Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People1883 - 104 páginas |
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... Prey on the People . BY JAYCEE . LONDON : WYMAN & SONS , 74-76 , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LINCOLN'S - INN FIELDS , W.C. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW : J. MENZIES & CO . ALL RIGHTS RESERVED . Every Friday , price 2d . Yearly , post -
... Prey on the People . BY JAYCEE . LONDON : WYMAN & SONS , 74-76 , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LINCOLN'S - INN FIELDS , W.C. EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW : J. MENZIES & CO . ALL RIGHTS RESERVED . Every Friday , price 2d . Yearly , post -
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... . BY JAYCEE . ALL RIGHTS RESERVED . LONDON : WYMAN & SONS , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS . EDINBURGH & GLASGOW : J. MENZIES & CO . 1883 . 23286.e.3 . BODLEIAN 租 2 DEC LID OXFORD PREFACE . S ° —INTRODUCTORY AND HISTÓRICAL.
... . BY JAYCEE . ALL RIGHTS RESERVED . LONDON : WYMAN & SONS , GREAT QUEEN STREET , LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS . EDINBURGH & GLASGOW : J. MENZIES & CO . 1883 . 23286.e.3 . BODLEIAN 租 2 DEC LID OXFORD PREFACE . S ° —INTRODUCTORY AND HISTÓRICAL.
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... to what is its legitimate field and what is to be avoided . The joint - stock idea was not a new one , -it had been applied successfully for hundreds of years before 1862 , and B the main object in framing the Companies Act of that.
... to what is its legitimate field and what is to be avoided . The joint - stock idea was not a new one , -it had been applied successfully for hundreds of years before 1862 , and B the main object in framing the Companies Act of that.
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... field . The HISTORY of joint - stock companies is easily traced . The earliest of these , -chiefly banks and mercantile trading corporations , were incorporated by special Acts of Parlia- ment , royal charters , or letters patent , and ...
... field . The HISTORY of joint - stock companies is easily traced . The earliest of these , -chiefly banks and mercantile trading corporations , were incorporated by special Acts of Parlia- ment , royal charters , or letters patent , and ...
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... field is a wide one , and a glance at a Post - office Directory or trade list will show you that these " objects " comprise everything we can know or think of , and very much also that is unthinkable and unknowable . There are ...
... field is a wide one , and a glance at a Post - office Directory or trade list will show you that these " objects " comprise everything we can know or think of , and very much also that is unthinkable and unknowable . There are ...
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Acts of Parliament advertising allotment amount applied Arc Lamp British Brush Company Brush Electric Light Brush offshoot Callao 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 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.