The Sun.
London, England, 1866-12-27 00:00:00

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ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS.
ISSUE OF 25,000 A PREFERENCE SHARES OF £lO
EACH
BEARING 8 PER CENT. INTEREST, AND
REDEEMABLE AT £l5 PER SHARE.

laE CREDIT FONCIEII ,OF ENGLAND (LIMITED)
ARE PREPARED TO RECEIVE APPLICATIONS
FOR THE ABOVE SHARES IN
THE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COM-
PANY (Limited).
ea,lAtal £350,000, in 35,000 Shares, £lO each. Divided
luto 25,000 A Preference Shares, £lO each (being the
Shares now offered for subscription), and 10,000 B De-
ferred Shares, of £lO each.
DIRECTORS.
Forks.
Doulton, Esq., M.P., Metropolitan Board of
,Albert Grant, Esq., M.P., London.
I,„.ieuts-Oolonel Edward Neville, Clarges-streot.
John Irving Pascoe, Esq., Highbury New Park.
Pownall, Esq., Russell-square.
-r-'award Warner, Esq., M.P., London.
CONSULTING ENGINEER.
trWßazalgette, Esq., C.E., Engineer-in-Chief to the
',Lopolitan Board of Works.

RESIDENT ENGINEER.
John Bevan Smith, Esq., C.E.

Messrs BAN-I=s.
. Smith, Payne, and Smiths, 1, Lombard
...reef, E.C.

•
Soucrroßs.
e essrs• West and King, 3, Charlotte-row, Mansion
use, E.C.

Pra • BROKERS.
et Francis nms Cope, Esq., 1, Angel-court, Throgmortou
E.C.
—.essrs. Price and Devot, 54, Threadneedle-street, E.C.
OFFICES.
Bt• Clement's House, Clement's-lane, London, B.C.
SECRETARY.
W. J. L. Heriot, Esq.

PROSPECTUS.
a; The object of this Company is to carry out the conces-
t'°4B granted by the Municipal Council of Brussel in con-
rt With the authorities of the province of Brabant and
e Belgian Government, for the drainage and coincident
ire
of the capital of Belgium.
he magnitude and value theyh!se concessions will be
I,4clerstood byte fact that include subsidies to be
,i.",eived by the Company in cash and Annuities, of the
ue together of 26,000,0001., or £1,040,000 sterling,
tamh have been voted by all the authorities and sane-
-,17(1 by the Crown.
ue original estimates for the principal part of these
)3irks were examined and verified by Mr. J. W. Bazalgette,
Ch• Board of Work-m--..
Th°tlt,; tsAPANZilituaZirt,,mr,.. i-
-ates have been further tested by months of minute and
Careful revision on the part of contractors and their respec-
N engineers.
It is intended that the whole of the works shall be corn-
Dieted within four years.
The importance of the undertaking is evidenced in the
I)pt)tracted official debates in the Brussels Municipal Coun-
il, and also in the Belgian Chambers • and Senate on the
7:inbject, and by the special report thereon from Lord
~,eward do Walden, her Majesty's Minister Plenipotentiary
iilrßrussels, transmitted by the Earl of Clarendon, throughthroughGeorge Grey, to the Metropolitan Board of Works, in
prykeUdon, and recorded' in their Minutes under date of
18, 1866, an extract of which is annexed to the
18,
ti ills Majesty the King of the Belgians has expressed his
esire to inaugurate the works by laying the first stone in
Wtats ceremony, which is fixed to take place at Brussels on
ednesday, the 22nd of January next.
It will be at once seen by this brief description of the
eteessimi that it is ono of no ordinary character.
8-'• he capital of the company is fixed at £350,000, in
'
~°,OOO shares of £lO each, divided into 25,000 A Prefer-
13.ee Shares and 10,000 B Deferred Shares.
3- -Che privileges attached to the respective share capital
~„as follows :
„‘zuhe A Preference Shares are to be redeemed out of the
sets of the Company, by drawing by lot, and each share
be
off at 115 per share, being a bonus of £5 per dates,
e drawings will take place on the following
On the 22nd January, 1870, 6,250 shares, or £62,500,
77 77 1871, 6,250 „ £62,500,
It 71 1872, 6,250 „ £62,500,
1873, 6,250 ~ £62,500,

Total shares 25,000 or £250,000
Until so drawn and paid off, each share to bear interest
; the rate of 8 per cant. per annum, payable half-yearly, on
Ist of January and Ist July m each year, for which
laterest warrants will be attached to the shares.
Reckoning the redemption at the dates and at the bonus
teloned, the investment will pay subscribers a rate of in-
jest as follows :—those shares which are drawn, and
'"es are
To be paid off on 22nd'of January, 1870, will have re-
ceived a total interest and bonus of 241 per cent. per annum.
hose to be paid off on 22d January, 1871, will have re-
ceived a total interest and bonus of 201 per cent. per annum.
Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1872, will have re-
ceived a total interest and bonus of 18 per cont per annum.
The Directors do not pledge themselves to make an
allotment to every applicant, nor to allot the whole of the
.811"087 it being their desire to place this small capital in
the hands of bona fide investors.
Those to be paid off on 22d January, 1873, will have re-
ceived a total interest and bonus of 161- per cent. per annum
• The IA Deferred Shares represent the Concessionaires'
121torest in the Company. These shares will not be en-
"tied either to payment of any interest or capital until the
whole of the Preference Shares have received their capital
;Jack with the interest and bonus before referred to ; there-
fore the Deferred Shares become practically and virtually
guarantee to the Preference Shares.
f° Applications for shares may be made in the annexed
rill, which must be accompanied by the payment of £2
per share deposit, without which no application will bo
considered.

FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES.

No.---

To be retained by the Bankers.

-
To the Directors of the Belgian Public Works Company
(Limited).
Gentlemen—Having paid to your Bankers, Messrs. Smith,
l'ayne, and Smiths, the sum of X , being a deposit
Of £2 per Share on A Preference Shares in the
above Company, Thereby request that you will allot me that
number, and agree to accept such Shares, or any less
!lumber you may allot to me on the terms of the Prospec-
QII; and I agree to pay the deposit on allotment, and to
„sgn the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the
)eropany, as duly registered, when required. And I au-
iherise you to insert my name on the register of members
of the shares allotted to me.
Usual Signature
Name in full
Residence
Protession
Date December, 1866
The above is only a short extract from the detailed
Prospectis, which can be had, with copy of the letter of
the British Minister in Brussels to Earl of Clardndon, on
application to the Secretary at the offices of the Company.

THE BELGIAN PUBLIC WORKS COM-
PANY (Limited).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIV},N, that the LISTS of
APPLICATION for SHARES in the above Company
Will be CLOSED TO-MORROW (FRIDAY), the 28th
instant, for London, and SATURDAY, the 23th instant,
for Country applications.

By order of the Board,
W. J. L. HERIOT, Secretary.
St. Clement's House, Clements-lane, E.C.

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