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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 133, 5 June 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 GOLDEN X ADDER JLJ COMPRISING KZ? 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 of Israel T>OETICAL VTTORKS— 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. 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 of Australia. Solicitors : Macgregor,. Rams at, & Brake. Broker . John Watson. Secretary, pro tent : 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 eraployed 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 la 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 Offices Stand, with other Buildings lte to tenants. * r 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, &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. Messrs. McMeckan & Blackwood are willing to take jE50,000 in shares, or such other amount as the Provisional Directors may determine on. That the v undertaking will be eminently profitable, may be gathered from -thei fact that the net earnings of eight of, the -vessels, for the year 1871 was £34,743 (the Albion .did not commence rdnnirig until December), showing a 'return of upwards of 15 per cent, per annum. ; Prospectuses^ Forma of ' Application*, and full particulars canbe had from the undersigned, : is empowered' to deceive applications for shares, with deposits, which must accompany each appli- -. cation. - ■. , - <.. <■ . -..n '•>•<'''•' .-■•■• ;,•■■'• 920 „,..,^THOSiAS.qAWTHRON, Agent.