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CONSOLIDATED BA-NK
(Limited).
Proceedings of the Half-yearly General Meeting of the
Proprietors, °held at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-
street, in the City of London, on Thursday, the 24th
January, 1867.
The following Report was presented :
In submitting the accounts and balance-sheet of the
bank for the half-year ending 31st December last, the
Directors have pleasure in reporting that the progress in
the re-establishment of the business during the last six
months has been very satisfactory. A large proportion of
their former constituents have re-opened their accounts,
and there bas been a considerable accession of business
from other ritirters.
The anticipations of the Directors as to the sufficiency
of the sum set apart as provision for all the casualties of
the last summer have not been disappointed; and the
Directors have the pleasure of announcing that the avail-
able resources of the bank now enable them to offer pay-
Merit (less interest at Bank rate) to the holders of all out-
standing promissory notes, thereby anticipating by several
months the time accorded to the bank by the indulgence
of its creditors in Juno last.
A reference to the accounts will show that, after pay-
ment of all current expenses, the heavy charge of interest
on the promissory notes, interest to customers, and rebate
of interest on bills on hand, there remains a net
profit of
From which sum it is pro-
posed to carry to reserved
surplus fund £6,550 6 10 •
To make a payment of inte-
rest to Shareholders for the
half-year at the rate of
Five per Cent. per annum,
free of income tax, which
will amount to 16,458 6 8
To carry forward to next ac-
count the balance of

£32,116 0 9
The reserved surplus fund will, by the addition of six
months' interest, and the appropriation now recommended,
be increased to £90,000.
The Directors again decline to receive any remuneration
for their services during the half-year.
The Directors retiring by rotation are Messrs. John
Peirse Kennard, James Alexander Bannerman, Thomas
Alers ilankey, Adam Steinmetz Kennard, Frederick Alers
Ilankey, and William Smith. Of these Messrs. Thomas
A- Sankey and Adam S. Kennard retire voluntarily ; the
amnaining gentlemen, being eligible, offer themselves for
re--election.
The meeting will likewise be invited to elect two midi-
f^rc,. Messrs. David Chadwick and William Cooper offer
themselves for re-election.
The interest warrants will be payable on and after Ist
February next.

CONSOLIDATED BANK (LIMITED).
BALANCE-SHEET, DECEMBER 31sT, 1866.
DR. Lieuumr.s.
To capital paid up: viz ,
150,000 Shares at £4
each £600,000 0 0
To £5,000 Shares at £2
each lOO,OOO 0 0

Less calls not paid ....

£700,000 0 0
997 0 0

£699,003 0 0

T° amount due by the bank upon cur-
mre nt, deposit, and other accounts £2,908,560 13 2
0 acceptances
To reserve fund s 83,449 13 2
To balance, being gross profits for the
half-year ending 31st December, 1866,
'after payment of £68,361 9s. 41• int-
erest, viz., usual interest to customers,
£19,634 lls. 10d., and exceptional in-
terest on promissory notes, £48,726
17s. 6d.

£3,920,811 12 10

ASSETS. CR.
investments in Government Stocks,
viz., New Three per Cents., and Three
, Per Cent. Reduced £104,457 18 2
.DY cash in bank, at Bank of England, and
at call
By bills discounted, loans, and other secu-
rities 2,884,879 19 2
'57 bank premises, London (Thread-
needle-street and Fenchurch-street)
137 currents penses, London and Man-
chester 13,191 7 1

£3,920,811 12 10
PROFIT AND Loss ACCOUNT.
T DR.
0 current expenses London and Man-
rr. Chester, income tax, &c.
-1:0 rebate of interest on bills discounted,
Toot yet due 7,779 6 7
pr payment of interest to
Shareholders at 5 per cent. per annum,
°LI 150000 old Shares £4 paid, six
Mouths' interest 15,000 0 0
'1! 0,000 now Shares £2 paid, interest
'rem due date of instalments to 31st
_December, 1866 • 1,458 6 8
reserve fund 6,550 6 10
To balance carried forward to next
account

OR.
£53,086 14 5
.13Y balaoco of gross profit& brought down £53,086 14 5

£53,086 11 5
. Examined and found correct,
DAVID CHADWICK (Chadwick,"l
Adamson' and Co.)
WILLIAM COOPER (Cooper, Auditors.
Bros., and Co.)
Tho notice convening the Meeting having been read by
thee Secretary, and the preceding Report and balance-
St having been taken as read,
It was resolved unanimously—
That the report be received and adopted, and that the
earns be printed and circulated among the Shareholders.
, That Messrs. James A. Bannerman, Frederick A. Han-
"ey, John P. Kennard, and W. Smith, who retire by rota-
tion from the Board of Directors, be and are hereby re -
elected Directors of the Company.
That Messrs. David Chadwick and William Cooper be
re-elected as Auditors of the Company.
That a payment of interest to Shareholders for the half-
Year ending 31st December, 1866, be now declared at the
rate of 5 per cent. per annum, free from income tax, and
payable on the Ist February next.
That the thanks of the Proprietors be given to the Chair-
loan and the Board of Directors for their zealous attention
to the affairs of the Bank.

J. A. TURNER, Chairman.
Extracted from the minutes.
T. J. 52, Threadneedle-street, AGAR Sec retary. E.G., Jan. 24, 1867.

THE CONSOLIDATED BANK
(Limited).
Subscribed Capital ...... £2,000,000.
N.
JOHN PEMBERTOcumatmA.N HEYWOOD
London and Liverpool. ,Est.,
DEPUTY-CHAIRMAN.
JAMES ASPINALL TURNER,
Manchester
City Office-52, Threadneedle-street.•
Charing-cross Branch-450, West Strand.
Manchester Office-46, Pall-mall, Manchester. • Current Accounts will be kept in London on the terms
ruling with the Joint Stock Banks. In cases where the
balance shall not at any time (taring the half-year have
been below £5OO, interest at the rate of 2 per cent. per
annum will be allowed on ihe minimum monthly balances.
Deposits will be rec".Aved at the current rate of interest.
andA
Lettersme ofrica Credit issued to all parts of India, Europe,

By Order.

T. J. AGAR, Secretary.

CONTRACT FOR SOUTH-WESTERS.
CONTRACT DEPARTMENT, ADMIRALTY.
Somerset House, 19th January, 1867.
TUE COMMISSIONERS for EXECUTING
ii. the OFFICE of LORD HIGH ADMIRAL of the I..NITED KINGDOM of GREAT BRITAIN and IRE-
'44
-,1\11) do hereby Give Notice, that on MONDAY, the 4th
leadenroaty nest, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, they will be
Y to treat with such persons as may be willing to Con-
trct for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Vic-
ualtig Stores at Deptford all such quantities of
SOUTH -WES TERS
;8 'IN' from time to time be demanded under a Centraet,
or T`' fro
Calendar Months certain, and further until the
t,tralnu of Three Calendar Month warning.
Fob ' e Lords Commissioners of Admiralty reserve to
, emselves an unlimited power of selection in accepting
the Tenders.
tome Tender will be received unless made on the prihted
provided for the purpose, and which may be obtained
;(34.11 aPPlitation in the Lobby of the Pepai tment of the Con-
j. eller of Victualling, Admiralty, Somerset House, where
I.tte Conditions of the Contract and a pattern South-Wester
41.,,.tY be seen.
No Tender will be received after 12 o'clock at noon on
re day of treaty ; and it will not be required that the party
„Tldering, or an agent on his behalf, should attend at the
(!i
"Mee on the day of Contract, as the result of the offer ro--.
hisved from each person will be communicated to him and
Eropo sureties in writing.
tkami.
.very Tender must be addressed ter the Secretary of the
ralty, and bear in the left-hand corner the words
' Tender for South-Welters," and must also be delivered
at. the Department of the Controller of Victualling, Ad-
unralty, Somerset house, signed by two responsible per-
.3ns engaging; to become bound with the person tendering
In tho sum of £lOO for the due performance of the Con-
tract.
By order, ANTONIO BRADY,
Registrar of Contracts and Public Securities.
jeROVIDENCE ROWR NIGHT 'REFUGE,
FO
HOMELESS WOMEN AND CHILDREN,
14n; Providence-row, Finsbury, E.C.
Sixty Thousand Nights Lodgings, with Suppe and
rs
Breakfasts, have been given in this Institution to the destitute, who otherwise would have had to pass the
nights in the bleak streets or under railway arches.
present nearly 500 Nights' Lodgings, with Suppers and
Bkfasts, are given gratuitously every week. The poor
from all parts are admitted, the only condition being that
they are homeless and starving. The Manager (Ix.,
receives no remuneration whatever. Notwithstand-
i°B' the provision made by the Poor Houses, each
bight numbers of young women, chilaren, and orphans
are, for want accommodation,
refused admittance, and have
° spend night after night in the cold, wet, and sleet. To
nieet this evil, and to provide more ample accommoda-
von. £2,0n0 has been raised, but to accomplish the
"'lc a providing shelterl, more will be required.
Besides
la pro
BePod, as far as the donations obtained for the rosepur-
will allow, to give broad and coals to poor families
Want. Will you, in your charity, help to carry
to on and
accomplish what has been begun ? . Will you help ive
shelter to the really homeless, and food to the really
5.,. ? The smallest donation will bo most welcome,
be offs , nit hind morning, the prayers of the destitute will
your behalf.
SUBSCRIPTIONS are earnestly requested, and will be
Eratafully received by Abe Rev. D. Grimm' D.D.,To• 22,
'llll3htlx7-circus, 8.0.