The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-28 00:00:00

THE LONDON and VENEZUELA BANK
(Limited).
Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1861.
Capital 5.500,000, in 10,000 shares of £5O ea:h.
With power to increase.
First issue, 5,000 Shares.
It is proposed that no more than L 25 per share shall be
called up, but that any further Capital required shalibe rat ed
by additional issues of shares, and that the then shareholders
shall have a preferential right to allotment pro rata with
their holdings.
£1 per share to be paid ou application, and £4 on allotment.
Calls will not exceed £5 per share at intervals of net less
than Three Months.

DIRECTORS.
In London.

*HENRY ALE RS HAN IK EY, Esq., London, Chairman.
F. Herbert Hemming, Esq., Consul-General of Venezuela,
London.
Elias Mocatf a. Esq.. London, Manning Director.
Alfred W. Powles, Esq., Consul for Venezuela (A. W. Powles
and Co.), LivervoL
Giacomo Servadio, Esq , Venezuelan Consul for Italy, and
Diz ector of the Bank of Caracas, London.
David Wilson Esq. (FIISOLI, Worcester, and Co.), Cannon-
street, London.

In Velumla.
H. L. Boniton, Esq. (H. L. Bannon and Co.), Caracas and La
Gnayra.
Frederick Praasch, Eeq. (Byers, Braasch and Co.), Caracas and
La G uayra.
Carl Hahn, Esq. (Carl Hahn and Co.), Consul-General for
Belgium, Managing Director of the Bank of Caracas,
Caracas.
John Rohl, Esq. (Ruele. Rohl, and Co.). Consul-Gene-al for
Hamburg, and Consul for the Brazils, Caracas and La
Guayra.
With power to the Board of Directors in England to add to
their numba.

BANKERS.
London—The Agra Bank, Cannon-street, E.C.
" Masterman, Peters, and Co.
Liverpool—North-Western Bank (Limited).
SOLICITORS.

Messrs. Kimber and Eliii,l,Eancaiter•place, Strand, and
Gresham-house, E.C.
BROKERS.
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London—Lewis H. Haslewoocl,lsq, Founder's-court Loth-
bu.
Ltveryrpool—Messrs. Taunton and Co.
Manchester—Messrs. Taunton and Co.

AUDITORS.
Messrs. Quilter, Ball, and Co., 3, Moorzate-street, E.C.
And one to be chosen by the shareholders.
SECRETARY (PRO TEX.)
V. De Tivoli, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
7, Bank-buildings, Lothbury, E.C.

ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS.
The " London and Venezuela Bank" has for its proposed
operations a ground unoccupied, and is most urgently re-
quired. Preliminary negotiations have been in progress for
some months, and the project has been sub .nitted to the
Judgment of the most eminent Venezuelan merchants. and
has met with their unqualified approval. Support is promised
in highly influential quarters, and the Directors are assured
that the privilege of issuing Bank notes will be accorded by
the Government.
The banking facilities which Caracas has hitherto pos-
sessed have been very limited, but the fast that the Bank
of Caracas, which will now merge into this establishment,
has -despite its restricted means—earned a net profit exceed-
ing 30 percent. per annum. leaves no doubt that the present
undertaking will result in complete success.
The following, published by Messrs. Matheson and Co.,
while inviting tenders for tht Venezuelan Loan in June last,
Will confirm the above statements
" At present there h almost an entire absence of banking
accommodation in Venezuela. Possessed ot every advantage
of climtte and soil, within sixteen days' sail of England, the
existing, monetary facilities are quite inadequate to the com-
merce of the country, and to the increasing production and
rapidly extending exports of its coffee, cocoa, cotton, hides,
dtc.# s # The advantages of this
Institution will be obvious to all, and as the rates of interest
range from 10 to 15 per eent.,per annum, the profits may be
exTeeted to be considerable,'
It may be added, that since that period, owing to the in-
creased and increasing demand for cap tal for the cultivation
of cotton, which is now being exported to England in large
quantities, it finds safe and profitable employment at much
higher rates than those quoted by Messre. Matheson,
The want of an Exchange Bank in Venezuela occasions
the utmost inconvenience in buying and selling foreign
bills ; this Bank will supply the want, and as returns can be
made with far greater r ,pidity from Venezuela than from
India, where banking facilities of a like nature have been
found extremely profitable, it is certain this branch must be
still more remunerative.
The principal control of the London and Venezuela
Bank will be vested in the Board of Directors in England.
They will select a manager of known qualifications, who,
on his arrival, wi I have he assistance and advice of the
Directors In Caracas and La Guayra, who are Europeans of
high standing in the country, and well known in conneation
with Venezuelan trade and finance.
Fall pro pectases, with forms of appli ations for shares,
may be procured of the Bankers, Solicitors, Brokers or t•ecre-
tary, at the Ofli -eg of the Company, where the Articles of As-
sociation may be inspected, and every information obtained.

THE FREEHOLD rind GENERAL INVEST-
MENT COMPANY (Limited).
(Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862.)
Capital £250,000, in 10,000 Shares of £25 each.
With power to increase to £1,030,030.
First issue 5,000 Shares.
•
Subscriptions for more than half of which have been already
promised.)
Deposit on application £ I per Share, and £2 on allotment.
Calls not to exceed £2 per Share. with an interval of not less
than Three Months.
It is not intended to call up more than £lO per Share, but
as more capital can be advantageously employed, further
issues of Shares will be made, in the allotment of which a
preference will be given to the then existing Sharohol lets.
Should no allotment be made, the deposit will be returned in
full.
DIRECTORS.
The Right Hon. Lord NIGEL KENNEDY, Montrose
House, Petersham, Chairman.
The Right lion. Lord Viscount Malden, 39, Lowndes-street,
Bel:7[lw-square, And Loudwater House, Bucks.
Charles hemp Dyer, Esq . St. Albans.
Eoward Barran, Esq.. Milk-street, Cheapside.
George P. Lascaridi, Esq., Old Broad-street, Director Fi-
nancial Disconnt Company (Limited).
Frederick A. Lcgg, Esq, 22, Sackville-stre4, and South
Norwood.
Wi liam W. Prole, Esq., Kensington P .rk-g,ardens East.
William R. Rogers, Esq, M.D , 56, Berners-street.
William Watson, E,q., Bristol, Director of the Bristol and
Exeter Railway Company.

BANKERS.
Metropolitan and Provincial Bank (Limited:, 75, Cornhlll;
and Oxford-street Branch, 86, Oxford street.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Matthews and Greetham, 68, Lincoln's-inn-fields.
nnoRER.
Alfred Ashton, Esq., 75, Old Broad-street.
AUDITORS.
Messrs. Harding, Pullein, Whinney, and Gibbons, 3, Bank.
buildings, Lothbnry, E.C.
SECRETARY PRO TEM.
R. N. Collier, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
1, New Broad-street-court, E.C.

ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS.
The objees of this Company are 10 purchase, from and
to
time, such freehold or leasehold property in London and its
neighbourhood as may present special capabilities for im-
provement.
The first step of the Comrany will be the purchase and
development of some first-class freehold properties at the
West-end, for securing which most advanta._.eous agreements
have been entered into, and the rental to be derived there-
from has been estimated by experienced valuers to produce a
sufficient sum to ensure interest and dividend amounting to 15
per cent. and upwards (arising from property ever increasing
111 value), after making ample deluction for repairs, out-
goings, and management ; and when these properties are
completed and occupied, it is calculated they may be resold at
a profit of 50 per cent. to the Company.
Full partiulars of the proposed operations of the Company
may be obtained at the Offices, No. I, New Broad-street-court,
where the Artic e+ of Association may be seen ; and Pros-
pectuses and Forms of Application for Shares may be ob-
tained from the Bankers, Brokers, Solicitors, or at the Offices
of the Company.