1 DECEMBER 1939, Page 37

APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS—DIVIDEND

I now beg to propose that the report, containing a statement of the accounts and balance sheet, be approved, and that out of the profits of the year a dividend at the rate of 17 per cent. per annum for the half-year, under deduction of tax, be declared in conformity therewith.

The report was approved, and the governor, deputy-governor, extraordinary directors, and the retiring ordinary director were re-elected, and auditors were reappointed for the ensuing year.