Reports from the Consuls of the United States (varies Slightly), 68. köide,256–259. numberU.S. Government Printing Office, 1902 |
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Page 359 - The minimum subscription on which the directors may proceed to allotment, and the amount payable on application and allotment on each share; and in the case of a second or subsequent offer of shares, the amount offered for subscription on each previous allotment made within the two preceding years, and the amount actually allotted, and the amount, if any, paid on the shares so allotted; and...
Page 293 - Congress assembled, that the value of foreign coin as expressed in the money of account of the United States shall be that of the pure metal of such coin of standard value ; and the values of the standard coins in circulation of the various nations of the .world shall be estimated annually by the Director of the Mint, and be proclaimed on the first day of January by the Secretary of the Treasury.
Page 360 - The requirements as to the memorandum of association ; and the qualification, remuneration and interest of directors ; the names, descriptions and addresses of directors or proposed directors; and the amount or estimated amount of preliminary expenses ; shall not apply in the case of a prospectus...
Page 360 - ... full particulars of the nature and extent of the interest, if any, of every director in the promotion of, or in the property proposed to be acquired by the company, or where the interest of such a director consists in being...
Page 360 - For the purposes of this section every person shall be deemed to be a vendor who has entered into any contract, absolute or conditional, for the sale or purchase, or for any option of purchase, of any property...
Page x - To meet typographical requirements, the quotations for the years 1876, 1877, 1879, 1881, 1882, and 1891-95 are omitted, these years being selected as showing the least fluctuations when compared with years immediately preceding and following. To save unnecessary repetition, the estimates of valuations are divided into three classes, viz: (A) countries with fixed currencies, (B) countries with fluctuating currencies, and (C) quarterly valuations of fluctuating currencies. A. — Countries wit k fixed...
Page 359 - ... or management or deferred, shares, if any, and the nature and extent of the interest of the holders in the property and profits of the company...
Page xviii - Millimeter (1/1000 meter) equals 0.0394 inch; centimeter (1/100 meter) equals 0.3937 inch; decimeter (1/10 meter) equals 3.937 inches; meter equals 39.37 inches; decameter (10 meters) equals 393.7 inches; hectometer (100 meters) equals 328 feet 1 inch; kilometer (1,000 meters) equals 0.62137 mile (3,280 feet 10 inches) ; myriameter (10,000 meters) equals 6.2137 miles.
Page 23 - Power shall be represented by a delegate on a commission of bankers authorized to receive the amount of interest and amortization which shall be paid to it by the Chinese authorities designated for that purpose, to divide it among the interested parties, and to give a receipt for the same. (c) The Chinese Government shall deliver to the Doyen of the Diplomatic Corps at Peking a bond for the lump sum, which shall subsequently be converted into fractional bonds bearing the signatures of the delegates...
Page 22 - Powers an indemnity of four hundred and fifty millions of Haikwan Taels. This sum represents the total amount of the indemnities for States, companies or societies, private individuals, and Chinese referred to in Article VI.