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Wellington Independent, Volume XXVIII, Issue 3977, 13 December 1873, Page 3

"PRELIMINARY ANNONUCEMENT. NEW ZEALAND STEAM SHIPPING COMPANY (LIMITED). CAPITAL £150,000 In Shares of £10 each. Dibectobs : C J. Harrison, Chairman Wm. Allen Joseph Burne Jobn Martin laaao Plimmer John Symons. It having become apparent that an extension of the Company is necessary, in order to keep pnce with the growing Colonial and Inter-Colonial trades, the Directors of the New Zealand Steam Shipping Company (Limited), in now seeking the aid of the public to bring about the achievement of this object, point with confidence to the success which has hitherto markod their operations as a guarantee to intending shareholders that the prospect of a good investment held out to them is a substantial and fair one. Unlike other Steam Companies now projected, the Company actually occupies the field with a fleet of steamers especially built for and adapted to the trade on the Coast of New Zealand, as well as the inter- colonial trade. They own the following vessels, viz : — Phoebe 416 tons regieter Tabanaei 299 „ „ Wbiaingtoh 262 „ „ Ladtbibd 285 „ „ Rangatiba 184 „ „ MANAWATtT 103 „ „ These steamers are all in the bept repair, and some of them equal in every respect to new ships, a sum of upwards of £40,000 having been laid out on them during the past six months. They represent the plantof the Company, together with a sailing collier (barque Anne and Jane), large hulk, freehold and leasehold premises in the best business situations in Wellington, engineer's and smith's workshop, together with large stocks of material necessary for the working of the steamers, &o, &c. It is now proposed to raise the capital of the Company to £150,000, with power to increase it further. Immediately the necessary sanction of the present shareholders has been obtained in general meeting, and there will be no difficulty as the present step is taken at their request, the proposed plan of extension will be definitely put before the public The Directors of the Company are fully alive to the importance of keeping pace with the rapidly developing trade of the Colony, not only so far as the mere coastal traffic is concerned, but also with reference to the trade with the Australian Colonies, the South Sea Islands, and the growing Colony of New Caledonia, in all of which a large and profitable outlet may be found for the produce of the Colony. The objeots of the Company are thoroughly Colonial, not local, and therefore the assist* anco of all parts of the Colony 19 invited. CHARLES HARTMANN, Manager. Wellington, December 4, 1873. JSW ZEALAND SUGAR COMPANY (Limitbb). Capital £120,000, in 12,000 shares of £10 eaoh, 2a 6d per share to be paid on application. Prospectuses and forms of application for shares can be obtained at the various branches of the Bank of New Zealand, or of any of the Provisional Directors. J. B. GEORGE, Hon. Sec. Wellington, Bth December, 1873. HOTOGR A P HS OP KmGr, FULTON, AND LEWIS, . The Tapsoott prisoners, taken expressly for the Defence Committee, can be had at BRAGG'S STUDIO, LAMBTON QUAY Tj^ O R SALE. 25 New Zealand Shipping Company's Shares. R. J. DUNCAN. December 12, 1873. TT OPS. HOPS. 1873 FOR SALE. 10 pockets hops, new Kent, 187 to arrive per Cissy 10 tanks malt 100 casks cement, White Brothers 30 tons beet annealed wire, 6, 7, 8 All at low rates. Apply to JAS. O'SHEA, Wellington. Wellington, 10th December, 1873. T INOOLN SHEEP FOR SALE. For sale, the following Lincoln Ewes and Rams, depasturing at Highland Park, being port of the flook of the undersigned, the progeny of ewes selected from the Lincoln flook of Robert Grahim, Esq, Auckland, and from rnina imported from the celebrated Btud flock of W. Clarke, Esq, Louth, Lincolnshire, and best Lincoln rams bred in the province : — 60 Ram Lambs 60 Ewe „ 40 Full-mouthed Ewes Ready for delivery Ist of February. The lambs will then be about five months old. Early application necessary. W. B. RHODES. Wellington, sth December, 1873. Tjl OR SALE (CHEAP). 25 three-quarter bred Romney Marsh RAMS. Apply to THOMAS ALLEN, Waiwetu, Hutt. Tj^AT WETHERS AND LAMBS. FOR SALE, at the farm of the undersigned, Kairoi, Fat Wethers and Spring Lambs, Southdown and other favorite breeds. __^ GEORGE HUNTER. T^ O R SALE. Lincoln, Leicester, Cotswold, and Southdown RAMS and RAM LAMBS, got by pure bred imported Rams, out of choice carefully selected ewes. BETHUNE & HUNTER. rpHE undersigned are buyers of wool and JL other produce, or will make advances on shipments consigned to the address of their correspondents in London, Melbourne, or Sydney. BETHUNE & HUNTER. 3? /) It H ® 8~. The undersigned have room for 1000 to 2000 tons of General Merchandise in firstclass buildings, where goods can be insured at a low rate of premium. Terms reasonable. BETHUNE & HUNTER. TJ O I L I N G DOWN. On and after December 1, 1872, the undersigned will boil down sheep at 8d per head. ALFRED TVER, Ngahauranga. "pO 1 O T 1 G E. A COACH will leave Whitewood's Hotel, Lower Hutt, every SUNDAY MORNING, at 9 o'clock, for Wellington, returning to the Hutt, at 5 o'clock from the CroTrn and Anchor Hotel. JOHN PROSSBR, Proprietor.