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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 152, 25 June 1878, Page 3

I HAVE LOST a small copy of Edgar Poe's POEMS, illustrated, valufd eztrins : cally, if left &t any frien 8-1 shall tataem it a favor if they wilfreturn it. EDWD. DOWLING. 21 *5 . Bank -V. Zealand HAIR! HAIR! ! HAIR!!! WH. WEST has just received iheLarg- • cst and Best Selected Assottmmt of ORNAMENTAL HAIR AND PADS ever imported into New Zealand, and Now on Balb ut THE OID STAND, esthblihhed 20 years. A LadieV Hairdresser on the Premises. —12 Y?1 f\ REWARD.— Lost, Stolen, CwJLv/ or Strayed from my Paddock at To? House Ron during Sunday night the 16ch instant, a BAY COB GELDING, beariDg roy registered brand, known as double anchor, on near shoulder. I£ stolen, the above r ward will be given lor such information as will lead to the conviction of the the thief or thieves 2126-6 ADOLPH WIESENHAVEBN # SCOTCH PIE SHOP, Next to Mr; Alex. Hunter's, Watchmaker, Bridge-street, where all kinds of : CAKES, PASTRZ, BUNS and BISCUITS are mziejresh every day. HOT PIES, TEA and COFifEh from 11 a.m. till 11 p.m , and on Saturdays a special hot pie for our couDtry friends. Wedding, Christening, ami Birthday Cakes made on the shortest notice. 1620 PROSPECTUS OP THE 'Vjrr ALLSEND COAL COMPANY V? COLLINGWOOD [Limited], COLLINGWOOD, NELSON. Incorporated under " The Joint Stock Com- .■■"::/ . panics' Aci, 1866." Directors: • FEANK GUINNESS, CoUingwood. JOSEPH DURHAM BRACE, Collingwood. WILLIAM SCRIMGEOUR, Collingwood. GEORGE RILEY, Collingwood. ROBERT WILSON, Collingvood. WILLIAM CALVERLY. RILEY, Collingwood. ...... -... i; f , ■ ; Bankers : . ■ '■■ THE COLONIAL BANK OF NEW : ZEALAND. i .-: .. Solicitor: I ALBERT PITT, Esq. [ A COMPETENT MANAGER WILL BE APPOINTED. ; Capital, £5,000, in 1000 Shares of £5 each, Payahla 10s. per Share on application, an additional 10s. per Share upon alloimeat, and Calls, not. to exceed £1 per Share each ; the first call to be made not sooner than one month after the regisiration of the Company, and tuture Calls at intervals of not less than three months. The object for which this Company is forired is to work the Coalmine at Collingwood, which has been opened up by tbe Collingwood and Para Para^Coal Companies. The Owners have purchased the icierests of the Para Para Iron and Coal Company^ in this Coalmine upon very advantageous terms, including a lease from tbe Crown in the Collingwood Coalfield of all the Coal in lob aere9 of land for twenty-oce years from Ist January, 1870, at a royalty of two per cent], but not less than £16 per annum, and a lease granted by the Nelsoi Land '< O ard in 1875 of 760 acres in the same Coalfield &l a roya'ty of two per cent , and not less than £38 per annum.; Also 2^ acres and 13 sectioraia the township ot Eerntown, a.l freehold, and adjoining the Company's wharf (also included in the purchase). On this freehold there are six cottages, manager's house, stables, storerooms, &c. In the Owners' purchase ay« included also 12 quarter-acre sections, leaded from W. Collins, Esq., at £12 per annum; .and the right of . tramway through b : s land from Company's leasehold to freehold at a peppercorn rent. The purchase also includes all rolling stock necessary for sjcccss'ully working tbe mine, 120 tons of iron rails laid down, and two barges originally costing over £800. " ' I The Coal seams, five in number, have been cut at right angles to the dip by a main tunnel, capable of carrying extensive traff c[ being; aix feet six inches :high, seven feet wide at the bottom, and five feet wide at the top.-; >r -v- : •_, , ... f .... ... [ 1 The mine is at present capable of throwing 30 tbns of coal per day, and with a little more expenditure in driving levels on (the strike of coal, that quantity could be doubled' It is intended. to. take steps for this purpose without delay. \ There is an {excellent iron tramway from the tunnel mouth 10 the end of the wharf^ The wharf is 7 chains 45 feet long, and has coal bunkers and other convejieuces capable of holding 150 tons of coal. ■ i The coal from the mine has been reported on by Dr Hector and Dr Black, who state that it is of a most excellent descrip-l-Mr George, the Engineer of tbe Wellingtoa Gasworks, has given it a high character for gas purposes. It makes excellent coke, being 1 free from sulphur. The Coal has been tried on board the " Rangitqto" and other steam 4 ers, aud given thorough satisfaction. I . The Company intend to send none but clean Coal, and of the best quality, to the market, which can be supplied in Collingwood at 18s. per ton, or delivered in Nelson at 265;. per ton, leaving a handsome profit to the Company. :■ • The Owners being possessed of a very valuable property, which coßt the Para Para Iron and Coal Company over £10,000, are prepared to make the same over to the Company upon the following terms, viz :— I BO fully paid up shares in the Company to be given to the present owners, and they also to receive out of the proceeds of the sale of the 820 shares offered to the public the sum of £900, to be paid thus— so per cent of the proceeds of moneys received for applications, allotments, and calls of shares, to be paid the Owners until such £900 be paid/the balance to be banked to the credit of the Company. This £900 and the 180 paid up shares to be considered the purchase money of the urine aud plant. ; The Owners undertake not to put their paid-up shares in the market until the whole of the shares offered to the public have been disposed of, nor within six months of the registration of the Company. ■ : The above-mentioned 820 shares are now offered to the public until the 15th JULY, 1878, and none will be allotted until then In the event of 420 of the 820 shares not being applied for Ayithin that period, the deposits paid by applicants for shares will be returned to them without dednction, and the Owners will retain the property and work the mine themselves. " ■ . Applications for shares can be made at the Offices of the Colonial Bank at Nelson, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, and Auckland, and at the office of MrJ. R. Mabin, Bridge-street, Nelson. J. R. MABIN, .■- --IJO4Q ■■-■■'■■ interim Secretary.