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HONGKONG CLUB
NOTICS,
THE SHIRTIETE and
HALF YEARLY DRAWING of 114 Debentares (1800 issue) of the Hongkong Club Payable on BATUR DAY, the 30th September, 19td will be held in the Cres Hacer at uelock AM on FRIDAY, the 2nd September 1916
Bearols of Debentures afe invited to attend the Drawing:
By Order,
45
E. DAS VŒUX,
**Serdary
Hongkong Sept. 13, 1018
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THE HONGKONG STEEL FOUNDRY COMPANY,
LIMITED
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
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THE SIXTH ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at Ofice, Sr. OtOROR'S
• Hongkong, on SATURDAY,
BUILDING
the SIFTEMBER 1916, at 11.30 AM, for the a purpose of presenting the Report
of the General Managers auil Statement.
Account to 31st Blay, 1018.
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HONG KONG ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY.
TING of the above Society will be "HE 'ANNUAL GENERAL MEET- held in the CITY HALL on MONDAY, 95th September, 1918 at 5.30 r.. for the purpose of receiving the Annual Report and Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st August) of electing office-bearers for the ensuing year, &c.
B. HENDERSON, +Hon. Secretary- Bongkong, Sept. 15 1918-
FOR
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NOTICE TO INTENDİNG PURCHASERS.
1039
TENDERS for the purchase of the and of a STABL TWIN SCREW KIVER STEAMER built in 1904, recently damaged by Shanghai barbour and how lying in cas per advertisement
in this paper on th, 11th and 12th inat. MUST BE LODGED with Messrs. Gibb Livingston & Co. Shanghai, not later than MONDAY, 95TH SEPTEMBER, 1918
1044 Hongkong, Sept. 18, 1916.
The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Com-DAIRY FARM NEWS.
pany
will be CLOSED frone 15th to 30th
September 1918 bath days inclusive..
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"As to future prospects, one of the results of the European war has been the considerable increase in Japan's trade with China, India, and Australasia, which together with orders for wor Earring the Busso-Japanese Warmterials from ber Allies in all prob 1004-5 Japan floated loans, amounting to ability surpassing by far those already axecuted, seems to justify the belief something like 1,050,000 yen in the that the prospects for the continued aggregate on the markets of London, augmentation of her gold holdings are Paris, Berlin, and New York, to meet very promising. her war expenditure, and her indebted ness was subsequently augmented until it stood after that war, at about 1,500,000,000 yen. The question as to Low the interest on such as 50 large in comparison with her antebellum foreign obligations of 0700,000 year tunity provided by the continued de The Government has taken the oppor was to be met became of vital importance of gold rond and the
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adopted by Japan after the Rosso-OYUBARI COLLEERIES *** Japanese War is now bearing imits, the result of the introduction of foreign capital baving been so beneficial that the clouds whichr rendered the economic atmosphere of Japan so giociny during the past decade are practically dispensed.
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out
was adopted as the rational policy that here to float a domestic loan, the pro- her industries must
es must be encouraged at weeds of which are being ultired for the auy cost in the hope of establishing a conversion of foreign obligations.
It balance of trade in favour of exports, that may not be out of place to point and so providing funds for the payment healthy den is Japan striving for the development of her international especialy at this juncture, when of the interest, and ultimately of the
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According to an official report from Mr juin, Japanese Ambassador to Rome, the Italian Goverzien has THE BALANCE OF "TRADE,
announced under date of August 26 the However, us mentioned before, the promulgation of a new law for the es annual balance of trade, 1810 excepted couragement of the purchase of foreign continued to be adverse, the
annual excess of imports amounting on the vessels and shipbuilding with a view to average to 43,000,000 To this must be increasing the tonnage and capacity of added the scm due on foreign obliga the Italian merelado marine, tions-bath Government-and-private, Among other things, the-new-w which may be calculated at something
tcmption from the levy of the Hike 70,000,000
of three years lyen per annum. It there. De tax for a fore requires no
atramancial aspect countries, and for a period of
argo vessels purchased from
other on
five years on those yesses newly built in Italy.
of "they those trying years.
to show
the
ng Japan's postnon duting On Cargo vessels built in Italy, import
Russo
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subidy will affected at home as well as abroad. Be granted at the rate of 65 lira
per to An annual decrease of something like Those vessels newly built at home dock T.88,000,000 was shown, but the drainage yards or purchased from other countries was made good by the utilization of part are exempted from requisition and all of the proceeds of the Ioana floated compulsory service for one year. For TRON ETER METAL and HARD during and subsequent to the use of the construction materials goonsong and Bobail Ironmongers. Fly In and the importation from foreign countries WARE MERCHANTS Wholesale Japanese War
The outbreak of the European war for shipbuilding the Government will Edundry Cake Importaca General Store: however, wrought a most conspicuous place the ship requisitioned for military keepers and Bhipensations Nos. 25 and change in the condition.
Df the interna
purpose at Live Aléposal of those building 877 Haro Looxo Eman, (and beestest European Supervision tional trade of Japan, which resulted in a balance of Y.175,000,000 in favour of her exports in 1915. The first quarter this year (1818) Trendy shows Y.43,000,000 over imports, and this, together with
new caryd yegnels. The above-mentioned of Central Market) Telephone No. 515. *** and othe onleges provided the Hongkong September 4, 1813.. shipbuilding encouragement et ard hate on the condition that the owner- khoko vesels shall belong to the
large annx received from her Allion for sublecta of Italy or companies organized war supplies, has produced the following by talen position as regards Japan's gold, bold shall
Receipts for July
191420
March, 1916 Withdrawals July 1914 to:
March 1916
Excess of an of
Ten
0,000
March, 1910. 114,00,000] To this balance must be added Japan's orior holdings which gives her the handsome total of Y, 500,000,000 in gold Of the withdrawals mentioned above
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