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The year 1895 was annus mirabilis in the company’s early history. The accounts up to 30 June that year showed a profit of £2,161,778. The annual meeting, held at the Cannon Street Hotel on 6 November, was the most cheerful occasion anyone connected with Consolidated Gold Fields could recall.
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Cartwright, P.A. (1967). A Profit of £2,161,778. In: Gold Paved the Way. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-81679-8_8
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