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SIDEWINDS COAN, Commodore of Clacton Regatta, is alliterative, but it also emphasises one of the many sides of Mr. Chan's activities—his enterprise, goodwill and endeavour to " im- prove "—in connection with charming Clacton. His support of local affairs is of a very substantial kind, as is evidenced by his name appearing several times as donor of challenge cups and prizes at the Regatta which was held on Wednesday of this week. Apart from this, we have a shrewd suspicion that if truth were known regarding the splendid firework display which concluded the proceedings that was one of the stunts for which " Bobbie " was mainly responsible. MESSRS. A. V. ROE AND CO., LTD., have now transferred their head office to Manchester, and all correspondence should, for the future, be addressed to them at Avro Works, Newton Heath, Manchester. ••«••' • - « IT is interesting to note that Messrs. Serck Radiators, Limited, of Greet, Birmingham, are busily engaged upon aircraft radiators for the Air Ministry. This certainly looks as though things are moving in the right direction. -WE regret to announce the death of Mr. R. T. Nicol, Secre- tary and Treasurer of Messrs. Arrol-Johnston, Ltd., upon Sunday, the ist inst. Mr. Nicol, though but of early middle age, Jiad been connected with the Dumfries firm from the earliest days of the motor industry, and the news of his untimely decease will come as a shock to his many friends in trade and aeronautical circles. • • • H COMPANY MATTERS Handley Page, Ltd. THE report for 1919 states that the sum standing as profit for the year is ^51,285, from which the dividend at the rate of 7 per cent, per annum, in respect of the period to December 31, 1919, paid on the preference shares on February 9 last, ab- sorbed ^22,084, leaving ^29,201, which the directors propose to carry forward, subject to excess profits duty when the amount of the company's liability is determined. The com- pany's liability for excess profits duty and income tax up to December 31, 1918 (which also remains to be finally deter- mined) has been fully reserved for in the tax reserve account. The balance-sheet shows that before arriving at the profit of £51,285, as above, the sum of ^29,345 nas Deen applied to writing o:i the whole of the balance of the underwriting commission and brokerage, and further sums have been applied to writing off the amount previously standing in the com- pany's books as goodwill and towards writing off the amount of ^140,000 paid by the company in respect of patents and registered designs, the directors considering it good policy to write off these amounts against the profits (arising from war contracts) of the company, so as to leave the company in a good financial position for carrying on its post-war activities. It should be noted that the company have during the year definitely acquired their factory premises on advantageous terms, and that the buildings and property standing in the balance-sheet at /io8,ro6 have been valued at £160,000. The excess of assets over liabilities for the year before allowing for the above writings off and excess profits duty is, therefore, over £135,000, which the directors consider satisfactory in view of the fact that the whole of the company's factory was disorganised about the middle of the year by the sudden cancellation of all Government contracts, which resulted in the company having to face a period (far from remunerative) during which the factory was being reorganised to enable the company to get ahead with the development of commercial aviation. In this connection it is interesting to notice that since the inauguration of civilian aviation in Great Britain in the spring of last year, large numbers of passengers and freight in great quantity have been carried by Handley Page aircraft, and the records of the company show that the revenue from commercial air transport is rapidly increasing. It will, moreover, interest shareholders to know that it is a subsidiary company—Handley Page Transport, Ltd.— which is very largely concerned in operating Handley Page aircraft, and that the company owns the whole of the capital which has so far been issued by Handley Page Transport, Ltd. The latter company has recently secured the contract for the carriage by air of the Royal Mails to Holland and Belgium, and Handley Page, Ltd., has also secured a contract from the Brazilian Government for the carriage by air of mails in various parts of Brazil. The company has supplied aircraft to all the more important countries of the world, and it has agents or representatives in all those countries. The activities AUGUST 19, 1920 of the company, however, have not been confined to the manufacture and sale of aircraft, and the directors are pleased to report that contracts to the total value of well over £750,000 have been secured for the assembly of motor cars and the manufacture of motor car bodies. The company's factory is now engaged mainly on the carrying out of these contracts, the manufacture of aircraft (except of new types) not being profitable to any great extent at the present time owing to the recent acquisition by the Aircraft Disposal Co., Ltd., of the surplus Government aircraft and aircraft material. The directors report that the company was mainly instru- mental in the notation of the Aircraft Disposal Co., Ltd., and, in addition to being the largest shareholder in that company, has been appointed its sole selling and managing agents. H H H H IMPORTS AND EXPORTS, 1919-1920 AEROPLANES, airships, balloons and parts thereof (not shown separately before 1910). For 1910 and 1911 figures see "FLIGHT" for January 25, 19125 for 1912 and 1913, see "FLIGHT" for January 17, 1914; for 1914, see "FLIGHT" for January 15, 1915; for 1915, see " FLIGHT " for January 13, 1916; for 1916, see "FLIGHT" for January 11, 1917; for 1917, see "FLIGHT" for January 24, 1918; for 1918, see " FLIGHT " for January 16, 1919; and for 1919, see " FLIGHT " for January 22, 1920. It Exports. Re-Exportation.Imports. January...February March ...April May ... June July ... 1919.£ 55S.989453.822 704,424 97,662 136,631 1,410 136,463 1920.£ 2,323 9,320 2,092 5.918 761,425491 51,020 1919. £57.571 57.972 72,716 25.433 38,428 41,526 41,290 1920. 32.752 68,932 67,600 148,484 237,627 300,572 286,646 1919. I92O. 697 400 — — 400 — 61,150 2,086,401 832,589 334,936 1,142,613 ^oo 62,247 ^ H H H E AERONAUTICAL PATENTS PUBLISHED Abbreviations:—cyl. = cylinder ; I.C. » Internal combustion : m. = motors. The numbers in brackets are those under which the Specifications will be . printed and abridged, etc. ; , _" ; _: ^ .: APPLIED FOR IN 1917 * ^ • Published August 19, 1920 ' .;...'. Devices for tensioning cables, etc. (147,957.) A. " , APPLIED FOR IN 1919 Published August 19, 1920 ' • BEHARD-BARBIER ET TURENNE. Beacon lights, etc. (129,257.) W. W. CHRISTMAS. Aeroplanes. (147,971.) . . - : E. R. CALTHROP. Parachutes. (147,993.) ' : .— -• R. LE ROSSIGNOL. Airships. (148,008.) W. W. WEST. Parachutes. (148,028.) ">.."• . ;. \ .. APPLIED FOR IN 1930 1"< Published August 19, 1920 CURTISS AEROPLANE AND MOTOR CORPORATION. I.C. engines. (143,2^.) 18,604. G. CAPRONI. 6,675- 9,141.10,190. 11,344- 13.73°' If you require anything pertaining to aviation, study "FLIGHT'S" Buyers' Guide and Trade Directory, which appears in our advertisement pages each week (see pages xx, xxl and xxii). 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