.PROSPECTUS OP THE DOBSON’S CREEK WATER-RACE - AND GOLD-LINING COMPANY. 3 ( To be registered under “The Joint } Stock Companies Act, 1860.) Westbrook, County of Grey, New I Zealand. Capital— £6,ooo, in 1,000 shares of £5 each, of which 120 fully paid-up shares and £2OO in cash the promoters of the Company are to receive for the purchase of all their lights in connec tion with the Dobson’s Creek Water race. Calls of 10s per share on application; 10s per share on allotment; and f future calls not to exceed £1 per share per month. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS. Mr James Barkley, Greymouth A. R. Guinness, Greymouth James Kerr, Greymouth George Glenn, Greymouth r Edmund Wickes, Greymouth ; W: J' Coates, Greymouth i George Gilmer, Greymouth R. J. Seddon, Kumara, John Bulstrode, Kumara Hugh Cullen, Kumara James King, Kumara Charles Pierson, Kumara Benjamin Lyons, Stafford Robert Harris, Greenstone Edward King, Greenstone G. W. Johnstone, Hokitika W. C,. Kortegast,. Hokitika JT. Churches, Hokitika 1 bankers. The Union Bank of Australia. SOLICITOR. A. R., Guinness. .. ! 1 ' . SECRETARY. ’ i Gv W. Moss. ’ ; , His proposed to form the;abovecorhpany for the purpose of purchasing ..the promoters’ rights-' -tp• tlU* i Dobson’s Creek "Water Race. ' 7 i The detail survey and estimates of the race have been carefully 'completed by competent and. experienced;<SuVveyors, and their reports state that by thp construction of the race and a rpseiv voir a constant supply of ten Government heads'can be depended tipon all the year round, which can be brought on to Hayes’s and Quinn’s terraces sufficiently' high to be used either for sluicing or washing paddocks. The, Provisional Directors propose, before registering the company, to ha /e the levels checked by E. J. Lord, Esq, who will also prepare the specifications for the works. It is proposed to commence operations immediately after receiving Mr Lord’s report. There will be an immediate return from the. Race after the construction 1 of the first mile anda-half or two miles, as three good tributaries are intersected within that distance. This company will have a great advantage in bringing in" water to Hayes’s and Quinn’s Terraces, it being the only water that can be brought in high , enough at anything like a reasonable cost. : The terraces have been proved payable for a mile and a-half, and at the present time there are over fifty paddocks erected, besides several sluicing claims, which the Race would command. FORM 6* APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To the Provisional Directors of the Dobson’s Creek Watei’-race and Goldmining Co, Westbrook, County of Grey, New Zealand. 1877. Gentlemen, I request you will allot me shares in your company, and I agree to accept the same, or any less number of shares that may be allotted to me, subject in all things to the Articles of Association; and I hereby authorise you to enter my name on the Register of Shareholders in respect of the .shares so allotted, and I undertake to sign the Articles of Association for the shares that may be so allotted to me when called upon to do so. * I enclose herewith being the amount of deposit of 10s per share an shares, I am, gentlemen, yours, ike Signature Name in M Address in lull Occupation
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Kumara Times, Issue 485, 16 April 1878, Page 1
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