The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-03 00:00:00

;ecrctary.

WILTS, SOMERSET, and WEYMOUTH
RAILWAY.
Capital 1,500,0001., in S!,ares of 501. each. 1
The Act for the Incorporation of this Company having received
the Ruyal Assent, the HOLDERS of SCRIP CERTIFICATES are
requested to make immediate application
.to be REGISTERED -for
their respective Shares in this undertaking; which applicatidn (upon
A printed form provided for the purpose), together with the Scrip
Certificates, must be trans- itted to this office on or before the 15th
of September. 1
An official receipt will be given on the deposit of the Scrip!, which
receipt will he afterwards exchanged for the sealed certificates, with
as little delay as the preparation of ,the same may require ; and due
notice will be given when the staied,ce_rtileates will b• ready for_
delivery. -
Shares iu respect of which no application for registry shall bu
made on or before the above date will be registered in the name of
the original Subscriber, after which no share can be passed other-
wise than by formal transfer under the provisions of the Act.
By order of the Board,
.• C. A. SAUNDERS.
Wilts, Somerset, and Weyniouth Railway Offices,
449, West Strand, London, Au"-ust 5, 1.45.
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Interes: will be allowed at thj rate of 4/. per cent. per annum on
the deposit and calls until the completion of the line, when the divi-
dends will he .provided.fbr under the arrangement with the Great
Western Railway Company, who have guaranteed‘a per cent. per
annum on the patd-up capital, with a proportion Ate increase, as
stipulated in the terms of the said guarantee. ' •

IARNET AND NORTH METROPOLITAN
.juNG nom RAILWAY.
Provisionally registered, pursuant to 7th and Bth Victoria, cap. 110).
Capital 400,40/., in 16,000 shares of 25/. each.
Deposit 21. 12s. 6d. per share.
No Shareholder to be liable beyond the amount of his subscription.
This railway connects the important town of Barnet with the
London and Birmingham and the Great Western Railways at Wets-
den, the Northern and Eastern and the Eastern Counties Railways
at Tottenham, and the proposed Direct London and Manchester and
the London and ork Railways.
The line in its course unites the town of Barnet with Whet-
stone, Totteridge, Finchley, Hendon, Hornsey, Highgate, Tottenham,
&c., connecting those places with the various raihvays named, and
all those south of the River Thames, securing a very large passenger
traffic, conveying heavy goods and merchandise from the City and
Docks, whereby the delay and excessiv- cost of conveyance through
London will be avoided ; also coal, fuel and other commodities, to
Barnet and the other places, on and in the neighbourhood of the line.
From these and other sources of profit an ample return to the share-
holders will necessariiy arise.
Prospectuses will in a few days be published, with the names of the
Provisional Committee. In the meantime, applications for shares,
and communications from persons desirous of promoting the objects
of the Company, may be addressed to the Secretary, at the Provi-
sional Offices of the Company, 59, Newman-street, Oxford-street ; to
the joint Solicitors, Edward Elkins, 'Esq., 59, Newman-street, and G.
P. Hill, Esq., 21 ♦, Soho-square. .
By order,

A. DOULL, Secretary, pro. tern
Provisional Offices, 59, Newman-street.
Aug. 30, 1845. .