SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1917.
THE CHINA MAIL.
A PATRIOTIC CALL.
THE HONGKONG STEEL
STEEL
FOUNDRY COMPANY, LIMITED.
FOUNDRY
PROSPECTUS
Inviting public subscription for 85,000 shares at par ($10 each), upon an increase of the Capital of the Company,
Tis desired and a resolution for that purpose has been passed, to increase the Capital of the Company to $1,000,000 by the issue of new abates, for the purpose of extending, the business which is firmly believed will, if so extended, not only prove exceedingly profitable to all interested in the Company, but will also supply a want to local concerns."
The Capital of the Company is now $1,000,000 of which only $78,080 has been paid up and, on this the Company last year made a net profit of $19,817 and paid a dividend of 10 per cent, at the end of the present financial year. It is anticipated that doubling the Capital will at least treble the profit; and, should this anticipation be realized, "the Company could pay at least n steady Twenty per cent.
Steel Castings are needed for numerous purposes by all Railway contractors, Engineering and Deck Companies, everywhere in China, and by many small manufacturers. At present a large portion of the Steel products which this Company is able to manufacture is obtained frem abroad-as probably great expense-in consequence of the very limited capacity of this Company to carry cut orders received. With an increased Capital anabling more furnaces to be erected, and mode labour,employed, this Company would, then be in a position to supply most of, if not all, the needs for steel castinga in this part of the world; for, with the experience now acquired by the General, Managers, and by their present head workmen, there should be no difficulty whatso- ever in most satisfactorily fulfilling such requirements.
It is much desired that sufficient additional capital be subscribed, beyond that which is required for the further development of the Steel Lanting department, in order to enable i plant to be obtained, and set up, for the purpose of rolling Steel Ingots into material for Enginear- ing, Deck, and Building requirements; for which material there is now a great demand.
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It is therefore trusted that many persons in the Colony will be found ready to subcribe towards the increased capital desired, both for their own by neft, and for that of the community generally, re
The General Managers are ready and willing to enter into any reasonable agreement desired by the Ermpany to continue their services for a lengthy peried Alzo, if desired by the Company, they are fully prepared to transfer, the control to a Board of Director, comprised of such persons who are in a position to introduce business as the Company thinks advisable...
The minimum subscription for the new shares now quered to the public, upon which the General Managers way, proceed to allotmens, is $200,000.
MR. C. BRAND Brows of the firm of Messrs. INSTEAD & Davis. Hongkong. is the Auditor of the Company.
A copy of this prospectus has been duly filed for registration - with the Registrar of Companies:
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Application for Shares should be made to the Company's Bankers, or the office of the General Managers, where forms will be supplied.
GORDON,A, COA
Sicarral Moningerā.
Tinted this ad day of August, 1017.
INTIMATIONS
WANTED.
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YOUNG MAN with experience as.
TYFIST and STENOGRAPHER retired by Shipping Firm, State previous experience and walary required.
Apply...
Box 44. Co "China Man" Office, Hongkong, August 1, 17.. 1997
NOTICE
THE ITALIAN CONVENT SCHOOL;
Laine Rond, and
on branch, St. Mary's School, will re-open
tu' MONDAY next, 10th instantly
Hongkong, Sept. 6, 1917.
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DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP COMPANY,
LIMITED.
REPORT AND STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR 1916-17.
Report presented to the Shareholders at the Seventh Ordinary General Meeting held at the Ufice of the General Managers on Wednesday, the 5th August, 1917 at 11.30 neleek a.m.
The General Managers have now the pleasure to submit their annual report and statement of the Company's accounts made up 31st May, 1917..
The net prons for the year ended 31st May, 1017, after allowing for interest, „Auditor's Fees and writing off depreciation on Company's Plant, Machinery, Launches and Stock is 918,817.03. This amours together with the sum of 219,048.62 undistributed proft brought forward from last year makes ap available balance of 839.3656.33 which it iaresolved to appropriate as follows-To place to Reserve Fund $10,000.00. To pay a dividend of 81.00 per share $7.508.00. To carry forward to credit of next year's account $21,658.55.
Dr.
BALANCE SHEET AT 31st MAY, 1917.
LIABILITIES.
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PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. For the year endling 31st May, 181-
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GORDON & Co.,
General Managers.
I report that I have hadited the above Fiance Sheet with the books and youchers of the Company and have found it to be in accordance therewith.
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I have received all the information and 'esplanations I have required. No depreciation lins been written off Steel Process Patent Rights which appear in the books at their original cost namely 81,360.5. Subject
to the foregoing observation in my opinion such Balance Sheet is properly drawn up so us to exhibit a true and Correct view of the state of the Company's affairs according to the best of my information and the explanations given me and as shown by the books of the Company.
C. BERNARD BROWN, AMA....
Hongkong, 6th August, 1977.
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Andlitur.
To be returned to the appilcant.
To be retained by the Bankers -
sent entite, with a clieque for the deposit of £100m rävle ghore tú the bankers if the Corapong namely t
CHARTERED BANK UP INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND
CHINA.
The Register for application of Shares will be closed on Thursday, 1st November, 1917, at 3 o'clock.
SHALL THE WORLD STARVE ?
NOT IF AMERICA GROWS AND
SAVES HER FOOD.
STIRRING AMERICA'S (APPEAL,
A lengthy article by Mr. 1. He Smith, in the Country Gentleman, takes
fzsaw0,000 bushels, are suddenly called nearby supplies of the United States upun to supply "the Hassian defrit of reduced by last year's short crops. 200,000,000 bushels, and the turtler finish their gerils, the Forgwan hone, deficit that arises from the Allie" inability Conditions are sa toru age that they cannot. 18 work their belle,
prothe their
home apples. They were themselves great agricultural rountries is the charts show,
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FUR ALLIES MUST BE PED. Why s this thing only begin to pinela us now, und so suddenly Aguin history has caspired to keep us as
happened hat in 1914 this country; which had has Wheat erips averaging 705,000,000 bushels in the three previous years, had,the good
l the real conditions. Ir su
turtras!
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To see what has happened to Eazujet than our owa-iry to imagine how it agriculture agriculture match greater,
would be here. It is a fact that when we set few regiments of soldiers to the filippines to entel a little brown on called Aguinaldo, the women of Kauses cut the hay and the wheat. But that is nobing compared to what he happiesard in Europe. Try in your mind's eye to. apply the situation to an American brwn-
lip-
for its text a statement by Mr. Herbert Juck, to have the biggest uroj prope
That enabled us to c. Horser, of Belgian lelet ame. In 801017001) hushub, Nixil last, Mr. Hver guide The long have a Surplus in Furope that saw situation is one of the most gravity Abo Hope had a fair crop." Then, by the same duck which rualles a gümbler which, tiens it is solved, mas posibly | orisinaalig to throw two domble piars in
Let us suppose it is good one in the result in the volimpse of everything we snecessita, the crisp of 191 was again jold deste în civilisation,
The biggest ever-1,011,515,000 bushels Corn Belt, six miles are, thirty-six This twans that every new woman, and we shipped to the Allies a total of square miles, one hundred and forty-four |243,000 Ansheis. The 1916 harvest 160-acre farms. It will have 550 votes.
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and child must forgo at least cf out of femure Iack to rather below normal size' esanting in one village and 'intedfiig | THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEET- wheat bread per week god eat something in barbels-und, the present id ten url buyers aus, and a talki
ING OF SHAREHOLDERS in the ahove Company will be held at the else or hoe geomly-l. We mus, so wheat price of $250 a Sushed is the pulation of, say. 2.500 people. Now Company's Offices, on SATURDAY the pan everything and everywhen it will natura result, as the supply is about of the fertiliser supply. take the
0th of September, at. Noos, for the
grow, or this the next your the food gone ond o diák at the unpleasant factst horses and take out of that township General Managers, together with a Statement of Accounts to 30th June, 1917. the world will face absolute starvation," and half of it is uirosiddy sald. The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Mr. Hussell Badth" indbes a general Yet, the Allies must be fed Company will be CLOSED from the survey of the world's great agriculture
inclusive.
purpose of receiving the Report of the peoblem will be absolutely unsolvable, and that this year's erop is not prenisine. 183 of the Beast young fuen for them bring.
The en situation abroad is quite
Take out 100 non for war work of otte sort of another, take nut 50 woines for:
unition factories and foxpitals.
lat to 9th September, both thays parters, I then progreds The exituilar to the wheat situation. a peace this. cond tiny last for three yens. What
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Splenos thing abort Aperica's foreign | Western, Fjirapo depended largely upon
AMERICAN HELP WASTED. DOUGLAS LAPRAJK & CO trade for ten years before flie war has the apply from Wastern Europe, and
General Managers,
Come the deeliare in the export, of food that has been cut off by the GermNSEN, Tant is what France is up against; that Hongkong. Sept. 6, 1917.
sinth. Then suddly the entries of Then seen to be le relation between is what foly is up against; that is what Western Europe were cut off from their the size of ergs and the amount of England is up gain We begin to ses how they depend upon us for help. Wa NATIONAL BANK OF OHIN A
other great score of supply in Fustrén | esport, @ Thus the world's best corn LIMITED IN LIQUIDATION)." Europe. Then, the war stopped hen exporter is Argentina, with 228,000,000 have got to give it. We began tsp geprs ago to approach their situation by with. production. Tha malers it plain why we hushol-1911-12-1 vrge-out of (Incorporated in England)
have the bag ati
total production of 173,000,000, while we drawing men from Industrial production |
of a for war work. Now we withdraw them UNREDEEMED BANK NOTES. In the three years before life war begant j'exported but 45,000,000 out
for-war... 1011-12-14 average imports of 2,700,000,000 crap," HEREBY GIVEN that wiwat und four were as follows:--United Holland, Belgina and the Allies im Before this war began, the world seemed NOUTSTANDING NOTES will Kingdom LOPA mosbels: France, ported 168,000.00 bushels of cont a year to be having its handa full to get along. be paid on presentation to the under 5.000.000, Italy, 59,000,000; and Ger before the war. The Black Sen countries It is now estimated that 60,000,000 people signed on or before SATURDAY, 29th September, 1917, at Noox.
In this same time-Rasia, Rumania, Serbia and Bulgaria are busy with the war in Europe, and,
100,000,000 though our agricutural exports for " practically AFTER THAT DATE, bolders will¦ Russia exported 128,000,000 bushels exported find it necessary to claim repayment in year, and, while Romania and Bulgaria bushels the United States, but, dozen years have declined sharply bécnaso STERLING from the BOARD OF TRADE,
seut out 67,000,000 bushels. that $7,000,000; and Argentina, E28,000,000, our population has inercased and the good LONDON, to whom the necessary funds 00 just exactly matches the Ger. Thus it the plain that we are called upon land has not, we are now called upon will be remitted
THE BOARD OF TRADE make a min import. And Germany has posse to replace the corn deficit as well as the for a time to feed the world as never
before. charge for payment of claims out of sitat of both Ramunin and Bulguriu-wheas deficit. monies deposited in the COMPANIES ghastly thoughtf LIQUIDATION ACCOUNT" at the Kuskinn. Fransportation is virtually Bank of England,
A.R. LOWE
Liquilater
Chartered Bank Building.
Hongkong, August 17, 1917.'
THE NEW PLENOH REMEDY.
THERAPION NO.41
anny, 67,000,
HONGKONG STEEL FOUNDRY CO., LTD.
Form of application for Shares.
To the tieneral Managers of
J
HONGKONG STEEL FOUNDRY COMPANY, LIMITED.
Gentlemen,
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Having pail to the Company's bankers the sum of 3..
....shares of 910. being a deposit of $10 per share for........ cach of the above named Company I (or we) request' you to allet to mo'(or x)....shares on the terms of the Company's Memorandura and Articles of Association and ↑ (or weð agree to accept the sams of any less number that you may allot to me (or 18) and (or we)" authorise yes to register me (or ys) as the 'holder (s) of the said shares.m
Name in full.
Adria
Description.
Date
Signature
Receipt for Application Money.
Tereivel this.....
day of
ou account of the
Hongkong Steel foundry Co, Ltd.. from.....
.........the sum of .....
$10 per share upou.............. above" named Company.
being a deposit of shares of $10 each of the
For the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.
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X.A. -This reculpt when returned to the appllent must be presented. lifehaped by Fuelph, fut the namint day as Allotment, will be exchanged
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the allɔtment. -
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How whull this lus done? In brief, the
HOUSEMAIDS ON THE LAND.
A CANT ON THE LORD "MAYOR WITH A WAGON OF STRAW.
to the portion of the Manison House, wearing breeches overalls, high boots," anti " wide awake" ha a. 67%
The tan of the country was a their ebecks and the inn of the countrysmiled from their aver. And all because of We like the life they Armageddon
Verily this necessity is the most Another biting fact at the present extreme call that ever came to the unable to get the "whost of the South toment is that supplies of wheat and american farmer. This year and next the fourly cutest, Arctie port of Arch-corn in Argention and of wheat in Aus. We must produce every possible, edible angel, which is as far from her whtest train, although paid for and lying in the thing. Even if the war should stop now, was to do this great thing in contained 2040 fields as Alaska is from ours Thus warehouses, might as well, not exist, which It canapt we shall need in four wards: Piast, cultivate, breed nud Gerinatly has succeeded in cutting all From England to Australia by sun is three maximum, production next year, for the plan. Plant while you en. Although it nearly 200,000,000 bushels of whert tron times of furs to America
Ships to world has eaten its usual surplus stocks is June when you see this, there is still the Western Allies, and it is plain to send the work do not exist.
afford, of which it ordinarily carries planting that can be done. brom Virginia why the Allies have already contractul. If there are ships, they must this year several months' supply southward there is yet time to plant corn City men stared with surprise on newid. It's more interrating then he THERAPION NO. 2dop
for 100,000,000 bushels of our 1917 wheat and next bo supplied almost exclusitoly Wake up American farmer! The day if you pargibly have the man and horse morning ecently when three pretty work-more Exciting) of them from the short-journey piece--the Caited is already far spent. Grasp all available power Remember, this tutine acre girl tought a komut of straw on a wagua said that she had been leatine aftern THERAPION NO. 3 Yet during the years 1011-12 States, 100 Inles Tather than Argan help Tate the best coudut you can get. of first-class corn has 'fied value enggal to the Mansion House and called or the pigs another loing hay pinking, sch
Lord Blagbe. They were three of the was looking forward to farming in Aus exports averiged only 118,000,000 in 6,000 miles, or Australia 10,000 Seize all credit within reor power to selo a Belgian Intily through the Women's Land Array wo of theme out trulls, pro
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Cada 121,000,000 Argentina's, miles away.
They had driven their waghat Plan and work that this year and neat winter. And in that corn be sure you a few monthango were in the service 100,000,000 Australia's and New Zen brief, or Allies are suffering from way by two
plant ese or some other small grain at the Lady Magoresan hiusi orning from Thydon Bois-In L one be the greatest arse last cultivation. It wil at least make
Gone was the next cip and primp where Midler Id Buxton has a tom land', $2,000,000, and the British an accumulation of difiqultios they ha everon yonzorm, - Forget profit.
gône, was the dusting brush, and the ten ing farm for Fatimal:=POU AR Indica
spaner fall or winter, pasture. We shi GD,000,000. These countries, had short-distance Cupplies cut off, and Starvation prices will bring you that any-
Tray Now with their companion they Lord Mayor same t need it. It will pay you.
matcffed with a business liikuswalkúp #th them, as did the "thireo - › years— sgu exported long distance, supplies cat off, and the chew... Grow food f
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