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HONGKONG COTTON SPINNING, WEAVING, AND DYEING CO., LD.
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The report and accounts for presentation to shareholders at the seventh ordinary meeting to be held at the offices of the general managers on Saturday, 10th September. 1904, at 12.30 p.m., reads as follows:
The general managers beg to submit a state- ment of accounts covering the period from 1st August, 1903, to 31st July, 1904.
The balance at credit of profit and loss account is $85,362.83, which it is proposed to appropriate as follows:-
To pay a dividend of 5 per cent.
for the year
To carry forward to credit of next
year's account
$62,500.00
22,862.83
$85,362.83
CONSULTING COMMITTEE.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
Sir C. P. Chater, C.M.G., and Mr. A. G. . Wood retire, but being eligible offer themselves for re-election.
AUDITOR.
In the absence of Mr. W. Hutton Potts the accounts have been audited by Mr. Frank Maitland, who offers himself for re-election.
JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,
General Managers. The accounts are as follows:-
BALANCE-SHELT. 31st July, 1904.
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Capital account
Sundry creditors
Unclaimed dividends
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LIABILITIES.
Profit and loss account
ASSETS.
$ C. ..1,250,000.00 524,035.78
Property comprising land, buildings and
machinery
Furniture
Sundry debtors
Cash ...
Cotton, value of stock
Yarn, value of stock.
Waste, value of stock
Mill stores, value of stock
Coal, value of stock
the thickets around the villages. The Chinese many partridges were driven for shelter into captured many, and they were sold in numbers in Sham Chan Market.
JUNK ROBBERY.
An audacious robbery occurred in Deep Bay on the 30th ult. The "San Hop Ying" junk. laden with a cargo of pigs from Bham Chan-to Taiping, was boarded by 20 armed men from an oyster boat in the early morning. They stole a number of pigs and moneyed letters, etc., valued it is said between one and two thousand dollars. The robbers forced the master and crew into the hold while they searched the junk. They went away with their booty towards Chinese territory.
The amount of junk trade in Deep Bay war- rants the continual presence of a Police pinnace to patrol the Bay and Sham Chun River.
PAKHOI.
[FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT |
28th August.
AN ACCIDENT.
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[September 5, 1904.
and a high sea was running in the harbour. Point. The wind was still blowing half a gale From the shore the launches as they approached the centre of the harbour appeared to be tossed about like corks. The Star" Ferry launches resumed their service shortly afterwards which had been interrupted since one o'clock the previous day. Early passengers had an At eight o'clock unusually exciting passage. the paddle-steamer Hankew left her berth on the trip to Canton. By this time many of the steamers which had ridden out the storm in the harbour were getting up full steam preparatory to making a move. From the Hill thirty-six large merchant steamers could be counted, but many others, we believe, were sheltered from view as well as from the weather in the neigh- bouring bays. One of the Messageries Mari- times steamers was to be seen moored in the stream half way out to Lyeemoon Pass, and from the Kowloon side the other could be dis- inguished moored in the vicinity of Green Island. The homeward mail steamer which ventured out through the Lyeemoon Pass on Tuesday night found it too rough to pro- ceed and she passed round the island enter- ing the harbour again by the Capsimoon Pass. The sea had calmed down by yesterday after- noon, and most of the steamers returned to their usual berths to resume the loading or discharge of
cargo.
THE DAMAGE AFLOAT.
Thanks to the timely warning given by the Observatory, the sampan folk in the harbour were able to take an early flight
to
The steamer Hue was due here on the 25th instant, from Haiphong, but she did not put in an appearance until the afternoon of the 26th. The cause of the delay was that her engines had gone out of order, and it was with difficulty that she managed to reach this port. After arrival the engineers lost no time in beginning the neces-
shelter, and SO suffered less damage 3,929.40 sary repairs to enable the vessel to proceed on probably than in any previous gole of similar 85,362.83 her voyage. Captain Godinau was confident severity; but at the mouth of the Canton River. that the repairs could be carried out in a few where the force of the typhoon was much $1.863,3:8.01 hours, and he proposed to start for Hoihow. greater than within the harbour of Hongkong,
Kwongchow Bay and Hongkong the same even.
a good number of Chinese craft were lost. ing. The repairers having failed to oblige him,
The Tacoma liner Shawmut, which dragged her he decided to go back to Haiphong instead, as
moorings and drifted ashore on Thursday in the 2.857.00 being the nearest port where any material vicinity of the Kowloon Dock, was successfully
repairs could be made.
The Hue is the subsi-released yesterday and anchored well out in dized French mail boat owned by Mr. A. R. the stream. The United States survey ship Marty.
Pathfinder also went ashore near the Dock on Thursday, but was towed off successfully yester- day. It is believed that neither vessel has sustained any serious damage.
Fire insurance and taxes pertaining to
period after 31st July, 1904
Dr.
c.
$
1,326,155.85
13,693.27
2,526.82 56,127.57 415,447.00
600.00 41,0:7.44 3,000.00
1.893.06
$1,863,328.01
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.
To remuneration to General Managers, 10 per cent, on balance of working account To remuneration to consulting committee To auditor's fees.....
To balance.
Cr.
By balance from last year
By transfer fees
By gain on working
FRONTIER NOTES.
FROM A CORRESPONDENT).
THE TYPHOON.
C.
TIGER HUNTING,
I have heard nothing further regarding this dangerous sport. The young gentleman who was wounded by a tiger in a recent expedition is now so far recovered that he is able to attend In this connection I learn that about office. two weeks ago some villagers had succeeded in killing two young tigers and brought them out for disposal The animals had evidently been snared and then killed with spears and clubs, but how the natives succeeded in capturing these cubs without meeting the wrath of the parent beasts seems astonishing. It is evident, how ever, that the existence of numerous tigers 85,362.83 prowling about the villages is not a myth, as
some would have it believed. $97,221.08
8,608.25 3,000,1.0 250.00
11,858.25
C.
11,121.55 86,082,53 17.00
THE WEATHER.
The weather is purely tropical, with tempera- ture at 91 or 92 degrees Fahr. during the greater part of the day, but the mornings and evenings are cool enough to compensate for the oppres- $97,221.08 sive days. The health of the port continues
good so far.
THE TYPHOON.
(27th Angust.)
The typhoon which was first reported south east of the Colony recurved on Thursday morn- ing to the northward, and at mid-day was about 140 miles south-west of Hongkong. During the night it passed to the north-east of the Colony and at mid-day yesterday it was reported from the Observatory that the typhoon was doubtless filling up and was moving inland rather slowly, to the north-east. Sea-faring men thought it probable that the typhoon would strike the coast in the neighbourhood of Swatow.
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THE DAMAGE ASHORE.
as the
The collapse of houses Ming On Lane and Bridges Street, reported in our yesterday's issue. may be regarded most serious damage done to house property in the Colony, but the ill-wind has blown a deal of good to builders and carpenters, who will have enough repairs of a minor character, perhaps, for the most part-to keep them well employed for some weeks to come. The verandah of No. 179, Queen's Road. East, collapsed during the gale, and in falling broke an electric light
cable and standard.
The most noticeable effects of the storm on
the Peak are the replenishing of the reservoirs. which were filled to overflowing. Very little damage of an important character is reported. Near Stewart Terrace the retaining wall of a croquet lawn has collapsed. Lower down the hill, in the Peak Road, a wall enclosing a tennis lawn has fallen, for the second time.
At No. 13, MacDonnell Road, the residence of Mrs. Henderson, a tower was blown down. the débris crashing through the roof and practically wrecking two bedrooms.
1st September.
A piece of rock measuring about 20 feet long by six or seven feet, was dislodged in Morrison Hill Road, and brought down the walls of some The typhoon of last week was felt pretty severely all over San On. Scarce a village but
kitchens at the rear of No. 32, which were had its quota of collapsed houses. Many houses
fortunately unoccupied at the time, the house are built of sun-dried bricks, and these became
having recently been vacated. Mr. Marti, who like a huge sponge with the wind-driven rain,
had an adjoining house, had watched with some and fell like a bank of mud. No lives were lost
anxiety the washing away of the soil in which as far as is known. A good few pigs and
this rock was embedded, and kept an eye on it the poultry were killed, their dead bodies being
whole of Thursday night. It fell about 6 o'clock seen in numbers in the swollen streams.
yesterday morning, and its fall was followed by a sad incident. Mr. Marti, who is a compara- Patches of sugar cane in exposed places suffered
Throughout Thursday night a S.-E.'ly gale tively young man, hastened from his own house severely, and many paddy fields were washed
see what damage had been cansed, full of sand from the overflowing streams. A with violent squalls was experienced in Hong- to few bridges came to grief. Altogether, the value kong, and rain continued to fall until nearly six but bad not gone. many steps before he had a The barometer paralytic seizure and fell to the ground, dialo- of house property destroyed must be consider-o'clock yesterday morning. able, more so if the poor condition of the people then commenced to rise and the sky and eating his jaw and sustaining minor injuries. mist to clear, permitting for the first time in Hearing groans, Mr. J. D. H.S. Remedios, living be taken into consideration.
twenty-four hours a full view of the harbour. | at No. 10, looked about and saw Mr. Marti lying Shortly before six o'clook the typhoon signals on the ground. He took him at once to his at the usual stations were lowered." Than three house and sent for medical aid. Mr. Marti was or four large launches were observed to venture | conscious, but unable to speak. Dr. Müller 'from their shelter and round Blackhead's attended him and set the jaw in position.
SPORT.
The typhoon filled up the fields so with water that few snipe were sean for some days. They have now returned to their usual haunts and in airly large numbers. During the typhoon