The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-10 00:00:00

NETHERLANDS LAND ENCLOSURE
COMPANY.
SOC lETE ANO NYME.
With liability limitel to the amount subscribe i, in accordance with
the law or Holt Ind. •
eaPltal 6,000,00011. (500,0001.) in 50.( 00 snares of 12011. (10/.) each.
Depcsit 24 filrins (21.) per share.
COMMISSAIRES.
elate Joseph de Chimay, Member of the Chamber of Represents-
hves•in Belgium.
„
Ashwell, Esq., Managing Director of the Great Luxembourg
Company, Brussels.
Le Chevalier Drouet, Belgian Legation, London. •
M. A. Brixhe, Engineer of Mines, Charleroi.
DIRECTORS.
John Harvey Astell, Esq., 6, Vigo.strect, Regent-street.
Thomas Cotterell, Esq., 50, Eaton-square, Sheriff of London and
Middlesex.
M. Adolphe Deschamps, Member of the Chamber of Representatives
in Belgium, and late Minister of Public Works, and of Foreign
Affairs.
JOB ,B. Midge, Esq., Brixton-hill, Surrey.
Laer, Amsterdam.
1,75. maeterman, jun., Esq., Nicholas-lane, London.
euarci W. Pelly, Capt. R.N., Director of the Hudson's Bay Corn-
Pany,
LC Ferdinand Spitaels, Senator, Brussels and Charleroi.
Tan der Lek de Clercq, Member for Zealand of the First Chain-
her of the States General, Holland.
If; J. Fransen Van de Putt, Member of the Provincial States in Zea-
land, and Banker, Goes, Zealand.
MANAGING DIRECTOR.
M. Jean Van Alste'r, Insp,ctor- General of the Public Treasury at
Brussels.

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BANKERS.
Messrs. Alstorphius and Van Hemert, Amsterdam.
Messrs. ;:clieurleer and Sons, the Hague.
Messrs. Tinorghien, Delloye, and Co., Brasses.
Messrs. Igasterman, Peters, and Co., London.
Messrs. Down, Aubry Gautier, and Co., Paris.
ENGINEER.
Sir John Rennie, F.R.S., London.
BROKERS.
Messre. Cannon. and Pel:y, 26, rokenhouse-yard.
• SECRETARY (PRO TRH.)
•
Mr. Nicholls, 46, Moorgate.street, London.

In the River Scheldt, between the towns of L'ergen op Zoom and
Antwerp, there exist on both sides of the river large tracts of land to
the extent of several miles', which at high water are covered by the
sea, and at low 'water present a varying surface of several feet in
depth•of the richest alluvial soil, which Is rapidly increasing by the
daily action of the tides.

To•reclaim and dispose of this valuable land is the object of this
Company.

The necessary powers for this purpose have been granted by a con-
Cession from the King of the Netherlands for the term of 99 years,
commencing from August, 1851. The concession provides that in a
space between tWo given lines the Company may recover and enclose
land to the extent of about 35,000 acres.
The extreme importance of this undertaking attracted the atten-
tion of the Emperor Napoleon, and a barrier nearly identical in situ-
ation and purpose with that intended by the present Company was
'Planned by him, but the decline of the empire prevented the execu-
tion of the project..
' The r.dequacy of the proposed works to the contemplated result
tae been investtga ed by Sir John Rennie, the Engineer Lithe Com-
PanY, whose'report will be found ann. xed,
The natter has likewise been examined by Mr. A. Greve, the
._enSineer of thbVaterst ra:t in Holland, under the authority of the
AM- 1, ter . f the In erior by Mr. Joseph 'Lecke and Mr. George
nentile, of Lond.,A ; and Maas. Thecarnen, of Zealand, at the re-
quest of the ion:l4o.s of His Company: and reports have bees
4141▪
,L hY each of these-gentlemen of a hied - fawn, a le eaaractir.
I, e r eports may be teen t the LI-laces Lf the C.mpany.
• .COlitraett havb been entered in o with respon ible English con-
tractors for he exe 'tido., of the work, at sa, h prices as will secure
thore.larnation.ef t .e at about 201 per acre.
Ttie works will be comment e at once. and it is contd. ntly ex-
P:ofed that 4,000 acres M ill be ready for sale c r cultiv,tien during
the'Present yea- ; in 185-i a Butner ex: ant of about 5,000 acres on
the Bergan op Zo side of t• e ri. er will be similarly enclosel; at
iater Periotiv, successive portions of about 2,500 acres will be an-
ltally enclosed, until the reclamation of the entire 35,000 acres shall
have been completed.
~I,7rne part of Holland • are the alluvial derosits found to be of so
1.,1 and so valuble'a quality as in this.province of Zealand; and it;is
afflrmei with certainty that ruch lands will bear crops for 20 years
in succession, without the application of manure.
In the immediate neighbourhood of the intended reclamation, and
elose•to the small town of B'a'h, a considerable amount of land has
been acquired by a similar process, and cannot now be purchased at
707. Per acre.
Alluvial land of precisely the same description as that conceded to
ike Company, situated at Saeftingen, on the borders of the Western
Scheldt, was lately sold by auction in Zealand by order of the Dutch
3
overnment, and realised about 501. per acre, subject to the addi-
tional charge of constructing the necessary banks or dykes (estimated
at 101. per acre), making the price in reality at least 601. per acre ;
ous Proprietors of lanes on the borders of the Western Scheldt,
"Host lands are worked by themselves, are now receiving a net
avenue of 87. per acre.
expenditure u , to the pe loci. and inclusive of the first redo-
-a° of 7,500 acres, will not exceed 150,0001., and it is exp-cted
that an amount of property will b ther by acquired sufficient to
nderaohY the rhareholth rs for the capital then aavaueed, and leave
a large balan e for the pros- cation f the r•rnaining works.
The subsequent reclamation of the remaining 27,500 acres, ex-
tend
01ing over a period of ten or twelve years, will furnish the means
division of a large bonus from time to time among the snare-
-401 ers.
De' Out of the net profits of the Company a dividend at the rate of 5
e cent- per annum will be paid to the shareho ders on the capital
_lPended and the residue will be applied to th redemption of the
.Oapital, and to a divislm in the sh •pe or bonus in the following
LaMiert viz.: 4.6 to the shareholders, ,-6 to the pro-
ulm•er t, and to the concessionaire, who has .eded his rights to the
Present Compa y.
ln
of the lands provision has been made for the convenience
shareholders who may desire to become purchasers, that their
shares may be taken in payment of the purchase money at par, or
~
"" the Price of the day.
The required caution money has been paid to the Dutch Govern-
Xent
A considerable portion of the capital has been subscribed for on
the continent.
After the payment of the deposit, no farther call will be made cf
larger amount than 10 per cent., or at shorter intervals than three
Months.
A. •
Andy
for the remaining shares may be addressed to the
41,43::::' the Company, 46, Moorgate-street, and to Messrs. Cannon
,NY, stockbrokers, 26, Tokenhouse-yard.

REPORT OF SIR JOHN RENNIE, F.R.S.
n
Gentlem
London, 14th April, 1852.
_.
land conceded ea+ Your request I have examined the district of
Mtddlebu bY the Dutch Government to Mr. Dirk Dronkers, of
rg, comprising an extent of about 35,000 acres now co-
,red at spring tides.
.•
14e feasibility of reclaiming this valuab'e district attracted the no-
tice of the k •
anpercr Napoleon, and a company was proposed to be
e_
,!_ci for that purrose. In 184 i Mr. Rennie saw it, and the idea
ig 11Y struck him, and he reported accordingly. Sir. Locke, also,
lily in,,,e10 a repert to a similar effect, in fact the perfect p,acticabi-
-004,8n the l measure cannot be doubted, and the only questions to be
laZenr‘ are—
. 2,. „,a he cost of reclama' ion. •
wifThe value of the land when reclaimed.
*`!treettrd to the first. The expense of reclaiming the land may
54 ,vhieed into two parts, viz , the works of the canal and barrier,
sofa as
additional sum requi-ed to gain the land.
anarder the expense of reclaiming the land, including the canal
Prubitarlrier+ will amount to aly,ut 201. per acre. And if the land be
reenvered, and the proceed, applied to further reclamations,
calledbeenlY one-half of the proposed capital of 50 ,0001. will ever
up
With
- regard to the second. It appears from the report of h com-
tent
, authorities, that the land when reels med will be extremely
valuable, and may be cultivated so as produce a profit of up-
wards of 6/. per acre Enelish per a, num ; in order, however, to
e_stitnate its real value, it will he better to take the selling price of
day ; from this it appears th It on the 16th March last, at a pub-
"e sale at Hulst, in Zealand, by order of the Dutch Government.
'Me unreclaimed lands similar to those conceded to the Company
Were sold for 501. per acre, and if to this be added the cost of em-
bankment the price would be 'AI. per acre.
A",uming, therefore, the value of the lands of the Company, when
rce',adned, viz , 35,000 acres, La 60/. per acre. the whole would be
Worth 2,100,000/. Now it appears that there are 1.500 acres fit for
be commenced and carried on
immediate reclamation, which mss
ahnultaneously with the canal. 4,000 acres of this quantity may be
gained this season at a cost of 150,0001., ;including the works of the
can4l to that period. The 4,000 acres taken at 601. per acre would be
240,000/.
; and if more land can be reclaimed this season, which is not
kaProbab'e, the amount will be proportionably increased. Next sea-
son a similar amount of land may be obtained with a like result ; and
at egeh succeeding year an additional quantity of land would be
reclaimed until the whole quantity concede t has been completed.
,B,4Posing, however, the land not to he sold, but to be cultivated for
Lae benefit of the Company, then, taking the net profit of 6/. per acre
according to the Flemish valuation, there would be a revenue of
11°',0801. per annum; and, unlike many other enterprises, the return
vrould .commence when only one-third of the capital has been
expended. Making every allowance, therefore, for contingencies, it
appears that there is just ground for expecting a profitable return ou
the capital.

I am, gentlemen, your humble servant,
JOHN RENNIE
To the Directors of the Netherlands Land Enclosure Company.

THE MEG ANTIC COPPER MINING
COMPANY,
In the Township of Inverness, in the County of Megan'.le,
LOWER CANADA.
A Freehold of 1,800 Acres of Land. to Ne vested in the Company
without Dues or Royalty.
_ Capital 125,0001., in Shares of 1/. each, payable on Allotment.
To be incorporated in Canada, pursuant to the 13th and 14th Viet.,
cap. 18, of the Canadian Legislature, according to which all liabi-
lity of Shareholders is avoided, on the Capital being paid up.
BANKERS IN LONDON.
. Messrs. Martin, Stone, and Martins.
Mr. _
__ SOLICITOR IN LONDON.
W • U. Cotterill, 32, Throgmorton.street.
sE pawlsAx2l3i
N,Lr OhNr eD
LONDON.
Mr. FrancisoT adNn.eedle-street.
Mr. James Bartlett Truseott, No. I, Three King-court, 32, Lombard.
This vast and rich bed of street.
Ifieral land is most conveniently situate
in the township of Invernesms
nada, about forty miles from 4,,n,2. county of Megareic, Lower Ca-
conveyance wal be much improveeti is
of
easy
This railway.
the completion of the Rich-
access at present, and
mend and arelbourne Railway,
lbway. now in course of con-
struction. Is intended to be all laid down by ensuing autumn, awl
to y. and by it materials
will paSS about eight miles from the pro
an produce can be transmitted from and Quebec with facility and
property is purchased (but with an option of throwing it up
to accept, 50,0001. iu shares.
of the
and
Theapn ss .
150e(fl.07) /h, which
cash,suin
until the Is t of October next) for the sum o f 10.05:10
the vendors agree
the remainder of the capital is to be exclusively appii,..4 for the work-
ingpurevlaieelif itthies Indeienmesedaahmtptl to the
stuhflle cgieennetr.alPower is conceded to company,work the
mines in the interim, the produce to belong to the company if the
property be accepted; but if no.t, the produce is to belong to the ven-
dors, they paying all charges of freight, &c., the company Paying the
costs incurred in working only.
Mining captains of acknowledged experience and ability, with corn_
petent inspectors on the part of the company, accompanied by ,no of.
the Bean!, of Management, will le sve England for Canada in may.
to survey the property ; and on their return,
fuhteyh
omnatyh s
be
state and
_
e
in July, will report, at the earliest moment,
ei vilei
ttyr aacntdoefo mineralo m yd
,ation
land
prospects of it.
The quantity of copper ore in t
'unbounded, and may be wroughhtisweixtthenfas
showing a desiratle investment, and as suring early re o'itiner
nd continnotis -dividends to subscribers.
By analyses a the ores, the followingor reoosuipplesrh, abvye
ibleoefnesosbotrai
jn.edp:.
77.44 per cent. ; 77.38 per cent. for
Norton, of Yale College.
Jolts litcliell, of London.
73.7 per cent, for copper, by James Cooke,
72 per cent. for copper, by 3 *No. 1, Three King-court,
of Darlington.
... Specimens of the ore may be seen at
Lombard-street.
By the Act of the 13th and 14th Yid., cap. 18,fthenadian
81slature, a very simple mode of incerPoratingnityof
a shareholder
a compo 3
aCn for a pe-
a Le-
riod Qf
nay years is authorised, and all list
(except for labourers' and servants'
be seen at the
the company being paid up. A copy of the Act may
"lee of Mr. Cotterill. wages) ceases on the capital of
If the Board of Management should deem it advisable
should
baeSopbe--
oial Act for the immediate regulation of this company
ty
'mined from the Canadian Legislature, the vendors of the property
have stipulated to obtain one at their own expense.
-Until the compftuy shall be incorporated, and the P
'Messrs.
ceePted, the capital subscribed will be paid to the Bankers, ..
London,
the Stone, and Martins, to the credit of the Trustees in
roperty ac-
the Board of Management are, however, in the. meantime to be at
liberty to draw to the extent of one shilling and, sixpence per share
en 75,000 shares, for expenses. .
On the incorporation 'and acceptance of the property, the capital
will be transferred to the account of the company in Canada, and
_e applied by the Board of Management in payment of the purchase
money, and for the general purposes of the company.
Should it he determined by the Board of Management, after the
Survey, contemplated, and the tbrther reports to be obtained, not to
'")e"ed, the balance of capital, after aeducting the expenses to the
extent mentioned, divided over the 75,000 shares, will be returned
to the part!es producing certificates of shares
. APPlleations for shares, on or befare the 021 instant, to he made
stectrt.nl4,aratetissPo:7le. 23, Threadneedle-street ;or to the London
Three King-court, 32, Lombard-street, where
prospectuses and reports ef the Mine may be obtained.

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