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London, England, 1825-03-28 00:00:00

WV=STONE AND SLATZ COMPANY.—
Appikaisso een reeived.
VAlrdaterlit 461*
lama of
the Dinettes and Officers advertised.
All calumniations to be addressed to David Laing, Esq. at the
Ms of the Company, 23, Lincoln's Inn-fields; or to Mews.
Andersen and Williams, Solicitors, Quality-emit. Chaneery-lane.
SAMUEL ROBERTS, Secretary.

NATIONAL POULTRY JOINT-STOCK
COMPANY,
CAPITAL TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS,
In 10,000 Shares of 201. each.
A Proepectits, with the Nantes of the Di/rectors, Beakers, &e. is
preparing fur the Press.
Applications far Shun are received by letter only (post-paid),
addressed to the Company et the Offices of Mr. 0. P. Andrews,
Solicitor, No. 4, Birclan-lene ; or Ms. F. A. Helps, No. 9, Finch-
lane, Cornhill.

I, Bvs7esoati-svarry, BLACXFSIMIS,
Alums' 2.... 1823.
PATENT ST EAM- W A SII ING CO MPA NY.—Th e
Public are respectfully informed that no further applications
for Shares in this Company can be received.
The Mogen having learnt that an apprehension exists that this
Company is established to oppose that which has been far some
Mooths In operation at Phipps' Bridge, 31itcham, beg to inform
die Public that the present is the identical Company, merely ex-
tended and formed anew, for the purpose of carrying into effect
those additions which the vast increase of demand renders neces-
sary, at an expense far beyond the limits of individual capital.

BORNEO, SOO LOO, and BANCA
COMP-INY.
I. A Company, having amongst its objects the development
of the rich Gold and Diamond Markets of Borneo, and the ex-
tension of the great natural advantages of that 1111113(11111e atilt',
the great source of wealth in the Eastern Hemisphere, is nearly
matured.
2. In the Immediate vicinity of Borneo, and of not lase import-
ance, are the famous Soo Loo Pearl Banks, celebrated for the fine
and large Pearls which they produce; and the island of Banes,
=Mining valuable Ores and Minerals, but more especially rich in
Tin, of which a juster view cannot be given than in the wads of
Mr. Crawford, the Resident of Sincapore:—
" The quantity of Tin which the Mines cf Banes are capable of
affording is immense, the supply of ore is nearly indefinite, and
the facility of working great.
" The whole produce of Banta is Grain Tin, a pore metal,
superior In intrinsic value to block tin 221 per cent. Cornish tin is
obtained with vast labour by mining through obdurate granite,
often to the prodigious depth of many hundred fathoms • Banta
tin, by digging through a few soft strata of sand and clay, and set-
doni to more than three or four fathoms. To clear the Cornish
mines film water the most expensive,md complex machinery is re-
quisite • to clear those of BLUM a simple wooden wheel, costing a
few shillings. To separate the Cornish ore from Its matrix it must
be ground in a stumping-mill, as well as subjected to the proems of
washing ; the Banat tin is at once separated from its matrix, and
lima without Mawr cars for melting, by the !simple process of
passing a stream of running water over it, in an aqueduct simply
lined with the bark of trees. The necessary result of all this is,
that the cost of producing a coat of Banal tin is but 225. Bd.,
whereas that of Cornwall tin is not less than 645. 7d.; and that,
while a Cornish mine seldom yields a rent of more than a tenth or
twelfth of the produce, often not more than a twenty-fourth, and
usually not above a fifteenth, ease Banta mines yield no less than
one-half. This is the most exact and unquestionable test of the su-
perior fertility of the one over the other. The skill and ingenuity
of the Europeans, their capital, and their machinery, make some
amends for the inferior fertility of the Cornish mines, but such as
are far enough from counterbalancing the immense wealth of those
of Banes. Were the Cornish workmen, with their ingenuity, their
capital, and machinery, to be employed on such mines as those of
liana, no other mines in the world would in a short time be worth
workieg •' and, on the other hand, were the Banes Miners, with
their tools and simple machinery, to attempt Mel mines as those of
Cornwall, there can be no question but they would be as inacces-
sible to them for all useful purposes, as if buried a league in the
crust of the earth.
.. It is but a small portion of an island containing an area of 3,400
geographical miles that has yet been examined. The mines at pre-
sect are chiefly eoutined to the northern and western parts of it,
whereas the south-eastern has hardly been touched. From one ex-
tremity to the other the alluvial lands are ascertained to abound in
beds u: tie ; and from the analogy of other countries it is beyond
any doubt that the mountains abound in veins of it. To the diffi-
cult and expensive processes required for the mining of these last,
it is at present superfluous to look, for the alluvial lands contain the
cheap and abundant supply of many ages."—Crawford's II istory
of the Indian Arehipelagn,Vel. 111. pp. 463, 466. Edinhorgh, 1820.
Of the rich Mince of 3lontrsdak, in Borneo, the same authority
states, that they are at present chiefly worked by the Chinese, to
•he number of six thousand, who are nearly independent of any
native authority, be'ng governed by their own Chief ; the tribute
paid to the Raja of Sambas, in whose territories the mines are
situated. amounting to no more than 150 bungkaia, whilst the an-
ritel produce is 118,000 oz. of pure gold. The ore, from all se-
counts, exists in inexhaustible abundance : the immense alluvial
tracts round the whole circumference of Borneo everywhere contain
rich deposits of this metal ; whence it necessarily follows that
the primitive mountains of the interior must contain veins of it.
From the abundance of the ore, and the usual fascination of all
mining projects, especially these in quest of the precious metals,
the search for gold will he the first object to engage the attention of
very enterprising and industrious people settled in that country, of
whatever race. Amidst a great deal of anarchy and disorder, min-
ing has of late years been prosecuted by the Chinese with surpris-
ing spirit. It is not above eight or ten years since considerable ca-
pital and the use of machinery have been applied to it ; and in
that lime there has been a vast increase of produce.—See Crawford,
Vol. 111.
a:ace the Diamond Mines of Golconda have been exhausted, the
only supply has been fro.n Borneo, and thence through chan-
nels suflaciently circuitous. Diamonds are in no repute amongst
the Chinese, or ,'trough the industry of that people we should,
without doubt, have long ago foutid the produce of the mines of
Borneo greatly multiplied. The Bugis 31erchauts are at present
he great dealers in diamonds.
i. Ut the Soo Loo Fishery and its products it may be sufficient to
state, that rich as it is known to be as present, a greater share of
skill and industry than are applied to these fisheries would greatly
enhance the value and the amount of their produce. Steps have
:beady been taken to secure the fall advantage to be derived from
here objects.
The Capital of the Company will be 1,000,0001. in Shares of 2001.
.each.
I Communications for the present to be made to Mr. Ogle, No. 3,
tlerent's-lane, Lombard-street-
,
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.1. for MAKING SODA WATER, continue to be prepared,
end gold by the Inventors and Proprietors, Messrs. G. MAR-
'sl IA 1.1, and CO. Chemists, Brewer-street, Golden-square, and is
. sold in Boxes, at 2s. 9d. each, and in Bottles, at 225. each, duty
ncluileal.
The I hvegenated Soda Powders having acquired a great repute-
an, at home and abroad, many ineffective and spurious sorts have
i hr en IT V .posed on the Public. The genuine will have the words,
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eepaired by Havre. G. Marshall and Co." engraved on every
tax an:. Bottle.
▪e• All other advertised preparations for making Soda Water
, nr: the saute name are spurious.
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Vegetable Tooth Powder doe.
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,1 ..I, wire Chests, of all prices, completely fitted for every climate;
t,enuine Drugs said Medicines, for Home and Exportation, of
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finest quality.
Pn.eareci and sold alsn, as above, vell7 superior FRIO'CIi
P(I'lli got all kinds of lino Wuoti, Furniture, &c.