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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 124, 25 May 1872, Page 1

Public Notices. INANGAHUA REEFS. The undersigned have FOR SALE the following Shares: 100 Shares in Wealth of Nations Claim 50 „ Westland Goldmining Company. 500 „ Golden Hill Goldmining Company. lOu „ Phcenix Goldmining Company. 500 „ Victoria Goldmining Company. 5 „ . Nohouse Water Race Company. Wm. STAVERT & CO., 1094 Auctioneers /GOLDEN T ADDER V-X JLJ COMPRISING ►C' Golden Ladder House in Town Vinegar Hill Nettie's Mission The Three Little Spades Ellen Montgomery's Bookshelf The Old Helmet Daisy in the Field What She Could and Opportunities Stepping Heavenward Walks from Eden The Star of Jacob House oi Israel ■pOETICAL TOTORKS— Byron, Longfellow, Milton, Wordsworth, Cowper, James Montgomery, Moore, Kirke White, Herbert. R. LUCAS & SON. SOUTH PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY [Limited.] Capital £200,000, In 20,000 Shares of £10 each; £6 of which will be at once called up, viz., £1 on application, and £5 oh allotment. For the convenience of Investors, one-half of the called amount may be paid by bills at three and six months, bearing 8 per cent, interest. If no allotment is made, the deposit money will be returned in full. Provisional Directors ; . Hon. Edward Cohen, M. P. Charles Croaker, Esq . (Messrs. Croaker, Scott, & Co.) Charles Ibbotson, Esq. (Mesrs. Dalgety, Ibbotson & Co., Geelong.) Hon. C. J. Jenner M. L. C. Captain Hugh Macmeikau. R. TWENTTMAN, Esq. Bankers : Union Bank ob- Australia. Solicitors : Macgregor, Rams at, & Brake. Broker : John Watson. I Secretary, pro tern: Edward Langton, M. P. Temporary Offices: 68, Temple Court, Melbourne. The object of the company is to procure and maintain a fleet of first-class steamers, to be employed in the trade between the several Australian Colonies and New Zealand, and in such other branches of trade as may be considered advisable. In the first instance, it is proposed to purchase the undermentioned well-known vessels, now the property of Messrs. McMeckan & Blackwood. Tons, Horse Power. OMEO 820 ... 120 ALBION 806 ... 160 ALHAMBRA 765 ... 140 TARARUA 692 ... 155 . GOTHENBURG ... 674 ... 120 CLAUD HAMILTON 668 ... 100 RANGITOTO 574 ... 140 ALDINGA • 447 ... 140 COORONG 390 ... 70 In addition to the steamships, Messrs McMeckan' and Blackwood will Sell to the Company the Corner Block of Flinders and . King-streets, Melbourne, upon which their present Oebioes Stand, with other Buildings Ite to tenants. The price at which the Steamships' Premises and Good Will of the Business are offered to the Company is £165,000, which includes all the spare gear, sails, yards, shafts, propellers, machinery, &p., whether on board or ashore, and all stores and coals aboard when ships are taken oyer. There will he no Promoters' Shares, and Messrs. McMeck_n & Blackwood pay preliminary expenses. :; Messrs. McMeckan & Blackwood are willing ; to take, £50,000 in shares, or such .other amount , as 'the. Provisional X>,irectprs may determine on. ! That the ", undertaking will be ...eminently ;.profltable,, may .."gathered fromi the fact that i the net earnings of eight of the vessels for the 'year 1871 was £34,743 (the Albion did not commence .running until i December) ,; showing a return of. upwards of 15 percent, per annum. Prospectuses, Forms of Application, and; full particulars can be had from the nndersigme^^ , is empowered to receive applications for.|£r_ffe-, with deposits, whicn must accompany each application;' 1 ' : " iri ' '" ■''••* .1 '"' . ' J2O • THOMAS; CAWTHRON, Agent.