COMMERCIAL.
of
A CHINESE FISHING VILLAGE..
A Typical Bit of Old Cathay.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, MAY 23, 1912.
Not Mantel but Joas, Tho oyes, accustomed now to the gloom, make out what ap- pears a mantel, really a joss, this, Red papers, in strips and of
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Close of Indian Tea-season,
The Indian ten season has just now closed, and the result has
copious black lettering, form. pine land and the Republic of T'anAME Mr. Felix Kech, special corres- three sides of a square upon the hean very satisfactory. There has pondent of the "Record," writes wall. Before this there are two been, says the "N. Ching Daily as follows: Did you over visit utensils, resembling most a pair Nowa," an increase in production a Chinese fishing village? Next of pewlor candlesticke, into which 4 por cont. and priesaimproved by delights in fish, and so, on the prayer. It reminds of the near- to rice, you know, the Chinaman the joss sticks are burnt for per cent. The flourishing con big rivers running into the Eastern custom of folk unable to dition of the Indian tea industry interior, these villages abound, stop and pray, buying candles, has led to the extension of tea You find these Celestials friendly, and burning these instead. Two cultivation in less favoured die even to the stranger. Do not powier bowls and a dish with tricts in the country. During the not bother you, is a safe motto. are grouped before the joss interfere with them and they'll narcissus, rice and other foods
may be certained on application,
BILLS NEGOTIATES and COLLECTED. . MAIL and Telegraping REMITTANCES last season the threatened starcity You will find the fisherman stand-ound this the ancestors of
LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS granted of the Indian product, which ing in the doorway of their one-the man эго prosumed to nail the principal cities in the World,
THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF afterwards proved to be unfound-rooshanties, curious-looking over; the dead preferring to CREDIT Available fil over the World,
COMMERCIAL structures those, absolutely withlinger round their descendants,
LETTER OF CREDIT ed, was a great help to the Ching out visible window. Houses of he says, to being in a heaven in
PURCHASE and Sale of Stocks and ShareI ten market. But if the ludian the sort are all about, all of thera an unknown place to which the the transactions of any of its customers.
effeciod,
The Officers of the lask are bound not to disclose production should considerably unpainted, but black for the missionaries would consign them.
GEORGE HOGG, increase it may Juve the effect of wonthoring of the frame. Some fow
Manager. restricting the scope of the market for China toa. ·
Soft-pedaled non go about, in
and we step into the opon. There By and by the storm has gone the Gelormen are passing to a general joss it in the open, a pretty altar of rocks and the like,
But we have about done the vil age, touristically speaking. It's loose black trousers, of seersucker,ple of the sort of thing Russia is a typical bit of old Cathay, a sam- and sometimes coats of the same
grumbling over. goods, but light blue. They were a rather ministerial-looking vest, and the hair is set into a queue, which is often burled about the
RATS 'IN SIAM.
Terms
DEPOSITS RECEIVED, fred, for the year at 42 per a ur for shorter periods, at rates, which
made
Hongkong, 2201 March, 1012
9, Queen's Road, Hagkong. [10
THE
LIMITED,
Established 1880.
Hon. Mr.C.H. Bow
EL A. Bieba, Kaq...-
ÜSTE MANAGERI Hongkout—N. J. STABI.
ACTING MANAGER. SHANGİLATA,' G. Sreenas,
London Baxms-Loxor COUNTE AND WESTIIivoór Bame Lierten,
tremand India.....150 Bar Silver, ready..............................!
emand, Manila
T/T. San Francisco and New York: 484
"forward-
T.T. JAYA .......... 1203 Bank of England rate mortalın T/T. Marks
T/T. Franos.....................................................2.68 | Sovamalga
$9.95
Subsidiary Colas.
Oplum Quotation.
Discount por $100,
April. 28.
Malwa, New ......$8,880
HONGKONG-INTERBUT ALLEWED,.
parpic,
* Amma en the daily balance,
Un Curran Appants at iba rate of 3 par Cent, Chinese...20 sta, pieces ...873
ON FIXED DEPOSFIJ:
For months, 134 pre.Cant, par Ananım. For months, i per Cant, par Axnaul. We'15'monike, 4 par Olezt, pár Ännum, -
N. J. STABB, Chial Manager..
Chinese...10
...$86/16
Malwa, Old.................. 8,420 Malwa, V. Old... 8,400 Persian, fins quality 1,700
Hongkong.20
Hongkong.10
Patas, Now 3,750
...873
por abo
Patas, Old......... 8,600
...$81
Benares, New
3,660
enares, Old
8,000
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
HE Buiners of the above Bank la THE
conducted by the HONGKONG AND BHANGHAI BANKING
Aurquis C.PITAL You 48,000,000 CORPORATION. Bales may be airiained PAID-OF VAPITAL...
REALVE FUND
I
.. 80,000,000 17,500,000.
Head Oflice-YOKOHAMA,
Branolis ad Agouvi- t Aulung-Hsieu Bombay Caloutia Changohan Dairen
will have a second room to them but this also without window ox- cept in the very top of the roof: Copper Coins in Shanghai,'- The door is extremely narrow and During the past few days there as it stands open, permits of a round which some dicks have y JOKOHAMA SPECIE BANE, has been a considerable increase peep inside. Some of those houses takon refuge, of copper coins in the market,have aspired to cheap wall paper. Before a house sure lanterns of and although they have not Almost all have a low cat or bunk, gauzo swing, though dronehod; depreciated as much as they with blankets unfolded, against in a hut aro queer Celestial medi- might have in other circumstances one wall, and a fow chaire stand cines. the increasing number of coins is about, Clonoral disorder charac- not very healthy to the marketlerizes the interior. It may be recalled, says the "N. China Daily News, that on the complaint of the foreign merchant body in China somo linu ligo the several provincial mints, that wore literally pouring forth cop- per coins, were ordered by the Peking Government toxtopisning. and circulating more of these coins than thore were in tho. market at the time. Most of the provincial mints lud minted much ing upon clogs. Among those Hongkong is not alone in boing Liao-Yang more than they had issued and very poorest women one doosn't troubled with rats. A corres- London the surplus they hat stored find the tiny foot one so ofton pondent of the "Bangkok Times'
"Lyons nocordingly. Not much attention reads about. Some few of then writes" The plague of rats all seems to have been paid to theso have earrings in their cars, circles over this district is much more until recently, when it was found of gold from which queer green sovore than in formor years, but necessary to use every means of stones lang pondant, Yonder our immuuity from plague is no ratos to be obtained opulention.
Dopo ita received for fixed patioda at obtaining funds to pay the soldiers. you remark an old man washing doubt due to the largo number of
TAKEO TAKAMICHI, These stored-up copper coins were dishes, out on the tumbly veranda inoculations against the discaso thon drawn upon, and the soldiers to his house.
Man*ger. made last year by the Health De-Hongkong, ist Apri', 1912. wore paid a portion of their duos.
partout. Over three thousand It was in this winner that a fof the homes have on their ox-inoculations were made, considerable amount of copper camo on the market.
hoad,
No Small Feet Here. Women, too, hobble by, bare- footed, but the sole of the foot rost-
Then, đơɔ, you note how several
terior, just next the door, a little
Yet But Little Plague.
Fangtien Hankow
Uono'u Kobe
.
Nagasaki Newchwan New Yorkg
Osaka
Pekid
Ryojua Port (Ar-
thur)
Shanghai
San Frine 10)
Tiebling
Tiantain
Tokyo
INTEREST ALLOWED OF CRRENT Ασσουτ.
HONGKONG GYMKHANA
OLUB.
-18
HE BECOND MEETING of the Benson will, bo, he'd at Happy Valley on SATURDAY, the 26th May, 1912, commencing at a rx.
TEREST on deposite is allowed) §3) Pas Cruz. per annum.
Depositor may transfer at their phon balances of $100 or more to the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BAME to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 Pa Dr. per Hongkong & 8'hal'
LANUM,
For the HomxONG AND SHANGRAS Bankose CouPURATION,
N. J. STABB, Chief Manager.
THE OHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND
CHINA
INCORPORATED MY BUTAL Chautan 1858.
SHARE REPORT.
#BELLERS.
34-KALI.
Krocks di Fais OP VILDE
CLORUM
Q'spies.
· BANES,
$840
pa.
$125
28416
MARINE-INSURANCES,
Cantons North China
$50 $225
Unious
€5
T140
$100 $108
Yangtzol
£50
195
FIRE INSURANCES,
$20
$182
$60 $350
$25 1
$50 1097
$16 $27
.b;
And
(Preferred) (Dalurred)
4865
b.
116)-
bell "Transports
41
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$10
$88
35 $20 $100 $110 $100 84
HEAD OFFICE LONDON. Paid-or Capital .........£1,200,000 RESERVE FOND...€1,650,000 REINY LIABILITY OF
PROPRIETORS £1,800,000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE General Banking baking transacted.
CURBENT ACCO: NTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for 1 year or shorter periods at raten whịch
Wr. DICKSON, Many of
Dongkong, 1 th April, 1912. [28 DEUTSO ASIATISCHE
BANK
Vigorous efforts are being made Public Companies will be quoted on applications shelf, with some old tin cans. In by the Governor of Thanyaburi It is interesting to noto at the these they burn the joss sticks, to lessen the number of ruts, and same time that yet more copper even as you pass a fat old woman a large quantity of rat poison has has been bought by the Kiangsu is fixing such. It is the heart of been distributed. province, with a view to making Cathay here and she pays no head a further largo issue of copper to you. coins. The situation is this that with the end of every month the soldiers have to be paid, and apart from raising small loans as has been done, the provincial miliury governments find the issue of copper coins
an asy mothod of raising money to pay the soldiers,
Cross the rooks of the bench as como to this now. Their kkiffs are drawn up. Those puuts
re-set at each end. From the middle a low must risen up, ncross which then there is an iron bar, at an angle. From the upper end of that there hanga what appears to be an iron net. As inutter of fact this dovico is Hongkong's trade with America, arranged for holding pieces of For the first eight months of the wont which are light, to attract current fiscal year it will be obthe fish at night. served, says the Journal of the!
American Asiatic Association,"
that tho chiof articles of our ox-
Typical Chinese Life. You paases, just a moment, to port trade with China show adrick in the typical Chinese life greatly increased value. Ending here to survey houses, boats and with February, the total exports all
It may not be generally known, but there is an old. law under which the authorities can offer a reward for the killing of rats. This goes to prove that plagues of vermin were not unknown in what are often termed the good old days.”
To day's Advertisements
FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIA TION OF HONGKONG,
WHIT MONDAY.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all Fire In unance Oflices
The Charge of Admission will be $1 for other than Members of the Hong- kong Jockey Club or Gymkhan Club,
Soldier and Bailors in infana. Half Price.
The Committee invite the Ladies oʻ Eonghong to bo presunt.
At the gunelusion of the racing the two well-known racoponics" BIRLING... HAM" and "AUCHENDOON" will be sold by public auction.
REGINALD F. C. MASTER, Hon. Seoy, & Treasurer. Hongkong, 22nd May, 1917. .
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THE CHINA-BORNEO CO., LIMITED.
THE
CAPITAL FULLY
PAID-UP......Sh. Taels 7,600,000
HEAD OFFICE-Suasouli, BOARD or Dinotons-BerlIN. BRANCHES : Caloutta Hantow
Uhina Fires Hongkong Fires
SHIPPING.
China & Manilas
Douglas Steamship Steambents
Indo-Chinas
REFINERIES:
"Star Ferry
Chins Sugar Luson Bugars
MINING
Chinese Engineerings £1 36/0
Berlin Hamburg
Bingapore Tientsin Peking Tainatu Talogtsu "Yokohana LONDON BANEERS:
Hongkong Hotels Mesim. N. M. ROTHSCHILD & Boxe. Hongkong Lands Tax UNION OF LONDON, AND SMITH'S Humphreya Estates
BANK LIMITED.
Kowloon Lande Duraoux Bark (Berlin), Lompor Shanghai Landr
AGENOT. DIBROTION DER DILDONTO GESELL West Points
BOHAFT.
B-XOYERS
LAST DIVIDEND AND DATS,
your
44.5.0 at ex 1/10) equal
to $24.87 for ending 81.12.11 42 equal $22.82 for par ending 80 June 1911
@16 for 1910
Interm of 10/- for 1911 Final of $20 making $60
for 1910 and Interim of $80 for 1911
$12 for 1 09 and Int, of $8 on account of 1910 $7, & d's of $2 for 1910^ $87 for 1910.
$1 for 1908
5 p.o. for year end'g 80-8-11 Dividend of $1 for half). your ending 31°18′11 ̧ 8% final making 6% for. 1908 6% div, for 1900 op preferred shares /-per share Coupon. No 15 2/6 per share Cou- pon No. 16 for 1910. Dir. 7p. for year, end- Bon, 5p. o. ing 80.4.11 $10 for 1910
$8 for 1897
Interim of 1/- op acponat for year ending 28.9.11 (Coupon No.16)
Tk. 2% for 1910
Th, 639-2-10
$8 on old shares, - §1.50 ↑
on now shares for, half your-81-19·11
Interim div. of $84 for 1911
40 cents for 1911
$9,75 for 1911
5% for half year to 80-6-11. Interim div. of $2 for 1911
and final of 82 making
$4.00 for 1911
Tropobs Ranbe
41 61
77/6
Canton Kobe
DOCKS, WHARVES, & O'DOWNS Kowloon Wharla $50 [866 H. K. & W'pos, Docks $50 $40 Shanghai Dooks
T. 100 Hongker Wharfs T. 100 T.874
15. 2d perahare on: 160,000′
6.
$3 for year ending 31.18.11.
$1 filas dividend for
year 1912
7.54
LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS,
Final of Tis. for 1910
Angio. French Lande T.100 1.94
b.
110
-b.-
$50
$70
b.
$100 $106 $10 $8
$80 $84
b.
T. 30. T.88
$50 853 Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P.8
COTTON - MIRATE
b.
wos
R. TIMMERSCHEIDT.
Manager, Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911.
T. 50 T.01 Hongkong Cottons $10 85
MISCELLANEOUS. China-Borneo
$12 Light and Powers #101
B11
*
$2
$1088
$682
$10:43
b.
$10629) b.
#25 #2121 $10 $19
10
1:67
INTEREST allowed on Currend Account. DEPOSITS received on term
will be chied for the transaction of NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. which inay be learned on application Public Business on MONDAY, the
By Order,
A. R. LOWE,
Ecnrotury.
Every description of Banking ano HE Ninth Ordinary Yearly Moet-Exalange basipeen transacted.
ing of Sbarelolders of the abors Company will be held at the Company's | O Pee, St. Gorge's Building at 12.80 (384 P., on TUESDAY, the 28th May,
1419, to receive a Statement of Ac- THE MARINE INSURANCE ASSO-the Report of the General Msanger and counts to the 3 lat December, 1911, and CIATION OF HONGKONG. Consulting Commitee and to clesta
Consulting Committes and Auditor.
The Trailer Books of the Company will be closed from the 14th May to the 28th May, both days inclusive.
THE CHINA-BORNEO
CO., LTD... W. G. DARBY, General Manager, Hongkong, 9th May, 1912.
Do. (Bped, shares) $1 China Providenta MERCANTLE BANK OF Dairy Farms
INDIA, LIMITED.
Green Islands
WHIT MONDAY,
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
**
14
Auted Caplial.....£1,000,000
cribed
....... 1,195,000 Hongkong Electrics i ald Up Reserve Fund..............
HEAD OFFICE:
***THIS
562,000 865,000 Hongkong Icar
Hongkong Ropes 40, Threadusedla Street, London, E.O. | ..
BRANCHES :
Langkais
A. R. LOWE,
Becretary.
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Bombay. [870 Caloutta.
Howrah. Madras. INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVI- Kamchi,
Rangoon. GATION COMPANY, LTD.
Colombo.
Galls
Bloga 13.
Morning Poss
Pensag
Kota Babra, Kelantan.
Posk Tramway
Kuala Lumpur, F.MS.
Hongkong
Shanghai.
Kandy.
for the fiscal year are $23,711,605, The fishermen, you learn, are ngainat 10,334,585 for the cor- wont to go out as early as 2 in responding period of last year, the morning for the fish, and re- 27th instant. These include Hongkong as well turn perhaps at 2 in the afternoon. as the leased territory to the Ja- Usually two men go out to a boat, panese section, of which only are and these take no lunch along. there any tangible exports. With For the work they employ either Hongkong, 23rd May, 1912. Japan itself our export trade con hook and line, or not, and the tinues to advance by leaps and fishing ground will lie some 60 bounds. It was, for the first sight fathoms from shore. mooths of the fiscal year 1910, Maybe the rain will suddenly $14,000,000; for the same porio come down and you flee the of 1911, $24,600,000, and for the muddy streot into the home of first eight months of the current some Chinaman. Lucky this, for fiscal year it is value at $34,473, you, it gives you a peep into the 387. Meanwhile; our imports from forbidden land. The whole two-
that all Marine Insurance Offices Japan remain about stationary at room, windowless, black, unpaint-will be closed for the transaction of $55,000,003, while imports from od frame, you learn shortly, was
Pablie Bu locis on 'MONDAY, the China show a retrogression from built by
27th instrot. your host him- the total of 1911 andreach a valuo, self. You remark that when
By Order, including Hongkong, of only the door is shut it is $21,000,000, Among the other lit by a tiny square window, not Hongkong, 23.d May, 1912. details of our Asistio trade pro- one foot each way, up in the peak bably the most notable are the in- of the roof. The light falle upon creased exports to British India, a floor of bare and dirty boards, TO LET on 2nd Floor No. 2. Ped- FROM These have grown from an aver-while against the wall an un- age of a little more than $5,000,- made cot or bunk is shown. 000 during two-thirds of the Inst Bit by bit the members of the two fiscal years to $10,487,418 family come in; ho has daugh- in the eight months ending with tore almost old enough to be his last February. Taken as a whole, wife; two or three of the other the export trade of the United children are the merest infants. States with Asia alows in in-This particular man has 12 chil- crease of about 50 per cent. over dren in all. There is one girl, EIGHT Famine Districts with an the lust fiscal year, and of about wearing trousers, as the mon do,
Ten of 10.000 square millen. 00 per cent. over that of the year who is particularly attractive. TWO and half million people preceding. The disparity between And, then, again, a little lad of facing stravation. the value of exports and imports 10, and the babies, in their gay BUTION TO-DAY
PLEASE SEND YOUR CONTRI- is thus rapidly diminishing, so Chinese costumes, with one in- IT WILL HELP TO SAVE LIFE. by Llant egéinst imports for tlio eight stanter. The very smallest infant THAT. H.O. GULTAND, Eg montlis of $147,025,958 we can is in a suit of green, with little Manager, International Banking Care
how an export value of $70,025,- round cap and overdress of monte, Shanghali Gathe
der Streat.
Two roomed Office, entry on or about 1st June Apply Property Office, Jar- dine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. Hongkong, 22nd May, 1912. 1886
THE FAMINE IN CHINA.
AGENTS IN JAPAN : Messrs. Jardins, Matheson & Co., Ltd, BANKERS:
•
Bank of England. London Joint Stock Bank, Ltd.
CALCUTTA, KOBE AND PENANG.
'HE Company's Steamship THE
"LAISANG " having arrived from the above, Ports, Consignees of cargo by bar are hereby livered from alongside, det informed that their goods dll be do EVERY decoription of Banking an. Exchange business transacted Cargo impeding the discharge or Stocks, and Shares bought and sold ransining on board after 4 P.; the | on secount off Constituenta." Letters of 21st inst, will be landed at Consignee's Credit granted on Agents and Corres
pondents all over the world. di
risk and expense.
Do. (now) Philippiner
$25 $22 ,810 811,45
#1 81.10 $10
H. Price & Co., Ld. $10 |1126. Soolste der Preferred 3501938.
Pulpes i paid up 850J Papierterios
... $5...$11.
10-$10
da Tontis
Beneft $250 Shanghal-Bunstras ́ T. 30 : T110 Stem Laundry United Asbestos Oren-
tal Agency, Langél United Arboston)
Fosaders Share 119) Union›Waterboat'
No Fire Insurave will be affected. | Interest › állayed on Currant Aniolat **Bill of Lading will be countersigned counts at 2 per osal per annum on Walamann, Ltd. Erger Dally Balmors and on Fixed Deposits Wation JARDINE, MATHESON 8 at ralow which may be ascertained on Will Powell
CO.LTD.
application,
General Manigans.
CDONALD.
$10 $800 010: #73
1918 b.
$10
10 per cent. for 1810
TA for year ended 81·10:10)
T7 for year ended 20:12:15) 50 conta 81.7.08
$1 for 1910
70 cents for 1911
$1.25 for your end'g 81-7-11
40 centa for 1911
$1.40 per share
Final div. of $10 for year.
Sending 81-12-11 $1 Interim account 1911
Special bonus TS 15-1-11 Intezini div. T.1415-811 }Interim div. T.1| 15-6∙11 Interim dir. Tal|| 16-9-11 Fora
80 cents on fully paidy abarer and 8 cents pa 81. paid shares for your. anding, 80-4-19
NoDe $1.50 for 1910
First year
No dividend this year ș 50 cia, for yearend g 30 5:3
15 par cent par ordinem share for your ended 31-6-1521
y-puta, per share for
ing 117·10%
Zounts for 1910
RIGHT AND HORNBY