VERA DEPARTMENT.Loading Timber at Wayside Station.Watering-Place at Barrancosa.
Wood on the Company's Own Line ready for Loading.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF THE COMPANY FROM 1898 TO THE PRESENT TIME.
| Year ending. | Share Capital. | Debentures 6 per cent. | Profit. | Loss. | Placed to Reserve. | Balance Forward. | Dividend (percent.) |
| | Authorised. | Issued and fully paid. | |
| | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | |
| 30th June, | 1898 | 612,500 | 612,500 | ... | 420 | ... | ... | Cr. 420 | ... |
| " | 1899 | 612,500 | 612,500 | ... | ... | 1,650 | ... | Dr. 1,230 | ... |
| " | 1900 | 612,500 | 612,500 | ... | 11,757 | ... | ... | Cr. 2,870 | 1¼ |
| " | 1901 | 612,500 | 612,500 | ... | 9,854 | ... | 2,000 | " 3,068 | 1¼ |
| " | 1902 | 612,500 | 612,500 | ... | 20,746 | ... | 10,000 | " 6,158 | 1¼ |
| " | 1903 | 612,500 | 612,500 | ... | 23,988 | ... | 10,000 | " 7,896 | 2 |
| " | 1904 | 612,500 | 612,500 | 50,000 | 28,332 | ... | 6,000 | " 8,790 | 3½ |
| " | 1905 | 612,500 | 612,500 | 50,000 | 36,483 | ... | 6,000 | " 8,648 | 5 |
| " | 1906 | 812,500 | 612,500 | 50,000 | 48,183 | ... | 6,000 | " 11,018 | 6½ |
| " | 1907 | 812,500 | 766,500 | 50,000 | 82,700 | ... | 12,000 | " 20,398 | 8 |
| " | 1908 | 1,000,000 | 812,500 | 50,000 | 91,463 | ... | 86,628[[E]] | " 20,611 | 10 |
| " | 1909 | 1,000,000 | 812,500 | 50,000 | 115,375 | ... | 20,000 | " 22,549 | 10 andBonus of 1½ |
