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Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1080, 31 August 1883, Page 1

Prospectus. THE WEST COAST MEAT & PRODUCE EXPORT COMPANY, Limited. Capital ••• ••• ••• £IO,OOO, In 2000 shares of £5 each. To be paid up :is follows :—los on application; 10s on allotment; the balance of calls of £1 each at intervals of not less than three months. Provisional Directors. Waitotara — N Hearn W Brewer Waverley—.7 Hair J Mc Lean W Wilson O Hawes D Fleming WIIENUAKURA J Sheild W Gower E M Honeyfield A Palmer A Drake J Ross Patea— H F Christie R C Tenncnt W Balmforth J GiVison Sami Taplin Robert Read Kakaramea— A Jardine,. J Hawken Paterson A Hunter R E Mcßae F Read ManutAhi— H S Peacock W C Sy.rnos li B Hamilton G T Bayly John Parsons IIAWERA—RH Nolan J Livingstone G McLean J R Lysaght M Hunter W L Lucena Manaia— W S Young W S Martyn A Hastie H Knox A Sutherland D Hughes Normanby— J Winks F Finlayson J Crocker J S Caverhill Bankers. Bank of New Zealand. Solicitor. Gervase D Hamer ton Interim. Secretary., Thomas Eyton This Company is formed for the purpose of preparing meat, dairy and agri.pultufal produce, for sale or export. The Company intend to do the export business for the public entirely as agents, and on agency terms ; hut it ' will be prepared, if such business is not offered, to undertake it as principals. The question of the meat supply to Europe is one of the most important of the .present’ day, and is exciting great Every year in .England the J food- supply grows less in proportion to '' tlie population as is evidenced' by the fact that in 1870 the total value of meat imported into the United Kingdom wns ; £7,700,000, but in 1880 it had grown to upwards of £26,000,000. The present values of fat stock upon the Coast being so low, shareholders in the .Company would reap ah immediate benefit, as they would,be able to provide .themselves with a steady and regular jjjtm jp-t for their Slock at paying rates year round, glutted markets and nominal prices being rendered impossible to those Farmers and Stockowners who' have ari interest in and avail themselves ‘of the seryiees bf thc Company. Share-: ’holders shall always have the first claim upon tfie Company’s services. " , ’ . It'is proposed to purchase or to lease a suitable'site at Fa tea for the purpose; of erecting thereon the necessary store (calculated to , hold not less than 2000 carcases); machinery yards,&c., for the requirements of~the Company; and to convey' the'frozen meat* or’'produce to one of the principal'ports in the Colony for immediate shipment by Home vessel or ilf nb fr vessel is port, to store it, pending shipment; and in order to provide; for such storage, the best 'possible' arrangements will be.; en-: tered into as soon as is desirable at the port ; chosen tor Home 'shipment.’ . ' : , '’ ’ Messrs Haslam’s has examined‘the ssl Waverley, now trading to Patea, and reported that she can be fitted 1 op tor a moderate sum with Refrigerating machinery, to cany 890 sheep, without materially reducing her cargo-carrying capacity; . The objects of this 'Company are of such great importance to all on this Coast, 'especially as it is essentially a 'grazing district ; promoters count upon the support of all interested in its'successful operations, As soon as in the opinion of the Directors, sufficient capital is subscribed, the Company will be registered, shares allotted to subscribers, and operations commenced. Applications for shares to be made to the Provisional Directors or to the Interim Secretary, Mr T. Eyton, at the office of the Company, Egmont-slreet, Patea, where forms can be bad, on or before the Ist day of October, 1883. The application fee can be paid to either of the Branches of the Bank of N.Z. at Hawera, Manaia, Normanby, Waverley, or -Patea, or to the Interim Secretary. The Memorandum of Association can be seen at the office of the Solicitor to the Company. ...... If more shares are applied for than can be allotted, the allotment will be made pro rata. Mr COTTLE, L.D.S., tv B N T I S T J J Victoria Avenue, Will visit Patea monthly, and may.be consulted at Mr GOWER’S, Chemist, of which due notice will be given. Gas Administered. Next Visit—TUESDAY, Sept. 18. TO WOODVILLE SUBSCRIBERSk CCOUNTS may be paid to Mr George Moss, whose receipt will be sidhcient tlUchargc.