Table 3

Illustrations of shareholder sentiment during the BSAC general meetings

DateShareholder sentiment
118/01/1895“Bravo,” and cheers 
212/07/1895Voices: Withdraw
306/11/1896Voices: “Against, against.”; “No, no”
421/04/1898A voice: “The Albert Hall,” and laughter
502/05/1899A voice: “Open the gangway up”
615/07/1903“Three cheers” for the President, for Earl Grey, and for “the rest of the Directors”First meeting following Cecil Rhodes' death
722/11/1905Loud cries of “Name, name,” and interruption
825/02/1907A voice: “They are waiting for it”
923/01/1908“Hear, hear” and a voice: “We all do”
A voice: “We might have had a dividend, too”
1026/02/1908Will you be good enough to say “Aye”? (Voices; “Aye”)
1128/02/1910Loud cries of “Time.”; Loud cries of “No”
1223/02/1911A voice: “You ought to be”
1322/02/1912“Bravo!”
1427/02/1913A Voice: “That is good news”
1506/04/1916Cries of “Sit down”
1628/10/1920Loud cheers
1701/03/1923Hear, hear and applause
1824/07/1923(hear, hear)—but—(laughter)—
1920/12/1923Cries of “Oh, oh!”
2024/02/1925Cries of “Time”

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