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Mr. J. XV. COD& IN(L P&««ident . ..
Mr. WM. COULSON, Trccscri.'r . 21
Mc. DUNC (N McINNES, Sc&.rc&,.iry
«Mr. W. B. HO)VARD
COMMITTEE OP MANAGEMENT.
Mr. GEO. SHARPE
«Mr. I&I. SMAI LER
Mr. (V. HE(VSON
Mr. I&OBERT FISHER
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Mr. FRANK SWABY
«Mr. HE NRY T)UCK W ORTH
«Mr. WIf LIAM TURNER
Aui&i uas «Mr. JAS. ()RANGE«Mr, )V. P. ARMSTRONG, Mr. W. P. ROBERTS. Csex&En —Mr. FRED STEPHENSON.
' Bctiiin ~ Mc&n1&crs, each «li &t&)c for nuc&initiun. 23 Coc&inittc Meetings have been held during the Quarter.
DEPARTMENTAI& COMMITTEE
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COMMITTEE'S REPORT.
»Ve beg to sub&nit to you (lie &5&&th Quarterly Report and Batance Sheet. Tlie total ainount received for goods sold during the quarter
is ASLui8 &6s. 5-.",d. , heing an increase of r &33 i6«. 7&d. over List quarter, anil &. L if zs. 54d. over the corresponding quarter of last year.
The nct profit on the quarter's business, includmg z i53 Js. Ized. 1&rou ht for&vard froin last quarter, isf, 6,ooo Ss. ;$d., which sum will allow
Z&,673 rys. Sd, as interest, Z 3c75o as ilividcml, bein is. i L in tl&e & on Members' Purchases, and f z7 r8 . Sd., being 8d. in the g on
Purchases of &Non-Members; 6z73 5i. 9d. being z4 per cenb per annum for depreciation of Branch and Cottage Property; /zoo 5s. od
being ro per cent. depreciation of Icixeil Stock; 6 5& bein ~
z per cent. depreciation of Alilling Plant; 6 6g ys. 3d. for Educational Purposes;
g&5 for the VVorlnnen's Insurance Fund, and z zl. ris. 8';d. carried forward to next &?uarter. z8y persons have joined the Society within the
Quarter, r iq have ivithdraivn, nnd q forfeited, making the present number 9,69'..
Members in the south &f the City, needing I'aperhangings, Furniture, Drapery, Crockery, or Boots, are asked to trade at the Sub-
Central Stores, where large vieil-assorted Stocks of each class of these Goods are now held. In the new streets leading from Monks Road
southward, we have a steadily-growing membership, whose purchases in the above-named Lines are being made at the Central Stores, in which
space is becoming inadequate for the increasing business. In the interests of the Society, therefore, it is essential that Members in High Street
and the vicinity should utilize the Sub-Central, where there is ample room for more trade. The premises are now lighted by electricity, a
Boot and Shoe Repairing Workshop is being provided, and there is a daily van delivery of goods. The sales last Quarter exceed those of the
corresponding Quarter of r89g by kg(.
The large Branch Store in Winn Street, built and fitted up by the Society's own workmen, was opened for business on Friday,
October 5th. Dr.ring the previous evening a Public Meeting was held in the Warehouse, when the President formally opened the premises
and introduced the Manager, Mr. VVilkinson, late of the Dewsbury Society, to those present. Members living in the neighbourhood are
requested to confine their Trade to the n w Store, and to assist in enrolling new members, so that the amount of Business done may speedily
render the investment of Capital in the New Building remunerative.
Fora consid rable time we have been desirous of having a Branch'Store of our own at Reepham, where the Trade has increased
until the existing rented premises have become much too smalL An opportunity having recently been presented we have purchased, by
auction, for »"375 and 675 respectively, two suitable properties. On that ccsting f75 we purpose building a Shop and Bakehouse.
The other property comprises a dwelling-house, stabling and a grass paddock of ra«acres. The trade at
Reepham last Quarter reached gq39, an amount which we expect to see greatly increa ed in due course, after adequate room is
provided and larger and more varied Stocks are held;
The Amalgamation of I
this Society and the Hackthorn Society is now effected
fore making any extensions in this district we intend holding Propaganda Meetings in
ready a few Members of the Society.
and has been duly registered according to law. Beneighbouring
villages, in some of which there are al-
The re-building and enlargement of Burton Road Branch is begun, and will be pushed forward with dispatch. While the work Is
in progress some inconvenience must necessarily be experienced by Members trading in the temporary premises; but we hope all will do
their utmost to enable Mr. Aucklauil and his Assistants to tide over the difficulties caused by lessened room, until the Stores ar&s
opened,
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