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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2773, 11 February 1882, Page 4

*' Public Notices. ' ? ROSPECTUS OF KEAST AND MCCARTHY’S (LIMITED) D unedin Brewery, Filleul and London Streets, Dunedin. ' To be Incorporated under the Companies Act; Liability Limited to the amount of the Shares, Capital ... ... £50,000 ■ Divided into 50,000 Shares of £1 each, ; The present' Proprietors retain 10,000! Shares, or any number not less than ,0000, at the option of the Provisional I Directors. It is proposed to call up 9s per Share, ;j payable as follows ; —ls per Share on application, 2s per Share on allotment, 2s four months after allotment, 2s eight months after allotment, 2s twelve months after allotment. No further call for five years, when, if necessary, 3s per Share may be called up. . • Provisional Directors (with power to add) ; Mr Wm. Gregg (Messrs Wm. Gregg and. Co.) Mr Ged, D'enniston (Denniston and Co.) Mr W. G. Neill (Neill Bros.) Mr Wm. Watson (Martin and Watson) Mr Geo. Esther (Esther and Low) Mr T. 8. Graham (Heymanson and Low) Mr Win. Wright (Director Commercail Property and Finance Compnay, Limited) Mr J. B. Thomson, Builder Mr Francis Meenan, Produce Merchant : Mr Alex, Inglis (A. and T.Tnglis) Mr John Golder (President Licensed Victuallers’ Association), Mr John Donaldson, Glasgow Pie House Mr N, Moloney, Ocean View Hotel Mr J. D. Hutton, St, Kilda Hotel Mr John Carroll, European Hotel Mr Hugh Ross, Anderson’s Bay Mr Francis Porter, Gaversham ■Mr Patrick Keligher, Crown Hotel Mr Cornelius Bunbury, Grange Hotel | Mr James Daly, White Horse Mr Francis M’Grath, Harp of Erin Hotel Mr Henry Scott, Scott’s Hotel , Mr James Liston, Robert Burns Hotel Mr John Hardie, North Dunedin Hotel Mr Thos. Oliver, Sussex Hotel Mr Edward Holmes, Bowling Green Hotel Mr Thomas , Dodson, Provincial Hotel, Port Chalmers Mr George Chick, Chick’s Hotel, Port Chalmers Mr James . Morkane, Royal Hotel, Port Chalmers Mr Robert Neill (Keast and McCarthy) Mr John Boyd (Kiast and McCarthy). Bankers: Bank of Australasia. Solicitors ; Macassey, MacDermott, and Kettle. Managing Director: Mr John Boyd, Brokers; Mr W. L. Simpson, of Trust and Executors Company, (late Resident Magistrate), Princes street Messrs R. and A. J Park, High street Mr W. E, Whitcombe, Timaru., . This Company is formed to purchase and carry on the old and well-established Brewery and Malting'Business of “ Keast and M‘Oarthy,” Dunedin. The property consists of. the Brewery Premises (freehold), comprising upwards of three-quarters of an acre, situate across the head of Hanover street, and hear the junction of London and Filleul streets, with long frontages to the two latter, on which are erected a Brewery, Malthousej Stores, Offices, Dwelling-houses, etc.; together with the extensive Plant, Stock-in-trade, Book Debts, Rolling-stock, and also certain freehold and leasehold Hotel Properties and Mortgages on other Hotels, etc., in Canterbury and Otago; valuable Water-right, ; and the Goodwill and Trade Name of the firm. The firm of “ Keast and M'Carthy ” has been established for upwards of 12 years, and their success has been such as strongly confirms general repute as to the profitable nature of a brewery, business. At the outset of their career tte capital of the firm was very, small, and, when a few months ago, after the decease of Mr M'Carthy, the books were placed in the hands of two auditors, with instructions to ascertain the absolute minimum value of' the Estate, ■ pwing to legal necessity to disppse of it, they certified that, after having bad special reduced valuations made of the real and leasehold properties, and making all allowances for open accounts and bills on hand or under discount, a liberal discount off the stock on hand, and a large provision for contingencies, the surplus available for division —after discharging all liabilities was £20,128. That this a very safe minimum figure is patent from the fact that the balance sheet at the same period, as carefully prepared by Mr Eskdale, the manager in view of an impending change in the firm represented a surplus of assets over liabilities (after setting aside absolutely all known bad and doubtful debts) of £25,463 ; the value of thh good-will, trade, name, connection of the, firm, or private assets of the partners not having been taken into account either by Mr Eskdale or the auditors. In addition to this it must be mentioned that when stock was taken in July, immediately after the agreement for purchase by the present proprietors, it was found that, notwithstanding the unsettled state of affairs consequent on the death of Mr M’Carthy, the nett assets had increased by £1435. This profit was of course'so much of an advantage to the purchasers, and is now included in the property which the Company takes. The whole of the property, business, and interests of the retiring firm are taken over for the sum of £23,000, but £9OOO of this amount is at present held on mortgage at 7 per cent. pe“r annum, and will not be payable by the Company for five years. Since the present owners took possession the trade of the concern has gradually increased, and there are now on the books the names of 400 customers, 17 of whom draw no other Colonial Ale or Porter,

From the already stated, it is manifest that the enterprise is quite above the sphere of ordinary speculation which characterises new ventures. The Company enters at once on an established and profitable business, which has been well proved, and which offers a first-class field for the co-operation of numbers and capital. The object in forming the Business into a Company is to secure the introduction of such an amount of capital. as will at least equal the resources employed by Messrs Keast & McCarthy, and that the Business shall ba made .more permanently profitable by including in the proprietary a number of the Hotelkeepers and the general public, all of whom will have an interest in promoting, directly and indirectly, the prosperity of the concern. As illustrating the success likely to attend the enterprise, it may, be mentioned that a firm in Christchurch (Ward and Co.) disposed of their brewery business to a limited liability company, and so high does this company staud in the estimation of the public, that its shares, with £6 paid up, are now idling at £d to £0 10s. Many of the largest breweries in Europe, America, and Australia, and the largest one in ” e world (Bass’) are carried on y limued companies, and with great success. The 9s per share to be called up within twelve months after allotment will give the Company an ample working capital, which will place it in a position to avail itself of additional steady busine-s as eligible opportunities may arise, and in the meantime will bo employed in saving Bank discount. The articles of association will limit the amount which the Directors can call up to 15s per share, but no more is required or intended to be called up than as above specified. If further or more detailed' information be required apply at the Ollice of the Brewery, or to the Brokers of the Company, Every application for shares will be duly considered, but if no allotment be made the deposit will be returned without deduction, and if a less number be allotted than applied for, the surplus portion of the deposit will go in reduction of the amount to be paid on allotment. Application for shares will bo received up to 2Sth February, 1882. Copies of the prospectus and forms of application can be obtained from the Provisional Directors, the Brokers of the Company, or at tho Brewery.