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Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 996, 16 August 1872, Page 4

Miscellaneous. IX PRESS to the Caledonian, Gr man, Giles, Eoehford, Hatters, ' an Christmas Terraces. An Express leaves the Times oflice for the above Terraces every Tuesday, and d : y mornings, at 7 o'clock. All orders carefully attended to. NOTICE. "T is hereby notified that all Debts due to the undersigned, trading as Butchers, Caledonian Terrace, must be paid on or before the Ist July next ; if not legal proceedings will be taken to recover the same. WARDROP & BROWN. April 1, 1872 RO SPECTUS SOUTH PACIFIC STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY (limited). Capital—£2oo,ooo, In 20,000 Shares of £lO each ; £6 of which will be at once called up, viz., £1 on application and £5 on allotment. For the convenience of investors, one-half of the called amount may be paid by bills at three and six months, bearing 8 per cent, interest. If no allotment is made, the deposit money will be returned in full. Provisional Directors : Hon. Edward Cohen, M.P. Charles Croaker, Esq. (Messrs Croaker, Scott, and Co. Chas. Ibbotson, Esq. (Messrs Dalgety, Ibbotson, and Co., Geelong). Hon. C. J. JenDer, M.L.C. Captain Hugh Macmeikan R. Twentyman, Esq. Bankers Union Bank of Australia. Solicitors : Messrs Macgregcr, Ramsay, & Brahe. Broker: Mr John Watson. Secretary, pro. tern. : Mr Edward Langton, M.P. Temporary office: 68, Temple Court, Melbourne. The object of the Company is to procure and maintain a fleet of firstclass steamers, to be employed in the trade between the several Australian Colonies and New Zealand, and in such other branches of trade as may be considered advisable.

In the first instance, it is proposed to purchase the undermentioned wellknown vessels, now the property of Messrs M'Meckan and Blackwood, who are retiring from business, thenpartnership expiring, by effluxion of time, at the end of June next: — Ojieo—S2o tons, 120-horse power. Albion —SO6 tons, 160 horse power. Alhambka —765 tons, 140 horse power. Tarartja—692 tons, 155 horse power. Gothenburg, 674 tons, 120 horse power. Claud Hamilton—66l tons. 100 horse power. Kangitoto—s74 tons, 140 horse power. Aldinga—447 tons, 140 horse power. Coorong—39o tons, 70 horse power These vessels are all registered at Melbourne. They have all been recently surveyed by Mr Williain Duthie, late surveyor to the Southern Insurance Company ; Captain M'Galium, surveyor to Lloyds'; and Mr Alexander Kirkwood, formerly foreman to Messrs Scott, Russell, and Co., of liUiidou, and for years past superintending Engineer for the above ] steamships. The reports of these gentlemen show that the vessels havd been kept in excellent condition, aun are now in first-class order. They ca be delivered to the Company, free from any incumbrance, as they arrive in the port of Melbourne, after the 10th of June next, without interruption to the several trades in which they are engaged. In addition to the steamships, Messrs M'Meckan and Blackwood will sell to the Company the land situated at the corner of Flinders and King streets, Melbourne, having a frontage of 59ft to Flinders street by a depth of 113 ft, upon which stands the offices and stores where the business has hitherto been conducted, and other buildings let to tenants. The price at which the steamships, premises, and goodwill of the business are offered to the Company is £165,000, which includes all the spare gear, sails, yards, shafts, propellers, machinery, <&c, whether on board or on shore, and all the stores and coal on beard when they arrive ; and also includes the cost of supplying boilers, condencers, and pumps to the Claud Hamilton, which have been already contrapted for. In the event of the loss of either of the vessels before delivery, a deduction from the purchase