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(/OGHT " Frame, 33 ins. in length, £ in. spruce ; main plane, 28 ins. by 5 ins. chord, covered with varnished silk ; elevator, 9$ ins. by 3 ins. chord; front floats, 6J ins. by 2$ ins. by 1 in. deep, situated three inches in front of centre of gravity, varnished silk stretched over white wood frame ; back float, 8 ins. by 3 ins. by 1 in.; distance between front floats, 6 ins.; propellers 9J ins. in diameter ; power, 12 strands r% in- flat rubber. " The model when wound up to 500 turns leaves the water in 12 ft. and the average duration is 15-20 sees., but I think it will be improved considerably when larger front floats are fitted as the model seems under-floated. The floats are attached to the frame (usual A type) by means of 18 gauge steel wire. The propellers are bent wood (birch), and varnished with three coats of copal varnish. A slight accident to front floats necessitated a rest in the hospital, and it is now under going one or two alterations. Thanking you for the assistance I have received from your excellent paper." E • E E Bombing Raids in Belgium. THREE British machines did extensive damage by bomb ing railway junctions near Brussels, on December 6th, accord ing to the Maastricht ~NnuveU.es. German anti-aircraft batteries attacked them without result. The Daily Telegraph correspondent, writing on December nth, says: "Yesterday and to-day the Allies' airmen were very active in Belgium. This morning a raid on Zeebrugge was carried out, about a dozen aeroplanes, so far as could be noted, taking part. On Sunday scores of the Allies' machines were flying about behind the German lines. An enormous number of bombs was dropped on various points of military importance. The German communications were greatly harassed, and so persistent and daring were the airmen that in some districts the railway troop traffic was stopped. Certain of the flyers were over Brussels, and others are said to have reached as far as Louvain." H B EI 13 FROM THE BRITISH FLYING GROUNDS. Grahame-White School, Hendon. STRAIGHTS with Instructor, last week: Mr. Scudamore. Circuits with Instructor : Messrs. Coltman, Fielding, Night ingale, Pearman, Lord and Shaw. Circuits alone : Mr. Flynn. Brevets during week : Messrs. Balden, Green, Robertson, Styles and Sutherland. Instructors: Messrs. Pashley, Biard, Fitzsimons and Meering. Bournemouth School. STRAIGHTS alone, last week : Messrs. Ross, Fisher and Green. Half-Circuits alone : Messrs. Peat and Vermorel. Circuits and eights : Messrs. Allen and Little. Instructors : Messrs. F-. Brynildsen and H. Smith. Certificates taken during the week by Messrs. Hall, Allen and Little. COMPANY MATTERS. Frederick Sage and Co., Ltd. THE report of Frederick Sage and Co., Ltd., states that, it having been found impossible to complete the accounts owing to the liability for special taxation not having been agreed, the meeting called for 19th inst. will be of a purely formal character, and will be adjourned until a date at which the balance-sheet and profit and loss account can be presented. The directors have resolved to pay on the iqth inst. a dividend of 6 per cent, on the preference shares and of 6 per cent, on the ordinary shares on account of the profits for the year ended 30th September last. Palmer Tyre, Ltd. THE report of the Palmer Tyre, Ltd., for the year ended September 30th, shows a profit 01^10,687, to which has to be added £563 brought forward. The directors, for the third consecutive year, are able to recommend a dividend, free of tax, at the rate of 12J per cent, per annum, and that ^2,000 be carried to reserve, leaving to carry forward (subject to payment of directors' fees) £1,751. "Shell." THE directors of the " Shell " Transport and Trading Co. announce that they will 'pay an interim dividend on the ordinary shares on account of the year 1916 of 2S. per share (to per cent.), free of tax, on January 5th. This is the same as paid last year. DECEMBER 14, 1910. Joseph Owen and Sons, Ltd. THE report of Joseph Owen and Sons, Ltd., states that the profits for the year to June 30th were £59,137, and £1,378 was brought forward. A dividend of 6| per cent, is proposed on the ordinary shares, placing £1,188 to a special reserve, £2,000 to the reserve for debenture redemption antl £6,500 to the reserve to provide for special war taxation. and carrying forward, subject to manager's commissions. &c, £2,489. E E E E IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 1915-1916. AEROPLANES, airships, balloons, and parts thereof (not shown separately before 1910). For 1910 and 1911 figures, see "FLIGHT" for January 25th, 1912; for 1912 and 1913, see "FLIGHT" for January 17th, 1914; for 1914, see "FLIGHT" for January 15th, 1915 ; and for 1915, see " FLIGHT" for-January 13th, 1916 :— January... February March ... April May June July ... August ... September October... November Imports. 1915. £ 20,382 380 280 2,189 178 S.469 1,240 664 536 1.344 i,8S9 1916. £ 1,509 6,444 3,388 3,383 1,986 4,986 2,072 2,583 1,076 952 7,4o6 Exp 1915. £ 435 138 7,218 23,986 12,530 3,730 13,372 36,276 4,908 17,702 21,979 orts. 1916. £ 6,399 30,693 17,872 22,608 26,165 59,287 12,932 13,555 36,048 9,289 12,858 Re-Exportation 1915- £ 13,706 18,823 5,090 275 8,250 2,400 — 247 — — — 1916. £ — — 7 3,783 300 — — 420 — 8 — 34,521 35,785 142,274 238,706 48,791 4,518 E H E E PUBLICATION RECEIVED. The Weather Map. An Introduction to Modern Meteorology. By Sir Napier Shaw, F.R.S. London : The Meteorological Office, South Kensington. Price ^d. E E E E Aeronautical Patents Published. Applied for in 1915. Published December 14th, 1916. 16,189. J, R. K. LAW. Fire control devices for guns mounted on aircraft. 16,446. BLACKBURN AEROPLANE AND MOTOR CO. AND R. BLACKBURN. Machines for marking numbers, &c. on machine parts, &c. Applied for In 1916. The numbers in brackets are those under which the specifications are printed and abridged, &c. Published December 14M, 1916. 584. C. H. BROCKELBANK. Apparatus for safe night-ianding of aeroplanes. (102,164.) 1,179. Soc. ANON. SPAD POUR L'AVIATION ET SES DERIVES. Strutting and staying of aerial machines. (100,632.) If you require anything pertaining to aviation, study " FLIGHT'S *' Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory, which appears in our advertisement pages each week. FLIGHT. 44, ST. MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, W.C. Telegraphic address : Truditnr, London. Telephone: 1828 Gerrard. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 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