25 FEBRUARY 1865, Page 3

A company entitled Warehouses and Wharves has been started, for

the purpose of supplying wharf and warehouse accommodation to the south-western district of the metropolis. The site selected comprises about twenty-six acres of land at Battersea, which, when the canal basin shall have been completed, will present a water frontage of about 9,000 feet. The capital of the company is 500,000/., in 25,000 shares of 20/. each.