Physical description

Agreement and Subscription Schedule for Drainage of the Garden Gully Reef 1871
2 pieces of lined A3 paper folded to make a 4 page book bound with string.
Document handwritten in black ink on blue lined paper with red margins.
When closed the book was then folded in 4 to create a pamphlet.

Inscriptions & markings

The document has extensive notes written in pencil, which are difficult to read. The document also has two water marks. On the cover page is a crest with the initials EE underneath. All other pages have the second which reads R. Barnard 1850. The document makes use of 2 types of seals, a red wax seal and a variety of stamps which indented the paper.

The stamps read as follows:
1. Victoria Queen Quartz Mining Co. Registered Bendigo 1870
2. Garden Gully Reef Extended Co. Registered Bendigo.
3. (difficult to read) Sandhurst and Registered are visible.
4. The Premier Garden Gully Company Registered Sandhurst
5. The Queen of Sheba Tribute Co. Registered 1871
6. Victoria Queen Tribute Co. Registered Bendigo.
7. Cemetery Reserve Company Sandhurst Registered 1871
8. Premier Tribute Co. South Garden Gully Sandhurst.