COMMERCIAL.
Shanghal Buillon.
June 3, 1913.
Mexican Dollare: market rate :
Opening ....Tls. 73.53
Closing
...Tls. 73,53
Dragon Dollars: native
bank rate. Tla. 73.5375
Shanghai Gold Bars:
...Tla. 356.CO
.
078 touch
.The. 111.15
Bar Silver...................
Copper Cash...
per tael. 1,770
Sovereigns: buying
rate, at 29.1-8-Tis. 7.24
at Exch. 73.7-Mex, 89.83
...Tla. 369
Peking Bar
Native Intereat.............
Standardizing Rubber. The principal contribution to the May issue of the " Agricultur- al Bulletin " is an articlo by Mr. B. J. Eaton, who reports on his visit to rabber factories and test- ing stations in Europe. Eo goes into a considerable amount of detail and concludes with the following remarks:-As these visits were arranged in order to ascertain "manufacturers' require- ments and opinions as to the value of plantation para rubber,methods
used in vulcanising factories.,
THE
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY,
Eattainments
VICTORIA THEATRE.
PROGRAMME.
Monday 9th June 1913.
NEW SENTIMENTAL FILM "FOR A WESTERN GIRL
THE NEW COMIC FILM
“FUNNICUS IN LOVE
WITH THE ACTRESS”
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THE NEW FILM
“PICTURESQUE ENGADINE
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standardisation, aniformity, forme Miss NORA MOORE
of rubber which were considered
"desirable, ideas as to the value of testing rubber goods, and the methods of testing, I consider that much valuable information has been derived, which will be of great assistance when the valoanising plant is installed at the department and they have also convinced me as to the deair- ability of such an installation. The rabbor dealer appears, at the present moment, to trol the market and is pro bably not at all anxious to 800 the development of this idea of testing or guarantees for raw plantation rubbers, since it must, in time, affect his position, if estates, by means of guarantees, are able to deal more directly with the manufacturer. til 18 probably take
oon.
some years to
develop and to make the buyer
realise the value of such guaran- tees, but a Department of Agricul
Banks
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION..
Hind Ollendo, Wall Street, New York, London Ofice36, Bishopsgate, K.C
BRANCHES :-
Bombay
Calcutta
Canton
Caba
Colop
Hankow
Capital and are
about.
Kobe
Panama. J'aking Suo Xranciacq
Shanghai Yokohama.
7 060,000 (Gold)
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF LANKANG BUSI
NESS tran, agħad,
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the
DEPOSITS REGRIVER), 6x»d for 'Dis your st 4% sanum, or for shorter perioda, at isink, which may be ascertained on application.
BILLS MEGOTIATED and COLLECTED. VAIL, and TELEGRAPHIC KEMITTANCES
made.
LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTA granted po all the principal cities in the World.
THE BANKS CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT availaäde all over the World.
COMMERCIAL LETTERSs or CREDIT PURCHASX and SALE of Stocka sad Shares Acted
lastad.
TRAVELLING CHECKS 'sold and crihed..
GEORGE HO00, Manager
9, Queen's Road, Hongkong, 1912 Hongkong, lat-Nov., 1812
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
Established 1880... Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital 30,000,000 Reserve Fund....... 18,200,000
***
Ep
Head Office.-YOKOHAMA.
Branches
in her Charming Songs. Antang-Hsien
THE SPECIAL FILM
THE MERRY WIDOW
EXPECTED SOON
CAUSEWAY BAY.
HIPPODROME CIRCUS.
TO-NIGHT!⠀⠀⠀ TO-NIGHT!! OUR FIRST CHANGE OF PROGRAMME.
New Brilliant Acts
TO-NIGHT OUR FIRST CHANGE. Next Matinee Wed., June 11th.
18
ture, in an important rubber pro- For full particulars see our daily Hand Bills
on
3
ducing country such as the Federa tod Malay States, should, in my
such opinion, embark scheme, without waiting for mug- gestions, of this kind to come from the manufacturers; its object should be to educate and in- finence the bayar in this respect. Apart from the question of stand- ard, guarantees and so forth, such a vulcanising and testing de- pirtmentshould be able to give the planter valuable information as
Notices
CANTON INSURANCE
OFFICE LTD.
an
COL. BOB LOVE,
Touring Manager.
Notices
BIJOU.
NOTICE.
The Bijou Theatre will be
CLOSED TEMPORARILY
FOR THE PURPOSE OF UNDERGOING A THOROUGH RENOVATION
the latest appliances will be
Bombay Calcutta Changchun Dairen Fengtien
Harbin Hankow Honolulu Kobe
Liao-Yang London Lyons
Agencica at Nagasaki Newchwang New York
Osaka,
Pékin
Ryolun
Port
(Arthur)
San Francisco
Shanghai
Tiehling
Tientsin
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Interest Allowed on Current
Account, Deposits received. for fixed periods at rates to be obtained on application.
HISHI ONO,
Manager, Hongkong, Slat Mar., 1913.
JUNE 9, 1913.
Banks
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI T/T
BANKING CORPORA- Domand
'TION.
Bilver 17,200,000
Selling
Exchange
„1/1136 | 4 m/s.L/0
1357/16
......................................1/11 15/16 | 4 m/s. D/P°
1/16
Buxing
.2/- 9/16
30d/s.S'ney&Melbourne 2/-1118) 30 d/s. Ban Fco & New York, 493% 4 m/s. Marks
4 m/s. Franos
6 m/s. do
TT. Japan ....
T.T. India
..209
30 d/s
60 dla
Paid-up Capital.
.$15,000,000 | 4 m/s
RESERVE FUNDS:
T/T. Shanghai
Sterling
T/T. Singapore ....
£1,500,000 at 2
$15,000,000
Demand. India
Demand, Manila..
Bar Silver, ready
$32,200,000 T/T. San Foo & New York.ada
*****forward?
1201
Gold Leaf per tael..
...................203
2.51
Bank of England rate...... Sovereign an
Subsidiary Coins.
June 6. `
Discount per $100
Chineze...20 ots. plecas...88 3/16
Patna, New
Malwa, Old *******... 3,150
3,850 per obe.
Chinese...10
...*8 7/18
Patna, Old......
3,650
...869
Benares, New
3.725
...$81
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors... $15,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS, 8. H. Dodwell, Esq.,-Chairman. Hon. Mr. D. Landale-Deputy
Chairman.
G. Friesland, Esq. O. 8. Gubbay, Esq.
P. H. Holyoak, Esq, G. R. Laurenz, Esq. F. Lieb, Esq.
W. L. Pattondon, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shellim, H. A. Blebs, Esq. OHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stabb. MANAGER. Shanghai-A. G, Stephen.. London Bankers-London County and Westminster Limited.
Hongkong-Interest Allowed.
On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent. per Annum on the daily balance"-
T/T, JavA T/T. Marks T/T. Franos
Hongkong.20 Hongkong.10
Oplum Quotation.
Malwa, New.........$3,000 perpio.
Benares, Old......... 3,623
SHARE REPORT.
S-SELLERS
Stocks & Pain de Vald
BANKS.
Hongkong & Shai $125 $800 ss.
£2/5/-at ex 2/-7 equal to
921.71 for
ending 31/12/12
$18 for 1912
yearl
Final of 1p.o. making
3 p.o. for 1911
BA-SALE
D-BUYERS
CLOVIRG
LANT DIVIDEND AND DATES
$803% на.
£81/-/-
MARINE INSURANCE, Cantons North China
$50
300
£5 T133
b.
$100 $79216
250 8185
b,
FIRE INSURANCES:
$20 $146
ba
$10 for 1911"
$50 8357 b.
$27 for 1911
625 81014 b..
$1 for 1906
8.
Unions
ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months, 2 per cent. por Yangtzea
Annum.
For 6 months 3 per cent per
Annum.
For 12 months, 4 per cent. per
Annum,
N. J. STABB, Chief Manager.
THE
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
HE Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on ap- plication.
China Fires Hongkong Fires SHIPPING China & Manilas Douglas Steamship $50 $37 Steamboats
Indo-Chinas
(Preferred) (Deferred)
$15 $2714 b.
Shell" Transporta £1
Final of $20 making $50)
for 1911 and Interim
of $30 for 1912
Final of $12 mak.$15 forl
1911 & Int, of$3 for 19 12
$1.50 for year end'g30'6'12 Dividend of $1 for half year ending 31°12′12
(6 p.o. for years 1912 and 1912 од preferred shares
(Final of S/ making 20%
for yearending 31*12*11 Int, of 1/a/a, 1912
£5 $92 b.
109/6 middle
£11
b.
F
{
$10 $50 b.
Bi on 10,000
REFINERIES,
$100 $106
8.
$3 for 1912.
INTEREST on deposits is al-Star Ferry lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3 Per Cent. per an-
num.
[18
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.
HEAD OFFICE.-LONDON.
Paid-up Capital £1,200,000 Reserve Fund............£1,700,000 Reserve Liability of
Proprietors £1,200,000 FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans- soted,
China Bugars
Depositora may transfer at their Luzon Sugars $100 $37 option balances of $100 or more
MINING.
to the Hongkong and Shangbai Bank to be placed on FIXED Chinese Engineerings £1 33/9 middle DEPOSIT at 4 Per Cent, per
annum.
Trónoks
For the Hongkong and Shang-Reube hal. Banking Corporation,
N.J. STABB, Chief Manager. DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE
Capital Fully
BANK.
Paid-up...Sh, Taels 7,500,000 Head Office-Shanghai. Board of Directors-Berlin. Branches: Calcutta Canton CURRENT ACCOUNTS open Berlin ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- Hamburg Hankow. Kobe ceived for 1year or shorter periods Peking Singapore Tientsin at rates which will be quoted on Tainanfu Tsingtan Yokohama.
LONDON BANKERS: application.
A.S. HEWETT,
Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons. Acting Manager. The Union of London and Smith's
Bank, Limited. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. [22
Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Ågenov. Direction der Disconto Gesell-
to the value of the rubber he is NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that
Extraordinary preparing by any particular methods, and suggest improve-General Meeting of the Canton ments where necessary. In every Insurance Office Limited will be industry scientific methods are held at the Offices of the General being more fully developed and Agents of that Company No. 16, found to be of great value, and Pedder Street, Victoria in the All with a valuable product such as Colony of Hongkong on Wednes- day the 11th day of June 1913 at rubber, such methods are even
noon when the subjoined Resolu-The more essential than in miny tions which were passed at the other industriom.
Extraordinary General Meeting | NEW MANAGEMENT THE of the Company held on the 21st day of May 1913 will be submit- ted for confirmation as Special
Parochial Notice to Dogs.
In the current number of the Resolutions:
now.
Weybridge (Surrey) Parish Ma-(1). "That the draft now Articles gazine appears the following be approved," notios: A request has been(2).That the made that owners of dogs will endeavour to prevent their attend-. ance at St. Michael's Church. A collie, an Aberdeen, a fox terrier and some others have of late pre- sented themselves, not knowing that they are not welcome visitors." Smart Coining Capture in Shanghai.
For some time last many co- plaints have been made to the police about the number of coun- terfeit twenty-cot soins oiroulat- | ing in the Elongkow district. SeveralChinese have been arrested in trying to pasa bad coins, but the police were unable to find out where the money was being mann- factured. A man known to have! had false coin in his possession was followed by Det. Young; to a house in North Shanse Road. West Hong row, and a search of the place revealed a complete coining pli int. Three men and s
fitted and the premises are being made up-to-date. BIJOU will be re-opened
shortly under
R. F. BARRATT, Manager,
Notices
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD. (Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.) Loans on Mortgage of House Pro-
LESSONS IN CHINESE.perty, &o.
ME
Goods received on Storage. Advances made on Merchandise: Loans made on the Provident
System.
plication).
sohaft.
21 75- middle
£1 $3,80 b.
$86 1.3834 88. ÉLK. &W'joa Docks$50 1,684.03. Shanghai Dooks T. 100 (T.62 Hongkow Wharfe T. 100 T.108. LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94 $122 Hongkong Hotels 050
$88 b. Hongkong Lands $100 $110 Humphreys Estates $10 $98. Kowloon Lands $30 $98
Shanghai Lands T. 30
¡T. 93
$50 $7432 West Points
Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8
COTTON MILLS,
DOCKS, WHARVES, & ODOWNS. Kowloon Wharfe $50
INTEREST allowed on Current Ewos Account. DEPOSITS received Shanghai Cottons on terms which may be learned Laou Kung Mow on application. Every description Kung Yik.
b.
".
b.
b.
T. 50
T. 135
IT, 125
$100
T. 1814b.
of Banking and Exchange busi-Hongkong Cottons $10 89.20 nom.
ness transacted'
R. TIMMERSCHEIDT, China-Borneos
Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911. THE MERCANTILE BANK
INDIA, LIMITED.
Subsoribed Paid Up Reserved Fund
21
****
Articles already approved by this meeting which have for the
[R LI HON FAN, Chine (Rates and Particulars on ap-Authorised Capital purpose of identification
graduate vorsi in literature, "been subscribed by the "Chairman of the Company has been a tascher to European officials "be and they are hereby and merchants in this Colony for over "adopted as the Articles of ton yenis. "the Company in substitu- He has a good method of training "tion for and to the exclu- Europeans to pass in the Chinese ex- "sion of all the existing Arti-amination, and is possessed of a first
cles thereof."
rate certificate se a Chinese teacher. He has also good knowledge of Mandazin and Hakka.
35
JARDINE. MATHESON
& CO, LTD.
General Agente.
CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LTD.
VICTORIA RECREATION
OLUB.
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KELLY & WALSH, LTD,
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The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &o, Undertaken and Executed.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers. Hongkong, 19th March, 1908
$2 on 10,000 shares 1st issus
2nd
$2 on 10,000 11
; 3rd for year ending 30'4'13
$3 for 1897
W
Interim of 34 p.o. 8 2/54 per
shste, Coupon No. 1 as
count year 30.6.13 Int, of 2/6 a/c. 1913 1/2 for 1909
84.50 for year 1912 $1 final dividend for?
year 1911
Tis. 3 for 1912
Final of Tis. making
Tis 7 for, 1912
Tim. 6 29'2'10
$$ on old shares, $1.50)
on new shares for half
year $1*12*12-
Final div. of 836 making
$7 for 1912
50 cents for 1912
$2.80, for 1912
5 p.o.for half to. 30′6′12
& final of 6.p.c, making
11 pc. for 1912
Final of $2,25 making.
$4,25 for 1912
15 per cent. for 1910
79.0. for year ending
31.10.12
50 cents 31.7.08
MISCELLANEOUS,
2
$12 $11 Light and Powers $101 Do. (Spec. shares)$1} China Providents $10 $9
$6 $26 OF Dairy Farme
*.
85 cents for 1912
$4
68,
b.
70 cents for 1912
8.
Green Islands
810 €5.60
b.
Hongkong Electrics $10 83716 £1,500,000 Hongkong Ices
625 $184 "1,125,000 562,000
415,000 Hongkong Ropes $10 $2114
HEAD OFFICE: 40, Threadneedle Street, London, E.C. BRANCHES: 32 Bombay. Kandy.
Caloutta. Galle, Howrah. Singapore, Delhi. Penang, Madras, Kota Babm, Kelantan. Karachi. Kuala Lumpur, F.M.8. Rangoon. Hongkong. Colombo. Bhanghai.
EAK TRAMWAYSCO.
LIMITED.
PEAK
TIME TABLE
WEEK DAYS.
8.00 AM. Exer 15 Min: 7,00 AM, O
10 M B00 AM. 19-00 AM
1
oso MD.
#
20 M
75
10 35.
10.00 W, to 11.00 AM 5.25 30 4.34 to 20.45 #36) 13.P.M. 2.45 PM. 4. PMI 5.00 13.0 8.10 1.1. NIGHT CARS. $59_1.34% and1⁄4 ̧.M: 9.30°PM, to 22.00 1.26évery hall hour. *_21,60°7.30_10_1849 P.M. . every quarter of anour.
.. SUNDAYS.
9.15 P.M. to 5.00 1.31, 20
YEAR BOOK 1918.
$7.50
New Edition
woman we re arrested at the house.THE ANNUAL GENERAL one of the men bring a well known MEETING of Members will coinery with the convictions be held in the GYMNASIUM on THE TRADE & ADMINIS- against him, and at present under WEDNESDAY, the 11th June,
·TRATION OF CHINA. sentence of expulton The four 1913 at 5.30 p.m., for the purpose appeared at the Mized Court on of considering and passing the May 31. Two men were sentenced Annual Reporte and Statement of to two years imprisonment, and Accounts for 1812. one to twelve mor the, and the
woman received six monthe. The Court ordered that the coining plant be destroyed
"N. China Daily, Newe,"
F. LAMMERT,
By H. B. Morse $6.00 Send For Our List of 1,000 COLONIAL NOVELS REDUCED Hon. Secretary: from $1.75 to 60 cents.^
WALSH LTD: 4th June, 1918. [344' KELLY
100 A., 10.30 AM. EVERY 10.30 AM to 12,00 A 115,45 AM 10:40 NOON
11.00 Noon to 1:00 PM.
1.00 1.4; to 5.00 F.M: 5.00 7.6 to 16.00 PM 309 r.si. to 2.00, 9.31,
MEG IMA
·4.00 7.M. 2
M
IS BAN. 20 BE 15 Ma o Mu
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TO MI
Is Mo
11
11 MT,
NIGHT, CARS on Weak Days.
„SATURDAYS. “A
| Extra. Cars (at," to "mklaigātų.
SPECIAL CARB
By Arrangement at the Company's Once,
•Alemanden Baildings, Des Vans Road. ·
AGENTS IN JAPAN: Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co. Ltd. BANKERS:
Bank of England. London Joint Stock Bank,
Ltd,
Peak Tramway
Langkats
1056
Morning Post
$25 $22
$10 $10
$195 cts. 5.
b.
Do. (new) Hongkong Electric Trams 7/1
Philippines
$1085
HL. Price & Co., Ld. $10 86
Societe
Pre
dos ferred.. Pulpeset 150 ||#20. Papierteriespaid du Tonkin up: $50
Benefit] $200 Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20/T.150 Steam Laundry $5549% # United Asbestos
Oriental Agency, 8106014 b.
United Asbestos $10 $800
Founders Shares) Union Waterboat $10 $18 $10120
EVERY description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Stocks and Shares bought and sold on account of Constituents. Letters of Credit granted con Agenta, and Corres- pondents all over the world.
Interest allowed on Current Ac-
Weismann, Ltd. counts at 2 per cent per annum on Daily Balance and on Fixed Watson Deposits at rates, which may be William Powell: asdoriained on application;
AR. LINTON,
$10 $8.10 b
$10
b.
}
$1.25 for year end'g 31'712'
40 obhta for 1911
1280 per share for 1913
Final of $8 making #10 )
for 1912
81 Interim & final of $1
82 for 1912
Tla. I account 1913
None
80 cents on fully"" paid) shares and 8 cents on $1 paid shares for year ending 80.4.13
Final of $3 making......
p.o.
None
for 1912,
$1.50 for 1910
None
No dividend this year 50 cta. for year end g 31.5.1 (20 per cent, per ordinary share for year-ended 31*5*1912
#1 per, shere for year?
ending 31*181912
95 per cent, for year
ending 31711
60 cents for 1913
40 ots, yearending 80'6′12 Corrected to my june pas by WRIGHT AND HORNBY, Bhors má
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