Measra. Libert & Ca., Ld., the local secretaries of the Gula-Kalumpong Rubber Estates, Ld., have received the following telegraphic summary of the report of the working of the company for 1914:—
Total Output of rubber 825,495 Ib. Total yield of cocoanut 1,996,846. Amount placed to reserve £10,000 Final Dividend 1s. 3d.
Rate of deduction in the £ for income tax 18, 8d.
Gross price realized per Ib. of rubber 28. 374d.
Allin cost of rubber, including managers' commission, bonus to staff and depreciation 1s. Ov: d.
Profit per Ib. of rubber Is. 3d.
Balance at credit of profit and loss account, including £6,816 118. $d. brought forward from 1913, £61,368.
Estimated output of rubber for 1915, 1,015,000 Ib.
Estimated output of cocoanut for 1915, 1,825,000.
Forward sales to date of the 1915 crop, 135 tons at 9s. 2d. per Ib., and 51 tons at 9s. 14d. per Ib.
The annual meeting is to be held on March 30.
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