The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-30 00:00:00

4LPORT of the Directors submitted to the Third Ordi-
nary General Meeting of the Proprietors at the London
Tavern, on Tuesday, the 22d January, 1866,
JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq., in the Chair.
xteThe Directors have the pleasure of presenting their
Port for the half-year ending December 31, 1865, toge-
ther With a Statement of Accounts made up to that date.
The balance'of undivided profits brought forward after
ho of the dividend in July last was X 53,141 155., and
iflo amount of net profit realikd during the past half-year,
a ter Payment of expenses, and after providing for all bad
aad doubtful debts, and for rebate of interest on Loans
and Bills not yet matured, is £91,860 17s. 7d., making a
total of £145,002 12s. 7d. to be now disposed of.
Z• Good evidence of the satisfactory progress of the Asso-
tion is afforded by this statement, which fully bears out
-iasittcloennfierdaein:n:liZn expressed by the Directors at the
as s recommended that the above sum be appropriated
f°llows, viz , that—
£so,ooo 0. 0 be applied to the payment of a divi-
dend for the past six months of 10s.
per share, being at the rate of 20 per
cent, per annum :
833 6 8 to the payment of income tax : and
that from the balance the sum of
75,000 0 0 be placed to the credit of a "Rest ;"
10,169 leaving a sam of
5 11 to be carried forward.

Thy
libeoo2 12 7
do Directors have resolved to commence the forma-
In of a "Rest" as essentially conducive to the best into-
este of the Association.
Bntirlt •
nlaY be mentioned as an important feature that the
a i
amount of the profits for the half-year results from
t continuous succession of transactions of a very regular
!PBoriptlon, and of a nature to indicate that no apprehen-
;on need be entertained as to the permanent character of
Directors
business in which the Association is engaged ; and the
-uireetors believe that with a continued exercise of care
inand discrimination the Association will attain a position
9t inferior to that of any other monetary institution in the
Klngdoni. By order of the Board,
W. C. WINTERBOTTOIf,
S
27, Lombard-street, London, 10th January, 1866. ecretary.
BALANCE-SHEET OF THE IMPERIAL MERCAN-
TILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited):
318 T DAY OF DEcEmnzß, 1865.
CAPITAL AND LIABILITIES.
Dn.
-To Capital-
-100,000 shares of £5O
each, £5 per share
,„o
_paid up
i ties—
Cash held upon do-
t,
'5 Posit £2,110,063 3 9
undry balances in
accounts current 15,926 17 8

£50'0,000 0 0

13ills Payable 688,839 8 0 2,125,990 1 5
Eankers credits 585,000 0 0
Endorsements and
guarantees
Sundry charges and
commissions due 7,676 17 10
•
,
2 5817665 7 9
To rebate

on bills and
totnd duLose ....5.....
To Profita —
13,tiatiee, being net
profit carried down

39,383 17 4

145,002 12 7

£5,392,041 19 1
ASSETS.
tilt3y le,')ailsllis receivable bl
ceßankers,
in hand, and at call £266,055 1 11
ii°allB, securities, and current accounts 2,664,966 15 5
S investments ;ind interest accrued
bythereon
620,925 6 8
°Mee furniture and fittings
1,972 13 0

19 1
vlyonißOlFsfrj Luly to OSS ACCOUNT
Deceni.
Iti
5.
Maros
~ Dn.
•
,tuviend of lOs per share on 100,000
To f,50,000 0 0
To come tax on above 833 6 8
amount transferred to " Rest" ac-
filoccßuit
4. L.,
Mlle° carried to profit and loss new
account

£145,002 12 7
BapCH.
balance brouglA formard from June
,v
30 .
............... .... 133' 114 .......... . Kali-year ending 94860 17 7
Neeraber 31

X 53,141 15 0

We have £145,002 12 7
of th compared the above statement 'with the books
cord
Yss oci ation
co,rrectness and examined the securities, and hereby
Ato their .

C. J. N. ALLEN,) Auditors.
JNO. YOUNG, London, lsth January, 1866.

;Ile following resolutions were carried unanimously y:—
and That the Report and Accounts as submitted and read
2." are hereby received and adopted.
be That a Dividend of 10s. per share, free of income tax,
the 24th is hereby declared, and that the same be payable on
inst.
Proposed by Sir S. Morton Peto, Bad., M.P., seconded,
3. ,„ and carried unanimously—
Cal'eat the best thanks of this meeting be given to the.
ewe:lor? an, Directors, and Managers, for the zeal and ability
hick they have conducted the affairs of this Asso-
'" unring the past half-year.
JOHN CHAPMAN, Chairman.
(Extracted from the minutes.)
.Tan 1866 W. C. WINTERBOTTOM, Secretary.
1:11E IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT
Ca 441 ASSOCIATION (Limited).
13 Subscribed, X 5,000,000. Paid up, £500,000.
CIRMAN.
JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq.
lien MANAGERS.
Tb. J. Barker, Esq., and T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq.
candle Association makes Advances upon approved mer-
at e and Interest for short curitie
or s,
long pe and
odresceives money on deposit
ri.
Depositors for periods of not less than three years may
Assollere, on application at the Offices, Debentures of the
1)47 iation bearing interest at 6 per cent. annum,
aule quarterly by coupon "to bearer" attached.
27 r W. C. WINTERBOTTOM, Secretary.
Lombard-street, London, E.C.

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