14 APRIL 1933, Page 30

UNILEVER DIVIDENDS.

Although slightly under the distribution of a year ago. the dividends announced last week by the Directors of Unilever, Ltd., were generally regarded by the market as satisfactory, and a slight rise has occurred in the price of the shares. The ramifications of the undertaking extend in so many directions, but the present industrial and financial depression is of such a world-wide character that it seems impossible that the Company can have entirely escaped its effects. Nevertheless, the present dividend declaration suggests that the year has not been an unsatis- factory one and the annual meeting will be awaited with