INTIMATION.
S. MOUTRIE & CO., LTD.,
ESTABLISHED 1875.
BABY GRANDS
BY
PLEYEL, KEMMLER,
AND
ROSENKRANZ.
FOR LIGHTNESS of Torun, QuaL-
DURA- ITY OF TONE, AND BILITY, THESE PIANOS ARE
UNRIVALLED.
A GUARANTEE
TEST
PERIOD
YEARS OF Two
EACH INSTRU- WITH! GIVEN MEST. INSPECTION INVITED.
FOR
A
SCLE AGERTH:
8. MOTRIE & CO., LTD.,
York Building, Chater Road
Hongkong, 30th July, 1906,
BANKS
THE
BANKS
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA AND OHINA.
INCOLPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 185:
LINAD OFFION-LONDON.,
www.ra
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, AUGUST 27т¤, 1906,
SHARE REPORT.
Masura Erich Georg & Co. say in their weekly share report dated 25th August, 1966: — Our market has rulod very firm for must stocks, and a pretty fair business has been put through during the week under review, although rates have not changed much. The sterling
SHIPBUILDING IN HONGKONG.
The For Eastern. Remiato sayı:-One of the most successful of the younger orginearing beme of Hongkong is that of Carmichel & Clarke's. Although only ten youre in existence, the high quality of work sad general satisfaction given
CAPITAL PAID-UPARMA 25£800,0 eof exchangeon Londoncloses at 2, 7emand by this firm has placed it in the front ranks of
KASSEVE LIABILITY OF SHAKE-
HOLDERS...> < KUANTONI Eastry FUNDisp
£975,00 INTEREST allowed on Current Amount at the rate of 2", per annum on the Daily balances a Fixed Deposits for 12 months 4 per cent
31 21 "T. P. COCHRANE,
Manager,
Hongkong, luth May, 1908.
+1
124
rate
while rates on Shanghai ore Tls. 72) for Bank TT. and T. 7 for a three days sight Private Bill, the rate in Blangusi on the bong Tis. 72 for a three days' sight Private Draft Harsilver in Loudon is quotesi dhe 1-143, and
Console £7718.
HANK SHARES. Hongkong and Shanghais are quoted $35 ox the dividend of £1. lần. Od 16.47.96) per share, paid on 20th instant, but no asiness has been reported; London quotes 292, 158, d. ex dividend. Nationals sold at $47.
MARINE INSURANCE SHARKS-Ugions sold THE MERCANTILE BANK OF 570 and 8801), and base basers at the lower THE
INDIA, LIMITED.
rate.
Other stocks under this leading are unchang 4, but without business."
FIRE ISSURANCE SHARES. Hongkongs olanged hands at 8322; sed 1325, and are firma at later figure, Chipis sold at 891, and 299, and are in demand now at 802.
AUTHORISED CAPITAL.....£1,500,000 SVESCLINED... 1,125,000 563,500 PANUP ratios mone Rabez FUND (na 1000smi
135,000 BANKOBS: LONDON JOINT STOCK BANa, Lixitan.
INTEREST allowed on Current Accounts at the rate of 2", per aunum on the Daily balano- ON FIXED DEPOSITS 1- For 12 months..
47 81% 217
E. ORMISTON, Manager.
5265
Hongkene, 6th March, 1906. HONGKONG & BANGBAI BANK.
CORPORATION
..............$10,000,000
VAID-UP CAPITAL... LESERT FUND
STERLING ROWERY...$10,000,000 .. 10,250,000
320,250,000 RESERVE LIABILITY or Pzor'rons $10,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORY.
A. HAUPT, Esq.--Chairman. G. EL MADHURGT, Ex-Deputy Chairmas.
N. A. Sisba, Esq. E. Goets, Esq. Hon.hr. W.J.Gresson. [ R, Shower, Esq. C. R. Lorrmann, Esq. H. A. W. Blads, Esq. H. E. Tomkins, Esq. A. J. Raymond, Esq.
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK D. M. Nistica, E.
LIMITED,
ESTARLISHED 1880,
CAPIAL SunBCRIBED ...
Yun 24,000,000
CAPITI PAID-UP ............. CAPITA. UNCALLED ;........... READ FUND, SPECIAL RESERVE FUND
20
F
+1
H
21,000,000 3,400,000 10,300,000 1,000,000
HLD OFFIOR-YOKOHAMA, BHURES AND AGENCIES,
Nagasaki
Now York Bombay Nowokwar
Tokyo
Kobe
Omelia
Lyons
London
Honolulu
San Francico
Tientsin
Peking
Dalny
Chaton Tio-ling
Port Arthur
Shanghal
Makdoo
LONDON BANKERS,
CHIEF MANAGER Dongkong-J. R. M. SMITH
ACTING MANAGES : Shangri-W. ADAMS ORAM.
LONDON BANEERS-LONDON AND COUNTY BANKING COMPANY, LIMITED.
flONOKOND-INTEREST ALLOWED, Un Current Account at the rate of Two Cent, per Annam on the daily balance.
OS FIXED DRPOSITS.
For 3 months, 2 per cont per Annum, For 6 months, 31 per cent, per Annum. For 12 monthr, 4 per cent. per Anaum.
H. K. R. HUNTER,
Acting Chlef Maunger. Hongkong, 20th August, 1906.
THE LONDON DINT STOCK BANK, LIKITAD DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK.
PAS BANK, LIMITED.
THE UNION OF LONBON AND SMITHS
BINE, LIMITED.
HONGBONG INTEREST ALLOWED.
On Current Acount at the rate of 2 per cent
per annum on the gily balance.
Du fixed deposita tà il mon the 5", per aranm
..
21
"
3
TAKEO TAKAMICHÏ,
Manager.
[613
Hongkong, 27th durch, 1908.
INTERNATIONAL DANKING
BAN
ORPORATION
Fiscal Agents of the Crites States in China
the Philippine Islank and the Repablic of Panama.
CAPITAL AND SIMPLUS
AUTHORISED
++
...Gold Signs CAVITAL PAID UP...... ...Gold $3,250,010 KESKIVE FUND
Gold $3.250,00 IKA OFFICE New York. LONDON OFFICE: Thradneedle House, E.C Branches and Agentsal over the World LONDON BANKERS. NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLANI
LIMITED, UNION OF LONDON AND SMITH'S BANK LIMITAD
BRITISH LINEN COMPANY BANK The Corporation trausucts overy description f Banking and Exchange business, receive money in Current Account and accepts Fixed Deposits at the following rates:--
For 12 mouths 41 per zout. per aunum. For 6
For 3
il
*
H. PINCKNEY,
Manager.
1436
Qaoen's Rond; Central, Hongkong, 9th repteiner, 1905.
EDERLANDSCHE HANDEL.
MAATSCHAPPIJ.. (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY). ESTARLISH R1 1824
PAID UP CAPITAL FL. 15,001,000 (£3,750,000). RESERVE FOND... FL. 5,000,000 (£417,000).
HEAD-OFFICE IN AMSTERDAM. HEAD-AUENCY: BATAVIA. Branches:Singapore, Penang, Shangbai, Rangoon, Samarang, Surabaya. Cheriton, Tagal, Pecalongan, Pasoerovan, Tjiktjap. Padang, Medan (Deli), Palembang, Kota Radja (Achsen) Telok-Semawe, (cheon) Baud jermasiy
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are out of
10
Eastern
1 saginsara and chipbaikers. The present business was commenced in 1898 and operated under the name of H. F. Car- michael as Consalting Engineer and Ship- huilder, and in 1899 Mr. B. J. Barlow wax taken in, and the new firm became known as Car michal & Barlow. In Dul Mr. Barlow rotired from business, dissolving the partnership, and the former name of H. F. Carmichael was Feed. In February 1963, Mr. Harold Clarke, the assistant of Mr. Carmichael, was admitted into partnershi, and the present firm Lam established. Mr. Clarke's death in August 1904, of Typhoid facar, will be remembered by the engineering communily of the East for the many lexpresion of sorrow which it elicited from his friends and associates from all parts of the coast.
The users was resumed ador the sam name, with Mr. Carmichaelas sole partner, with two assistants. Under this management the SHOPPING SHABER-Hongkong, Canton and prestige and business of the Giro has steadily Macao Steamboats have been done at 827 and ineversed, and the character and extent of the 8271. and are wanted at the higher rate. Ind work undertaken has developed accordingly. Chinas sold at 274 to 3754, and are steady at Frem building smill harbour and river steinars $75. London quotes E und Shanghai The. 55. and launches, they are gradually developed the Chins and Muniles sold at 24, but shines eae scope of their work to embrace the repairing and in which be place flow at
steamship fitting out of large resu favour it $4. Star Ferrier nuchungs, and Une they have been eminently necessful. One s are Shell Transports and Steam Waterhals. of their recent contracts of this nature was of REFINERIES-Chin Engars dropped touch importance and carried out with such sales at 8145, but 81474 h4 Leen paid sine, al dispatch and success, that it called forth the there are cash buyers now at SHR, Luzocs mendation of the press in Hongkong, as it are unchanged.
demonstrated
and the ability rescurces of the smaller firms, who ristinarily are overshadowed be the larger dock interests of the Colony,
Daring the early months of the your the firm secured the contract, in the face of keen com- petition, for fitting up four large steamers us troopships, to carry Russian Ballers from Vislivostok to Odessa. Ripp'ngham frange, 1000 tour, the Stanley, 7,0 1088, Hercrshan Grunge; 11,900 tons and the Welsh Prince ně 19,00 toas. The contract eatles for fitting cabins and banks, hospitals, lavatories, avene, ralleys, rice and len boilers, ica boxes of the tous capacity and water service fittings, etc. The Rippingham Grange piping
9.550, the equipped for aromating
the Well Haversham Grange, 3,659, and Prince 2700. The work or the last two vassale,
bad necomandating 6.400 troops, to bo
be complet.
MINING SHARES-Enats are weaker with salem alllers at 7. the demand for this stock basing been satisfied.
The stearners were tha
DOCKS, WHARVES AND GOLOWxs, kam Hongkong and W Viuupes Docks paid the dividend of 56 per share on 21st instant, and they sell sine at 8144 to 8142 per share, ching with farther sellers. It will be necessary to lengthen the Adeniralty Dock to find necomo 'ation for the lag steamers How running and the weakness in the stock is caused by the intration of the directors to in order to pay propose an increase of capital for the cast and for reducing the Company's overdraft with the Bank. Feawisks, a vell as New Amog Docks, are unchanged. Shanghai Docks have improved again to Tls. 100, sales at Tis, 103 to Tls. 102 for end of the year have also been effected. Hongkong and Kowloon Wharvest within nine days, and it is a credit to the sold at S10, at which rate a for shares are obtainable: Shanghai nad Hongkow Wharves have advanced in the north to Tle. 245.
LANDS, Horrts AND BUILDINGS.-Fair sales of Hongkong Land Investment Shares have been effected, mostly at $116, but a wall int fatched $11.
A small lot of Kowloon Lands fetched $389. West Pointe sold and have sellers at $41 Hongkong Hoto's have been negotiated at 8120, at which gure a further perdurand exists. Humphreys have been sacrificad at 80, but have since been done at stil: there are sellers at S. Shanghai Lands see quoted Th, 19.
CAPITAL FULLY PAID UP...Sh. Tasis 7,500,00
HEAD OFFICE-SHANGHAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS, BERLIN.
BRANCHAS + Berlin,
Paking. Cloutto, Hankow,
Painanfu,
Tsingtau,, Keba, Tientsin, Yokohama, Singapore. Founded by the following Banks and
Beakers-
KOENIGLICHE BEEHANDLUNG (PREUSSICA STAATABANK) Berlin. DIRECTION DER DISCONTO
GESELLSCHAFT
DEUTSCHE BANK
8. BLEICHROEDER BERLINKK HANDILE- →GESELLSCHAFT
BANK FUER HANDRE UND
INDUSTRIE
ROBERT WARSCHADER & CO. MENDELSSOHN & Co.
M. A. vos RoruECHILD &
SOCH NE
Berlin.
- Frankfurt n/M
JACOB S. H. STERE NORDDEUTSCHE BANK IN HAMBURG, Hamburg. SAL OPPENHEIM, J., & Co., Kosin. BAYERISCHE HYPOTHEKEN-UND WECHSEL
RANK, MUENCH R.
LONDON BANKERS: Mesars. N. M. ROTHSCHILD & BON: THE UNION OF LONDON AND SMITH'S Bank, LimitaD. DEUTSCHE BANK (BEBIJN), LONDON AGENCİ VIRECTION HEr Disconto GESRIJSCHAFT,
COTTON MILLS-Shanghai quotes Fros Tla, 23. Intonationals Flex Lau Kaug Mors Pls. 5, and Souycheos Tla 15. Hongkong Cottous have buyers at $17; We hear that a dividend of $1 per share and a bonus of 25 cents por share is likely to be declared.
was
firm that the work was completed on time. Over 1ity workmen were employed, and the record of nine days established is one which could probably not be loware in any of the larger sugiering yards of Exrape or America. The firm has had large experience in this lius. Sitting out the various steamers for the great South African coolie traffic.
NEW YORK'S EAST RIVER.
EMIRONM GREAT SCHEME.
It is the belief of Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, that wiflrios deesdeal transit facilities over and auder East River will be inancient to relieve the congestion which has hitherto kept pics with the city's growth in brif, with six tunnels under the river bed and four or more knge bridges abora it, each with a capicity of
to
میرا
BUNDRY MANUFACTURING COMPANIER Dairy Farms have sales and buyers at $17.1001090 pasaugers a year the gorge of transit Green Island Cements sold and are wanted at Bow to be seen at the Manhattan end of the $29. lees have dore at $336.
} Other Brooklyn will still exist. ave been
bridge Rock zurter this heading are unchanged.
Therefore, mys Edison in effect, the only thing MISCELLANEOUS-China Buranos sold at
doue will be fill in East River and 312 and $11; and have farther sollers at $12, contion Maalattan's strents inte Brooklyn. China Providenta
dents have been done at 991, and Edian's proposition is taken seriously by the Hongkong Ward, which derates mach space to it. The shares can be placed now at $9.25 High-
-Level Tramway Company in Liquidation great engineering fest world involve the Shares are wanted at $25; a first dividend of condemnation and parchase of vast properties twenty dollars per share out of the profits earned along the river froul and the issas of hundreds in the Liquidation of this Company, from this of millions of bands. The filed-in portion 30th November, 1904, up to 15th October, 1995, would consist of between six and eight square is intended to be declared, and same will be miles, and would cost, according to som? payable, on 3rd prozur, to the shareholders in estimates, between $190,002,000 and 8% 0,097,090, the Company appearing in the books on that When once completed, water, the great date as registered shareholders of the 1,200 andersing would practically pay for itself in shares of said Compar. Langkats after being the acquisition of four or five square miles of slightly easier and quoted Tls. 2375 in the north, mada land in the heart of the greatest city in are up again to fis. 240; South China Morning the world. Past Bhares sold at 8181 to 2, and have bugars at $19 Laundries sold at S6, and Wilsons at $1, closing with further buyers. Other locks under this beading ore anchanged.
NATIVE OPIUM.
It would add millions of dollars to the 31 valuation of property, 8-veral civil engiuaera here may such an undertaking is merely a matter of money and men.
From a business point of view there is nothing so fatal for a wamu to possess as "accomplish-
limited in comes, limited brains, and a tre-
dons quantity of tasta."-ra, Eric Pritchard in The Lady's Resin,
WM-WHITELEY LTD.
In China the plant has been cultivated almost. The market is flooded with ladies of from time immemorial and the industry is now one of the mainstays of the cultivator, without which it is difficult to see Low the caltivators in soveel provinces could exist. just as the revenue from opiam is at present vital to the rulers of the constry. A few passages from the
the trade of China for 1905, that report on the is, the official report of the Chinese Imparial Customs, will how sauguins and tow
if sincere,
tha
"For For proposers are. INTEREST allowou on Current Acount. simple, DEPOSITS received on terms which my b
Chiness opiam," writes the Statistics Socretary. "a new generation is coming in which is not feared on application. Every description ** Banking and Exchange business transstex. wedded to any other favour, and which finds it flavour not. unattractive and its lower cost HUGO SUTER,
decidedly attractive, and it is likely to t
tead MADEL ST.
mure and more to 127
spinw to replace Indian Chinese Gorernment is awake to the necessity of regulating the internal traffic in opium and to the possibility of deriving a large revenue from it, and since 3ri laly has instituted the lory of a collective tax on the drug simultaneous I
The coming down the Yangtse past fohang opium revenue in Cins credited to Gor ment, that is duly and Rikių, was in 1935 ar million sterling, a figure which will rapidly. grow, with the gradual decline of the India drug and better administration in China In the present financial position of China it is not easy to see how the government of the country could replace the loss of that ravan -il myck Gazelto
Hongkong 1st May, 1906.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK,
THE Business of the above Bank is oondu T
ted by the HONGKONG ANDSHANG HAI BANKING CORPORATION. Ruie may be obtained on application,
INTEREST on deposits is allowed i 31 PSB CUNT. per annum.
Depositore may transfer at their option balances $100 or more to the Hongkong`anı SHANGHAI BANK to be placed or FIXEI DEPOSIT at 4 PEE CUNT, per annum.
For the HONGKONG AND BHANGE AI
BOEING CORPORATION. H.E.R. HUNTER,
Acting Chist Manager.
24 Hongkong, 30th May. 16
BANK OF TAIWAN LIMITED
(INCORPORATED BY SPECIAL Imperial CHAR THE
Correspondents 1. Macassar, Bombay,
Calcutta, ILE Colombo, Madras, Pondicherry, Bangkok, Saigou, Haiphong, Hanoi, Amoy, Yokobana, Kobe, Melbourne, Sydney, New York, San Francisco, &c., &o.
LONDON BANKEES;
THE UNION OF LONDON AND SMITH'S BANE, CAPITAL SUBSCRIEND. Yen 5,(HK$,0 0
LIMITED,
The Bank buys and sell and receives for collection Bills of Erobange, issues letters of credit on its Brunches and Correspondanta in the East, on the Contineat, and in Great Britain, America, and Australia, and transacts Booking Business of erery description.
INTEREST ALLOWED.
Ou Current Accounts 2% per annum on daily
balances.
Fixed Deposits 12 months 44% per suuum.
6 do
4%
છે.
3 do. 31% do.
do. do.
T. ENGEL, Agent.
Hongkong, 23rd July, 1906,
. (1450
CAPITAL PAID-UP
H
2,500,00
HOLD OFFICE: TAIPER, FORMORÁL
Amoy Anping Foochow
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES!
Kobo Nagasaki
Shanghai
Osaka
Tainan Taxi Tokio Tokohama
HONGKONG OFFICE:
3, DE VEUX ROAD.
Current Account Interest allowed on Deposits received on terms which may be learned on application.
Hongkong, Jst July, 1906,
D. TOHDOW, Manipers [999
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When your trouble comes from the Stomach, Abbey's Salt is the right thing to take-don't forget that.
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True Economy.
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Van Houten's Cocoa.
No other cocoa goes so far,
use
No other cocoa is so delicious.
"A perfect beverage, combining Strength, Purity, and Solubility."-Medical Annual.
770
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van Houten's Cocoa
Best & Goes Farthest.
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The
Allenburys
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This DIET is recommended in place of ordinary milk. foods, gruel, eto, Whilst acceptable to all ac a light nourishment it is particularly adapted to the needs of Dyspeptics, Invalids and the Aged.
The "Allenburys" DIET is readily digested by those who cannot takú cow's milk, and is particularly service- able in convalescence.
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ure
ORDING for all the principal ports in
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