Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People1883 - 104 páginas |
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Página 41
... asking for proxies was , that he expected opposition to his proposals , and this should have been a strong argu- ment for his not inviting proxies , as , if the proposals could not withstand the criticisms of the shareholders present ...
... asking for proxies was , that he expected opposition to his proposals , and this should have been a strong argu- ment for his not inviting proxies , as , if the proposals could not withstand the criticisms of the shareholders present ...
Página 43
... asked to subscribe to ever turn out satis- factory as investments . Oftener we find them to be void of promise altogether , but simply old mines which have been prospected and much money sunk in , and then come on our market to be ...
... asked to subscribe to ever turn out satis- factory as investments . Oftener we find them to be void of promise altogether , but simply old mines which have been prospected and much money sunk in , and then come on our market to be ...
Página 49
... asking whether free grants of land made in the Colar or Mysore district to certain of these high - souled public servants were palmed off as mines , and for which they demanded and obtained from four com- panies £ 245,000 , do not clear ...
... asking whether free grants of land made in the Colar or Mysore district to certain of these high - souled public servants were palmed off as mines , and for which they demanded and obtained from four com- panies £ 245,000 , do not clear ...
Página 52
... asked for any of these undertakings was £ 400,000 for six mining claims or estates , and £ 275,000 of this was to be paid to the vendors . The following sentences in their prospectus , " Reef No. I " has evidently been a favourite reef ...
... asked for any of these undertakings was £ 400,000 for six mining claims or estates , and £ 275,000 of this was to be paid to the vendors . The following sentences in their prospectus , " Reef No. I " has evidently been a favourite reef ...
Página 74
... asked for was spread over a number of different systems , and it is our duty now to lay before our readers the salient points in the schemes of the principal of these ventures . THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER GENERATOR COM- PANY , LIMITED ...
... asked for was spread over a number of different systems , and it is our duty now to lay before our readers the salient points in the schemes of the principal of these ventures . THE ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER GENERATOR COM- PANY , LIMITED ...
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.