Indian canal ventures report progress amid cholera and demand
Directors recount financials and plans for Indian canal works. They note reserve funds, loans, and dispersal of surplus, with navigation to Calcutta Midnapore expected by 1865 66. Madras Irrigation and Canal Company reports optimism despite labour costs and rising food prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
East Indian and Canal Company
India
Midnapore
Cossye
Madras Irrigation and Canal Company
Anicut
Hindry
Terrible fire in Glasgow destroys warehouses on Gordon Street
A major blaze in Glasgow West Gordon street leveled a four story block housing calico and muslin manufacturers Inglis and Wakefield Carslow and Henderson Wallace and Murray and James M Lean Co. Fire spread through wooden floors. roof collapse and gable failure followed. Total damage up to £100,000 with many insured. Nearby firms Young and Black also affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
West Gordon-street
Gordon-street
Renfield Lane
Inglis and Wakefield
Calico
Carslow and Henderson
Muslin
Wallace and Murray
James M’lean and Co
Gordon Street
J. H. Young and Co
John Black and Co
Messrs
Young’s
Black’s
House of Commons
London
Horano
Avalon
Great Eastern Railway Company
Harwich
Rotterdam
Great Eastern
National Bank 1863 profits and capital expansion reported
The twenty ninth annual meeting at Old Broad Street details 1863 results with £105,445 13s 0d profits and a 23 percent return on original capital, plus a capital rise plan to £2 million and 20 000 new shares. It notes branches in Bayswater Charing Cross and Camden Town and contemplates moving annual meetings to February and issuing half yearly reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
National Bank
Broad-street
Jos
M.kenna
M. J. Power
Great Britain
Ireland
Bank of England
London
Dublin
J. N. McKenna
Rowanp Ronano
J. B. Smith
Joan O'Meara
T. W. Kove
Bayswater
Charing-cross
Camden-town
Robert Sutton
Sutton
Albert Ricardo
Henshaw
Kough
McKenna
Smith
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Banking Chronicle
the National Bank
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