7 JUNE 1930, Page 36

AMALGAMATED PRESS.

A strong position and a record of excellent progress were the chief points emphasized by Lord Camrose, chairman of the Amalgamated Press, at the meeting of that company_ last week, when he pointed out that the valuation of copyrights and goodwill at cost at £5,326,601 by no means represented an overvaluation of the earning capacity of the business. This was proved by the fact that while the Ordinary Share dividend was being repeated at 15 per cent., the margin' of surplus profit represented by the amount added to the sum carried forward and to reserve was equal to something like 20 per cent., free of tax, on the Ordinary capital..

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