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HONGKONG MAGISTRACY,
REMINDER TO DOG-OWNERS.
Mr. Melbourne imposed a fine of $3 on Chinese who was charged with keeping a dog without having a licence to do so. It was mentioned that defend. ant had forgotten to renew his licence, which expired on 31st December.
A PERSISTENT OFFENDER.
A Chinese who was fined $4 a few wenka ago for hawking without a licence made another appearance before Mr. Wood, yesterday on a similar charge He pleaded that he had been given the vegetables to carry by 4an.
He was
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH, 1817.
COMPANY REPORTS. HONGKONG AND KOWLOON WHALF AND GODOWN CO., LTD
The
report of the directors for presente. tion to the shareholders at the thirtieth ordinary annual meeting on the 22nd ist. states : ----
The profit on working for the year end ed 31st December, 1910, was $700,744.65 as compared with 8471,202.75 in 1915.
The balance at credit of proft and loss account, including $105,805.67 brought forward from last year, and after deduct ing directors and auditors' fees, and png ing for all interest and repairs, amount to $728,080.81, which it is proposed appropriate as follows:
COMPANY MEETING. THE HONGKONG, CANTON AND MACAO STEAMBOAT CO., LTD.____
The Secretary having
SPORT.
HOCKEY
COY RGA SAD COY R.GA
The 88th Coy RG.A obtained some The 17th ordinary annual meeting of shareholders in the above Company was held at the office of the Company yester good goal-scoring practice for their im day. The Hon Mr P. H. Holyoak portant match with the Volunteer A presided, and those also present were team on Thursday, no the expense of the The Hon. Mr. C E Anton, Mosers, B. Company from Lyman, at Happy Valley. Shewan H. W. Looker, S; H. Dolwell, yesterday. The match was in connection and Sir Robert Ho Tang (Directors), with with the RA. Hockey Cup, and before had been long in progress there was Messrs. Of Hughes, M. 8. Northcote, little doubt as to which aide would wis. G. E. Warten, G. G. Moxon, A Shelton.
The 88th Company bagged five goals in Hooper, and P. Tester, with Mr. W. Beach lalf, Desborough being responsible for four, Mancini for two, Smith for Clarke (Secretary)
notice and Talfourd and Watson for one convening the meeting the preach. They were nearly all good goals, The CHAIRMAN said Gentlemen, the but the fith, which was beautifully put Smith from a pass by Hammond, Mancini which annual report and statement of sein by courts, with cuditors' report attached and a terrific shot by Mas having been in your hands for the usual scored the seventh, deserve special mon- well period. I will with your permission, tion. The Bird Company were
Wand take them as rend. The result of the watched by Vant and Dickerson years working under review will, I were seldom allowed to become dangerous, had rather hard lines. Captain 10,000.00 shareholdere, and I trust that the appro which was turned off and just missed the 48,295.30 priations reminded will it with post On another Occusión, Halls broke: To write off Machinery and your approval. You will be pleased to through and would have scored but
Plant
18,727:00 | know that all exses of litigation pending Grifiths ran out and kicked away, 56,515,20 with the Sze Tap Steamship Co in Rosult-88th
Cop
R.G.A 108
83rd Coy. 500.00
cornection with collisions were settled R.G.A.0. Corph Jones R.E, was fe amicably in the early part of the year forut 10,000.00
without any financial loss to your Com puny Our trade and passenger traffic returns were very poor in the beginning a of the year, but about April, owing to the political routes at Canton, our carnings from pussenger traffic began to improve until August, when there was a slight set-back due to the cholera scare This improvement affected all lines operated by your Company and was due
To pay a dividend of 8 per
cent
$240,000.00
convicted and Mr. Wood increased the To pay bonus of 2 per share 120,000.00 hope, be considered satisfactory by the although they will putin a shot,
last fine by a dollar, viz., 85; in default, fourteen days' imprisonment.
CAUGHT IN THE ACT.
To write off Lighters
To write off Launches
Recount
To write off Kowloon Wharves To write off West Point Wharf To write off Railways and Roll A charge of attempted pocket-pickinging Stock
forward to now was brought before Mr. Wood. The To carry prisoner, a Chinese, whe stated by Sergt. Davitt to have inserted his hand into the pucket of another Clinese who was looking at the window of this Sun Com pany's shop. The prosecutor detected the prisoner 69 he was extracting his watch Troin his pocket. Prisoner pleaded guilty and was sentenced to six months' im prisonment.
BREACH OF BUILDING BYE-LAWS.
A Chinese contractor appeared before Mr. Melbourne charged with failing to comply with the building hye-laws in connection with a house which he erected at Whitheld, Causeway Bay. He was fined $200 and ordered to remove the mantels and fix the tie rods with cement, lay Top bands, remove hard wood joists and substitute rolled steel joints below the floor of the kitchen. Mr. Vergette, of the Public Works Depart min, prosecutarl
add
SANITARY BOARD EMPLOYE FINED.
A Sanitary Board coolie was charged with the theft of a pocket knife in a house which he was engaged, with others, in disinfecting after small-pox. Inspector Taylor, of the Sanitary Board, said the men were under his charge at this work, and he noticed the defendant pick up the knife from a table and put it into
his pocket. He denied the theft at first, but afterwards admitted it, saying that le found the knife on the floor, not on the table. A fine of $10 was imposed.
UNJUST SCALES. Inspcobór Territt had a number of murchants before Mr. Melbourne, yer terday, charged with using unjust scales,
In one case two out of three scales in
225,043.17
$728.080.51
The political trouble in South China created an unusual demand for godown accommodation and was responsible for a large increase in our storage earnings Receipts from whart and lighter work also improved.
M. L. 91 (old Police Basin) has now en filed in.
Two single-storey godowns are being erected-one on Kowloon Inland Lot 11 and the other on Kowloon Marine Los 91.
No. 5 wharf was completed in October The sea bed in the vicinity of this what has been dredged to meet the requirements of deep draught steamers now calling at
this port.
the general unrest throughout the Province of Kwangtung Freight 7 cripts during this period of unrest naturally declined and, for the whole year Canton exports, us in the two pre- vious years, showed a big decrease cam- pared with pre-war years During the same periods, however, we obtained on increased share of native exports owing to the cessation of junk traffic In June last your Directors profitably disposed of the wooden steamer Hoi Sang, as she had
reached that age and condition requiring large outlay in repairs and rearwn's An after having completed repairs and On the 7th November leet, the Sw general overhaul, departed for Macve to
It will shortly become necessary to resume her usual run on the Macso replace our older launches.
Canton Line, when, carly on the follow- ing morning, fire was discovered on
A second-hand 200 ton Steel Lighter board which spread with great rapidity was acquired during the year.
DIRECTORS
UNITED SERVICES LEAQUE.
A very interesting and hard-fought game, should be witi cssed at Happy. Valley on Thursday afternoon, when the final for the Shield will be played be tween the Volunteer A Team and retzib wels the Volunteers their last
Blaurels years the 68th Co5. R.G.A. In order to
must win this match, as oven a diawa
Shield The bully-off will be at 4:45 pm. The Gunners will play in Colours and the Velanteers in khaki. The latter will be represented by W Hamilton.
Evans and CB. Johnson (backs); EJ. R. Mitchell, K. Brayshay (Capt.), and F. A. Redmond (half-back); R. A. Brand, R O. Hutchison, A. D. Ball,
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K:8.LI Club Referee,
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Navy v. R.Navy Ground. Kick-off
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2ND DIVISION.
Coy, B.G.A. Staff and Depart- p.m. Referee, Mr. Wells. meats Navy Ground. Kick-off 2.20
ten years
and completely destroyed the superstruc ture. Fortunately, the Macao Govern-85th Mr. E. V D. Parr has joined the racnt Fire Brigade war able to render such valuable aid as to save the vessel Board Mr. JW. C. Bonuar retired from total destruction For this Berylce during the year and his place was taken the thanks and appreciation of this figures for the past by Mr. A. 0. Lang. Hon. Mr. E Company have been conveyed to the pro- it will be seen that during that
per quanter. The Underwriters promp | period, in spite of strenuous compet
visita Shellim and Mr. A. David retire accord-y settled our claims on a lump sum basis tion and a fair share of serious ing to the Articles of Association and,
tions in the nature of typhoons, pesti leuce floods, famine and ever recurring being eligible, offer themselves for
political disturbances, we have written down the value of steamers and proper election.
ties, over $410,000 added to Insuranc and Depreciation Fund 290,000, carried to Special Repairs Fund 8180,000, invest ed over $840,000 in new tonnage and 8160,000 in new wharves, and distributed in dividends over a million and balt
which enabled your Directors to enter into a contract for the reconstruction of this vessel's superstructure or more modern line the extra cost of which (estimated at about 200,000) will have to be considered in this year's working, and the completion of this work may be expected about the end of April. All the The one hundred and first report of vessels have been put through their Banual surveys and general overhauls,
HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
holders of this Bank, to be held the 24th
tant, states:
The net profits for the year ending 31st December, 1916, (including $3,027,919.69, balance brought forward from last account) after paying all charges, e ducting interest paid and dne, and making provision for bad and doubtil
nocounts and contingencies, amount e $10,165,065. 16.
dollars. I do not think there is anything
Mr. Owen Huones, in seconding, said I have much pleasure a seconding the adoption of the report and accounts Thero is very little I can say in addi-
the Court of Directors to the ordinary including special repairs and renewals yearly general meeting of the shire-to the steamer long. All aru now inelze in the balance sheet that requires Turning to the balance sheet, you will holder desire to ask any further ques good working order for the current year special mention, but should any share notice loans on mortgage have been retion, 1 will answer to the best of my duced by 205,000, as your Board did not ability, after the adoption of the repor deem it good policy to contamme holding and statement of accounts has been pro such mortgages any longer. This amount, pored and seconded. I now beg to pro together with other surplus funds, has pose that, the directors' report na been invested in first class local securi- statement of accounts for the year endle ics, also £3,000 in British Government 31 December, 1910 be, and the same, 837,500 (part of 650,000 now fully paid)
per cent. Exchequer Bonds and are, hereby adopted. in Hongkong Government 6 per cent. War Loan This latter amount your Board decided to invest to meet the limit of the Company's Staff Provident Fund In another ease the scale was 15 per Account, to credit of the Silver Reserve of the year, and in included in sundry read to us by our Chairman. It is in
Company. The results, I think, shar ment, against the purchaser, this result Fund, which Fund will then stand creditors. The depreciation in shares in deed a very interesting record of the Public Companies is accounted for by hoders will consider eminently antis- being obtained by loading the scale.
the rise in exchange, and, in consequence, fined $20, They also recommend writing off Bank large disposals on the local market by factory in view of the great unrest with cash. The defendant was
A Chinese shopkeeper at Quarry Bay Premises Account the sum of $750,000 and some investors. Certainly, the fall in this part of the world during the pass had a European scale so set that it remaking a provision for depreciation in values is not due to paucity of earnings year, and the cutting-off to such an ex
Securities of $600,000,000
on the part of the Companies we have tent of the export trade. No doubt there After making these transfers, deducting investments in, and, therefore, I am are some who might have expected 1 gistered an ounce against the customer.
the Interim Dividend of £2:3s, per
larger number of shareholders will most It was stated that defendant had two paid on 14th August Inst (is. £250,000 inclined to think it is caly a temporary larger dividend but I feel sure the shops and did a good business. Fined at 2004,477,61), 'nnd Remuneration drop. However, depreciation and ap cordially endorse and agree with the
use were to the prejudice of the par
The Directors recommend the transfer
ser, and a fine of $5 was up of $500.000 from the Profit and Loss which amounted to $44,981.87 at the clotion to the very interesting, report-juät
A 85 fine was imposed in a case where tro sales were against the customer to the extent of 2 per cent, and 1 per cent. respectively,
$16,500,000,0
share,
to Directors, there reminius for appropreciation works automatically by means
of our Fluctuation Atarunt, and there very wise conservative policy adopted by priation: $6,821,187.55, out of which the
fore do not affect the Profit and Loss out directors It is very gratifying in Directors recommend the payrcent of Account, which has fuctuated between deed to find that you have invested some
Dividend of £2: 3s, per
share
Hongkong Government stocks and war £38.000, and a Bonus of Ten Shillings 852,000 and $152,000 during the last ten of our surplus funds in the Home and Sterling per Share, ulz, £60,000, amour years and will continue to do so wat logna, It is not only sound, but als ing in all to £318,000, which at 9/4, the the rise and fall in share values. The
a patriotic act to do. With regard to rate of the day, will absorb $2,654,608.70 amount paid for repairs to steaners, the bonus to the members of our fouting The Balance: $3,166,579.85, to be carried lighters and wharves is above the average stad sure I am voicing the feel of former years and is due to increased ALLEGED ASSAULT AT KOWLOON. to New Profit and Loss Account,
charges. The cost of special repairs to ings of the shareholders when I say we
floating staff have at any time had Before Mr. Wood, F. O. Bothelo, a Mr. Stanley H. Dodwell has been the steamer, Honam and to be abital approve of this I do not think the elected Chairman for the year 1917, and to Profit and Loss Account on account more strenuous time than during the of the funds for this purpose bring in
Thousands and thousands Portugueso, wae charged with assaulting
J. A. Plummer Deputy Chairman. The Honourable Mr. David Landale sufficient. The bonus recommended for past year were carried up and down Alfred William Ramsey, at Nathon Road, Kowloon. The case was first having resigued his seat on leaving the the foreign staff generally is part of a
Colony, the
Honourable Mr. C. E. Anton promise made by your Board, when about this river, and, I believe, without any called last week, when defendant was invited to fill the vacancy. Mr. the middle of the year they had to con- accident or disaster of any kind That failed to appear, and Warrant EV D. Pare was also invited to join sider the question of increased emolu reflects great credit upon them, and I ments to the Roating staff. I feel sure think the Company is to be congratulatoi
such an efficient apprehension the bandon this pootingent require the shareholder will smpetion this bonus upon having cam sire, may be was issued for.
Be
Mr.
These
The Honourable Mr. E. Shellim and
AUDITONS -
Mr. L. d'Almada, who appeared for the Mr. W. L. Pattendets retire in rotation, complainant, said the defendant bad but being eligible for re-election, after been in hospital. Defendant denied that themselves accordingly. he was guilty of assault. He admitted that he and complainant had a fight but it was a fair, fight, Inspector Gordon stated that the defendant entered the Water Police Station and surrendered himself, stating that he was newly dis
HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO., LTD charged from hospital, where he had been
The approximate statement of trat for a month, and had not received the simnions. In the course of further exceipts for the week ending 10th February
as follows: psastions it transpired that the assault
as stated to have taken place on the Chinese New Year instead of the Euro pean New Year. Mr. Wood remanded the defendant.
passengera
when they remember the extra work and said for the office staff. They have hard risks zaken during the troublons Limes in the neighbouring province. I am a very critical time to go through, and the sharelia ders greatly appreciate their pleased to say that there has been a services.
The proposition was unanimously The Accounts have been audited by M considerable reduction in the loss caused
by the exchange of rubsidiary coins carried Maitland and Mr. E. AM. Williams, during the last three months of the year we proposed by Mr. SHELTON the latter being appointed in place of Mr. J. W. C. Bonner, who resigned on The figures $72,070,18 must, however, Hooper, and seconded by Mr. M. S leaving the Colony. Mr. Maitland and still be considered a heavy tax on our Norror that Sir Robert Ho Tung Mr. Williams offer themselves for reworking. The tremendous increases in And Mr. B. H. Dodwell be re-elected as the cost of nearly all supplies, and more Directors, and this was unanimously election..
especially coal, bave compelled your carried Bourd to take a conservative view with The CHAIRMAN proposed the re-elec regard to the dividend, and I am suration of Messrs. Bonnard Brown and A this policy of caution will not fait Love at Auditors for the ensuing year commend itself to you. Sharejolders will readily recognize the soundness of at a remuneration of $400 each. This was seconded by Mr. G. C. Moxon and conserving our resource when you con unanimously carried sidor the fact that, unlike constrise, and
This was all the business, and the ocean shipping, tonnage in the river
CHAIRMAN Said Gentlemen, Dividend trade is far in excess of ordinary warrants are now ready and may be had requirements In reviewing the on application, I thank you for your
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