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Volume Two - The Era of Optimism, Investment & Development - Developments at the turn of the 20th century . . .

Edward Oliver Jones, Castlefield, Cardiff ; Philip Augustus, Vyvyan-Robinson, Llandaff, near Cardiff ; Joseph Weston-Stevens, Clifton, Bristol ; and Hamilton Killigrew Watt, Clifton, Bristol. The general manager is Mr. Ammon Beasley, and the secretary Mr. Edward Edwards. The capital powers of the Taff Vale Company are as follows:-

Ordinary and Preference Stocks
Loans ....................................
______________________________

£8,330,777
£1,881,229
____________
Total ......................................
£10,212,006

Besides this there is £1,052,245 expended in the separate undertaking of the Penarth Harbour, Dock, and Railway, making the total controlled by the Taff Vale £11,264,251, of which £790,537 has not yet been expended.

Dividends - The dividends of the Taff Vale Company in the past ten years, after providing for interest on debentures and preference stocks have been as follows:-

1898 ..............
1 1⁄5
%
per annum.
___ Colliers' strike year.
1899 ..............
3 3⁄8
%
"
   
1900 ..............
2 7⁄8
%
"
   
1901 ..............
3 1⁄4
%
"
   
1902 ..............
3 3⁄8
%
"
   
1903 ..............
3 5⁄8
%
"
   
1904 ..............
3 7⁄8
%
"
   
1905 ..............
3 7⁄8
%
"
   
1906 ..............
4
%
"
   
1907 ..............
4 1⁄8
%
"
   
1908 ..............
4
%
"
  (first half)

 

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