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For the development of these special undertakings, an addi- 

 tional capital of 400,000 francs (£16,000) was required and was 

 allotted in — 



200 promoters' shares of 500 francs each . . . 100,000 francs. 

 600 preferential shares do. ...300,000 „ 



In the first two years (1872 and 1873) only, the preferential 

 shares received 5 per cent, interest. After those two years have 

 passed, the promoters' shares will have interest also at 5 per 

 cent. The probable profits will be apportioned at the rate of 

 20 per cent, towards a reserve fund, 20 per cent, for the directors 

 and management, and the remaining 60 per cent, for dividends 

 to both classes of shares. 



Besides these there are other works in progress, and which 

 are held under special arrangements with the parent Company, 

 and which are situated on the heights of PeroUes, above Freiburg, 

 and these are : — 



1. An iron foundry and engineering establishment. 



2. A large railway carriage manufactory. 



3. A chemical manure factory. 



Besides these there are other factories in contemplation for 

 immediate building, namely, — a paper-mill, a pottery and gypsum 

 factory, a barley-grinding mill, and stone-cutting works, and 

 there is no doubt that other undertakings will soon follow. 



The first-named operations are of such importance and of such 

 general interest that I may venture to say that a fuller descrip- 

 tion of them will be willingly accepted. I shall therefore try to 

 describe them as nearly as it is possible to do so without 

 detailed drawings and representations. For a general outline of 

 the works, figure 1, showing a ground plan of Freibui'g, will be 

 of service ; the sectional plans also, figs. 2 to 4, will help to 

 demonstrate the dam and sluice works, the turbines and the 

 pumping gear, and the filtering works. 



The description will extend to the following works : — 



1. The great dam and sluice works on the Saane. 



2. The waterworks for the hydraulic motors. 



3. The filter and pumping works. 



4. The telodynamic cable, and wire rope transmission. 



5. The saw-mill and large carpentering works, and the other 



industries on the plateau of PeroUes. 



6. The conduit of water and the reservoir of Quintzet for 



supplying Freiburg with drinking water. 



7. The canal conduits for the irrigation, and for manuring the 



heights of PeroUes and Neigles on both sides of the Saane. 



8. The establishment of the fish culture, and the bathing 



places, and the ice-houses on the lake of PeroUes. 



9. The utiUzation and farming of the forest which was 



purchased from the to\\Ti of Freiburg ; and 



