NEW ZEAL AND SHIPPING COMPANY.
Annual Meeting. [by telegraph.] Christchurch, To-day. The annual meeting of the New Zealand Shipping Co. was held at noon today. The report and balance-sheet were read. Mr H. Murray-Aynsley, Deputy-Chair-man of Directors, in moving the adoption of the report said that since entering upon the steam traffic the Company had* despatched four steamers homewards, which, ‘ besides other cargo and passengers. Carried 49,690 carcases of meat,; and 25,00 ft are now being loaded on board the Catalonia and British King. Sinco the ; steamers had commenced running the passenger traffic had very greatly increased- . New steamers were now being constructed which will have a twelve-knot • speed-afe sea. During the past year 60 vessels had been despatched outwards, carrying 96,480 tuns of cargo and 2,222 passengers, and homeward 46, with a registered .tonnage of 4,264 : tons, carrying 341 pas-: sengers. Replying to Mr MoGlashan, ef Dunedin, the Chairman said it was found more convenient to have a purely central directory, but still there were no , objections to Dunedin being represented on the Board if the shareholders so desired. The report and balance-sheet, were unanimously adopted, and the retiring directors were re-elected. ',)•'
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1021, 14 August 1883, Page 2
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193NEW ZEAL AND SHIPPING COMPANY. Ashburton Guardian, Volume IV, Issue 1021, 14 August 1883, Page 2
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