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THE
HONG KONG AND CHINA
GAS COMPANY, LIMITED.
Formed under the Act of 19th and 20th Victoria, which limits the liability of Shareholders to the Amount of their Shares.
The rights and privileges of the Company are specially accorded by HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR OF HONG KONG, and confirmed by HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE, as COLONIAL SECRETARY. The Company has also the approval of the following eminent English Firms, having establishments in, or trading with, China :--
MESSRS. DENT, PALMER & COMPANY.
MESSRS. GLEDSTANES & COMPANY.
MESSRS, SANDERSON, FRYS, RIGGE & COMPANY.
FREDERICK CHAPMAN, Esq., OF THE FIRM OF CHAPMAN, KING & COMPANY.
MESSRS. KELSON, TRITTON & COMPANY.
MESSRS. WILLIAM HOGG & COMPANY.
CAPITAL £35,000, IN 3,500 SHARES OF £10 EACH,
WITH POWER TO INCREASE IT TO £50,000.
£1 to be paid upon Application, and 10s. upon Allotment.
DIRECTORS.
CAPTAIN FREDERICK ARROW, 48, Norfolk Square, Hyde Park. FRANCIS CRAMP, Esq. (Messrs OFFLEY, CRAMP & Co.), 6, St. Helen's Place.
JAMES PHILLIPS, Esq., Claremont Lodge, North Brixton.
THOMAS WHITE, Esq. (Messrs. WHITE & PRICE), 57, Mark Lane. EDWARD WOODS, Esq., C.E., 3, Storey's Gate, Westminster.
SOLICITORS.
MESSKS. W. & II. P. SHARP, 92, Gresham House, Old Broad Street.
BANKERS.
MESSRS. MASTERMAN, PETERS, MILDRED & Co.
BROKER.
SAMUEL WOODS, Esq., 14, Angel Court, Throgmorton Street.
SECRETARY (pro tem.)
HENRY SHAW, Esq.
TEMPORARY OFFICES, 92, Gresham House, E.C.
PROSPECTUS.
Tuis Company is formed upon the principle of Limited Liability, for the Construction of Gas Works, and for supplying Gas in the populous City of Victoria or Hong Kong, and in other Cities in China, as may be hereafter determined upon.
It is the seat of Hong Kong is the only English Colony, and the principal seaport, in China. the Government, and the British Military and Naval Depôts, and from its strategetical position over the China seas, similar to that of Gibraltar over the Mediterranean, it confers a thorough security upon both persons and property.
The population of the City is already estimated at over 100,000, and the residences of His Excellency the Governor, and of the Merchants, and the Ilospitals, Barracks, and other public buildings, are upon an extent and a scale of magnificence unknown in this country.
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