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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVI, Issue 180, 3 August 1904, Page 4

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ndid Investmen STUDY THIS FROM A BUSINESS STANDPOINT "The Empire, Bellevue, & Mansions CONSOLIDATION LIMITED." To be incorporated under "The Companies' Aot, 1908.* CAPITAL, £160,000 -divided into 30,000 ahares of £6 each, of which,4ooo shares, fullv PMd nn. f allotted to the Vendor; 4000 are reserved for subsequent issue for extensions of business aim building purposes, and the remaining 22,000 shares are now offered to the public for subsorintion payable as follows :-£l ner share on application, £1 per share on allotment, and the balance in calls' of not more than £1 per share as may be required, and at Intervals of not less than two months. PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS i CHAHLES P. GREENSLADE, Esq., Dunedin (Managing Director Speight <6 Co., Ltd.) AItTHUR R. V. LODDER, Esq., Wellington (Proprietor City Buffet Hotel). CHARLES H. IZARD, Esq., Wellington, Solicitor (Diraotor Wellington-Manawatu Railway Cot.. Ltd 1 ALBERT MARTIN, Esq., M.D., Wellington (Director Equitable Life Assurance Society of U.S.I EDMUND ALLO, Esq., Wellington, Electrical Engineer and Hydraulio Expert HERRMAN LEWIS, Esq., Wellington, Investor CHARLES TRINGHAM, Esq., Wairarapa, Sheepfarmer (Director Wellington Trust, Loan & Investment Coy., Ltd.) mo hold office until the first meeting of shareholders which will be held not less than one month nor more than three months from the bytiieSlwKde's 8 t0 oommenoe business, at whioh meeting permanent Directors of the Company will be appointed BANKERS i The National Bonk of New Zealand, Limited, SOLICITOR i I. J. Devine, 16, Brandon Street, Wellington, BROKERS i "The Bellevue Hotel and Gardens." SECRETARY (pro tern) i J. S. Schwarte, Colonial Mutual Buildings, Custom House Quay, Wellington. This Company is being formed for the purpose of acquiring, as a going concern three of the moit valuable business properties in New Zealand—the large and palatial EMPIRE This wonderfully picturesque estate is not only a ootmlar HOTEL, in Willis and Victoria streets, Wellington; the beautiful reiorl for Wellington people, but Is one of the aishti of the BELLEVUE GARDENS and fashionable Hotel at the Lower Colony, and la by far the most attractive of Wellington's Hntt, and the popular Private Hotel known as "THE MAN- pleasure-spots. 8ION8," in Ghuznee street, Wellington. Ai a pleasure-place within easy reach ef a metropolitan It is proposed to purohase these three properties for the sum Mitre " The Bellevue Gardens " are unrivalled in New Zealand of £IBO,OOO, of which the vendor reoeivei £55,000 cash and <OOO They are unique. A great feature of the estate li the mamifleent fully paid-up shares; the sum of £55,000 remaining on fixed BOTANICAL GARDENS, the finest private gardens in the mortgage. The faot that local eompanies have a sum of £55,000 Colony. They present a happy combination of park and floweron fixed mortgage is an undoubted proof of the soundness of the gMden, surrounding a handsome hotel of the chatetu-bunc-alow securities offered. type. There are groves of arboreal ferns, nikau and other palms, Ihe value of the assets to be aoquired bv the Company has trees, shrubs and flowers from all parts of the globe; flower-beds been carefully assessed by well-known and reliable experts, and "> Tlvid bloom all the year round; the most delightful of shadv a summary of their reports show a total value of £144,229. nooks and rose-embowered arbours and rustic summer-houses These fignrea, baiea on thoroughly reliable estimates, show a "" surplus of £14,229 over and above the purchase price to be paid by the Company. The intention of the Company is to carry on the three businesses named on the soundest and most popular lines, and to J summer-houses. , alxta,n aoreß in this property. It has about 1,500 feet frontage to the main Waiwetu road, one of the principal thoroughfares in tbe Hutt Valley, The receipts of " The Bellevue " Hotel and Gardens from Ist January, 1902, to 29th February, 1904, amounted to £10,221 Os 4d. utilise to the utmost the latest and most modern ideas in hotel The expenditure was £8,545 7s 7d (including £1,609 10s lOd. management. extra outlay for repairs, up-keep, and improvements) leaving a mu; . _ ... ~ surplus of £1,675 12s 9d. 8 8 IS an Age Of Consolidation. During thia period 52,103 visitors paid £1,302 lis. Bd. for adThe trend of modern business methods is in the direction of to *' le grounds. The flowers sold from the Gardens merging small enterprises into great, and thus reducing the ml & £416 9a ' expenses of management. The amalgamation of these ? re "".immense possibilities before "The Bellevue " three important properties will enable the joint management to P ro P e "/> owing to the straightening of the Hutt railway, now effect a considerable saving in many classes of Stook, Goods proceeding, which will shorten the distance by fully one-third, Provisions, Ac., which by being purchased in large quantities will ai T , J . D , thousands more tourists as well as residents to spend be secured on much more profitable terms than under separate a ho ' i( »ay at this attractive resort, whioh has absolutely no ownership. riYal outside of the spas in the Thermal Springs Region. The consolidation of the properties will undoubtedly result in "The Mansions." This luxurious boarding establishment is the finest of Its class in Now Zealand. It combines a handsome exterior with the latest improvements In architecture and furnishing. In every detail it Is a well designed, oomfortable residence As to tbe value of the three assets in this great business The palatial oharaoter of the furnishing may be gauged from , million, first corner the j ha( . , h#y neM]y £ifim 8 ' 8 8 ° W During the eight monthi ended Maroh 31, 1904, the total receipts of" The Mansions " amounted to £2,134 19a, and the expenditure to £1,621 16s 9d, leaving a surplus of £5lB 2s id. The house was only opened on August 1,1903, so that it can hardly be said to have been in full working order for the whole of Efficient and Economical Management, Increased Business and Inoreased Profits. proposition, first consider "The Empire Hotel." This establishment is the premier hotel in Wellington, and is in point of situation, architecture, equipment, and general convenience, one of the finest hotels in Australasia. It is unique in having two frontages-to the two leading business streets-one to the period mentioned, notwithstanding the profits amount aireadr Williß street, and the other to Victoria Btreet. Thn nnaitinn „l thl. to 8 per cent, on the oapital invested ' Have You Money to Invest? Then Seize This Opportunity. It ia an absolutely sound and safe proposition, one that will stand the closest examination, with a certainty of an immediate and continued inorease in the value of the investment. It is an exceptional opportunity, offering aB it does an interest in what must quickly become the moat profitable hotel property south of the Line. Properties in Wellington are rapidly increasing in value, owing to the City's situation and its great volume of business! This will yield you far better interest than any other class of property. Ab an investment you cannot better it, and shares will soon be at a premium. All possible enquiry is solioited. Copies of tbe Prospectus may be obtained from Brokers of the Company, or from the Vendor, Mr. Herrman Lewis. Intending shareholders will be shown over any of the properties. Applications for shares Willie street, and the other to Victoria Btreet. The position of this building nmy be said to be tbe most valuable in point of situation and convenience which could be seleoted for private or pnblio enterprise in the whole of the capital oity of New Zealand. The area covered by the hotel represents a leugth from street to street of 190 feet, with a frontage to Willis and Victoria streets of 75 feet and 71 feet respectively. It consists of tour stories and the basement, and contains 125 t oonie, 108 o' Vhicb are bedrooms. Note these Figures! A careful and full investigation of the books and accounts of the Empire Hotel has been made by Messrs. Badham and liiss, Professional Accountants and Auditors, Wellington. Their report shows that from June, 1899, to October, 1903 little over four years—the hotel receipts totalled £83,200, against in expenditure of £51,371! leaving a net profit of £31,835, exclusive of intertst. —For the year 1903 the total receipts were £28,671 10s sd. for the four months from November let, 1903, to February 29th, 1904, the receipts were £10,571 5s lid. For the months should be forwarded to the Brokers, accompanied by a oheque for of January and February, 1904, the reoeipts amounted to £1 on each share as application money. £5,570 10s lid, whioh is at the rate of £33,423 w annum, Wellington is advancing enormously. These properties must and under tbe new management will undoubtedly iffljiease at an correspondingly advance in value, and with the increase in profits even greater ratio. naturally resulting from consolidation and eoonomy in manaaeThe present rate of profit on the Empire Hotel alone ment they offer an unparalleled field of investment, represents over 8 per cent, on the entire capital of the £ This ia no speculation, ft is a sound and iclid business consolidation, without taking into consideration at all tbe undertaking, with Big Profit* assured. a profits from " The Mansion!" and " Bellivue Gardens," Afpty lot SH&RBS AT ONGB,