Durham Mining Museum - Stock Exchange Information (original) (raw)

Extracted from: The Stock Exchange Year-Book for 1883, by Thomas Skinner

In the case of companies worked upon the cost-book principle the laws of ordinary partnership prevail as regards the liability of shareholders ; it is quite unlimited.

East Blue Hills Mine. — Committee: J. Y. Watson and O. Webb. Secretary: C. B. Parry. Office: 79½, Gracechurch Street, E.C. — This company works a tin mine at St. Agnes, Cornwall, on the cost-book system. There are 12,000 shares, and 5s. has been called, up ou each. No dividend is being paid. The ordinary cost-book transfer form is used; fee, nil. Latest price, 5/8.

East Cannock Colliery Company, Limited. — Directors: H. D. Pochin (Chairman), H. W. Gibson (Vice-Chairman), C. Markham, S. Stokes, and D. Wyllie. Office: East Cannock Colliery, Hednesford. — The company was registered November 24, 1870, to work certain coal and ironstone mines at Hednesford, Cannock Chase, and re-registered November 2, 1880. The subscribed capital is £50,000 in £20 shares, and £25,000, or £10 per share, is paid up. A dividend of 7½ per cent. was paid in 1881. Transfer form, common ; fee, 2s. 6d. per deed.

East Caradon Mine. — Purser: C. R. Norton, New Street, Salisbury. — Shares in this cost-book copper mine, situated at St. Cleer, in Cornwall, are quoted in the official list. They are 6,144 in number, and £4 11s. is believed to have been paid up on each. The last dividend was 2s. per share in October, 1872. No information, is obtainable from the company. The ordinary cost-book transfer form is used; fee, nil. Latest price, 1½.

East Hony Mining Company, Limited. — Directors: G. Brockelbank, K. Garnier, E. Palmer, and J. Romanes. Secretary: H. R. Lewis. Office: Bartholomew House, Bartholomew Lane, E.C. — The company was registered January 20, 1882, to purchase a lode situated in the silver-lead district of Menheniot, near Liskeard, Cornwall. The authorised capital is £50,000 in shares of £1. The first issue was for £35,000, and allotment took place. Latest price, 1.

East Lovell Mine. — Purser: H. Rogers, Helstone, Cornwall. — This mine is worked on the cost-book system. No report is obtainable, but the capital is believed to consist of 2,048 shares, on each of which £4 9s. has been paid. No dividend has been declared since October, 1874. The company is quoted in the official list. Transfers are to be made out on the ordinary cost-book form. Latest price, 1½.

East Wheal Rose, Limited. — Directors: J. V. Gooch, M.I.C.E., Sir G. Innes, Bart., Genl. W. F. Nuthall, J. V. Smedley, and F. Tamblyn. Secretary: F. Hutley. Office: 8, Old Jewry, E.C. — The company was registered 14 February, 1881, to acquire and work certain silver-lead lodes near Truro. The capital is £100,000 in fully-paid shares of £1. A dividend of 7 per cent. was paid by the vendors for the first year. In 1881 the Stock Exchange committee granted a settlement only, no quotation having been applied for. Transfer form, common ; fee, 2s. 6d. per deed.

Ebbw Vale Steel, Iron, and Coal Company Limited. — Directors: E. Coward (Chairman), W. Sumner (Deputy-Chairman), J. Higson, F. Philips, W. Richardson, J. Robinson, N. Shelmerdine, and F. Tothill. Secretary: R. Smith. Office: 86, King Street, Manchester. — This company was registered March 24, 1868. The subscribed capital is £1,712,925 in shares of £23, of which 4,721 shares are fully paid up, and 74,475 have £20 paid up. Thera are also 5 per cent. debentures amounting to £393,249, and 6 per cent. debentures amounting to £183,750, but against this total of £576,999 cash to the amount of £45,956 is in the hands of trustees. The accounts are made up annually to March 31, and submitted in June. The working for 1879-80 resulted in a profit of £33,815, but no dividend was declared, the credit balance being employed in extinguishing the amounts owing on the company's banking accounts. In 1880-1 there was a net profit of £12,378, making £46,192 to the credit of profit and loss, no dividend being declared. In 1881-2 the profit was £27,417, making the undivided balance of £73,610. A dividend of 5s. per share was paid for that year, £33,820 was placed to reduction of value of property, and £21,171 was carried forward. The company is quoted in the official list. Transfer form, common; fee, 2s. 6d. per deed. Latest price, 9¾.

Eberhardt Company, Limited. — Directors: E. L. J. Ridsdale (Chairman), E. Applegarth, H. A. Hammond, W. Baxter, and J. Wild. Secretary: W. B. Wright. Offices: 15, Angel Court, Throgmorton Street, E.C. — The company was registered January 11, 1881, to take over the properties of the Eberhardt and Aurora Mining Company, Limited. The capital consists of £188,000 in ordinary shares, most of which are fully paid, and £20,000 in fully-paid 10 per cent. preference shares of £1. The accounts are made up annually to December 31, and submitted in May. To December, 1881, there was £16,992 to the debit of profit and loss account. Transfer form, common; fee, 2s. 6d. per deed. The company is quoted in the official list. Latest prices — ordinary (fully-paid), 3/8.

Edmunds and Swaithe Collieries Company, Limited. — Office: Swaithe Main Colliery, near Worsborough, Yorkshire. — The company was registered February 19, 1879, with power to issue £125,000 in shares of £20. At the date of the last government return 6,014 shares had been taken up and paid in full. No further information is obtainable.

Effuenta Gold Mines Company, Limited. — Directors: S. S. Hecht (Chairman), Capt. S. W. Cairns, E. Berman, F. W. Gush, and J. Irvine. Secretary: F. Fitz-Gerald. Office: 1 and 2, Bucklersbury, E.C. — The company was registered November 14, 1879 to acquire certain properties situated in Wassaw, West Africa. The capital is — £6,000 in fully-paid 10 per cent. preference shares of £5, £50,000 in fully-paid ordinary shares of £5, and £30,000 in fully-paid deferred shares of £5. The deferred shares are to get no dividend until dividends amounting to £2 10s. per share have been paid on the ordinary shares, after which both classes rank equally. Transfer form, common ; fee, 2s. 6d. per deed.

Elbe Colliery Company, Limited. — Directors: G. Allan, J. C. Fuller, J. Jenkins, W. H. Norton, and J. F. Stace. Secretary: T. Russell. Office: 35, Queen Victoria Street, E.C. — The company was registered October 28, 1861. The capital is £39,725 in fully-paid shares of £1. The accounts are made up annually to December 31, and submitted in April. For 1881 the dividend was 6½ per cent. Carried forward, £7,564.

Emily Copper Mines, Limited. — Directors: H. Maudslay (Chairman), M. E. Jobbing, and R. Makepeace. Secretary: R. Makepeace. Office:. 85, Gracechurch Street, E.C. — The company was registered August 2, 1882, to work extensive copper mines near Okehampton, Devonshire. The capital is £35,000, in 1,000 10 per cent. preferential shares of £5 each, and 30,000 ordinary shares of £1 each, the latter being issued to the vendor fully paid. The vendor is under agreement to sell to the subscribers to the preference shares a corresponding nominal amount of his ordinary shares at 5s. each.

English and Australian Copper Company, Limited. — Directors: R. A. Routh (Chairman), A. Cobbett (Deputy-Chairman), S. Herapath, Rt. Hon. G. A. F. C. Bentinck, P.C., M.P., and J. R. Frewer. Secretary: C. B. Rogers. Offices: 6, Gracechurch Street, E.C. — The company was established in 1851. The subscribed capital is £210,000 in shares of £3, of which £175,000, or £2 10s. per share, is paid up. The accounts are made up annually to June 30, and submitted in February, but an estimate of profit and loss to December 31 is submitted in August. Dividends were resumed in March, 1872, by payment of 5 per cent. for the year ending June 30, 1871. Ten per cent. was paid for 1871-2, 3 for 1872-3, 4 for 1873-4, 8 for 1874-5, 10 for 1875-6, nil for 1876-7, and 2 for 1877-8, 1878-9, 1879-80, and 1880-1. The first half of 1881-2 was closed with an estimated profit of £3,373. Reserve, £9,133. The company is quoted in the official list. Transfer form, common; fee, 1s. per seller. Latest price, 1½.

English-Australian Gold Mining Company, Limited. — Directors: J. Schofield (Chairman), H. W. Lamb, R. P. D. Monypenny, and Col. H. J. J. Sharp. London Manager and Secretary: J. H. Murchison. Office: 8, Austin Friars, E.C. — The company was registered August 8, 1877. The capital consists of £20,000 in fully-paid shares of £1, and £2,000 30 per cent. preference shares of £1. The accounts are made up annually to March 13 in Australia, and to May 6 in London, and presented in July. For 1880-1 a dividend of 18½ per cent. was paid on the preference shares; for 1881 there was no distribution. Carried forward, £76. Transfer form, common; fee, nil.

Eureka (Nevada) Silver Mining Company, Limited. — Directors: G. Heiron, T. Rickard, and C. H. Thompson. Secretary: H. Slaney. Office: 5. Crosby Square, E.C. — The company was registered October 12, 1880. The authorised capital is £100,000 in shares of £1, and £65,000 has been offered, allotment taking place. The first report and accounts are to be issued about December, 1882. Transfer form, common; fee, 2s. 6d. per deed. Latest price, ½.

Exchequer Gold and Silver Mining Company, Limited. — Directors: Earl Poulett, Lord Louth, H. F. Amedroz, S. Smith, and H. Syme. Secretary: W. C. Chalmers. Offices: 114, Palmerston Buildings, Old Broad Street, E.C. — The company was registered June 28, 1869, to acquire and work a property in California. The capital is £99,777 in fully-paid shares of £1, and there are debentures, the amount of which, however, is not known. No dividend is being paid. No report or balance-sheet can be obtained, but this statement is said to be correct. The company is quoted in the official list. Transfer form, common ; fee, 2& 6d. per deed. Latest price, 1/8.