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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 129, 31 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. 100 „ Phoenix Goldmining Company. 500 „ Victoria Goldmining Company. 5 „ Nohouse Water Race Company. Wm. STAVERT & CO., 1094 Auctioneers /^\ OLDEN T ADDER QERIES, .v-fl JLi comprising K-5 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 TTTORKS— 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 on 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. Chables Ceoaker, Esq . (Messrs. Croaker, Scott, &Co.) Chables Ibbotson, Esq. (Mesrs. Dalgety, Ibbot6on & Co., Geelong ) Hon. C. J. Jenneb M. L. C. Captain Hugh Macmeikau. It. TWENTTMAI*-, Esq. Bankers : Union Bank oe Australia. Solicitors : Macgbegob, Ramsay, & Brake. Broker . John* Watson. Secretary, pro tern : Edwabd 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 he 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 ... 165 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 op Flinders and King-streets, Melboubne, upon which their present Offices Stand, with other Buildings lte' to tenants. The price at which the Steamships' Premises and Good Will pf the Business are offered to the Comipany is &165J000, which includes all the spare gear, sails, yards, shafts, propellers, machinery, &c, whether on board or ashore, and all stores and coals aboard when ships are taken over. There will be no Promoters' Shares, and Messrs. McMeckan & Blackwood pay preliminary expenses. - Z Messrs. McMeckan & Blackwood are willing to jtake £50,000 in shares, or such other amount as the Provisional Directors" may determine on. -.That -the undertaking will be eminently profitable; may be gathered, from the fact that the net earnings of eight of the : vessels fpr,, the ye«ir .' 1871 was 5 (the Albion did not commence runHihg until December), showing a return' of upwards of 1 5 per cent, annum. Prospectuses , Forms of Application, and .full particulars can be had from the undersigned, is empowered to receive applications for shares, with deposits; which must accompany each application. ,', >7 ■ „.. .»i >;••;■•.,•■ ..'..• •.;■•■ -•*... i 920 THOMAS CAWTHRQN, A^nt.