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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 161, 5 July 1878, Page 3

;P9OO REWARDQ*U\J\J - — nHHE above Rewar.l will be paid by JL tho NtLsoN Insurance Companics Association for such informntion as shall lead to the conviction of the person or persons wbo SET FIRK to the HOUSE belonging to James Watkiks Es Q« situate in Trafaiftar-street South, Ne' 80D« on TfIURSDAY, 27th July, 1878. Information lo be gi*ea lo the Police B J order of the Sub-committie, A. W. SCAIFE, v Hon. Secretary. Nelson, 4th July, 1878. 2263 HAIR! HAIR ! ! HAIR !! ! yrjrr H. WEST has just received the Largi\ • eat and Best Selected Assortment of ORNAMENTAL HAIR AND PADS ever imported iuto New Zealand, and Now °m Salb afc T A HB T°R STAI3 D. Published 20 years. A Ladies' Hairdresser on the Fremlae8 ' Z^ finrTWN PTr»PI? AITA DT7 mTwS? ivSiSSiv rP kR V" MINING COMPANY [Limited]. HPHE Ordinary HALF-YEARLY Meeting A of Shareholders will be held at the Institute, Collisgwood, on SATURDAY, the 13th July, 1878, at 2 p.m. JOHN ROSS. Manager. Collingwood, 29th June, 1878. 2234—4 — T>OOKS BOUND in any style by R^LUCAS & SON. PROSPECTUS of the XTTALLSEND COAL COMPANY W COLLINGWOOD [Limited], COLLINGWOOD, NELSON. Incorporated under " The Joint Stock Companics' Act, 1366." Directors: FRANK GUINNESS, Collingwood. JOSEPH DURHAM BRACE, Collingwood. William scrimgeour, Collingwood. GEORGE RILEY, Collingwood. ROBERT WILSON, Collingwood. WILLIAM CALVERLY RILEY, Collingwood> D , Bankers: THE COLONIAL BANK OF NEW ZEALAND. Solicitor: ALBERT PITT, Esq. A COMPETENT MANAGER WILL BE APPOINTED. Capital, £5,000, in 1000 Shares of £5 each, Payable 10s. per Share on application, an additional 10s. per Share upon allotment, ana" Calls»not t0 exceed £1 per Share cacD > tne first call to be made not sooner than one month alter the registration of the Company, and tuture Calls at intervals of not les3 tban ttree months. the object for this Company is formed is to work the Coalmine at Collingwood, which has been opened up by the Collingwood and Para ParaJCoal Companies. The Ownerß have purchased the interests of the Para Para Iron and Coal Company in s Coalmine upon very advantageous terms, including a lease from the Crown in the Coliingwood Coalfield of all the Coal in 160 acres of land for twenty-one years from Ist January, 1870, at a royalty of two per cent., but not less than £16 per annum, anda lease granted by the Nelson Land Board in 1875 ot 760 acres in the same Coalfield at a royalty of two Per cent»and not les3 tnan £38 F er annum. Also 2.J acres and 13 sections in the township of Ferntown. all freehold, and adjoining the Company's wharf (also included in the purchase). On this freehold there are six cottages, manager's house, stables, storefooms, &c. In tbe Owners' purchase are included also 12 quarter-acre sections, leased from W. Collins, Esq., at £12 per annum, and tne ri £nt of tramway through his land from Company's leasehold to freehold at a peppercorn rent. Tbe purchase also includes all rolling stock necessary for successfully working the mine, 120 tons of iron rails laid down, and two barges originally costing over £800. The Coal seams, five in number, have been cut at right angles to the dip by a main tunnel, capable of carrying extensive traffic, beins six feefc Bil incnes hi §h» seven feet wide at the bottom, and five feet wide at the top. he mi? c is f fc pres^ nfc ofgrowing 30 tons of coal Per dav ' aud Wlth a little more expenditure in driving levels on 'the strike of coal, that quantity could be doubled. J^wTi 6*to take steps for this purpose Wt^» {' ™ iron tramway from the tunnel mouth to the end of the wharf, wharf is 7 chains 45 feet long, and lias Coa^ " Dun^era an<^ other conveniences capable of holding 150 tons of coal. The coal f rom the miqe hag been reported on by Br Hector and Dr Black, who state that *' is of a mosfc excellent descripMr George, the Engineer of the Wellington Gasworks, has given it a high character for gas purposes. It makes excellent coke, being free from sulphur. The Coal has been tried °n board the " Rangitoto" and other steamers ' and given thorough satisfaction. The Com Pany 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 tbe The Owners being possessed of a very valuable property, which cost the Para Para Iron and Coal Company over £10,000, are prepared to make the same over to the ComPan yu Pon the following terms, viz :—IBO 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-50 per cent of the proceeds of moneys received for applications, allotments» an<i calls of shares, to be paid to 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 s^ares to be considered the purchase money of tbe n"ne and plant. Tne Owners undertake not to put their P aid"u P shares in the market until the whole °* c Bnares offered to the public have been disposed of, nor within six months of the registration of the Company. ne ahove-mentioned 820 shares are now offered to the public until the 15th JULY, 1878»and n°ne will be allotted until then In the event °* 420 of the 820 shares not being a P? Ue<i for within that period, the deposits paid by BPP'icants for shares will be returned to them without dednction, and the Owners wiU retain the property and work the mine Applications for shares can be made at the Offices of the Colonial Bank at Nelson, WelliD £fcon» Christchurch, Dunedin, and Auckl? n.l' and at the offlce oi Mr J- R. Mabin, Bna 6e-»tKet, Hel^ \IO4Q, fi^^X;. interim Secretary.