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KOLLMANN'S RAHWAY, LOCOMOTIVE
and CARRIAGE IMPROVEMENT COMPANY,
Established pursuant to Act if Parliament, of 3d Vic., cap. 98.
Capital £lO,OOO, in 500 Shares of £2O each.
Deposit .f 2 per Share.
DIIIHITORI.
The Very Rev. the Dean of Here- William Kuper, Esq,
ford, F.R.S., &c. Capt. M. Montagu, R.N.
F. Marcus Beresford, Esq. Samuel H. Powell, Esq.
Capt. E. Blanckley, R.N. Capt. F. Bayly Wardreper,
Thomas Davidson, Esq. Walter White, Esq.
STANDING COUNIEL.—H. A. Merewether, Esq.
SOLICITOI.—George Smith, Esq., 14, Golden-saaare.
BAxxxxs.—Messrs. Cocks, Biddulph, and Co., 43, Charing-cross.
Sicarraiv.—A. W. Barnes, Esq., F.S.S.
Of Chambers, Adarn-street, Adelphl.
The object of this Company is to bring into general notice and
operation the improved system of Locomotion, invented and patented
by Mr. G. A. Kollmann, which offers the following advantages :
Security ftom overturning.
Security from running off the rails.
Perfect facility of passing on curves at any practicable speed.
Greater flexibility, to accommodate the carriages to the inequali-
ties of the roadway.
Power of ascending and descending gradients, hitherto held to be
impracticable.
Diminution if dead weight and friction.
Saving of expense in the construction and wear and tear of the line,
carriages, and engines.
Prospectuses, with dill details, together with forms of application
for Shares, and terns for granting licences, may be had at the Com-
pany's offices, Albion Chambers, Adam-street, Adelphi ; and of Mr.
George Smith, Solicitor to the Company, 24, Gloden-square.

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Capital £500,000.
Empowered by Act of Parliament.
DIVISION OF PROFITS.
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enabled the Directors, at the last annual investigation, to declare a
iecond Bonus, averaging 60 per cent. on the amounts invested on each
Policy effected on the Profit scale.
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