---+----------------+---------+-----------+-----------+----------+

+----------+----------------+----------+---------------------------------+
| |Year Ending | Number of| |
| | | Loads | DIVIDENDS PAID. |
| | |of Blue on| |
| | | Floors at+------------------+--------------+
| | | Close of | | |
| | | Year, | Amount. | Equal to |
| | | exclusive| | |
| | | of Lumps | | |
+----------+----------------+----------+------------------+--------------+
| {|March 31, 1889, | | | |
| {|prior to | | L s. d.| |
| {|consolidation | 476,403 | 188,329 10 0| 5 per cent. |
|De Beers {|March 31, 1890 |1,576,821 | 789,682 0 0| 20 " |
|and {|March 31, 1891 |1,525,386 | 789,791 0 0| 20 " |
|Kimberley{|[A]June 30, 1892|1,624,805 | 1,382,134 5 0| 35 " |
|Mines {|June 30, 1893 |2,606,362 | 987,238 15 0| 25 " |
| {|June 30, 1894 |3,028,333 | 987,238 15 0| 25 " |
| {|June 30, 1895 |2,699,233 | 987,238 15 0| 25 " |
| {|June 30, 1896 |2,800,316 | 1,579,582 0 0| 40 " |
| {|June 30, 1897 |2,304,917 | 1,579,582 0 0| 40 " |
| | | | | |
|Premier | | | | |
|Mine |June 30, 1897 | 271,777 | ... | ... |
| | | | | |
|De Beers | | | | |
|and | | | | |
|Kimberley | | | | |
|Mines |June 30, 1898 |2,377,913 |} | |
| | | |} | |
|Premier | | |} 1,579,582 0 0| 40 per cent. |
|Mine |June 30, 1898 | 727,039 |} | |