The shareholders in the Nonpareil Gold mining Company held their half-yearly meeting in the Mechanics’ Institute, Tuesday—Mr Warmoll was called upon to preside. —The directors’and mine mana ger’s reports were read. The folio wingstate mentof accounts was laid before the meet ing :—Receipts.—August 4, Gl2oz. 15dwt., £i,7'27 12s Gd ; September 2, 370 tons, 9400 z lOdwt, £2,G43 2s Gd ; September 29, 529 tons, 1,4080 z lOdwt., £3,952 19s 10d ; October 27, GB2 tons, 8530 z., £2,381 sslod; November 27, 444 tons, 4770 z, 3dwt, 12gr, £1,3315 Is 8d; December 22, 212 tons, lG9oz, lldwt, £478 19s 7d. Totals, 2,237 tons, 4,45G0z, 9dwt, 12gr, £12,520 Is lid. Contractor’s deposits,£ls; tailings, £lO 9s lid ; sundries from Into manager, £1 10s. Grand total, £12,.'>47 11s lOd.—Expenditure : Mine account, £783 3s 7d ; crushing, £1,724 11s ; wages, £1,93(5 8s 8d ; charges, £199 13s sd; advertising £241355d: dividends, £6,2(0; deposits returned, £lO ; bank overdraft, from last balance-sheet, paid, £4(512s 7d ; balance carried forward, £1,502 9s 2d ; total, £12,547 11s 10d.—Audited and found correct, R. Horne, 11. Kirkwood, auditors.” —Mr R. M. Beott complained generally of the manage incut of the pre sent. directors. They had spent more than their predecessors in office. The matter referred to by him was very much the same as that treated in a letter which ap peared in the Cross of yesterday’s issue. I[e proceeded to criticise the balance sheet and the directors’ conduct. Hie adoption of the report was then proposed and seconded. —Mr Scott thought thej ought to have a new mining manager, and one for less than 1.8 per week. He resumed his criticisms on the conduct of the late directors with the doings of the present directors, and said that it they con tinued to manage the affairs of tlie mine as they had hitherto done, the sharclioldeis need not expect to receive any dividend. —ft being now 3 o’clock, the meeting was adjourned until after the extraordi nary meeting.—The extraordinary meeting was then held ; Mr Warmoll in the chair. He stated the object of the meeting, which was to amend rules, remove cer tain directors, and to elect others in their room. The names of the shareholders, and the number of shares held by each, were then taken down, and Messrs Wood and Scott appointed scrutineers. 