NORTHERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 124, 3 June 1885, Page 3

NORTHERN STEAMSHIP COMPANY.

■-HE adjournad annual meeting of the 'Jfethern Steaaiship Company was held at MOatoday, MrD. B. Cruickshank presjd--fS>: There was a fair attendance, ' The" -jjnitman said that since the last meeting fie report and fcalance-.heet had bcßi ,'pnated an! circulated amongst shara- - folders, and that all other information {Wired had been given. In order tofacili- > lite business, he wonld therefore move that .toerepo.tand balance-.heet be adopted. T~ Ball said fie statements of tbe earnings '.tn©boats had been clearly prepared, and {dlected credit on the mode of preparation, ,« was easy to discover from them why T,M c alone of tho Company were not >|-«_*ful. Mr J. M. Clark said that a PflJSilof the statements showed conclu.,_.Nrj.'tha_ the reason why the Com;.'P»av was not paying was that tl o -*W9 of the port to which t eir steamers *>.'was not itcr:ased so rapidly if tte Company hid been providing *?.«boats for the 'riffle. Some of the Mats were, in fact, too large for the trade jJm done in several of the places to which 'Wrani The adoption of the report win -..{pwdto. The Chairman stated that it we ta meeting £250 had bean voted as . "Mrarinm for the directors, but they

S*f. not availed themselves of it. ;-#m- did they intend to take any-1 * Mag f OT t ], e j r gerv i oeß dm ing the ye; I .-Wtloied(Applause), Mrßullsuggeated "Am is honararium should be voted, and _~.:PJW »plely to one of the direc'ors who ffgat be prepared to devote more time than ~, {ftolleagueatothf |businesaof the Company, .WWCruickshank, Frater, and Ma-far-J^Ji were re-elected directors on the ••'s*to of Mr Mit.helson, while Mr. Milno ; ,7 s re-appointed auditor. The meeting wWadjonrned. A,S__ ttat "diplomatic triumph" for I|;:*™W*frthe Opera House, : ■*» "Hot Lakes Chroniole" is the title of |sgJs*per to be started at Rotorua on