The Sun.
London, England, 1865-05-01 00:00:00

N°. 22,734.

and I authorise you to place my name on the Register of
Members in respect of the Shares allotted to me.
I am, Gentlemen,
Usual Signature
Name in full
Residence in full
Profession •.
•
Date
•

rp lIE OTTOMAN COMPANY (Limited).
JIL. COMMISSION MERCEI AN 15 and FINANCIAL
AGENTS.
Inc.arporated under the Companies Act, 186•?, I inviting the
Liabil;ty of the Shareholders to the Amount Subsenb.d.
Capital £st 0,000, in 25,000 Shares of £2O each.
With power lo increase.
First Issue, 12,500 Shares,
Of which 2,50 k Shares are reserved for Turkey.
One-third of the remaining 10,003 Sharea has already been
applied for.
Deposit £1 per Share on Application, and LI on Allotwent.
No Call beyond £3 per Share will be made during the first
six months. Where no allotment is made to an applicant
his deposit will be return' d in full.
DIRECTORS.
Rear-Admiral Honaby, ft.N KnowAley, Lancashire, Chair-
man of the Cotton Plantation Company of Natal.
William G. Barnes, Esq., Messrs. Barnes and Co., Merchants,
Little Bush-lane, London.
J. Lewis Parley, Esq., 20, Threadneedle-street, London.
George B. Howden, Esq., Merchant, Leeds.
Thomas Page, Esq., C.E., 3, Royal-terrace, Adelphi, London.
Thomas Palmer, Esq., 16, Upper Southwick-street, Cam-'
brid2e-square, Hyde Park, London.
Augusto Soares, Esq Me+srs. M. and A. Soares, Merchants,
40, Seething-lane, London.
Richard J. Van Lennep, Esq., Dutch Consul-General, Smyrna,
Local Director.:

MANAGING DIRECTOR.
J. Lewis Farley, Esq.
MANAGERS OF THE SMYRNA BRANCH.
Messrs. Pierre and Joseph Topus.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Courtenay and Croome, 9, Graceehurch-st., London.

BANKERS.
The London and Westminster Bank, Lothbury, London.
BROKERS.
London—Messrs. Smith and Binney. 5, Angsl-conrt.
Liverpool—Meaam.¢. E. BenzUtz and Son, 17; M ter-
.lsevill•iire Ira

Manchester—C. P. Allen, Vtiq , India-bnlldings, Cross-street.
Hull—William West. EIN 8. Bowl-alley-street.
'Leeds—Messrs. A. Greenland and Son, Albion-street.
Dnblin—Messrs. M'Mahon and Fa lon, 27, College-green.
Glasgow—Dunean Machiaster, Esq., 71. Queen-street.

SECRETARY.
B. Lambert, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
No. 20, Threadneedle-street.

PROSPECTUS.

This Company is formed for the purposo of transacting
the safe and highly profitable business of Commission Mer-
chants and Financial Agents in connexion with the Trade
and Commerce of the Ottoman Empire.

TRADE OF THE EMPIRE.
Throughout the greater part of the Empire the soil and
climate permit of the almost inexhaustible production, in
excess of the wants of the inhabitants, of those ordinary
raw materials which form everywhere the great staples of
food and manufacture. Grain, wool, cotton, hemp, hides,
tallow, are produced in abundance ; while in addition,
Turkey yields in profusion those rarer articles of mer-
chandise, such as clrugs, dyes, gums, fruit, vegetable oils,
silk, sugar, and tobacco, which can only be abundantly
and profitably produced under conditions of special advan-
tage of climate and geographical position.
In the year 1860 it was estimated that the annual trade
of Turkey with foreign countries amounted to £48,000,000,
and that between the Provinces to £20,000,000 ; giving a
total of £68,000,000 per annum. Judging, however, from
the increase of the trade between Turkey and Great Bri-
tain during-the past few years, this total must now be con-
siderably increased. In the year 1854 the imports and
exports between Great Britain and Turkey (exclusive of
Egypt) amounted to £6,251,131, and in 1859 to £9,620,536
—but in the year 1863, according to the last annual state-
ment published by the Board of Trade, they increased to
£13,303,682. The trade between this country and Egypt
hai also risen from £11,118,922 in the year 1859, and
£10,796,971 in 1861, to £21,006,964 in 1863, making a total
between the Ottoman Empire and Great Britain alone of
£34,310,646. This increasing trade is capable of almost
indefinite extension.