The WeekThe Week Vol. 1, No. 2, 8 January 1964Hugs West Ides Sugar Profits
The Week Vol. 1, No. 2, 8 January 1964 · p. 13 of the scan · 91 words
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Record group profits are announced by the Doard of the West Indies Sugar Company, a producing company of the Tate and Lyle group, based on Jamaica, A total dividend of 1/84 (tax free) per £1 share, is to be paid, together with a one-for—two scrip issue,
Trading profits amounted to £1,629,054 for the year ended September 30, 1963, compared with £184,314 proviously and net profits were up from a mere £58,175 to £908,975, an all-time high, These results follow a year of record crops in Jamaica and peak world sugar prices.