29 APRIL 1865, Page 3

The Colonial and General Land Credit Company—capital, 1,000,000/. in 40,000

shares of 25/. each—proposes to undertake the business of a land and credit company in the British colonies and adjacent territories. The directors have entered into pre- liminary arrangements for the purchase of about 3,000,000 acres of land in the colony of Natal, and about 300,000 acres in Orange Free State.