Miscellaneous.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 392, 26 July 1861, Page 4

Miscellaneous.

with the Directors' Report, prior to the half-yearly meetings, at which the TDividend will be declared. Trustees to be named provisionally to appoint the necessary officers— to cause the Prospectus "to be published and circulated—to receive applications for shares—to allot shares—to open Banking accounts— to receive and apply tho deposit of 2s. 6d. per Bhare in payment of preliminary expenses—to prepare the Deed of Settlement for execution of subscribers—to receive the further sum of 17s. 6d. par share, payableon •igning the Deed of Settlement, and to convene a meeting of qualified subscribers after one-half of the shares shall have been allotted, for the purpose of enabling such subscribers to elect the first Board of Direotors, of which meeting due notioo ia to be given in orte or more local papers. After the election of the Board of Directors, and transfer of Balance of Account to them, the duties of the Truftees shall cease. . • ... t . ...

The qualification for voting at the election of the first Board of Directors, or of becoming' candidates for ■eats at such board, shall be the payment of the preliminary deposit of 2s. 6d. per share, and the further •urn of 17s. 6d, per share, and the execution of tbe Deed of Settlement, before the .meeting to be convened by the Trustees for the election of auch Board. Any duly qualified subscriber for 100 ihtrea, who •hall have given to the provisional secretary at least •even days notice in writing of such his intention, shall be eligible as a candidate for neat at the Board, and all qualified subscribers shall be entitled to vote in pro{>ortion to the number of their shares, according to tbe ollowing scale, viz., For S shares, 1 vote. 12 shares, 2 votes. 25 shares, 3 votes. > • 50 shares, 4 votes. And 2 votes for every additional 50 sharts.

Upon the application for shares there shall be paid to the Trustees a deposit of 2s. 6d. per share to be applied in defraying the preliminary expenses, but such applicants as shall not qualify to vote as herein before mentioned by the;payment of the farther sum of 17s. 6d. per share, and by signing the Deed of Settlement, shall not be required to execute the said Deed orSottlement until after the election of the first" Board of Directors, and should such applicants-decline or neglect to pay the said further sum of 17s. 6d. ; per share, and to execute such Deed of Settlement after such Election and notice given by the' Directors in ohe or more local newspapers for a. period of 14 days, then such applicants shall be deemed and declared to have forfeited the said deposit of 2s. 6d. per share and all interest in the said Bank, and shall not at any future time be allowed to execute the said Deed of Settlement in respect of such shares, so allotted to them, and all liability of such applicants in respect of such shares shall thereupon cease, and such shares may be re-allotted to other applicants. > :■-■■.'•■. :••: <: It is proposed to reserve at least 10,008 Bhares for sale in England.

Applications for shares, accompanied by the deposit of 2s. 6d. per share, to be made in the following form - and addressed to the Provisional Trustees at the. New , Zealand Insurance Company's office, Eraser's Buildings^ Auckland; or to Messrs. CURTIS BROTHERS,;" Nelson, svho are authorisedto receive the Bame.;., *-,:■.:

*■■ FORM OF APPLICATION. To the Trustees of the Rank of New Zealand. Gentlemen—l request you will allot me shares in the above Bank, and I hereby agree to accept that or any less number which may be allotted to me, upon the terms mentioned in the published prospectus. Name of applicant: ' Profession or business: Residence.: Number of Shares: Signature: h Dated the - day of 1861. 876 To tbe Electors of tbe Province of Nelson. Q.ENTLEMEN—The period is now fast -^ advancing when you will be called upon to exercise your privileges in the choice of a Superintend - dent and a Provincial Council. A variety of causes and reasons have conduced to the determination on my own part to offer myself as a candidate for the office of Superintendent. It is quite evident that the future advancement of this province must arise principally from its mineral resources. Several years have elapsed since gold was first discovered at, Collingwood, and every year since has added a knowledge of fresh sources of wealth, until ifc becomes.evident that the province is full of the material elements of great prosperity.-.' ■ fafa.'"-'" - I confess I am both surprised and astonished at the ; very small degree of good that has hitherto accrued to the province from the vast resources I know it to contain ; and when I reflect on the apathy shown both by - the Provincial Council and the Executive, as evinced in the session just closed, I arrive at what appears to me to be the only just conclusion—-that up to this '" time, you have been directed by men iihequal'tdthe ;' circumstances and.the times; men who neithersjknow; ~;.. what oughti^be done or how tp do it. . ., . , . I do hot take tire-present step hastily or! unadvisedly.' For some time past I haVe been solicited to do so, and received voluntary offers !of support ;and;,a'fter,msr; '_• turely considering the subject, Lam inclined ,to com- . ply with the /suggestion, because Isee r no;'hope or' possibility of a change of measures without it change * ofmen..' ;,. , : ::-i:.:. • J■ 9" :.- : : .'--■

I have-now lived long enough in Nelson to be well known to the electors of the province, and' 1 believe it is generally accorded to me that I take a lively interest in all that concerns its material progress and welfare. As to my qualification to fill the gap already made, it does not become me to assume, yet I may be permitted to say I have passed the long period of forty years in those particular pursuits, the management of which are the particular requirements to the advancement of the province to a -high degree of prosperity, and I look forward to the result of the day of election for the confirmation of this belief; and, should I attain to the honorable position I aspire to, my best energies shall be taxed to bring about a beneficial change in the present state of stagnation,, r,;., ,„ , ; I look upon it as unwise, and therefore improper,_ in a candidate for any: office to load his pretension with promises, and therefore only add that it would be my constant study to promote the interests of all classes, mercantile, agricultural, and mineral, without partiality or prejudice, and that I adopt as hiy motto, ''The greatest amount of good tothe, greatest number of people.''

WILLIAM LONG WRET.