SHARE PURCHASE.
TWO BIG SHIPPING COMPANIES.
By Tclecrapb—t'resa Aesociatloa-Comlihl
London, Juno 6. It is understood the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company is purchasing the whole of tho Pacific Steam Navigation Company's sharo capital at par. ' [The Pacific Steam Navigation Company, so long identified with the South American trade, .was in 1840 incorporated by ixoyal Charter, receiving a small subsidy. Ihe company owns 14 ' steamers, aggregating 182,938 tons. The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, trading to the Americas and the Last, was incorporated in 1839 by Ro.val Charter, with a subsidy of ,£240,0(10. The fleet consists of 50 ,v i th an "BBtegato tonnage of Jl],odl tons.]
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 837, 8 June 1910, Page 5
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106SHARE PURCHASE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 837, 8 June 1910, Page 5
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