The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-14 00:00:00

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

THE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT
ASSOCIATION (Limited).
Temporary Offices—Crosby House, Bishopsgate-street;
London, January 2, 1865.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the TRANSFER,
BOOKS of this A ssociati n will be CLOSED on and after
the Oth instant, until the 23d instant, both days inclugive,
preparatory to the General Meeting.
By order,
W. C. WINTERBOTTOM, Secretary.

IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT
ASSOCIATION (Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the FIRST ORDI-
NARY GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders in this
Association will be held at the London Tavern, Bishop* gate-
street, in the City of London, on MONDAY, the 23d day of
January, 1865, at Twelve o'clock at noon precisely, for the
purpose c f receiving the Report of the Directors and State-
ment of Accounts, of declaring a Dividend, and for general
purposes.
At this Meeting the Election of Two Auditors for the en-
suing year will take place.
By order of' the Board,
W. C. WINTERBOTTOM Secretary.
Crosby House, 95, Bishopsgate-street, Jan. 10, 1865.

THE PALL-MALL GAZETTE.
An Evening Newspaper and Review.
It is difficult to describe the plan of an enterprise like the
PALL-MA LL GAZ ETTE without seeming to boast, or to
decry the efforts of others. But we are unwilling to lose the
advantage of a few words of ( xp'anation, and we therefore
trust the candour of the reader for a just interpretation of
our meaning.
The PALL-MALL GAZ ETTE will contain all the news
proper to an Evening journal But, addressed as it will be
to educated men and women, the space of the paper will not
be occupied by trifling chronicles, nor by hat excess of words
which adds nothing to the interest of newspaper records,
while it destroys their significance. Literary considerations
alone would determine us to have our News Reports written
in plain English ; but beyond these there is the fact that the
lessons to be found in many an accident of human life or
social polity are lost in the turgid language in which they are
commonly narrated.
Events made known by the Morning Papers may be dis-
cussed in PT PALL-MALL GAZET _CH of the same day,
but they wi I not be reported anew. Trustworthy advices
from the Money Market will be included in the News of the
Day.
The rest of the paper (by far the greater part) will be made
up of original articles, upon the many things which engage
the thot'ghts, or employ the energies, or amuse the leisure of
mankind. Public Affairs, Literature, the Arts, and all the
influences which strengthen or dissipate Society, will be dis-
cussed by men whose independence and authority are equally
unquestionable, and who are accustomed to regard the public
ext ression of opinion as a serious :Mug:. This is the chef
aim of the PALL-MALL GAZETT fti : to bring into daily
journalism that, full measure of thought and culture whioh is
now found only in Reviews.
At the same time, we by no means intend to make the
paper pedantic or solemn. Humour is too powerful, as well
8 too pleasant, to be left out of the design ; which will lose
none of the anvantages of occasional trifling. If a thing can
be said better in verse than in prose, it will be said in verse.
Epigram, but not spite—burlesque, but not vulgarity—will
be readily admitted into its columns ; and since a oke is
often as illustrati. e as an argument, good jukes wilt liewel-
come too
It will be understoxl that this gdrertisement is rather a
proclamation of idea and of effort than of promise. But
the proclamation is not made bet re a large number of able
writers have accepted the idea, and pledged themselves to
the effort.
Office of the " Pall-Mall Gazette,"
11, Salisbury-street. Strand, W.C.

THE NOWGONG TEA COMPANY of
ASSAM (Limited).
To be incorporated under the Joint-Stock Companies Act of
1862. Capital, £210,000, in 25,000 Shares of £lO each. First
issue 18,c00 Shares.
A mi Dividend of 10 per cent. per annum payab'e on
ist January and Ist July, guaranteed for Three Years by

the Vendor's.
Deposit 10s. per share on application, and a further 10s. per
share on allotment.
No call to exce Threeer share, or to be made at a less interval
than Months from a previous call.

DIRECTORS. •
George R. Barry, Esq. (late of Serajgunge, Bengal), 6, Upper
Hyde Park-gardens.
Ewen Maodocell, Esq., M.D. (late of the Opium Agricultural
Department, Bengal, 20, St. Stephen's-square, Bayswater.
Alfred hiumford, Esq. (Messrs. Bartrum, Pretyman. and
Mumford), Director of the Upper Assam Tea Company.
Alexander Stewart, Esq. late Deputy-Commissioner of
Customs, Guzerat, and Director of the North London Rail-
way, 2, Talbot-terrace, Bayswater.
Esq. (late of Calcutta), 2, East India-
avenue, Waivlleinaume,Tlnhdoimasuonc;use.
With power to add to their number.

BANKERS.
Agra and Hasterman's Bankd (Limited , Nicholas-lane, Lom
bar-street.

SOLICITORS.
• messrp. Thomas and Hol;ams, Mincing-lane.
BROKERS.
MOSES. Lowndea, Surgey, and Woolley,l, Royal Bxohange.
s.

SECRETARY.
Alexander Forbes, Esq.

Offices-2, East India-avenue, India ifouse, Leidenhall,
• street, B.C.
PROSPECTUS.

This Company is formed for the purchase of thirteen
valuable estates already in profitable cultivation, situated in
the Province of Assam, in British India, and for the purpose
of further developing and extending their operations.
The property consists of 12,000 acres of freehold land, held
direct from Government, of which 2,182 acres are planted
with tea plants of the following ages—namely, 440 acres, 3
years old ; 902 acres, 2 years old; 440 acres, 1 year old ; and
400 acres, just planted.
The soil and c imate of this locality are second to none in
the province, aa the following extract from the manager's
report to the directors of the B shnath Tea Company, a neigh-
bouring concern, for the season ending 31st December, 1063,
and submitted by them to the shareholders, will show:
"The out-turn of tea and seed has been unprecedented in
Assam. The plantation in its fourth year hss given an ave-
rage of 390 lbs., and the two year old gardens of 240 lbs. of
lea to the acre ; and this has been obtained at no sacrifice to
the prospects of future years, but with careful and light
plucking, as is evinced by the present healthy appearance of
the plants, which, I have often been assurel, are, in size and
vigour, unsurpassed by any plantation of the age in Assam."
'I he dividends paid by the Assam, the Upper Assam, the
Jorehaut, Blehnath, and by several of the other tea com-
panies in Assam, vary from 20 to 20 percent., andtheir shares
are at a premium of 100 to 200 per cent.
The factories have the advantage of being traversed by
good roads and navigable rivers, and steamers ply between
Assam and Calcutta, affording great facilities for the supply
of labour and for the other requirements of the estates. Not
less than 6,000 acres can be brought into profitable cultiva-
tion ; and each acre, when in full bearing, is capable of pro-
ducing at least 400 lbs. of tea.
The plantations are calculated to pro luce, during the first
year of the Company's operations (1861-65), returns sufficient
to yield 10 per cent. on the paid-up capital ; and the vendors
guarantee a minimum dividend at the rate of 10 per cent.,
payable half yearly, upon the paid-up capital for three years,
tor calculated from the date of the registration of the Com-
tea3.'o•
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deeds, until the whole have attained maturity ylanargdeyriedlidvia-
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maximum return.
Tan price
bY annual instalments,
value of the urnbe paid for the property is £163,000, payable
ing over a
periods alments, with interest, at 5 per cent., extend-
will enable the
rge returns before°
Young plants t
isriexetyoetasrs. consider to be most advantage-
ous,and to yield la
as,
pro Y show the confidence of the vendors in the
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tal is calledthe
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directly or indirectlonriFinates with the Directors and their
strictly confined to such
friends. No
Ihe vendors st;ip6:loloaoteopitait 6,
as are absolutely necessary:
y :iamdoneY will be paid to any one, either
the preliminary expenses will be
000 of the shares are to be
already subscribed for, leevinie remaining shares have been
essary:
allotted to them
_,.„ public. g 6,000 shares avallab:e for the
by

EBTFAATES OF THE NOW-
DIVISIOV
PARTICULARS OF THE
AM (Limited).
of Borkonadl—loleine,
ttoongpoong,
GONG 'I EA. COMPANY
I .
Con a THEs tßs 0011 lit Oh
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factorieso L E E
Tobokee, Topotjeoree, and Rembenm
8 to 16 miles
District, on the banks of the rivers ICullung and Nonoye,N°wg°a%
along the grand trunk road from Doboka to Nowgong •
ing in distance from the station from Extent,-,vary-
of land, 6,000 acres ; of which 1,117 are planted. '
2. THE BAMONEE DIVISION—
Consists of the factories of Ilamoire, Topotjooree Am-
luckeeghat, Borhoo'ali, Sassabat, Deejoomook, and Sep' %nut-
lab, all in the Nowgong District, the principal factories being
within 7 mi es of the station, and the, others conveniently
situated on the banks of the rivers kullung, Nonoye, and
De joo—near the old station of Rungagora, at distances
varying from Bto 20 miles from Nowgong. Extent of land,
6,000 acres ; of which 1,0e5 are planted.
Prospectuses and forms of application for Shares can be
had from the Secretary, or from the Brokers of the Com-
pany.

THE NOWGONG TEA COMPANY OF
ASSAM (Limited).
NOTICE.—N) Applications for Shares can be received
afer WEDNESDAY the 18th inst., on which date the Share
List will be Closed.

By order.
A. FORBES, Secretary,