The Sun.
London, England, 1864-05-23 00:00:00

T LONDON and VENEZUELA BANK
(Limited).
Incorporated under the Companies Act, ISV.
Capital £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 £25 per share shall be
Called up, but that any further Capital required shall be rai ed
by addittenal issues of shares, and that the then shareholders
shall have a preferential right to allotment pro rata with
their holdings.
Al per share to be paid on application, and £4 on allotment.
Calls not to exceed £5 per share at intervals of not less than
Three Months.
DIRECTORS.
In London.
HENRY ALE RS HAN It EY, Esq., London, Chairman.
F. Herbert Hemming, Esq., Consu.-General at Venezuela,
London.
Elias Mocatf a, Esq.. London, Managing Director.
Alfred W. Powles, Esq., Consul for Venezuela (& W. Powles
and Co.), Liverpool
Giacomo Servadio, Esq., Venezuelan Consul for Italy, and
Dim ector of the Bank of Caracas, London.
David Wilson Esq. (Wilson, Worcester, and Co.), Cannon-
stree, London.

In Vent zuela.
11,L. Boulton, Esq. (H. L. Boulton and Co.), Caroms and La

Guayra.
Frederick Praasch, Esq. ;Syers, Brasseh and Co.), Caracas and

La Uuayra.
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
G uayra.
With power to the Board of Directors in England to add to
their number.

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BANKERS.
London—The Agra Bank, Cannon-street, E.C.
Masterman, Peters, and Co.
Liverpool—North-Western Bank (Limited).
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Kimber and Ellis, 1, Lancaster-place, Strand, and
Gresham-house, E.C.
BROKERS.
London—Lewis H. Haslewood, Esq., Founder's-court, Loth-
bury.
Liverpool—Messrs. Taunton and Co.
Manchester—Messrs. Taunton and Co.

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

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
now months, and the project has been submitted to the
judgment of the most eminent Venezuelan merchants, and
has met with their unvalified 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.
Messrs. Carl Hahn and G. Servadio, Directors and Repre-
*entatives of the Proprietors in the " Bank of Caracas," have
joined the Board, and have undertaken, on the establishment
of the "London and Venezuela Bank," to close their esta-
blishment, and to transfer their business to the present
company. The banking facilities which Caracas has hitherto
possessed have been very limited, but the fast that the
Bank of Caracas has - despite its restricted means—earned
a net profit exceeding 30 per cent. per annum, leaves no
doubt that the present undertaking will result in complete
success.
The followin(g, Published by Messrs. Matheson and Co.,
twhile inviting tenders for thn Venezuelan Loan in June last,
will confirm the above statements :
" At present there i 3 almost an entire absence of banking
accommodation in Venezuela. Possessed of every advantage
of clim,,te and soil, within sixteen days' sail of England, the
exis:ing monetary facilities are quite inadequate to the com-
merce of the country. and to the increasing production and
rapidly extending experts of its coffee, cocoa, cotton, es,
Le. * *

The advantages of this Institution will be obvious to all
either politically or financially interested in the prosperity of
Venezuela, any as the rates of interest range from 10 to 15
per cent. per annum, the profits may be expected to be consi-
derable."

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 Messrs. Matheson.
'The want of an " Exchange Bank" in Venezuela occasions
the utmost inconvenience and difficulty in buying and selling
foreign bills, and large sums are made by private individuals,
who, having no direct interest in drawing or remitting, must
be induced to do either one or the other, by the offer of tempt-
ing profits. The "London and Venezuelan Bank" will sup-
ply this want, and inasmuch as returns can be mi de with
tar greater rapidity from Venezuela than from India, where
the Introduction of bafv,ing facilities of a like nature has
been found extremely profitable, it is certain that this
branch of the proposed business must bo still more remu-
nerative.

The .products of Venezuela are coffee, cocoa, cotton, tobacco,
Valdes, indigo, dividivi, and dye stuffs, with an immense
'variety of others, less known, but equally valuable. Its
coffee is of the finest quality, and its cocoa is unequalled. On
the now all important article "cotton," the following, from
a leading article in the ' Daily Telegraph" of the 16th Janu-
ary, 1863, will be read with interest, particularly in connec-
tion with banking and ca it .1:—" From Venezuela the qua-
lity is good and usefu', and some even of the wild plant is
described by competent judges as being like midd ing Orleans.
parcels imperfectly ginned have been recently sold in the
Liverpool market at 2s. and 2s. ld. per lb. Wages are low,
and a large iticrease in the cultivation is fully expected;. but
the great want is capita."
In some parts of the country coal is found cropping out on
the surtace of the ground within a few yards of the sea, and
the mineral wealth of Venezuela is well known to be very
large. This has been demonstrated by assays of many spe-
cimens of gold, silver, copper, and lead which were shown in
the late Exhib tien.
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 in Lon-
don, who on his arrival wi 1 have he assistance and advice
of the Directors in Caracas and La Guayra, who are Euro-
peans of long residence and high standing' in the country,
and well known in connection with Venezuelan trade and
finance.

The Directors reserve to themselves the right to allot so
soon and in au;:h a manner as they deem expedient. It no
allotment be made the deposits will be returned in full.
Five hundred Shares are reserved for allotment in Vene-
zuela.

Appii ations for Shares must be made in the sceompanv-
leg form, which, with Pro pectuses, may be procured of the
Bankers, Solicitors, Brokers, or Secretary at the Offi ea of the
Company, where the Articles of As s ociati m may be inspected,
and every information cbtamed.

THE LONDON AND VENEZUELA BANK
(Limited),
APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
To be retained by the Bankers.
To the Directors of the I ondon and Venezuela Bank
(Limited).
Gentlemen, —I request you to allot me Shares in
the London and Venezuela Bans (Limited), on account of
*which I have this day deposited with the Bankers of the
Company £ , being per Share, as required by
the rrospectus ; and I hereby agree to accept this or any
less number you may allot me, subject to the conditions of
the Articles of Association, and to pay the further deposit,
If any, payable on allot), erit ; and I hereby authorise you to
enter my name upon ttae
Register of Members.
Signature
Address in full .......---
Profession or description
1864.
Date ..........

BUSINESSES. -Mr. ANDREW HIND'S
Collt4j- MAY LIST,
'ling Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, &c., Gratis.
Letters, enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free.
OFFICES--CORNER OF LITTLB CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S.

OOFFICES.—.II2r. ANDREW HIND has to LET
several excellent OFFICES In the vicinity of the Bank
and Royal Exchange, separately, or in sets of two or three
zooms, suitab e for merchants, solicitors, shipbrokers, &c.
Rent, £25 to £5). Apply at 1, Little Carl er-lane, St. Paul's.

To GROCERS awl CHEESEMONGERS.—
Mr. ANDREW HIND has for DISPOSAL a BUSI-
NESS near the S, rand, doing £3O per week ; all ready money.
Corner shop, and seven rooms. Rent £52. Price £7O. Stock
about £3O. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

PUBLIC HOUSE.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has
to LET a capital HOUSE at Camberwell, containing
well fitted bar, parlour, kitchen, concert, and five other rooms.
Rent £5O. Lease twenty years. Takings £lOO per month.
Premium gm, or the proprietress would take a lady with
£2 oas partner. App yat 1, Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

COFFEE and DINING-ROOM S.—Mr. ANI)W.
HIND has for immediate SALR a BUSINESS near
the City, doing £2O per week. Two shops, thirteen rooms,
and yard. Rent £75. Let off £ll5. Lease thirty years.
Coming in £l5O. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St.
Paul's.

TDRAPERS.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has
for SALE an old-established BUSINESS, near Ho'-
:111, doine• £l5 to £2O weekly. Coming in £BO. Stock op-
tional. al. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

HOUSES.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for
SALE FIVE COTTAGES, close to a station six
tulles from town, producing £65 per annum. Ground rent
£lO. Price £5OO. Also, the following:—Wandsworth, Eight
Ereeholds, £lOOO ; ditto, Six Leaseholds, £700; Teddington,
Four, Z5OO ; Notting-hill, Three, £1,020 ; Penge, Five (un-
-11 !shed), £BOO ; Bournemouth £l,OOO, dre Offices, corner of
/Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.'
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GROCERS.-Mr. ANDREW HIND has for
SALE a BUSINESSmiIe west of the City. Shop, warehouse, cellars, and seven rooms. Bent Zl3O. Lease
eighteen years. Price £315. Also, the following : —Blooms-
bury, £lf 0 ; Islington, £200; Marylebone, £ioo ; N.W. Dis-
trict, £lBO, &c. Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane.

FCRNITtRE, IRONMONGERY, BOOTS
and SHOES.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for imme-
diate SALE, by order of the executors, an old-established. BUSINESS, twelve miles from town. Three shops, work-
shops, parlour, six rooms, kitchen, yard, and large garden.
Rene Z2t x.„10. Lease twenty-one ears. Returns £2O per week.
0). Office 4, corner of tittle Carter-lane.

CIGAR and TOBACCONISTS.—Mr. ANDW. HIND has for SALE a BUSINESS, in a principal
thoroughfare, near the Bang, Shop and bagatelle-room.
Rent £145. Lease six years and a half. Takings XIS. Price
£3OO. stock £2OO. Also the following;--Covent-garden,
£l4O ; W. District ZBO ; St. George's,
corner of Little Carter-lane. , East £.BO. Offices,

BEER HOUSE.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has
to LET a capital HOUSE, in a
good Kituation near
Oxtor !-street, containing eleven rooms. Rent £5l 10s.
Proof trade, twenty barrels per month. Price £lOO. Offices,
corner of Little Carter-lane, St. paul'p.

LADIES' SCHOOL.-Mr. ANDREW HIND
has for immediate SALE a DAY SCHOOL,
well
situate near a station, E. Eight roomed house, and garden,
Rent £3O. Number of pupils 32, paying, a guinea per quarter.
Coming in, including school furniture, blinds, 48c.
Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

FAMILY RESIDENCE and LAND.—Mr.
ANDREW HIND has to LET a comfortable HOUSE
In Essex, fourteen miles from town and two from a station,
delightfully situate on high ground, and. commanding exten-
sive views. Contains lofty drawing room, dining and morn-
ing rooms, four best and five other bedrooms, kitchens and
cellars. Gtounds comprise pleasure and kitchen gardens.
shrubbery, paddock, and meadow, togeti ter about seven acres,
with lodge entrance, stabling, coach-house, green-house,
ornamental water and bridge. Rent on three years' agree-
ment, £120; fixtures, £5O; or the lease for 18 years at £lOO.
Price, with fixtures, £2OO. Cards to view may be had at
the Auction and Estate Agency Offices, corner of Little
Carter-lane, St. Paul's.

ORNAMENTS for the Drawing-room, Library,
and Dining-room, consisting of a news .nd e,egant assort-
ment of VASES, Figures, Groups, Candlesticks, Obelisks, Ink-
stands, beautiful inlaid Tables, Paper weigh te, &c., in Italian,
A labas er, Parian, Marble, Bronze, Dert.yshire Spar, am
Imported and manufactured by JAMES TI iINNANT, Mine_
ralogist to her &laiesty, 149, Stand, W.C., London.
Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of SHELLS
MINERALS, ROCKS, and FOSSILS, widch will greatl'
facilitate Pie interesting study of MINER ALOGY, CON-
CHOLOGY, end GEOLOGY, at 2, 5,10, 20, 50, tc lop guineaS
each.

PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION In GEOLOGY and NENE,
RALour Is given by Mr. TENNAN I', at 149, Strand, W.V.