The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-05 00:00:00

WHAT A STUPID FELLOW YOU ARE
to bite off the end of your Cigar, when you can
buy one of " BUTCHER'S PATENT KEY-RING CIGAR
NIPPERS" for a Penny. Sold everywhere.

MUTUAL LOAN FUND ASSOCIATION
(Incarporated by Act of Parliament, 1850).

14, RUSSELL-STREET, COVENT-GARDEN,

LENDS MONEY on Personal and other Security. in sums
of £2O to £5OO, to be repaid by instalments extending over
one, two, or three years. The large Ctpital of this Associa-
tion enables it to complete its transactions without delay.
No inquiry or office fees, and strict secrecy observed. Bilis
Discounted at short notice. Form sent free on receipt of a
directed stamped envelope.
The Association also lends Money for the purchase of a
house by a tenant. or for the liquidation of mortgages, on
terms most advantageous to the borrower.

EDWARD HARPER, Secretary.

LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING
COMPANY. Established 1836.
Subscribed capital £1,875,000, in 37,500 shares of £3O each.

Paid-up capital, £750,000.
Reserve Fund, £250,000.
DrnEcToits.
John Fleming, Esq., M.P.
Frederick Harrison, Esq.
Edward John Hutchins,
Esq.
William Champion Jones,
Esq.
William Lee, Esq., M.P.
William Nicol, Esq.

Nathaniel Alexander, Esq.
Thos. Tyringham Bernard,
Esq.
Philip Patton Blyth, Esq.
John William Burmester,
Esq.
Coles Child, Esq.
Hugh C. E. Childers, Esq.,
11. P.
GENERAL MANAGER—WiIIiam M'Kewan, Esq.
CHIEF INSPECTOR—W. J. Norfolk, Esq.
ASSISTANT GENERAL MANAGER—WiIIiam Howard, Esq.
CIIIEF ACCOUNTANT—James Gray, Esq.
INSPECTORS OF BRANCHES.
H. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Sherring, Esq.
SECRETARY—F. Clappison, Esq.
HEAD OFFICE-21, Lombard-street.

At the Half-yearly Meeting of the Proprietors, held on
Thursday, the 3d August, 1865, at the London Tavern,
Bishopsgate-street, the following Report kir the half-year
ending the 30th June, 1865, was read by the Secretary.'
W. Champion Jones, Esq., in the Chair :
REPORT.
The Directors have the pleasure to submit to the pro-
prietors the balance-sheet of the Bank for the half-year
ending 30th June last.
They have also to report that, after payment of all
charges, interest to customers, and making ample provision
for bad and doubtful debts, the net profits amount to
£lO6 821 3s. ld., which, added to £18,629 12s. 3d., brought
forward from the last account, makes a total of £125,450
15s. 4d. for appropriation.
The Directors have accordingly declared the usual divi-
dend of 6 per cent., with a bonus of 9 per cent., making to-
gether 15 per cent., for the half-year, which will amount
to £111,790 Bs. 4d., and leave £13,660 7s. to be carried for-
ward to profit and loss new account.
They regret to announce the decease of their esteemed
colleague, Edward Huggins, Esq., and have to report that
Edward John Hutchins, Esq., has been elected a Director
in his stead.
The dividend and bonus (together £3 iDer share), free of
income tax, will be payable at the Head Office, or at any
of the Branches, on and after Monday, the 14th instant.
BALANCE-SHEET OP THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING
COMPANY, 30TH JUNE, 1865.

Dr.
To capital paid up £750,000 0 0
To instalments unpaid 105 0 0
£749,895 0 0

To reserve fund £250,000 0 0
To instalments unpaid 105 0 0
249,895 0 0

Amount due by the bank
for customers' balances,
&c. £10,904,272 4 11
To liabilities on accept-
ances i 2,998,434 0 4 .
13,902,706 5 3

To profit and loss ba-
lance brought from
last account
To gross profit for
the half-year, after
making provision for
bad and doubtful
debts
303,489 14 7

£15,205,986 19 10

Cn.
By cash on hand at
head office and
branches £1,531,962 13 4
By cash placed at call
and at notice

£2,630,887 2 4
,s Investments, via.:—
. Government and
guaranteed stocks... £1,005,711 13 8
Other stocks and secu-

rities

1,119,210 8 8

By discounted bills, and advance to cus-

tomers in town and country
1y freehold premises in Lombard-street
and Nicholas-lane, freehold and lease-
hold property at the branches, with
fixtures and fittings 132,305 1 11
By interest paid to customers 74,213 11 0
By salaries and all other expenses at
head office and branches, including in-
come tax on profits and salaries 85,457 0 1

£15,205,985 19 10
DR. PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.
To interest paid to customers £74,213 11 0
To expenses as above 85,457 0 1
To rebate on bills not due, carried to
new account.
To dividend of 6 per cent. for the half-year 44,716 3 4
To bonus of 9 per cent 67,074 5 0
To balance carried forward 18,660 7 0

£303,489 14 7

CR.
By balance brought forward from last ac-
count
BY gross profit for the half-year, after
making provision for bad and doubtful
debts 284,860 2 4

£303,489 14 7
We, the undersigned, have examined the foregoing bal-
allce..she,t, and have found the same to be correct.

(Signed) WILLIAM NORMAN,)
R. 11. SWAIITE, Auditors.
JOHN WRIGHT,
London and County Bank, 27th July, 1865.
The foregoing Report having been read by the Secre-
tary, the following Resolutions were proposed and unani-
Olously adopted :
1. That the Report bo received and adopted, and printed
for the use of the Shareholders.
2. That the thanks of this Meeting be given to the Board
of Directors for the able manner in which they have con-
ducted the affairs of the Company, and that a sum of
£2,000 be added to their annual remuneration, to take
effect from the Ist of January last.
3. That the thanks of this Meeting bo presented to
William M'Kowan, Esq., and to the Principal and other
Officers of the Bank, for the zeal and ability with which
they have discharged their respective duties.
(Signed) W. CHAMPION JONES, Chairman.
Tho Chairman having quitted the chair, it was resolved
and carried unanimously,
4. That the cordial thanks of this Meeting be presented
to W. Champion Jones, Esq., for his able and courteous
Otaiduct in the chair.

(Signed) P. P. BLYTII, Deputy Chairman.
Extracted from the Minutes.

(Signod)

F. CLAPPISON, Socretary.

LONDON and COUNTY BANKING
COMP ANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a DIVIDEND
on the Capital Stock of the Company, at the rate of 6 per
Cent., for the Half-year ending the 30th Juno, 1865, with a
130 NUS of 9 per cent., will be PAID to the Proprietors,
either at tho Head Office, 21, Lombard-street, or at any of
the Company's Branch Banks, on and after MONDAY, the
14th lust.
By order of the Board.
W. M.KEWAN, General Manager.
21, Lombard-street, August 4, 1865.

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