The Toyo Kishen Kaisha (Oriental Steamship Ca.) held a general meeting on the 20th Government was considerably larger than was expected; there were 27 of them. Where they were wrong in their estimates to care. The splendid condition of the growing wheat is of for more interest to them. Like the majority of the people of this Em: pire, they want peace and quietness that they may till their elds and reap their crops. Wide horizons and world polities do not in:
'March, when the accounts for the last half-Year were submitted to the shareholders. 'The net income was Yen 202,657.77, to which the balance, Yen 74,496.27, brought forward from the previous account,' was added, mal ing the total of Yen 277,154.04. Of this Was in regard tothe number of abstentions, There were only eighteen Unionists absent unpaired, and a few of these are "Tariff Reformers," who were prevented by accidental causes from being present. terest. them. total. Yen 10,132 was sob apart a3 reserve; In the second place it was only by violent Yen 195,000 2s dividend at the rate o! six "hedging" that Ministers succeeded in per cent; and the remainder was carried keeping their party together as well as forward to the next account. In this context they did, Mr. Wyndham and Mr. Akers
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