The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-14 00:00:00

LIABILITIEd.

Capital—£lo per share paid up on
60,000 shares £660,000
~ £2 per share added out of
Reserved Profits 120,000
£720,‘'00 0 0

Due by the Bank on Current Accounts. D, -
posit Receipts (including interest accrued),
and other obligations 16,472,278 13 7
Reserved Fund, invested in Consols, as per
Contra
Rebate on Bills not due
Balance at credit of Profit and Loss

£17,H4,:384 5 1

Cn:
ASSETS,
Cash in the Bank X7.0,644 8 8
„ in B -ink of England 779,686 13 7
„ lent at Call . 972,000 0 0£2,493,331 2 3

Investments in Government Stock, Exche-
quer Bills, Debentures, &c 921,200 4 2
£118,460 108. Bd. Consols (taken at 921) Re-
served Fund llO,OOO 0 0
Bank Premises consisting of Freehold
Buildings in Princes-street, Mansion
House-street, Argyle-place, and Fleet-
street ; and Lease and Fixtures of No. 4,
Pall-mall East 108,175 4 5
Loans, Bills Discounted, &o.

£17,414,384 5 1

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.

DR.
Amount of Dividend of 18s. per Share
Appropriated to Reserved Fund 60,003 0 0
Balance, being Undivided Profit carried for-
ward to next half year 992 7 4

£114,992 7 4

Cn.
Profit unappropriated on 30th June 1.1863 .. £668 12 8
Amount of net profit of the half-year ending
31st December, 1863, after deducting all ex-
penses, and Interest paid, and due .£112,417
Is. 10d.), allowed to customers on their cur-
rent and deposit aocounts ... ....... ..... 114,323 14 8

£114,992 7 4
The Governor then declared a Dividend for the past Half-
year of 18a. per share. clear of income tax.
Also the capitalisation of £60,000 of the Reserved Fund, by
adding £1 per share to each of the 60,000 shares of the Com-
pany.
It was Resolved unanimously—
That the report now read be adopted, printed, and circu-
lated among the Proprietors.
That the most cordial thanks of the Meeting be given to
the Governor, the Deputy-Governor, and the Directors, for
the able, efficient, and profitable manner in which they have
conducted the affairs of the Bank during the past half -y.ar.
Tha, the best thanks of the Meeting be given to Mr. W.
W. Scrimgeour, the General Manager, for the zeal and abi-
lity so long displayed by him in the discharge of his impor-
tant duties.
That the thanks of the Meeting be given to Mr. Barton,
the Manager; Mr. Inepen, the Manager of the Regent-street
Branch ; Mr. St. Barbe, the Manager of the Charing-cross
Branch; Mr. Beattie, the Manager of the T emple-bar Branch;
and to Mr. Newmarch, the Secretary, for the zealous and
efficient manner in which they have discharged their several
duties.
(Signed) P. NORTHALL LAURIE, Governor.
That the thanks of the Meeting be given to P. Northall
Laurie, Esq., the Governor, for his conduct in the chair this
day.

(Signed) JAMES FARQUHAR, Deputy-Governor.
Extracted from the Minutes.
HENRY NEWMA.RCH, Secretary.

N.B.—The Dividend will be payable on and after Wednes-
day, the 20th inst.
Proprietors, desiring it, may exchange their present cer-
tificates for new ones expressing that £l3 per share have
been paid.

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