Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People |
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Illustrations from the Prospectuses of Quasi Coffee Companies and careers of the
undertakings — Diamond and other Mines in Africa , North and South America —
The real prizes kept abroad -Chilly Mine , and other Venezuelan ventures ...
Illustrations from the Prospectuses of Quasi Coffee Companies and careers of the
undertakings — Diamond and other Mines in Africa , North and South America —
The real prizes kept abroad -Chilly Mine , and other Venezuelan ventures ...
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... examined- Defunct Cornish Mines recently Gazetted— Table showing Capital
sunk in Joint - Stock Companies , side by side with that in other investments , and
with main items of national expenditure ... 89 XIV . - SUGGESTED REFORMS .
... examined- Defunct Cornish Mines recently Gazetted— Table showing Capital
sunk in Joint - Stock Companies , side by side with that in other investments , and
with main items of national expenditure ... 89 XIV . - SUGGESTED REFORMS .
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Mines also find an important place in the lists , situated , some of them , in such
remote districts that their exact whereabouts are not always known . Rent
guarantee societies exist , to which all should belong ; and , as an instance of "
wheels ...
Mines also find an important place in the lists , situated , some of them , in such
remote districts that their exact whereabouts are not always known . Rent
guarantee societies exist , to which all should belong ; and , as an instance of "
wheels ...
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Then a few others , not necessarily in the same district , are submitted 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 assume ...
Then a few others , not necessarily in the same district , are submitted 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 assume ...
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NATURAL GEOGRAPHY is set at naught , and rivers and waterfalls supplied to
order in the most convenient localities for driving the machinery where the mine
is supposed to be situated . Difficulties of transit are accomplished across miles ...
NATURAL GEOGRAPHY is set at naught , and rivers and waterfalls supplied to
order in the most convenient localities for driving the machinery where the mine
is supposed to be situated . Difficulties of transit are accomplished across miles ...
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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.