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HONGKONG COTTON SPINNING, WEAVING AND DYEING COMPANY, LIMITED.
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THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
THE GYMKHANA.
September 1, 1900.
HONGKONG FOOTBALL CLUB.
The fourth gymkhana of the season took place The Football Club's report of the season 1899. on the Race Course at Happy Valley on atur- 19 shows a balance of $103.92 to the credit of day afternoon, the 25th ult. A thunderstorm the Club on 31st August, 1900. The following came on after tiffin and it looked as if the meet-record shows the results of the matches played
under Rugby and Association rules :- Lost. 2
Points against 29 Won Lost..
The following is the report for presentation to be held at the office of the General Managersing would have to be postponed. Later on, how ever, the weather cleared up, and all the events on Monday, 3rd September, at 4 p.m:-
were gone through with the exception of the ment of receipts and expenditure together with Sepoy race, it being too late to run that off. H. E. the Governor (Sir Henry Blake, G.C.M.G.) was the result of the working of the mill up to 15th
among those present. The results of the diffe- August.
rent events are given below:- LADIES NOMINATION.-Orange
The General Managers now submit a state-
The profit and loss account for the period dnder review is attached and shows a debit bal. ance of $144,588.47, an unfortunate result for which interest is largely responsible.
The working account shows a loss of $69,637.79. in which, however, is included a sum of $24,797.94 "disbursed in erecting machinery, &c., which, of Course, is an item that would not appear again.
It is apparent that the Company is very much under-capitalized, and the consideration of this subject will be introduced to the share- holders at the coming meeting.
The Company has had to struggle against grave difficulties in connection with labour sup- ply, and, at one time during the plague epidemic, deaths and panic reduced our working to 10,000 spindles:
CONSULTING C MMITTEE.
The General Managers regret to reard the death of Mr. Lee Sing, whose seat at the Board has not been filled.
AUDITUR.
The accounts have been audited by Mr. W. Hutton Potts, and that gentleman offers him. self for re-election.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., General Managers. Hongkong, 22nd August 1900.
Capital
BALANCE SHEET.
LIABILITIES.
Jardine, Matheson & Co.
Beith, Stevenson & Co
Hongkong & S'hai Banking Corporation
Accounts payable
Land
Buildings
Machinery
Water supply
Li
ASSETS.
Stock of raw cotton and cotton in process
Stock of yarn...
Stook of waste......
Mill stores
Stook of coals
Preliminary expenses
Furniture
Accounts receivable
Fire insurance, unexpired premia
Balance of profit and loss account
$ 900,000.00
1,529,943.98 8,416.12 6,905.07 7.223.78
$2,152,489.25
C.
44.212.86 578.941.15 1,101,424.82
1.489.93 80.767.00 457,0-48.50 2,306.00 26.146.00 442.00
1,464.59
2,157.00 924.85 10,576.08 144,588.47
$2,452,489.25
69.637.79 74,629.68 500:00
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. Dr.
$
To balance of working account
To interest
To auditor's fees for two years
To office allowance and commis-
sion to General Managers (not charged)
11,582.18
To directors' fees (not charged) $5,000.00
By transfer fees By balance
Cr.
$144,767.47
C.
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179.00 144,588.47
$144,707.47
Race.-6
Chairs. 2 Runs. Man on pony to pick oranges off chairs and toss above head, going full speod. Points deducted for lack of pace. Entrance Fee. $1. Prize from Gymkhana Fund. The following were the entries. Mr. Moxon nominated by Mrs. Moxou Lieut. Wilkin
Mrs. Howat
Mr. Cruickshank, R.A. Capt. Lobing Mr. Anderson Mr. (ox Mr. Gresson
Mr. Cruickshank Mr. Brutton Mr. Looker Capt. Goodwin
Mrs. Sansom Miss Blake
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Mrs. Koo
Miss Potts
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Mrs. Gray
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Miss Hancock
Mrs. Grace
Mrs. Wildman Mrs. Campbell The winner of the first prize was Captain Goodwin, Mr. Brutton coming second. TENT-PEGGING AND TURK'S HEAD; 3 runs; points for pace; points:-3 for Turk's Head, 5 for a také, 3 for a draw, 1 for a touch. No restrictions as to animals; 1st prize presented by H.E Major-General Gascoigne, C.M.G. 2nd prize, $15. The following had entered:- Lieut. Wilkin, R.N., Mr. Mulliken, Capt. Goodwin, Mr. Cruickshank, Major Kitlewell, Mr. Rudkin, Mr. Melville, Mr. Casserly, and Capt. the Hon. H. W. Trefusis.
Mr. Cruickshank won the first prize and Lient. Wilkin the second.
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Rugby
for.. :.:97
Goals for
25 against...17
11 1
Goals for
against 7
Association Drawn
Won Lost Drawn... 3. Won 3
A. Team Association
The Six-a-side Challenge Cup was won by Mr. J. F. Noble's team.
Mr. C. T. Kew kindly presented six medals to the winning team.
After getting through the 1st round of the Shield the lub were knocked out in the 2nd round by Go. R. W. F. by 2 goals to 1.
Although the Committee regret that the Club did not figure in the Final they feel that it is in the interests of the Competition that the Shield should change hands, as often as possible.
Fifteen teams entered for the Competition as against 18 last year: the uncertain move- ment of the British squadron preventing, with one exception, any Naval teams entering..
The Committee regret to report that a good deal of feeling arose, in the course of the Compe tition, in connection with the refereeing. An- endeavour will be made to guard against this in the coming season.
The Shield fund shows a balance in hand of 8145.66.
The Committee are glad to report a large in- crease in the number of members chiefly due to the erection of the matshed. During the sea- son 85 new members were elected.
Two Charity matches were played in aid of the Transvaal War Fund and the sum of $562.57 was handed over to the Fund.,
The Committee are glad to be able to report that the experiment of starting a 2nd Associa- tion team proved a successful one, and that many members availed themselves of the opportunity of taking part in the matches.
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The Six-a-side Competition will commence as early in September as possible and the regular seuson as soon as the Competition is over.
2 The Sixth Annual Dinner took place at the Hongkong Hotel on the 24th March last and 328 members and guests were present.
Mile Race.-For all China ponies. Weight for inches as per scale. Penalties --winners 1 race this season 5 lbs. ; 2 races, 7 lbs; 3 races, 10lbs. Four to start or no race. 1st Prize pre- sented by J. H. Lewis, Esq. 2nd prize. §1. Hon. R. M. Gray's Tube Rose 11st. Ib. (Mr. Cruickshank) Mr. G. II. Potts's Forest King, 11st. lb. (Mr. Wilkin) Hou, J. J. Keswick's Beachnut, 11st. 8lb. (Mr. Gresson) Mr. Will's Minor, 11st. 10lb. (owner) Mr. G. H. Potts's Interrogation, 11st. 4lb. (Mr. Cox) Mr. Cruickshank's Black Rose, 10st. 121b.
(Mr. Brutton) POLO BALL RACE.-In pairs, alternate strokes. round a post and back through goal. All polo ponies. 1st prize presented by Hon F. H. May. The following had entered :-- Mr. Mulliken and Capt. Loring, Messrs. Gresson and Cruickshank, Mr. Rudk'n and Major Kettlewell, Messrs. (asserly and Mel- ville
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Messrs. Gresson and Cruickshank were the
winners.
LADIES NOMINATION.-Different coloured rib- bous are put into sealed envelopes and given
to the ladies. Gentlemen ride over hurdle to flag, dismount, and take an envelope from basket, ride back over hurdle to winning: post. Lady possessing corresponding colour to that in man's envelope first past post wins. 2 prizes from Gymkhana. The following had entered:-
Mr. Moxon Mr. Cruickshank Capt. Loring
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS. | MF. Anderson
"C" MACHINE GUN COMPANY. The August shoot for the Capt. Potts" Cup resulted in Gunner Shoolbred registering his second win in this competition. There was avery poor attendance, no doubt due to the heat. Scores : ---
200 400 500 Handi-To- yds. yds. yds. cap. tal.
6 Gunner Shoolbred 33 29 29 28 29.24
Sergeant Smillie Corporal Sherwin Gunner G. Lee Gunner Millar
29 20 15 10
24. 26 10 13 24 21 20 8
.97 81 74 73
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Mr. Cox Mr. Gresson Mr. Cruickshank
Mr. Brutton
Mr. Looker
nominated by Mrs. Moxon.
Mrs. Sansom. Miss Blake..
Miss Hancock.
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Mrs. Gray.
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Miss Potis.
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Miss Hartigan.
Mrs. Grace. Mrs. Wildman.
The Marquis of Tweeddala, K.T., has re- signed his position as chairman, and the Boards of Directors of the Eastern Telegraph and Eastern Extension, Australasia and China Telegraph companies have elected as his succes- sor Sir John Wolfe Barry, K.C.B. The Mar- quis of Tweeddale retains his soat as a director on both Boards.
The Annual Meeting for the purpose of re ceiving the Committee's report on the last season and for electing the Committee and officers for the forthcoming season will be held in the Cricket Pavilion on Monday, the 3rd September, at 3 p.m.
HONGKONG.
For returning from banishment Lai Po was on the 27th ult. sentenced to 12 months' hard labour. He was banished for five years on the 30th Decembor, 1897.
The visitors to the City Hall Library and non-Chinese Museum last week included 233 and 65 Chinese to the former, and 408 non- Chinese and 1,871 Chinese to the latter institu- tion. The Library was closed for repairs for
three days.
At the Magistracy on the 25th ult. Sanitary Inspector L. E. Brett gave evidence against the owners of six houses for neglecting to concrete ground surfaces. A fine of $10 per house was imposed. The owners of six houses were also fined $15 per house for a breach of the regula- tions as to backyards.
George Waddell, of Ormsby Terrace, Kow- loon, gave evidence at the Magistracy on the 25th ult. against his boy, who had left his service without notice and whom he also charged with stealing an umbrella. The boy, who said he ran away because his master ill-treated him, was sent to prison for a month.
Tsang Wo Sang, tallyman, appeared at the Magistracy on the 29th ult. to answer a charge of being drunk and incapable. A Chinese constable found him rolling in the gutter at West Point on Tuesday night in a helpless state of intoxica- tion, singing snatches of English music hall songs, such as “Let 'em all come, was taken to No. 7, Police Station, and was yesterday fined $3, or 14 days.
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