Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People1883 - 104 páginas |
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Página 17
... London and the country . " Then comes the name of the company in large letters , followed by the clause : " Incor- porated under the Companies Acts , 1862 to 1880 , whereby the liability of shareholders is limited to the amount of their ...
... London and the country . " Then comes the name of the company in large letters , followed by the clause : " Incor- porated under the Companies Acts , 1862 to 1880 , whereby the liability of shareholders is limited to the amount of their ...
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... London and Provincial journals , the whole country is appealed to . It can hardly be hoped , in these days of " freedom , " that the advertisement editor should be his own " Censor of the Press , " and exclude those advertisements which ...
... London and Provincial journals , the whole country is appealed to . It can hardly be hoped , in these days of " freedom , " that the advertisement editor should be his own " Censor of the Press , " and exclude those advertisements which ...
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... London costermongers , an article which was to oust the ordinary Mocha coffee from its place in our tastes , and revolutionise the breakfast- tables of our homes . The capital of this company was £ 40,000 , in £ 5 shares , and for the ...
... London costermongers , an article which was to oust the ordinary Mocha coffee from its place in our tastes , and revolutionise the breakfast- tables of our homes . The capital of this company was £ 40,000 , in £ 5 shares , and for the ...
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... London Figaro , Fact , the Money Market Review , the Financier , the Medical Press and Circular Advertiser , and a vast number of Lon- don and provincial papers , the decoction seemed to fall flat on English and French palates . The ...
... London Figaro , Fact , the Money Market Review , the Financier , the Medical Press and Circular Advertiser , and a vast number of Lon- don and provincial papers , the decoction seemed to fall flat on English and French palates . The ...
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... London , a few companies were brought out here at the end of 1879. These , successfully launched , led to others being formed in the following year , and by the end of 1880 , trading on the opinions of a noted Govern- ment surveyor ...
... London , a few companies were brought out here at the end of 1879. These , successfully launched , led to others being formed in the following year , and by the end of 1880 , trading on the opinions of a noted Govern- ment surveyor ...
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
Pasajes populares
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.