The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-19 00:00:00

N°. 23,011

THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL GENERAL
MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS of the AGRA
and MASTERMAN'S BANK (Limited), held at the
London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, E.C., on Saturday,
March 17, 1866,
GEORGE GORDON MACPHERSON, Esq., Chairman,

in the chair.

The notice convening the Meeting and the following
Report and Statement of Accounts were read :
The Directors beg to submit to the proprietary the audited
accounts for the year ended 31st December last, and to re-
port that, after making ample provision for bad and doubt-
ful debts, the available surplus is £250,254 2s. 9d.
Ont of this sum the Directors have paid two half-yearly
dividends at the rate of 10 per cent. per annum, adding on
each occasion a bonus of 15s. per share, thus making the
total distribution for the year 16 per cent., free of income-
tax, on the increased capital of one mil!ion and a half
sterling. The balance, £10,254 2s. 9d., is carried forward
to profit and loss account for the current year.
The Directors have the pleasure to report that during
last session an Act of Parliament was obtained for enabling
the Bank to divide the original shares of £lOO each into
two shares of £5O each. The subdivision has been carried
out, and the capital of the Bank now consists of 60,000
shares of £5O each, of which £25 per share has been paid up.
The Directors have opened a branch of the Bank in Paris,
under the management of an influential Local Board, and
they are glad to report that the results from the commence-
ment have been satisfactory. They have purchased the
premises, 10, Place Vendome, for the conduct of the busi-
ness of the branch, and the cost is added to the property
account.
The Directors regret the loss which the Bank has sus-
tained by the death of their much-esteemed colleague,
General Duncan Sim. It is not intended to fill up the
vacancy in the Direction thus occasioned.
The proprietors will have to elect Auditors for the ensu-
ing year, and the present Auditors, being eligible, offer
themselves for re-election.
By order of the Board.
MACKINTOSH BALFOUR, General Manager.

No. 1. BALANCE-SHEET, 31st December, 1866.
OR. LIABILITIES.
To paid-up capital £1,500,000 0 0
To reserved fund , 500,000 0 0
To amount due by the Bank on customers'
balances, fixed deposits, and note circu-
lation in China 6,816,489 11 5
To ditto on acceptances by head office of
bills drawn by branches 2,217,352 4 6
To ditto on acceptances by head office un-
der guarantees of, baul*.ors or on lodgz' „.
ment of securities
To ditto on exchange accounts, letters of
credit, circular notes, &c.
To profit and loss

£17,832,258 6 4

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Cu. ASSETS. •
By cash in hand and at call at head office
and branches £2,226,746 18 8
By Government securities 643,197 0 3
By discounts, loans, credits, &c.
By other securities, including gold and
silver bullion, bills purchased, &c.
By freehold premises in London, Edin-
burgh, Paris, Calcutta, Bombay, Madras,
Surrachee, Agra, Lahore, Shanghai,
and Sydney, and leasehold property at
the other branches 322,180 8 1

£17,832,258 6 4
G. B. DALBY, Chief Accountant.

No. 2.
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FROM IST JANUARY
TO 31ST DECEMBER, 1865.

Dn.
To payment of dividend on
paid-up capital at 10 per
cent. per annum for half-
year ended3OthJune,lB6s £75,000 0 0
To bonus at 15s. per share 45,000 0 0
To payment of dividend on
paid-up capital at 10 per
cent. per annum for half-
yearended3lst Dec., 1865 75,000 0 0
To bonus at 15s. per share 45,000 0 0
£240,000 0
Balance carried forward 10,254 2 9

CR.
By balance brought forward
from 31st December, 1864 £16,321 11 0
By gross profits at head
offive and branches to 31st
December, 1865 (after
making provision for bad
and doubtful debts) 566,260 6 9

£250,254 2 9

£582,581 17 9
Less interest allowed on
current and deposit ac-
counts 213,144 2 4
£369,437 15 6
Total expenditure of head (Alice and
branches, including rent, income-tax,
taxes, stamps, salaries, and miscellaneous
charges

£250,254 2 9
G. B. DALBY, Chief Accountant.
We have examined the preceding statements (Nos. 1 and
2) with the books, vouchers, and securities at tho Head
Office in London, and with the detailed returns and
balance-sheets signed by the Auditors of the several
branches, and we hereby certify to the correctness and
satisfactory character thereof.
J. HILL WILLIAMS,} Auditors.
W FARR

London, March 12, 1866.
The following Resolutions were duly moved, seconded,
and carried unanimously :-
1. That the Report and Accounts now submitted to the
meeting, and previouely otroulotod to thA Shareholders in
Europe, be adopted.
2. That Colonel James rforsburgh Macdonald, Jaines
Sydney Stopford, Esq., Charles Grenville Manse], Esq., and
James Thomson, Esq., be re-elected Directors.
3. That' John Hill Williams, Esq., and William Farr,
Esq., F.R.S., be re-elected Auditors for the present year.
4. That the thanks of the Shareholders be given to the
Board of Directors to the General Manager, to the London
Managers, to the Inspector, and to the Local Committees
and Managers of the Branches, for their able and satisfac-
tory conduct of the Bank affairs for the past year, and to
the Auditors for their efficient supervision of the accounts.
5. That the thanks of the meetingbe given to the Chair-
man for his able conduct in the chair.
G. a MACPHERSON, Chairman.

THE AGRA and MASTERMAN'S BANK
(Limited). Established in 1833.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.
Paid-up Capital £1,500,000 (one million ands half sterling).
Subscribed Capital £3,000,000 (throe millions sterling),
in 60,000 Shares of £5O each.
Number of Shareholders, 1,175.
Reserved Fund, £500,000.
HEAD OFFICES.
Nicholas-lane, Lombard-street, London, E.C.
DIRECTORS.
GEORGE GORDON MACPHERSON, Esq., Chairman.
FREDERIC MILDRED, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
George Hay Donaldson, Esq.
Lieut.-Colonel Henry Doveton.
Thomas Quested Finnis, Esq., Alderman.
Colonel James Holland.
Lieut.-Colonel James H. Macdonald.
Robt. Guthrie Macgregor, Esq.
Charles Grenville Manse], Esq.
Edward Mastertnan, Esq.
John Carrington, Palmer, Esq.
William Peters, Esq.
Major-General James Ramsay.
James Sydney Stopford, Esq.
James Thomson, Esq.
William Harding°, Tyler, Esq.
GENERAL MANAGER.
Mackintosh Balfour .
ASSISTANT MANAGER.
T. F. Robinson.
LONDON MANAGER.
William Shipman.
INSPECTOR OF BRANCHES.
Richard Barnes, Esq.
AUDITORS.
J. H. Williams, Esq., and William Farr, Esq., F.R.S.
SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Uptons, Johnson, and Upton, 20, Anstintriars.

EDINBURGH BRANCH, 17, St. Andrew's-square.
DIRECTORS.

THOMAS RANKEN, Esq., 68, Queen-street, Chairman.
Daniel Ainslie, Esq., 48, Moray-place,
Benjamin Burt, Esq., M.D., 31, Charlotte-square.
George Moir, Esq., Advocate, Sheriff of Stirlingshire
14, Charlotte-square.

MANAGER.
Robert Hunter.

PARIS BRANCH, 10, Place Vendome.
DIRECTORS.
M. ALVRANDRE DE LASKI, Chairman.
M. Arles Dufour, C. *Member of the Chamber of Com-
merce of Lyons, and of the Council General of the Rhone.
M. Edouard Delessert, 0. *Director of the Messageries
Imperiales.
M. H. B. Lyn* C.B.
M. J. B. Pastre, 0. *President of the Chat-Libor of Com-
merce of Marseilles.
M. Charles Sautter, *Banker, Director of the Credit
Lyonnais.

Branches in Calcutta, Bombay, Madras, Kurrachee,
Agra, Lahore, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Sydney, Melbourne.
Current accounts of firms and individuals are kept at the
Head Office, on the terms customary with London bankers,
and interest allowed when the credit balance does not
fall below £lOO.
Deposits received at seven days' notice of withdrawal, at
rates fluctuating with those of the Bank of England ' • and
for longer periods at fixed rates, particulars of which may
be obtained upon application.
Sales and purchases effected in British and foreign
securities, in East India Stock and loans, and army, navy,
and Civil pay and pensions realised.
Every other description of banking business and money
agency, at home and abroad, transacted.
Letters of credit and circular notes issued, payable at the
chief cities of Europe and Asia, and also at Cairo and
Alexandria.
Hours of business, 9 to 4 ; Saturdays, 9 to 8.

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