Financial Results of the Royal Dutch since its Agreement with the Shell.
| Year | Gross Profits (in 1,000 florins) | Prior Charges (in 1,000 florins) | Net Profits (in 1,000 florins) | Dividends (per cent.) |
| 1907 | 13,657 | 242 | 13,415 | 27-3/4 |
| 1908 | 13,592 | 66 | 13,526 | 28 |
| 1909 | 12,978 | 66 | 12,912 | 28 |
| 1910 | 14,644 | 92 | 14,552 | 28 |
| 1911 | 13,693 | 2,652 | 11,041 | 19 |
| 1912 | 26,680 | 302 | 26,378 | 41 |
| 1913 | 30,554 | 384 | 30,170 | 48 |
| 1914 | 30,937 | 571 | 30,366 | 49 |
| 1915 | 30,419 | 440 | 29,979 | 49 |
| 1916 | 32,823 | 193 | 32,630 | 38 |
| 1917 | 49,740 | 5,367 | 44,373 | 48 |
| 1918 | 96,877 | 24,487 | 72,390 | 40 |
| 1919 | 118,169 | 18,169 | 100,000 | 45 |
| 1920 | 138,736 | 9,286 | 129,450 | 40 |
| 1921 | 107,170 | 3,071 | 104,098 | 31 |
FOOTNOTES:
[10] The Netherlands were then in the position in which France now finds herself. The Royal Dutch began by sending two engineers to the United States to familiarize themselves with the details of oil production, since Holland possessed no such industry.
[11] A first instalment, representing 70 per cent. of the value of these companies, was alone paid. See chap. xvi, The Struggle for the Oil-fields of Russia.
[12] The Mexican Petroleum Company of Delaware has control of a large number of companies in the United States and in Mexico, which include the following:—
Mexican Petroleum of California,
Huasteca Petroleum,
Tamahua Petroleum,
Tuxpan Petroleum,
Mexican Petroleum Corporation.