... m The half-yearly general meeting of the Crystal ?? Company was held on Thursday, Aug. 4th, at Y, the City Terminus Hotel, Mr GEoRGE T. RAIT pre- s, siding. In moving the adoption of the report, the m CHAIRMAN observed that on the present occasion they i, submitted an interim statement only. As compared of with the June half of 1891, there had been a falling oe off of about £500 in their ...

... I The first meeting of creditors of Arthur Ernest Eliot, t late lessee of the Royal Opera Comique Theatre, I Strand, was held under the presidency of Mr Hough, t Official Receiver, at Carey-atreet, on Friday afternoon. t Accounts were filed showing liabilities of 25,663; but i as no accurate accounts had been kept at the theatre, these would probably be found to be larger. The v debtor was not ...

... I The second ordinary general meeting of the share- holders of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane, Limited, was held on the 25th ult. at the theatre. Lord GEORGE H. LoFTrus (chairman of the company) presided. The SECRETARY (Mr Sidney Smith) read the notice convening the meetmg. The CHAIRMAN ?? I last had the pleasure of addressing You the directors were able to show that the company during its ...

... I At the twenty-first annual meeting of the Blackpool Winter Gardens and Pavilion Company, on Saturday. dividends of C- per cent. on the ordinary shares and of .5 per cent. on the ncw shares were declared, carrying forward £456; 7s. 51. to next year's account. The total receipts had been £42, l4), and the profits amounted to £3,741 17s. 5d. In explaining the details of the balance-sheet, the ...

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... )eAWABY jAR&.AT. A coneiderabletrsnn 'was repaid to the ilanic . by the nmarket to-day - but these ntiltttnlts, A i aupasuiitly, wore fully connterituslanioetl byV tre A: disbursemients for the Treasury R ll~s %which e~xpired, and short money proved nutrly abuii- 1't denwt ait I pcalthough occasional~lYAk 14 e AVL obiailied. Theo diseontit market. wins euni- pletdly stagn-ant. Pint two, three, ...

... ?? B T TH ?? :. CORN EXCIANGV,.--IORIDApT Wheat Duriy, the, present Wtbk the arfialis of E0giy'st baely up to our Arket ?? mtav aounteod at aboui qures yI-lad- carriag'e' have been on1 it very smtna sce. To-da theinho o samples was trifling, DvPited eeals Indiany sora knd of V,1hearce home produce was In a very inactive state, atr rel eqisil to t Osobtained -an Monday. The imports of oebai Wha ...

... FIRE ASSURANCE OFFICES AND I Farming Stock. A parliamentary return, just issued, contains an account of the stamp duties paid by each of the London and country Fire Assurance Offices during the year 1849. IFrom this it appears that the proportions stand respec- tively as follows:- DUTY PAID BY LONDON OFFICES. Sun ?? 180,802 I Royal Farmers' ?? 12,517 Phoenix ?? 120,194 I LicensedVictuallers 11 ...

... CORN EXCRANGE.-FJIDAY. Since Monday the arrivals of English Wheat for our market coasttvise have notexceeded 1,040 quarters, almost w'holly from Essex and Kent. By land carriage they have been trifling. The show of samples to-day %Vas small ; nevertheless, owing to the continued imports from abroad, the absence of tile principal dealers, and the favourable accounts respecting the growing crops ...

... RadLFWY IAMS. AND TRAFFIC. GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.-On Tuesday, after a legthened inquiry, the Committee of the House of Lords, the EarlofChichester in the chair, unanimously declared. the preamble of this company's bill not proved ; the object of it being to conlstrct certain rail ways to connect the Birmingham and Oxford' Junction Railway with the London and Niorih-Western Railway at ...

... * TIEM MAR~KETS. CORN EXCHANGE.-FRiDAY. Coastwise, the receipts of English Wheat up to our warket this week have amounted to 2,010 quarters. By land carriage and samples, the arrivals fresh. up to-day were small, and of very middling quality. Although the the number of' both town and country buyers in attendanee w'as rather limited; 'holders of all kiods of Wheat of hlime prod'ince were firm, ...

... TE INCOME TAX-A WORK UP for Financial leformners. The position of the Chancellor of the Exchequer is at the best no very enviable one. As Chief Ac- countant of the Realm be has to make both ends meet under advantageous and disadvantageous cir- cumstances. If his balance-sheet is prosperous in appearance; he is beset with a very natural clamour by the public to liberate the community from taxa- ...