20 AUGUST 1927, Page 30

A GOOD RECOVERY.

The latest half-yearly report of Ry lands and Sons, Limited, is a most satisfactory one. A year ago the reverse was the case owing to the industrial troubles, but the latest report shows a profit of £104,000 as compared with £86,000 for the corresponding period of the previous year and £98,000 for the first half of 1925. The amount brought in, however, was smaller than usual, and inasmuch as the dividends on the Preference and Ordinary Shares are maintained at 8 per cent. per annum, the amount to be carried forward is reduced to £23,000, while the Reserve Fund remains at £250,000, and the Insurance Contingency Fund at £350,000.

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