The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-20 00:00:00

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THE CONTINENTAL UNION GAS COM-
PANY (Limited).
Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862, with Limited
Liability.
Capital £ICO,COO in 20,000 Shares of £23 each, with Power to

In 3rease.
Deposit £1 on application, and £4 on Allotment.
DIRECTORS.
John. Allan, Esq.,-Director of the Oriental Gas Company.
Henry Wollaston Blake, Esq., 18. Lo don- street.
"is Cubitt, Esq., Director of the Imperial Gas Company,
London.
John Fisher, Esq , late of Fisher's and Robins :+n, Watling-
..23.treet, London.
White, Esq., Director of the European Gas COM.
Pony.

(With power to add to their number.)
ANKERS.
Messrs. Maaterman, Peterrs, Mildred, and Co., 35, Xicholas-
lane, Lombard-street.
AUDITORS.
Joseph Horand, Esq., Deputy Chairman of the City of Lon-
don Gas Company.
IL al, L. Backler, Esq., Secretary to the European Gag Com-
pany.

SOLICTORS.
Messrs. Hughes, 3lasterman, and Hughes, 17, Bucklersbury.

BROKERS.
Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, 29, Threadneedle-street.

PROSI'ECTUS.
0 This Company has been formed for the purpose of carrying
. n the business of Gas Works now in full of operation, with
~..exclusive privileges, in the following cities and towns of
ranee and It tly, viz. i—Strasbiirg, Cette, Nismes, Vienna,
0a
nne, Beaucaire Rueil, Albi, Milan, Genoa, Parma,
Modena, and Alessandria, and which now belong o the
Societe " Union des Gaz." The Company will also have the
Power of extending the existing works, and of adopting such
other concessions as may be considered sufficiently remune-
rative, either alone or in connection with the Societe "Union
clew Gaz."
'The cow..essions thus brought under one management were
obtained at different periods by the Societe" Union des
".
," and nearly a million sterling has been expended in
securing the concessions and in the constructi ,n and im-
rovement of the several works, plant, mains, service pipes,
Zze,.
De tiring the last threa years the management has been in
9hands of a Private Company, called the " Societe d'Ex-
-o,tation d'Usines a Gaz," under a 23 years' working lease,
and the result has been as follows :
erase revenue for year ending 30th June, iB' £142,801
30th June, 1.62 157,40
11 30th June, 1863 .....
e Improvement thu's' indicated is steadily progressing.
The capabilities of the works and the praltable char cter
of the business having thus been fully established by the
experience of a company with limited resource 5, it is now
Proposed to raise sufficient capital for the repayment of all
outstanding loans, amounting to 6141,500, and for the further
development of the property, to meet the constantly in-
t
reasing demand for gas in the above-mentioned cities and
toWlts.
"the Continental Union G's Company (Limited) have,
'therefore_, entered into agreements for he purchase of all
the rights, privileges, and property of the " Societe d'Exploi-
tation" for 2,500 paid-up shares ot this Company ; and by a
Payment of £50,000 in cash this Company will become entitled
to £47,000 in shires of the "Union des Gaz," to all profits
from the 30th June last, the benefit of all outlay for improve-
ments and extensions during the last years, and wi.l obtain
the surrender of the interests and secure the co-operation of
parties concerned.
nc " c=ociete d'Exploitation" thus becomes extinct.
Daring the period of the contract, the whole profits of the
works wi 1 belong to thin Company, after providing for the
tayment of a rental to the " Union des Gaz," commencing at
£7,000 per annum, and rising in nine years to a maim= of
£14,e00 ; and also for the redemption of "Obligations"
amounting with interest to £27,450 per annum, by annual
drawings a: rt ad ever 20 years. All charges of this descrip-
tkn have hitherto been paid out of profits, leaving a large
surplus.
At the expiration of the 23 years' contract, under the terms
of their agreement, the Continental Union Gas Company
(Limited) will become joint owners to the extent of one-halt
of the entire property represented by the several Concessions
and Gas Won. s of the "Union des Gaz,"wiil likewise be re-
paid the amount of all outlay for improvements, extensions,
and new works, and will be entitled thenceforth to not less
than one moiety of the profits, free f. om all liabilities and
preferential charges. -
A complete inspection of the several works has been made
on the part of this Company by a thoroughly practic it gas
engineer, who has reported most favourably of the p ospects
of the undertaking.
It is well known to persons conversant with Gas Works
i'hat the consumption ot gas is continually increasing, and
where, as in this case, exclusive privileges have been obtained,
the profits increase is a still greater ratio. The magnitude
and importance of the cities and towns embraced in the con-
cessions, ( oupled with the experience of the past working,
are such as to secure 20 the shareholders immediate and
steadily increasing dividends.
A large numb rof the shares are already subscribed. Pro-
spectuses and Forms ot Application may be obtained of
Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, the Brokers of the Company ;
or at the Temporary Offices of the Comp any. The amount
of £1 turn each sha e applied for mu-t be paid to the Com-
pany's Bankers previously to the application being sent in;
this sum will be returned if no allotment is made to the
applicant.
Temporary Offices, 29, Threadneedle-street, RC.,
April 16, 1804.