The Sun.
London, England, 1865-07-24 00:00:00

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 large 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
°Petted, and in addition there are
Theosveral other new quar-
ries of the first importance. saw mills are distant
only three 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 quar-
ries, together with the saw mills, machinery, and plant, of
the Italian Compiny, 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
Bo 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 be con-
dently looked for.
Printed copies of the several reports of Messrs. Weiller,
Bargiacchi, and Avenante, upon the value and capabilities
ef the property, may be had at the Offices, where speci-
teens 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
blade 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, 1805.

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

To theNo Directors of the Massa-Carrara Marble Company
(Limited).
Gentlemen —Having paid to your Bankers,
the sum of .£ , being a deposit of £1 per Share
Shares in the above Company, I hereby
request that you will allot mo that number, and I agree to
accept such Shares, or any less number you may allot to
me ; and I agree to pay the sum of £4 per Share on allot-
ment, and to sign the Articles of Association of the Corn-
nanY when required, and I authorise you to insert my
:true on the Register of Members for the number of Shares
allotted to me.

Usual signature
Name in full
Residence
Profession
Date .

1865.

Ressrs. CLENCH, SMITH, and CO. are INSTRUCTED
Ito RECEIVE APPLICATIONS for SHARES in
TODUES'S DISTILLERY COMPANY
lacer Limited).
pursuant to " The Companies Act, 1862,"
limiting. the Liability of each Member to the Value of
Ids Shares.
Capital £200,000, in 8,000 Shares of £l5 each.
With power to increase in proportion to desirable oxtension
of business.
Deposit on Application £l, on Allotment £1 per Share.
F-°"r DIRECTORS.
eriek Doulton, Esq., M.P., Lambeth.
Frederick Hodges, Esq., Distillery, Lambeth.
,Valter Moller, Esq., M.P., Broadlands, Clapham.
410bert Alfred Routh, Esq., Director London and Mediter-
.4 ranean Bank.
4LenrY Spicer, Esq., Merchant, George-yard, Lombard-
street.
''lward Gibbon Swann, Esq., Director of the Oriental
Commercial Bank.

(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
Agra and Masterman's Bank (Limited), Nicholas-lane,
Lombard-street.

AUDTORS.
/4,°use yard. Bssrs. Coleman, Turquand, I
Youngs, and Co., 16, Token-
Joseph' Harding, Esq., Church-street, Lambeth.
SOLICITORS.
40681.3. Sole, Turners, and Hardwick, 68, Aldermanbury.
BROKERS.
kessrs. 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.

PROSPECTUS.
ZliqiThis Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing,
ng on and extending the business of Hodges's Dis-
h °r3r, and 'of appropriate operations which may be con-
eeted therewih.
kitlLhe world-wide reputation of this establishment is well
lisped and appreciated. The Distillery has been estab-
thued and prosperously worked since 1774, and many for-
,;,os have been realised out of the business. ba-uahis establishment, with all its current trade, will be
the
;ed over to this Company on the Ist of. August next,
to- ender guaranteeing the Company against any loss as
~, such of the assets and liabilities as it may be mutually
-111,,Venient to transfer.
h,,-uhe property is capacious, well situated, and admirably
soaped
to its purpose, and it is held upon desirable titles,
e whole being freehold.
The Plant has with never-coasing care and attentionbeen
adhiproved as fast as advantageous modifications of machinery
se been introduced, and its present working capability is
quate to supply a trade of fourfold the actual returns.
The establishment is, moreover, provided with the most
to'nplete independent gas and water works.
Looking at the present extent and condition of the pre-
plant, and machinery, with a view to ed
'usiness without further outlay, the Directors feelenlarg 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 trado 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 not profits hereafter
i realised in excess of dividends at the rates of 10 and 15 per
cent• to the Shareholders.
The price to be paid b the Company for this celebrated
busiiness therefore, is simply them amount of valuation n
respectof the premises and plant, as settled by the Com-
IlatlY's valuer.
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„I't is well understood, not only throughout the trade, but
-4 by the public at largo, that Distillers, like Brewers,
command an extension of business in proportion to the
facilities and support which they can extend to the
trado;
o,_ and thisciroumstance explains the heavy capital
3-"sorbed in successful establishments of the kind, and the
e?uliar fitness of such business for the employment of a
calt-gtock Company's resources.
fulThPe
aid Directorsu p.
Pr
°sPectuses and Forms of Application for Shares can
th obtained from the Brokers and Solicitors, as well as at
irT,striporary Offices of the Company; and from Messrs.
o, Smith, and Co. 1, Royal Exchange-buildings, E.C.
tux, eNsits upon which, no allotments are made will be re-
oed in full.
II or, ,
S ISTILL COMPANY Corporated pursuant to ERY
The Companies (Limited
Act, 1862). ."
Capital £200,000, with Power to Increase.
1, p 0 TEMPORARY OFFICES. •
yal Exchange-buildings; Distillery, Church-street,

POlnt OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.
No. •
the Directors of " Hodges's Distillery Company
(Limited)."
Per Messrs. Clench, Smith, and Co.
eachGentlemen,—
that you will allot to me shares of £25
thee the above Company, having paid to your Bankers
of --ePesit of .£1 per share thereon; and, in consideration
Such allotment, or of any less number of shares which
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t, appropriate to me, I here undertake to pay the
ea,rr Share then required, as also afterwards to pay any
Articles thereon, and I further undertake to execute the
to of Association, when required, and I hereby sn-
ot rise Your co„,
you to inscribe my name on the register of members
Company
Dated this

day of 186
Name in full
Residence
Profession or Trade
Place of Business
Signature

•Tfte"--21111L4CerGREEIC -*err AM NAVI-
GATION and TRADING COMPANY (Limited).
Under the special Protection of his Majesty the King of the
.Greeks, George 1., as per decree dated 6th April, 1865.
Incorporated with Limited Liability under the "Companies
Act, 1862."
Capital, £750,000, in 30,000 Shares of £25 each.
With power to increase.
First Issue, 15,000 Shares.
Doposit Z 1 per Share on application and X 1 lOs on allotment.
Subsequent Calls not to exceed £2 10s. per Share, and at
intervals of not less than three months.
DIRECTORS.

Rear-Admiral GEORGE ELLIOT, Chairman.
Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Koppel, K.C.B.

Francis Tothill, Esq., Director of tho West of England
Bank, Bristol (Vice-Chairman of the Bristol and South
Wales Union Railway).
George Saxon, Esq. (late Anderson, Saxon and Co.,
Agents for the Royal Mail steamers at the Cape of Good
Hope), Caterham, Surrey.
lienry Hawes Fox, Esq., No. 27, Leadenhall-street,
merchant.
Adam Schoales, Esq. (formerly of Dunlop and Schooley,
West India Agency, Southampton).
Thomas Page, Esq., C.E., M. Inst. C.E., F.G.S., 3, Royal
Adelphi-terrace.
Stefanos Sens, Esq., F.R.S.L., F.S.A., Consul-General
for Greece.

(With power to add to their number.)
BANKERS.
The Consolidated Bank (Limited), London, Manchester,
and Norwich.

MOSER.

Francis Burnand, Esq., County Chambers, Lombard-streel

OFFICIAL AUDITORS.

C. F. Kent, Cannan, Ford, and Co., 7, Gresham-street, E.G.