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Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 447, 3 October 1877, Page 3

PUBLIC COMPANY PROSPECTUS' OF THE k AMARU STONK QUARRYING.AND ' EXPORT COMPANY (UMITF.P). CAPITAL - - - £25,000, In 5000 Shares of £5 each. Deposit payable on application, ss. per share. Allotment Call, ss. per share. The balance to be called up a< required ; but calls to be made at intervals of not less than three months. The period, therefore, during which the whole amount may be called up is thus extended over two years. The Company is to be registered under the «• Limited Liability Act" so soon as half the number of shares are disposed of. A Moiety of the Shares is reserved for the Australian Market. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS : Oamaru. His Worship the Mayor of Oamaru George Sumpter, Esq., J. P. Thomas Procter, Esq., M.M.C. Samuel Gibbs, Esq., M.M.C. Joseph Booth, E.-q., M.M.C. J. Li.ldle, Esq., M.M.C. C. S. Allen, Esq., Manager Bank of New Zealand C. Galbraith, Esq., Timber Merchant. Melbourne. His Worship the Mayor of Melbourne Alderman Aarons John Andrew, Ksq., M.L.A. Samuel Ame-, Esq., M. ( '.C. A. K. Smith, Ksq., M.L.A. T. W. Mason, Esq. T. Millar, Esq. T Y. Anderson, Esq. John Danks, Esq. The Melbourne Directors have been elected to acb provisionally, subject to their approval. POLTCfTORS: Messrs. Julius and Balmer. BANKERS: The Bank of New Zealand. SECRETARY : J. K. Brown, Esq.

The " Oamaru Stone Quarrying and Export Company " is projected for the purpose of further developing our valuable stone deposits, and to secure for it a much larger consumption in thi3 and the neighbouring colonies. The enquiries of the promoters conclusively prove that the time has now come when the great facilities afforded by the Breakwater and the numerous line of railway now opened should be more extensively utilised, and this branch of industry developed on a scale commensurate with it* vast importance. By referring to the "Beport and Evidence " it will be seen—--Ist. 'J hat the country extending from the Kakanui Eiver to the YVaitaki Plains abounds in stone deposits of the best description ; that numerous quarries are already being partially worked, and the supply obtainable is absolutely inexhaustible. 2nd. That the exclusive right to work such quarries as may be decided upon can be acquired by a Company upon the most favourable terms. 3id. That in the larger operations of a Company the present methods of working the stone may be vastly improved by the application of steam power, and the introduction of improved machinery and other appliances at every stage, from the quarries to its final destination, economising labour and greatly increasing the facilities and lowe'ing the rates of transit. 4th. 'J hat the promoters, therefore, are confident that not only will they ab or!) the entire local demand a well as the considerable business which has hitherto been carried on with Dunedin. Christchurch, and other parts of New Zealand, but they confidently anticipate an enormously increased trade with Victoria, where it has already acquired considerable dimensions, but is, in their opinion, capable of indefinite extension. The invt stigation of the promoters abundantly proves that great injury has resulted from shipping stone in inferior vessels, as well as fi om insufficient and careless stowage, the stone having been frequently delivered seriously damaged by water, and altogether unfit for building purposes. It will bi the special object of this Company to guarantee the proper delivery of the stone, and thus restore its reputat on in the Melbourne market. Another great evil which has heretofore prevented its coming into more general use was the irregular nature of the supply, affording thus neither security nor .-onfidence to those employed in building operations. The promoters purpose placing a largn quantity in a Melbourne depot, and trust they will spe- dily be in a position to execute the largest contracts with which they may be favoured with prompt dispatch, as well as in sound condition.

sth. They have only fur her to refer to the valuable testimony borne to the quality of the stone by so many men and others well competent to judge. Such a mass of conclusive evidence as to its extreme durability, its great strength and other serviceable qualities, its purity and beauty, and the facility and consequent economy with which it can be wrought into the most elaborate designs, efficiently warrant them in concluding that an assured and most profitable trade awaits the operations of this Company; and while they will be in a position largely to reduce the price, the undertaking wi 1 nevertheless remain an exceedingly safe and profitable investment to the shareholders. X.B. —fc-hould the Company not be successfully floated, all deposits will be returned IX t'ULU Half only of the Company's shares are now placed in ihe local mark>-tfor a limited period, and will be allotted in the crder of their application. Immediate application should therefore he made to prevent d sappointment. Cheques should be drawn in favour of C. S. Allen, hsq., Manager Bank :New Zealand, Treasurer, and applications, by letter or otherwise, to the undersigned, from whom Forms of Application, the Com-mirt'-e's Report and Evidence thereon, may be obtained. J. K. BROWN, Agent, Thames-Btreet. Oamaru, Sept. 26, 1877. 802