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Tuapeka Times, Volume VI, Issue 265, 27 February 1873, Page 4

PROSPECTUS OP THE f lark's fill frfl^dinj fompttg. To he Registered under the " Mining Companies Act, 1872." CAPITAL, £4500 ; IN 4500 SHAEES, OF £1 EACH. 2s. per Share payable on' allotment. Calls of Is. per share on the second Wednesday in each month. The following Gentlemen have consented to act as Provisional Pirectors: J. C. BROWN, M.H.R,, Lawrence W. D. MORRISON, Blue Spur ARCHIBALD M'KINLAY, „ RICH. WILLIAMS, Lawrencte WjLLIAM M'BEATH „ ALEX. ARMSTRONG, „ Hon. Secretary (pro tern ): H. L. SQUIRES, Lawrence. mHIS Company is formed to prospect the dividing range between Gabriels Gully and 1 Wetherstones Gully "by a Tunnel, tq be driven at a level of 280 feet below the crown o f the ridge. The tunnel will serve at the same time as an adit-drive for the Gabriels Gully Quartz Alining Co., Registered, aud the claims held by Varcoe and Co., Clayton and Co., and Roberts and Co. on the same quartz reef. The holders qf mining lease section 24, block 19, Tuapeka East (known as Trayes' lease), situate on the line of the tunnel, have transferred their interest in the lease to the Company, and'have agreed to take up 500 shares,. Mr. Gilbert Clark has also conceded to the Company, on very liberal terms, the sole right to mine upon his freehold, which adjoins Trayes' lease. The Gabriels Gully Quartz Mining Co., Registered, have agreed to pay an annual rental of the portion of the tunnel used by them of 20 per cent, of the cost of that portion, or a proportionate rental if used conjointly with other companies, and take 1000 shares in the Company. Application has been made to Government for an extended claim over the unoccupied ground adjoining the line of tunnel. , It is proposed to sell 30Q0 Shares, the Company retaining 1500 for future disposal. Applications for shares will be received by the Provisional Secretary. A meeting of t^ie Subscribers, which will be open to the public, will be held at ihe Victoria Hotel, Lawrence, on Tuesday Evening, March 4th, at 8 p.m.

PROSPECTUS OF THE ALEXANDRA STEAM DREDGE ■"■ COMPANY. To be Registered under the "Mining Companies ' Limited Liability Aot." Capital, £5,000 ; in 1,000 shares of £1 each. 10s. per share tc\ be paid on application ; 10s, on allotment ; the remainder in not more than £1 calls per share per month. PJROYISICCfAL DIRECTORY^: Mr. J. M 'Kersey Mr. Bohning „ Geo. Evans „ H. Young „ W.Walker „ J. C. Chappie. EAXKEKS : Bank of New Zealand, Alexandra. This Company is formed for the purpose of placing a Steam Dredge on the Molyneux Kiver, near Alexandra, to work the deposits in the bottom of said river It is needless here to dilate on the richness of those deposits, it being so well known the quantities of gold obtained for the last 5 years by the ; dredges worked by inanuallabor. Tt is equally well known the days for dredging by manual labor a\-e speedily passing away. It is eoutempiated to procure a dredge made wholly of iron, fitted with steam engine, of 20-hprse power nominal (capable of being worked up to 40-horse), and worked on the bucket and ladder principle. The Provisional Committee have placed themselves in communication with the best engineering skill in the province (some being personally conversant with the nature of the river deposits), the whole being of opinion that there is no engineeringcliffieulty to contend with. It is contemplated to raise 1 ,000 tons per day. The cost per ton will not exceed Od, including wear and tear. The amount of ground is unlimited. There will be no promoters or paid up shares. Immediately one half, the shar.es are sub. scribed fox, a meeting of shareholders will be called to elect directors, &c. All appli cations to addressed to the Secretary, John Cole Chappie, Alexandra. "FOBM OF APPLICATION FOR SHAKES IS. THE AXEXAtfDRA. STEAM DREDGE CO. To the Provisional Directors^ Gentlemen, — J hereby request that you ivill allot me shares in the above named Company, which I now hereby agree to accept, or ajxy loss number ; and in £onsideratiqn thereof, I enclose the svm of 10s. per share; and I fivrther engage to pay the remaining £4 10s. per share when called on to do sa s to sign the deed of association when required, and to be bound by the Resolutions of -the Company in accordance with the Act. Name in full Besidence , No. of Shares /[THE order of time and place for offer- . -»- ing Holy Sacrifice of the JMasa in ;the Tuapeka District : — Masses. Lawrence 2 Ist Sunday of the month „ X 3rd Sunday at 11 a.m. ' Waitahuna X 3rd Sunday at & a.m. * Teviot 2 2nd Sunday. of the month Waipori 2 4th Sunday of the r montn The Catechism will be taught and Ves"pers recited, on the occasions above mentioned, at three and half-past six o'clock respectively. W. J. LARKIN. . Lawrence, September 20, Wl.