Q. What refining capacity does this company possess? State the amount of capital and stock subscribed and put in?
A. At that time 1,100 shares, at £100 per share, was subscribed, and twenty per cent, thereon paid into the treasury.
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Q. Where did that company intend to refine oil?
A. Their calculation was to get all the refineries in the country into the company.
Q. Was it the design of the stockholders to include all the oil refineries in this country?
A. Yes, sir; every one of them.
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Q. Can you give us a list of the stockholders?
A. I can give you them from the minutes. They are as follows:
10 shares 10 shares“ 10 shares“ 10 shares“ 10 shares“ 475 shares“ 475 shares“ 100 shares“ 180 shares“ 180 shares“ 180 shares“ 180 shares“ 180 shares“
2,000 shares By Mr. Sheldon.
Q. What was the idea of getting all the refineries of the country into one organisation?
A. The idea when the company started was this: There is a large number of refineries in the country—a great deal larger than is required for the manufacture of the oil produced in the country, or for the want of the consumers in Europe and America; the capacity of the oil refineries in the country is, I think, 45,000 or 50,000 barrels a day; we completed our organisation, and when we met together it was discovered that the parties present represented, in one way or another, a large portion of the refining interest in the country; of course all of us had our friends in the matter, who must be taken care of if any arrangement at all was made; and after discussing the matter at considerable length, it was decided to include within our company every refinery we could possibly get into it. We also had considerable discussion with
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