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London, England, 1849-05-28 00:00:00

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its branches in the country ; or, on application, will be for-
)st free.

W. S. B. IVOOLIT.OUSE, Actuary.

ROYAL-EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
OFFICE.
ROYAL EXCHANGE, May 23, 1849.
The 'COURT OF DIRECTORS' of the CORPORATION of the
!'uTAL•EXCHANGE ASSURANCE do hereby give Notice, that
their Transfer Books will be SHUT from TUESDAY, the sth of June
next, to TIMB.SDAY, the sth of July following ; and that a GENERAL
COURT of the said Corporation will he holden at their Office, at the
Royal Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th of June, at Twelve
O'clock at Noon, to consider of a Dividend.
ALEXANDER GREEN, Secretary.

LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY.
NEW SIX PER CENT. PREFERENCE STOCK.
At a Special General Meeting of the Proprietors held this day, ac-
Cording to notice duly given, it was resolved,
" That the Guaranteed Six per Cent. Preference Shares of this Corn-
tanY be converted and consolidated into a General Capital Stock, to
__a called ' The Lancashire and Yorkshire Consolidated Six per Cent.
-Preference Stock,' as to such of the said Shares as shall be paid up on
the 30th day of May instant, from that date ; and so much of the said
Ehares as shall not be then paid up, from time to time when and so
loon as the same respectively shall he paid up."
In pursuance of the above rc.elution, the holders of Six per Cent.
Preference Stock are requested to forward their Scrip Certificates, ac-
companied with a claim in the form annexed, duly filled up and
Signed (as instructed thereon), to the Secretary of the Company, as
early as possible, in order that the registration may be completed
inrthwitb, and the necessary arrangements made for the payment of
the next dividend.
Printed Forms of Claim may be had on application to the Secre-
tary of the Company, or from the Secretaries of the principal Stock
Exchanges in the kingdom, to whom a supply is forwarded.
Proprietors who have not applied for the Dividend due in Decem-
ber last, are requested to do so previously to forwarding their Scrip
for
registration, and are referred to the printed instruction on the
back of the Scrip for their guidance.
JOAN S. HERON, Secretary.
Read Officer, Hunt's Bank, May 2, 1849.

Yo the Secretary of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company,
Hunt's Bank, Manchester.
Sir,-_I enclose for Guaranteed Six per Cent. 10/.
l'reference Shares in the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Corn-
DanY, of which I am the Proprietor, and which I request may be ex-
changed for Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Six per Cent. Pre-
ference Stock, in accordance with the resolution passed at the Spe-
Cal General Meetinc of Proprietors, held on the 2d May, 1849.
INumbers of the Scrip. Shares. Numbers of the Scrip. Shares.
From • • .. to • • • • From • • .. to ....
•••• •• •• ••


Total Number

Usual Signature • • • • . • • • • • • .
Name at full length .. • • • •
Profess:on or Trade .. •
Residence • • • • • • • . .....
N.B. The 'Shareholders Ara advised, for security, to write across
the face of each scrip—" Sent by post, for exchange, by Owner.'

LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE RAILWAY
COMPANY.
PRESTON AND WYRE RAILWAY, HARBOUR, AND DOCK

„
COMPANY.
The Directors of the LANCASHIRE and YORKSHIRE RAIL-
WAY COMPANY having (in pursuance of the Deed of Amalgama-
tion) passed a resolution, making a CALL on the Proprietors of the
?restore and Wyra Railway, Harbour, and Dock Company of Ten
Shillings per Share on the Half Shares A (121. 10s. each), held by
them respectively ; such Call to be TAM on the Ist day of July, 1849.
The
Proprietors of such Shares are hereby requested to pay the said
Call on the day appointed, to one of tha undermentioned Bankers,
and In default thereof, they will be charged with interest at the rate
” a per cent. per annum from the above date until the said Call be
actually paid.
London--Messrs Glyn, Hallifax, and Co.
Manchester —The:Union Bank of Manchester.
Liverpool—The Liverpool Borough Bank.
By order,
JOHN SPEIII, HERON, Secretary.
Icr.t. No Proprietor Is entitled to transfer his Shares until the said
Call be paid.
Manchester, May 11, 1819.

TO HORTICULTURAL and FLorticuL-
VIRAL SOCIETIES.
BENJAMIN EDGINOTON, Manufacturer to the Horticultural
Society, Chiswick, and the Royal Botanic Society, Regent's-park,
solicits attention to his stock of Marquees and Tents of every
variety, and suitable for tll climates. Orders per post duly at
tended ,o.
Address Benjamin Edgington, 2, Duke-street, Southwark. A
Warehouse, 208, Piceadi ly.

CHE AP S UMMER EXCURSIONS,
From LONDON to EDINBURGH, GLASGOW, PERTH,
STIRLING, DUMFRIES. CARLISLE, PENRITII, the LIKES,
LANCASTER, PRESTON, DUBLIN, WALES, ISLE OF MAN,
LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, or CHESTER, on the 131 and 30th,
of JULY next, under the sanction of the directors of the various lines,
Further particulars, as to the hour of departure and days of return,
will be announced in future bills and advertisements, and every in-
formation moy be obtained by addressing a letter, postage-Pai4, and
enclosing a postage stamp, to H. R. Marcus, Conductor, 231 Crosby
Hall Chambers, Bishopsgate-street, London.

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