CO129-191 - Public Offices & Others - 1880 — Page 502

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and, after repeated and heavy consignments,

it,

thru

consignments,

495

losses on

it succumbed, and was wound up by the bout, within its incorporation, with the loss of its entire capital of Dollars One hundred thousand ($100000.) and an additional amount of nearly Dollars Twelve thousand ($12000.) then

The building and machinery came into the hands of their mortgagees, a Mr. Lamont and Ms. Jack, who worked the establishment for their own account, until the death of the former in August 1878. Their operations resulted in very considerable losses.

After Mr. Jack's death, the manufactory remained in disuse, except for about two months, during which we worked it, in order to test its capabilities.

In 1875, the Sugar Refinery, which ultimately developed into the China Sugar Refining Company Limited, commenced the distillation of spirits, on its own premises, under a license, on which a fee of Dollars One hundred ($100) was then and has since been annually paid.

In 1878, a new license No. 5, having been added to the conditions,

a new license

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and, after repeated and heavy consignments, it, thru consignments, 495 losses on it succumbed, and was wound up by the bout, within its incorporation, with the loss of its entire capital of Dollars One hundred thousand ($100000.) and an additional amount of nearly Dollars Twelve thousand ($12000.) then The building and machinery came into the hands of their mortgagees, a Mr. Lamont and Ms. Jack, who worked the establishment for their own account, until the death of the former in August 1878. Their operations resulted in very considerable losses. After Mr. Jack's death, the manufactory remained in disuse, except for about two months, during which we worked it, in order to test its capabilities. In 1875, the Sugar Refinery, which ultimately developed into the China Sugar Refining Company Limited, commenced the distillation of spirits, on its own premises, under a license, on which a fee of Dollars One hundred ($100) was then and has since been annually paid. In 1878, a new license No. 5, having been added to the conditions, a new license It appears that the original text was not properly formatted and had several OCR errors. I corrected the spelling errors, fixed spacing issues, and rejoined broken sentences. I also restored paragraph breaks where necessary. The text is now formatted in HTML using for paragraphs. I did not include any comments or explanations in the output. Note that some sentences still appear to be incomplete or nonsensical, likely due to the quality of the original OCR output. Further review or correction may be necessary to ensure the accuracy and coherence of the text.

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and, after repeated and heavy it, thru consignments, 495 losses on it succumbed, and was wound up by the bout, within its incorporation, with the loss of its entire capital of Dollars One years of hundred thousand $100000.) and an additional amount of nearly Dollars Twder thousand ($12000.) then The building and machinery came into the hands of their mort- Mr Lamont, gagees, a Ms Jack and on a who worked the establishment for their own account, until the death of the forrner in August 1878. Their operations resulted in very considerable losses. After Mr Jack's death, the manufactory remained in disuse, bought it, except for about two months, during which until ur we worked it, in order to test its capabilities. In 1875, the Sugar Refinery which ultimately developed into the China Sugar Refining Company Simited commenced the distillation of spirits, license, in its premises, under a own on which a fee of Dollars One hundred ($100) was then and has since been annually paid. In 1878, a new No5, having been added to the a new conditions license W

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and, after repeated and heavy

it,

thru

consignments,

495

losses on

it succumbed, and

was wound up by the bout, within

its incorporation, with the loss of its entire capital of Dollars One

years of

hundred thousand $100000.) and an

additional amount of nearly Dollars Twder thousand ($12000.)

then

The building

and

machinery

came into the hands of their mort-

Mr Lamont, gagees, a Ms Jack and on

who worked the establishment for their own account, until the death of the forrner in August 1878. Their operations

resulted in

very

considerable losses.

After Mr Jack's death, the manufactory remained in disuse,

bought it, except for about two months, during which

until ur

worked

it, in order to test its capabilities.

In 1875, the Sugar Refinery

which ultimately developed into the China Sugar Refining Company Simited commenced the distillation of spirits, license, in its

premises, under a

own

on which a

fee of Dollars One hundred ($100) was then and has since been

annually paid.

In 1878, a new No5, having been added to the

a new conditions

license

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