taken from Auckland Star 8 September 1896
listed here in alphabetical order, any dates are my additions
- more at above link -

I, THE UNDERSIGNED, hereby make application to Register THE TEMPLE BAR GOLD MINING COMPANY as a No-Liability Company, under the provisions of "The Mining Companies Act, 1894"
1. The name of the Company is to be "The Temple Bar Gold Mining Company, No Liability."
2. The place of operations (or intended operations) is at Tararu, Thames.
3. The Registered Office of the Company will be situated at 93 Queen-street Auckland.
4. The value of the Company's property, including Claim (or lease ground) and machinery, is Ten Thosand Pounds. (?10,000 in 1896 is equivalent to about $1,802,000 today)
5. The number of Shares in the Compny is Seventy-five Thousand of One Shilling each (equivalent to about $9 in 2012).
6. The number of Shares Subscribed for is Sixty-five Thousand.
7. The name of the Manager is Adam Park Horne.
8. The names and addresses and occupations of the Shareholders, and the number of Shares held by each at this date, as as below:-
- (the number of shares for each can be seen at above link)


Graves AICKIN (1842-1925), Auckland, Chemist
W. H. ARUNDELL, Auckland, Accountant

Alfred BELCHAN, Auckland Bricklayer
Benjamin BELCHAN, Auckland, Bricklayer
E. W. BURTON, Auckland, Solicitor

J. H. M. CARPENTER, Auckland, Merchant
R. C. CARR, Auckland, Auctioneer
William CARSON, Parnell Auckland, Agent
Thomas W. CLARK, Auckland, Mastert Mariner
Thomas E. COOPER, Ponsonby Auckland, Stationer
M. COPELAND, Auckland, Merchant
George CROCKER, Thames, Miner

Peter MacFARLANE DEWAR (1850-1922), Auckland, Settler

C. C. FLEMING, Auckland, Merchant

John GALLAGHER, Thames, Miner
Margaret GOLDIE, Devonport Auckland, Domestic Duties

Robert HASTINGS, Auckland, Engineer
George HEUNING,? Parnell, Auckland, Manufacturer
A. P. HORNE, in trust for Company, Auckland, Agent
William HOSKINS, Auckland, Manufacturer
J. HOWARD, Auckland, Agent
William HUTCHINSON, Auckland, Builder

William James JAFFREY (1868-1946), Auckland, Bootmaker
Joshua Thomas JOHNS (1846-1902), Auckland, Settler
Walter JONES, Auckland, Warehouseman
H. JOHNSON, Auckland, Settler

Jesse KING, Auckland, Legal manager

J. B. LAINE, Avondale Auckland, Settler
John LEPPER, Auckland, Settler
Elizabeth Hannah LOWRIE (1862-1930), Devonport Auckland, Domestic Duties
Robert LOWRIE, Devonport, Auckland

Isaac MARCHESSEAN (1833-1897), Auckland, Gentleman
Frank MORTON (1859-1936), Parnell Auckland Tobacconist

Thomas OSBORNE, Auckland, Settler

Herbert Edward PACEY (1874-1945), Auckland, Clerk

David RAMSAY (1836-1903), Thames, Miner
John ROBERTSON, Auckland, Clerk
Henry James ROSS (in trust), Auckland, Agent

Albert SANSOM, Auckland, Manufacturer
John SCOTT, Devonport, Auckland, Builder
Alfred Mills SKEATES (1874-1936), Auckland, Jeweller
Martha STEVENSON (nee Martha Percy MURRAY 1866-1932), Auckland, Domestic Duties
William Ellison STEVENSON (1850-1948), Aucklan, Baker
STONE & HORNE, Auckland, Agents

TEMPLE BAR G.M. Co., No Lability, Reserve
J. THOMAS, Auckland, Settler
Jon TODD, Thames, Miner

James VERRAN (1862-1931), Devonport Auckland, Engineer
John VERRAN (1868-1919), Devonport Auckland, Butcher
William VERRAN (1861-1940), Devonport Auckland, Butcher
Ernest WRIGHT, Auckland, Clerk
- signed ADAM PARK HORNE (1854-1945), Manager
- Witness to Signature: WILFRED EWING BRUCE (1869-1911), Solicitor, Auckland


PHOTO
the Kuranui Creek, Shotover Mine, Thames
discovery of gold was 10 Aug 1867
from the site THAMES GOLD FIELD with more photos