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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2411, 8 December 1880, Page 3

3?nl>lic Notices. GRAND ART UNION. dSXOO WORTH TO BE GIVEN AWAY IN PRIZES. DUNEDIN 0-ope rati ve Store, No. 2 Branch, Main South Road, Timaru. npHE Proprietors would respectfully in--9 form their numerous Customers and the public generally that they have resolved on giving them the benefit of a GRAND ART UNION. For every £2 worth of floods Purchased they will receive a Ticket for the Art Union. To be drawn on or about Christmas. Intending Purchasers arc reminded that the more this effort is supported, the more valuable and extensive will be the Prize List. The Prizes will consist of boxes of Tea, bags of Sugar, bags of Flour, boxes of Raisins, Hams and Cheese, and a| lot of other choice and seasonable Goods. Note —The ordinary discount tickets will be suspended during this event, but will be issued to purchasers as representing the value of goods purchased for the Art Union. A BRIDGED PROSPECTUS Proposed Company for the purpose of Working the Valuable Marble and other Mineral Deposits at Caswell Sound New Zealand TO HE CALLED THE CASWELL SOUND MARBLE,PORTLAND CEMENT, AND MINING COMPANY, LIMITED. To be registered under “ The Mining Company’s Act, 1872.” CAPITAL shares, at £5 each ; 5000 of which will be allotted at once, the balance being retained for future issue, the original shareholders retaining the right of taking these up when isssued at par pro rata. CALLS —5s per share on application, 5s on allotment, the balance in calls as required of 10s per share, at intervals of not less than three months. Provisional Directory. J.P., Hon Edward Richardson, C.M.G., M.H.R., J.P., Christchurch Hon J. T. Peacock, M.L.C., J. P., Christ' church Alex. MTlae, Esq., Christchurch W. 11. Pilliefc, Esq., J.P., Christchurch W. Stocks, Esq., Christchurch W Hutchison, Esq., M.H.R., J.P., Mayor, Wellington E. W. Mills, Esq., J.P., Wellington Hon J. A. Bonar, M.L.C., J.P., Hokitika M’Lean Watt Jack, Esq., J.P., Mayor, Hokitika Richard N. J. Reeves, Esq., M.H.R. Nelson A. Stenhouse, Esq., Dunedin George Munroe, Esq., Dunedin J, R. (icorge, Esq., A.M. Inst. C.E. A. B. Chapman, Esq., Wellington Hon. Sec. pro tem.: Charles Pownall, Esq., Wellington. Hon. Treasurer, pro tem.: Alex. M'Rac, Esq., Christchurch. Bankers and Agents : Bank of New Zealand, Wellington, and Branches. Solicitors : Messrs Duller, Lewis and Gully. Brokers and Temporary Offices of the Company: Messrs Charles Pownall and Co., Grey street, Wellington. Manager, pro. tem.: A. H. Malcolm, Esq. Copies of Prospedus and Forms of for Shares can he obtained om the Brokers, Provisional Directors, or mm any of the branches of the Bank of 3W Zealand in this colony, until the 15th iy of December, 1880, at which date all iplications must be in the hands of the rokers, when the lists will positively be used and slimes allotted. Specimens of Caswell Sound Marble can be seen at any of the Museums in New Zeahvnd ; the Chamber of Commerce, Wellington ; or on application to any of the ollicers of the Company. In introducing this eligible investment to the notice of the public, the promoters desire to state that the Company’s rights comprise the best, most available, extensive, and perhaps most valuable Marble deposits in the known world, at all events in the Southern Hemisphere. This is sufficiently proved hy Caswell Sound Marble securing the first prize at the late Sydney Exhibition against Italian statuary and other valuable varieties. They also wish to dwell upon its known certainty and nonspcculativc character, the ultimate success of this venture being now well established. The lowest quotation for this Marble is 12s per foot, and ranges up to £5. Larger blocks are, however, much more valuable, some pure white statuary, without flaws, realising as much as £20,000 sterling in Europe. The ordinary price for a block suitable for a life-size human statue being about £IOOO. The present cost of producing this Marble by manual labor only is about 2s per cubic foot f.o.b. These figures may appear incredible, but they arc nevertheless absolutely correct. This, taking the cost of production as stated, and the very lowest wholesale quotation at 12s per foot, gives the apparently fabulous minimum rate of 500 per cent profit. It is, therefore, no visionary matter, as these arc leading commercial lines and the values well known, the facilities of production, shipment, high quality of product, giving a vast advantage over any like property in the world. Wc will also venture to predict that the value of the Company’s shares will increase at least 500 per cent within twelve months of issue. Referring to consumption of these commodities, it is also enormous. 'The consumption of Marble, Portland Cement, and Lime in the Australian colonies alone during the last twelve months has been £2,872,000 sterling, and rapidly increasing. Caswell Sound is a commodious and safe harbor for the largest vessels in all weathers, the works of the Company being situated at the water’s edge. The Government of this colony has also promised to favorably consider special grants and concessions in aid as soon as the Company is successfully floated. For further particulars re ether minerals found at the Bound, copper, coal, gold, Ac., also the manufacture of hydraulic cement, lime. Ac., together with scientific, professional, Government, and other reports, with details of the objects and intentions of the Company, we refer to the Prospectus, which can be obtained upon application to any of the officers of the Company, or from Company’s agents, the Bank of New Zealand, or at any of their branches in this colony and Australia ; also at the office of this paper.