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Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 386, 19 July 1877, Page 4

PROSPECTUS these works, Messrs. Guthrie and Larnach have been compelled to run the machinery j overtime, on an average of two nights per week, since the opening of the new Factories. The whole of the extensive Factories and Stores (specially designed by David Ross, Esq., architect, of this city) are substantially built of brick and cement, on solid Milestone and concrete foundations (all timbers being of the best and most durable descriptions!, covering an area, including the timber yards, of several acres of valuable land in the chief streets of the city. The whole of the splendid modern machinery was designed and planned by an eminent engineering firm in Glasgow, under Mr. Guthrie's immediate supervision while in Britain, and after a very careful inspection of the principal woodware factories in America, Britain, and on the Continent. Each machine has been firmly placed on a solid bed of concrete, where necessary, to prevent the possibility of vibration, and to avoid wear and tear. The contract for the purchase of machinery was entered into when materials and labour in .Scotland were at their lowest. The important advantages to shareholders in a Joint Stock Company of entering into possession of a large manufacturing and impoi ting business in full operation on a fixed date, with a thoroughly trained staff of officers and men and a large mercantile connection without having to wait for the erection of buildings, importation of plant, stock, etc., or being subjected to any of the ricks and delays incidental to the starting of anew business, and with all preliminary expenses paid, should be at once apparent to investors. The following advantages are worthy of notice : Ist. The whole of the machinery in the Factories is driven by one pair of powerful engines, worked by two men—an engineer and fireman—whose wages may fairly be said to constitute the whole expense in connection with the motive power, as the only fuel required to keeji up steam is the sawdust and shavings drawn from the different factories as soon as made, by means of pneumatic tubes, and deposited in a large brick safe, ready for consumjition alongside the boilers. By this means all rubbish is utilised and made a source of profit, and the cost of labour reduced to a minimum. 2nd. The four Factories being worked under one roof, a great saving is consequently effected, not only in the motive power, but also in the management, as the whole can "be superintended and controlled by one manager. 3rd. The Tub and Bucket Factory, now in full operation, has a monopoly of the supply of these indispensable articles, there being no other tub and bucket factory in the Australasian Colonies. A large return may therefore bo looked for to the credit of this branch of the business. 4th. The whole of the Factories, especially the Furniture Factory, being worked in connection with the general timber business, is carried on most profitably, not only from the fact of the first cost of the timber being procured at the cheapest possible rate, but also that large quantities of short cuttings of timber, which would otherwise either be sold as job lots at a low price, or sent to the furnace to be consumed as fuel, are utilised. The Union Sash and Door Company in Auckland is of a similar character to the Xew Zealand "Woodware Factories, only being much less extensive. It is, however, a L fair cricerion to base calculations upon, as to what may be expected from the New Zealand Woodware Factories. The Company refer;- d to has only been in active operation for ;: little over four years, and has paid aniuu.l dividends of 20 per cent., besides carrying large amounts to reserve fund ; so that, in addition to the very handsome yearly dividends, the original Lo shares of the Company are now quoted at L 7 10s., and a new issue allotted to shareholders, on which L2 10s. has been paid up solely out of reserve fund, are quoted at L 3 10s., making the present total market value of the original shares Lll, or a premium of 120 ■per cent. In connection with this, it is a fact that the profits shown to have been made in Messrs. Guthrie and Larnach's business for the same period considerably exceed that made by the Union Company in proportion to the capital invested : so that the promoters have good reasons for believing that rot only wiii large dividends be paid regularly by the Company, but that its stock will at once become a much-sought-after and favorable investment Mr. Guthrie has consented to be fully identified with the business for a number of years as Managing Director. Mr. Guthrie's practical skill and long experience in the Trade are well known ; the high position to which the linn has attained under his management indicates the measure of prosperity which may reasonably be expected in tiie future ; and as a proof of. Mr. Guthrie's and his partner's faitli in the future prospects of the concern, they are willing to hold one-fifth each, or equal to two-fifths of the entire capital on their own private account, purchased in fully paid-up shares. And as a further jjroof of their confidence in tiie future prospects of the Company, they have decided to guarantee that the Company's net profits for the first three years siiail not be less than ten per cent. J- 161 ' au " num on the actual capital for the time being employed in the business, or equal to a sum of about Lo',ooo to be j>aid to the shareholders wiiliin three years. They expect and believe that the profits will considerably exceed this i-ate, but investors will by this means know the rate of their minimum profits. By of further securing the observance of the guarantee, the firm have

agreed to deposit with th=i Directors of the Company scri;) of the Company during the tirst ye;ir of the value of L 50.000, during the second year of L40,00<), and during the tiiird year of L2o OO'O, and to execute a legal charge upon the same in favor of the Company. Intending shareholders may therefore rest assured that no more legitimate or remunerative outlet for capital, or one presenting better or more extensive future prosjDects, lias ever been offered in 2sew Zealand. The reasons which have induced Messrs. Guthrie and Larnach to take this step are—--Ist. That their term of partnership expires by effluxion of time in the course of a lew months, when it is the intention of one of the partners to retire from active busi-