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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 28mm, 1916.
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PERMATA RUBBER ESTATE,
LTD.
ANNUAL MEETING.
COMPANY REPORT.
HONGKONG LAND RECLAMATION CO., LTD
AMERICAN COTTON PINCE GOODS.
REMARKABLE RATE OF INCREASE The fifth annual general meeting of share The fourteenth report of the Board of
Although the total is still insigalicaut, holders in the Permata Rubber Estate, Directors to the Ordinary Meeting of there are evidences of improvement in the Ltd was held in the Chamber of Com-shareholders, which is to be held next demand for our cotton piece goods in merce Rooms, Shanghai, on January 21st. Tuesday states that the net Profits for China, says the December Journal of the The Chairman of the company, Mr. the year onding 31st December, 1915; American Asiatis Association (Now York). James Kerfoot, who presided, said the nur including $882,600.11 brought forward The first rofkction of this is found in the ber of trees taken out was 14,353, or nearly from last account, after paying all charges, August returns, which showed a total of 25 per cont. of the total, 5,000 thousand amount to 8730,049.3. It is propose to 1,501,138 yards, against 354,756 yards in of which were trees in bearing, and this pay a Dividend of per cont. on the accounted for the reduced estimated out-paid up capital, after providing for which August 1814. In September the figures were 2,811,780 yards, against 115,112 yards put for the current year. No doubt, he and writing off Directors' fees there re-for the same month of 1914. proceeded, it appears a drastic proceeding, maing a balance of 8668,324.37 to be but the remaining trees will benefit great carried to the credit of. new proft and ly as a result, and the yield per tree of 4.041b. during the year demonstrates this Mr. C. B, Gubbay and Sir Robert He fact. Even now, the two estates workTung now retire, and offer themselves for out at 143 tree, to the acre, which some re-election, exports would consider on the full side.
logs account,
WAR ON GERMAN TRADE.
BRITAIN'S CHANCES AGAINST
THE HUN IN CHINA.
A Chine. Trader" in England, and head of one of the largest and most fluential firmus, in discussing the question of a war on Carman trade, said:
Throughout the world, the demand for American cotton manufactures shows a The total remarkable rate of increING, exports for the nine months are valued at 871,067,067, against 834,089,108 for the cor- responding period of last year. Of this increase of 337,000,000, eleven millions are piece goods, two millions in yarn, and the rest in knit goods and miscellaneous pro
ducts of our cotton factories.
GERMAN WOMAN'S HUMAN. DOCUMENT,
HUNGER, MISERY, AND DESPAIR.
The Vorworta reprints from a Silesiz ments a letter from & poor women whose miners' paper one of those human dome husband is at the front-which are worth more than all the official and semi-official Press articles as evidence of the suffering of the broad masses of the German peopis, The letter was, in fact, written as a reply to the declaration of an Under-Secretary in the Reichstag that the soldiers families.
adoquately provided for.
are
The woman writes that all she gets from the State for herself and her two little children, and 7 years old respectively, is 10s. 6d. a fortnight; in addition, since the beginning of the present year, she has little parcels of food, and once or twice been receiving from a charitable society
far from such support being "arlequate," she got 10s from it towards the rent. So
many months; and since she had gone to she has been unable to pay her rent for her old mother to help her in her hong she has forfeited the assistance of the charitable society.
The trees on the new 180 acre block planted early in 1913 are showing good growth and probably in two years tim will come into tapping. While on this subject, I would like to say that your directors are very disappointed that prac tically a whole year has been lost through Government delay in putting through the extra land (100 acres): adjoining our 140 acre lot which we instructed our agents to apply for immediately after our last. annual meeting, but the agents hope to
The education authorities, I see, pro have these 100 acres fully planted by April of this year, which will then bring pose to practia rigid seonomy during the war by the suppression of the Chairs for our estate up to a total of 3881 acres.
Experimental Philosophy, Logic, and subject to survey of the new land.
You will no doubt be pleased with Chinese. Since the Boxer rising the Ger the reduced east at which we have market mans have most assiduously cultivated ed our rubber; one shilling and a farth China, which they rightly regard as one ing per poued, all-in cost, is very credit of the largest of the world's markets. They able for an estate in bearing of only 148 established a college for teaching young Your directors have been urging Germans with linguistic leanings to for the agents to improve the standard of our sign languages, chiefly Chinese. The youths products by better manufacture of the are then sent to China, net, mark you, to latex; this inatter is receiving their serious dawdle their time on the concessions, such attention, and should result in the realizans Shanghai, but to visit the interior fito-tember quarter of 1913, indicating as im-
The fact tha: the United Kingdom has bought from us in the nine months cotton goods valued at $3,050,488, is unprecedent ed in the bistory of our expert trade. It is apparent from the returns that Ameri- in-can cotton fabrics are taking the place of at least English products in Canada, Cuba and South America. The Philippine Te-off my debt to the landlord! lands continue to be our best single cus- tomer for cotton textiles the exports for the nine months being in cloth $5,884,989, and in wearing apparel 86,874,897,
acres.
tion of better prices for our rubber in the future,...
vinces in order to acquire the various dia lects; afterwards they return to Germany. If they have proved efficient, they rank as. full commercial travellers, and are sent back to Chins with designs and samples to make contracts.
With commendable prescience, the Ger man Government, in its enthusiastic sup- port of the training college, decided that if they were rictors in the present war, the
Turning to the accounts, you will e that Tis. 38,037.53 has been spent on the development of our property since the be ginning, including the new area, and in this connection your directors eommend the writing down of this sum whenever sharehoulders have had a return of 15 per cant, on any year's working, the money put aside for this purpose to form an in-acquisition of the entire Chinese trade surance fund against any damage done by would lond to a hoped-for domination of fire, pests, etc., which might happen on
the world's foreign trade, and if they were the estate. With this in view it is sug not victors, then the more aerd at all cost to gested that the sum of Tls, 8,037.53 should support the training college, because as it be taken from the profits this year. At has been in the past, eo it will be in the fu- the end of our financial year we had inure-Germany will rise from the ashes
It appeals to the store and is transit 18.521lb. of rubber,
most critical taste.
LIKES AT THE STAET
ON LIKING,
ANY EUROPEAN, Non-Asistio or Indian desiring to leave the Colony should apply in writing for permission to do so to the Captain SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, at least 48 hours before the intended hour of departure, giving usme, nationality, age, sex, height and docupation of the applicant, and stating the name of the steamer or other vessel or the hour of the train by which the applicant wish leave. Applicants should apply in person for their passes at the CECTRAL POLICE STATION between the hours of 9 AM to 1 r., and 2 M. to 4 P.M. daily.
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taken over a $0.65 per 1b., which, you will agree, was a very safe figure, and when sold should show us a fair surplus, I may mention here that your directors have instructed the agents to sell half the estimated output for the current year, fo.b. Singapore, as they considered it was the right thing to do while the price of rubber was high make sure of the hand. some profit, for so man can say whit the spat price of rubber will be, say, in six months hence,
through its trade alone.
GERMAN PERTINACITY. "Don't let us think these young Germans have been called back from China to the army. They are, and will remain in China, doing as loyal work as fighting in the trenches,
"With Government support behind them, the Germans take infinite pains to supply Chinese wants. They offer them reason- able terms for payment, and as English manufacturers and exporters dechu to The profit for the year ended October issue pricelists in Chinese characters, and 31st was 18, 39,978.47, which with Tinsist on cash payment in exchange for ship 29,413.79 brought forward from the pre- ping documents, also telling Chinese auxi- ous inquirers if they don't like the goods vious year gives a total of Tle. 69,899.19, which your directors recommend should and conditions to lump them, it is little be dealt with as provided in the resolution, wonder they believe the lies of the Gertoon travellers that Germany is a much wealthier and we trust that this will meet withi
AND KEEPS Your approval. We might have paid mora in dividend, but we considered it wiser to place the sum of Tk. 22,000 to s Dividend Equalisation Fund to be used in lean years than to pay out all we had in head
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FORTHCOMING EVENTS.
Tuserlay, 1st Feb.
11.30 The West Point Building Co., Ltd., Meeting of Shareholders at the Offices of Messrs, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.
11.48 The Hongkong Central Estates, Ltd Meeting of Shareholders at the Offices of Lesars, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.
Noon-The Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co., Ltd., Mesting of Shareholders at the Offices of Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd.
12.15 p.m.-The Hongkong Land Reclamation Co., Ltd., Meeling of Shareholders at the Omoss of Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Lia.
Tuesday, 15th Feb. -
Noon-Hongkong, Canton & Macao Stest- beat Co., Ltd., Meeting of Shareholders.
WHY WE FALL ILL.
Apart from accident or infection almost all ill-health arises from one of two rea sons; and the great mistake is in not realis ing that both of these have the same cause at the root of them, namely, poor and im. pare blood Either bloodlessness or nerve trouble will be found to be the ronson for nearly every ailment,
"
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THE TRADE WITH CHINA,
From the Department of Commerce re- port dated November 20th, 1915, the follow ing statistics are taken, showing the ex-. ports from America of domestic cotton cloths to China and Hongkong. for the nine months ended September 30th. At- tension is called to the big decline in August 1914, when the war started, and the advancing figures for the Jaly-Sep proved demand in China for American cotton cloths,
Exports to China
Months.
1914 ∙January
February March
April May
June July August September
Total
1915. January
Cotton Cloths. Yards. (Gold). 5,634,067 8374,844 5,917,503 386,094 3,180,240 234,928 7,774,905 623,634 4,649,948 343,030 5,0:39,003 363,991 3,291,743 283,000 354,756 28,435 115,112
,10,279
..36,457,285 $2,518,823
.1,550,117 $ 79,779 2,677,813 174,038 313,708 ·15,870 .1,904,016
February
Mareh
April
May
2.902,437
129,400 175,404
Juno
894,511
July
..2,897,333
176,358
August
..1,501,138
92,182
September
54,703
2,811,760 204,097
Total 17,513,513 81,154,868 Exports to Hongkong of American cotton cloths are small, the figures for 1914 234,099 yarda, valued at 837,101, and for 1913 202,001 yards valued at (Gold) $15,193.
YARN MARKET.
Mesure, Polishwalla & Kotwalla, Cotton country than England, which enables its and Yarn brokers, of Hongkong, in their Alter an uncommonly prolonged spell of agents to give credit to Chinese customers: report on the yarn market state;
"I know my China well, and also the infinite pains British exporters take to ad- stagnation, extending over three months vortise their ignorance. A young man, say, the market has, at last, begun to exhibit from Oxford University, is sent out to re-signs of returning confidence as evidenced The following five resolutions wwe-un- present a firm. He takes no trouble to by enquiries dealers have started making, learn the language or the ways of the pa- and although these overtures have not, in animously passed without discussion:
every instance, eventuated in business That the directors' report and state-tives. As he cannot trade direct he em sentiment points to a more animated state ment of accounts for the year ended Oc-plays brokers, whose name is logion, and of affairs soon after the New Year."
The beginning of the fortnight was tober 31st, 1915, as printed and circulated, who absorb all the profit. He returns home
and tells his principals no profitable busi-marked by considerable nervousness on be adopted."
ness is to be done, it is a rotten country, the part of dealers whose anxiety to ua- That the balance at credit of profit
and they had better confine their trade to load, in view of the reports of political and loss account be dealt with as follows:
countries such as Wales or Mexico, unrest sont down price $2 to $3. Tis,
And yet there is an immensity of prs Latterly, however, a hopeful feeling, To
on the issued capital absorbing. 33,987.73fitable business, yielding on an averago 50 engendered by better news from the coun To write off development. 8,037.53 per cent., o be done if conducted direct try, has pervaded the market and the with consumers by anyone familiar with the eagerness on the part of dealers to lay in To place to a reserve for equalisa-
22,000.00 dialects and the Chinese character. stocks on the present basis of prices, which tion of dividends
I am not hopeful of Britain succeeding is far below the parity of Bombay rulings, in capturing the Chinese market, even has resulted in business close upon 3,000 though the Chinese detest the Germans, bales. The official countenance and support the Germans get from their Government puts them in a position to defy Chinese opinion, They can undersell us; and until our traders get more native support from our Government we must witness the under- mining of what little trade we possess by unscrupulous conduct."'
разу dividend of 15 per cent,
To carry forward to the new
Boconut
4.€66.01
That the directors' fees for the ensuing year be Tls. 1,800.7
The Chairman, Mr. Kerfoot, said that it had been suggested that the rubber com- panies make some contribution to British. war funds, and some discussion followed as to what form this contribution should take. The Chairman said that the com- pany had been approached by the Rubber Growers' Association of London and that consultations had been had with the Malacca agents, The Association's scheme. of a contribution of sixpence per agre in bearing was, of course, absurd, as the Permata is such a small estate, and be accordingly suggested a contribution of £25 per annum.
The matter was let in the hands of the directors for them to act in accordance with their best discretion.
SHIPPING NOTES.
GREATEST BRITISH SHIP.
SAIGON RICE MARKET.
MARKET. Our market is still very weak and some cargoes sold to Manila have had no influence on prices.
The harvest continues regularly and, under favourable conditions, is believed that the quantity available for export this year will be one and a half million
LUTE.
The total amount of rice exported from the 1st January to the 11th January is 24.601 tons, against 32,807 tons in 1915.
We quote to-day White rice No. 2. sifted Japan, quality Hongkong, 84.10 per picut fo.b. Saigon, for February and harch shipment
19.000 MILES OF TRENCHES.
WHAT THE MLIES GUARD IN THE WEST-
Mr. H. Warner Allen, the special corre- spendent of the British Press with the French Armies, says:—
HUNGER AND MISERY". Here is how she puts her case:-. "How am I to provide for my child- ren's myintenance and how am I to pay Thoro can be no question of sending any parcels to my poor husband (who has been at the front since August 8th, 1914). I am s little able to send him anything from my few starvation pence as ho is to send me Even in the house anything from bis.. of my parents I have to provide for my maintenance, since my old father is an invalid and has brought up eight child- ren, of whom three sons and two sons-in- law are at the front. And they, too. would like to have from time to time a little present from home,
"Where is the adequate' provision when one has lived now for 12 months without butter meat, or milk? We are all suffering already from underfeeding.. My youngest child. hay died from emacia- tion. I should like the gentlemen in the Reichstag who assert that we are ade- quately provided for to have a look at my thin, maciated children.
To whom shall I revend my misere ?. Should I make ay husband's heart' at: heavier! Or shall I complain to my parents, who are themselves so poor, that I have searvely enough bread and pata.. toos 1 And yet it is so painful to see the children so run down, because they, too, will have to earn their bread some day.
The letter continues in this simple and touching style at some length, but the passages quoted are sufficient to give one an insight into the true condition of the German masES.
HONGKONG VOLUNTEERS,
ORDER DE LIEUT, COL. A. CHAPMAN, VJ..
TRANSPERS.
1. No, 1606 Private C. W, Randall, from Civil Service Co. to H.K. Police, Re- serve (Motor Cyclist Patrol), dated
January 26th, 1910.
BENIGNATION,
2. No. 1773 Sapper W. Smith is per
mitted to resign, on leaving the Colony, dated January 19th, 1916.
ENGINEER COMPANY,
3. Belchers Reliefs " and "Stone cutters Reliefs" for February ars posted on the notice board at Head- quarters for information of all con- Derned.
N" PARADES." 4-Parades for to-day.
6.15 p.m. Nos, 3 and 4 Sub-sections Arty Betty (as detailed in Corps Order No. 4 dated December 30th, 1915)-10 pr. gin drill at Head- quartera, Sergt. Bradley, R.G.A., will attend. No, 4 Section Scouts Co.
(all members)-Machine Gun in. struction at Headquarters,
5.30 p.m.Engineer Co.-Squad drill' and Musketry exercises on Kowloon Cricket Club Ground; under · Sorgt. Major Highy. Remainder, n7.
DETAIL.
6. On duty from to-day to the morning
of 4t February. II.K.V.R.
G. E. EXEWART, Oupt..
Adjutant, H.K.V.C.
Transactions have been divided be tween No. 10s and 12s, certain select styles figuring prominently, but No. 20s HONGKONG VOLUNTEER RESERVED. have failed to attract buyers, who find it mora profitable to operate in Japanese OBD BY HAJO WAKEMAN, 0.0, H.X.V.N 20s, which are available much cheaper.
Parades for Friday, 28th inst, at 5,15 p.m. "B" Co. on the Cricket Ground. Dresa; Drill order, Signalling Section at Vol, Headquarters Uniform to bo
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The market closes steady, with moderate business passing, and unless exchange stiffens considerably, an active trade at steadily advancing rate is looked forward to.
With the close of the current year, thres yarn dealing hongs, who were hit hard in the crisis last year, have, it is reportel. decided to wind up their busines
Total sales-3,000 bales: Stocks-Unsold and undelivered in the godowns 85,000 bales,
GIFT OF £30,000 FROM SIR E CASSEL
It was announced at a meeting of the governors of King Edward's Hospita! Fund that Sir Edward Cassel proposed to give again, as in 1911, the sum of £50,000 to hospitals, this time in the form of al per cent. War Loan stock. The gift was gratefully accepted.
PROSPECTS IN THE BALKANS.
The Liverpool Daily Post says: The Britannic, the biggest British ship afloat, has reached the Mersey from Belfast, where she was built. She is of 48 000 tons; If a girl is pale, bag headache, is breath- built for the White Star Tine, and has less, with palpitation of the heart, poor bean-taken over by the Admiralty as a hos appetite and weak digestion, the cavee ispital ship. With the Aquitania and the almost always bloodlessness. If you have fauretanin she will keep up a continuous nervous headaches, neuralgia, scintios and hospital-ship service. Pride of size was
According to a correspondent of The other nerve pains, the cause is rua-dow hitherto held by the White Ster lines exhausted nerves. But rundown nerves are
during his cent visit to Athens, discussed a result of poor blood too; so that the two Olympe (40.395 tons), followed by the
Stood in Switzerland Lord Kitchener, chief evases of illness are really one and Aquitania (45,867 tors),
the war with the Serbian Minister at the Lord Kchener; it is said, the same.
Greek court. declared the Allies' preparations would con This accounts for the great number of
RUBBER IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
tinne steadily until the end of the war; people, ance in indifferent health, pale nervous and dyspeptic, who have been
Mr. Arthur Lampard, presiding at the
Germany and her Allies would be crushed during the third year of the struggle. Ho made well and hearty by Dr. Williams'
United Serdang meeting, estimated the 1916 Pink Pills for no medicine ever discover Middle Erst production of rubber as 130,000
Elsewhere a certain division has 250 definitely affirmed that the Balkans carn ed is so valuable for increasing the supply of rich red blood, and ziving new strenorth tons, making, with wild rubber. 170 000 miles of trenches to lock after, while a cerpaign would not be abandoned; the Allies to worn-out nerves. Men and women alike tons, Hestimated the consumption, excludtain army corps has 450 zailen. It is esti- would continue in the meantime to con benefit greatly from 1
course of this ing Germany, Austria, the Balkans, and rented that there are 20 miles of trenches centrate their forces at Salanika for the splendid blood-builder and nerve tonic. If Turkey, at 187,000 tons. He considered the to every mile of frort. so that between ultimate purpose of an advance from your dealer cannot supply Dr. Williazos margin to be very small and said every Switzerland and the North Sea the British there; the Serbian army would co-operato Pink Pilla send 81 for one bottle (or 35 thing points to the price of rubber being at and French Armies have at least 10,000 in advance from its Albanian base; in the for six bottles) to Dr. Williams Medicine a level very satisfactory to those interested miles of trenches to guard and keep in spring the Russiaus will have no fewer
than seven million men under arms. order in plantations, Co., 95, Szecburen Road, Shanghai.
In a section of the French lines I have just visited, on a front of just over ter miles, there are slightly over 234 miles of treuches. To make certainty still more sure, another 46 miles of other trenches are being dug
Word.
DETAIL.
On duty from morning of January 28th to
the morning of February 4th: "O Company Orderly Officer for the same. period: Lieut. C. H. Blason,
G. K. H. BauTTON, Capt...
Adjutant, H.K.V.R. NOTICE, Before the parade of "B" Company on Fri
day 28th inst.. it is proposed to hare the Company photographed at 4.45 p.m. It is particularly requested that all mem bers will attend at that time.
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE
POLÍCE RESERVE MASCOTS,
Two great danes have been presented as Mascots to the Force by Mr. She Shin Tes and Mok Kon Sang. They are placed under the supervision of Inspector Sei Wing Sam and will attend all Company: and Combined Parades until further. Orders.
MUSKETRY PART II. P.-cs, of No. 9 Company and of No. 4. Pla toon of No. 1 Company will fire on Bun day, January 30th, as per orders of January 28th and 27th,
PARIDES,
Friday, January 28th-A'I Company In spectors and Sergeants. Latter with rifles,
-KELMSIS,
draw Helmeti from Noordin on and from: Members of Nos, 1 and 2 Companies may
Monday, January 31st. Friday, 28th, at 6 pm,
HAND PRACTICE,
C. JENEIX, D.S.P. (B..).