174 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST FEBRUARY, 1885.
SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG.
T
THE Court will sit in Summary furisdiction,
every Friday, until further notice.
THE Court will sit in Original Jurisdiction,
THE Covery Monday and Thursday, unul
further notice.
By Order of the Court,
EDW. J. ACKROYD,
Registrar.
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING
CORPORATION.
THIRTY-NINTH
REPORT OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS
TO THE
ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING
OF
SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD
AT THE CITY HALL, HONGKONG, On Saturday, the 28th February, 1885,
AT 11.30 A.M.
To the Proprietors of the
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
GENTLEMEN,
The Directors have now to submit to you a General Statement of the affairs of the Bank, and Balance Sheet for the half-year ending 31st December last.
The net profits for that period, including $51,443.690 brought forward from last account, after paying all charges, deducting interest paid and due, and making provision for bad and doubtful debts, amount to $752,819.61, of which, after taking out rebate on Bills not yet due, and remuneration to Directors, there remains for appropriation $739,217.19.
From this sum, the Directors recommend the payment of a Dividend of Two Pounds Sterling per Share, which will absorb $533,333.33.
The difference in Exchange between 4/6, the rate, at which the Dividend is declared and 3/6 the current rate of the day amounts to $144,313.72.
The Balance $61,570.14 to be brought for- ward to the credit of new Profit and Loss Account.
DIRECTORS.
J
Mr. A. McIVER and Mr. W. H. FORBES retire in rotation, and being eligible for re- election offer themselves accordingly.
Mr. M. E. SASSOON resigns his appointment on leaving the Colony and Mr. E. E. SASSOON has been asked to fill his place: this appointment requires confirmation of the meet ng.
The Honourable F. D. SASSOON has been appointed chairman for 1885 and Mr. A. MĈIVER vice-chairman (subject to his re-elec- tion).
AUDITORS.
The Accounts have been audited by the Hon. PHINEAS RYRIE and Mr. FULLÁRTOY HENDERSON; and the Court reemmucnd the re-election of these gentlemen as Auditors for the year 1885.
A. P. MCEWEN, Chairman.
Hongkong, 17th February, 1885.
Cr.
Paid-up Capital,..
Beserve Fund,
PFOR SALE.
(OPIES in Pamphlet Form of Instructions for making Meteorological Observations, prepared for use in China, by Dr. DOBERCK, Government Astronomer,
LIABILITIES.
.$ 7,500,000,00 4,400,000,00 400,000.00 227,078.88
Price-50 Cents.
56,780,980.80
Apply to
Reserve for equalization of Dividends, Marine Husumuce Account, Notes in Circulation,...$ 4,733,074.11 Deposits,
51,997,906.69
Bills Payable (including Drafts ou Londen Bankers and Short Sight Drawings on our London Office against Fills Receivable and Bul- lion Shipinents)........
Profit and Loss Account,
15,641,916.08 752,819.61
$85,652,825.87
A
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT, JONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING
Dr.
CORPORATION.
31st December, 1884.
To AMOUNTS WRITTEN OFF-
Remuneration to Directors, $10,000.00 Rebate on Bills not dr......
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Messis, NORONITA & Co.,
KELLY & WALSH, Hongkong and Shanghai.
Hongkong, 17th November, 1883.
NOW ON SALE.
CHINESE DICTIONARY
IN THE
CANTONESE DIALECT,
BY
DR. E. J. EITEL.
CROWN OCTAVO, PP. 1018.
HONGKONG, 1877-1883.
3,602,42
-S 13,002.42
Part I.
A-K,
Part II.
K-M,
533,333.33
Part III.
M-T,
Part IV. T-Y,
To DIVIDEND ACCOUNT:~
£2 per Share on 60,000 Shares-
£120,000 @ 4/6 per S........
To DIVIDEND ADJUSTMENT AC-
COUNT:—
Difference in Exchange between 4/6 the rate at which the dividend is de- chared, and 3,04 the Current rate of the day,.
144.313.72
To BALANCE carried forward to next
Luf-year,
€1,570.14
$752.819.61
Cr.
By Balance of Undivided Frofits, 30th
June, 1881,
By Aunt of Net Profits for the Six Months ending 31st December, 1884, after deducting all Expenses and Interest paid and due,
RESERVE FUND.
$ 51,443.69
701,375.92
$752,819.61
To Balance on 31st December, 1884, ...$4,100,000.00
By Balance on 30th June, 1884,.....$4.400,000.00
RESERVE FOR EQUALIZATION OF DIVIDENDS.
To Balance on 31st December, 1884,
By Balance on 30th June, 1884,......
T. JACKSON, Chief Manager.
.$2.50
.$2.50
$3.00
$3.00
This Standard Work on the Chinese Language, constructed on the basis of Kanghi's Duperial Dictionary,
contains all Chinese characters in practical use, and while alphabetically arranged according to the sounds of the oldest dialect of China, the Cantonese, it gives also the Mandarin pronunciation of all characters explained in the book, so that its usefulness is by no means con- fined to the Cantonese Dialect, but the work is a practically complete Thesaurus of the whole Written Language of China, ancient and modern, as used all over the Empire, whilst its intro- ductory chapters serve the purposes of a philolo- gical guide to the student.
A Supplement, arranged for being bound and used by itself, and containing a List of the Radicals, an Index, and a List of Surnames, will be published and sold separately.
LANE, CRAWFORD & Co. Hongkong, January 15, 1883.
THE
.$100,000.00
.$100,000.00
H. M. BEVIS, Acting Chief Accountant.
A. P. MCEWEN,
F. D. SASSOON,
WM. II. FORBES,
Directors.
We have compared the above Statements with the Books, Vouchers and Securities at the Head Office, and with the Returns from the various Branches and Agencies, and have found the same to be correct.
P. RYME, F. HENDERSON, Hongkong, 17th February, 1885.
Auditors.
THE HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE Sixteenth Ordinary Annual Meeting ABSTRACT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, of Shareholders in the above Company
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING
Dr.
Cash,
CORPORATION.
31st December, 1881.
ASSETS.
$12,418,907.87 2,862,515,49
Indian Government Securities,..
Bills Discounted, Loans and Credits, 36,607.243.900
Bills Receivable,
Bank Premises,.....
Dead Stock,..
34,313.779.27 449,620.63 100,728.72
$85,652,825.07
will be held at the Offices of the Company, No. 7, Queen's Road, at 12 o'clock noon of Saturday the 28th February instant, to receive a Statement of Accounts to the 31st Decem- ber, 1881, the Report of the General Ma- nagers, and to elect a Consulting Committee and Auditors.
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 15th to the 26th day of February instant, both days included.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., Gentral Managers, Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Limited. Hongkong, 5th Febemry. 1885,
FOR SALE.
HE CITIES AND TOWNS OF CHINA,
A Dictionary of Reference,
By
G. I. H. PLAYFAIK
Price-$3.00 per Copy, bound. Apply to
MESSRS. NORONHA & Co.
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LANE, CRAWFORD & Co. KELLY & WALSH.
Hongkong, 27th January, 1880.
*
FOR SALE.
Revd. W. Lobscheid's CHINESE & ENGLISH DICTIONARY,
at $2.50 each.
NORONHA & Co.
Hongkong, 31st December, 1881.
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