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London, England, 1846-02-04 00:00:00

PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED.

P LYMOUTH GREAT WESTERN DOCK
COMPANY.

Capital, 150,0001., in 7,500 Shares of 25/. each,
Deposit, 11. 2s. 6d- per Share.

Liability limited to the amount of subscription. The whole de-
posit to be returned in the event of the Company not obtaining
their Act.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTIN.
The Earl of Mount Edgecumbe
Charles Russell, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the Great Western Rail-
way Company
Frederic Pratt Barlow, Esq., a Director of the Great Western
way Company
Christopher Harris, Esq., Naval Bank, Plymouth
Deeble Boger, Esq., Plympton
Erving Clark, Esq., Efford Manor
Joseph Read, Esq., Upland
Thomas Gill, Esq., M.P., Chairman of the South Devoi Railway

Company
Patrick Miller, Esq., M.D., } Directors of the South Devon
John Rundle, Esq., Railway Company
David Derry, Esq., Devon and Cornwall Bank, Plymouth
Robert M`Calniont, Esq., London
Alexander Beattie, Esq., London
William Dougal Christie, Esq., M.P.
George William Soltau, Esq., Little Efferd.
Erroixxxa—l. K. Brunel, Esq.
BANKERS.
Messrs. Harris, Mudge, and Co., Naval Bank,
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Devon and Cornwall Bank, Plymouth
The National Provincial Bank,
Messrs. Hodge and Norman, Devonport
_Messrs. Gill and Bundle, Tavistock
Messrs. Glyn, Hallifax, and Co., London.
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SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Whiteford, Bennett, and Tucker, Plymouth
Messrs. W. 0. and W. Hunt, 10, Whitehall, London.

The position of the port of Plymouth, its facility of access In all
conditions of weather, and at all hours of day and night, the extent
of its anchorage, and the security of the harbour, which have long
maintained its pre-eminence as a naval station, promise to obtain
or it, in the improved state of its land communications, the same
distinction as a commercial port. _ _ _

By the completion of the Beath Devon Railway, Plymouth will,
in the course of a few months, be brought within six hours' journey
of the metropolis. The distance of the port from Birmingham Is
somewhat less than from London ; and the Bristol and Exeter Rail-
way, and. Its extensions eastward and northward, afford a, ready
coptmunicatien with the manufacturing districts of the north ;
whilst, locally, the projected Tavistock, Launceston, and North
Devon Railways, will effect an immediate connexion with the whole
et North and Central Devon, and the ports in the Bristol Channel.
The advantage to passengers of embarking at a port from which
they can proceed directly to sea in almost any state of wind, and of
being landed almost at the entrance of the Channel, can scarcely be
over• estimated, and the saving of expense to the shipowner in both
cases is at once apparent. _ _ .

The saving of time in the transit of goods is equally important,
especially in those branches of trade in which the utmost acceleration
of the voyage is often essential to the preservation of the cargo, or its
advantageous sale. From communications which have been had
with commercial houses in London engaged in the fruit, ano' the Le-
vant and Mediterranean trades, it appears certain that a large pro-
portion of their imports will, ox the completion of the South Devon
line, be landed at Plymouth, and conveyed by railway to alt parts of
England.
In the event of war Plymouth would obviously receive an im-
mense influx of shipping of all descriptions.
There are no port charges, and the rates of pilotage and li
latts are
very low, the latter being only 2d. per ton. The numerous builders'
yards in the port afford the means of repairing shipping to any ex-
tent that may be required. Provisions of every description are
cheap, and the markets abundantly supplied.
From its very advanced position in the Channel, and the extent to
which Plymouth possesses all the requirements of a public mail-
packet station, its large Government establishments, its dockyard
and arsenal, and as the station of naval and military commanders-in-
chief, It can hardly be doubted that this port will, when the railway'
communication with Bristol and London is complete, become the re-
sort of the vessels of the great steam-packet companies conveying
the Peninsular, Mediterranean, East and West India, and other
Colonial mails.
The internal growth and development of the population and trade
of the port are indicative of a high degree of prosperity. The popu-
lation of Plymouth has nearly doubled within the last twenty years ;
and the increase in the assessable value of property subject to tha
local rates has exceeded that ratio. New streets and buildings are
rapidly extending in every direction, and numerous joint-stock and
private trading and manufacturing companies have been recently
formed, and are in successful operation. The trade of the port for
the year 1844 is given by an official return as fellows:—lnwards,
3,339 vessels ; goods, 450,626 tons ; outwards, 2,124 vessels ; goods.
327,815 tons.
To meet the requirements ea trade and commerce thus advancing,
and to secure all the advantages which the port of Plymouth so pe-
milady presents, it is proposed to provide a capacious wet dock, with
extensive ranges of wharfage, for which Millbay, by its position, pe-
culiar formation, and general circumstances, presents extraordinary
advantages. _ _

Millbay occupies a position perfectly central to the three towns of
Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse, and is in immediate prox-
imity to the terminus of the South Devon Railway. Sheltered from
the prevailing southerly winds by the Millbay pier, the Breakwater,
and Drakes Island, it encloses an area of upwards of eighty acres,
half of which is excellent anchorage in from one to ten fathoms
water, at the lowest state of tide. From the peculiar form and sin-
gularly sheltered position of the bay, it constitutes a safe dock, almost
in its natural state, and is capable, with works of very moderate ea-
tent, of being converted into an extensive floating basin, with every
Lock kspadrintng
admits
tides b,
e vesselsi n gfon formed
drawing
ws as
suitable
sixteen feet of we'er • , and the depth of water within the basin will •
be upwards of twenty-two feet.
The basin is designed to be upwards of twenty es
outside the basin, but within the shelter of tke acres
pier,in extent ; and
i.iderable space Will be appropriated to the receptionn of steamers
a con-
tem
and other vessels touching at the port, and not requiring to enter
the doer.
The Millbay branch of the South Devon Railway is designed to
extend along the sides of the dock, so that the embarkation and
landing and removal of goods can be condueted without the expense
of
The c cartage, and with the greatest facility.
considerations already adverted to are sufficient to establish
the remunerative character of the work, and these views will derive
additional force from considering the identity of interests between a
company formed for the purpose of this undertaking and the power-
ful combination of railway interests which have been so successfully
engaged in promoting the South Devon line, and to whom the in-
erea.se of traffic with the port is manifestly of the greatest im-
portance.
Provisional agreements have been concluded for purchasing nearly
the whole of the land required for the undertaking, the consideration
being made payable, in great part, in the form of annual rent-
charges, secured on the property of the Company. This arrange-
ment, and a careful revision of the estimates, have enabled the Com-
mittee to make a considerable reduction in the amount of the pro-
posed capital.
An Act of Incorporation will be ap, lied for in the ensuing session
of Parliament, and as the Committee have complied with all the re-
quirements of the standing orders, and entertain no doubt that the
application will be successful, they feel justified in engaging that if,
from any unforseen circumstance, the Bill should fail to be carried,
the shareholders shall be entitled to receive back their deposits,
without any deduction for expenses.
rower will be sought by the Act to allow interest at 41. per cent.
on the deposit and all paid up calls, until the opening of the dock, and
no subscriber will incur liability beyond the amount of his sub-
scription.
Applications for shares in the form subjoined (accompanied by a
satisfactory reference where the parties are not personally known to
members of the Provisional Committee), may be addressed to the
solicitors, or to the following sharebrokers :—Messrs. Westropp,
Princep, and Method°, 75, Old Broad-street; Messrs. Sutton, Drib-
ble, and Sutton, Royal Exchange, London; Messrs. Hopwood and
Palmer, or Messrs. Tyeth and Luscombe, Plymouth, of whom copies
of the prospectus may be obtained.

To the Provisional Committee of the Plymouth Great Western Deck

Company.

Gentlemen,—l request that you will allot to me shares of
twenty pounds each in the proposed Plymouth Great Western Dock
Company, on the terms and conditions of the prospectus, and I
undertake to pay the deposit of 11. is. 6d. per share, and sign the
necessary deeds when required.
Dated this day of , 1846
Profession •••. • . •
Place of Abode .. •
Reference
Address of Referee