Satisfactory Year's Working of Interview with Ediso Ford's Danish Corporation Interest in the Find The following extracts are taken [from the report of the East Asiatic }Co., Ltd. for 1928:
Through overprodu ion in the! world's markets, keen international Jcompetition and gra'e economic conditions, world's trade in 1928 attained, as whole, its greatest turnover since the "Peace Treaty. This encourages the hope generally expressed of brighter outlook for trade and industry, The greatest inducement to trade development is the general craving for expansion and the manifold exigencies associated with such development.
The various spheres withi East Asiatic Company's tion enjoyed a sound and development on the whole during the past year, Beyond the nett financial result, as appears from the Accounts, and general consolidation, steps of an important nature have been taken for the benefit of the future. From the year's nett profit the Board propose paying a dividend of 10 per cent., and after allocating Kr. 4,000,000 to the Contingency Fund to carry forward Kr, 2,058,621,51 to next year, NCO. sroctan SERVICE
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