The Sun.
London, England, 1866-03-08 00:00:00

UNIVERSAL PRIVATE TELEGRAPH.

The half-yearly general meeting was held yester-
day at the offices, Adelaide-street, Strand ; Mr. J.
Mellor in the chair.

The report stated that during the past half-year
there had been erected 108 miles of wire at a cost of
of £2,145, and this expenditure had brought to the
company 47 additional renters, paying £1,303 per
annum rental, making a total number of 366
renters. The number of instruments let and sold
during the half-year was 96 sets, returning a rental
and profit of £5OB. The working expenses had
been heavier than the directors expected, but steps
were being taken to reduce them. The directors
recommended a dividend at the rate of £6 per cent.
per annum for the past half-year, leaving a balance
of £1,013. The expenditure on capital account
I amounted to £109,424.

On the motion of the CHAIRMAN, secondedbyMr.
CAREY, the report was adopted.
A dividend at the rate of £6 per cent. per annum
for the past half-year was declared, payable on the
20th inst.

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Messrs. Mellor, C. Bousfield, and T. Child, the
retiring directors, were re-elected, and also the re-
tiring auditors.

AGRICULTURAL HALL (LIMITED).

The annual meeting was held on Tuesday at Bed-
ford-street, Islington ; Mr. J. Clayden in the chair.
The report, an abstract of which has appeared in
The Sun, was taken as read.

The CHAIRMAN, in moving its adoption, referred
to the reduced dividend (5 per cent.) which the di-
rectors proposed to declare, and expressed his re-
gret at the disappointment the company had expe-
rienced in the comparatively small attendance of
visitors at the horse and cattle shows. He enter-
tained the hope that the profits of the future would
recoup the shareholders for the ill-luck which had
attended their operations during the past year.
Mr. RUDKINS said thatif their establishment were
properly worked it would pay a dividend of 12i per
cent. on the capital of the company. lie noticed
that the expenses of advertising andplacarding were
only half of what they had been the previous year,
and he thought this fact remarkable, considering
that the success of their undertaking depended on
the knowledge the public possessed in reference to
their affairs.

Thd'report was adopted, and a dividend at the
rate of 5 per cent. declared.

LONGEVITY IN CAITHNESS.-011 the estate of
Langwell, belonging to his Grace the Duke of Portland,
twelvo individuals have recently died in succession, whose
united ages were 1,020, or an average of 85 each.
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