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THE COLLIERY GUARDIAN

July 2, 1915.

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.

Birkenhead, July 12.—The Corporation of Birkenhead
are prepared to receive tenders for the supply, up to 1,000
tons, of washed slack or washed small coal, to be delivered
at the Pumping Stations of the Spring Hill, Flaybrick Hill,
Borough-road, Mount-road, and Ford Waterworks, during a
period of three months, commencing on August 1, 1915.
Forms of tender and specification, together with any further
information, may be obtained from Mr. J. W. M.
Richardson, A.M.Inst.C.E., water engineer, 52, Balls-road,
Birkenhead. Tenders, stating the price per ton delivered
at the various pumping stations, must be sent in to me,
sealed and endorsed “ Tender for slack, Water Committee,”
not later than 9 a.m. on Monday, July 12, 1915. All
deliveries to be made from time to time, according to the
requirements of the water engineer. The parties whose
tender may be accepted will be required to enter into a con-
tract containing a clause as to the payment of the rate of
wages and the observance of the hours of labour and condi-
tions recognised and agreed upon between the trades unions
and the employers in Birkenhead or in the locality in which
the work for carrying out the contract is executed, as the
case may be. The Corporation do not bind themselves to
accept the lowest or any tender. By order, James Fearnley,
town clerk, Town Hall, Birkenhead.

London, N.—The Guardians of the Poor of the Parish of
St. Mary, Islington, are desirous of receiving tenders for the
supply of 4,000 tons of coal, namely, steam coal, well
screened, 2,000 tons, Graigola beans, 1,000 tons, best Welsh
smokeless coal, colliery screened, 250 tons, best house coal,
well screened, 750 tons. Also 100 tons of coke. To be
delivered in four weekly proportions, as may be ordered, but
in no case will exceed 1,000 tons per week. Payment will be
made promptly. Printed forms of tender must be obtained
from the clerk personally, or a stamped addressed brief-size
envelope may be sent. Sealed tenders, endorsed “ Tender
for coal and coke,” and addressed to the Guardians, must be
delivered at the Guardians’ Offices, St. John’s-road, Upper
Holloway, N., on or before Wednesday, July 7, 1915. The
tenders will be opened at a meeting of the Guardians to be
held on Thursday, July 8, 1915, at the Guardians’ Offices.
The Guardians do not bind themselves to accept the lowest
or any tender. No contract will be given to firms who do not
ordinarily observe the recognised rates of wages and hours
of labour. By order, Edwin Davey, clerk.

Manchester, July 9.—The Electricity Committee of the
Corporation invite tenders for the supply of their requirements
of washed and dry coal slack during the period ending
June 30, 1916. Forms of tender may be obtained on appli-
cation (in writing only) to Mr. F. E. Hughes, secretary,
Electricity Department, Town Hall, Manchester. Tenders,
duly endorsed, and addressed to the Chairman of the Elec-
tricity Committee, Town Hall, Manchester, must be sent in
not later than 10 a.m. on Friday, July 9. Thomas Hudson,
town clerk.

Southampton, July 9.—The Corporation invite alternative
' tenders for supply and delivery at Otterbourne Siding, near
Eastleigh, of cobbles and coke for the Waterworks Pumping
Station for six or 12 months. Forms of tender and all
particulars may be obtained at the Waterworks Engineer’s
, Office, French-street, Southampton. Sealed tenders upon the
prescribed form, endorsed “ Tender for coal, Waterworks,”
must be delivered at the Town Clerk’s Office by 12 o’clock
noon on July 9, 1915. No pledge is given to accept the
lowest or any tender or tenders. R. R. Linthome, town
clerk.

Abstracts of Contracts Open.

Acton, W., July 8.—About 370 tons of best Derby brights
or kitchen nuts and 270 tons of best coke for the Urban
District Council. Forms from F. A. Everitt, secretary,
Education Department, Council Offices, Acton, W.

Aldershot, July 6.—About 100 tons of best Welsh steam
and house coal for the Town Council. Tenders to W. E.
Foster, clerk, Municipal Buildings, Aidershot.

Antrim, July 8.—Best screened house and steam coal for
the Committee of the Antrim District Lunatic Asylum.
Forms from Clerk of the Asylum, Holywell, Antrim.

Armagh, July 13. — 300 tons of either Kirkless Hall
Orrell or Fletcher Burrows Imperial Orrell coal for the
Guardians. Forms from W. Calvert, clerk of the Union,
Workhouse, Armagh.

Ballymahon, July 8.—Best Whitehaven and best Irish
coal, free from slack, for the Guardians. Tenders to P.
MacGreevy, clerk, Poor Law Office, Ballymahon.

Baltinglass (Ireland), July 10.—75 tons double screened
Wigan coal and 75 tons Irish coal for the Guardians. Forms
from J. R. Dagg, clerk of Union, Office, Baltinglass Work-
house.

Bristol, July 5.—Best anthracite and good house coal
for the Education Committee. Forms from W. A. Adams,
secretary, Guildhall.

Bromley, July 5. — Coal and coke for the Corporation.
Form from Borough Engineer, Municipal Offices, Bromley,
Kent.

Bury, July 12.—About 40,000 tons of gas coal. 500 tons
of boiler slack, 500 tons of burgie, 250 tons of House coal,
and 50 tons of Wallsend coal, for the Corporation. Forms
from H. Simmonds, engineer and. general manager, Gas
Works, Bury.

Cairo (Egypt), July 22.—360,000 tons of Welsh steam
coal for the Egyptian State Railways and Telegraphs
Administration. Forms from Sir A. L. Webb, Queen
Anne’s-chambers, Westminster, London, S.W., on payment
of 2s.*

Canterbury, July 5.—Household coal, hard steam coal,
and coke for the Guardians of the Blean Union. Forms
from W. T. Brooks, clerk, 39, Castle-street, Canterbury.

Chatham, July 14. — Coal for the Corporation. Forms
from Borough Surveyor, Town Hall.

Chelmsford, July 5.—220 tons of Portland hand-picked
steam coal, 150 tons of Portland screened cobbles, 30 tons of
Rockingham best selected from Newton Chambers and Com-
pany’s Colliery, and 30 tons of coke, for the Guardians.

* Specifications, particulars, etc., may be seen at the
Commercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of Trade,
73, Basinghall-street, E.C.

Forms from A. S. Duffield, clerk, 96, High-street,
Chelmsford.

Chelmsford, July 10.—Coal and coke for the Chelmsford
Joint Hospital Board. Forms from L. Gray, clerk, 73,
Duke-street, Chelmsford.

Chelmsford, July 13.—Portland, Watnall, or Bestwood
cobbles and Beckton coke or best gas coke for the Corpora-
tion. Tenders to G. Melvin, town clerk, Municipal Offices,
Chelmsford.

Chiswick, July 6.—Coal and coke for the Urban District
Council. Forms from E. Willis, surveyor, Town Hall.

Crondall (Hants), July 12.—150 tons of steam coal for
the Managers to the District School, Crondall. Forms from
Superintendent, District Schools.

Greenock, July 5.—25,000 tons of steam coal for the Cor-
poration (Electricity Department). Forms from F. H.
Whysall, burgh electrical engineer, Electricity Works,
Dellington-street, Greenock, on deposit of 5s.

Grimsby, July 5. — House coal and gas coke for the
Corporation. Forms from H. G. Whyatt, borough engineer,
Municipal Buildings, 170, Victoria-street, Grimsby.

Hornsey, July 5.—2,500, tons of slacks, peas, nuts, or
beans for the Town Council. Forms from Town Clerk,
Town Hall, South wood-lane, Highgate, N.

Hove, July 13.—Household coal and coke for the Educa-
tion Committee. Forms from S. G. Dancy, secretary,
Education Committee, Third-avenue, Hove.

Killough (Ireland), July 12.—About 140 tons of best
Whitehaven coal for the Governors’ of Charles Sheils Institu-
tion, Killough. Tenders to H. Swail, superintendent.

Kinmel Park, July 10.—Coal required at Kinmel Park,
near Rhyl, for H.M. Government. Forms from District
Barrack Officer, Watergate House, Chester.

Lancaster, July 7.—Best house coal and slack for the
Shire Hall and Judges’ Lodgings. Tenders to H. E. Clare,
clerk of the County Council, County Offices, Preston.

Langho, July 8. — Coal and coke to the Lancashire
Inebriates Reformatory, Langho, near Blackburn. Tenders
to Director.

Middleton (Lancashire), July 8.—Coal for the Gas
Works of the Corporation. Forms from W. Rogerson, gas
engineer, Gas Works.

Mountain Ash, July 12.—About 5,000 tons of large coal,
through and through, washed nuts, or small coals for the
Urban District Council. Forms from W. G. Thomas,
Town Hall, Mountain Ash.

Newport (I.W.), September 16.—Coal for the Isle of
Wight County Council. Particulars from J. Dufton, clerk,
County Council Offices, Newport (I.W.).

Northampton, July 5.—Coal and coke for the local Educa-
tion Authority. Forms from J. L. Holland, secretary for
education, County Education Offices, Northampton.

Omagh (Ireland), July 8.—600 tons of best English steam
coals, 200 tons of best English house coals, 400 tons of South
Wales steam coals, to the Omagh District Asylum Joint
Management Committee. Forms from R. J. Creery, clerk.

Oxford, July 19.—Warwickshire or Leicestershire hand-
picked cobbles for the Education Committee. Tenders to R.
Bacon, town clerk, Education Office, Town Hall.

Paisley, July 5.—Splint and coking coals for the Cor-
poration. Forms from G. R. Hislop, engineer and manager,
Gas Works.

Plymouth, July 5.—15 tons of coal and 30 tons of coke for
the Plymouth Royal Eye Infirmary. Forms from E.
Howard, hon. secretary, 7, Princess-square.

Portland, July 7.—2,000 to 2,500 tons of best quality
screened gas coal or nuts for the Urban District Council.
Information from gas manager, A. E. Shadbolt, Gas Works,
Portland.

Rochford, July 6.—House coal for the Poor Law Institu-
tion. Forms from W. H. Roberts, clerk, Southend-on-Sea.

Rotherham, July 14.—Coals and nuts for the Corporation.
Forms from J. S. Naylor, engineer, Gas Works.

Southampton, July 12.—Best house, steam, and anthra-
cite coal, and coke, to the schools in the administrative
county of Hampshire. Forms from D. T. Cowan, Director
of Education, The Castle, Winchester.

Tullamore, July 6.—250 tons of double-screened White-
haven or Wigan coal and 50 tons of Irish coal, for the
Guardians. Tenders to T. J. Kelly, clerk, Board-room,
Tullamore.

Ware (Herts).—About 60 tons of Old Round wood best
Silkstone coal, about 40 tons of Annesley best hard steam,
and about 18 tons of coke, for the Hertford and Ware Joint
Hospital Board. Tenders to G. H. Gisby, clerk to the Joint
Board, Ware.

Ware (Herts), July 5.—100 tons Newstead, Annesley,
or Shirebrook hard steam coal, 20 tons of nutty small steams
from same collieries, 40 tons of Bolsover large cobbles house
coal, and 90 tons gas coke, for the Guardians. Tenders to
G. H. Gisby, clerk, Union Offices, Town Hall, Ware.

Warrington, July 7.—6,000 tons of slack for the Elec-
tricity and Tramways Committee. Conditions on deposit of
one guinea from E. V. L. Mathias, borough electrical and
tramways engineer, Howley, Warrington.

Weybridge, July 8.—About 350 tons of Portland best
large hard steam coal for the Weybridge and Oatlands Joint
Sewerage Committee. Forms from J. S. Crawshaw,
surveyor, Council Offices, Weybridge, Surrey.

Whitecroft (I.W.), July 6.—400 tons best quality steam
coal, 100 tons house coal, and 20 tons of coke, for the Isle
of Wight Asylums Committee. Forms from J. H. Green,
clerk, Whitecroft (I.W.).

The date given is the latest upon which tenders can be
received.

CONTRACTS OPEN FOR ENGINEERING, IRON
AND STEEL WORK, Ac.

Londqn, S.W., July 12.—Boiler Tubes.—19,000 locomo-
tive boiler tubes for the Jodhpur Bikaner Railway. Speci-
fication from Messrs. Rendel, Palmer and Tritton, 13,
Dartmouth-street, ’Westminster, S.W., on payment of
10s. 6d.

Merton, July 14.—Pumping.—Pumping out a pond con-
taining approximately 6,000,000 gals, of water, for the
Merton and Morden Urban District Council. Particulars
from Sanitary Inspector, Kingston-road, Merton.

Sheffield.—Shaft.—Sinking a shaft 14 ft. diameter and
about 350 yds. deep. Full particulars from Messrs. Newton,
Chambers and Company Limited, Thorncliffe Collieries,
Sheffield.

Treherbert.—Pit Sinking.—Sinking of the No. 3 Pit,
Fernhill Collieries, from the Six-foot seam to the Gellideg
seam; size of shaft, 17 ft. 6 in. by lift. 6 in.; for the
Fernhill Collieries Limited, Treherbert, Glamorgan.

COAL, IRON AND ENGINEERING COMPANIES.
REPORTS AND DIVIDENDS.

Crompton and Company Limited.—The report for the year
to March 31 last states that the gross profit was £57,911.
After deducting general charges, depreciation, interest on
debentures and other items, there remains, with the sum
carried forward from the previous year, an available balance
of £28,649. The directors recommend that this balance be
disposed of as follows :—To general reserve fund, £6,500; to
special depreciation account, £3,500; to be written off pre-
liminary expenses, £1,608; a dividend on the preference
shares at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum, £9,349; balance
to be carried forward, £7,691.

Davis (D.) and Sons Limited.—The directors propose the
usual dividend of 10 per cent, per annum on the ordinary
shares for the half-year ending June 30. A special.effort has
been made on this occasion to pay the dividends earlier than
usual on account of the heavy demands which are being
made upon shareholders at the present time, and also with
the desire to afford them all possible pecuniary facilities for
subscribing to the War Loan.

Frodair Iron and Steel Company Limited.—The directors
have decided, in consequence of the situation occasioned by
the war, not to pay a dividend on the preference shares for
the half-year ending June 30.

Hall and Company (Croydon) Limited.—The directors, in
their report for the year ended March 31, state that the net
profit, after providing for management expenses and deprecia-
tion on horses, amounts to £17,137 (an increase of £607 over
last year). The amount brought forward is £11,513, making
a total of £28,650. There has already been paid a dividend
on the preference shares and an interim dividend on
the ordinary shares at the rate of 5 per cent., absorbing
£4,182, leaving a balance to be dealt with of £24,468. The
directors propose to pay a dividend on the preference shares
of March 31, less income-tax at Is. 8d. in the £, £1,891; a
dividend on the ordinary shares to March 31, 1915, at the
rate of 5 per cent., and a bonus of 2J per cent., less income-
tax at Is. 8d. in the £, absorbing, less interim dividend,
£4,583; commission due to directors, calculated at 4 per
cent., £686; bonus to staff, £630; to write off freehold and
leasehold premises, £600; plant, £1,500; investments,
£3,000; and carry forward £11,578. Mr. Percival Robert
Skinner having resigned his position as a director, the board
has appointed Mr. George William Newling Ward in his
place.

Mond Nickel Company Limited.—The directors recommend
dividends of 7 per cent, on the preference shares and 20 per
cent, on the ordinary shares for the year, placing £100,000 to
the reserve, and £54,000 carried forward.

North’s Navigation Collieries (1889) Limited. — The
directors announce that, with a view of giving the share-
holders an opportunity of investing in the War Loan should
they so wish it, the Board has decided to pay the usual half-
year interim dividend somewhat earlier than in normal
times, and accordingly declared the payment of interim divi-
dends at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum on the preference
and Is. per share on the ordinary shares on account of this
year’s working.

Father Iron and Steel Company Limited.—The accounts
show a loss of £2,321, which, deducted from the balance
brought forward, leaves a credit balance of £175, which is
carried forward. Last year a dividend of 7J per cent., free
of tax, was paid.

Russian Mining Corporation Limited.—The report for 1914
states that the item of £62,900 appearing in the balance-sheet
(expenditure and advances in connection with pending busi-
ness) consists mainly of £26,854, representing subscription to
the Inter-Russian Industrial Corporation, and of an advance
with interest of £29,846 in respect of the colliery business.
The item of £34,045, loans on security, has now been reduced
by £14,512. Of the item £31,307, investments, the amount
of £26,773 is represented by debentures, preference, and ordi-
nary shares in companies paying interest or dividends. The
debit balance of £2,681 (as compared with a debit of £4,851
for 1913) has been carried to the balance-sheet. The opera-
tions of the company have been seriously affected by the war.
The prosecution of the drainage and water scheme for
Petrograd, in connection with which large sums have been
expended, has been deferred. The shareholders will remember
that this corporation has an option to purchase up to one-half
interest in the capital of the Russian Anthracite Collieries
Limited. The company has now received its formal recogni-
tion in Petrograd, and all the litigation which was pending
has been settled. An arrangement has been made with the
guarantors of the option by which this corporation, should it
elect, instead of exercising its option, to have the loan with
interest returned, receive a bonus in fully-paid shares of 33 per
cent, on the amount of the advance; and in consideration of
this the right to exercise the option and the period of the
loan have been extended until after peace has been declared.

Star Engineering Company Limited.—The report for the
period ended March 31 shows a net profit of £32,817, which,
with the balance brought forward, £1,719, gives a credit
balance on revenue account of £34,537. The directors pro-
pose to pay a further 7| per cent., making 10 per cent, per
annum on the ordinary share capital for the 15 months’
period, transferring to goodwill, etc., £13,500, reducing that
account to £35,000, and placing to reserve £5,000, increasing
that account to £15,000.

Tweefontein Colliery Company Limited.— The directors
have declared an interim dividend of 6 per cent., less income-
tax, on the ordinary shares for the current year.

NEW COMPANIES.

Benson (Wm.) and Son Limited. — Private company.
Registered June 22. To acquire and carry on the business
of colliery and quarry owner, brick and lime manufacturer,
and ironfounder now carried on at Scotswood Fourstones,