Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1891 — Bank of England Profit. [ARTICLE]

Bank of England Profit.

The half-yearly meeting of the directors of the Bank of England was presided over by Mr. Wm.Lidderdale,the Governor of the bank. A statement was submitted showing that the net profits for the half-year ended Aug. 31 were £763,238, making the amount in rest £3,776,800. A dividend of 5 guineas per cent was declared, leaving in rest £3,012,770. A fruit merchant in New York sold this season to one restaurant 18,000 pine-apples for making pine apple syrup for soda-water.