Show Bank of London and Mexico NEW YORE Jan 15A City of Mexico special says The annual meeting of the Bank of London and Mexico was held yesterday yes-terday President Brauniff congratulated the shareholders on the bank having earned a dividend of 20 per cent besides putting 400000 into the reserve fund The capital has been doubled making i 3OOO 000 The earnings for the past year on 1500000 capital were47 per cent President Presi-dent Branmff said business throughout Mexico was good and the bank shared in I the general prosperity of the country vmcu nas oeen stImulated oy me wise and powerful administration of President Diaz The shareholders have shown their confidence in the bank by themselves taking tak-ing the whole of the new capital required by the growing needs of the country lranm1 in his speech deprecated sensational sensa-tional reports concerning business and the condition of Mexico published in foreign journas there was no foundation the alarm in the reports Mexico has been and is prosperous Statements sent abroad regarding the failure of crops are very largely exaggerated i |