28 FEBRUARY 1931, page 39

Profits From Salt.

The profit-earning power displayed by Cerebos Limited is very striking. Once again the Directors are able for the past year to declare a dividend of 30 per cent., free of tax,......

Double Income Tax.

Not the least interesting point in the speech of Lord Luke, delivered at the recent annual meeting of Bovril, was the reference he made to the question of double Income Tax.......

Pearl Assurance.

The Report of the Pearl Assurance Company for last year shows further progress. The Funds of the Company exhibited an increase for the year of no less than £4,854,160, and now......

Drage's.

Making allowance for the general depression, the Report of Drage's Limited—which is now controlled by the Drapery 'Trust—is a good one, the profits being a little over £158,000,......

Financial Notes

A GENERAL RECOVERY. THERE has been a change in market sentiment durtag the past week. At all events, up to the moment of writing it has been a case of a general rally in British......

The Gas Industry.

At the meeting held this week of the Wandsworth, Wim- bledon and Epsom District Gas Company, the Chairman, after referring to the agreement for amalgamation with the Sutton Gas......

Answers To Questions On Meals In Fiction

I. Mrs. Tulliver. The Mill on the Floss, chap. vii (George Eliot)' —2. Mrs. Squeers. Nicholas Nicklelly, chap. vii (Chas. Dickene)' 3. Margaret-Hale. North and South, chap. xx......

Harrods.

It was to be expected that the big Stores would feel the effects of the trade depression and temporary contraction in purchasing power, and in view of those conditions the......