Prospectus. rnHAMES VALLEY AND ROTORUA RAILWAY COMPANY. (LIMITED). NOMINAL CAPITAL £400,000, In 400,000 Shares of £1 cnch. Provisional Directors: Hon. James Williamson, Chairman. J. L. Oajipbbel, M.D. F. D. Rion, Esq. Wm. Crush DjJX.dy, Esq. E. F. Roche, Esq. J. McCosh Clark, Esq. Thos. Peacock, Esq. Robert Graham, Esq. E. B. Walker, Esq. James Dilworth, Esq. Wm, Aitkin, Esq. George Holdshii', Esq. Nga Hubuitoiht Josbi'h Howard, Esq. Petera Pukuatua John Wilson, Esq. Heneue Pukuatua Thos. Mokrin, Esq. Rotohiko Haupapa Wm.lnnes Taylor, Esq.- W. Mahii Tkßangi- C. J. Stone, Esq. kaiieke A.W.F.Halcombe,Esq. Aeekateba Te F. D. Fenton, Esq. Weba BBU Paimoi Bankers: Bank op New Zealand. Solicitors: Messes. Jackson & Russell, Fort-street, Auckland. Engineer:. , JAS. STEWABTj ESQ.jM.INST. C,E,,. Late District Engineer. " -.'; Interim Secretary: • JAS, Stewart, Esq., C.E, Thßpropo3ed railway v?lll be about seventy four miles In length, and commences at a point On the Hamilton* Thames Railway, near the town of Morrlnaville. From this point it runs southward through the oentre ot the great valley of the Upper Thames, by a very easy route, for a distance of thirty-five miles; It then mounts to the wooded plateau which divides the Upper Thames.and Tauranga districts; from this it descends, by an easy route, to Us terminus at the Town of Ohinemutu, making a further distance of thirty-nine miles. This oom pletes an unbroken chain ot railway communi cation between the City of Auokland and the Hot Lako District, which la the central point of attraction for tourists to Now Zealand. The cost of the line has been estimated—after exploration—by James Stewart, Esq., late Dis trict Engineer, to be £2,000 per mile for. ths first section of 35 miles; of the remainder, 21 miles will cost £3,000 per mile, and the remaining IS miles, about £10.0 per mile;.making a total cost for construction (ot the class of the Government railways, and exclusive of rolling stock) of £209,500. The cost of buildings and rolling stock is estimated at £38.000, making a total cost of £217,500. I -. 