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APPENDIX A.
i.—Cases in which Profit-sharing now Exists (according
TO THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE AT 1ST AUGUST, 1912).
The letters in column 4 signify as follows:—C.—paid in Cash;
P.—paid to a Provident Fund or in pensions, or retained by firm to
encourage thrift; C.P.=paid partly as C. and partly as P. ; S.=
invested in shares in the undertaking ; C.S.=paid partly as C. and
partly as S.; S.C.=paid as S. for a prescribed period or until
employee has a prescribed holding, then partly as S. and partly as C.,
S.P.=paid partly as S. and partly as P.
No.
Date
of
adop
tion
of
Profit-
sharing
Name and Address of Firm.
(Certain firms who wished
to remain anonymous
are indicated by letters,
chosen at random.)
Nature of Business and
how Bonus is paid.
(See note at head of Table.)
Number
of Em
ployees
in 1911.
Num
ber of
em
ployees
entitled
to par
ticipate
on Dec.
31,1911.
1
1865
“J.J.”
Manufacture, C.
163
163
2
1866
Fox, Bros. & Co., Ltd.,
Wellington, Somerset
The Colne Fishery Board,
Colchester.
Woollen manufacturers,
C.
1561
239
3
1870
Oyster producers and
sellers, C.
8-190
423«
4
1872
“ R. P.”
Bookbinding and sta
tionery works, C.
250
40
6
1873
Agricultural and Horti
cultural Association,
Ltd., 92, Long Acre,
W.C.
Supply and manufacture
of artificial manure,
oil cakes, seeds, &c.,
C.P.
195-325
195
3
1876
Women’s Printing So
ciety, 31, Brick Street,
Piccadilly, W.
Printing, C
53
51
7
1876
Tollesbury & Mersea
(Blackwater) Oyster
Fishery Co., Ltd.,
Tollesbury, Witham.
Oyster merchants and
planters, O.f
14-83
466°
8
18781
Sir W. G. Armstrong,
Whitworth & Co., Ltd.,
Elswick Works, New-
castle-on-Tyne.
Shipbuilding, engineer
ing and ordnance
manufacture, C.
15,812-
15,953
2,238
9
1878
Cassell & Co., Ltd., La
Belle Sauvage, Lud-
gate Hill, E.C.
“T. L.”...
Printing, publishing, and
bookbinding. P.
1,150-
1,200
1,175
10
1881
Manufacture, C.
230
173
11
1882
Brooke, Bond, & Co.,
Ltd., Goulston Street,
Aldgate East, E.
Tea blending and pack
ing. C.P.§
570-636
459
12
1883
Fidler & Sons, Royal
Berkshire Seed Stores,
Reading.
Seedsmen, potato
growers, farmers, and
fruit salesmen. C.
40-60
36
13
1884
“ E E.” ...
Manufacture. C.
53
26
14
1884
Blundell, Spence, & Co.,
Ltd, Hull.
Colour, paint and varnish
manufacture, oil boil
ing and refining. C.
803-840
600
15
1886]|
Hazell, Watson, & Yiney,
Ltd., London and
Aylesbury.
Printers and book
binders. C.
1,400
207
* Employed in rotation.
t There is a Provident Fund for Widows and Orphans of employees to which the General
Meeting of the shareholders allots such sums as it thinks fit (about 2 per cent, of divisiblo
Profits.)
1 Adopted about 1878 in the Manchester business of Sir Joseph Whitworth & Co., Ltd.
a nd continued after some modification by Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., Ltd. ’
>§ C. until June, 1903. || See p. 64.