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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN.

March 2, 1917.

COAL, IRON AMD ENGINEERING COMPANIES.

REPORTS AND DIVIDENDS.

Beyer, Peacock and Company Limited.—The directors
recommend a dividend on the ordinary shares of 10 per cent,
per annum.

Cardiff Collieries Limited. — A meeting was held at
Paddington. The proceedings were private, and no report
was issued for publication.	'

Celtic Collieries Company Limited.—Including £1,233
brought forward, net profits for the past year, after providing
for excess profits duty and debenture interest, were £34,531.
A final dividend of 5 per cent, is proposed, making 10 per
cent, for the 12 months, adding £10,000 to the reserve, and
carrying forward £4,981.

Deal and Walmer Coal Field Limited.—The report for the
year ended December 31, .1915, states that the option to take
up a mineral lease of one of the most important properties,
comprising over 800 acres, upon which a borehole, known as
the Oxney boring, had been put down by the late adminis-
tration at considerable expense, has expired, but the directors
were unable to take up the lease, as on investigation they
found that the different areas making up the owners’ pro-
perty were mortgaged and sub-mortgaged, and it was impos-
sible to obtain the necessary consents of some of the mort-
gagees without payment of considerable sums in reduction
of the mortgage and for legal and other expenses. Options
to take up mineral leases to the extent of about 1,200 acres
have lately been exercised.

.Desford Coal Company Limited.—Dividend on the ordi-
nary shares of 5s. per share (25 per cent.), free of tax.’
, Great Western Colliery Company Limited.—The directors
recommend final dividends of 15s. on the fully-p’aid, and
12s. per share on the: partly-paid “ B ” ordinary shares,
making 20 per cent, for the past year. These shares
received 15 per cent, for 1915.	‘

Imperial Navigation, Coal Company Limited.—The report
for the year ended December 31 states that the result,.,after1
providing for excess profits duty and income-tax^ is. a net
profit of £25,636, which, wnth the amount brought forward,
■makes £26,011. An interim dividend of 10 per cent, was
paid on July 15 last, amounting to £6,735, and the directors
now recommend a final dividend of 10 per cent., which will
absorb £9,274, making 20 per cent., less tax, for the year,
and to carry forward £10,002. The equipment of the No. 1
pit has been completed, and the new winding engine is
working very satisfactorily.

New Hucknall Colliery Company Limited.—A final divi-
dend of 10s. per share, less tax, has been paid for the year
ended December 31.

New Monckton Collieries Limited.—The directors announce
an interim dividend of Is. per share on the old shares, and
6d. per share on the new shares, payable, free of tax, on
March 15. The distribution is at the same rate as a year
ago.

North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Limited. — The
directors decided to recommend a final dividend of 10 per
cent, actual, and a bonus of 5 per cent., making, with the
interim dividend of 5 ner cent., a total distribution for the
year of 20 per cent., less tax.

Powell Duffryn Steam Coal Company Limited.—The net
profits for the past year, after providing for excess profits
duty, were £495,697, and £114,354 was brought forward. A
final dividend of 11 per cent, is proposed on the ordinary
shares, making 20 per cent., free of income-tax, for the 12
months, adding £96,954 to the income-tax fund, and £50,000
to the reserve (making that fund £500,000), and carrying
forward £119,798. The net profits were £438,800 for 1915.

From	Total cargo.		Total bunker.	
Bristol Channel ports 			  North-western ports 	  North-eastern ports 	 	  Humber ports	  Other ports on east coast			  Other English ports 	  Total from England and Wales		  Ports on east coast of Scotland	  Ports on west coast of Scotland	  Total from Scotland	  Irish ports 					  Total from United Kingdom 			1916.	1917.	1916.	1917.
	Tons.  127,494  197,738 498,039 73,306 5,423 3,108	Tons.  118,865  207,446  392,567  53,556  1,130  2,914	Tons.  9,470 44,225 53,401  8,430 14,343 3,037	Tons. 10,109 44,021 18,928 7,162 10,495 2,503
	/	905,108	776,478	132,906	93,218
	38,523  97,724	36,478  115,934	9,796  19,886	9,218  24,858
	136,247	152,412	29,682	34,076
	—	—	3,330	5,201
	1,041,355	928,890	165,918	132,495

Shelton Iron, Steel, and Coal Company Limited. — The
directors state that, having regard to the fact that no 'adjust-
ment of figures has yet been arrived at with the Treasury in
regard to the excess profits tax, they are unable to submit a
balance-sheet at present. They therefore propose to post-
pone convening the ordinary general meeting until later in
the year. As, however, they are satisfied that the profits
available for dividend will justify the payment of a further
dividend of 5 per cent., making 7^ per cent, (less tax) for
the year, they propose to make this distribution without
waiting for the completion of the accounts; but they would
point out that, although for legal reasons this dividend is
being described as an interim one, they do not contemplate
recommending any further distribution in respect of the
year ended December 31.

Swan, Hunter and Wigham Richardson Limited. — The
directors recommend a final dividend of 10 per cent., free of
tax, making 12J per cent, for the past year, on the ordinary
shares.

NEW COMPANIES.

Attwood (F. L.) Limited.—Private company. Registered
office, The Rolling Mills, Holt-street, Goston Green, Bir-
mingham. Registered February 21. To carry on business
of manufacturers of and dealers in the rolling of metals,
brass founders, metal workers, wire drawers, mechanical
engineers, etc. Nominal capital, £10,000 in 10,000 £1
shares. Directors to be appointed by the subscribers.
Subscribers : F. L. Attwood, C. Mowder, and H. Pettit.

Booth (C. H.) Limited. — Private company. Registered
February. 22. To acquire the goodwill of the business of
iron and tin-plate metal workers at 170 and 172, Hackney-
street, Birmingham. Nominal capital, £1,000 in 1,000 £1
shares. Directors shall be appointed by subscribers. Sub-
scribers : W. Tonks and H. H. Oliver.

British Electron Company Limited. — Private company.
Registered February 19. To carry on business of importers
and exporters of and dealers in metals and metallic sub-
stances of all kinds. Nominal capital, £3,000 in 3',000 £1
shares. Directors : H. D. Ashworth, A. Keating, and C. R.
Adams.

Dressier Tunnel Ovens Limited.—Private company. Regis-
tered February 21. To carry on business of builders, engi-
neers, oven designers, and manufacturers and dealers in
bricks, tubes, etc. Nominal capital, £25,000 in 50,000 10s.
shares. Directors shall Le appointed by the subscribers.
Qualification, one share. Subscribers : M. H. Blythe and
W. Taylor.

Eggar, Forester and Parker Limited.—Private company.
Registered February 20. To purchase and take over the
business of colliery agents, merchants, ship and insurance
brokers, and steamship managers, etc. Nominal capital,
£55,000 in 54,000 6 per cent. £1 cumulative preference
shares and 20,000 Is. management shares. Directors shall
be appointed by the subscribers. Qualification, 100 manage-
ment shares. Subscribers : E. R. Wicks, D. S. Mary, and
G-. W. Dickinson.

Evans (A. T.) and Company Limited.—Private company.
Registered February 20. To carry on business of manufac-
turers, merchants, and dealers in the rolling of metals, brass
founders, metal workers, etc. Nominal capital, £5,000 in
5,000 £1 shares. Directors shall be appointed by the sub-
scribers. Subscribers : R. F. Painter, N. G. Walker, and
P. Norman.

Grondal Kjellin Company (1917) Limited.—Private com-
pany. Registered office, 20, Abchurch-lane, London. Regis-
tered February 22. To carry on business of metallurgists
and of working or otherwise deal with or in ores, metals,
charcoal, minerals, etc. Nominal capital, £11,001 in
110,010 2s. shares. Directors : W. P. Hay, J. H. Benn, J.
Mesnier, and E. A. Hay.

Hendon Engineering Company Limited. — Private com-
pany. Registered office, 3, Broad-street Buildings, Liver-
pool-street, E.C. Registered February 22. Nature of busi-
ness indicated by title. Nominal capital, £2,500 in 3,000
10s. preference shares and 4,000 5s. shares. Directors to 1 e
appointed by subscribers. Subscribers : C. T. Roe and
F. F. Trotman.

Lash (Robert H.) Limited.-—Private company. Regis-
tered office, 29-31, Portugal-street, W.C. Registered
February 22. To carry on business of mechanical engi-
neers, tool makers, boiler manufacturers, brass founders,
etc. Nominal capital, £5,000 in 5,000 £1 shares. Director,
R. H. Lash. Qualification, 100 shares.

This list of new companies is taken from the Daily
Register specially compiled by Messrs. Jordan and Sons
Limited, company registration agents, Chancery-lane, E.C.

COASTWISE SHIPMENTS IN JANUARY.

According to the returns issued by the Commissioners
of H.M. Customs and Excise, the following quantities
of coal were shipped coastwise from the United Kingdom
during January:—

To ports in

England and Wales........

Scotland.................

Ireland..................

The destination of cargo shipments was as follows :—
Dec. 1916. Dec. 1917.

Tons. Tons.

673,155 ... 541,998

45,971 ...	36,484

322,229 ... 350,408

A deputation from the South Wales coal owners had an
interview on Tuesday with the Coal Controller on the sub-
ject of pit prop supplies. The proceedings were private.

Dr. A. C. Hinks.has been appointed certifying surgeon
under the Factory and Workshop Acts at Wells. Dr. J.
O’Dwyer has been appointed to a similar position in
Tipperary.

It is officially stated that Mr. Stephen Walsh, M.P.,
for the Ince Division, and chairman of the workmen’s section
of the Coal Conciliation Board for England and North Wales,
is to be the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the new
Ministry of National Service.

The Minister of Munitions has appointed committees to
deal with problems connected with the Scottish shah
industry. Prof. John Cadman will represent the Ministry
of Munitions in connection wT|ith this subject, and act as
chairman of the committees on any occasion on which, they
meet in joint session.

ABSTRACTS OF PATENT SPECIFICATIONS
RECENTLY ACCEPTED.

103184. Improvements in Rock Drilling Machines. W. C.
Stephens, of the Climax Rock Drill and Engineering Works
Limited, Carn Brea, Cornwall. (A communication from
Richard Hosken, Post Office Box 668, Johannesburg, Trans-
vaal, South Africa.)—Relates to rock drilling machines of
the hammer type wherein an anvil block or bolster is inter-
posed between the hammer piston and the borer or drill
shank, and wherein a water channel surrounds the bolster
and communicates wnth one end of a passage formed in the
bolster, and serving to convey water to a longitudinal hole in
the borer. The figure is a plan of the front portion of a
rock drill, a indicates the power cylinder of the drill, and b
the cover. The latter forms a chuck, being provided with a
socket to receive the shank of the borer c. d is a cylinder
which forms an extension of the cylinder a, and is interposed

between the working cylinder a and the chuck or cover b. e
is the recess formed in the extension cylinder d. A hole to
which a water supply pipe can be connected communicates
with the recess e through a passage, h is the anvil block or
bolster in the extension cylinder d, and adapted to be acted
upon by the hammer piston i of the drill. The other end acts
against the borer c. The borer c is provided with a passage
k for water, and in the bolster*/! is formed a passage I, one
end of which communicates with the recess e, whilst the
other coincides with the hole k in the borer c so that water
will flow through the bolster from the annular recess to the
borer, m, m are the grooves formed around the interior of
the extension cylinder d on either side of the recess e, and
n, n are packing rings of indiarubber or the like, preferably
of the U or hydraulic type. (Three claims.)

103320. Improvements in Controllers for the Doors of
Railway Wagons and the like. H. R. Carver and F. R.
Rand and Company Limited, all of 38, Victoria-street,
London, S.W.—Relates to controllers for the dcors of rail-

way w^agons and the like, particularly to drop doors. The
drawing is a front

elevation. To a con-
venient portion a of
the framework of the
wagon is fixed a plate
spring b, proportioned
to suit the weight of
door. The free end
of this spring is con-
nected to the door a
or to a fitting d there-
on by a link e, so that
the turning moment
of the spring b upon
the door is reversed
when the door reaches
a given position, and
either locks the door
in its open position or
renders the d o o r
wholly or partially
self-closing. The link
e is formed in two
parts or bifurcated so
that one end may
embrace and be
pinned to the angle
bracket d on the door
whilst the other end
is similarly secured
to an eye formed at
the free end of the
spring. With such
an arrangement, the
turning moment of the
the door when the point

f

-k

spring acts in one direction upon
of connection between the door and

connecting member (that is, the pin /) is upon one side of a
line drawn from the point of contact of the member and its
spring (that is, the pin q).and the axis of the door hinge h,
and in the reverse direction when the same point passes to
the other side of such line. (Four claims.)

use with oil burners of

103339. Improvements in Furnace Fronts. James
Howden and Company Limited and J. H. Hume, of 195,
Scotland-street, Glasgow. — Relates to fronts for forced
draught furnaces and suitable for
that type to which air. is not
required to be supplied from a
point or points directly below the
same. The drawing is a vertical
section. The furnace front con-
stitutes a casting 1 formed at
the top and each of the sides of
the firing entrance with air ports 2
and 3 opening directly into the
firing entrance of the furnace—the
bottom of the firing entrance being
unprovided with any air opening.
The air supply through said ports
is controlled by valves. For
example,’ each of the side ports 3
may be controlled by a simple
butterfly valve 4, and the upper
port controlled by a slide valve or
damper 5, which may be of the
usual type supplied for Howden
forced draught fittings. The
valves 4 may be operated indepen-
dently or conjointly. The furnace
partitions or the like affording walls of air passages between
the valves and the mixing chamber 6. 7 denotes -a support
for the brickwork protecting the furnace front; 8 a door
giving access to the valve 5 ; 9 the door carrying the burners;
and 10 a door giving access to the lower part of the furnace.
(Two claims.)

front is unprovided with

103330; Improvements in Safety Control Devices for Pit
Cages and the like; W. L. Thackray, of 121, Town-street,