Over a forty year period the company name and many of the employees names were mentioned in numerous columns as having been donors to many institutions.

The Argus, Melbourne, Wednesday 11th may 1870, page 5.

“The secretary for the Victorian Asylum and School for the Blind acknowledges the receipt of the following sums in aid of that institution:-[…]“

“[…].Ferguson, Urie, and Lyon, £1,1s […].”