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HONGKONG WAR CHARITIES
FUND.
NEED OF MORE SUBSCRIPTIONS.
The total subscriptions received since this fund was opened one year ago amount to 8235,630.44, including the net amount eslleeted
"Our Day on
$30,751.07.
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In May last year a sum of £5,000 was remitted to London for the Royal Flying Corps Hospital, but £2,250 of this £5,000 not immediately required for the Hos pital has been utilized for other purposes, Various mums have been allocated and remitted since the above, and the amount remaining in the General Fund here is
now 813,41.32.
All allocations and all armarked sub- acriptions have been remitted to the pro- per quarter, and, without giving the full details which would require an elaborats statement, the sums remitted to the vart ous funds and organizations at home are az undernoted:
£ sod.
2.750
Royal Flying Corps Hos
pital
Officers Families Fund
Red Cross-
Red Crass (Our Day)
Lord Kitchener National
Memorial Fund
2,969 10 1,300
یس
5,000
-164 19
Star and Garter Building
Fund
2,287 39 Prisoners of War Funds 1,589 10 YMCA. Hut Fund (in-
cluding $1,152.05 per Hongking Daily Prem) 604 9 Y.M.CA Hut Fund (Sub-
St.
scriptions per Hongkong
Inily Press)
Dunstan's Hostel for
Blinded Soldiers and
Sailor
Dreadnought Hospital
Relic in Belgium
Foldiers and Sailors' Fami-
·lics Asociation
Catholic Women's League
Hut Fund
Newspapers for the Fleet
Lady Roberts' Field Glass
Fund
Royal Patriotic Fund Cor-
Foxation
Blue Cross Fund
Invalid Children's Aid As-
sociation
Royal Soldiers' · Daughters
Hoe
Earl of Lousdale Charing
Cross Hospital
Lady Lugard Hospitality
Fund
British and Foreign Sailors'
Society
Soldiers Club Association.
To various charities which
may be in urgent need of funde (to be apportioned
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EXCESS PROFITS TAX. SHIPOWNERS' ENORMOUS GAINS. NEED FOR PROVIDING FOR NEW TONNAGE.
Never before has our shipping industry- made such profits as since the outbreak of war. Struggling companies with a unsuccessful pest and none to cheerful prospects have been quite set on their feet, while the prosperous concerts have realised pronts such as they never hoped to earn even in "boom times.
هراد
It is, of course, the shortage of tonnage that has been the great factor. Apart from our war lasses, the Government has had to commandeer vessels freely for transports, hospital, ships, etc., to say nothing of the tonnage required for carrying goods for ourselves and our Allies. Pusibly from 30 to 60 per cent. of our mercantile marine has been re- quisitioned,
·
SHANGHAI WOMEN AND
THE WAR,
Mr. C. W. Wrightson, in a letter to the N.-C. Daily News, says:
HONGKONG POLICE RESERVE.
MUSKETRY COURSE, PART, .1.
NOB 3 AND 4 COMPANIES."
All Recruits and all members who did not fire (or failed to pass) Part II. of the 1910 Coura are provisionally warned to attend the Range on Sunday next, Jan. 28th. They will leave as follows:-
i
am sharp, returning from Stonb 3 Company, leave Blake Pier at 9. cutters at about 1.45 p.m. of No. 4 Company, leave Blake Pier at 1.45
p.m. aharp. Those in possession of new Winchester
There are in Shanghai many capable an energetic Brilish women and girls who are only too anxious to perform their part and participate in real hard. work, thereby releasing men for military No. lost in establishing a Bureau in con
rvice, and I think no time should be ection with the British Chamber Commerce where applications would be received and a register kept so that heads ef firms could be made acquainted with the names of thos willing to work and their qualification for the post, I may mention this system is being carried out .00 reason why at home and then is Shanghai should not follow suit.
Commenting upon this suggestion the .-C. Daily News says:---
Carbines will take them on to the Range. All others will have Rifles issued to them on the Range.
In- Uniform with helmets to be worn.
spectors, Sergeant, etc., will attend with their respective Companies. POLICE SCHOOL.
Friday, Jan. 20th-Class I. (Inspector Gerrard) and Class III. (Inspector Grant). PARADES. Friday, Jan. 28th-All Recruits of Nos.
1, 2, 3, and 4 Companies under the Sergt. Major.
2 Company 25 from this date. Mounted Equipment to be returned: to E.O.
Bugler 20 Chan Chiu Yan is permitted to resign on leaving the Colony. REPORT SHEETS.
Mr. Wrightson, like ourselves, is con- Moreover, foreigu tonnage available for inced that there are in Shangbai many the world's needs has also been much capable and energetic British women and reduced, with the German mercantile girls who are anxious to perform their marine off the seas and a good proportion art and participate in real hard work. of our Allies vessels requisitioned for In saying this, we are sure, our corres
Maxim Gunners, All Recruits. the purposes of their respective Govern pondent has no intention whatever of Monday, Jan. 20th-No. 2 Company,
Platooli, ments. High freight rates were bound to disparaging the war work which has been,
and panies, Ambulance be the butecme, but few could have con and is being, done by such organizations Tuesday, Jan. 30th. Nos, 3 and 4 Com-
the British Women's Work Association
Buglere and Drummers. templated a rise of from 800 to 1,000 per and other equally useful and energetic cant, such as actually occurred. The bodies. What he feels, and what we feel
eel Wednesday, Jan. 31st.-All Recruite. Governquent were pressed to fix quota is that with the prospect of a further call Friday, Feb. 2nd-No. 1 Company, tions, but found themselves confronted for men, and the consequent depletion of The above Company Parades will be
taken by the D.8.P. (R.): office staffs, something might, and conli 31 by na awkward problem.
BAND PRACTICE, Arbitrarily to fix freight ratea in con- be done at an arly unte to organize
He Tuesday, Jan. 30th-6 p.m. aection with ships using out ports would women for commercial purposes,
STRENGTH. 4 have been to drive away to more profit-suggests, accordingly, the establishment,
able routes the bulk of the 750,000 te in connection with the British Chamber Trooper 785 Maber is transferred to No. 5800,000 tons of foreign shipping entering of Commerce, of a bureau where applica our ports monthly; which would have tions for employment could be received been suicidal The Government did the and to which business men could sur next best thing. They commandeered when anxious to fill vacancies in their more tonnage at Blue-book rates and re-offices due to the war. The suggestion is gulated the mailing routes of the British an excellent one and vill, we trust, meet with approval. The British Chamber of cargo vessels not requisitioned, with the Commerce is an exceedingly busy institu object of seeing that they were utilised tion and, before it undertook such addi- frat and foremost to the best advantage tional labour as this scheme would un- of the Empire rather than to increass questionably involve, it would, we im unduly the profits of owner.
agine, desire to be satisfied (s) that the work would be of real value to the mom- Although less than half our mercantile bers of the Chamber. (b) that it was marine has been able to take advantage bona fide war work and not the inaugura- of the abnormally high freights, profits tion of a labour exchange for unemploy 110 have risen by leaps and bounds. Sixty mont in general The latter notion forms per cent, of the excess over the pre-war no part of Mr. Wrightson's idea, nor, in standard, of course, goes to the Govern supporting his prosposal, of our's. We 7 13 6ment, and larger amounts have had to be too, should wish to see the scheme strictly set aside for income tax, and so on. But limited by the enditions just named, and even then the figures are remarkable in recommending it to the consideration 1 6 The following table embraces results of the Chamber of Commeres we do so published by well-known undertaking the one hand fully conscious of the during the past few months Many of heaviness of the burden involved, on the other convinced that no other institution the companies, it will be seen, strik could provide such excellent guarantees their profits for the second war period of privacy, efficiency and good faith.
al after making full allowance for taxation liabilities:-
600
1,821
500
573
7 2
4 6
16
1
20
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Harrowing 8.1,
BEMARKABLE FIGURES.
Indo-China Steam,
103,30
CABLE RATES BETWEEN CHINA AND JAPAN.
*7.30 The Ministry of Communication an 100,nounces the reduction of cable rates be 71tween Japan and China on and after
31,00
5
PROFITS.
10
2016:18
50
LIB: 108*
25
24100
Pre-Wir 314-15 Standuni 23,800 ZBUY,500
25,700 100,00
Century ShippEJ.... Empire Tranapon Fargrove Steak.. For Wishr.
25,400
123,100
2100
1800
271,100
#7,700
1,356,950
674,700
506_X
$1,700
140,300
VELAND
78,200
bi, pu
BD, SCHT
2000
Manchester Liners se
185,700
263,609
10%, 300
11
€1,900
101,000
74.2200*
431, 3200*+
340503
874,0001
55,00
3000
GY, SUB
20,000 42,440
7,800
127,500
0,100
2009:
150
In addition to the abure, the Hongkong Association of Women War Workers has been supplied with over $32,000 worth of materials to enable them to carry out the good work they are doing in making bandages, garments for men in hospitals, and other hospital necessaries.
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B. & G. T. Joztlies Landon and Northern.
Mitae Shipping in- Nautilus Seri
Nitrate rodice....
orders & Handtool 8.S... Prisce line....
PAN... Schoenfelt E
The balance of some $13,000 will go gurderland ...
Tenpan Shipping van only a very little way towards meeting The Basins & Eart the calls on the Fund, and the Committee West Hartlepoo ∙1ust renew their appeal to the ComWetherall d
munity
612200
*0,0.0
172,400
January 1st, 1917, as the result of a re- 131 arrangement with the telegraph. com. 2000panies concerned. According to the re- 10 vised rates a reduction of about 20 per 20 cent, is to be erected on the existing rates. **Thus a message from Peking to Shang- SELAN hai, Amoy, or Toochow will in future cost 730 cts. per wood, while the cost of a tele
114,0
UNCE
8250
100
gram to the interior of China will be 60 cts per word. As regards messages to and from Shanghai, the reduced rato 117will be appliable only in respect of
Japanese telegrams,
After allowing nor excem plodin kax † Atter proven for depročistisn. When it is remembered that the pr war period covered time of exception
As pointed out in RE. the Governor's speech at the last General Committee meet ing, it is hoped that the monthly subscripally active trade and great shipping ptake drastic steps. We cannot afford to
tions will increase. These are the most useful form of subscription, enabling an estimate to be made of the amounts which will be received and thus giving the Com nittee a steady working basis.
Subscription lists may be obtained on application from Mr. N. J. Stabl, the Bon. Treasurer, care of Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
MARITIME CUSTOMS
REVENUE.
The Maritime Customs Revenue for 1910 shows an increas of over Haitwan Tls, 1,000,000, the total collection report- ed being in round numbers Haikwan Tis, | 37,750,000 (at average exchange 38/ 13/16-£6.289,174) as compared with Haikwan Tls, 38,717,000 (at average ex- change 25/7 1/8 24,765,028) in 1925. The following are in round numbers the collections at the principal ports: -4
Harbin Hk. Tls. 93,000 a decrease of Antang Hk. The 782,000 an increase of
Hk. Tha, 188,000.
Hk. Tha 120,000.
Dairon Ik. Tls. 2,031,000 an increase of
#k,Tlɛ. “291,000, Tientsin and Chiswangtao Hk. Tl. 4,600,000. a. decrease of Hk. Tls. 40,000. Kisochow Hk. Tls. 1,698,000 an increase
of Hk. Tla. 1,250,000. Hankow Hk. Tis. 4,011,000 an increase
of fik Tls. 143.000.
Shanghai H Tis. 11,324,000 a decrease
of Hk. Tls. 86,000.
Swalow Hk Tls. 1,124,000 a decrease of
Hk. Tle. 171,000
Hk. Tls. 176,000.
1
Canton Hk. Ma. 2,22,000 a decrease of The collections at the following ports form records:-Antung, Dairen, Chang sha (Hk. Tis, 824,000). Hankow, Nanking (Hk. Tls, 383,000) and Nanning (Hk Tl. 163,000).
All foreign obligations secured on the Customs revenues have been fully met to 31st December, 1016.
tonnage question, the Government should
take riska.
sperity the war prent figures are even
It should be remembered that public more startling. What are the companies doing with their profits. Until companies represent only about 40 per years ago shipowners were very imprcent of the British mercantile marine. vadent in umes of success, Profits were divided up to the alt, and very litte was set aside for the inevitable day depression. When that day came the shareholders were the sufferers.
But the boom" of 1812-13 saw the lesson at last learnt, and there was fitte dividing up to the hilt. The consequente was that when the war broke out las companies were well-equipped for what ever such a cataclysm might bring After two or three months of trade paralysis it brought prosperity, not adversity.
MENACE TO OCR PROSPERITY,
What are the private or semi-privato shipowners doing! Their profits have been equally prodigious. One private ahipowners is said to have made over a million and a half sterling since the war broke out Ae he and many others like him doing their part to repair the wantage of war and make our commercial position secur?
There is another development in con- rection with our shipping industry- which should be mentioned. It is the tendency towards combines. Amalgama tion schemes galore have been carried deal in the history of shipping was con- through in cent months. The biggest
tion. Sir Jihn now owns or controls
millions sterling for his latest acquisi
Report Sheets issued by the Discipline:
Department to Inspectors and others. for enquiry into defaulters are to be retained by such Inspectors, etc., until the conclusion of any enquiry made by them. They are not to be sent to the alleged defaulters.
(Sd.) F. C. Jenkin,
D.S.P. (R.). Hongkong, January 28th, 1917.
NO 1 HONGKONG V.A.D.
COMMANDANTLADY BAY, ASSISTANT COMMANDANT~~MEA
Members are
next
CHURCHILL · reminded that the Meeting at the Military Hospital will take place to-day (Friday), at 10.15 am. 4-Section Meetings will not be held in February. The Monthly meeting. at the Military Hospital will take place on Friday, February 3rd, at 10.30 am, when a lecture will take the place of the usual Competition. 3.The following members have passed. a recent examination in First Aid --
But unprecedented prosperity has mount also greater responsibilities. Bas now cost four and five times as much to build as they did before the war, and summated a few weeks ago by Sir John.
Ellerman, who absorbed the Wilson Line new tonnage is vital to the supremacy of paying, it is said between four and five oar mercantile marine. Vessels having been hard driven, heavior depreciation allowances are a necessity. Provision is needed for alterations and renewals when vessels are handed back by the Goven ment. It was on account of these reap sibilities on the part of shipowners that we advocated months ago that dividends should be restricted at less to the 1812/3 level.
vessels built and building which repre- sent 1,400,000 tons dead-weight, equal, as a shipping paper points qut, to nearly one eighth of the liner tonaage of over 1,000 tons pluvials
1st Certificate-Mrs. Bowley and Mrs.
Cousland.
Medallion-Miss Judah, Mrs. Mars-
field, Mrs. J. W. Taylor, Miss. Worters
Bar to Medallion: Mrs. Gegg and
Mrs, Goldsmith,
Mrs. Hickling, L.R.C.P. and 8.,
acted as Honorary Lecturer, and Dr. Koch as Honorary Exmoiner, 4.It is placed on record that the follow- ing members were on duty at the Field Hospital on Dome Hill from. Jan. 4th to Jan. 19th, 1917:-- For one day-Mrs. Armstrong, Mrs. Arthur, Mis L. Ellis, Miss G. Ellis, Mra, Fleming, Misa A. Gordon, Mrs. Goldsmith, Mrs. Grant, Miss Judah,. Mrs. Keigwi, Mrs. Ralphs, Miss Wilkinson.
For two daya Mrs. Shenton, For three days-Mrs. Gegg. The following communication has been. received from Captain Churchill, Adjutant, H.K.V.C.. and is publish ed for information :--
Hongkong, Jan. 17th, 1917, V.A.D. Hongkong. Adjutant.
I am directed by Lt. Col. Chapman, V.D., Commandant H.K.V.C, toi convey to you an expression of his. thanks for and appreciation of the excellent work done by the Nursing Sisters of your unit who were on duty in the Field Hospital at the Camp recently held on Dome Hill.
(Sd) A C. CHURCHILL, Capt..
Adjutant, H.K.V.C.. It is notified for information that Lectures in Home Nursing are held every Thursday at 3 pm, at the Helena May Institute, Mrs. Hick ling. L.R.C.P. and 8, has kindly consented to set as Hon, Lecturer.. The following Medallion-holders are- entitled to cater for the Home Nur sing Examination to qualify for the Nursing Pendant: Mrs.
Danby, Mrs Gegg, Mrs. Goltsmith, Miss Miss L Judah, Misa Lammert, Loureiro, Miss M. Loureiro, Mrs. Bobertson, Mrs. J. W. Taylor, Mise Wilkinson, Mize Worters.
(Sd.) M. RALPHS, Adjutam and Hon. Secretary. Hongkong, January 26th, 1917.
TRENCH FAT.
DANGER OF THE DEVELOPMENT. Now many of these combines we are The dividends in the case of most of not speaking of this particular one-ate the companies in the above list have been the result of a timorous point of view doubled, and in some cases trebled as co on the part of boards of directors who
fear to enter on a comprehensive con pared with the results in 1915,
These companies have also largely instruction policy lest a peries of depres- sion should bollow the war, and partly creased their appropriations in various of anxiety on the part of shipowners to directions. But we me little evidence of seize a golden opportunity to dispose of Funds specially set aside for the constr their vessels it prices they will never in tion of new tonnage. We have repeatedly all human probability see again. But bardships to which our as are exposed drawn attention to the enormous profts. made by neutral companies hampered these deals do not affect favourably the in the trenches it is plaisant to hear only to a very small extent as they arely question of new tonnage. The ships (Bir W. Robertson Nicoll writes) that war taxation. The funds that are being merely change hande piled up by these neutrals constitute direct, and serious menas to our cantila supremacy.
To all of us who realise vividly the
one of the discoveries of the war is the
this development, though the shipping when the feet and legs are well rubbed We candidly confess we do not like efficacy of trench grease, It appears that journals welcome what they call the with the grease that is liberally supplied Provision for new vessol is, therefore, organised consolidation or which the to our men, the cold and damp are tob
future of our mercantile marine de bed of a great deal of their terror, A. an argent question from the nationsl point of view. And it is not for the pends." The future of our mercantile young soldier who has had fifteen months shipowner to shirk his responsibility in marine depends on nothing of the sort, in the treaches, and is at the present the matter. Had the war not broken out harmful if the shipping industry largely trench near Festubert, ho got hogged in and particularly will the novement bemanent o his way back to them, tells that on one occasion, on bis way to bis the period 1914-16 would have been falls into the hands of a few wealthy the swamp, and had to be pulled out w period of trade depression and compan
combines formed in the past to control extricating him,bers in the mud. As greas on his tour thraigh Germany and tively poor shipping profits. Everything capitalista. We are aware the shipping tour of his comrades, who succeeded in but at the expense of routes have been miserable leaving his " certain failures. It is far more difficult to create a result, he had to put in four days in anything in the nature of a monopoly on the wet trenches in his stockings. Thanks ges than it ison land. Nevertheless, this however, to trench grease, he was able to keep himself tolerably warm, and in combine tendency in the shipping trade will need to be carefully watched. any case suffered no evil effexte from the London Exchange,
King Constantine's brother, Prince George, has been making a royal pro- has been received with royal honours at the Courts of Bavaria, Saxony, and Wurtemburg. He was to visit the Em press, and then go to see the Emperor st headquarters. Everywhere he has been welcomed as the brother" of "Ger many's most faithful ally.”
The
pointed to such a state of things. war brought abnormal conditions and in procedented prosperity, only possible by reason of the supremacy of the British Navy. If, therefore, shipownere fail to do their duty in regard to this now (Continued at font of next Column).
exposure,