The first general statutory meeting of the above Company was held at the Hotel Metropole on Monday. There were present; Messrs, W. H. Bell (Chairman) W. C. Murray, ©. A. Biddle, E. von Bibra, and John Ford representing 1,170 out of 1,426 shares, The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting, The Chairman—Gentlemen, this is the first general statutory meeting of the Hotel Metropole Company, Limited, and is called in accordance with the Companies Ordinances as sot forth in Section 38, and in Section 66 of the Articles of Association, wherein it is stipulated that such meeting shall be held not more than four months after the formation of the Company. According to the certificate of registration, which is exhibited in the office, the Company was duly registered on the 28th of September, hence we are well witltin the time limit in holding this meeting. It is my agreable duty to inform you that the business is in a flourishing éondition, and it may be confidently asserted that shareholders will receive a fair profit on their investment. At the inception of the Company it was proposed to make extensive alterations to the frontage of the Hotel, but after mature deliberation your directors have decided to postpone such work for the present; therefore nothing has been' done but what the management considers ubsolutely necessary for the comfort of guoste and boarders.
Then being no questions, the meeting than terminated.
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