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THE MASSA - CARRARA MARBLE
CO UPANY (Limited).
Incorporated under " The Companies Act, 1862."
Capital £140,000, in 7,000 Shares of £2O each.
Deposit on Application £1 per Share, and £4 on Allot-
ment. No future call to exceed £2los. per Share, and at
intervals of not less than throe months.
- DIRECTORS.
Francis Edwards, Esq., Westminster.
P. Douglas Hadow, Esq-(Deputy Chairman of the Pen-
insula and Oriental Steam Navigation Company).
Tho Chev. Wm. llahner (Messrs. William llahner and
Co., Bankers' Leghorn).
W. Calder Marshall, Esq., R.A., Ebury-street, S.W.
Edward B. Stephens, Esq., A.R.A., Upper Belgrave-place,
S. W.
M. Rodolphe Weiller (Merchant, Leghorn)
BANKERS.
London—The Bank of London.
Leghorn—Messrs. Wm. llahnor and CO.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Bischoff, Coxe, and Bompas, 19, Coleman-street,

E.O. -
BROKER.
Joshua S. Moore, 17, Throgmorton-street.
AUDITOR.
Frederick Maynard, Esq. (Public Accountant).
SECRETARY AND MANAGER.
Mr. John Lloyd.
OFFICES.
London-33, Ring-street, Cheapside, E.C.
Leghorh-6, Via I3orra.

PROSPECTUS.

This Company has been formed for the purpose of pur-
chasing and extending the well-known and valuable Marble
Quarries at Massa-Carrara, near Leghorn, hitherto carried
on by an Italian Company, as well as several other im-
portant quarries, in adjacent districts. These quarries
• comprise statuary of first and second quality, clear white,
Sicilian, dove, and other marbles.
Included in the purchase are extensive saw mills, recently
erected, and a largo stock of marble both in blocks and
slabs, and arrangements are pending for securing an exten-
sive agency business in London.
The Marble Quarries of Carrara are the principal, if not
the only source in Europe from which white and veined
Marble is procurable.
Fifteen quarries are in high production and extensively
Opened, and in additiovertLetharpearsimax.,
ties of the first CmportaiThe saw mills are distant
'only throe miles from the railway station at Massa, from
which a railway leads direct to the shipping port of Leg-
horn.
The consideration for the transfer of these several guar-
ligg' together with the saw mills, machinery, and plant, of
the Italian Company, and the goodwill of its business, and
also including the stock of blocks and slabs of marble in
Italy, has been fixed at £BO,OOO, leaving ample capital for
the erection of additional saw mills, and for developing
both the old and new quarries.
The colossal fortunes made by the few parties who have
so long monopolised the marble quarries in Italy are a
sufficient guarantee of the prospects of the Company.
The Company will annually derive two sources of profit
from their operations, the one local the other foreign, by
exports to Great Britain, America, the East Indies, and
elsewhere.
Taking the annual total yield of Marble at 300,000
cubic palms (or 12,000 tons English), it is expected that the
sale of blocks and slabs will realise a net annual profit,
deducting all expenses, of £28,700 sterling; whilst with
respect to the trade with Great Britain, deducting all ex-
penses, including management, a further profit may bo con-
dently looked for.
Printed copies of the several reports of Messrs. Weiller,
Bargiacchi, and Avenante, upon the value and capabilities
Of the property, may be had at the Offices, where speci-
mens of the marble from the quarries may be seen.
In the event of no allotment of shares being made, the
deposit will be returned in full. Should a less number of
shares be allotted than are applied for, the deposit will be
made available towards the payment on allotment, and the
balance (if any) returned to the applicant.
Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares, in
the form annexed, may be obtained at the Offices of the
Company ; also of the Bankers, Broker, and Solicitors.
London, 21st July, 1865.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES
To be retained by the Bankers.

No.
To the Directors of the Massa-Carrara Marble Company
(Limited).
Gentlemen,—Having paid to your Bankers,
the sum of .£ being a deposit of £1 per Share
on Shares in the above Company, I hereby

request that you will allot me that number, and I agree to
accept such Shares, or any loss number you may allot to
nie ; and I agree to pay tho sum of £4 per Share on allot-
ment, and to sign the Articles of Association of the Com-
pany when required, and I authorise you to insert my
name on the Register of Members for the number of Shares
allotted to mo.

Usual signature
Name in full
Residence
Profession
Date .

1865.

Messrs. CLENCH, SMITH, and CO. are INSTRUCTED
to RECEIVE APPLICATIONS for SHARES in
IIODGES'S DISTILLERY COMPANY
Limited).
Incorporated pursuant to " The Companies Act, 1862,"
limiting the Liability of each Member to the Value of
his Shares.
Capital £200,000, in 8,000 Shares of £l5 each.
With power to increase in proportion to desirable extension
of business.
Deposit on Application £l, on Allotment per Share.
DIRECTORS.
Frederick Doulton, Esq., M.P., Lambeth.
Frederick Hodges, Esq., Distillery, Lambeth.
AValter Moller, Esq., M.P., Broadlands, Clapham.
Robert Alfred Routh, Esq., Director London and Mediter-
ranean Bank.
henry Spicer, Esq., Merchant, George-yard, Lombard-
street.
Edward Gibbon Swann, Esq., Director of tho Oriental
Commercial Bank.
(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited), Nicholas-lane,
Lombard-street.

AUDITORS.
Messrs. Coleman, Turquand, Youngs, and Co., 16, Token-
house yard.
Joseph Harding, Esq., Church-street, Lambeth.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick, 68, Aldermanbury.
Messrs. Part BROKERS.
Partridge and Greenfield, 21, Throgmorton-street.
SECRETARY (PRO TEM.).
C. J. Cadogan, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
1, Royal Exchange-buildings.
DISTILLERY.
Distillery, Church-street, Lambeth, S.

PROSPECTS.
This Company is formed for theUpurpose of purchasing,
ting on, and extending the business of Hodges's Dis-
ry, and of appropriate operations which may be con-
nected therewith.
The world-wide reputation of this establishment is well
known and appreciated. The Distillery has been estab-
lished and prosperously worked since 1774, and many for-
tunes have been realised out of the business.
, This establishment, with all its current trade, will be
nanded over to this Company on the Ist of August next,
the vender guaranteeing the Company against any loss as
to such of the assets and liabilities as it may be mutually
convenient to transfer.
The property is capacious, well situated, and admirably
adapted to its purpose, and it is held upon desirable titles,
nearly tho whole being freehold.
The plant has with never-ceasing care and attention been
himproved as fast as advantageous modifications of machinery
ave been introduced, and its present working capability is
equate to supply a trade of fourfold the actual returns.
The establishment is, moreover, provided with the most
ecenplete independent gas and water works.
Looking at the present extent and condition of the pre-
mises, plant, and machinery, with a view to enlarged
business without further outlay, the Directors feel con-
vinced that the establishment is one of the most perfect of
its kind in existence.
Relying also greatly upon the very confident expression
of opinion which they obtain from gentlemen eminent in
the trade as to the eligibility of the concern, the Directors
sincerely believe the prospects of the Company to be more
glowing than they are willing to express.
Mr. Frederick Hodges, the proprietor and vendor, in re-
tiring, desires to do so in order to relax in his application
without altogether losing his interest in the business ; and
whilst he stipulates to retain a large share in the capital
of the Company, he does not require to be paid in the sense
of goodwill for the reputation and business of his house
otherwise than out of the balance of net profits hereafter
realised in excess of dividends at the rates of 10 and 15 per
Cent. to the Shareholders.

Tho prieeiobepaldbY the Company for this celebrated
business, therefore, is simply the amount of valuation in
respect of the premises and plant, as settled by the Com-
pany's valuer.
It is well understood, not only throughout the trade, but
also by the public at large, that Distillers, like Brewers,
command an extension of business in proportion to the
facilities and support which they can extend to the
trado_; and this circumstance explains the heavy capital
absorbed in successful establishments of the kind, and the
Peculiar fitness of such business for the employment of a
joint-stock Company's resources.
The Directors have power to allot one thousand shares
fully paid up.
Prospectuses and Forms of Application for Shares can
the be obtained from the Brokers and Solicitors, as well as at
Temporary Offices of the Company ; and from Messrs.
Clench, Smith, and Co., 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, E.C.
Deposits upon which no allotments are made will be re-
turned in full.
HODGES'S DISTILLERY COMPANY (Limited).
Incorporated pursuant to " The Companies Act, 1862."
Capital £200,000, with Power to Increase.
TEMPORARY OFFICES.
1, Royal Exchange-buildings ; Distillery, Church-street,
Lambeth.
FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
No.
To the Directors of " Hodges's Distillery Company
(Limited)."
Per Messrs. Clench, Smith, and Co.
Gentlemen,—
I rNuest that you will allot to me shares of £25
each in the above Company, having paid to your Bankers
tile Deposit of £1 per share thereon ; and, in consideration
of such allotment, or of any less number of shares which
You may appropriate to me, I hero undertake to pay the
44 per share then required, as also afterwards to pay any
Call thereon, and I further undertake to execute the
u of Association, when required, and I hereby au-
,cliseYour Couponcribe my name on the register of members
Dated this day of 186
Name in full
Residence
Profession or Trade
Place of Business
Signature