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GERMAN EAST AFRICA.
COMPANY REPORT,
THE UNITED ASBESTOS ORIENTAL AGENCY, LIMITED.
The port of this Company states:-- The general managers have the pleasure to lay before the shareholders the necom- panying statement of accounts for the year ended 31st May, 1913.
Accounts. The balance at the credit of profit and loss nccount, including $934.78 brought forward from last year, is $14,853,55, which it is proposed to appro briate as follows:-
tion
$5,840.00
2,000.00 2,070.00
2,970.00
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'LAR OF FOREIGN CORNION, BHARUN. PINES, BORNEO, ETC.
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FIFTY-FIRST ANNUAL 18SUE.
is now stated to have appointed agents in different countries with the view of procuring the needful from individual capitalists, private companies, etc., and to be prepared to pay interest at a per A strike of the house cent. per annum. As treasury bonds to the may subside. painters here that bad lasted fully three amount of million francs mature on months has just been brought to a close, the 25th inst., which the London County but since yesterday a large number of the and Westminster Bank, in whose hands men employed in our chief shipbuilding they are, refuse to renow at less than 6 To pay a dividend of 15 per cent.
on ordinary shares yards have laid down their tools against er cent the need would seem rather To general managers' remunern
Perhaps the general strike the remonstrances of their leaders and pressing. without giving due notice to the em-attempted last spring may have rendered To pay a further dividend of 71 per cent, on ordinary shares... plovers. The gold-miners' strike in the people chary!
To pay $29.70 per share on 300
Founders shares Band district near Johnnesburg, has led
973.95 with The following figures derived from off- To carry forward to new account to serious troubles which the Government put down at once with most praiseworthy cial sources and published by one of our energy by calling in the aid of imperial daily papers speak well for the progresi troops, but whether it acted as wisely in made by German East Africa in the last taking upon itself to settle the terms of five year. The total amount of the trade peace and imposing serious sacrifices on of the Colony was in round numbers 26.7 the employers is another question: the million marks in 1909, 47 millions in the failure of the New Zealand loan following year, 50.5 in 1010, 08.3 in 1911. London a short time ago is a striking and 81 in 1912, Le,
Exports... 25.8 34. 38.0 16.0 50.9 example of the harmful effect of the
20.8 22.4 31.4 Imports 10.9 13.1 predominance of a Labour party in a Cabinet on the credit of the country. The Chinese loan issued last week, on the other hand. was subscribed over and over again, in spite of the more or less chaotic state of the republic.
The DIRECTORY covers the whole of sorts and cities of the Far East, from Nether lands India to Siberia, in which Europears reald Not only is the Directory a full and complet
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corrisely set out, and costsinis. statistics of the TRADE of each Countre. ar $14.853.95 Por, would slow suffice to fill large volume Auditor. The accounts now presented Royal Octro-Com late with Filleen Mart have been audited by Mr. F. Maitland and Pla mm. 1,832, $10.00. Directory onl in the absence of Mr. W. Hutton Potta: pp. 382, $5.00. for re-election.qd the latter, being eligible, offers himself
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THE COAL OUTPUT. It is interesting to note the enormous increase in the outrut of soal in the world. during the last fifty years According to the Echo de Mines the total produc tion in 1860 amounted to 150 million INTERESTING STATISTICS,
tons: Great Britain supplying over 50 The Imperial Statistical Office has
ner cent, of it. Gemmy 16 per cent, the recently supplied some interesting figures Trited States 14 per cent, Traner & rer regarding employers and labour organiza-erat.. Belgiam 6 her cont., and Austria 4 tions. As your readers are probably nercent. In 1900 the United States Iraded aware, the Insuranes Act in this country the list with rather over 33 per cent, has clubbed kindred trades together, in ing followed closely by Great Britain, Germany standing for 90 per cent and groups, called "Berufsgenossenschaften." for the purpose of assessing the contribu Austria taking the fourth place. Since Lions and distributing the benefits.
then the United States have made 1911 (the returns for last year not being
enormous strides in advance, figurine for available vet) the numbers of organized: workers (1.) and of workers employed by 38 per cent, of a total of 1,350 million members of masters' federations (II.) com.tees, whilst the production of Germany pored with the total number of workers is now about equal to that of Great Bri- as ascertained in 1087 (III) were the tain and will probshly excred it shortly. following:--
Mining, puddling
ste.
11.
208,-102 469,982 Stone and ceramic
industries 60,140 209,248 Metal industries ·
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DODWELL & Co., Ind.,
General Managers. Hongkong, 12th August, 1913.
BALANCE SHEET 31ST MAY, 1913,
Liabilities.
Canital 0,800 ordinary
shares of $10, of which. $4 per share paid
..339,800.00
1.000.00
--$ 40,600.00 46,000.00 959.60 10,359.05
100. founders' shares ⠀⠀ of 810 fully paid....
Reserve fund... Unclaimed dividends Sundry creditors Reserve for had and doubtful
debts
Boofing contingency account Profit and loss account balaser...
Assiets.
Larioch Gladiator.
as per Launch Moorings
last account
$ 82.00 Less written off... 32.00
per last recount Furniture and fittings ns
Since expended!
Less written off Value of material on hand
policies Unexpired portion of insurance Sundry debtors Cash in current account and on
fixed deposit with bankers
·Cash in hand
500.00 500.00
The Directories and Deariptions are of
CEINA
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Hokow
Foochow Szempo Amoy
Bhanghai Swałow
Chemulpe Kunst Pinggang Songchin
HONGKONG AND ITS DEPR DEFOIBA
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SWATOW
14,853.95
$113,672,60
JAPAN AND FORMOSA
Tokyo
$ 1,000.00
50.00
Oska Yolobama Maji Hyogo Nagasak! Takow
Hakodate Kobe Shimonoseki Tamsui
EASTELE SIERETA
Keelung
Tainanfu
Anping
500.00 313.60
$813,69 $13.69
Vladivostook
Nicojevsk
Soon!
Fesen
CROSEN Wonian Mokro
Chintamps
SAIGON TONKIN
500,00 35,594.25
230,42
MAGAO,
19,882.11
56,361.75 51.07
$113.672.60
FLEXCH INDO-CHINAI
Annam Tourene Bangl
Hae Saigon Haiphong
Cambodg Tonkin Provinces Quinhon
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR
31ST MAY, 1913.
To auditor's fee
YEAR ENDED
1.50.00
PHIL TPINKS
To reserve for bad and doubtful
To depreciation for year ended 31st
May, 1913
345.69
Manila
Sarawak Brunei
Boilo
Map Cobre
BOENTO
Labnan
BANGKOK
debts
200.00
600.00
14,853.95
Perak Nagri Sembilan Jofiore Kelantan
Bingapore, Penang, Malacca, Prov. Wellesley
MALAY STATES
Selangor
Trengganu
Pahang
Kedali
Perlis
The consumption of coal per head of the vonulation has "Hilavise undergone a con- siderable change; it came, to 3.6 tóns in 903,156 Great Britain twenty-five year ago, to 2.3 in Belgium and to about 1.87 the 644,004 United States, the figures now are 4.8 tons in the United States, 49 in Great and machine building 627,372 700,288 1,694,111 Britain, 39 in Germany and 3.1 Textile industrice 178,189 490,028 856,522 Belgium.
70,137
571,459 Wood industries. 217,114 Leather indus
44.874 16,034 158,419 trics
THE BOY SCOUTS, Food and provi-
789,615 sions..............
Although it is only five years since Sir 70143. Baden-Powell put into execution his
activityTo balance
Clothing indus-
tries
138,811 182,355
123.546 146.729
Building trades,. 496.836 560.924 1.571.154 idea of appealing to the youthful mind To roofing contingency, acciunt Polygraphic
trades
106.239 77,006
It need hardly be mentioned that this table does not include all the groups, but it saffiers to show that the masters, with a few exceptions, seem better organized than the workers. The percentage of the latter belonging to organizations of some kind or other is in the
Mining and puddling group Metal and machine-building Wood industries. Fond and provision) Building trades..... Ceramic industries Textile industries Leather industries Clothing industries Polygraphic trades
THE MONEY MARKET.
$16.049.04
.8 034.78
1.320.12. 10.00 13,584.74
British N. Borsi
BIBATIS BETTLEMENTI
$16,049.64
DoDWELL & Co., LTD.,
General Managers.
Bataris Buitenzorg
163.309 through the discipline and
associated with the Boy Scouts, the move- ment. has developed with giant strides, and to-day it is known throughout the By balance from last account civilised world. In Great Britain aloney interest
By transfer fees the Boy Scouts number 180.000, and in Canada there are 40,000 lads who come By profit in trading within the influence of its Royal Charter. No one can have foreseen, certainly Sir Robert himself did not, the variety of its appeal, and the immense power for good it has become. The Boy Scouts'
I report that I bave audited the above. Association is much more than
balance sheet with the books and vouchers attempt to arouse lads in their leisure of the Company in Hongkong and that time. It seeks not only to instil habits in my opinion such balance sheet is but to instruct the Sents to be useful properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the citizens by teaching them handicraft Company's affairs at the 31st May, 1913, and by imparting.
according to the best of my information responsibility towards all with whom and the explanations given, and as shown they are brought into contact. The ass by the books of the Company. The stocks I have riation is doing a wanderful work, and have been certified as to quantity and it deserves every encouragement from
obtained ∙all the information those who realise the importance of bra value by the general managers. ing our boys, and particularly those of
22.4
97.7
37.9
17.9
31.6
10.7
20.8
27.9
17.4
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Although the stringenes in the money
of self-control and obedience to discipline
al
sense of personal
market has somewhat relaxed for the the lower middle-class, to be clean-minded explanations I have required.
moment. capitalists are still behaving and useful members of the community,
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