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Evening Star, Issue 4234, 21 September 1876, Page 4

Prospectus. PROSPECTUS USTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY (LIMITED). Hert Offica ... ... Mefixrarne. Capital—fi2so,«ot, in 25,000 Stares of £t» each. T* be registered nnde* the "Cerapanies Btetnte, 1864." and the liability of the Shareholders will be limited to the amount of the •obsoribed shares. ,* It ii intended to call no LIOO.OOO wtlfcm tfee application, 1.1 10s on allotment, and the balance by calls no* exceeding L$ 10s each, baton not less than three monttn'preriou* notice. L50.0W of the amotmt te be called tip has already been subscribed in Melbourne and spectra.

Provisional Directors, "With power to add to their number (TV remain in office for twelve nwmthß after the registration of the Company). JOSEPH CLARKE, Esq., Melbourne DAVID SPENCE, Esq., of Messrs Spenee Bros, and Co., Melbourne J. H. WHITE Esq., of Messrs J. H. White and Co , Melbourne H. B. DONALDS* >N, Esq., of Messrs H. B. Donaldson and Co., Melbourne WILLIAM CROSRY. Esq, of Messrs WilMelbourne lAS. M'CTTLLOCH, Esq., Queen street,. Melbourne WILLIAM YOTTSG, Esq.. of Messrs William Young and Co., Melbourne WM. MTHETtSON, Fwj., InTercaryffl, N.Z , of Messrs Wra. M'Pherson and Co. W. J. M. T ARN \CH, Esq., Dnnedin, N.Z., of Messrs Guthrie and Larnach N.Z., of Messrs W and 00. TurnbTilT an WILLIAM LAIDLEY, E*i., cf Messrs u illiam Laidley and Co., Sidney. HENRY SAW TELL. of M sors WO- - Sawtell, and Co., Christohuroh, Bahxhrs. Ih Mblboumje—THE COLONIAL BANK Ik Nhw Zhaland-THE BANK OF NEW ZEALAND.

SOITCKTOKS. MEWS BENNETT, ATTENBOROGH, & WILKS. » Atohohs. MESSRS JOHN TURNBTJLT, & W. G. St'RIO. Bbokbrb. MESSRS ,T. B. WERE & SON, 80 Collins street West, Melbourne, artd MR J. B. BRADSHAW, Temple Chambers, Dunedin, To whom applications for shares are requested to be made, or to the Agents of the Company, MESSRS GUTHRIE & LARNAOK, IhmeJln, New Zealand. The Share Lfat will close on the 30th September, 1876, This Oomprmy is projected by gentlemen largely interested in the New Zea'an*! trade, under the conviction that the existing communication is i adequate for the work. The promote 8 are eonvi ced that the flowing requirements of the trade call urgently for additional steam communication. They confidently beiieve, and assured by many of the pHncipil mercantile firms in Melbourne and New Zealand, thnt an important expansion of the traffio will certai dy follow the ojmmencemenufltrf ths Company's operations. *r

The promoters are already m possession of the : first shipbuilder* in Great Britain, of steamers best suited for the trade with New Zealand, New Caledonia, the Fiji Islands, etc Such steamers may be briefly described as vessels of large capacity on such a draft of water as will enable them to take their cargoes to and from the wh*rve«, with accommodation for about 200 first and second class passengers, and steaming fnl y 12 knots an hour, with the latest improved compound eDgines for economising fuel and space. The promoters have great confidence in placing the present enterprise before the Eublic, based on the marked success of the urge and increasing number of steamers trading on our coastß, there being now registered as belonging to the Port of Melbourne tirty-one steam vessels < f aU descriptions, which have grown out of the earnings of twelve steamers of all sorts belonging to the port in 1853, and the increase of vessels employed in the New Zealand trade is perhaps more marked than any other. It is desired further to direet attention »o t'e following fjicts, tending to the Advantage of the project, viz :—The stimulus to trade by the established telsgraphic communication between the two countries. Th« great' r faililie* for development of the large grainproducing interest, n anifest in the growing trade of Oama?u and as well as the more southern parts of the Middle 1 Bland, for which produce Victoria can find a permanent market. The prospect of an ea'lyr.vision of the Victorian Tariff in the interests of tr de and commerce. The cur»tive properties of the Hot Hf-rrngs of New Zealand as tending to promote an increase of visitors in que*t of health. And the large number of •teamen »nd passenger ships from » nro e. India, Chin*, and -*me>ica having their termini ii Außtra lian ports carrying an increasing number of passenger* for or from New Zealand. All which growing in teres's wiL tend to the advantage r.f the new C!nmpnny. Following th»* plan of 1 te dopted in England by recently -torn d Compaaes, it is pr< posed th t the busint-s- shal be managed in Melbourne as AN agekot, under the control of the Directory, thus the out lay for a lar e and cost y establishment Gentlemen hava lately visited New Zealand in the interests of the proposed Company. They met with a most cordial reception, received numerous subscriptions and promises of support among many sections of the community. In fact, New Zenland and Melbourne interests are thus so extensively enlisted in the #i ._■ i i..ij j -ii »__ ii . th- ew ine f Steamers cannot fail to obt»la that am le support *hieh 1 reudtr the eraterp>i*e a sue jess.

In conclusion, the promoter* ■would Invite intending invest're t< m*ke prompt ap lioatioiis for *ha' os, t enable th mto i ontract for the buiifiin. of the new ships while the co t of ooDßtruction rules low as at the preee t lime There are no Bpeoinl advantage.* offered to any shareholders, and therefore no promoter*' i<ice<ests to b- paid. If no allotment is made the deposit money will be retnrned in fall r~.ormß of application and all nformation are obtainable from the Company's brokers, Melbourne and Dunedin, who will receive applications accompanini by a deposit ot LI per b-.are, and from the Provisional • hectors or their ap- . ointees in P»ew Zealand, and at the branches of the Bank ef New Zealand. ' he Articles of Association, when prepared will be open for inspection at the brant-nee of the Bank of New Zealand in ew Zealand, and brokers in Melbourne and J\twJZealand', and at the office of the events of |heXwinpanv, GUTHRIE & LABNACH, Dunedin, ti.Z,