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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4547, 1 August 1883, Page 3

Prospectus THE NEW ZEALAND FEOZEB MEAT AIND BTOBAGE COM PANY (Limitbtj.) lISX'ORPORATED UNDER " THE COMPANIES ACT, 1882." Capital £200,000, in 4w,oooßbare«of £5 Each. First ißtue, 20,000 Shares of £5 Each. Deposit on Application, 2s 6d per f Share j PayabJp on Allo'taent, 2s 6d per Share ; ' also 2b 6d per Shsre within ono month of ; Allotment, and a further 2s 6*every two months thereafter until the sum of 20b be .paid; the balance as may be required, but bo Call shall exceed 20s per Share, orb> . made at lesser interval than three oitnths. Head Office of the Company,: „'..; ; NO. QUEEN STBEET, AUCKLAND. ■'<■ : ] '■/ ' ■ :' '■ Dirtotobs: •"■■•.;• [ ..„-: Joseph Banks, Esq. (Fisher & Co. Limited), ■Aj Auckland • - ." ■■'•i:-; '.;, .. ,;. : . Alfred Buckland, Esq., Auckland ': •;•? ; Arthur Ball, Keg., Auckland \;. , ■ ; John Logan Campbell, Esq., Auckland j Patrick Comiekey, Eeq., Auckland ■: !:. J. O. Firth, Esq., Aucklack i,- ; Joseph Howard, •'Bq., Auckland. '■..■■■.■.;u : '. Every Maclean, Esq., Auckland '? ■. D. L. Murdoch,Eeq., Aucland , ' •■■'■ ■;■.. ; L. D. NHtb»n, Eeq., Auckland Thomas Ruesell, Esq., C.M.0%, Auckland \ Francis D. Rich, Esq., Otago . .; ! James Runciman, Ifeq., Waikato , . ; William: Stecle, Etq., Waikato ! Hon. James Williamson, M»L.C, Auckland E. B. Walker, B>q., Cambridge. • . ' (With power to Bdd to their number). Eaukbbs: Ihe Bank of New Zealand. SOMCITOBS: l ' ' Mefers "W hi taker cVßussell. Atdiiobb 1: A. Board on on, Eeq. This Company is iormed for the purpose of facilitating and promoting the export of Meat, Dairy, and Agricultural Produce of this Colony, and of all kinds of produce from the South Seas. The Company intend to do the export business for Ihe public entirely as agents, and on agency terms, but it will be prepared, it such business is not offered, to undertake it as principals. 'J he question of the Meat supply to Europe is one of the most important of the present day, end is exciting great attention. The consumption of Bnimal food throughout | the old world is iuereasinp, through the higher wages earned by Ibe masses Biiice the growth of manufactures, and the coutequeut- increases and distribution of wealth. ,In 1870-the totnl tbluo of the meatVirnportcd' into; the United Kingdom wag £7,7,08,000; but in 1880 it had grown to upwaitis of £26,000,000. This icarcity of meat bos been partially relieved by the supply from America.but lately the rising price Mitre has'eßUted a falling oil o< the Bupply from that source. The application of science to meat preserving has Opened up to New Zealand this new and vast market for it's produce, und the prospect which it thus opened up to the colonists is most encouraging, and must add greatly to the wealth and commerce if the. country. Mr "Joseph Backs, Managing Director of Fieher and Co., has taken a very large interest in this Compnny, and to secure his seivices and the knowledge BDd experience gained by an established and successful concern, ihe Directors have purchased the extensive Meat Preserving, Butchering, and Export business of Fisher and Co. (Limited), with all their Freehold and Leasehold Estates, Plant. Book Debts, Live and Dead Stock, The Directors intend to continue the business > now carried on by Fisher and Co., and to largely extend their operations. The Directors have also purchased at public auction from the Auckland Harbour Board, the finest site in New Zealand for the purposes of the Com* pany. They propose erecting immediately upon this site a first-class plant for freezing meat for export, chilled chambers for a Dead Meat Market, and General Export Stores. This site is situated at the Bailway Terminus, and flheWorle to be constructed by agreement between the Harbour Baard and the Company will be connected with' the railway by a line of rail*, and be on the finest deepwater wharf in Auckland, where ship* drawing 25 feet of water can come alongside and LOAD A CARGO OF tBOZBN MEAT IN 48 HOURS. ( J . The Works will be commenced forthwith,, and the Directors believe that within <12 months they will have their Freezing Plttn^, Meat Stores, Market and Export Stores ready for use; The DEAD MEAT STORE and MARKET will have a capacity sufficient to store a cargo for the largest ship, and also to provide storage for the local wants of Auckland. 'It is believed when these capacious chilled Stores are ready, they wilt be used by Stock-owners, not only as a depot for the Meat cargoes intended for shipment, but also m 1 the Deposi* tory for the stock they have for sale, and by I the Butchers as a Reserve Store for their meat until required to meet the daily wants of their Retail Business. The Butchers, and through them every householder in and around Auokland, will be largely benefited through having a constant supply of prime meat, in' first class condition, during our hot summer weather, as well as in winter. The well known large loss'of meat in hot ; weather, for which' the retail purchaser has m reality to pay, will be completely avoided' by utilising the Com* pany's chilling stores. .Provision will also be made for Cool Chambers for Dairy Produce, Butter, Cheese, Milk, and a separate' Chamber for Fish supply. ■ " ' '"' ' Connected with this 'Branch of the Company's business will be the manufacture of Ice, which will be made on a'large scale and sold (still at a large profit) 1, at very much lower rates than have y>t been known in Auckland. . ' *'"" '"•" ' It is not intended to confine the operations of the Company to the Provincial District of Auckland. It will seek to collect tiock and produce from other portions of the North Island, and will either directly ftaelf, or with the co-operation of other districts, provide suitable local means and appliances and transit'by which the Company's constituents can reap the benefits of the Company's storage' and export facilities and market in Auckland, England, and other places. Mr Banks is now in America, and will^ at Chicago, engage Experts in the Canning and Meat Preserving trade. Though New Zealand meat is admitted to be superior to.Ameriban, yet superior skill »nd knowledge of the trade' hat bitherto' enabled America to supply a better article in tinned and preserved meats than any supplied from New Zealand or the Australian Colonies. This difficulty the Directors hope shortly to overcome, and soon to 1 be able to supply tinned and preserved meats that will compete with that of the T>est produce houses of Chicago. The demand throughout Europe and the East for tinned aud preserved meats of this class, is'piabti--1 cally unlimited, and a direct trade between Auckland, India,' China, and Japan is gradually growing up. ' , ": | The canning of Meat on a large scale, and in the flrst'olass mode proposed, will, practically, be a.iiew industry among us tbat wili give constant employment to a, considerable number of workmen, aad will also utilise; a large quantify of meat in a muoh more ad> vantageoue and profitable manner than is at present possible, as the Company will bafe the option of canning'or freeiing it. ' , A* tyt Ctattral and Ixport Stores wbiob