the Pciu >r..1« Hotel on Thursday evening, at which it was resolved to nnuluruiiatrf and foiiu a company, with a ciipitnl of £7,5(10, in shares of £3 each, £2 10s paid up, r lh" t-tlo of the oompiny is " The Uoyal Standard Extended Gold-mining Company." A meeting of tho p>omott-rs of the Gieat Central Loa«e Guld>miniut> Company, Karaka Hill, was held on 'JhiisJay, at Mr. Wood's office, Pollen-Street, Mr. Wood in the chair. Ib was rtsdved to form a company in 14,400 fiharon, each promoter's share to consist of 240 scrip, at £3, £2 paid up. The ground which this company ia intended to work, and for which a lpaas is to be np.^i'tid, consists of 47$ men's ground (16 acres) on thu Itataka Hill, aurroundud by the Loid Nelson, Mount Alexander, Capi&tn 6W>!r, Golden Anchor, Golden Cable, Canterbury, »;}u otliers. It ia intended to have a survey made of the lodes in the sm rounding olaitns, for tho purpose of ascertaining aa definitely as possible what the ground contains. An aojoumrcl meeting of the sbareholdera of the Golden Crown, Piinr, was held at the Royal Exchange, short lan ', on Wednesday evening, when it was iesolvi i d to rescind th<* leaohittons of the former mooting iclitin^ to tl.e amount of capital, :mvl nu>nb< r nod amount of sh.uv-', in order that tho nominal capitil might be inoio*se.i, ao as to provide for the uoil'iu^ c;f tho new ground adjoining the olaim, a lease of which has bi'in applied for on behalf of the oompiny. The nominal capital waa fixed at £30,000, in 30,000 Bhaie> of £1 each, of which 19s. 6d. is to be oonsideied a 9 paid up, 2,500 scrip to be allotted to each holder of one full ohar<\ The remainder of 10,0>i0 scrip to b<* he'd in tru*t for the putpose of piovidmg capital for the working of the claim, and fo>' the erection of m ichintry. ah several well-defined reefs have beei traced through the company's ground, we hope soon to be able to quote their shores among thuso of the rich companies on this goldfield. A meeting of the shareholders of the Little Golden City, Anglo-Maori, and Freak of Fortune Claims, Puoga Fkt. was held on Thursday evening, at the offioe of Mr. N. W. Massey, Owen-street, Graham'B Town, Mr. J. C. Young m the chair, It was re« solved to amalgamate the claims and foim a company, under tho pr, visions of the Act. with a nominal capital of £12,600, iv shares of £2 each, £1 16s. paid up, tho name of the company to be "'I he Southern Pacific Gold-mining Company." Mr. N. W. Massey was appointed legal mauager, and Messrs. Cnllaghan, McGoldriok, J. C. Young, Burke, and ltobinaon were appointed provisional directors, The manager was instructed to, apply for a lease of the ground, and a preliminary o*lt was miidi to defray expenses, and w rk is to be commenced on Monday next. Tho shareholders of the Royal BV, Ooburg Castle, Duke of Nassau, and No Surrender claims, met ont Thursday at tl.e office of Mr, Lennox, Pollen. street, for the purpose of considering the adyiaability of *TO»lg«raatss'g the olaima and forming A company, Mr, Obeal in tlm ohair. Ib wa« ro«olved that it was desirable that the above claims, together with the Plying Cloud and Blaok Angel Claims, should be formed into a oorap&ny, if praotipable, on equal terms. Mr. Colebrnok was appointed a dtlegate to attend a meeting of th,-* shareholder* of tho Flying Clou,d Claim to explain the opinion of this meeting. A meeting of the t-hareho.lde.'s of the Exohequer, Highland Mary, Seven Pijlara and Great Premier Lease Claims was held on Thursday ev«ning at tho Empire HoUl, Graham's Town, Chptain Gwynneth in the ohnir. It was resolved Ihut the claims should amilaamate, and foim a company ; and Meatrs. John Gwynneth, Barron, MoLeod, and Crengh were a pointed a deputation to wait on tbe shareholders to obtain signatures to tbe dead of »moei*ti.>n, and to report to a future meeting, The directors of the Victoria Croas Gold-Miuiog < oinpany met on Thursday at the Ciunden liotel, Pollen-street. The report of th* legal manager wa^ received and adopted, and he was inatruct«d to at once prepare a proipectua. A meeting of the nhareholdera of the British and Hough Diamond claims, Karaka, waa held last evemng, at the Governor Bowen Hotei, Mr. Chapman in the chair. It was decided to amalgamate the claims and form a company, with % nominal capital of £6,000, valuing each full ghare at £ 500, in scrip at £1, of which 18s. is paid up capital. Captain Skane was appointed lesjal manager, and provisional direotora were also appointed. A meeting of the übarehoidora of tie Great Australian was held on Thmaday efening, at the Governor Bowen Hotel, Graham's Town, Mr, B. J. Davidson in the ohair. It waa re»olved to form ft company, with a capital of £20,000, in £l Bhares, Itf.OOQ »hare^ held by the present shareholders, $be remaining 4,000 to remain with tbe legal manager in trust for the company. £14,800 ia oomid«r«d pnid*up capital, the balaooe of £1,200 to be made ia oalla aa may be required, Lowtfcer Broad, Esq., wag appointed' legal manager { Mr, Davey, solioitorj and the Union Bank of Australia, Grah.in'n Town, baakera. Directors w«e not appointed until a future meeting. The ground whioh the Corapahy U intended to work is nituated at the head of TipUer'u Gully, and comprises about 16 tores oj ground, for whioh a lease is to be applied.' It oomprieeHthe'Stftp of Ireland, Yellow fc»^r, Star yf Gieugarry, *&£

BurWu olaima. A blue reef is known to run through the ground, and a large quantity of quartz is at pre» gent fitaoked rtn the different workings. The lease is j iitiuVol wiSbiu ha easy distance of the Ballarat and Clime* machine. j The (shareholders of ths Wade, Ruby, Triangle, Ballynure, and other claims mob on Thursday evening, at the office of Mr. J, W. Peiirse, for the purpose of forming a company. There was a large attendance, but the meeting adjourned without coming to a decision.— Advertiser, July 23. A meeting of shareholders in the Luckuow, Over* land, and Delhi Claims wan held at the Governor Bowen Hotel on Wednesday evening — Mr. Thomas Hunter in the chair— ab which it was agreed to amklsratnate and form the claims into a company, a capital of in 700 shares of £2 e»oh, £1 53 being paid up. Mr. Hunter was appointed legal manager, and instructed to apply for a lease. The olaima are situated on the Kuianui ipnr, and comprise fourteen men's ground, adjoining the Kuranui Company, Flying Eagle, and Kuranui Star.— Times, July 23.