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 PROSPECTUS AND REPORT, 
 
 W!TH ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION, 
 
 -OP THE — 
 
 Coal Mining Company, "Limited." 
 
 OATXTAA, £30,000 ; in 15,000 SBAllBS, of £2 Bach. 
 
 Incorporated under the British Columbia Joint Stock Companies' 
 
 Act, 1859, which specially limits each Shareholder's 
 
 Liability to the Amount of his Share. 
 
 DIKECTORS. 
 
 Thomas Tbounce, Esq. — Chairman, 
 
 Jas. Dickson, Esq., M. D. Wm. P. Sayward, Esq. 
 C. HouNSLow, Esq. J. B. Timmerman, Esq 
 
 Jas. Moorhead, Esq. C. Vereyden, Esq. 
 
 Wm. p. Sayward, Esq. — Treasurer. 
 J. S. Willis, Esq. — Secretary. 
 
 SANK Q)W @^llTli3flC N^OTN AMieiie^. 
 
 Temporary Offices, COLUMBIA STREET, New Westmioster. 
 40t LiNGLET STREET, Victoria. 
 
 MiiiUig Saperintendant, 
 
 Geo. Robinson, Esq. 
 
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 PROSPECTUS; 
 
 This Company has been formed for the purpose of developing and 
 working several extensive and valuable seama of Antliracito Coal, 
 lately discovered in Queen Charlotte Island. 
 
 At present this is the only mine of pure Anthracite Coal known 
 to exist on the Pacific Coast, and from the largo and increasing 
 quantity required and shipped to Ban Francisco and other ports, the 
 discovery is one of great importance and value. 
 
 The Government have reserved twenty thousand acres applied for 
 by the Company, five thousand of which arc secured (at present) by 
 lease at the nominal rent of $100 per annum, with tho additional 
 privilege of purchasing 1000 acres at $1 per acre for a town site. 
 
 The Coal seams, from three to seven feet in thickness, arc situated on 
 the south of Graham Island, Queen Charlotte Group, about 2000 
 yards from the shores of a fine bay, and about 400 feet above the 
 level of the sea. The construction of an easy and inexpensive tram- 
 way, about one mile in length, together with a wharf of about 150 
 feet projection, are all the works the Company will rciiuirc to enable 
 them to offer coal in the markets. 
 
 The quality of the Coal has been fairly tested. The engineers of 
 several of the steamers have pronounced it to be of tlio very best 
 quality, it has also been used by the proprietors of tlie Founderica of 
 the City of Victoria, whose reports are annexed, and declared l)y 
 them to be equal if not superior to the best Pennsylvania Anthracite 
 Coal. 
 
 The great advantage of the position of the mine cannot be brought 
 too prominently to the notice of intending sliareholdorH. its close 
 proximity to the coast together with its superior quality renders it of 
 great value ; also an easy access for vessels of any tonnage, a safe and 
 commodious harbor perfectly faheltered and land-locked, with aocure 
 and good anchorage, will enablo vessels at all seasons and weather 
 to load at tho Company's wharf. 
 
Thei'O in a largo dGniana Ibi- Authracito Coal to supply Foundoriog, 
 Steamers, <fec., Ac, in San Francisco, Portland, Victoria, and otlior 
 ports, all of which haa to 1)0 ahippcd from tlio Eastern States or from 
 Europe at a great expense, the selling price ranging, according to 
 quality, from $16 to 125 in sonic markets, in others higher. The 
 trade to Panama and along the Pacific Coast will be considerable ; 
 and extensive trade will also be opened with China and Japan. The 
 Naval Stations of England, U. S. of America, France, and Russia, 
 must necessarily consume a large ((uantity. 
 
 Of the 15,000 shares forming the Capital Stock of the Company ; 
 
 7500 are classed A (original shares), paid up to XI, and 
 
 liable to an additional call of Xl,TrT, ''. . . . ^7,500 
 
 3000 are classed B, to be issued at £2 per share, 6,000 
 
 4500 classed C, are reserved sharcp, 
 
 X13,500 
 Or $67,500 00 
 
 ESTIMATE OF EXPENSES. 
 
 Tunnel, $2,000 
 
 Wharf, 6,500 
 
 Purchase of Land 1,000 
 
 Tramway, 14,000 
 
 Rolling Stock, C,500 
 
 Contingencies, 20,000 
 
 $50,000 00 
 
 Leaving a balance above estimate of expenses of $17,500 00 
 
 The 3000 B shares are now ready for issue, payable at lOs. each 
 on application, and lOs. in 30 days, or at time of allotment. 
 
 The works of which the above are an estimate, are in active oper- 
 ation, the Company having engaged and sent forward to the mine a 
 number of skilled workmen, who are under the direction of George 
 Robinson, Esq., for many years Superintendent of the Nanaimo Coal 
 Mines, and it is confidently hoped that by the month of April, 1866, 
 the mine will be fully opened, and the Company prepared to supply 
 coal at their wharf. 
 
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 By information gatliored from Indians the existence of Coal on 
 Graham Island, in the Queen Charlotte Group, has been known for 
 Homc ycarB, but no attempt has been made to utilise that information, 
 or to enquire as to tlio size and quality of tlie coal seams, until the 
 original Bhareholdcrsin this Company determined to send out parties 
 to explore and prospect the district whore the coal was reported to be. 
 
 A party of coal miners was selected by them and sent from Victoria 
 on the 1st of August, 1864. After some difficulties and considerable 
 delays ia their voyago, they arrived in Skidegate Channel on the 
 15th September, and on the 17th found the coal strata they were in 
 search of ; but as tlieir supplies were nearly exhausted they were 
 obliged to return the next day, liaving effected nothing more than 
 obtaining satisfactory ])roof that there was a seam of Anthracite Coal 
 some four feet six inc!;os in tliickness. The imperfect information 
 brought by the first expodition rendered it necessary for the Company 
 to send up a second. 
 
 The Directors were fortunately enabled to secure the services of Mr. 
 Robinson, who had been for some years Superintendent of tlie Coal 
 Mines at Nauaimo, and who is also a large shareholder in this Com- 
 pany. Tlie second expedition was therefore placed under his charge. 
 A party of miners were engaged, a small sloop was purchased and 
 provisioned, and the party sailed, having clearance from New West- 
 minster, on the 5th Juno, 1SC5, for Queen Charlotte Island. 
 
 On Mr. Robinson and party's return, a general meeting of share- 
 holdcra was held 14th August, 1865. Mr. Robinson's report was 
 read at the meeting, and highly approved of, and from it the following 
 information is copied : — 
 
 " Arrived at Skidegate Bay on the 22ud June. Early the following 
 morning we proceeded on to the vicinity of the Coal Mine, which we 
 found to be 15 miles (W. S. W.) distant from the Skidegate village. 
 We reached our destination about noon, and commenced our search for 
 Coal the same day ; but witliout success. Wo, however, resumed 
 our search on the following morning, and were rewarded by striking 
 a seam of Anthracite Coal which was cropping out on the side of a 
 high range of hills, which afterwards proved to be a branch of a 
 mountain some two or throe thousand feet in height, and which, in 
 compliment to His Excellency Governor Seymour, I named ' Mount 
 Seymour.' 1 afterwards traced the out-crop of the seam for some two 
 or three hundred yards, finding it varying in thickness from three to 
 seven feet, and of excellent quality. To this point I therefore directed 
 
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 my moRt. special attention, and in the conrso of tlie next month ftuc- 
 cocdof.l In litulincr a continnation of the s(.am in two other adjoining 
 rnn,£rofl of hills, lyinc^ to t!)0 poiitliward of the one in whicli wo first 
 found it, ))at each 7'unning into or ))eing branches of Mount Scymoar. 
 The enlirc distance from the extienio points at which the out-cropa 
 were Jbund would ho froni one to two niilcR - luiving in each case the 
 eamo <^luiracleri.siici-', and beinj^ of a similar quality to that first struck, 
 and from which J had some seven or eijijht tons of Coal extracted and 
 packed down to tlic beach by Indians, many of whom followed in our 
 rear being anxious to see what wc were going to do. Some five or six 
 ton^? of Uiis coal 1 have brought down with mc by the sloop, the cap- 
 tain lhlnldn^4 it unsafe to bring metre than that quantity by her, the 
 rcMiniiiiiig porlion I left upon the beach. The out-crop of the Coal 
 I found generally at an elevation of some five or six hundred feet 
 above the level of the sea. and at a distance of about three-quarters 
 of a mile fi'ora high water .^ 1 think its average thickness will bo 
 about four feet, cxclu;^lvc of a few inches of soft earth lying under- 
 neath tho scam and winch serves as a ' peeling' or ' corfing.' The 
 pavin<i; consists of a hard but brittle slato strongly resembling some 
 of the slate found in the carboniteroug form.ation in Great Britain. 
 'J'he roof has tho appearance of a BCmi-vetrified sandstone and is very 
 much ^-'battcvcd and broken, which will of course render it necessary 
 that great care and caution should be exercised in the working of the 
 seam, to cusuro the safety of the workmen. The seam appears to lie 
 at an angle of about 70 or 80 degrees with the horizon, and is situated 
 on tlie ranges of hills adjoining Mount Seymour. As far as I am at 
 present ai)lc to judge there appears no reason why the coal seam may 
 not bo worked as cheaply and at as little expense as any other coal 
 mine in the country. The cost of opening the seam to such an extent 
 as would be necessary to make it at least self-supporting will not, I 
 think, exceed $1500, and after the work is fully and thoroughly opened 
 tho coal may be produced for about four dollars a ton, inclusive of 
 all labor, &c., in the digging of the coal to its delivery upon the 
 wharf, and should my views of the extent of the seam be realised (of 
 which I have not the slightest doubt), I see no reason why any reason- 
 able quantity of coal, say from one to four thousand tons per month, 
 may not hn obtained from tho seam after it is once in fair working 
 order. 
 
 For a distance of about 227 yards from the mine the ground has a 
 a fall of about one in five, the next 530 yards has a fall of about one 
 in eight and three-quarters. Over the whole of this distance, I pro- 
 pose to make a self-acting inclined tramway, having a double line a 
 portion of the way ; so that the descending loaded wagons will draw 
 lip the aseeiidiDg empty ones. The remaining portion of the road has 
 a fall towards the water of about one in thirty-three on the average ; 
 but a groat portion of it may bo built upon a level if found ctosirable, 
 Tbero Is uo oaglnQoring difUouUy whatever in tho mj of Its opU' 
 
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 struction, the only ob9taclcs being from ir)0 io 20(i trees and roota, 
 half of whicli, or thcroabout, aro standing and tho otlicrs are fallen. 
 I do not think that thcro will bo a necessity for the removal of much 
 earth in the conntruction, probably not over 500 tons iv all. Tho 
 ground, however, in generally of a marshy character, which will 
 probably render it necessary to elevate the road for tiin greater part 
 of its length for a foot or two al)oro tho level of the ground, and if 
 that part of it bo built upon timber support and ' corduroyed,' I am of 
 opinion that it can bo Imilt tolerably cheap, an tiniber suitable for the 
 purpose can be found growing plentifully along tho proi)OHed route of 
 the tramway. The entire distance from the mine to the |)laoo where 
 I propose to erect the wharf, following the line of tramway, is about 
 2060 yards ; tho wito prof)o^lod for the wharf is very conveniently 
 Bituated, having 18 feet dop.tti of water at about fifty yards from high 
 water. Of the cost of or 'cling the wharf I am unable to olfer any 
 estimate, not having any ^ ork of that kind done in tliis Colony. I 
 may, however, pay that th' beach upon wliich it is proposed to Imild 
 the wharf has a sandy, grr.vclly bottom, and appears to be very good 
 ground to put in piles. Tie cost of building tlie tramway, including 
 the removal of standing and fallen trecB, v'11 probably be about 
 $10,000 ; but this does not include the cost of ; wire rope, which it 
 will bo found uecepsary to use upon the self-acting incline. Of tho 
 cost of this rope I have no information. The liarbor is very com- 
 modious and is easy of access from both sido.s of the Island, and 
 affords good shelter from ail winds and also good anchorage. Capt. 
 Hallett at my request has surveyed and sounded the inner harbor, and 
 I have requested him to prei)are a sketch of the same, with such other 
 particulars as may be necessary for your information. Vessels of any 
 size can go in or out of Skidcgate Bay at any time of the tide, tho 
 distance from the entrance of which to the proposed wharf being 
 about 18 miles, in the navigation of whiclj there appears uo difficulty 
 whatever. 
 
 ***** The country generally is Tcry rocky and moun- 
 tainous, and contains an abundance of excellent timber, consisting 
 principally of the various kinds of pine and cedar. I saw no land 
 whatever suitable for agricultural purposes, although there aro several 
 small estuaries upon it. I saw several acres of growing grais, some 
 of which appears to be of excellent quality. 
 
 The Indian tribes generally who visited us did not show any ill- 
 feeling, or anything of a hostile character ; on the contrary they 
 generally expressed themselves anxious for the white people to como 
 and settle amongst them." 
 
 The report being received and approved of, the Directors resigned, 
 and a new Board was elected ; and an increase of capital, consequent 
 on an arrangement with the British Columbian Government, was made 
 by an issqo of 7500 now shares, being divided into 3000 B sharos apd 
 4100 shares, 
 
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 The Company have had resorved to them by the Government 20,000 
 acroB for mining purposes, 6,000 of which arc secured at present by 
 lease at the nominal rent of $100 per annum, with the additional 
 privilege of purchasing 1000 acres at $1 per acre for a town site. 
 
 The six tons of Coal brought from the mine had been distributed 
 so as to give opportunity for testing its quality, and the following 
 reports have been received from persons who have tried the Coal, and 
 are very satisfactory as to its quality and value. 
 
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 ANALYSIS OP THE COAL 
 
 BY MR. P. 8. CLAUDET, GOVERNMENT ASSAY OFFICE. 
 
 New Westminster, 25th August, 1865, 
 Report of specimen of Coal left for assay by Mr. Trounce. 
 
 GENERAL DENOMINATION OP MINERAL. RESULT OF ANALYSIS. 
 
 Antlu'acite. Moisture, 5.10 
 
 Volatile combustible mat- 
 ter, 17.26 
 
 Fixed Carbon 71.20 
 
 No. in Office Records, 209. Ash, 6.43 
 
 99.99 
 Specific Gravity, 1.46 
 
 Entered August 22nd, 1865. 
 
 (Signed) P. S. CLAUDET. 
 
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 BEPOBT OF MESSRS. SP^ATT & EREIMLER OF THE ALBION IRON WORKS, 
 
 VICTORIA, V. I. 
 
 We have great pleasure to inform you that we have tried the Coal 
 from the Queen Charlotte Coal Mining Company at Skidegate, and 
 find that it is quite equal to the best Anthracite Coal from Pennsyl- 
 vania. We have used the Queen Charlotte Coal for smelting purposes 
 in our Foundery several times, and find that in consequence of the 
 absence of sulphur the iron melted by it is considerably improved in 
 quality, rendering it softer and tougher, and easier to work. 
 
 REPORT OP MESSRS. DOUGAL & SON, CALEDONIA IRON WORKS. 
 
 We find on tcHting the Coal from your mine on Queen Charlotte 
 Island that it smelted 1200 pounds of iron, which we ran into one 
 piece, in fifteen minutes sooner than we ever have done with the 
 Pennsylvania Coal we get here, and 3400 more whicli wo ran into 
 small pieces. The time occupied in the smelting with this Coal alone 
 (for the same weight of iron and coal alternately that we use with 
 the Pennsylvania) was forty-five minutes. 
 
 The metal when cast we pronounce not softer (which is impossible), 
 but as strong, tough iron as can be made. 
 
 On looking at the analysis of Pennsylvania Coal by i»Ir. Bull, and 
 that by Mr. Claudet of this Coal, we should say that there is at least 
 from 8 to 10 per cent more carbon, and the same leas of combustible 
 matter, in the Coal we tested than in the Pennsylvania. 
 
 We have worked with Pennsylvania Coal the last 18 years, and 
 we pronounce this Coal equal in standing the blast, and quicker in 
 melting, which proves that it has more carbon than the best Pennsyl- 
 vania Anthracite. 
 
 Watt Iron Works, Victoria, V. I., Oct. 18th, 1865: 
 Thos. Trounce, Esq., Chairman Queen Charlotte Coal Mining Co. 
 
 Sir — We have given the Coal you sent us from the Queen Charlotte 
 Mine an impartial trial, and we are happy to say that the result exceeds 
 our anticipations. We have had a great deal of experience in melt- 
 ing iron in the U. S., and It is only simple justice to say that the Coal 
 from your mine brought down the metal quicker and better than any 
 we have ever used before. In our opinion it is pure Anthracite, and 
 will melt ten j)ound3 of iro" to one pound of coal. The heat lasts 
 in a very remarkable degree, and as to refuse, there is absolutely 
 none. 
 
 We congratulate you on the acquisition of such property as the 
 Queen Charlotte Mine, not only because it is certain wealth to the 
 shareholders, but because it cannot fail to be a source of convenience 
 and profit to every foundery on the Pacific Coast. 
 We arc, sir, yours roBpectfully 
 
 LAMONT & MORTON. 
 
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 The Directors after the meeting of the 14th August lost no time in 
 having plans and specifications prepared of the works required to be 
 done in opening the mine, Tenders for contracts were advertised ; 
 but when received, not being found satisfactory, the Directors decided 
 to carry on the works themselves, which consist of a tunnel, a railway, 
 and wharf. 
 
 A railway with a self-acting Incline part of the distance will convey 
 the coal from the tunnel to the wharf. The road will be constructed 
 on the most economical principles consistent with efficiency. The 
 excavations required are unimportant. 
 
 The rough timber for the trestles and sleepers will be found on the 
 spot, and a portion of the scantling and planking required has already 
 been forwarded. 
 
 The wharf, which is about 150 feet long, will secure a depth of 24 
 feet at low water, and will be so constructed as to give space for 
 loading several vessels at the same time. For the present only half 
 the wharf will be executed. 
 
 To carry out the before-mentioned works the Directors have en- 
 gaged the services of Mr. Robinson as Superintendent, whose ex- 
 perience in coal mining in Staffordshire and in the Nanaimo Collieries 
 justifies the Directors that the works will be carried on with due 
 attention to their stability and economy. They have also engaged 
 an experienced foreman and a number of skilled workmen, who left 
 Victoria to commence the above works in two schooners — ihe Alpha 
 and the Coldstream — 6th of October, 1865, with six monthr ' provisions 
 and supplies ; two yoke of oxen were also sent, with lumber, tools, 
 iron for tramway, materials and all the requisites for carrying on the 
 works. 
 
 The men are engaged for a term of five months, with ao additional 
 month if required ; it being anticipated that by that time the mine 
 will be opened and the works completed for the delivery of coal. 
 
 The quality of the Coal is sufficiently proved by the reports from 
 the different founderies where it has been used. It is equal to if not 
 superior to the best Anthracite from Pennsylvania, the wholesale 
 price of which in San Francisco is from $16 to $25 per ton. 
 
 The cost of the coal delivered in San Francisco, including all ex- 
 penses of getting, loading, freight, and duty, will not exceed $10 per 
 ton. The price being proportionately greater or less at other ports, 
 according to their distance from the mine. 
 
 There are also other sources of profit open to the Company. The 
 land leased to tliem is covered with large and valuable timber from 
 which lumber, spars, and ship-building timber can be supplied. Also 
 a town site of 1000 acres. 
 
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 The demand for the Coal is almost unlimited. To the ocean-goin^ 
 steamers it is a necessity. The naval squadrons of England, United 
 States of America, France, and Russia will necessarily take large 
 quantities. New lines of mail steamers are projected, and will be 
 soon carried out, whose consumption of coal would alone absorb the 
 production of a mine. Trade in coal to China and Japan, and the 
 adjacent seas, will necessarily be done to a considerable amount, es- 
 pecially if taken in conjunction with the lumber trade. 
 
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 1. The name of the Company is the " Queen Charlotte Coal Mining 
 
 Company." ^^ -rrr . . ^ 
 
 2. The Registered Office of the Company is in New Westminster, 
 
 British Columbia. 
 
 3. The object for "which the Company is established is mining on 
 seams of Coal, and any mineral on land to be leased or granted, on 
 Queen Charlotte Island, as soon as the position of the seams of Coal 
 shall be ascertained ; the erection of smelting works and sawmills ; 
 boring and working for coal oil ; and trading generally on the said 
 grant or lease. The liability of the Company is limited. 
 
 4. The Capital of the Company is Fifteen Thousand Pounds, in 
 Seven Thousand Five Hundred Shares at Two Pounds each. 
 
 We the undersigned persons whose names and addresses are sub- 
 scribed are desirous of being formed into a company in pursuance of 
 this Memorandum of Association, and we respectively agree to take 
 the number of shares in the capital of the company set opposite our 
 respective names. 
 
 NO. OF SHARES. | NAME OP SHAREHOLDER. | PLACE OP ABODE. 1 WITNESS. 
 
 On the 14th October, 1865, the capital was increased by a unani- 
 mous vote as follows :— Seven thousand five hundred shares at two 
 pounds each. 
 
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 QUEEN CHARLOTTE COAL MINING CO.. LIMITED. 
 
 The Company accepts the regulations prescribed in Table B of the 
 Joint Stock Companies Acts, 1856, 1857, and 1858, as the Articles of 
 Association of the Company, witli the following exceptions and ad- 
 ditions, to wit : 
 
 Article 1, Table B— Article 1, Table B shall not apply and the 
 following article shall be substituted in its stead : Any person who 
 has subscribed for shares in the Company, and has been present either 
 personally or by proxy at any meeting of the said Company, before 
 or after it has been declared limued, shall be deemed to be a share- 
 holder, and no person shall be deemed to be a shareholder unless he 
 shall have testified his acceptance of shares by writing under his hand 
 in such form as the Company from time to time directs. 
 
 Article 2, Table B.— The words " twenty-one days " shall not 
 apply and " ten days " be substituted as the notice n'^cessary for calls 
 on shares. 
 
 Article 4, Table B — The words "five pounds per cent, per an- 
 num " shall not apply, and " at the rate of three per cent, per month " 
 be substituted as the rate of interest chargeable on calls not paid at 
 maturity. 
 
 Article 8, Table B — The words " one shilling" shall not apply, 
 and " two shillings " be substituted as the fee payable for certificate 
 of shares. 
 
 Article 9, Table B— The words " one shilling " shall not apply, 
 and " two shillings " be substituted as the fee payable for renewal of 
 certificate. 
 
 Article 38, Table B — Article 38 shall not apply, and the following 
 article be substituted in its stead : Bach sharheholder shall have one 
 vote for every share he holds. 
 
 Article 41, Table B— The words " nor until he shall have been 
 possessed of his shares three calendar m nths " shall not apply, and 
 " three days " be substituted ia lieu thereof, and the continuation of 
 Article 41 shall not apply. 
 
 Article 43, Table B— Article 43 shall not apply, and the following 
 article be substituted in its stead : No person shall be appointed a 
 proxy wlio is not a shareholder, and the instrument or mandate ap- 
 
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 pointing- In'm sliall be deposited witli tlic Secretary at any time previous 
 to the opening of tlie meeting at wliich he proposes to vote ; but no 
 instrument or mandate shall bo valid xfter the clos'ng of such meeting. 
 
 All contracts, whether written or by parole, and all promissory 
 note;:!, drafts, acceptances, and bills of exchange, shall be made, signed, 
 accepted or endorsed only by the expressly authorised officers ol the 
 Company. 
 
 The lirst ordinary meeting of the Company shall be held on the 
 third Wednesday in January, 1866, and subsequent ordinary meetings 
 on the tlnrd Wednesday in April, July, October, and January in 
 every year. 
 
 The Annual Meeting shall be held on the second Monday of January 
 in every year. 
 
 No shareholder shall be eligible for the office of Director unless he 
 shall hold fifty shares, and when he shall cease to hold that number 
 ho shall be disqualified to hold office any longer. 
 
 POWERS Oh' ATTORNEY. 
 
 The holder of a Power of Attorney from any registered share 
 holder may (if such Power of Attorney authorises liim to act in the 
 matter of shares generally on behalf of the person giving the same) 
 do every act which under the provisions hereof the person giving 
 such Power of Attorney might do in person. 
 
 Every attorney holding a power enabling him to act in the matter 
 of shares generally on behalf of the person giving the same, shall 
 leave a copy of the same at the Company's office in Victoria, V. I., 
 and such power shall be entered by the Secretary of the Company in 
 the Ijooks of the Company, and upon such registration all notices 
 required to be given to the shareholder giving such power shall be 
 given to the attorney in such power named, until such power shall 
 have been revoked, and notice of such revocation shall have been 
 given to the Company, or until such attorney shall have died or left 
 the colony for the space of one month, and the fee for entering such 
 power shall be one shilling. 
 
 Article 85, Table B — Article 85shallnotapply, and the following 
 article sliall be adopted in its stead : — Notices requiring to be served 
 by tiie Company upon shareholders (if no Power of Attorney shall 
 have been previously entered upon the books of the Company as 
 aforesaid) may be served either personally or by leaving the same or 
 sending them through the post in a letter addressed to the shareholder 
 at their registered place of abode. 
 
 NO, OF SHARES. 
 
 SIGNATURE OF 
 
 PLACE OF 
 ABODE. 
 
 SIGNATURE OF 
 WITNESS. 
 
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 On the Uth October, 1865, the following articles were made by 
 special resolution — carried unanimously : — 
 
 1. That the seven thousand five hundred original shares shall from 
 this date be considered as paid up to XI (one pound) each. 
 
 2. That of the new stock now created the Directors shall not issue 
 more than three tliousand shares except by resolution in general 
 meeting, and such f?hares shall be charged at the rate of ten shillings 
 each upon ap^^lication, and ten shillings each upon allotment or within 
 thirty days, after which they shall be subject to the same assessment 
 as A shares. 
 
 3. That tlie original shares shall be classed A shares, and the three 
 thousand now authorised to be sold shall be classed B shares, and the 
 residue of the shares of the new issue as C shares. 
 
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