21. Pre-tax profit, however, fell to RM8.93 million for the year under review from RM11.16 million for the previous financial year . 22. Total earnings per share were 19 . 4 cents comparing with 16 . 4 cents in the previous financial year . 23. Barring unforeseen circumstances, the group is confident that it can maintain profitability at the same level as the previous financial year . 24. In the previous financial year , the club made a 33 million pounds ( dlrs 50 . 82 million ) pretax profit. 25. Sick pay cost ?.2m in its first eight months compared with ?80, 000 for the NHS in the previous financial year . 26. Nonetheless, the company's loss before taxation was ?.063 million, up from a loss of ?.987 million in the previous financial year . 27. The Gangavaram port handled 20.74 million tonnes of cargo during 2014-15 as against 15.81 million tonnes during the previous financial year . 28. Revenues fell to 4.15 billion pounds ( dlrs 6.89 billion ) from 4.18 billion pounds in the company's previous financial year . 29. Similarly, earnings per share was down to 34 . 38 sen compared to 45 . 11 sen for the previous financial year . 30. Profit after tax was recorded higher than the previous financial year 1996, from RM9 . 05 million to RM19 . 59 million.
