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London, England, 1847-08-10 00:00:00

TUESDAY EVENING SU*,

EIGHTH REPORT OF THE
NION BANK OF LONDON.
PRESENT:

Sir PETER LAURIE, Alderman, Governor, in the Chair.
ANDREW SPOTTISWOODE. Esq., Deputy Governor.
DIRECTORS.

George Webster, Esq

Archibald Cockburn, Esq.

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John Barnes, Esq. Peter Laurie, Esq.
J. W. Sutherland, Esq. John Connell, Esq.
James Farquhar, Esq. William Morley, Esq.
W. M. Nurse, Esq. Charles Lyall, Esq.
And Ninety- two Proprietors.
At a General Meeting of the Proprietors, held at the Court-room
of the Banking-house, 2, Princes-street, Mansion-house, on Wan •
NESDAY, the 14th of July, 1847, the following report was read by
the Secretary:

" The Directors have much pleasure in submitting the Eighth
Annual Report of the affairs of the Bank to the Proprietors, and
congratulating them on the result of the business during the last
year, a period marked by unusual commercial pressure.
"1 t will be seen from the accounts now presented, that the Net
Profits of the year amount to 47,5981. 16s. 7d. Ample provision has
been made for bad debts, and the Proprietors will observe that
25,1451. Is. 10d. has been paid to customers for interest on their
current and deposit accounts.
" The Directors consider that they are justified by this prosperous
result in increasing the Rate of Dividend, and they have therefore
declared a Dividend for the last six months of 34 per Cent., which,
with 2% per Cent. paid in January, will make the Dividend 6 par
Cent., clear of Income Tax, for the whole year. The Directors have
the fullest confidence that this rate will be permanently maintained,
without either trenching on the Reserved Fund, or affecting those
principles on which the Bank was originally founded.
"After providing for the Dividend (now amounting to 25,3741. for
the year), and appropriating 5001. as usual in gradual liquidation of
the preliminary expenses, there remains a surplus profit of
21,7241. 16s. 7d., of which 16,6961. bs. sd. has been carried to the
Reserved Fund, now amounting to 40,0001. sterling invested in Go-
vernment - ecurities, and the balance of 5,0281. his. 2d. has been car-
ried to Profit and Loss New Account.

"The Directors have considered the subject of the appropriation
of the reserved shares, and have resolved that they shall be offered
in the first instance to the Shareholders only, in rateable proportion
to the shares held by them, and on such terms as shall be equiva-
lent to a liberal bonus ; and the Proprietors may rely on the
Directors giving ample notice of, and selecting such a period for,
this appropriation, as shall be most desirable for the interests of the
Bank and advantageous to the Proprietors individually."
In accordance with the provisions of the Deed of Settlement, the
following Directors retire from office by rotation, viz. :—Peter
Laurie, Esq. ; James Farquhar, Esq. ; William Petrie Craufurd,
Esq. ; and Peter Laurie, Esq., and James Farquhar, Esq., being
eligible, offer themselves, and are recommended by the Court of
Directors for re-election; and the Directors have received notice
from John Chapman, Esq., of No. 2, Leadenhall- street, a duly
qualified Shareholder, of his intention to offer himself as a Candidate
for the office of a Director at this meeting.
THE UNION BANK OF LONDON, 30ru JUNE, 1847.
Dr. LIABILITIES. Z. S. d.
Paid-up Capital, 101. per Share on 42,290 Shares.. 422,900 0 0
Due by the Bank on Current Accounts, Deposit
Recripts (including Interest accrued), Circular

Notes, &c...
Reserved Fund, invested in Three per Cent. Consols,
as per contra • • .. • .....

22,954 15 8

Surplus Profit

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