27 MAY 1865, Page 3

The Northern Assam Tea Company are seeking to raise 250,0001.

additional capital, to make their total 400,0001., by the issue of 25,000 B shares of 101. each, 21. to be paid on application and 11. on the 10th July next, these new shares to be entitled, until the 1st July, 1868, to a preferential dividend, so far as the profits of the estates purchased of the Assam Company will admit, of 10 per cent. per annum. The object of this proposed increase of capital is to purchase from the Assam Company, whose estates are contiguous, the whole of the northern and eastern division of their property in Assam. The acquisition of this pro- perty will render the Northern Assam Tea Company one of the most influential in India.