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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XVI, Issue 185, 5 August 1881, Page 4

The experiment, of exporting apples from Australia is becoming more sucessful as fresh experience is gained aa to the best method of packing them. The last consign? ment of 100 cases from Adelaide arrived in splendid condition, and brought over 4d per Ib. The London Guardian remarks. : — "There are still Canadian • Baldwins 'and 'Golden Rusiets ' in the market, and in quite as sound; condition as they axe usually found to be at tb»a season of the year, -but they- are-now getting ' mealy,' and will have to succumb to the new fruit from Australia, which, io its turn, will in a few weeks gir.e way tor the, Home grawn." . '

JOHNSTON'S UNITED mining company, limits GOLD-MINING asd MINERAL LEASES Bbdstbad GullTlCollikqwood. Nokiwal Capita £ : £20,000, jtn. 20,000 Shares of £1 each a of these 1,66$ are Pjnid J upjj 11,676 are Subscribed for j »nd the Balance 6,656, upon which 2s 7£dper Share ia Paid : up, are" offered to; th'e , PoßiiiQ at . 3a per Share. Disectobs r Messrs; Boas t, Pabxsb. Pai- j meh, EBAnass, Abdkbkojj, Johh»tou, and JOJTKB. Legal Man ager : A. D. Batf.kiex LEASES comprise Mineral Lease of 97 acres, -within which is a Gold Mining Lease of 16-i acres ; thesa Leases cover ground originally held by the "Perseverance," " Decimal," and other Companies in ! Bedstead Gully, Collingwpod, and. contain metaliferous deposits of Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead and Zinc, believed to be in vast quantities, and easily procurable by judicious management— for the last year the Company have steadily been proving the Mine. Part of th» Sou'- Western Corner of this ground was worked by the " Perseverance," and,, to a very small extent j also the "Decimal" Company, from which (by statements of these Companies) it is shown that £12,000 worth of Gold was procured from a very small piece of ground, the " Decimal Com' pany '' alone giving £2000 from a space of 15 to 20f t., vide memo from the lat9 Mr Buck-; eridge, the Legal Manager of the" Decimal! Company," to Mr Johnston. Mr Buckeridge' further states -that his Company were unable to vork their ground owing to great jealousies between the tiro Companies, and the high charges imposed upon them by the •♦Perseverance Company for the use of the .water and the right to work from the "Perseverance" ground. Mr Buckeridge concludes his memo by saying, " but owing to the great expense which it appeared would be necessary, and to the Company's Capital being exhausted, the claim was ultimately abandoned, although the Shareholders and -others - believe that there is a large amount of Gold on their own and the • Perseverance ' claims." The "Perseverance Company " worked their ground from an incline shaft, and haying inadequate pumping apparatus, were prevented from continuing work, a report of Mr J. C. Richmond's to tke Shareholders of the " Perseverance Company," advpea|edoperations from either Bedstead Gully or Kelly's Creek. The Directors of " Johnston's United Company " have had an exhaustive survey inade and numerous levels. taken by Mr Rpchfort, C. E., and have determined on acting on Mr Rochfort's advice to put in a tunnel. from Kelly's Creek, and tenders are now called to drive 400fc, when the Quarta Reefs should be first met with, this driv« will also thoroughly drain the ground, Just outside of -the Southern Boundary there Is an. outcrop of Silver Ore, dipping towards the Company's. ground bas.not been worked, although specimens assayed gavo a yield of over loozs'per ton of ore. A deposit or lode, 6ft; wide, : eontainin* Yellow' Sulphate of Copper in large quantity, was found in the " Perseverance Company's" ground, and found by assay to yield about 30 per cent of copper/and it Was al^touni rich in gold. Assay returns of Galena have giv«n over 70 per cent of lead andjJOpzs. Silver to the ton. The Mine is an exceptionally good property The failure rf former Companies i3 traceable :to a very great; extent to the want of experienced control over those working in the Mine, and proper economy in working expenses. I* is expected that no further call will be reqaired other than, towards macbinery«~'estfma*ed cost £1000. Call* cannot exceed 2d ; per month, and ho call will be required for at leas! six months. In inviting the Public.to take ; Shares, the Directors assure intending investors that no exorbitant outlay will be made ia cost of getting these Shares taken »p, present holders are fully determined to prosecute work, and, as a guarantee of good faith, hare, by resolution duly recorded, agreed to. ■jrithholCdaal-. ings witb their Shares Jor at least two mcaths. Many of th« old working •, partieularly the inclined shaft, will prov« of val»« in fie reopening of th« Mine. Applications for Shares m»g« be accompanied by a deposit of la pe» and a further payment of Is per Share will be required on allotment, and the balance of Is per Share three months after date of allotment, or a discount of 2£ per cent will be allowed to any person making full payment of the 3s per Share on application ; the whole of the proceeds from the sale of these Shares wili be expended in developing the Miue. Applications for Shares will not be received, after the 25th August, and owing to the very' low price asked, as against the known value of the property, the Directors reserve to themselves the right of closing list of Subscribers prior to the 25 th August, From the character of the undertaking, and its certainty of success, no doubt exists as to the p -ofit that will ensue. Applications for shares to be made to A D. Bayfeild, Broker, Hardy street, Nelson. Liabilities o£ the Gompaey, tinder £60