As an example of a very big monopolist company very widely employing this system, the author names the famous Allgemeine E l e k t r i z i t a t s - G e s e l l s c h a f t , t h e A . E . C . t o wh i c h we s h a l l r e t u r n later. In 1912, it was calculated that this company held shares in from 175 to 200 others, controlling them, of course, and thus having control of a total capital of about 1,500 million marks.**