25/35 11d.; and after providing for a dividend at the rate of 6 L. per cent, the rest will stand at 3,035,838 L.. The court of directors, therefore, propose that a half-yearly dividend of interest and profits, to the amount of 6 L.10s.per cent, without deduction on account of income tax, shall be made on the 10th of October next. That is the proposal I have now to lay before the general court; but as important events have occurred since we last met, I think it right I should briefly advert to them upon this occasion. |