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ILJIIMIITIEDIncorporated 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 payahle as follows : iSX jpea ? Share on amplication . £ 3 ; pea ? Slxare on allotment . JS 3 pes ? 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 wil ! 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 FI?,ElE3VC^.S02srS7 And each holder of five Shares will be entitled to nominate a Boy for admission on the advantageous terms specified below . Jpntvons . THE RT . HON . EARL FERRERS , Prov . G-. M . 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 GRENFELL , ESQ ., TaploAv Court , Cambridgeshire . Maidenhead . ( Council itnir gircrfors . THE REV . DR . MORRIS , P . M ., Head Master R . M . Inst . ( Boys ) . I CAPTAIN . 1 . PERCY GROVES ( late 27 th Inniskillings ) , Caversham , CAPTAIN SADLER , P . M ., (> 7 , Medora Road , Brixton Hill , S . W . I Oxon . JOHN KERSHAW , ESQ ., C . E ., " Marazion , " St . Leonards-on-Sca . j E . J . SHREWSBURY , ESQ .. A . R . I B . A ., P . M ., Maidenhead , Berks . Iljcnit iitasfcr . THE REV . JAMES PAYNE , D . C . L ., P . P . G . Ch . Oxon . ISiiithcrs . 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 . Urmtartr ( pro tern . ) frrmpontrn ( Offices . MR . C . H . RICKS . 1 , Park Street , Maidenhead , Berk ? . ^ ESLOSFEJCTUS . THIS Company has been formed Avith 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 Avill , 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 ] ' ! acres ) , fixtures , fittings , furniture , and goodwill for £ 16 , 423 , of Avhich sum the vendor takes £ 2 , 000 in fully paid-up Shares in the Company , Avhich will take over the College as a going concern from the date of the completion of the jrarchase . This property is most admirably adapted for the purpose required . It is within 25 miles of London , on the main line of the Great AVestern 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 upwards of 40 years ago , and has ever since been doing good Avork in the education of sons of gentlemen . It is now , and has for some years past , been conducted under the Head Mastership of the REA \ JAJIES 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 , 18 S 8 , 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 upAvard 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 Avay of educating youth . " Arrangements have been made by Avhich DR . PAYNE and the present staff of Masters will 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 be expected that the number of pupils will speedily reach 100 , in Avhich case it is estimated that the profits of the Company will not be less than CIO 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 fiA'c 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 Avill be given ( as funds permit ) to those Avho Avish to proceed from the College to the Universities . ( IV ) Exhibitions Avill 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 . ,, ,, un-nominated ,, .. .. .. 60 ,, „ over II , but under l ( i , nominated ., .. .. .. 60 ,, ,, „ un-nominated ,, .. .. .. 70 over 1 ( 1 , at Special Terms DAY SCHOLARS , nominated 20 Guineas- . „ un-nominated .. .. .. 24 The Directors are empowered ( after the Shareholders liaA-o received at least . C . "i per cent . ) to set aside the profits , or a portion thereof for the above-mentioned Exhibitions and Scholarships , and it is believed that Freemasons Avill 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 Itova- / Masonic School . Applications for Shares should be made to the Bankers' Solicitors , or at the Offices of the Company .