Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People1883 - 104 páginas |
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... districts in which they traded , and had their own ships and armies . Quite recently a venture of the same scope has been incorporated , with a capital of £ 2,000,000 , for the promotion of trade in British North Borneo . Even in the ...
... districts in which they traded , and had their own ships and armies . Quite recently a venture of the same scope has been incorporated , with a capital of £ 2,000,000 , for the promotion of trade in British North Borneo . Even in the ...
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... districts that their exact whereabouts are not always known . Rent guarantee societies exist , to which all should belong ; and , as an instance of " wheels within wheels , " we have joint - stock companies framed for starting other ...
... districts that their exact whereabouts are not always known . Rent guarantee societies exist , to which all should belong ; and , as an instance of " wheels within wheels , " we have joint - stock companies framed for starting other ...
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... district , are sub- mitted as proof of what the directors affirm . If the mines be abroad , it is enough if they are situated in the same region as some other paying mine , as distance is a great leveller ; and , on looking at the small ...
... district , are sub- mitted as proof of what the directors affirm . If the mines be abroad , it is enough if they are situated in the same region as some other paying mine , as distance is a great leveller ; and , on looking at the small ...
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... district can " testify to its being the richest mine in Corn- wall . " Some journals seemed to think if it had been started as a WATERWORKS , it would have had a chance to pay ; but probably this remark was not made in real , sober ...
... district can " testify to its being the richest mine in Corn- wall . " Some journals seemed to think if it had been started as a WATERWORKS , it would have had a chance to pay ; but probably this remark was not made in real , sober ...
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... district will be found in the 2nd chapter of GENESIS , the " 11th and 12th verses . A map will also be found , showing " the district , in an edition of the HOLY BIBLE published " by , of which the following is a copy . " On turning to ...
... district will be found in the 2nd chapter of GENESIS , the " 11th and 12th verses . A map will also be found , showing " the district , in an edition of the HOLY BIBLE published " by , of which the following is a copy . " On turning to ...
Términos y frases comunes
Acts of Parliament advertising allotment amount applied Arc Lamp British Brush Electric Light Brush offshoot cash and shares cent CHAPTER Colonial Companies Acts companies registered company's concern Confidence trick considered cost Crown 8vo directors district dividends dynamo-machines Edison Elec Electric Light Company Electric Sun endeavour favour formed funds gold guarantee Gulcher Hammond Indian Interested in sales investment investors Jablochkoff joint-stock banks joint-stock companies Joint-Stock Enterprise Lamp Lane-Fox Light & Power Light and Power limited liability limited liability companies liquidators London Maxim-Weston memorandum of association ment MYSORE DISTRICT names paid paid-up capital panies parent company patents Pilsen-Joel post-free POWER COMPANY premium profits promoters prospectus proxies public companies purchase railway reefs schemes shareholders spectus Stock Exchange Storage subscribe success supply syndicate taken tion trading undertakings vendors ventures Western Electric winding WORD-PAINTING WYMAN & SONS Wynaad
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Página 37 - The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; and the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
Página 6 - ... shall be deemed to be a company having a permanent paid-up, or nominal capital of fixed amount, divided into shares, also of fixed amount, or held and transferable as stock, or divided and held, partly in one way and partly in the other, and formed on the principle of having for its members the holders of shares in such capital, or the holders of such stock, and no other persons...
Página 22 - Whenever the Court is of opinion that it is just and equitable that the Company should be wound up.
Página 40 - Is. per Ib., the directors feel justified in stating they confidently believe the profits of this company will be more than sufficient to pay dividends of at least 50 per cent, on the nominal capital, and will exceed those of the company working the English patent, which, having only been formed a little over twelve months, has entered into a contract which will yield the return, by way of annual dividends, of a sum equal to the whole paid-up capital of the company of £34,000.
Página 101 - WE, the several persons whose names and addresses are subscribed, are desirous of being formed into a company, in pursuance of this memorandum of association, and we respectively agree to take the number of shares in the capital of the company set opposite our respective names.