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THE Ministry of Finance has estimated the total receipt of duties in China at Tis. 14,000,000 a year?
.
THE Waiwapa has asked the Throne to issue special credentials and an official seal for the Macao Boundary Commissioner.
Tax Ministry of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce has submitted for imperial approval a set of regulations for Improving forestry in China
ANOTHER Coolie was arrested last Sunday for trespassing in the Army Orduance Departmant yard. He was fined $so in the Police Court, on Monday.
REGULATIONS for the making of a new graye for maintaining or repairing an existing one in the New Territories, are published in the Government Gazette.
PRINCE SU has telegraphed to make inquiring It regard to the Chinese residents in the south Pacific islands who are offering contributions for the Navy reorganization.
THE Grand Councillors have been in confer ence of the question of appropriating money from the Privy Purse to build railways from Peking, Tungchou to Tsunbu
A CORRECTED copy of the register of medical and surgical practitioners qualified to practise medicine and sugery in this Colony is published in the current issue of the Gazette,
ORDERS have besa placed by the Chinese-au- thorities with a firm at Irentsin for the constrac tion of a few light draught steamers, which are Intended for navigation on the Sungari River. We are kindly informed that the total output of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Co.'s, three mines for the week pading April 14, 1909, amounted to 29,327.96 tons and the sales daring the period to 37,587.43 tons.
Tus memorandum, which has been submitted by the Kwangtong officials in Pakiog, setting out the circumstances of the Portuguese on- 'croachments in Macao, has been forwarded to
the Viceroy at Canton for his perusal.
THE body of the woman, Lab Fuk, who jumped into the harbour the other day from the steamer Fatihan, ia order, so it was alleged, to avoid her kidnappers, was picked up in the harbour by the water Police last Monday morning."
HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to apppiot Dr. John Bell to act as Principal Civil Medical Officer during the absence on leave of the Honourable Dr. J.. M, Atkinson er Bull further notice, with effect from the 4th Inst.
MR. A. W. H. Beilingham, engineer to the British Municipal Council at Tientsin, has been nominated by the Chinese authorities to succeed Mr. C. W. Kinder, late general mana- ger, and engineer-in-chief of the Imperial Railways of North China, Tongsḥao.
Tux first League match was played between the Lusitano Recreation and the Y.M.O.A. at Dauseway Bay last week, and resalted in a win for the former by, 13 games. The following represented, the L. R. C.-P. Reza, E. Naro aha, J. Remedios, H. Uyedman, E. Leitão, and P. Yvanovich.
His Excellency the Governor bas been pleased to appoint, provitionally and subject to His Majesty's pleasure, the Honourable Mr. A. W. Brewin to be a member of the Executive Coun- cil, during the absence on leave of the Honour able Dr. J. M. Atkinson, or usif further notice, with effect from the sth. nat.
A SHROFF, Fang Kam Sheung, of the 1 On Bank, 107, Wing Lok Street, was charged in the Police Court last Monday with behaving in a disorderly manner in Messra. Shewan, Tomes and Company's office; with assaulting the watchman; and with doing certain damage to the brass railings in the office. The case was remanded.
THE agitation that is being made against the Establishment of a Chair of Commerce in the Tokio University is in no way abated. The ogitators claim that the status of the Tokio Higher Commercial School should be enhanc ed instead. One hall of the School was burat down on 8tu inst. This, it is believed, is the work of an incendiary,
JUST before the noon boor last Wednesday an accident, which might have been attended with more serious results, occurred in Queen's Road
Central Aricksba codle was seated on the footboard of his vehicle awaiting a fare, while close to him a number of workmen were en- gaged in placing into position a telephone pole. Suddenly the pole slipped from the bands of the workmen and fell on the richsha coolie's legs. The unfortunate man was sent to the Government Civil Hospital, by fuspector Fen- ton, suffering trom what is believed to be a broken leg. His condition is not considered
Berious.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY MAY 14 1909
Two boatmen were fined $io osch" at the Magistracy'to-day for landing swing during pro bibited hours at the' cattle" wharl, Kennedy' Towni
Among Epster distinctions conferred by the Csar is that of the First Class of the Order of St. Anne given to M. Malevsky Malavitch, Ambas
Takyo, sader in
SIR Frank Swettenham bas accepted the post- tion of Chief of the Royal Commission which is shortly to be despatched to Mauritius to la. quire into the conditions in that Colony.
AT a meeting of the Directors of Lane Craw- ford & Co, Ld it was decided, subject to atidit, to recommend the payment of a dividend at the rate of so per cent, for the year ended February 28, 1909,
Two unemployed "boys" were each given three months bard labour and three hours stocks in the Police Court, to-day, for receiving a gold ring with diamond valued at $100, the property of Mrs-Weight, at Kowloon on the 12th inst.
SHARE QUOTATIONS.
upplied by Messrs. E. S. KADOORI & Co Corrected to noon; later alterations given under "Commercial Intelligence, page
Hongkong & Shanghat Basking Corporation
Tational Bank of China, Limited:
MARINE INJURANCES;
Custom Inmarsace Office, Limited
North Chica Insurance Company, Limited
INSPECTOR Withers and Sergeant E. Fox, of Union Insurance Society of Canton, Limited the Hongkong Police Force will leave the Colony lu a few days' time for the bomeland on a well eamed holiday. They will sail on the 25th instant, by the French mall steamer
Oceanien.
We are courteously informed that: the-fotal. output of the three mines of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Co., Ltd, for the werk ending 1st May, 1909, amounted to "30,215.95 tons, and the sales during the period 10 25 518.30 LODS.
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Two men an earth coolie and a grass cutter, who were found guilty in the Police Court, last Toursday, of cutting down, a tree at Pok-foo lum, near No. 6 Bridge, on Wednesday, were each faed Sig. The alternative was twa months' imprisonment each.
ALL the fifteen members and ex-members of Parliament, including some who have resigned their seate and four ex-members, who were apprehended in connection with the Japanese Sugar Scandals, have been found guilty at a preliminary investigation and their cases have been referred to trial.
COLONEL Bob, Love, of Harmston Circus fime, who has just recovered from an attack nf smallpox, contracted in Manila, is in town meeting old acquaintances.
He arrived this
morning by the steamer Tean, and looks lika his old kell, notwithstanding the illness he went through. Colonel Love preceeds to Shanghai to-morrow to join the Company.
BREVET-COLONEL H. G. Fitton, D.S.O., Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, who was promoted to the command of the 2nd Bat- inlion when it was stationed at Hongkong, will retire from the command of the battalion at Bangalore in August next under the four years' ruic. It is stated that he will get a staff ap- pointment in ladia in due course.
A MEMORIAL tablet in bronze has been un- veiled at Rotterdam in the house where Ferdi- nand de Lesseps lived from 1838 to 1839, when he represented France there as a Consul, The Rotterdam Lloyd, which some time ago. cete- brated its 25th anniversary, thus honoured the "Creator of the Suez Canal," to whose initiative traders to and from India'are so much indebted. On the 16th April Tost mas named 'ip Chik Fuk (with afigars innumerable) was banished from the Colony for five years. It was not the first time that Ip had been deported-this will record bis third occasion. Last Wednesday after- noon, while a warder of the Victoria Gaol, Noor Abmed, was off duty, he spotted Ip in Con- naught Road, and, needless to say, considering there is a $10 reward affered for the arrest of all persons returning from banishment, ba placed him under, arrest. Ip pleaded guilty to the charge in the Police Court, on Thursday, and was sentenced to six months' hard labour and six bours' exposure in the stocks.
ALI MAHOMMED, a seaman, in the employ of one of the Apcar steamships, is charged in the Police-Court, yesterday morning, with assaulting one Wong Leung, an opium diyan keeper, of 6, Cheung Hiog Street, and with doing damege to property to the extent of seventy cents. A quarrel, it would seem, took place between the Chinaman and the Lancar, with the result that the latter struck the Celes tial in the face, and in bis "white" hent, des- royed some opium-smoking paraphernalia. On the first charge he was fined 51, on the second count $2, and also ordered by the Magistrate to pay the complainant one dollar compensa. 1100.
A FITTEN, La Iv, belonging to the,teamer Shut Sang, was charged before Mr. F. A. Hazelnud, last Saturday, with larceny op the high seas. The steamer was on her way from Singapore to Hongkong, when on the 3rd inst a passenger discovered that, he had lost a pillow box containing jewellery, money and clothing, to the value of $48. He suspected CONNAUGHT Road Central was the scene of a little bloodshed last Friday Afternoon, Lai Tak the filter, be said, and approached him. In bis and Chad Sing, coolies, were' sauntering cast-presence the passenger alleged the fitter threw wards, when a shop foki named Chan Chas everything overboard, except a piece of red bumped into them while torning a corner. cloth which he kept. This the fitter denied, Oban was violently pushed away; Tho faki Would he be such a fool, he asked, as to steal said it was all an accident. The coolie asked such a valueless piece of cloth, and keep it, him if he was blind. This led to more palavar- while he threw the jewellery overboard? It resulting in the "joki receiving a snack on the was ridiculous, he added. The case continues. bead with a pole. When blood began to flow, the coolie tried to beat a hasty retreat, but friends of the foki were at band and they were pinioned. The pair were charged in the Police Court, on Saturday morning, and a fine of $z each was imposed.
RETURNS of the average amount of bank. Dotes in circulation and of specie in reserve in Hoogkong, during the month ended 30th April, 1909, as certified by the managers of the respective Banks:-
Backı,,...,”
Average Specie in Amount. Reserve Chartered Bank of India,
Australia and China, 53,505,615 $2,700,000 Hongkong and Shanghai
Banking Corpora... Goo................ (2,814,940 23,000,000 National Bank of China,
DiL 57,577
Limited, ..............................
Total, ......................... $16,493,332 15,700,000 BECAUSE a house is unoccupied does it follow that the fittings are the property of all and "sandry? This was what Lam Wai thought: For a long time past a house at 73, Kowloon City Road, has been untenanted. Lam was aware of this fact and about one o'clock this morning (8th inst.), after arming himself with the business and of a screw-driver, started out to inspect the beliding. The inspection did not last wery long, before Lam began to remove the panes from the windows with his implement He secured seven panes and was making violent allons to extract the ninth, when Feliceman we grabbed him from behind. The officer had been watching operations for a while, ¿can wily, Lam, Ligured before, Mr. F. A Hareland this morning and pleading guilty, Was sentenced to six seks-hard-lapot, and « hours' stocks, Lam received hin, medicina
PRESIDENT Taft has appointed Mr. W. W. Rockhill United States Ambassador to Russia: Mr. Rockbill has been United States Minister to China during the past few years. He has been in the diplomatic service for many years. He began his career in the American Legation at Peking as long ago as 1884, While on duty there he managed to make several extensive trips through various parts of the empire and acquired a a great store of information on things Chinese. He wrote much on Oriental subjects and passed from Peking to a place in the clerical force of the State department. In 1897 Rockhill became United States Minister, to Greece. This post be resigned after two years- and accepted special missions to the Far East for two years. From 1899 to 190g he was Director of the Bureau of American Republice. Since the latter date he has been Minister to Chinm
A TALLYMAN and a be man were sent to gaol by Mr. J. H. Kemp, in the Police, Court, last Wednesday, the former for theft and the latter for assisting him in the act. The tallyman, it would room, was in the employ of Mesars, Gilman and Company, and towards the and of last month he was sent to take delivery of a number of cases of umbrellas. The tallyman went to the godown and took away fivo Claes... four of which he tamed over to his employer, while be retained the other case. This he gave to the boatman to conceal in his boat. Several days later the tallyman took away the um
As compensation he brellas, and sold them." presented the boatman with 580 and alx um
tellus. The case of umbrellas was valued at $210, The, tallyman was bent to gaol for six moniks and four hours, stocks, while the hostman received two months imprisonment.. Me FC"""Barlow appeared for the second defendant,"
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fangtase Insurance. Association, Limited
FIRE INSURANCEE. Thina Fire Insurance Company, Limited
Limited longkong Firm Insurance Company,
SHIPPING. Thins and Manila Steamship Company, Limited..... Douglas Steamship Company, Limited
"
POSITION AS PER LAST REPORT,
NO. OF SHARES.
VALUE. PAID UP.
RESERVE,
"AT WORKING
ACCOUNT
10,000
S
S
$1,500,000 $133,757 $411,990 £125,000
· Tli, 150,000 ZILA 3031747 The 118,177 $3,000,000 £90,000 $191,148
LAST DIVIDEND,'
·METURN AV
GROTATION BASED ON LAST
CLOSING QUOTATION).
130,000
$125 $125
$1,500,000) $14,500,000
: $2,006,234
Final of £2 and bonus of $for 1908 ℗
-ax 1/88=1$35,024 - suši.
Soto buyers London In
£4,0001
'99,925
40
$130,000
510,223
Sa (London's/6) for 1903
350
10,000
5a5a
· S14 for 1997,
$107) hujats
Tla. 160,512-
· Interim of 7/5 for 1908................
51%
$150
$100
$1,464,921
生乳400
ƒFinal of Sty' making 547 for 1907 and
Interim of Sgo for 1908..
st%
· 3845 buyer
45681,609
$1,000,000
$100
$50
13,000
$4,495
5707,617
Jia and bouns 53 for 1997
א:
$135 soliar
50 $199,364,
$1,000,000
$100
$20
*=0,000
$438,669
$375,341
36 and bonus Sa for 1907...
$13,502)
8,000
..Siya Sco
51,428,175
$165,711
Say for 1957
Sto8 bayer
5145 buyant
30,000
157,000
$2,025
51 for 1906
Sti dallen
20,000
$50 550
$164,6387
Nil
af for year ending 30.6.1908
$99,007
"
$150,000
80,000
$15
3x5
$607,500
520,179
Final of 1f making Sajfør 1908
579.428
60,000 Indo-Ubloa Steam Navigation Co, Ld, {Preferred)}
Do.
da.
(Deferred)
бороо hanghal Tog and Lighter Company, Limited........
(Preference) 200,000 Tls, so Tis. go Do.
100,000 $2,000,000 Shell" Transport and Trading Company, Limited... *Star" Ferry Company, Limited..
$25 344
210,000
613,755
£240,000
$6). for 1907 on Preference shares only ✪ }; |ex 1/9 11/16=53, 154..+-+
4%
TH, 14,510 £61,817
Final of Tis, 34 making, Tis. 31 for 1908:
{}
1515 suliets
Tli. 53 buyers
Tis: 53 buyers
Second interim of if, for aƒc 1968.
10,000
Sto
$10
10,000
"aku Tog and Lighter Company, Limited
RENTRIES.
30000
Tix. 50 Tls, 50
Tis. 44.100
Tis. $1,000
"atna Sugar Refining Company, Limited espres
10,000
$100
TIL 7,000
$150,000)
·S;0,848)
DI.
$5,858
4520p Sugar Refining Company, 'Limited.... Perak Sugar Cultivatif a Company, i.imited
5100
7,000
7,000.
Tie. Tis, so
·D
$195,823 Tis. 9,373
Si40 buyers
$16
Tis. 170 buyers
Longkong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Co., Ldi-
י
1,000,000
Chinese Engineering and Mielag Company, Li... Raub Austruifzo Gold Melog Company, Limlied { 150,000
Docks, WHARVES & GODOWKI. "Sawick (Gan.) * Co., Limited
longkong & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ld...
Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, La hanghel Dock and Engineering Co., Lid,
hangbal and Hongkow Wharf Company, Limited
50,000
LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS. oglo-French Land Inverment Co., Lad. stor House Hotel Company, Limited (Sharghil)... Central Stores, Limited immotage set met volume t *(angkong Hotel Company, Limited Hongkong Land Investment and Agency O00, L1,000
amphreys Estate & Flance Company, Limited ́owloon Land and Building Company, Limited ... 5:0;bal Land Investment Company, Limitad
Voit Pelet Ballding Company, Limited
COTTON MILLS.
Ewa Gatton Spinning and Weaving Company, Ld.. Hongkong Cotton Spinning, Weaving and Dyalog?
Company, Limited roses sienos we see polone DDE 194 01494) in-ernational Cotton Manufacturing Company, L& -100-kung-mow Cotton Splaning&W saving Oo, Led. *vy Ches Cotton Sploning Company, Limited......
MISCELLANEOUS
◄' ,
Be the Che
3
TIL. 75,000
£750,000 £02,000 £6,000 $47,221
TIL 98,000 Tis. 461,479
2058 ['is.. 100,000
(51.00 for year ending 10,4: 1998.minions
» Final of Tis. It making Tis, z) for 1908
$5 for year ending 31.12.08 ..NI 53 for 1897
Tie, 3 for year ending 31.8.08
5816 buyer
$16 sales
Siç boyam
-Tis. 45 galbe
*
£175,000? £11,189) £4,878
211,556
(Interim of 1/6 (coupon Nora) for yearĮ
ending 29.2.09
Tis. 16) buyers
Dr. £3,191
Na 12 of 1/48 centi
$91 buyarı
$300,000
Tis. 150,000
Tl. 45,9395
$10,000
Final of $1}'`making $31 for 1407 »inis
$58 bayers
$387,078
Final of 54 making 58 for 1998
iginu se
Interim of Tls, 21 for 6 months coding"} 131 October, 1908.. ....
Final of Tie, 6 making Tis 10 for 1908
“Tla. 171 salte
Tis. 13.748
Tis. 22,818
Dr.
Tix. 4,136
4,230 524,611
18,000
530
333
Dr.
542,9 6
57,423
51.75 for year ending 31.12.06
$50,000)
60,000 $50
$50
120,856
$50 50,000 55.790 Thorls. 100
$40,000 597,19]
Tis. 1,000,000
36,000 Tis. 100 | 28. 100
.C
Tis. 697,257) Tix. 50,000 Tls. 185,000)
25,000 Tis, rais, 100 30,000 50,18$
Tis. 35,000
Tis, 6 for year ending 39.2.09 sieİNESSREISELOST
Bi
„Tik, rot bugars
521
$30,000
Szt for year ending 30.5.07......................
$1,000
$1,20 on old and 60 cents on first naw issue.
£12,000
5548,9757
PS91 24.4% #ADA
$505 $23
313.91
5295
Final of $3 making $6 for t9aß ...
50,000
500 Sx00
$150,000
$15,475
Final of 53 making 57 for 1908.........
Siz buyers?
150,000
STO
$10 {
5231,191
*343,361 5
$1,486
60 cents for 1908'e
61 X
6,000 18,000 The
12,500
350
$10
Sa78
$13 for 1958............
Sg buyers 530
Tls, 50
5TIL. 1,583,0452]
[Tis. 373,000
550
$10
Doue
'Tix. 143,404 11 968
Fiont of Tis, 3 and bonus of Tin; s making) 1 Tis. 8 for 1908
Tis: 120
*Final of $1 making $4 for 1908 ..amanma
9.%
544 buyers
15,000 Tls, Tiu, 50 125,000,
10,000
7)s. 8,80
$10
$9.533
Tls, 5 for year ended 31.10. 1908 1903EINE so cants for year ending 11/7.08 (ASDIEZINADA
6
Tie, 110 ellers 58 les
Tie. 73 Tis. 75 8,000 TTI 100 1,000 Tis, Tix 100
Tla. 175.000
Tie. 8,372
Tis. 6 for year ending 30.9.06 (8%)
Tis, 92
Tl. 112%
Tl. 4 for 1908
`gone
- Tís, 400,
To 31,171
TI. 15,913
Tia 50 for 1906 mi
Stof
8,604 60,000
19/6
£1,500
£615.
1/10 per share for 1907:1.037e
Si
Sis
$40,000
Nit.
$1.20 or 1908...
91 %
$5 sellers:
30,000 *30,000
GODÓ
$51,138
ço çanta for your ended 28.2.06 .......phu
115,000
Sto
$10
$105,000
$2.407
Bo canta for 1208
· S9ž sa und s
$10,0002
stry Farm Company, Limited quiesce a rean Island Cement Company, Limited ................. 4. Price & Company, Limited 'all & Holts, Limited
40,000
$6
$8,000
548
St-go for year ending 31 7.08
$16) sellers
58.ga kollers.
400,000
$11
fro-
12,000
510
Sro
$11,000
$3,750
$5,000
Saji
-75 cents for 9 months ending ¿L12.07
15,000
$10
$20
$186,000
$8,957
Sa for year ending 29.2.09.
60,000
$10 510
́St and bonus, zo cts, for yert ending 29,109,
nada
· 5,000 60,000
Jay STÄ-
Sigo ono $20,000 Tls. 547,500)
35,000 50,000 75,000
5102
15,000
S $10
+
MODA
Tis, 100,000 Tia 51 14,000 (Tls, j 10,000 Tis, Tis. 174000 Tla, 24,830
-16,150--|--Zx
6,000 30,000
Sta
Th: 5,250
Tis. 220,000
TIL 23,018
Sxx
Dr. $56,602 $236
vicodianus
$14
Tie, di bayars
2,000 TIs, in T. foo 50,000
Tie, 15,295)
10,000
510 34
99,500
15,000
“
soll's Asbestos Eastern Agency, Limited massa
sina-Bomeo Company, Limited..essert. hina Light and Power Company, Limited ........................
Do.
Do
special shares persones van hina Provideos Loan & Mortgage Company, Lid. ...
ongkong Electric Company, Limited.com tongkong Ice Company, Limited) longkong Rope Manufacturing Company, Ld........... taatschappij tot Miley Bosch en Landbouwex-]]
ploitatie in Langkat, Limited R
sak Tramways Company, Limited, in ank Tramways Company (68%) ** pugnan one vatkaa nav savne sillppine Company, Limited: ASUTADANIA DO4 ) DE DES. nangħal Gas Company Limited win
1angkal-Sumaira Tobacco Company, Limited hanghal Waterworks Company, Limliod.... outh China Morning Post, Limited sumkasio96 394 19m Laundry Company, Limited
Jantain, Waterworks Company, Limited Talon Waterboat Company, Limited serinesses Fafiad Asbestos Orienĥil Agency, Limited Watson, (A. S.) & Co., Limited..
William Powell; Limited...
*Thaat ihatan ura qsiltled to half of the profts.
15,000 GB, to Ga. 100
Bone
DONE
Tit. 4.000
$35,000 Stodda
$15,000
Final of zo cents making go cents for 1908.
་
5,195 $7,616 SB,390: Tia. 116,683,
$7.47X PL. 18,640 Tix. 5,601
Ti4. 201 $172
$1,360
Final of Sts per sbare making S19 for 1908. Final of St per share making 32 for 1938 ....
1st Quarterly div. of Tis. 12) for account ↑
1909 (90KUMILIKIDEERIDEEREMIELLE Bo cents on fully paid shares and 6 cents on 1:51 paid shares for year ending ja408 ...
Nono inmemoriamasın
Fisal of Tis. 4 making Tis, 78 for 1907, ....
Final "Tis, 5 making “Tis, 8 for 1908 ........... Final-of-s/-making 45) for 1908
Nona aupauser man
40 cents for your ending 31.5.08 '......................... Tis. 6 for year ending 30.4.27 punirinei 6o conte fty-year ending 31.12,08
(89 canta e m 9,900 ord, shares and $19.80'òn) L100 Fór inders skaren for yr, "und 31,5.07]
Interim e ( 30 cents i/o 1908 an Final of so cts, making 80 cts, for' the? Uyaar as ided góth June, 1956
ex div.
518) buyats $155 sellers
Tla. 1,140 b2 S14 boyarn
Tx.11a b
Tia. 140 buyers
Tim: 415 buyurt
Sis bayers
· $5,438.
53.95
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