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LIMITED . Incorporated under the Companies ' Acts , 1862 to 1886 . Capital £ 25 , 000 , In 2 , 500 Shares of _ £ 10 each , of which 2 , 300 are offered for Subscription at par , and are payable as follows : _ SJL ner Share on amplication . _ Q 3 per Share on . allotment . J 33 per Share one month after allotment . And the balance—if required—at an interval of not less than three months . Where no allotment is made the amount paid on application will be returned in full , and where the number of Shares allotted is less than the amount applied for the surplus will be credited to the payment on allotment . THESE SHARES ARE , IN THE FIRST PLACE , OFFERED TO PREEMASOIMS . And each holder of pve Shares will be entitled to nominate a Boy for admission on the advantageous terms specified below . ¦ jpatnms . THE ET . HON . EARL FEEEEES , Prov . G . M . of Leicestershire . COL . E . C . MALET DE CAETEEET , Prov . G . M . of Jersey . THE RT . HON . THE EARL OP HARDWICKE , Prov . G . M . of WILLIAM HENRY GRENFELL , ESQ .. Taplow Court . Cambridgeshire . Maidenhead . ( Council ntttt ^ rectors . THE REV . DR . MOREIS , P . M .. Head Master E . M . Inst . ( Boys ) . CAPTAIN J . PEECY GEOVES ( late 27 th Inniskillings ) , Cavcr . sh . am , CAPTAIN SADLER , P . M ., G 7 . Meclora Eoad , Brixton Hill , S . W . Oxon . JOHN KERSHAW , ESQ .. C . E ., " Marazion , " St . Leonards-on-Sea . E . J . SHREWSBURY , ESQ ., A . R . I B . A .. P . M ., Maidenhead , Berks . Ifjjsao ^ Raster . THE REV . JAMES PAYNE , D . C . L .. P . P . G . Ch . Oxon . 11 ankers . LONDON AND COUNTY BANK , and all its Branches . j STEPHENS , BLvNDY & CO ., Maidenhead and Readinr . Solicitors . WM . OSBOENE JONES , ESQ ., 8 , Mason ' s Avenue . London . E . C . | F . A . JONES , ESQ ., Maidenhead , Berks . Srcrctarn ( pro tern . ) ® emtiornru ( Offices . MB . C . H . EICKS . 1 , Park Street , Maidenh < ad , Berks . PROSPECTUS . THIS Company has been formed with the object of providing a PUBLIC SCHOOL education of the highest class for the sons of Freemasons and others , at the least possible cost consistent with efficiency . Such a school will , it is believed , meet a want already expressed by many brethren , and considering the numbers and influence of Freemasons , there is no doubt that a school supported by them cannot fail to be a great success . As a first step the Company has contracted to purchase the freehold premises known as Craufurd College , Maidenhead , Berks , together with the playing fields ( about 13 acres ) , fixtures , fittings , furniture , and goodwill for £ 16 , 423 , of which sum the vendor takes £ 2 , 000 in fully paid-up Shares in the Company , which will take over the College as a going concern from the date of the completion of the purchase . This property is most admirably adapted for the purpose required . It is within 25 miles of London , on the main line of the Great Western Eailway . The position is particularly healthy , being on high ground and gravel soil . The premises comprise : the Head Master ' s residence , the College buildings , with accommodation for 127 boys , and , in addition to the ordinary requirements of a school , there are covered fives courts , a cinder track for cycling and sports , a gymnasium , carpenter ' s room , large tepid swimming bath , and a laboratory . The College was founded upwards of 40 years ago , and has ever since been doing good work in the education of sons of gentlemen . It is now , and has for some years past , been conducted under the Head Mastership of the EEV . JAMES PAYNE , D . C . L ., assisted by a Wrangler , and other Graduates in honours of Oxford and Cambridge , and in the last Report on the condition of the College , dated July , 1888 , the REV . R . K . VINTER , M . A . ( late Fellow of St . John ' s College , Cambridge , Examiner for the Cambridge Local Syndicate ) says : " It is evident that the course of education adopted at Craufurd College is well defined and thorough . The " youngest is able to move upward step by step until he is ready to present himself for the most searching competitive examinations . " Such a plan avoids high-pressure and must recommend itself to parents as the proper and surest way of educating youth . " Arrangements have been made by which Dit . PAYNE and the present staff of Masters will continue in the service of the Company , and there are at present some ~ > 0 boarders at the School . The advantage of the purchase to Shareholders is manifest , as the Company is saved the necessity of starting a school , by acquiring this long-established one , thus earning a dividend from the commencement . There is no other school offering advantages to Freemasons ; it may therefore confidently be expected that the number of pupils will speedily reach 100 , in which case it is estimated that the profits of the Company will not be less than £ 10 percent . ( I . ) The Shares are , in the first instance , offered to Freemasons , and all vacancies in the school will be filled up first from the sons of Shareholders ; in the second place from the sons of Freemasons ; and lastly from the sons of the public generally . The holders of not less than five Shares may nominate a boy for admission into the school on the terms specified below . ( II . ) Special exhibitions , tenable at the College , will be offered for competition to sons of Freemasons . ( III ) . Scholarships will be given ( as funds permit ) to those who wish to proceed from the College to the Universities . ( IV . ) Exhibitions will be offered to a few of the cleverest and most deserving boys of the Royal Masonic Institution , to enable them to continue their education at Craufurd College after leaving the former . The terms are at present fixed as follows : — BOARDERS under 11 nominated by Shareholders 50 Guineas . „ .. tin-nominated ,, .. .. .. 60 ,, ,, over 14 , but under 10 , non . iu . ated ., .. .. .. 60 ,. ., „ Tin-nominated ,, .. .. .. 70 ., ,. over 1 ( 3 , at Special Terms . DAY SCHOLARS , nominated 20 Guineas . „ un-nominated .. .. ,. 2 _ „ The Directors are empowered ( after the Shareholders have received at hast £ 5 per cent . ) co set aside the profits , or a portion thereof for the above-mentioned Exhibitions and Scholarships , and it is believed that Freemasons will assist by donations to augment this Fund . A member of the Craft has already offered two exhibitions for the benefit of boys coining from the Royal Masonic School . Applications for Shares should be made to the Bankers , Solicitors , or at the Offices of the Company ,