368 THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN August -25, 1916. XXIX. —Sanitation, Diseases, etc. On Some Diseases of the Respiratory Organs Incidental to Miners. J. de Fenton. “ JI. Chem., Meeh, and Min. Soc. S. Africa,” May, p. 223. (Notes on Dr. Agricola’s work, a.d. 1550.) Industrial Diseases of Iron and Steel Workers in Middlesbrough. J. W. Edwards. “ Iron Coal Tr. Rev.,” Aug. 11, p. 153. (Address by Cleveland Division of Brit. Med. Assocn.) XXX. —Mining Laws, Royalties. Notes on the Austrian Law of Mining Subsidence (Beitrage zum Oesterreichischen Bergschadenersatz- recht). —. Hergatschek. “ Bergb. u. Hutte,” June 15, p. 214; July 1, p. 229. COAL, IRON AND ENGINEERING COMPANIES. REPORTS AND DIVIDENDS. Astley and Tyldesley Collieries Limited.—Dividend of 15s. per share on the fully-paid, and 12s. on the part-paid ordi- nary, free of tax, £5,000 is placed to reserve, and £5,862 carried forward. Bristol Wagon and Carriage Works Limited.—The report for the year states that, after adding £4,593 to depreciation, and charging £760 gifts to dependants of men serving in H.M. Forces, there is a profit balance (including the amount brought forward) of £10,490. The directors recommend a further dividend of 3 per cent, (making 5 per cent, for the year) on the ordinary shares, leaving £4,990 to be carried forward. The rolling stock now consists of 77 wagons. Dalmellingion Iron Company Limited.—The directors have declared a final dividend on the ordinary shares of 5 per cent., and a bonus of 5s. per share, free of tax. In February last an interim dividend of 5 per cent, actual was paid, compared with only 2| per cent, interim in the previous year. The total distribution for the past 12 months is thus 15 per cent., against 7-1- per cent, for 1914-15. Main Colliery Company Limited. — Interim dividend of 24s. per share on the fully-paid ordinary shares, 19s. 2|d. per share on the £8 paid ordinary shares, and 36s. per share on the participating preference shares, equivalent to 6 per cent, per annum since the last dividend. The secretary adds : It may be interesting to state that the amount thus appro- priated to the shareholders represents a profit of 9|d. per ton, but as this is subject to deduction for income-tax, the actual cash distribution by way of profit upon the capital invested in the undertaking is 7^1. per ton on the total output for the twTo years. New Moncktom Collieries Limited. — The report of the directors for the year shows that the profit on the trading, after full depreciation, is £41,780, which, with the balance of £17,823 brought forward, makes a total of £59,603. From this has to be deducted £4,938 debenture interest, £5,100 preference dividend, and £4,250 ordinary share interim dividend, leaving £45,314 for disposal. It is pro- posed to pay a further dividend of 5 per cent., free of tax, making 10 per cent, for the year, leaving £41,064 to carry forward. The report adds :—“ In view of the fact that the company has not raised any additional capital for the sink- ing and equipment of No. 3 pit and for the development of the Haigh Moor seam, the directors have decided, subject to the consent of the Lords Commissioners of the Treasury, to distribute some of the reserve and undivided profits as a bonus to the shareholders. The directors propose, therefore, to issue one new ordinary share for each existing ordinary share, such new share to be issued with 10s. credited as paid up thereon, the remaining liability of 10s. per share to be called up at short intervals, so as to enable the company to repay the moneys advanced by its bankers for the above pur- poses. This would put the finances of the company on a more satisfactory basis, and enable a reasonable proportion of its future profits to be paid in dividends. The coal proved at the new pit is quite satisfactory, and a substantial output is now being raised, which is being gradually increased. The development of the new Haigh Moor coal field has been retarded owing to the shortage of men, but the coal is expected to be reached in the near future. NEW COMPANIES. Catchpole (E.) and Sons (London) Limited.—Private com pany. Registered office, Plough Bridge, Rotherhithe. Regis- tered August 14. To acquire the business of distillation of tar and oil formerly carried on by E. Catchpole and Sons. Nominal capital, £40,000 in 40,000 £1 ordinary shares. Directors and subscribers (one share each) : F. J. Catchpole, A. A. Catchpole, F. E. Catchpole, and D. B. Critchley. Qualification of directors, £1,000. Finch (Edward) and Company (1916) Limited.—Private company. Registered August 15. To carry on business of iron founders, brass workers, mechanical engineers, and tool makers formerly carried on by above in Chepstow. Nominal capital, £100,000 in £1 shares. Subscribers : J. Paterson and H. Rowe. Liverpool Galvanizing Company Limited.—Private com- pany. Registered office, 12a, Lamport-street, Liverpool. Registered August 10. To acquire business of metal workers, galvanisers, and general iron founders carried on by H. Crossley. Nominal capital, £1,000 in 1,000 £1 shares. Subscribers (one share each) : H. Crossley and A. Whitting- ham-Jones. Hemel Hempstead Engineering Compainy Limited.— Private company. Registered office, Hemel Hempstead, Herts. Registered August 15. Engineers, iron and brass founders, crane and hoist makers, etc. Nominal capital, £5,000 in £1 shares. Directors: J. Christopher, E. R. Elliston, C. M. Evans, E. L. Price, and G. H. Zalkovitz. Jackson (J. and H. B.) Limited. — Private company. Registered August 15. To carry on business of malleable iron, brass, copper, aluminium, and general metal refiners and millwrights, etc. Nominal capital, £5,000 in £1 shares. Directors : j. Jackson and H. B. Jackson. Payne (John) Limited.—Private company.—Registered August 16. To acquire business of engineers and shipbuilders carried on by A. S. Payne, F. H. Payne, and E. G. Payne at Vauxhall Works, Coronation-road, Bristol, under the style of John Payne and Company. Nominal capital, £20,000 in 20,000 £1 shares. Directors : A. S. Payne and T. E. Williams. Qualification of directors, £10. Procter Brothers (Wire Works) Limited. — Private com- pany. Registered office, 44, Call-lane, Leeds. Registered August 15. To carry on business of makers of wire goods of all descriptions by Procter Brothers at Call and Water lanes, Leeds, Bradford, and Huddersfield. Nominal capital, £25,000 in £1 shares. Directors : John, Charles H., and •Arthur Procter. Qualification of directors, 50 fully-paid shares. Whitehouse (G. H.) and Company Limited.—Private com- pany. Registered office, Tinsley-street, Great Bridge, West Bromwich. Registered August 12. To carry on business of general engineers and founders carried on by J. Tudor (now deceased), J. H. Onions, and G. H. Whitehouse. Nominal capital, £3,000 in 3,000 £1 shares. Director, G. H. White- house. Willington Foundry Company Limited.—Private company. Registered August 12. To acquire business of general iron founder and electrical, mechanical, etc., engineers carried on by J. W. Ellis and R. Ellis at Willington Quay, Northum- berland. Nominal capital, £15,000 in 15,000 £1 shares. Directors : J. W., R., and J. S. Ellis. Qualification of directors, £250. This list of new companies is taken from the Daily Register specially compiled by Messrs. Jordan and Sons Limiited, company registration agents. Chancery-lane, E.C. CONTRACTS OPEN FOR COAL AND COKE. For Contracts Advertised in this issue received too late for inclusion in this column, see Leader and Last White pages. Southampton, September 7.—The Corporation invite tenders for the supply and delivery at Otterbourne Siding, near Eastleigh, of cobbles, for six or 12 months. Forms may be obtained at the waterworks engineer’s office, French- street, Southampton. Sealed tenders upon the printed form and endorsed “ Tender for coal, Waterworks,” must be delivered at the town clerk’s office by noon on September 7. No pledge is given to accept the lowest or any tender. Abstracts of Contracts Open. Bletchingley, September 5.—Coal for hospital. Forms from the master, Institution, Bletchingley. Bromley (Kent), September 1.—Coal and coke for Joint Hospital Board. Forms from the clerk, Park House. Cardigan, August 28.—Staffordshire Ryder cobbles, for the Cardigan Education Committee’s schools. Tenders to J. T. J. Williams, Napier-street, Cardigan. Chelmsford, September 4.—House coal, steam coal, and coke for Territorials. Forms from Lieut.-Col. Colvin, Terri- torial Force, Market-road, Chelmsford. Docking (Norfolk), August 29.—Coal for Guardians. Forms from the workhouse master. Donnybrook, September 7.—Coal and steam slack for Hospital for Incurables. Forms from registrar. Falmouth, August 30.—Coal for Guardians. Forms from C. V. Downing, clerk, Falmouth. London, August 30.—Coal and coke (9 months) for police stations, courts, etc. Forms from the Receiver, New Scotland Yard. London, September 6.—Coal and coke for Holborn Union. Forms from H. G. Holder, 53, Clerkenwell-road. Mold, August 28.—Coal and coke for schools. Forms from the director of education, County Education Offices, Mold. Newport (I.O.W.), September 14.—Fuel for schools, offices, etc. Particulars from the County Council Offices, Newport. Norwich, August 29.—Coa] for St. Faith's Union. Forms from the clerk, 1, Redwell-street, Norwich. Parkside (Macclesfield), September 13.—Fuel for the Cheshire County Asylum. Forms from the clerk. Ponteland, September 13.—Coal for Guardians. Tenders to workhouse master, Ponteland. Poole, September 1.—Coal and coke for Guardians. Forms from the Union offices. Portland, September 5.—300 tons of anthracite nuts for waterworks. Forms from the surveyor, Council Offices. Portsmouth, August 29.—Smith's coal and coke for Tramways Committee. Forms from the engineer’s office, V i v a s h - r o a d, F r a 11 o n. Rochtord (Essex), September 4.—Coal for Guardians. Forms from W. H. Roberts, 40, Clarence-street, Southend- on-Sea. Whitecroft (Isle of Wight), September 5.—200 tons steam coal, 100 tons house coal, and 25 tons coke for county asylum. Forms from J. H. Green, Whitecroft. Wigan, August 30.—Best house coal (about 150 tons) for the Corporation. Tenders to the town clerk. Windsor, September 11.—Coal and coke for Guardians. Forms from J. E. Gale, 3, Sheet-street, Windsor. The date given is the latest upon which tenders can be received. CONTRACTS OPEN FOR ENGINEERING, IRON AND STEEL WORK, &c. Aberdare, September 6.—Stores.—For the supply of the following stores for the Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Com- pany Limited, viz. : Bar and other iron and steel; bolts, nuts, and rivets ; colliers’ tools, nails, steel tubes and fittings, cha.ins, wife ropes, French pitwood, etc. Forms from the stores manager, Aberaman offices, near Aberdare. Bradford, August 28.—Stores.—Gas meters, pipes, tubing iron and steel, etc., for the Gas Committee. Forms from the gas engineer, Town Hall. Dublin, September 4.—Railway Material.—Permanent way fastenings and cast iron cha.ins for the Great Northern Railway Company. Forms from the secretary, Amiens- ■street Terminus, Dublin. Melbourne, September 27.—Tyres.—Locomotive engine, tender, carriage, and wagon tyres for the Victorian railways. Forms from Messrs. J. Coates and Company Limited, 115, Victoria-street, Westminster. Portsmouth, August 29.—Various.—Engine packing, insulating materials, castings, machine parts. Forms from engineer's offices, Vivash-road, Fratton. Sydney (N.S.W.), September 20-October 11.—Crane, etc.—Electric overhead travelling crane for the Zarra Sheet Power House, Newcastle. Tenders to the chief commis- sioner for railways, Phillip-street, Sydney, by September 20. Also a motor-driven air compressor. Tenders by October 11. Forms from the electrical engineer, 61, Hunter-street, Sydney. THE FREIGHT MARKET. Outward chartering has been rather more active this week, but at no very great change in rates. On the north-east coast, tonnage arrivals are exceedingly bad, and, but for the fact that the activity of the coal market is checked by other causes also, rates of freight would doubtless show a sharp advance. As it is, however, figures are barely maintained on the week, and in some directions—the Mediterranean, for example—are weaker. At South Wales, rates are generallv steady, the exceptions being in the case of such near Mediter- ranean ports as Barcelona and Gibraltar, for 'which consider- able increases are indicated. Even in these directions figures tend to sink to the lovel of a week ago at the time of writing. Nothing more has yet been heard of Mr. Runciman’s scheme for placing Italy in an equally advantageous position with France, so far as freights and coal prices are concerned, but no doubt an early pronouncement will be made. It will be noted that French Atlantic coal fixtures from the Tyne are not given this week, it having been decided that these should not be published. Homewards, there is nothing doing from Australia, owners teeming tonnage to be worth about 180s., as against the Government maximum of 110s. For the rice ports, 160s. is quoted for Bunnah to United Kingdom, and 170s. for Saigon to France, with Java paying 180s. for sugar to the French Mediterranean. The Philippines are very dull, with ports at from about 170s. to 175s. for beans or oil. The East Indies am considerably dearer, at 130s., Bombay to two ports United Kingdom, September loading; 155s., Calcutta on dw. : 180s., Madras Coast, kernels; and Kurrachee equal to 110s. on scale. The Mediterranean is firm. Alexandria has paid 67s. fid., 60 cubic, to Huh, prompt loading, and ore ports are taking up tonnage freely at about 20s. United Kingdom. North American business is dull. The enquiry is very limited. From Gulf to United Kingdom is being done at about 14s. for grain, with Northern Range to Bristol Channel at about 12s. 3d. Cotton freights are based on 250s., Savannah to Liverpool. Coal tonnage is quoted at from 14 to 15 dels, to Brazil, and up to 65s. to the River Plate. Lumber is nominal, at 450s., and Canadian ports loading deals are unaltered at 300s. Early tonnage is scarce at the River Plate on the basis of from 160s. to 162s. 6d. Business fcr forward loading is dull. Tyne to Bilbao, 2,100, 42s. 6d.; Barcelona, 1,150, 77s. 6d., coke; 2,400, 62s. fid.: Civita Vecchia, 2,000, 72s. 6d.; Dun- kirk, 300, 36s., coke; 470, 37s., coke;'350 and 250, 35s., coke; 1,800, 1,020, 28s. 6d.; 900, 29s. 6d.; Drammen, 500, 27 kr.; Dieppe, 400. 36s., coke; Genoa, 4,200, 71s. 6d. ; 2,600, 71s. 6d.: 3,000, 70s.; 2,400, 70s.; 2,600, 71s. ; Gothenburg, 1,500, 26 kr.; Granville, 420, 36s., coke; Gibraltar, 4,000, 35s.; Las Palmas, 2,700, 35s.; 2.400, 32s. 6d.; London, 1,300, 12s. 3d.; 2,650, 12s.; Leghorn, 3,800, 71s. 6d. ; Odense, 1,500, 30 kr. ; Oiran, 2,000, 44s.; Port Vendres, 2,100, 75s.; Rouen, 400, 36s., coke; 500, 37s., coke; 1,500, 37s., coke; St. Vincent, 2,700, 32s. 6d.: Savona, 4.200, 71s. fid.; 2,600, 71s. 6d. ; 3,000, 70s.; 2,400, 70s.; 2.600, 71s.; Spezzia, 71s. 6d.; 2,400, 70s.; Toulon, 2,500, 67s. 6d. Cardiff to Algiers, 2,500, 39s. ; Bordeaux, 2,900, 5.000, 1.600, 3,400, 33s.; Barcelona, 1,500, 60s.; 3,000, 55s.; Granville, 500, 24s.; Gibraltar, 1,400, 35s., 500; 2,100, 33s. 6d., 500; 2,300, 33s. 9d., 500;- Genoa. 3,400, 63s. 6d., early Sept.: Havre, 900, 23s. 6d. ; 1,300, 22s. 6d.: Las Palmas, 2,000, 30s.: Lisbon, 1,200, 32s., 400; 1,300, 31s., 100: Marseilles, 2,100, 58s. ; 3,000, 58s. ; 5,000. 56s.: Naples, 4.000. 60s., 1,000; 2,600, 61s. 3d., 800; Oran, 5,500, 37s. 6d., 600; Philippeville, 1,700, 55s.; Rouen, 550, 25s. 6d. coal, 26s. 3d. fuel; 850, 25s. 6d.; St. Nazaire, 1,400, 29s.; 2.100, 29s.; Savona, 3,400, 63s. 6d., early Sept.; Teneriffe, 2,000, 30s. ; Treport, 900, 24s. 6d. Newport to Gibraltar, 1,400, 35s., 500; 2,300, 33s. 9d. ; 2.300, 32s. 9d., 500; Aguilas, 1,350, 57s. 6d., Aug.; Havre, 500, 23s. fid.; Huelva, 2,200, 35s.; Seville, 2,000, 37s. fid.; Genoa, Savona, or Spezzia, 3,300, 63s.-; Naples or Torre Annunziata, 3,200, 60s., 800; 4,000 , 60s., 1,000; 2,600, 61s. 3d., 800, early Sept. Llanelly to Rouen, 350, 25s. 6d. Thames to Bahia Blanca, sail, 2,500, 27s. 6d., cement. Port Talbot to Treport, 650, 24s. 6d. ; Honfleur. 520. 24s. ; Nantes, 1,700, 29s.; Oran, 5,500, 37s. 6d., 600; Granville, 500, 24s.; Rouen, 1,500, 24s. 6d. ; Valencia, 1,100, 55s.; St. Nazaire, 3,500, 29s. 9d., fuel. Glasgow to Bordeaux, 37s. ; Boulogne, 450, 29s. fid. ; 29s. ; Caen, 600 and 700, 27s. 6d. ; Dieppe, 420, 27s. 6d. • St Brieux, 660, 28s. Swansea to St. Malo, 950, 22s. coal. 22s. 9d. fuel: Havre, 800, 23s. 6d. ; Dieppe, 1,600, 23s. 6d. coal, 24s. 3d. fuel; Granville, 500, 24s.; Alicante, 1.000, 53s. fid. Goole to Rouen, 1,050, 28s. 6d. Hull to^Bordeaux, 1,500, 40s.; Rouen, 1,050 and 1,850, 27s. fid. ; St. Nazaire, option Bordeaux, 1,450, 40s.. Hull, Grimsby, or Immingham to Genoa, option Savona, Bagnoli, or Civita Vecchia, 72s. 6d. East Coast port to West Italv, 2,800, 72s. 6d., Au.* Ayr to Rouen, 1,700, 28s. fid. ° Ardrossan to Bordeaux, 2,200, 37>s. Methil to Rouen, 1,200, 29s. 6d.; Korsoer, 1,000, 32 kr.; Tonsberg, 450, 34 kr. Wear to Barcelona, 2,500, 62s. 6d. West Hartlepool to Larvik, 400 , 40 kr., coke, Aug. Cambrian Mining School, Porth. — It will interest all mining and surveying students to know of the good results attained by the students of the Cambrian Mining School, Forth. At the first-class mine managers’ examinations held by the Home Office, 25 students sat at six centres; of these 20 were successful. At the second class 41 students sat, 34 of whom passed; and at the mine surveyors’ examination 13 out of the 16 students who sat gained their certificates—a record that must be highly satisfactory to all concerned. Labour and Coal Prices.—A deputation from the Labour Party, headed by Mr. Wardle, presented to Mr. Runciman on Tuesday a resolution of protest against the additional charge of 2s. 6d. a ton which the Board of Trade have recently allowed in the case of South Wales coal. The speakers urged that in the event of other applications of the same sort full public notice of any proposed change of price should be given, so that all the parties interested might have an opportunity of putting their case before the Board of Trade.