January 5, 1901.]
·LIABILITIES,
By capital:
125,436 ordinary shares paid
op 83
$376,803.00
54,001 preference shares paid
up $1
54,001.00
By accounts payable, due for directors'
and anditor's fees... By cash account, due to General Agents..
PROFIT ANd Los AccOUNT. Dr.
To Great Eastern and Caledonian Gold Mining Co., in liq.-Balance of work.
ing account
To charges account
To telegrams
To wages
To Crown rent.
To repairs account
To travelling expenses .................
To fire insurance.
To mine charges.
To legal expenses
To office charges
431,209.00
1,400.00 37.16
$432,646.16
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
be substituted for the words " for every com- plete additional number of ten shares.” de
7-That in Article 71 the words “ more than twelve or less than six" be substituted for
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the words "more than nine or less than four
8.That in Article 73 the words two hun- dred" be substituted for the word "fifty."
9.-That in Article 96 the words "and bonuses" be deleted, and that at the end of the same Article there be added the following paragraph, namely : "The Directors may also, with the consent of, and in such manner, and upon such conditions, and at such times as shall be authorised by shareholders in meeting, employ the reserve fund for the time being. or any part thereof, in the payment of a bonus 235.11 or bonuses to shareholders in respect of every 12,342.39 share and fraction of a share.”
$ C.
..............115,927.21 4,407.71
To Caledonían development........
To battery wages
To Great Eastern development To Gospel Oak Crown rent To Gospel Oak mine charges To Gospel Oak development To amounts written off-
Property Furniture Live stook
Machinery, plant and tools
Mine stores
Great Eastern main shaft.
Caledonian main shaft
Zulu main shaft
Bank of England shaft
Rise and Shine shaft
Prospecting shaft
Old Great Eastern drive
Dam account
Gospel Oak plant account.
Gospel Oak battery account. Printing and stationery..
By interest".
By fuel account
By gold account
By tributors
By sundry earnings
Cr.
Suspense account-
By 14,564 new and ordinary shares
not applied for at $2.50
Calls not paid
By balance
22.60
2,489.60
1
read,
400.21 The CHAIRMAN said-The objects of the resolutions, which have just been 455.47 are simply these, first, to turn the present 1,092.59 $125 share into two and a half. shares 1,229.03 of $50 each, and, secondly, to obtain 1,766.34
power to convert the present so-called reserve 7,444.55
563.50 of $900,000 (which is really capital, having 2,249.07 been sunk in the company's business and not
71.49 separately invested as it should be if it were 2,853.02 a real reserve fund) into actual capital. 1,455.54 This with $37,500 taken from present profits 120,000.08
will ra se the capital to $2,500,000 divided 1,351.96 into 50,000 shares of $50 each, equal to four 297.32 new. $50 shares for every one old $125 share. 42,874.99 I think you will all agree that, this will be an 13,235.70
improvement and will state the capital in a 8,470.90 12,000 05 simpler and more easily handled form than 13,047.17 presont. A suggestion was made that the 9,629.40 shares should be reduced to eight shares of 4,947.25 $25 each instead of four of $50, but the line 4,054.99 had to be drawn somewhere and we did not
681.78
feel justified in making the shares too small. 3,000.00 1,134.04
We, therefore, recommend $50 as the limit. I 293 19 now propose the adoption of the first resolution. G01.77 Mf. SHARP seconded, and the motion was
carried. $390,215.97
C.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed each of the other resolutions which were seconded as follows ---- 379.05 Resolution 2, Mr. R. C. WILCOx; Resolution 14 30 3, Mr. HART BUCK: Resolution 4, Mr. G. 620.44 MURRAY BAIN; Resolution 5, Mr. H. HUM- 216.29
PHREYS; Resolution 6, Mr. H. A. W. SLADE; 526.46
Resolution 7, Mr. R. MITCHELL; Resolution 8, Mr. D. HASKELL; Resolution 9, Mr. Ho KOM TONG.
$36,410.00
143 00
36,267.00 352,192 49
$390,215.97
HONGKONG AND WHAMPOA DOCK COMPANY, LIMITED.
EXTRAORDINary generAL MEETING. An extraordinary general meeting of share- holders in the above company was held at the offices, Queen's Buildings, at noon on Monday, 31stult., Mr. R. Shewan presided, and there were also present Messrs. J. 8. Van Buren, D. E. Brown, J. H. Lewis, A. Haupt, N.A. Siebs (directors), D. Gillies (Chief Manager). T. I.Rose (Secretary), G. M. Bain, David Haskell, Henry Humphreys, Hart Buck, M. H. Michael, A. G. Morris, S. Rustomjee, H. W. Slade, M. W. Slade, R. C, Wilcox, R. Mitchell, C. 8. Sharp. Ho Fook, and Ho Kom Tong.
The SECRETARY read the notice convening the meeting, and the following proposed resolu- tions:-
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1.-That the following Article be inserted after Article 6, namely:-"6A-The Directors may issue certificates for fractions of shares, and provide for the exchange of such fractional certificates amounting to a whole share or num- ber of shares for certificates of a whole share
or shares."
2. That in Article 11 the figures" 4,000 be substituted for the figures "1,000.
3-That the existing shares in the capital, namely 12,500 fully paid up shares of $125 each, be sub-divided into 31,250 fully paid-up shares of $50 each.
That in Article 47 the figures “10,000" be substituted for the figures “2,500.**
5.-That in Article 53 the words "Four Thousand” be substituted for the words "One Thonsand
6.—That in Article 62 the words" for every complete additional number of forty shares
The CHAIRMAN-That is all the business gentlemon. I thank you for your attendance.~
SUPREME COURT.
Friday, 28th December.
IN SUMMARY JURISDICTION.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR T. SERCOMBE SMITH (ACTING PUISNE JUDGE).
THE OFFICER AND HIS SERVANT. An Indian named Shawali sought to recover
$20-86 from his former master, Lieut. Macaulay. The defendant did not appear.
The plaintiff stated that he was the servant of the defendant up to 28 days ago, when the defendant struck him for failing to find his boots, upon which Le left him. The defendant but there was also due to him $20-86 for pro- paid him $7 which was due to him for wages, visions which he had procured for his master's
1188.
Judgment was given for the plaintiff for the amount claimed.
A despatch has been received at the Foreign Office from H.M. Consul-General at Havre, stating that the Chargeurs Rénnis Company intend to inaugurate, in the course of the next few months, a new line of steamers between France and Indo-China. The departures will be from Dunkirk, and will take place once a month. The steamers will touch at Havre, and will proceed to Saigon and Haiphong. The ports of call after leaving Havre have not yet" been finally settled. Six large steamers which are now under construction at Havre and St. Nazaire will be assigned to the new service, as well as the Admiral Aube, Admiral Buudis, and Admiral Courbet, which are now in use on the Lourenço Marquez and Madagascar Line.
CRICKET.
CLUB XLVI KOWLOON;
15
On New Year's Day, 1901, a match was played Cricket Club and Kowloon. The game was
a team representing the Hongkong
fortunately prevented any definite result being close and interesting one, but lack of time un arrived at. Kowloon, who went in first, put on 262 runs innings closed and trying to get their opponents for 5 wickets before declaring their out. The Club XI in the remaining time lost with 3 wickets to fall. In direct contrast to 7 wickets for 232 runs, thus being 30 behind the bowlers match at Xmastide, batamen had a field-day at New Year,
ear, and Lieut. Burke, Lieut Ross, R. J. Gerrard, and Capt. Ainslie made a lot of runs, while nine others got into double figures. In the circumstances bowlers naturally had a poor time. Scores and analysis:
❘
KOWLOON
Lieut. Forsyth, e Anderson, b Franklin. Lieut. Lumb, e Emmett, b Ward
Capt. Ainslie, 3rd M.L.I., c and b Franklin 43 Lieut. Hutchinson, b Ross „mip. ∙14 Lieut. Kriokenbook, o Ross, b Franklin..... 31. Lient. Burke, not out
127
12
Lieut. Nicholson, not out
15
did not bat
11
262
Lieut. Iabortouche
Col. Teversham Har. Lazar Private Andeappen
Extras
Total (for 5 wickets)
** HONGKONG.
C. S. Franklin, R.N., o Teversham, b
Krickenboek
R. J. Gerrard, c Andeappon, b Forsyth 56 J. Hooper, e Forsyth, b Kriokenbeek 16 A. G. Ward, b Forsyth
23
Lt. A. V. Ross, R.N., o Ainslie, b Forsyth 89 *11 R. D. Anderson, b Labertouche.
J. Grant Smith, o Terversham, b Forsyth 10 G. A. Woodcock, not out
E. E. Andrus, not ont
C. H. P. Hay did not bat E. C. Emmott
Ross Ward
Hooper..
Extras
Total (for 7 wickets)
BOWLING ANALYSIS,
'KOWLOON.
0.
M.
23 3
Franklin se mě............,
Anderson
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15
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Gerrard.
Woodcock
* HONGKONG,
0.
Krickenbeek
в
Forsyth........
44
5
Andeappen...märäin
Nicholson........
Labertouche
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FOOTBALL.
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H.X.F.C. V. G. CO. B.W.J. Hongkong Football Club on the 29th ult.
met & Company, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, at Happy Valley, before a good turn-out of spectators. The teams were:-
Hongkong:: Goal-Woodgates; backa- Kew and Russell; half-backs-Jenkins, Bonnar, and Howard; forwards-Low, Lee, Tullock
Lambert; half-backs-Clark, Pugh, and Gill (Capt., B.A.)., Noble, Clapham (Lieut., R.G.A.) Fusiliers-Goal-Miles; backs Jasper and
forwards-Davis, Cheatle, Boulton, Lloyd, and Jones.
The game started at four o'clock, Boulton, for the Fusiliers, setting the ball in motion. Cheatle and Davis carried it up the field, but lost to Russell. Noble got possession, and the Hongkong forwards had a try for goal. Clark tackled, and a shy against the club resulted. To save a long shot from Boulton, Woodgates ran out and conceded a corner-why, w not evident. Low's men got on the ball, which was kiøked in from corner by Davis,
and succeeded in completely relieving the pressure and removing operations to Fusilier territory. Noble sent in a slow ball that easily saved by Miles. The Fusiliers, time, could not get away, and thin ing rather gloomy for them w tured and manœuvred the 1 centre. Kew tackled, and, rege passed to Lee, who, however, shot wide.