Commission Instituee Par Decision Royale de 26 Mai 1840 Pour L'Examen Des Questions Relatives A L'Esclavage Et a la Constitution Politique Des Colonies, Rapport (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... composed of ten one-thousand-dollar 2 per cent United States bonds. In this fiscal year another purchase of fifteen bonds of the same character was made. The aggregate sum paid for the forty-five bonds was $48,525. Shortly after the last bonds were acquired, our typefounder members became involved in a strike. The large number of men on the roll soon made it necessary to convert some of our bonds into cash, and before the strike was finished fifteen bonds had been sold for $15,918.75. Thus the investment was reduced to $32,606.25. On these bonds the sum of $1,300 has been received, $800 being credited as interest, and $500 against the investment, reducing it to the present figures--$32.106.25. The bonds will be at par when they mature, hence it is necessary to charge a portion of the interest received against the investment, in order to reduce the investment to the exact face of the bonds by the date of maturity. The receipts of the Typographical Journal fund for the fiscal year were $31,316.78, and the expenditures $28,511.75. The members of the union were again urged by the editor to patronize the Journal and to help to increase its efficiency. In reference to the cost of publication of the annual scale report, Secretary-Treasurer Bramwood said: Among the expenditures of this year will be noted an item of $1,255.59 for the printing and distributing of the scale report issued as a supplement to the Journal of February, 1904. It has been my privilege on four occasions, assisted by local secretaries, to gather data relative to the wages received and hours worked by members of our organization, together with statistics regarding the machines in use, the number of operators, etc., under the jurisdiction of the International Typographical Union. The...