THE ORIENT COMPANY
OAI'ITAL TO BL' INCREASED. A.ustrali«n-.N't.'\v Zealand CaMe Association. (itcc. December 23, 10.35 p.m.) London, December M. The Orient .Steam i\'avig.\tion Company's profit is £Wrt. A deterred dividend of, la per rail., tax free, is to be paill, thcro U lo be added to reserve .UkO.Cfei, and . carried forward .£61,911. The report stales thin the amounts received from the (joveruinciit for steamers low while in ite employ are inadjijuutc to provide for siiostiuitcs. The company ihcretoi'o is incceasing the capilul by Inviting suaruholiicrii lei sulißcnljc two new sharce for each snare held. Tile company has Ijecn attviscd that the ajajl cuntract of 1907 has been l'rusiratcd by tlio war and tho (.•overninent's consciiucnt intervention. The Commonwcalih Guvernmcnt lias not assented to mis view, but without legal prejudice negotiatioiio are in prosreea lor a pi-ovisionat arraiigeaie:it.-Aus.-K.ii. Cable Assn. LO.N'CO.V AIAIIKKTS. (lice. December 23, U p.m.) London, December 20. Cotton .--J an nary dehverj-, 24.Wid. per I'u. iieiup.-Stoady; October-December delivery, i:v) per •.on. JU.te.-Q.uiot; December-February delivery, ££4 per ton. liubber.-l'aiM, 2s. 6-vd. per lb.; plantation, 2s. 43d.; smoked, 2s. 7d. Copra.—tiuietcr; January-iilarcli delivery, iA'l. Lineeed Oi!.-.£lCB. Tui'pcntiiie, ife. 3d. Si'DNKY I'KODUCE I'KICES. (By Teltfsraph-Prcss Afsooiation-Copyriirht IKcc. December 23, 9.45 p.m.) i'j&nvj, December 23. Oats, Alsrmn, 6s. 6rt. per busiiel; Tasmaniiii], 6s. 6a. Jlni/.e, ».-. id. JJiu'ley, Gape, 6s. 6d. Potatoes, Taemmiian, £23 per tou. Onions, £11 lo £12.-l'rcss Absu.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 77, 24 December 1919, Page 10
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228THE ORIENT COMPANY Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 77, 24 December 1919, Page 10
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