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Página 41
The reason the chairman gave in his circular asking for proxies was , that he
expected opposition to his proposals , and this should have been a strong
argument for his not inviting proxies , as , if the proposals could not withstand the
criticisms ...
The reason the chairman gave in his circular asking for proxies was , that he
expected opposition to his proposals , and this should have been a strong
argument for his not inviting proxies , as , if the proposals could not withstand the
criticisms ...
Página 43
Strange it is , however , that so few of the “ really promising " undertakings which
the British investor is asked to subscribe to ever turn out satisfactory as
investments . Oftener we find them to be void of promise altogether , but simply
old mines ...
Strange it is , however , that so few of the “ really promising " undertakings which
the British investor is asked to subscribe to ever turn out satisfactory as
investments . Oftener we find them to be void of promise altogether , but simply
old mines ...
Página 49
It would appear from investigation that the hands of the Indian Government
officials are not altogether clean and the papers issued in reply to a recent
question by a Member of Parliament , asking whether free grants of land made in
the Colar ...
It would appear from investigation that the hands of the Indian Government
officials are not altogether clean and the papers issued in reply to a recent
question by a Member of Parliament , asking whether free grants of land made in
the Colar ...
Página 52
The highest capital 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
...
The highest capital 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
...
Página 74
It may be accredited with £ 6,000,000 of the capital sought ; the remaining £
20,000,000 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 ...
It may be accredited with £ 6,000,000 of the capital sought ; the remaining £
20,000,000 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 ...
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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.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | Public Companies from the Cradle to the Grave, Or, How Promoters Prey on the People Making of the Modern World, Part IV: 1800-1890 |
| Autor | Jaycee (pseud.) |
| Editor | Wyman & Sons, 1883 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 21 Mayo 2007 |
| Largo | 104 páginas |
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