1908 Stock Exchange Year-Book: Miscellaneous Companies: V

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• V. Benoist, Limited.—Directors: V. Benoist (Governing Director), V. David, and A. Vaugon (Joint Managers). Secretary {pro tem.}: L. J. Yeoman. Office: 36,Piccadilly,W.—The company was registered July 10, 1900, to acquire the business of refreshment contractor, &c., of Mr. V. Benoist.

• V. V. (Vis Vitae) Bread Co, Limited.—Directors: F. Beddow (Chairman), H. Hudson (Managing Director), and R. G. Perry. Secretary: G. R. Wood. Office: 16, Brewery Road, Caledonian Road, N.—The company was registered May 4, 1897, to take over the business of the V. V. Bread Co, Limited, registered March 22, 1892.

• Val de Travers Asphalte Paving Co, Limited.—Directors: H. C. Scott (Chairman), J. L. Henderson, C. H. McEuen, J. A. Scott, and J. Varley. Secretary: T. D. Cooper. Offices: Hamilton House, Bishopsgate Street Without, E.C.—This company was registered February 15, 1871, to take over the business of the Val de Travers Asphalte Co, Limited.

• Valentine and Sons, 1907, Limited.—Directors: W. D. Valentine (Chairman), D. A. P. Anderson, J. Forrester, W. Kidd, A. Valentine, and H. J. Valentine. Secretary: W. Cuthill. Office: 154, Perth Road, Dundee.—The company was registered April 4, 1907, to acquire the business of colour printers, publishers, &c., of a company of almost similar title.

• Valparaiso (Chile) Drainage Co, Limited,—Directors: J. C. Tarver (Chairman), C. J. M. Child, and J. G. Le Marchant. Secretary: T. F. Stevens. Office: 57i, Old Broad Street, E.C.—The company was registered October 26, 1905, to acquire from the Valparaiso Drainage Co, Limited, registered May 31, 1880, the entire drainage system operated by that company at Valparaiso, and also a new concession granted by the municipality of that city. The concession is dated July 6, 1905, and grants the company the exclusive right of laying sewers and drains in the city of Valparaiso and its immediate vicinity for a term of thirty years, payments having to be made to the municipality of $20,000 per annum for the first ten years, $30,000 for the next ten years, and $40,000 for the last ten years. At the expiration of the period of the concession the municipality has power to purchase the undertaking at a valuation, while if its power be not exercised the concession is to continue for further periods of ten years until the municipality decides to purchase. Subsequently the company obtained a concession for the drainage of the town of Vina del Mar, the works for which are now in course of construction. Such concession is dated April 19, 1906, and grants the company the exclusive right of laying sewers and drains in the towns of Vina del Mar and Poblacion Vergara, for a term of 30 years. The municipality guarantees to the concessionaire for the above-mentioned period a net annual profit of 7 per cent, upon the cost of the works constructed

• Van den Berghs, Limited.—Directors: Lord Ebury (Chairman), Sir H. B. Praed, Bart., J. Van den Bergh, H. Van den Bergh, A. Van den Bergh, and S. Van den Bergh, the last four being Managing Directors, the last two resident in Holland. Secretary: J. Martin. Office: 82, Fenchurch Street, E.C.—The company was registered March 9, 1895, to acquire the business of Messrs. Van den Bergh Brothers, of London, and Simon Van den Bergh, of Rotterdam, Cleves, and Brussels, for the manufacture and sale of margarine or butter substitutes. The name was formerly Van den Bergh's Margarine, Limited, but in 1897, in connection with an extension of the business, it was changed as above.

• Variety Theatres Consolidated, Limited.—Directors: H. Tozer (Chairman), J. Davis (Joint Managing Director), H. Gros (Joint Managing Director), and W. Payne. Secretary: I. Ibbetson. Office: 1, Durham House Street, Strand, W.C.—The company was registered August 12, 1904, to acquire the undertakings of the New South London, Limited, Euston, Limited, Chelsea Palace Syndicate, Limited, and Walthamstow Palace, Limited.

• Velvril-Bonnaud, Limited.—Directors: H. A. Earle (Chairman), T. J. Flynn (General Manager and Secretary), J. Logan, and Lt.-Col. E. F. Sulivan. Office: Norfolk Road, Ponder’s End, N.—The company was registered October 13, 1906, to acquire the businesses of the Velvril Co, Limited, and the Bonnaud Waterproof Textiles and Papers, Limited, and manufactures imitation leathers, canvas coverings, rubber, waterproof goods, paper, &c.

• Venesta, Limited.—Directors: A. G. Miller (Chairman), E. H. Archer, C. Luther (Russia), W. F. Raban, and H. K. Rutherford. Secretary: A. S. Penny. Office: 20, Eastcheap, E.C.—The company was registered January 15, 1898, to acquire the business of the Venesta Syndicate, Limited, registered June 8, 1896, manufacturers of all kinds of boxes, packing cases, &c.

• Venezuelan Match Monopoly, Limited.—Directors: O. H. Fuerth, H. Maubourgalt, A. Pam, Hon, A. Stanley, M.P., and F. M. Voules. Secretary: T. M. C. Steuart. Office: 84, Bishopsgate Street Within, E.C. The company was registered October 24, 1905, and has acquired the bulk of the share capital (5,500,000 bolivars) of the Compania Auonima Febrica Nacional do Fosforos, which has a monopoly for the manufacture and sale of matches of all kinds in Venezuela for a period of 25 years from August 20, 1904.

• Venezuelan Salt Monopoly, Limited.— Dircectors: O. H. Fuerth, A. Pam, Hon. A. Stanley, M.P., Genl. Velutini, and F. M. Voules. Secretary: T. M. C. Steuart. Office : 84, Bishopsgate Street Within, E.C.—The company was registered April 4, 1906, and holds all the shares in a Venezuelan company, which has acquired a concession for ten years from April 23, 1906, over all the salt mines and saline deposits in Venezuela, while the company has the right to call for an extension of the concession “on preferential terms.”

• Venners Cigarette Machine Co, Limited.—Directors: J. L. A. Cock, G. Evans, Visc. Hardinge, F. G. Kerly, and T. A. Meates (Secretary). Office : 3. Pinner’s Court, E.C.— The company was registered March 26,1902, in reconstruction of a company of the same name, registered July 28, 1898, to acquire certain patent rights.

• Vereeniglng Estates, Limited.—London Committee: J. Ay ling and C. F. Rowsell. London Secretary: A. D. Owen. London Office: Threadneedle House, Bishopsgate Street Within, E.C. Head Office : Johannesburg, South Africa.—The company was formed in May, 1897, under the laws of the Transvaal, and owns an estate of about 129,000 acres in extent, situated on the Vaal river, partly in the Orange River Colony and partly in the Transvaal. Coal mines have been opened up, and firebrick making, farming, ranching, and planting operations have been carried on ; boring for gold has been carried on, but without success.

• Veritys, Limited.—Directors: G. Verity (Chairman), M. B. Cotterell, and J. F. Lister. Secretary: A. Barraud. Office: 31, King Street, Covent Garden, W.C.—The company was registered October 21, 1896, to take over the business of electrical manufacturers, engineers, and contractors of Messrs. Verity, of London, Birmingham, and Manchester.

• Victoria Falls Power Co, Limited.— Directors: Marq. of Winchester (President), H. W. Fox (Vice-President), H. Birchenough, C.M.G., I. Lewis, Sir C. Metcalfe, Bart., Sir L. Michell, G. E. Rothenau (Berlin), H. Schuster (Berlin), Hon. J. R. D. Tollemache, and W. A. Wills. Seerclary: A. W. Bird. Office: 2, London Wall Buildings, E.C.—The company was registered October 17, 1906, with a view of supplying the industries of the Rand and Rhodesia with electrical power generated from the Victoria Falls on the Zambesi River in the territory of the British South Africa Company, and at auxiliary steam power stations in the vicinity of Johannesburg. The company acquired the right to develop 250,000 B. H. P. at the Victoria Falls, and the exclusive right to deliver power from the Falls to the Transvaal Colony, these rights having been granted for a period of seventy-five years under a lease granted by the British South Africa Company. The company also took over the undertaking of the Rand Central Electric Works, Limited, and another company.

• Victoria Jute Co, Limited.—Directors: A. Gilroy (Chairman), A. Nicoll, J. Smith and D. W. Wybrants. Secretary: J. W. Shepherd. Office: 49, Meadowside, Dundee.—The company was registered January 19, 1883, and owns jute mills in Calcutta.

• Victoria Motor and Cycle Co, Limited.—Directors: R. Mickel (Chairman), A. Kennedy, J. S. M‘Culloch, A. Meehan, and R. Kelso. Secretary: M. Mitchell. Office : 163, West George Street, Glasgow.—The company was registered April 26, 1899, as the Victoria Cycle Co, Limited, in reconstruction of the New Victoria Cycle Manufacturing Company of Scotland, Limited, registered June 4, 1896, and in 1906 the name was changed as above.

• Victoria Rubber Co, Limited.—Directors; P. M. Matthew (Chairman and Managing Director), F. W. Carter, and J. W. Moir. Secrtary: J. W. Hunter, Office; Leith Walk, Leith.—-The company was registered October 4, 1894.

• Vienna Ice Co, Limited.—Directors: L. Bishop (Chairman), Capt. A. C. Chamier, Capt. the Hon. J. T. Fitzmaurice, and Capt. S. B. Noble. Secretary: E. Hayes. Office : 28, Basinghall Street, E.C.—The company was registered August 17, 1882.

• Vinolia Co, Limited.—Office: Malden Crescent, N.W. the capital is now held by Lever Brothers, Limited.

• Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co.—Office: Jersey City, U.S. London Agents: Haes and Sons, 17, Bishopsgate Street Within, E.C.—

• Virol, Limited.—Directors: B. S. Straus, M.P. (Chairman), A. E. Canney (Managing Director), W. E. L. Johnston, and A. Searl. Secretary: F. J. B. Farrell. Office: 152-166, Old Street, City Road, E.C.—The company was registered January 20, 1900, to take oyer the business of manufacturing and selling the food known as Virol.

• Voelker Lighting Corporation, Limited.—Directors: T. D. Asten (Chairman), T. O. Crawford, E. Fewings, and C. E. Masterman. Office: Garratt Lane, Wandsworth, S.W.— The company was registered July 24, 1905, in reconstruction of the Voelker Incandescent Mantle, Limited, registered December 16, 1898.

• Vogt Engines, Limited.—Directors: A. Vickers (Chairman), F. Allen, R. Cassels, W. Feld (Germany), Dr. H. Gerlich, A. Langen (Germany), Lt. A. T. Dawson, M. von Recklinghausen, Dr. P. Rottenburg, and A. Vogt (Managing). Secretary : A. Dangerfield. Office: 50, Cannon Street, E.C.—The company was registered May 2, 1904, to acquire the undertaking of Vogt Motors, Limited, registered February 22, 1902.

• Volenite, Limited.—Directors: Sir T. D. Pile, Bart, (Chairman), J. E. S. Condon, and T. Falls. Secretary: W. C. Milton. Office: Dunster House, Mark Lane, E.C.—The company was registered May 13, 1898, to acquire the rights for the whole world for a material to be used for insulating purposes, &c.

• Vornberger and Co, Limited.—Directors: C. Vornberger (Chairman), John McBride, and C. Vornberger, Jun. Secretary: H. F. Hebert. Office: 5, Cowcross Street, E.C.—The company was registered January 1, 1891, under the title of Vornberger, Hirsch and Co, Limited, to acquire several businesses of manufacturers of sausage casings, gut strings, &c., and in 1897 the name was changed as above.

• Vulcan Foundry, Limited.—Directors: B. I. Greenwood (Chairman), W. F. Gooch (Deputy-Chairman), H. C. Arbuthnott, G. Lopes, and C. W. Parish., Secretary: H. M. Greenwood. Office: Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire. Secretary's Office: 13, South Place, E.C.—The company was registered August 24, 1864.

• Vulcanite, Limited.—Directors: Sir R. Anderson, Kt. (Chairman), G. M. Beer, and Col. R. G. S. Crawford. Secretary: G. H. Andrew. Office: 7, Donegal Square West, Belfast.—The company was registered July 19, 1901, and carries on the business of asphalte and vulcanite roofing manufacturers.

• Vyse, Sons and Co, Limited.—Directors: J. Fairer, A. Thirkell (Secretary), C.Thirkell, and S. Thirkell. Office: 5, Silver Street, E. C.—The company was registered January 20,1900, to take over the business of straw and felt hat manufacturers of the firm of the same name.

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