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Interest guaranteed up to the 5 th day of November , 1876 , the period fixed for completion of the contract for the construction of the works at 6 per cent , per annum , payable half-yearly , and secured b y a sum to be invested in Consols in the names of N . W . J . STRODE , Esq ., of Chislehurst , and THOMAS KNOX HOLMES , Esq ., 18 , Abingdon-street , S . W . THEHARWICHHARBOUR,DOCKS,WHARVES,AND WAREHOUSESCOMPANY(LIMITED). Established under the Companies Acts , 1862 , and 1867 , 25 and 26 Vict . cap . 8 g , and 30 and 31 Vict . cap . 131 . CAPITAL£100,000, IN 20 , 000 SHARES OF - £ 5 EACH ; Of which 19 , 000 Shares ( , §^ 95 , 000 ) are now offered to the public for Subscription . Deposit t £ i per Share on Application , nnd ^ per Share upon Allotment , and the Balance hi / equal Instalments at Six , Nine , and Twelve Months . No Promotion Money is paid , each Director qualifies himself , and receives no bonus directly or indirectly for acting . The Directors' remuneration is entirely dependent on the Vote of a General Meeting . jpiwrton ; . The VISCOUNT RANELAGH , rS , Albert Mansions , S . W . ( Chairman of the Conservative Land Society ) COLONEL H . J . W . JERVIS , M . P . for Harwich . WILLIAM GROOM , Esa . ( Messrs . W . Groom & Co ., Shipowners ) , Harwich . COLONEL AUGUSTUS W . H . MEYRICK , 14 , Essex-villas , Kensington , 'W . GEORGE JOSSELYN , Esa ., Ipswich . N . W . J . STRODE , Esa ., Chislehurst , Kent . WILLIAM F . WOLLEY , Esa ., The Pryors Bank , Fulham , Middlesex . ( With power to add to their number . ) tD » ita . LONDON AND WESTMINSTER BANK -Temple Bar Branch ) . MESSRS . HERRIES , FARQUHAR & Co-, 16 , St . James s-street , W . MESSRS . COX , COBBOLD & Co ., Harwich . ENGINEER . — J ASHDOWN , Esq ., C . E . SOLICITOR—HENRY SMITH , Esq ., 33 , Norfolk-street , Strand , W-CACCOUNTANT . —CHARLES BELTON , Esq . AUDITORS" — ' ! . S . EVANS , Esq ., ( Messrs . Evans , Bouchard & Co . ) , King William-street , EC . ROBEKT MINTON , Esq . ( Messrs , Minton Boyes & Child ) , 2 , Carey lane , General Post Offico , E . C . SECRETARY , —J . H . HILEY , Esq . OFFICES : — 33 , NORFOLK-STREET , STRAND , W . C . Abridged Prospectus . This Company has been formed for the purpose of The return for the year ending December , 1873 , shows enclosing and reclaiming about 100 acres of foreshore im- a further large increase in the tonnage , beingmediately adjoining the town of Harwich , in the estuary of Foreign Trade 340 , 622 Tons . the river Stour , and for the construction of an inner liar- Coasting Trade 101 , 681 „ hour , Docks , Wharves , and sites for Bonded and other Harwich is the only Harbour of Refuge on the Warehouses and places of business in connection therewith . Eastern Coast , and it is difficult to exaggerate the import-The site selected is the most valuable portion of an ance of the port in this respect . Hundreds of vessels put extent of foreshore which for many years lias attracted thc in at a time during thc gales , many requiring repair , but , attention of some of the most experienced Engineers and owing to the absence of a Graving Dock , they are sub-Contractors of thc present century , including the late Mr . scquently obliged to be towed to London or the North at Brassey , Mr . Walker , Mr . Rendle , Sir John Rennie , & c . considerable risk and expense . It is obvious , therefore , ( by whom most careful surveys and estimates , in conncc- from these facts and figures , how great is the necessity for tion with it , have from time to time been made ) . a Graving Dock at this port , and also that , when made , Thc immense increase in the trade of Harwich , and it cannot fail to be the means of returning a large revenue the consequent indisputable demand for dock and wharf- to the Company . age accommodation , can be easily proved by reference to A contract lias been entered into , dated the 31 st day thc evidence of the Great Eastern Railway Company , given of December , 1872 , and made between John Ashdown , on before a Parliamentary Committee , the Custom House re- behalf of the United Land Company ( Limited ) , of the one turns published for Parliament , and thc returns ofthe part , and the Right Honourable Thomas Heron Viscount Harwich Harbour Conservancy Board to theBoard of Trade . Ranelagh , on behalf of the Company , for the purchase of The following is a Comparative Statement of thc land from thc United Land Company ( Limited ) , ancl a Number and Tonnage of Vessels to and from the Port of contract has also been entered into , dated thc 5 th day of Harwich ( as per Custom House Returns ) , exclusive of November , 1874 , and made between the Company of the fleet of fishing and dredging smacks : — onc part , and Henry Edward Coe of thc other part , for 1864 . , j 872 . Increase . ^ construction of the proposed works , both of which No . Tons . No . Tons . No . Tons . contracts can be seen on application to the Secretary , at Foreign Trade . 576 154 , 051 767 330 , 146 191 176 , 095 the Offices of thc Company , together with the Mcmoran-Coasting Trade . 812 41 , 341802 45 , 558 — 4 , 217 dum and Articles of Association . Full Prospectus and Forms of Application for Shares can be obtained at thc Bankers , and Offices of the Company , or will be forwarded b y post upon application to the Secretary . Jf no allotment of shares be made , tlie deposits received will be returned without deduction of any kind . Ptintc-l-in-lPublishedtytbeProprietor , I 3 rcthcrGtoRiii-KENMx « , at his Offices ; IQS , Flcct-street > a-vl 1 , 3 ; ami 4 , Little Britain ; in the Citv of ) . ond « n ; j , Mpnuircnt-place , Liverpool , in U 16 Count / ol Lancaster-andHS , Arg ) lc--, trcct , ami 3 , St , Lnuch ' s-Ianc , Glasgow . —SATURDAY , NO * . ' -JMUI . HiS , 1874 ,