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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4305, 14 March 1901, Page 7

ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS OF THE CHATHAM ISLANDS SPONGEFISHING SYNDICATE (LTD)> To be Incorporated under ‘"Tlio Compact- s Art. 1882.” CAPITAL ... TT £6OOO, IX GOOD SHAKES OP XI EACH. Of which 3000 shores are offered to the public on the following terms:—2s per share on application, 2s per chare on allotment, and the balance in calls not exceeding 2s -per ah are at intervals of not less than one month. The vendors receive ,£SOO in cash and 100 fully paid-up shares in payment of their interest in the Sponge-fishin^’eases now held by them. The remaining ,£2OOO shares are held in reserve. PEOVISIONAL DIRECTORS. .1. If. OWEN, Esq., Go neral Manager Messrs Sharland and Co.. Wellington. E. C. E.' MILLS, lisp.. Managing Director, Messrs E. W. Mills and Co. (Ltd.) B. MacEWAN, Esq., Merchant. Wellington. BANKERS: 1 .-THE BANK OF AUSTRALASIA, Wellington. SOLICITORS. - ■ Messrs MOOBHOUSE AND HADFIELf). . ■ ■ WELLINGTON BROKERS : TURNBOLL. WATKINS. AND WILLIAMS. Wellington. : HENDERSON AND HUME WELLINGTON. •INTERIM SECRETARY: A .lAS. A. BRUCE, 3, Panama street, Wellington. THIS Company is being formed for tbo purpose (inter alia) of acquiring- from the Vendors the sponge-fishing.-rights in marine areas, situate at tlio Chatham Islands, containing about 8070 acres, and known as TupuahgU and To Bald, the same being comprised in Government Leases Nos. 1 and 2, having an area of 5900 acres anti 2176 acres respectively, ho the same a little more or less. The Vendors have expended a considerable amount in prospecting the fields, and their representative was successful in locating valuable fields, and also in securing many specimens of a thoroughly marketable sponge. (Vide reports of Sir Janies Hector and Mr A. Durraud, which are embodied in the prospectus.) The Company will be registered when 2500 shares are applied-for. The Vendors and their friends are taking up 500 contributing shares, so that only 2500 will be available to the public. • ■ •• • ’■■ ■■' The shares will be allotted in priority of application;No application for less than 25 share will be received. . The cost of flotation and incorporation will be borne by tlio Company. * It is proposed to call up from time t time only ench amounts as are absolutely necessary to meet current renuiromenls In all probability 10s per share will suffice. . The Vendors’ agreement is dated 3r March, 1901, and is madd between .Tames Cowel Cooper, for himself and others, o the one party aiid .Tames Andrew Bruce, on behalf of the Company, of the other part, and may ho seen, together with the reports, at the office of tho Company’s solicitors. A;i interesting article on "The Sponge-fishing Industry”'appears in tho Clu-ist-ma-s Number of tho “Strand'Magazine.” on page 6GO. Messrs Cresswoll Bros, and Schmitz’s Egina establishment is the principal subject of tho article. It is through this firm that the promoters have made arrangements to procure expert divers, and they will also act as the English representatives of the business. “The Chemist and Druggist of Australasia,” Vol. NVT.. No. 2, under* the heading of “An Entirely New Suongc-PieM, ” contains several items of considerable interest in connection with the venture. •• 1 - TURNBULL. WATKINS AND WILLIAMS, - HENDERSON AND HUME, ■ Brokers. FREE (OASH igAMPLES, AND BACK-PEDALLING BRAKES. The Latest and Most TJp-to-dato Improvements in the Cycling World. SIDE SO MILES AND PEDAL ONLY 25. We are now fitting this Splendid Piece of Mechanical Ingenuity to all Machines, and cordially invito your inspection. JUNKINSON & CO. (LIMITED), SOLE AGENTS IN WELLINGTON FOE THE FAMOUS BEESTON HUMBER, AND .ANGLO SPECIAL. - ■ BICYCLES. - Acknowledged by all experienced riders to be tho BEST MACHINES in New Zealand. 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