The following statistics, publi ed under the direction of the Hankow British Chamber of Commerce, are dated Hankow, March 15 and are for the week ended March 7.
The prices quoted are for the net shipping weight excluding cost of packing for export Per Quantities Dividend of 2% (=815 per Share) $180,000.00 To re-insurance reserve fund 269,017.14 To building reserve fund 70,000.00 Balance carried forward., 484,631.92
$1,003,549.08
Working Account 1915.—The net premia earned during 1915, after deducting return premia, re-insurance premia, etc., amount to $3,604, 195.88, agains: $2,507.996.58 during 1914, and the account shows a balance at credit of $2,206,320.66, The directors recommend the payment of a special dividend of 10 per cent. equal to 6 per shure, to be paid out of interest earned, which will absorb 872,000, and to carry forward the balance of $2,134,320.66, The dividends will be paid in taels at exchange 73.
The reserve fund remains unchanged and stands at 81,000,000. After crediting the building reserve fund with 870,000, recommended above, it will $150,000.
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