COMMERCIAL.
*Shanghal Bullion.
Bar Silver
January 24, 1913.
-d.28.13-16
Mexican Dollars... Tle. 73 17
Dragon Dollum,
Native Bank Rate
Copper Cash
73.
...por Tle. 1,730
Shanghai Gold
Burs S'hai...Tls. 360
Bar Silver
....Tis. 111.15
Native Interest...
Eovereigns: Bk's.
Baying rate... $9.47
Singapore Exchange.
January 22, 1913. On London-Bank 4 m/s 2/4.7.16
Demand
J
2/4.5-32
Private 6 m/s 2/4.29-32 3 m/s 2/4.19-32
On Germany-Bank di 238.1-2|
Private 3 m/s 242.1-2 On Franco-Bank d/d 204
On India-Bunk T.T.
Oa
Private 3 m/s 290
174.1-8 Private 30 d/a .175.5-8
Hongkong-Bankd/d 11.1-8
Private 33 d/s
12.1-8
On Shanghai-Bank did 81
Private 33 d/a
82
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1913.
Entertainments
VICTORIA THEATRE.
DIRECT FROM AMERICA HUGHES
MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY OF 25 TALENTED ARTISTS-MOSTLY GIRLS, 4 COMEDIANS-ALL FUNNY COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. The company will play at Canton on 29th and 30th January AND
WHI reopen on Victoria Theatre on 31st January. FOR 3 FAREWELL PERFORMANCES. FRIDAY, 31ST JANUARY.
By general and unanimous request THE HONGKONO'S FAVOURITE THE GRAFTERS
Saturday Matinee 8,80 & Saturday evening Feb, 1st SPEDELBOUNDER'S DREAM
The biggest novelty ever presented in Hongkong. A change of scenery in 23 seconds.
Sunday Matinee 6 p.m. & Sunday Evening Feb. 2nd
The Pretty Musical Comedy
HANS NICK.
1st Time in Hongkong.
Prices, $2 and $1, Soldiers and Sailors 70 Cents.
Notice
Plan at MOUTRIE'S. "
140.1-2 HONGKONG HORTICULTURAL
Private 30 d/s 142.1-21
On Java-Bank T.T.
SOCIETY.
On Japan-Bank
d/d 114.1-4
ANNUAL SHOW.
India Council Bills lost
9.15
1/4.3-32
HE Flower and Vegetable Show THE
will be held on the 7th and 8th starch, in the Botanic Gardens.
Sovereign buying rate $8.54
India Council T.T." last
issue
• Discount
3ms,
Bank of England rates. Bar silver in London -20
Entertainments
BIJOU.
PROGRAMME.
LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM
(Drama)
9.15
Banks
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION.
Head Office1–65, Wall Street, New York, London Offics -36, Bishopsgate, EC.
***BRANCHES --- ·
Bombay
Calcutta
Canton
Cebu
Calon
Empire
Hoogkook
Hankow
Kobe
J
Panama
Paking
San Francisco
Shangbal
Kokoszma
· Captial and“ RoseTTR:.| 7,560,bon (Gol)
about
410,000
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUS! NESS acted,
CURRENT ACCOUNTS epenal on the sanat
terma
DEPOSITS RECEIVED, fixed, tur;öne yaar, at 4% per annum, or for shorter periods, atenens, which | May be ascertained on application,
BILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED. · HAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES
made.
LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS granjed on all the principal ckiss in the World.
THE HANKS CIRCULAR" LETTERS OF CREDIT ANé available all over the World.
COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT
ined.
PURCHASE and BALE of Stocks and Shares affecund.
TRAVELLERS CHECKS old and carbed.
·GKORGE HOGO, Manager.
9, Queen's Road, Hongkong. 1813
Hongkong, Let Nov., 1912
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
Established 1880.
H
Banks
"ONGKUNG' AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
PAIBOP CAPITAL
RESERVE FUNDS)
4 Bracing (1,900,000 39
eliver
UNDERER LEAPULENT OF PRO)
PRIETORN
COURT OF DEUTLICH K
P. H. Armstrong. BaDeputy Chairman
G. Frisshand, Hag
G. B. Laurent, Bag. F. Lieb, E
Hon. Mr.G.H. Bo
Demand. India..
Demand, Manila
T/T. MarksTM
Exchange
11/16 30d/s.Spey & Melbourne...3154
714 30 d/s. San Foo& New York, 10%
214
..2.62 2.64
100 BarSilver, ready:28 5/16
forward
Selling.
Buying,
100,00,T/T £300.00 Demand
30 d/s
2/796 | 4 m/s. L/C 2/-7/164 m/s. D/P
..2/-14
2,000,
60 d/s.
9/18 6 m/s L/0
2/134 2/13/16:
4 ms
T/T. Shanghai
T/T. Singapore
T.T. Japan
.991
86384 m/s, Marks
T.T. India
151
4 m/s. France
BH. Dodwell,
W. Is Pattand
6 m/s, do k..
J. Aithamer, E.
| G. 6. Gubbay, Esq.
T/T, San F'co & New York...4916 T/T. Java
.2814
12296 Gold Leaf per tael.......
T/T. Francs
208 Bank of England rate. 2.5614 Sovereign.
$9.85
Subsidiary Coins.
Malwe, Old
2,450
Discount per $100
Chinese...20 cts. pieces...37 3/16
Patna, New
2,750 perabe.
**
...$736
Hongkong.20 Hongkong.10
$1 ...$63
...8798.
Patna, Old..
2,500
Opium Quotation.
Benares, New
2,800
H. J. STARB, ef Mango.
HONGKONG BAVINGS BANE.
Malwa, Now.
2.625
Chiar MawaGDEN; Hongkong-N. J, BZAKE, Asfixo MaxaqEN. SHANGHAI-A. G. Star.
LONDON BANK-Louis COUL
AND NERIEMERazna Baffi Leszno.
· Howarpp:=-LogSERIES AKKAYIDA
OnOor an area coi có khi, THÁNG ĐÃ ĐÓ HAY Chan | Chinese 10
OK PEEKO BEFŐRZI;
For 3.smiths, 33, yer Onida yuz dizem, Par 4 months. 23 per Oest, per Anza,
THOS
NEUS Budinen of the above Bank
cond cuted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAT BANKING Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 | ma application (1
CORPORATION. Babes may be obtained Paid-up Capital 30,000,000 Reserve Fund......
Head Office.-YOKOHAMA,
Branches Antung-Heien
Jan. 17. $2,200 porpic. Benares, Old. SHARE REPORT.
t nó lên máy trance of the pies Hongkong & Shai $125
FIRO DEPOSIT 47 4 Pan Oxax: p Cantons
For the Honggong AND Bwanawa
Baarsbyen. OdaPUMA IZOM, *-
S-SELLERS
SA-SALE
Socks & PAID UP VALUR.
CLOSING
+
1. 17,500,000 3 the
Hry:RKET en deposits La Dwwed minimum monthly balanses at 127 Pas Greer, por MacTIES,
BANKS,
$835 98.
balances of 1100 SEKURE to the HomeLOOG AND SHANGHAI Bags to be placed s
£85/10
MARINE INSURANCE
Agencies at Nagasaki
$50
$285 sa. & b,
North China
£5
T132 8,**
Bombay
Newohwang
New York
Unions
Two Star Comics
Changchun
Dairen
NEWS OF THE DAY,
Fengtien
Rygiun
Port
Hankow Harbin
(Arthur)
San Francisco
Britlab, French and Russian
Fleets off Constantinople.
Honolulu Kobe
Shanghai
Tishling
105
Great Fire at Johannesburg,
Liao-Yang
Tientsin
London Lyons
Tokyo
"
1/4.1-8 Intending Exhibibitors should send 4.11-10 their entry-forms to the Hon. 8.eret- 5p.c. nry not inter than the 28th February
Copies of Rules and Sobedules may be obtained from the Hon. Secretary.
L. GIBUS,
Shanghai Cotton Market Report.
Mr. A. B. Rosenfeld writes as
ཝཱ་
6 Beaconsfield Arcade.
follows in his Cotton Market Re- Hongkong, 27th Jan, 19.18.
port dated 23rd January:-Chin-
ese Cotton-Fluctuations during
the week have been naimportant Public Companies
and the net change is a decline of
as
GREEN ISLAND CEMENT
COMPANY, LTD. ".
NOTICE IS BEREBY GIVEN
a few points, but with a very steady undertone and many buyers at a shode below the market. Aside from daily tran- sactions, there is still the general conviction in Cotton circles that
that an Extraordinary General current prices are reasonable and feeling of the Green Island Cement. that supplies should be secured ulicos of Messrs. Chows Toms & Co. Company Limited will be held at the offered. They are, how at st. Georgo's Building Chater Road, ever, overlooking the fact that Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong ou the Mills are well supplied Weda eday the 12th day of February for some time to come and 1918 at 12 o'cluor soon was the sub- with nothing in sight so far to juland Resolutions which were pissed at change their views that there will be Extraordinary General Meeting of be plenty of Cotton available for the Company held on the 25th day o fataze consumption feeling con- January 1913 will be submitted for fident that prosent prices will unfirmations spesial Resolutions. ultimately prove too high. What (1) That the Memorandum of Agree the final trend of the market may be after Chinese New Year holi- days is too early to prophecy. As to the campaign undertaken by the Farmers in an effort to force: prices higher has resulted in a ridiculous failure. The laws of supply and demand may be with- stood for a while, but they will rule in the long run and if the price is temporarily forced higher then warranted on a legimate basis, it will undoubtedly swing just that much too low when the dam breaks, Tone of the market, steady.
Liverpool Market:-
Prics of Fine M. C. Bengal..513-16
London, 22 Jan., 1913. Egyptian Cotton F. G. F.
Frown
9.75
Price of Mid-Americans...
6.71
Price of Mid-Americans
last reported
VIN OND
6.08
Tone of market, Quiet.
New York Market:-
Price of Mid-Ame-
rican, Closed.$12.00 Spot Tone of Market,
Steady $0.12.17 Feb. $0.11.07 Mar.
Indian Market:
Feb.-Mar.
Broach New Crop Rps. 541
Yostmahl do.
54
Bengal do.
46
D
Tone of Market, Steady.
Notice
LESSONS IN CHINESE.
M
RLHON FAN,Chinese gradante versed in literature,
has been a taicher to European officials. and marchants in this Colony for over!
sten FasTE.
He has a good method ef training Europeans to pass in the Chinese: ex- amination, and is ponsorsed of feat rate cortificate a Chineza tescher, He bas also a good knowledge of Mandarla and Hakki.
who intend leasing the Chin- Bruge are requested to write care Peing refah
ment beating date the nineteenth day of April 1019 mod made between Josep Whittlesey No ble, the Honsurable Air, Edward Osborne and the Honourable Mr. Hoary Edward Pollock (Members of the Committee ap- piated by the Shareholders of the Green Island Orment Com- pany Limited at the Annual General Meeting of that Com- pany held on the twoaty filth day of Diatch 1911) of the uno part and Shawan Tomes & Co. in their capacity of General Managers of the Groen Inland Urment Company Limited of the other part as supplemented by letter beating date the eiglith day of May 1912 and addressed by the said Shewan Tomas & Co. an such General Managers as aforesaid to the abre named Members of the above mentioned Committee and by the letter of sach members in answer thereto bearing date the 14th day of May 1912, be and the same is hereby ratified and confirmed by the Shareholders of the said Company.
(2) That the regulations contained
la the copy of the proposed Bow
WINTER SPORTS AT BOLEDA | Calcutta
and
Meet of The Royal Stag Hounds.
Latest War Scenes.
い
Miss CECILE STEPHANO
7.15
(Classical Contralto Vocalist). Miss DOLLY SWIFT.
(Soubrette).
PICTURES ONLY
THEATRE
7.15
ROYAL
CITY HALL. ·
Commencing:---
TUESDAY, FEB. 4, 1913.
Farewell Visit of THE EMINENT ACTOR ALLAN WILKIE
and full London Co., including MISS FREDISWYDE HUNTER-WATTS.
Sir
The Greatest and Most Versatile Actress that has avor visited the East. TUESDAY, February 4th. Louis N. Parker's Great Uostume Draxia
THE CARDINAL. (as played at the Dt. James'
Thestra London). WEDNESDAY, Fadinary 5th. GEO. DU MAURIER'S Play ́
TRILBY
ARTHUR PINERO'S Domestic THURSDAY. February 6th.
Jomedy
SWEET LAVENDER. MONDAY, February 10. SHAKESPEARE'S FARCICAL
COMEDY
THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.
TUESDAY, February Alta, OSCAR WILDES Play LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. (positively last performance in Hongkong) Booking et Messz. MUUTRIE & Co.
1
Prices, $3, $2 and $1
Curtala at 9.15 p.m.
1
IL
Osaka
Pekin
Interest Allowed on Current Account.
Deposits received for fixed periods at rates to be obtained on application.
EISHI ONO,
Manager. Hongkong, 11th Jan., 1913.
118
Public Gompanies
THE KOWLOON LAND AND
BUILDING COMPANY
LIMITED.
́N, J. STABB, Chief Manage
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.
Yangtzes
Hongkong Fires
SHIPPING
$100 $830 sa. & by.
£50 $1921 b.
B-BUYERS
LAST DIVIDEND AND 'DATE),
£2.0.0 at ex 2/-1/16 equal to $19.95, for 14 year ending 30°6′12
$18 for 1911
Interim of 10/- for 1911 Final of 820 making 3501
for 1909 and Interim 'of $30 for 1911- $12 for 1909 an 1 Int. of
$3
on account of 1910
$7 & b's of $2 for 1910
5p.c. for year end'g 30'6'12
Dividend of $1 for halft
year ending 30'612 (6 p.o. for year 1910 on
preferred shares
FIRE INSURANCES. China Fires
China & Manilas
$20 8150 $50 $384
$25 $10
b.
8,
$27 for 1910.
$1 for 1906
Douglas Steamship $50 $34
.b.
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON.
Paid-up Capital
..£1,200,000
Steamboata
$15 $284
(Freferred)
£5.685
(Deferred)
41138a
£11
{$10 $3636
REFINERIES,
Reserve Fund... £1,650,000 Indo-Chinas. Reserve Liability of
Proprietors......£1,200,000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Shell" Transporte £1 General Banking business trans-
noted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- "Star, Ferry" ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re-
ceived for 1 year or shorter periods China Sugara $100 $1081
(1/- per share Coupon No.
19
15 p.c. for year ending
30.4.12
$5 for 1911
at rates which will be quoted on Luzon Sugars $100 $2816 sa, & b. #3, for 1897
MINING.
application, Wm. DICKSON, Chinese Engineerings £1 35/-
Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. 122 DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE
Capital Fully
BANK:
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN NOTI
that the TWENTY FOURT
Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000 ORDINARY MEETING SHARE Head Office. Shanghai, HOLDERS ja thisOMPANY will
Board of Directors-Berlin. be lield at the COMPANY'S
Branches: OFFICES, VICTORIA BUILD-Berlin Caloutta Canton INGS on MONDAY 10th Febigary, Hamburg Hankow Kobe 1918 at noon, for the purpose of re Peking Singapore Tientsin ceiving the REPORT of the DIRECTsinanfu Tsingtau. Yokohama. TORS together with STATEMENT LONDON BANKERS: of AGO FUNTS for the year sudi.g Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons.. 91st Decembar 1913, *
The Union of London and Smith's Bank, Limited.' Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Agenov. Direction der Disconto Gesell-
The REGISTER A SHARES of the COMPANY will be cload four Satuid y. 1st: Fbusy to Monday 10th February, 1913, (buth-daya" inoliisive) which period an TRANSFER, SHARES can be registered.
By order of the Board of Direc- tor MOWBRAY 8. NORTHCUTE. Art ng Sucretary to the Hongkong Land Investment and Ageasy Co, Ld Agents for the Kowloon Land and Hongkour, 24th Jan. 1918, Building Co., La.
Notices
132:
STOCK BROKERS ASSOCIA- TION OF HONGKONG. NOTICE.
Articles of Association of the Public Companies THE COMMITTEE has decide?
Green Teland Cement Company
CHINA PROVIDENT. LOAN AND MORTGAGE
Limited (which for the purpose of identification bare been aubsoribed. by Mess. Shewan THE Tomes & Co.. General Managam of such Company, and which may be Inspected by any Shareholder of the said Company at the Offices of the fald General Managers at 8t.. George's Building, Chater Road,
00., LD.
(Capital Paid Or.....$1,250,000,)
Victoria in the Colony of Hong Lonas on Morigige of House Property kong, or at the Offices of
Messrs. Deacon Looker Deason Goods received on Storage,
and Harston at No. 1 Des Admacer made on Merchandis Voeux Road Central, Victoria Loans made on the Provident System. aforerald, on any wrekday be (Rates and Fatticalate on application). tween the hours of 10 am and Azan OrgioN OF 4 p.m.) be and the eams are TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF hereby adopted as the Articles WILLS, ATTORNEY, &o,, of the said Compasy to the ex- **Undertaken and Irecuted. clusion of and in abstitution for all the existing Artiolee thereof.
sted this 27th day of January 1913. SHEWAN TOMES & CO.
GABENALAND GEKENT
**** SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,
General Managers." tong, 19th March, 1808
that the shall be the Bottling Days for 1910
THURSDAY, 30th January. --/THURSDAY, 27th February. FRIDAY 28tli March.
29th April 29th May.
TUESDAY, THURSDAY,
FRIDAY;". .:27th Juna.
WEDNESDAY, 80th July, FRIDAY: MONDAY": THURSDAY!! FRIDAY, MONDAY,
2018 Angast
30th September 80th October, 28th November. 29th December
1186
Hongkong, Zūth Jan, 1913,
3
schaft.. INTEREST allowed on Current Account DEPOSITS received on terms which may be learned on application. Every description of Banking and Exchange busi- nose transacted.
ARTIMMERSCHEIDT, Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. Authorised Capital. Subscribed
Paid Up Reserved Fund
Tronohs
£185/- £134
Raubs Kowloon Wharfs 850 $76 H.K. &W'poa Dooks $50 $59 Shanghai Docks T. 100 T.73 Hongkow Wharfs T. 100 T.107
LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS, Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94
$115 b.. Hongkong Hotels $50
¡$73 b. Hongkong Lands 8100 8101) ex. div. Humphreys Estates $10 $84 b." Shanghai Lands T. 30 T. 89 Kowloon Lands $30 $36 b.
West Points:
Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8
COTTON HILLS.
DOCKS, WHARVES, & O'DOWNS.
1/6 per shares final 1911) (Coupon No. 18) J 7/6 per share on 150,000 1/2 for 1909 Duper
$3 for year end'g 31.12.11 $1 final dividend for
year 1912
Tls. 3 for 1912
Interim ofT. 3, for 1918
Tis. 6.29'2:10 ·
$3.on.eld shares, $1.50)
balf
on newshares for half year 30'6'12
Final div. of 83% making $7 for 1912
40 cents for 1911 82:75 for 1911
5 p/o. for half to 30'6'12 850 $541 ex. div. Final of 82.25 making
$4.25 for 1912
Ewas
T. 50. T.138 Hongkong Cottons $10 19 8. & B. China-Borneos
MISCELLANEOUS.
$12 $104 Do. (Spec. shares) $1 Light and Powers $101 182.80 China Providenta $10 $914 Dairy Farme Green Islands
15 per cent. for 1910
T4 for year ended 31'10'10)- T7 for year ended 2012-10)
50 cents $1.7:08
$1 for 1911
b.
.8.
70 cents for 1911
#6 323 B. $10 8416
Hongkong Electrics $10 82614 £1,500,000 Hongkong Ices, $25 $200
1,125,000
HEAD OFFICE:
562,000 Hongkong Ropes
*365,000
40, Threadneedlo Street, London, E.O. BRANCHES:
Bombay. Kandy.
Howrah. Singapore.
Calcutta Galle.
Delhi
Penang
Madras. Kota Bahm, Kelantan, Karachi. Kuala Lumpur, F.M,S. Rangoon. Hongkong.
Colombo. Shanghai.
AGENTS IN JAPAN:- Mosara. Jardine, Matheson
& Co., Ltd. BANKERS:
Bank of England:
London Joint Stock Bank, Ltd,
Langkats
Morning Post Peak Tramway
Do. (new) Philippines
810 #1914
10T.73%
$25 $22 $1081114
$181 810
H. Price & Co., Ld. $10
· 1
Pro Societe desferred
Pulposet$50 $30 Papierteriespaid'
du Tonkin up 850
Benefit $150" Shanghal-Sumatras T. 20.T.150 Steam Laundry
358414
NOTICE. IT has been decided in form a 8 and Exchange Business Oriental Agency, $10 3914
EVERY description of Banking United Asbestos Patrick's Booty in Hongkong transacted. Stocks and Shares Ld..... and within View thereto all Irishmen in bought and sold on account of United Asbestos
Colony to requested to at once Constituents. Letters of Credit farnish their names and addresses to granted on Agenta and Corres- |*
Founders Shares AlH&G Tokion of KetarE.
pondents all over the world. Union Waterboat
Interest allowed on Current Ac-an counts at 2 per cent per sunum Welemana, Ltd. on Daily Balance and on Fixed Watson Deposits at rates which
may be
William Powell ascertained on application,
F.O. MACDONALD,
Corrected to 17:30 TURY
Stokes and Maitée or to D E. Do nelly of Messrs. Garget Qual If Unibic fit reponts,
Cakes 50 and berely a moeljo k
to be arrangeu of cluab dne
Hongkong, 21th Jong 1919,
1181
$10 $300
$10 $14- b.
$10 $15 $10 $634
$1.25 for year end
sa. 40 cents for 1911'
$1.40 per share
Interim of $2 for 1912.
$1 interim account 1912.
Tls. 4% for 1912 None
80 cents on fully paid shares and 8 cents on $1-paid shares for year ending 30:412 SA None $1.50 for 1910.
Nono
No dividend this year 50 cts. for year end 8.9051
(20 per cent: per ordinary share for year ended 3151912
75 cents per share for ending 31:12 1911 25 per cent for your
end 30
r1910
80'6 19