SPECIAL TBLEGRAMS.

Thames Advertiser, Volume VII, Issue 1845, 1 September 1874, Page 3

SPECIAL TBLEGRAMS.

(Per Anglo-Australian Telegraph Press Agency.) — o ,; Auckland, Monday, 7.30 p.m. • Tho Caledonian Company's annual meeting, held to-day, was well attended, The report showed that 4,821 tons of stone were crushed, yielding 4,7600zs of ;gold. The total receipts, were £17,086; ; costof permanent works, £1,765; claim ox-penses,-£7,574;- battery, £2,239; Pumping Association, £4,000;. .. directors' honorarium, £144; at Bank on the 31st July, £1,362. The report recommended the payment of £250 as directors'honorarium. The mine manager's report, after describing the various works 1 undertaken,-saysWhat I consider a' most important work has lately been; undertaken,.namely, to explore and prove: that portion of the grounds between No. 1 reef and the north-western boundary. A distance of 180 feet has been driven, at a cost to bo .borne between tho-Albion 1 j and ourselves.Should we be fortunate' enough'to discover any fcliitig payable, there is ; plenty ofroom iu heighth aud-length before coming in contact with other dompanies' ground. . The.;' old working has been well turned over, yielding quite up to expectations-, and affordingfunds for more thoroughly developing: .the deeper portions,.of the mine. There is kill a block-of'• the old atopes to be re-worked. This is |iiow in.hand,' and I expect-"payable results. The directors arid'mysclf.havo kept in vietv the necessity for a thorough development of the ground, hence the various prospecting, wopks. in hand. lain not,without hopes,; that some of those may yet lead ito' pay 1 ing' results, and a season of [prosperity again, dawn on 0., J. Stone (chairman), in moving .the adoption of the : report,' said the' 'past year had been spent '' in prospecting,,but he did not see; why there'should not yet'be a return of the • good old days.—Dr Campbell seconded ; the adoption, 'of. tlid . report, which v was .carried..—M>--: Stone. was re-elected a ... director.-" •■' j -:"i ; .'■ ' : ThejThames Gas Company's meeting 'was held to-day, Mr O.wen Jones .in .the chair. The report showed £1,143 'as . the ' profit on' the half-year's .opeand proposed to appropriate £1,122, equal to-2s 3d per share, for -.the I 'payment of a dividend payable on the 7tli of September., The report ffas ! > adopted,, and Messrs.' W. o.' Wilson and 1 EaH were're-elected directors. •• :At a coroner's inquest, held ,to:day„on, the remains of the shipwright, William Gribble, who was killed" on board the' ketch,'-' Clematis,' the evidonae detailed „ tlie accouut of. already pub - ...listed,' and a verdict" of Accidental 'death" was returned. '..'N ; , There are; three vacancies: in the: City: Councjl, and Messrs Holdship, Hurst, and Brett are candidates'.' '. Sharemarket:—Sales : :i South : British : Insurance, 535; Caledonian," £9.105; ■ Crown Prince, 23s 6d; Moanataiari, 40s. Buyers : Golden Calf (double), 10s; Thames Gas, 36i 6d. Sellers: City of York, 10s 6d ; City of London. 27* ; Red;'' Queen, Is 81; Old Whau, 48s; Bright , Smile, 80s. , ' Taubanga, Monday, 4.10 p.m. »The story of £B,oo() ; beirig paid to tbe natives of Maketuisa fabrication. The timely arrival'of .Mitchell antl Davis frus- . tratudithe speculation.—Mr Penny- with- : draws i from ; the 'proprietorship of the Times'.-jThe new' Government building 1 is' nearly finished.—'The good effects of . Templarism are telling forcibly on the Customs, almost altogether doing away with; the. .duties "of the 'Magistrate's Court..... .... ~ .