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IirELSII-C6FIZR, LE.tD, ANL na...._,
MINING CO3IPANV•
The Applicants feelhaves. in this Company are informed, that
tte =roe rill c be rooted for Fourteen Days ; that eery
valuable M ;nes y been scoured; that experienced and
highly respectable
erVVz
ire occupied in Wales in making the
furthet reeeesary Surveys, and eneering into elifereat Negocie
r &tient ; and that when the r of earious.Oteiretienseee
known, the Shares iwt lAi • owl tbs. Piespertna de-
b %eloping thz Plan sad Obj peaty annrunied.
$ IFIIeKS and VERBEILL
Si, New Broad-street, March 84, 1894.
-11-:NGLISH and BRISTOL CHANNELS SHIP
CANAL •
A GENERAL MEETING of the SUBSCRIBERS to the
PROPOSED SHIP CANAL between the ENGLISH and
BRISTOL CHANNELS will be holden on SATURDAY, the
26th day of March instant, at the London Coffee House, Ludgate-
hie, at Twelve olelpek, for the purpose of receiving a Report from
the Committee of the present favourable state of their Proceedings
in the prosecution of the Measure, end to consider the propriety of
completing the Negociation between the Bridgewater and fsunton
Canal Company and this Committee.
The Chair will be taken aeOne o'Clock precisely.
By order of the CoMmittee,
KING and LUKIN, 5, Gray's Inn-square.
N.B. Subscribers are requested to bring their Scrips.
ITORNEO, 8 0.00
1,1A.0,.0, and BANCA
I. A Company, has irg amongst its objects the development
of the rich Gold and Diamond Districts of Borneo, and the ex-
teneton of the great natural advantages of that immense island,
the great source of wealth in the Eastern Hemisphere, is nearlys
matured.
2. In the immediate vicinity of Borneo, and of not less import-
ance, are the famous Soo Lao Pearl Banks celebrated for the fine
and large Pearls which they produce; and the island of Itanni,
containing valuable Ores and Minerals, but more especially rich In
Tin, of which a juster view cannot be given than in the words of
Mr. Crawford, the Resident of Siocapere:—
" The quantity of Tin which the Mines of Rance are capable of
affording is immense, the supply of ore is nearly indefinite, and
the facility of working great.
" The whole produce of Ranee is Grain Tin, a pure metal,
superior In intrinsic value to block tie 241 per cent. Cornish tin la
obtained with vast labour by mining through obdurate granite,
often to the predigions depth of many hundred fathoms ; Banes
tin, by digging through a few soft strata of and and clay, and eel.
dont to more than three= four fathoms. To clear the Cornish
mites from water the truest execneire and complex machinery is re-
quisite ; to clear those of Bence a simple wooden wheel, costing a.
taw shillings. To separate the Cornish ore from its matrix it must
be ground in a stumping-mill, as well as subjected to the process of
washing ; the Ranee tin is at once separated from its matrix, and
fitted without further care 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 teat of }Pince tin is but 221. &1.,
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, the Bann mines yield no less than
one-half. This is the most exact and unquestionable test of the su-
perior fertility of the me over the ether. The skill and ingenuity
of the Europeans, their capital, and their machinery, make some
amen& for the inferior feettliry of the Cornish mines, but such as
are far enough front counterbalancing the immense wealth of those
of Banes. Were the Corneal workmen, with their ingenuity, their
capital, and niechinery, to he empiored or such mines as those of
Banes, no ceherminee in the world would in a short time be worth
working ; and, nn the other hand. were the !ham Miners. with
their tools and simple machinery, to attempt such mines as those of
Cornwall, there tem he no question but they would be as inarces-
sible to them fan all useful purposes, as if buried a league in the
crust of the earth.
" It is but a small portion of an island enntainirg an area of 3,400
geographical miles that has yet been examined. The mines at pre-
sent are chiefly confined to the northern and western parts of it,
whereas the southeastern has ha-dig been touched. From one ex-
tremity-to the other the alluvial leads are ascertained to abound in
beds atm ; and from the =stingy ut other countries it is beyond
any doubt that the mountains abound in veins of it. To the dint.
telt and expensive processes required for the mining of these last,
it Le at present euperfluotts to look, for the alluvial lands contain the
cheap and abundant supply of many ages."—Crawforere History
A tithe !Mien Archinelage Vol. 111. pp. 483,466. Edinburgh, 1820.
1 Of the rich elines of 31.ontradak, in Borneo, the same authority
rates, that they are at present chiefly worked by the Chinese, to
the euedwr of six thousand, who are nearly independent of any
naive authority, being governed by their own Chief; the tribute
paid to the Raja of Sambas, in whose territories the mine, are
situated, amountieg to no more than 150 hungkais, whilst the an-
noel produce is 88,000 oz. of pure gold. The ore, front all ac-
counts,
exists in inexhaustible abendenee t the immense alluvial'
tracts round the whole circumference of Borneo everywhere contain '
rich deposis of this metal ; whence it necessarily folio,: s that
the primitive mountains of the interior must contain veins of it.
From the abundance of the ore, and the timid fascination of all
mining projects, cepeeially those in qnest of the precious metals,
the starch for geld will be the feet object to engage the attention of
very enterprising and industrious ;wek. settled in that country, of
whatever race, Amidst a great deal of anarchy and disorder, win-
ing has of late years heen pros-cut.-r 1 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 -e'en applied to it; and in
that time there has been a vast increase of produce.—Sec Crawford,
Vol. 111.
Since the Diamond Mires of Golconda have been exhausted, the
only sup ply has been hetet Borneo, and thence through chan-
nels sufficiently eireuitmet. Diamonds 'ere in no repute amongst
the Chinese, or through the industry of that people we should,
without doubt, have long ago foetid the produce of the mines of
Borneo greatly multiplied. The Bogis Merchants are at present
the great dealers in diamonds.
Of the Son Lao Fishery and its products it may be sufficient to
state, that rich as it is known to be at present, • greater share of
skill and industry than are appl ed to these fisheries would greatly
enhance the value Lod the amount of their produce. Steps have
already been taken to rerun the full advantage to be derived from
these objects.
1 . The Capital of the Compare- will be 1,000,0001. in Shares of 2001.
each.
l Communications for the present to be made to Mr. Ogle, N 0.3,
Clement's-lane, Lnnthart.-str..e:.

•
EXPLOqOX BY (1.1:4.
ITOTICE is her 21'y g:ren, That the EXPLOSION on
Monday, the 2lst of Miecli, 1825. at the HOUSE of Mr.
HARRISON, in Worship.s rem, > horeditch, sod which nearly
destroyed hi. ll.ne.e and e-idangerii his Family. WWI occasioned
by an iiscape of nas f-om the Pipe, lately laid down by the New
Independent Loi Company," an not from the Pipes of any
Company established by Ferhainnit, and under the Supervision of
his Maji%ty's Secr.lary of for th Home Detrainment.
By Oder of the Court of Directors of the Oas Light and
Coke Company,
R. GUDE, Secretary.

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.IE progress of Merit, althlugh frtquently axaniled„,
is not impeded by env: and deiraaion. The aszgresa:on of
itucade tenninates in cefird; and co3scious rectitude ultimately
he in the attainment of the grand object--public approba-
Phe test of espeitence is the jetwrantse of :scour, awl has
died WARREN'S MACE !NG in general estimation;
it there exists not a um: ger proof than the tacit acknow.
it of a host of serrihe imitators, who surreptitiously obtrude
mwriry a spurions preparation a. the genuine article, to tha
Isappointntent of the unguanial Purchaser, and manifest
)1 IV ARREN, whose character and interest by this in.
I symeni, are equally sal jet to detriment. It becomes,
re, an ir.dispensatOe du! v to CAUTION the PUBLIC
the manomeres of unprini.iplorl t'enlors, who bavii.g no
Fr to lose, and stimulated by ir.qttice in thir nefarious pur-
sm at the acquisit..n of money through 11117 :I:odium than
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