Show financial statement sent out to cons chief shareholders shareholders of the chief mining company have received cop les of the pamphlet containing the annual reports from the var lous tous officers the reporter has al at ready published a portion of this in formation but in our previous report there was nothing regarding the fi nances bances of the chief consolidated co the receipts and disbursements ot of the company for the past year are as follows balance on january 1st 1917 35 received from baltimore dividend 17 00 from ore sales for the year 1 from in terest on money in bank 8 80 the disbursements tor for the year were as follows dividend no 11 44 dividend no 12 88 90 dividend no 13 88 40 10 divi bend no 14 88 30 paid on ac count of mining company 1 33 on account of baltimore mining company property 2 87 on account of Ho mansville mining property 7 on account of little edgar mining property 6 25 tor for purchase of sundry mining claims 36 for machinery and equipment of mine 43 71 total mining costs 1 22 hough ton office expense 3 71 for first liberty bonds 80 tor for second liberty bonds 79 the balance in the treasury at the first of the present year was 66 to which should be added the money spent for liberty bonds making a total of 66 accompanying the report from the officers is a statement showing the dividends which the chief cons mine has paid to this date the total being 95 the company s first dividend of 10 cents per share or 87 30 was paid on february 3rd 1913 another dividend tor for the same amount was paid later in that jear ear two dividends were paid in 1914 two in 1915 tour four dividends amounting to 5 cents per share in each case were paid in 1916 a total of 35 cents per share was distribute distri but ed in 1917 and one dividend has al ready been paid in 1918 the amount being 10 cents per share |