The Sun.
London, England, 1870-02-04 00:00:00

TAXING A PARrSU HEARSE.

Mr. Lowe, not content with taxing the pleasures
of the living, intends to make uspay for little luxuries
after death. We are not even to have a hearse at our
funeral without paving the State for it—no, not even
if we throw ourselves upon the parish, and ride to
" our last resting-place" in the nondescript vehicle
which our guardians or churchwardens may
generously provide. The Commissioners of
the Inland Revenue declare that "a hearse
is a carriage subject to the license duty ;" and
they have applied to the churchwardens of ono
parish for a couple of guineas in respect of their pauper
burying car. how one must wish to have been
safely interred at the reduced price before the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer came to increase the funeral
fees 1 It should be added that our authority for the
statements is a correspondent of the Standard, who
is apparently too indignant to be hoaxing.

LONDON" AND COUNTY BANKING
COMPANY.
- - Established 1836.

Subscribed Capital—X2,soo,ooo, in 50,000 Shares of
£5O each.

Paid-up Capital—.£l,ooo,ooo. Reserve Fand—Zsoo,ooo.
DlREcrous.

Nathaniel Alexander, Esq. Frederick Harrison, Esq.
ThomasTyringhamßernard, Lord Alfred Hervey.
Esq. Wm. Champion Jones, Esq.
Philip Patton Blyth, Esq. Edward Harbord Lushing-
John Wm. Burmester, Esq. ton, Esq.
Thomas Stock Cowie, Esq. .Tames Morley, Esq.
Frederick Francis, Esq. William Nicol, Esq.

GENERAL MANAGER.
William Maewan, Esq.
CHIEF INSPECTOR.
W. J. Norfolk, Esq.
INSPECTORS OF BRANCHES.
H. J. Lemon, Esq., and C. Sherring, Esq.
CHIEF ACCOUNTANT.
James Gray, Esq.
SECRETARY.
F. Clappison, Esq.
Head Office-21, Lombard-street.
MANAGER.
Whitbread Tomson, Esq.
ASSISTANT MANAGER.
William Howard, Esq.

At the Annual General Meeting of the Proprietors, held
on Thursday, the 3d Felonary, 1870, at the City Terminus
Hotel, Cannon-street Station, the following Report for
the year ending the 31st December, 1869, was read by the
Secretary.

WILLIAM CHAMPION JONES, Esq., in the Chair.
In presenting the Proprietors the Balance-sheet of the
Bank for the half-year ending the 31st December last, the
Directors have the pleasure to report that, after paying
interest to customers, and all charges, allowing for rebate,
and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, the net
profits amount to £87,669 19s. 10d. This sum, added to
.£6,225 17s 7d. brought forward from the last ac ount,
produces a total of £93,895 17s. sd.
The usual Dividend of 6 per cent. for the half-year is
recommended, together with a Bonus of 24 per cent., both
free of income tax, which will absorb .£85,000, and leave
£3,893 17s. sd. to be carried forward to profit and loss new
account. The present added to the Juno dividend will
thus be 17 per cent. for the year 180.
The Directors have to announce the retirement of John
Fleming, Esq., from the Board, and the election of Ed-
ward liarbord Lushington, Esq., in his stoad.

The Directors retiring by rotation are—
FREDERICK FRANCIS, Esq,
THOMAS STOCK COWIE, Esq.,
and
FREDERICK HARRISON, Esq.,
who, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.
The Dividend and Bonus (together £1 14s. per share),
free of income tax, will be payable at the Head Office, or at
any of the Branches, on and after Monday, the 14th inst.

BALANCE-SHEET OF THE LONDON AND COUNTY
BANKING COMPANY, 31sT DECEMBER, 1869.
Dn.
To capital paid up
To reserve fund...
To amount due by the
Bank for customers'
balances, &c. .£13,305,679 14 10
To liabilities on ac-
ceptances, covered
by securities
15,371,536 12 9
_

£1,000,000 0 0
500,000 0 0

To profit and loss ba-
hoc° brought from
last account
To gross profit for the
half-year, after mak-
ing provision for bad
and doubtful debts,
viz.

6,225 17 7

256,704 3 7

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