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				THE

		Everton Football Club Company Ltd.

		Report of Directors to the Fifty-Second Annual General Meeting of
		the Company to be held on Thursday, the 28th May, 1931.


		The Directors have pleasure in submitting the Accounts of the Company
		for the Year ending 2nd May, 1931, and beg to report thereon as follows:

		The Year's Profit as shown by the Income and Expenditure
			Accounts is ...		...		...	      £9755 17 7
		The Income from Properties as per Profit and Loss A/c is ...	896 10 2
		The Income from Investments is ...	...	...		128  4 6
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									      10780 12 3
		To this should be added the Balance brought
			forward from last year  ...	...  £42056 5 4
		Less Dividend paid out last year of	...	113 4 4	      41943 1 0
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									      52723 13 3
		The Directors have made provision in the Accounts for
		    Depreciation amounting to	...	...	...	       2577  5 7
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		leaving a Balance of		...	...	...	      50146  7 8

		Out of this Balance the Directors recommend payment of a
			Dividend at the rate of 7½% per annum less Tax,
			amounting to  ...	...	...	...		113  4 4
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		The amount carried forward to next year being	...   ...    £50033  3 4
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		The retiring Directors are MESSRS. C. S. BAXTER, E. GREEN and A. R. WADE,
	who are eligible and offer themselves for re-election. No other Nominations having
	been received these three gentlemen will accordingly be declared elected for the
	ensuing three years.

		The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed until the 29th
	day of May, 1931.

							W. C. CUFF, Chairman.


		ATTENDANCE OF DIRECTORS AT ORDINARY MEETINGS:
			NUMBER OF MEETINGS, 45.
	Mr. H. BANKS	...	...	45	Mr. J. SHARP	...	...	42
	"   E. GREEN	...	...	45	Dr. C. S. BAXTER	...	41
	"   W. C. GIBBINS	...	44	Mr. A. COFFEY	...	...	31
	"   A. R. WADE		...	44	"   C. HAYES	...	...	26 (Co-opted
										    18/11/30)
	"   W. C. CUFF		...	43	"   W. J. SAWYER	...	11 (Resigned
										    18/11/30)
		In addition to above 14 Sub-Committee Meetings were held.