VPRS 5002 Court of Mines Register Of Mining Companies

This series constitutes the Register of Companies maintained at local Courts of Mines between the years 1855 and 1871. The commencement date range between courts will vary according to when the first company was registered.Starting with the Act for the Better Regulation of Mining Companies 1855 (No. 42), mining partnerships/companies (the terms appear to have been used interchangeably) were required to register at the Court of Mines nearest to their place of operation and to publish documentation in a local newspaper and the Government Gazette. This was done by the deposit of a notice of the formation of the company together with a copy of the rules of the company subscribed by each member with the clerk of the local Court of Mines. An amendment Act in 1858 (No. 55) changed these requirements by requiring deposit of a signed memorial in a specified form as well as a duplicate of the instrument of association. These provisions were continued by the Mining Companies Limited Liability Act 1864 (No. 228). Under this legislation, the clerk was required to maintain the deposited documents for public inspection.The Register appears to have functioned as an index to the deposited documents as well as providing a summary of each registered company. Information recorded includes the local Court of Mines company registration number, date of registration, names of the company and its manager, location of the company and its mining operations, details about the publication of documents in local newspapers/Government Gazette, detail about the company's available capital and its shareholders.The requirements of the 1864 Act were repealed by Section 6 of the Mining Companies Act 1871and subsequent legislation. From then, new mining companies were required to be registered with the Office of the Registrar General. As the provisions of the 1871 Act did not apply to companies registered under the previous legislation, pre 1871 registrations of these companies remained valid until the registrations were transferred by the Company to the Registrar General or if the company ceased to exist. Post 1871 registrations are recorded in VPRS 8273.

本数据集为1855年至1871年间由各地方矿业法院（Court of Mines）留存的公司登记册。各矿业法院的登记起始时间不尽相同，取决于当地首家公司完成登记的日期。依据1855年《矿业公司监管优化法案》（第42号），矿业合伙制企业/公司（两术语似乎可互换使用）需在运营地点最近的矿业法院完成登记，并在当地报纸及《政府公报》（Government Gazette）上公示相关文件。具体操作方式为：向当地矿业法院书记员提交公司成立公告副本，以及全体成员签署的公司章程副本。1858年第55号修正案法案修订了上述要求，新增需提交特定格式的签署备案文件，以及公司成立契约副本。1864年《矿业公司有限责任法案》（第228号）延续了上述规定。根据该法案要求，书记员需留存已提交的文件以供公众查阅。该登记册兼具已提交文件的索引功能，并可提供每家已登记公司的概要信息。登记内容涵盖：当地矿业法院核发的公司登记号、登记日期、公司及经理名称、公司与矿业作业地点、文件在当地报纸及《政府公报》的公示详情、公司实有资本与股东相关信息。1871年《矿业公司法案》第6条及后续立法废除了1864年法案的相关要求。自此之后，新设矿业公司需向总登记官办事处（Office of the Registrar General）办理登记。由于1871年法案的条款不适用于此前已完成登记的公司，因此1871年之前的此类公司登记依然有效，直至该公司将登记信息转至总登记官办事处，或公司终止运营为止。1871年之后的登记信息收录于VPRS 8273档案中。