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LIIMIITIEID - Incorporated wider 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 : « SX per Snare on amplication . JB 3 per Share on allotment . 333 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 FDaEE ^/ LA-SOlsrS , And each holder of fi ve Shares will be entitled to nominate a Boy for admission on the advantageous terms specified below . Hnh'ons . THE BT . HON . E ARL FERRERS , Prov . GUI . of Leicestershire . COL . E . C . MALET DE CARTERET . Prov . G . M . of Jersey . THE RT . HON . THE EARL OF HARDWICKE , Prov . G . M . of WILLIAM HENRY GRENEELL . ESQ ., Taplow Court , Cambridgeshire . Maidenhead . Council anii grrcctors . THE REV . DR . MORRIS , P . M ., Head Master R . M . Inst . ( Boys ) . CAPTAIN J . PERCY GROVES ( late 27 th Inniskillings ) . Caversham . CAPTAIN SADLER , P . M ., 67 , Medora Road , 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 . Ijcitu faster . THE REV . JAMES PAYNE , D . C . L ., P . P . G . Ch . Oxon . "ganhtrs . LONDON AND COUNTY BANK , and all its Branches . | STEPHENS , BLANDY & CO ., Maidenhead and Reading . Solicitors . WM . OSBORNE JONES , ESQ ., 8 , Mason's Avenue , London , E . C . | F . A . JONES , ESQ ., Maidenhead , Berks . Stemtarjr ( pro tern . ) { Mmuorarir ( Offices . MR . C . H . RICKS . ] , Park Street , Maidenhead , Berks . PROSPECTUS . a ^ HIS Company has been formed Avith tho object of providing a PUBLIC SCHOOL education of the highest class for the sons of Freemasons and others , at the least possible cost consistent Avith efficiency . Such a school will , it is belicA'ed , 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 bo 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 Avill take OA er the College as a going concern from the date of the completion of the purchase . This property is most admirably adapted for ths purpose required . It is Avithin 25 miles of London , on the main line of the Great Western Railway . 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 sAvimming bath , and a laboratory . The College Avas founded upAvards 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 REV . JAMES PAYNE , D . C . L ., assisted by a Wrangle ? :, 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 Avell 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 DR . PAYNE and the present staff of Masters Avill continue in the service of the Company , and there are at present some 50 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 bo expected that the number of pupils Avill speedily reach 100 , in which case it is estimated that the profits of the Company will not be less than £ 10 per cent . ( 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 tho public generally . The holders of not less than fiA'e Shares may nominate a boy for admission into the school on the terms specified below . ( II . ) Special exhibitions , tonable at the College , will be offered for competition to sons of Freemasons . ( III ) . Scholarships will bo given ( as funds permit ) to those Avho wish to proceed from the College to the Universities . ( IV . ) Exhibitions will be offered to a feAV 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 . „ ,, un-nominated „ .. .. .. 60 „ ., over 14 , but under 16 , nominated ,. .. .. .. 60 ,, „ „ un-nominated ., .. .. .. 70 ,, ,. over Hi , at Special Terms DAY SCHOLARS , nominated ,. 20 Guineas „ un-nominated .. .. .. 1 A ,, The Directors are empowered ( after the Shareholders have received at least £ . ~ > per cent . ) to set aside the profits , or a portion thereof for the above-mentioned Exhibitions and Scholarships , and it is believed that Freemasons AVJ' 11 assist by donations to augment this Fund . A member of the Craft has already offered two exhibitions for the benefit of boys coming from the Royal Masonic School . Applications for Shares should be made to the Bankers , Solicitors , or at the Offices of the Company .