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London, England, 1865-04-08 00:00:00

WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY
LINT (Limited) for FIRE and FOREIGN and C'JLONIAL
BUSINESS.
Fifteen Days grace on Renewals from Lady-day quarter.
Non tariff rates for all special risks.
Proposal forms forwarded on application.
ARTHUR SCR ATC iIL EY, M. A., General Manager.
Chief Offices, 3, Parliament-street, London.

WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY
(Limited) for FIRE and FOREIGN and COLONIAL
FIFE BUSINESS,—AGENTS WANTED.
ARTHUR SCRATCHL EY, M.A., General Manager.
Chief Offices, 3, Parliament-street, London.

17ESTERN LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY.
Established A D. 1842 —This Society has just origi-
nateda Nh:W SYSTENI of ASSURANCE, by indisputable
and unconditional Whole World Policies, which afford more
Complete security than has hitherto ben attainable.
Prospectuses forwarded on application.
ARTHUR SCRATCHLEY, M.A., Actuary.
Chief Offices, 3, Parliament-street, London.

WESTERN LIFE ASSURACNE SOCIETY
Established A D. 1542.—AGENTS WANTED.
ARTHUR SCRATCHLEY, M.A., Actuary.
Chief Offices, 3, Parliament street, London.

THE PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL
LIFE ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION.
Established, 1840.
TRUSTES
Thomas Baring, Esq., E
31. P.
Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P.
"William George Prescott, Esq.
Baron L. N. de Rothschild, M.P.
The whole of the Profits divide I among the Members.
trangacte
? description of Life Assurance and Annuity business
Annual Income £40,000
Invested Fund
Claims have been paid exceeding
Bonuses have been added amounting to 100,000
Sl_Fo orull in orftrmation may be obtained at the Chief Office, 15,
gate-seet, E.C.
April, 1865. Was. THOMAS LINFORD, Secretary,

THE IMPERIAL A.
ASSOCIATE(
Capital subscri
Paid up,
DIREI
JOHN Xenophon Balli, EsqCHAPALA.
E. J. Coleman, Esq.
Mr. Alderman Datin.
James Dickson, Esq.
P. D. Hadow, Esq.
J. 0. Hanson, Esq.
El. Hariord, Esq.
G. P. Holroyd, Esq.
J. G. llomere, Esq.
Capt. J. Gilbert Johnston.

IERCANTILE CREDIT
ON, Limited.
ibed, f.5,000,G00.
, £50c,000.
cross.
N, Esq., Chairman.
Charles Nelson, Esq,
G G. Macphers m, Esq.
W. Scholefleld, Esq„ M.P.
Sir S. Scott, Bart.
11. D. Seymour, Esq., at. p.
Joseph Thornton, Esq.
F. G. West.uorland, Es 1.
Alfred Wilson, Esq.
M. Zarifi, Esq.

M.
henry J. Barker, Esq. ANAGERS
and T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq.
SOLICITORS..
Messrs. Ashuret, Morris and Co., and
Messrs. Edwards and Co.
The Association receives money on deposit for fixed periods.
Makes advances on approved securities.
Negotiates Loans, and undertakes General Finaneial Busi-
ness.

W. C. WINTERBOTTON, Secretary.
Crosby House, 96, Bishopgate-street Within.

CITY of MOSCOW GAS COMPANY
(Limited)
Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862, with Limited
Liability.
Concession obtained with exclusive privilege.
Interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum during con-
struction. Capita], £875,000, in 35,000 Shares of £25
each. Deposit, £1 on application, and .£4 on allotment.
DIRECTORS.
Wollaston Blake, Esq., F.R.S. (Director of the Con-
tinental Union Gas Companyl
James Frederick Gregory, Esq. (President of the Council
of Control of the Hague Gas Company).
Neville D. Goldsmid, Esq. (Managing Director of the
Hague Gas Works).
Edward Hawkins, jun., Esq. (Chairman of the London
Gas Company).
Frederic Mildred, Esq. (Deputy-Governor Agra and
3lasterman's Bank (Limited).
James Oughterson, Esq., 21, Bentinck-street, W.
Mons. P. S. Schilofski, Moscow. -
Sir J. Emerson Tennent, F.R.S., 66, Warwick-square.
BANKERS.
he Agra and 3fasterman's Bank (Limited), 35, Nicholas-
lane, Lombard-street

SOLICITORS.
llossrs. Young, Maples, Teesdale, and Young, 6, Frederick's
place, Old Jewry.
BROKERS.
Messrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill, 29, Threadneedle-
street, E.C.
Th'

iis Company has been formed for Lighting the City of
Moscow with Gas, under the powers of a Concession,
granted, with exclusive privileges by the Muncipality, on
26th October, 1864, and ratified in the month of December
last, by the mperial Government.
Moscow contains a population of about 500,000 persons.
It is situated at the centre of the commerce of the
country,
with six railways converging within its walls. It is the
Winter residence of a largo portion of the Russian aristo-
cracy, and the nature of its climate is such as to render the
introduction of gas, both for lighting and warming pur-
Poses, an object of primary importance to the inhabitants.
The Kremlin (which covers 250 acres, and includes the
Emperor's Palace, the Senate, the Arsenal, and Government
°Mees), the great Universities, and the Public Schools,will
all have to be lighted by gas.
Prom official statistics it appears that there aro at present
in Moscow about 200 hotels—most of them very spacious—
wh4,B4l inns, restaurants, cafes, cabarets, and wine-houses,
ere people pass the greater part of the night in winter ;
pwards of 100 police posts and stations ; 102 printing-
office; exclusive of those belonging to the Government and
the Municipality, 27 public baths, 15 civil and military hos-
pitals, and 27 Government asylum; The German, Eng-
lish, and Merchants' Clubs, and the Club do la Noblesse,
each spend
Government about £250 per month for lighting, and the
pays annually £13,600 for the lighting of the
Opera House and the Russian Theatre, and £l2OOO for the
,
barracks.
In addition to the above-mentioned building; and alto-
gether irrespective of private house; there are 17,032 shops,
700 factories and workshops of various descriptions, many
of them of great ma
lights. gnitude, and one alone requiring 800
Moscow has hitherto been dependent for artificial light
ripen portable gas, stearin° candles, and petroleum oil. The
costliness of these articles and other disadvantages con-
nected with the imperfect lighting thus obtained aro such
as to render any competition with ordinarygas impossible.
The Concession which has been securedto this Company
confers an exclusive Privilege for 30 years ; at the end of
that period the works will either remain the property of the
Company in perpetuity without special monopoly, or the
lent Municipality may elect to purchase them at a sum equiva-
to the entire net profits of the previous ten years ; or
o extend the Concession, with exclusive privileges for a
further period of ten years. In this latter case, the works
would revert to the City at the end of 40 years, unless
fresh arrangements shall have been made for continuing
the business in the hands of the Company. A sinking
fund will be provided to meet these contingencies.
sil
. The Cahier des Charges allows the Company to charge five
ver roubles (equivalent at the present exceptionally low
!'ate of exchange to thirteen shillings, and to fifteen shil-
.lfings and tenpence at the par of exchange) per 1,000 cubic
feet of gas for all private lights. The street lights will be
paid for at the price of 14.50 silver roubles per light, burn-
ing 10,000 cubic feet during the year and at the same rate
Or any further quantity which may 'be required, with an
I,l,lurainating power which need not exceed 12 candles. All
"le lamps of the Government and Municipal buildings are
to Pa/ the same price as the private lights, viz., five silver
roubles per 1,000 cubic feet of gas.
Rai provisional contract has been entered into with Smith,
ght and Co. (Limited), for works capable of supplying
120,000 lights, together with the whole of the mains of the CitY (upwards of 140 miles in length) adapted to the entire
fnt't°'Pective consumption. The net profits upon tho capi-
is"' required for this purpose are calculated to exceed 20 per
-ent. per annum, and in- this estimate norofit whatever is
atta,unaed on the public lights. p
10,000
ihe Works will be laid out with a view to the supply of
street lights and upwards of 200,000 private lights ;
reartxtitteae.nast
tshooennaets the Company can meet the demand to this
,„ profits are calculated to exceed the above_
r,,titenlci,
rie.ofearehnoewe tmhaatythis estimate is by no means exagge
be made to the profits of other Gas
lau°_,Pa. mes possessing exclusive privileges on the Conti-
paid't_vangst others the gas works at the Hague have
I:48 niany years 25 per cent. per annum, and the Paris
20 perocreelinat.nY is at the present time paying dividends above
ii:Siai,ZyiethltrePpelranattuiltal be
erected for the supply of 50,000
debt Power evenead4f.*llst in next year, from which date
be received. .
will be taken to borrow aportion of the capital on
nt '
the Shareholdersy 'which means the profits divisible amongst
that alread'
Offers
hY indicated.
ma probably rise to a higher figure than
coke and ta,.ve been received for the purchase of all the
not cost 0i Produce received at Prices which will bring down the
favourably
Nveiteht carbonised to a point which contrasts.
on the Contine
Interest at at.
the Gas Works of most of the largo cities
hay:early the rate of 7 per cent per annum will be paid
on the capital during constr.uctio.n.
The outlay for
expenses and Plans, estimates, engineering, travelling
other preliminary charges will be borne by
ttinhieshC:oinh'PanY. The Proprietois of the Concession have
that they Qe in.tho co pl te success of the undertaking
vantages tila."' agreed to mtianesfer all their rights
.an.d ad. -
ac
anyoptrheissenCtopmapyrnanyenitn, consideration of receiving, in
lie"! of
11 year after 10 per the,
one-half of the net total Paid.. . con • shall have boon
up capital of the Company. earnedPr oofint thes o
f
Aitiliserag9 Proportion of the capital is already subscribed.
tions for the remaining shares will be received by
tb A
b 2 _gra and Masterman's Bank ; by the Solicitors ; and
jotaalessrs. Hill, Fawcett, and Hill,
tion
k-: patty, from whom pros tand
the Brokers of the
pec uses forms of applica-
niay be obtained.
The amount of £1 upon each share applied for must be
Paid to the Company's Bankers previously to the a li
net
is
I) ing sent in ; this sum will be returned if no allotment is
Made to the applicant. An option will be given to each subscriber of t IC
one-fifth part of the shares allotted to him in fully paid-up
allares.
Temporary Offices, 29, Threedneedle-street, E.C.
April, 1865.
No.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR BRA.ES•
To the Directors of the City of Moscow Gas Company
(Limited).
all to your credit, with the Agra
Gentlemen,—HavinZ A and Mastmnan's Bank (Limited), the sum of £ being
a deposit of Xi per Share on Shares in the above
Company I request you to allot me • shares of .£25
each in the City of MO3COW Gas Company (Limited), and
I hereby undertake to accept the same or any smaller num-
ber you may allot to me, and to pay the further deposit of
.£4 per share on allotment; and I agree to enter my name
on the Register of Shareholders in respect of the shares
allotted to me. I am, Gentlemen, year obedient aervant,
Name in full .....................
Address in full ............ ...
......
Date .....

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C OF MOSCOW GAS COMPANY
(Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That NO APPLICA-
TIONS for SHARES will be received after TUESDAY, the
Instant.

By order of the_Board,
HILL, FAWCETT, and HILL,
Brokers to the Company.
29, Threubltedle-istreef, April 7,1866.