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19th Century Presidents of the Middleton & Tonge Industrial Society Ltd

There was no recognised Chairman or President of the Society until the quarterly meeting held in December 1862. Up to that time the Chairman was appointed at every meeting.

Name	Term of Office	Appointment
John Hilton	December 1862 - December 1863	Appointed at the Quarterly Meeting
Frederick Kenyon	December 1863 - December 1864	Appointed at the Quarterly Meeting
James Bastow	December 1864 - December 1865	Appointed at the Quarterly Meeting
John Thorpe	December 1865 - December 1867	Appointed at the Quarterly Meeting
James Bastow	December 1867 - December 1868	Appointed at the Quarterly Meeting
Thomas Brookes	December 1868 - December 1869	Appointed at the Quarterly Meeting
John Thorpe	December 1869 - December 1871	Appointed at the Quarterly Meeting
Robert Hilton	December 1871 - December 1872	Appointed at the Quarterly Meeting
James Calland	December 1872 - December 1873	Appointed at the Quarterly Meeting
John Greaves	December 1873 - December 1875	Appointed at the Quarterly Meeting
Robert Stott	December 1875 - March 1880	Appointed at the Quarterly Meeting
Jonathan Jacques	March 1880 - December 1880	Appointed at the Quarterly Meeting
Henry D. Leater	December 1880 - December 1882	Appointed at the Quarterly Meeting
Robert Stott	December 1882 - December 1884	Appointed at the Quarterly Meeting
Henry Jackson	December 1884 - July 1890	Appointed at the Quarterly Meeting
George Jackson	July 1890 - June 1891	Appointed by the Committee
Henry Jackson	June 1891 - Sept 1891	Appointed by the Committee
Harvey Jones	Sept 1891 - Sept 1892	Appointed by the Committee
Robert Ridings	Sept 1892 - March 1894	Appointed by the Committee
William Beard	March 1894 - 1900	Appointed by the Committee

Middleton & Tonge Industrial Society Ltd - Progress

	1869	1879	1889	1899
Number of members	813	1316	1520	2294
	£	£	£	£
Amount of share capital	9678	24977	21916	44794
Average per member	11.9	19	14.4	19.5
Interest on shares per annum	430	1247	1030	1497
Members' dividend per annum	1821	4274	5550	11276
Non-members' dividend per annum	162	176	387	60
Reserve Fund	114	700	642	2160
Value of buildings and fixtures, rolling stock and horses	2189	9906	12397	21045
Value of investments	5433	14645	11556	16212
Sales per annum	24812	35652	52874	79037
Average per member per annum	30.5	27	34.7	34.4
Wages of employees per annum	866	1325	2261	5271
Value of stocks	3344	3395	4867	7003

Middleton & Tonge Industrial Society Ltd - A Digest of Statistics

Year ending November	No. of members	Share capital	Sales	Profits	Interest on shares	Dividend to members	Dividend to non-members	Depreciation	Average dividend
		£	£	£	£	£	£	£	s	d
1861	-	2627	12837	739	121	607	45	133	1	2¾
1862	-	3010	12031	765	143	748	38	17	1	6½
1863	455	3804	13540	941	158	883	36	58	1	7½
1864	506	4783	15092	962	218	962	28	56	1	6½
1865	520	4671	12802	738	254	738	34	65	1	5
1866	581	4782	15859	1148	262	1148	27	73	1	9½
1867	650	5988	18386	1463	255	1430	33	84	1	10¼
1868	712	7519	22695	1851	333	1716	120	106	1	10½
1869	813	9678	24812	1988	430	1821	162	110	1	10¼
1870	820	10097	25000	1944	487	1780	164	248	1	9¾
1871	859	11094	25262	1780	496	1611	161	114	1	8
1872	981	15134	31206	2451	633	2230	204	200	1	9¾
1873	1016	16959	34459	2714	813	2557	263	205	1	10½
1874	1039	18267	36581	2764	911	2601	155	200	1	8¾
1875	1153	17593	34914	2797	883	2967	138	240	1	11¼
1876	1216	20463	37741	3491	992	3344	178	240	2	0
1877	1321	23772	38967	3931	1116	3566	219	280	2	0¼
1878	1283	26154	37242	4118	1234	3877	253	260	2	3
1879	1316	24977	35652	4499	1247	4274	176	310	2	6¾
1880	1254	26167	39680	4506	1263	4295	175	265	2	4
1881	1330	29868	42182	5078	1400	4805	160	330	2	5¾
1882	1397	26694	47330	5385	1372	5044	227	385	2	4½
1883	1450	27133	47686	5326	1222	5026	196	360	2	6
1884	1470	27360	44166	5063	1224	4838	141	317	2	7
1885	1490	27966	42525	5634	1264	5363	154	310	2	10¾
1886	1502	27381	38545	5080	1268	4866	143	300	2	10½
1887	1482	25072	39258	4482	1143	4178	157	427	2	4¼
1888	1485	21545	45511	5066	1002	4674	257	400	2	5¼
1889	1520	21916	52874	6093	1030	5550	387	400	2	5¾
1890	1550	21872	53357	6587	855	6084	366	400	2	7¾
1891	1748	24661	58084	7553	960	7010	393	400	2	8¾
1892	1748	24661	58084	7553	971	7069	395	500	2	7¼
1893	1860	24871	51387	5282	976	5237	245	524	2	3¼
1894	1620	20924	48323	5410	1097	4812	271	563	2	3¼
1895	1660	28124	51437	7422	1094	6163	245	567	2	8½
1896	1816	32733	56746	9369	1192	7681	168	570	3	0
1897	1939	36767	63171	11271	1364	8622	112	646	3	0
1898	2112	40196	70365	12614	1523	9709	78	681	3	0
1899	2294	44794	79037	13715	1497	11276	60	748	3	0

From 1874 to 1892 the Butchering Dividend was paid separate, as was also the Coal Dividend from 1874 to 1883

Bibliography

Partington, S: Jubilee of the Middleton and Tonge Industrial Society Limited, 1900

This book is available for reference in the Wheatsheaf Library as part of the Co-operative Collection.