Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-01-20 00:00:00

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_MERSEY

(PROSPECTUS.)
GRAVING DOCK COMPANY
(LIMITED).
Capital £BO,OOO in 1,600 shares of £5O each.
Deposit of £lO per share.

DIRECTORS.
John Palmer Palmer, Esq., Chairman.
Jame, Francis Anderson Clint, Esq. Deputy Chairman.
Qeor ""eazleY, Esq., I William Donald Ryrie, Esq.,
Re Robert Clover, Esq I Joseph Younghusband, Esq.

BANKERS.
The Commercial Bank of Liverpool

kesirs. (

SOLICITORS.
son Ellis & Field, Talbot-chambers, Fenwick-street,
Liverpool.

AUDITORS.
Ilarmood Banner and Son, North John-street, Liverpool
SECRETARY PRO TEM.

Mr. Harmood W. Banner
The 'Mersey Graving Dock Company (Limited), has been incor-
tr..ted under the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies Acts
4° 1857. The objects of the Company are, the Building, and
amore especially
the Repairing, of Wood and Iron Ships, of every
5 ription; and with these objects in view, negociations. have
been entered into with Messrs. Clover and Boyle, and Mr. William
Ashley Clayton, for the purchase from them, of their several leases
4:4 the extensive Graving Docks and Yards at Birkenhead, held by
them under the Corporation of Liverpool, and also of the Tenant-
Interest of Messrs. Clover and Boyle in premises in Baffin-street,
?Ind /Etna-street, Liverpool, and of all plant, machinery, and stock
In Birkenhead and Liverpool, belonging to the above parties, and
4,:f the goodwills of their business ; and Messrs. Clover and Royle
end Mr. Clayton, are now willing to transfer the same upon terms
which appear to the Directors very advantageous to the Company.
The Corporation of Liverpool (the lessors of the premises at Birken-
head), will give their consent to the tranfer of the leases.

co. '
to PIP

Woodside
above Graving Docks, lying between Monks' Ferry and
Ferry, afford great advantages, and are sufficiently capa-
oious to accommodate at one time from ,000 to 10,000 tons of ship-
Ding for repairs. They contain over 30,000 square yards of land,
of which 14,000 yards are dock and water space.
The Buildings form a massive pile of stone and brick building,
app feet long by 50 feet wide, and comprise lofts, rigging-rooms,
VWorkshops for joiners, bloclimakers, smiths, and bodermakers.
ere are also engine houses, foremen's cottages, and stables on
the
-4 ample
Premises. The stock on the premises is very large, comprising
-4 ample supply of materials necessary for the trade.
the average rentals are under 2s per square yard, including cost
'Warehouses and workshops.
43' Th he Mersey dues
Dockschar and on Harboursh Bos entering
ardthese docks, are those fixed
.
..There is little or no tidal current in the river between Woodside.
gTMonks' Ferries, and experience has proved that the largest
Ps can be easily docked and undocked at these yards in all
ethers.
Th
e Premises in Baffin-street and "Etna-street, in Liverpool,
tneere Messrs. Clover and Boyle have for many
.years corned on an
C,„_llalve business in repairing ships, will, it is considered by the
g.,c_ters, be a valuable adjunct to the undertaking.
4.r Company being essentially a ship•repairing company, and
Profits divisible amongst the shareholders, shipowners becom-
g shareholders will receive, in the dividends, a per centage of the
expended in their own vessels, whilst' the work will be
It i'sitlY and economically done.
Sc pritet. contemplated that under the supervision of the Directors the
ly dhet:d ual management of the business of e company shall be eon-
Thelirt Mr. Clayton and Mr. Joseph Roy
nature oetors having made the.
.mo. stcaerefril inquiry into the
the e of the business, the capabilities of the clocks and yard, and
remunerative yearly dividend
%Iron, the ku Profits, anticipate a
lc
ship,,nera,Plitzd of the Company ;
and the fact that many extensive
is a guarantee that the Coro-
t(' tan., k Lave already taken shares,
trtav
01114, at all times reasonably expect a steady and increasing

ot°l Ide
10-apaPrnilications for shares, in the annexed form, mgt be addressed ,
on
13V1.stBoamf January,,l9s,9.North John-street, Liverpool
or before
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR MARES.

• 1.,x MER9Ey GRAVING DOCK COMPANY (LIMITED).
qentlD'aucTons OF THE MERSEY GRAVING DOCK COMPANY (LIMITED).
e4CII, „ request that you will allot me -- shares of £5O
• aii‘7,44e above Company, and I hereby agree to accept the same,
Elo Less number you may allot to me, and to pay the deposit of
to til3:l- share thereon, and the shares so allotted to me to be subject
Ittieleßtnlea and regulations contained in the memorandum and
Dailiea of association registered pursuant to the Joint Stock Com-
b Act 1856-1857:
4ted day of

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