ROYAL DUTCH DOING BIG BUSINESS Royal Hoyal Dutch Shell companies the Shell company of or California and tho the Shell Transport and Trading company comp subsidiaries subsidiaries subsidiaries diaries of or Royal Roal Dutch Petroleum company company com corn pany are arc doing nJ tho largest volume o of business In this history and It Is s said ald to be continually Improving despite the lack of shipping facilities and the vanous van vari various ulous ous stoppages in production caused by br war developments Royal Roal Dutch American shareholders will receive on May 31 payment of or the second interim dividend equal to 2 40 a aL L share making masking about bout a share sh distributed distributed dis dis- since January J 1918 The TIme final which will be payable parable here sometime In July is expected to exceed the tho present distribution Yield to the In- In vc tor at the tho present price Is Js equal to nore than 9 per ver cent f. f Royal Dutch shares are arc quo quoted tell In Amsterdam at gliders gilders which Is equal to an American share haro at the time present present pres pres- ent tnt rate of or exchange The British government gov gor- ov- ov has Royal nOal Dutch shares In tho London market at the rate of or guilders which is equivalent to ap approximately approximately ap- ap proximately 90 O 0 an nn American share at the present rate o of sterling exchange