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Page 73
... paid a dividend . A score or more companies paid a divi- dend each fortnight and a bracket of private mines paid untold profits to owners who lived in stately houses with clipped gardens and ornamental ponds . Bendigo was independent ...
... paid a dividend . A score or more companies paid a divi- dend each fortnight and a bracket of private mines paid untold profits to owners who lived in stately houses with clipped gardens and ornamental ponds . Bendigo was independent ...
Page 83
... paid out £ 232,000 in dividends and royalties . They helped float the West Ristori which struck the golden gutter and paid out £ 85,000 ; the Lone Hand paid £ 283,000 , the Loughlin £ 70,000 , the Berry Consols £ 393,000 . But the ...
... paid out £ 232,000 in dividends and royalties . They helped float the West Ristori which struck the golden gutter and paid out £ 85,000 ; the Lone Hand paid £ 283,000 , the Loughlin £ 70,000 , the Berry Consols £ 393,000 . But the ...
Page 207
... paid 87 per cent of all the dividends to 1915. Of the several thousand British and Australian companies which had spent money in the state no more than ninety had paid dividends , and some of those paid only one and some had no right to ...
... paid 87 per cent of all the dividends to 1915. Of the several thousand British and Australian companies which had spent money in the state no more than ninety had paid dividends , and some of those paid only one and some had no right to ...
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