COMMERCIAL.
„Dutch East Indies Companies.
Several companies have recent ly been formed to operate in the Datoh, East Indies, says the
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH., TRINAY, JULY - 113 1913.
Entertainments
VICTORIA THEATRE.
"Financier." The Royal Dutch 9.15 To-Night. Company (ed with Shell) has
large organisation there. The Standard have recently formed a subsidiary for this territory. An. other company, registered jo Bourabaya, Java, is known as the Netherlands Indian Oilfields, Limited, and be a capital of 1,200,000 guilders, 80 £100,000, divided into 2,400 shares of 500 guilders each. This company is principally a prospecting concerni and the capital is large one for such a purpose. The company takes over from Mr. J. H. G. E. David, Mr. L. J. David and Mr. James Noth a rumber of proper
To-Night 9.15
A GRAND CHANCE OF PROGRAMME
ALL
IN
OLGA
PICTURES.
SUCCESS OF.
MONTEZ
AND
KITTY RAYNOR
LATEST SONGS & DANCES
SATURDAY 12TH JULY
THE GREAT FILM
ties in Bomeo and Jaya, 300,000 THE OHIO FLOOD DISASTER
chase consideration being
guilders in fully-paid shares.
The properties are about 60 in
number, and are situate for the
most part in very promising terr
itory. The company is formed
NEXT WEEK
Banks
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION.
Hand. (hloss Dildo Wall Street, New Yozh ~London Citics :—yé, Bishopagéta, X.C BRANCHES
Bombay Calcutta Canton
Cabe Colon
Empire...
***Banks
Exchange
1
!
Salling.
Buying.
TIT..
1/11 7/16 4 m/s. L/C
1/1114
4 m/s. 'D/P
1/11 9/16
1/1156
6 m/s. L/C
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI Demand BANKING CORPORA 30 d
TION.
Paid-up Capital
RESERVE FUNDS:
Marcloc
Sterling
£1,500,000 at 2/---- $15,000,000
Paking
Vokolizma Capla and Kadaryonini 87,060, 100 (Gold). "EVERY DESCRIPTION OF RANKING BUSI NESS transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened ad tha, se
"DEPOSITS RECEIVED, 'Kind, for via your at 12 hrannam, or for sapeter meloda, nt razas, which may be moutained on application,
COLLECTED.
Silver 17,200,000
$15,000,000 | T/T: Shanghai
$32.200 400
600/a
4 m/s
T/T. Singapore
TT. Japan.....................¶
T/T. India
2/-9/16
11/16 39 d/s.8'ney & Melbourne... 3/;/
7312 30 d/s. Ban Foo & New York. 4874
.833414 m/s. Marks `.................................
17636
4 min. Franos Demand India : ...........................nh146 |6 m/s., do
Demard, Manila (umum. 1954. BarBilvar. ready [TT. San F'éo & New York 47
forward
T/T, Java!...... 118 Gold Leaf per tael..
Reserve Liability of
T/T. Marks ....................199 Bank of England rate .......................... Proprietors.....15,000,000 T/T. Francs ................................................2.464 | Sovereign/
COURT OF DIRECTORS. ·
Subsidiary Coins.
Discount per $100
BINKS NEONGRAPHIC KEMITTANCE Hon. Mr. D. Landale-Deputy 8. H. Dodwell, Esq.,-Chairman.
MAIL sad.
- LETTERS OF CREDIT pod DRAFTS greatsā
on kil the petacipal cities in the World' #THELLAREY, GILQULAR REITERE OF CREDIT are available all over the World,
COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT FURCHASE and SALE of Biocļu nad Thurm, TRAVELLERE CHECKS sold and washed,
GEORGE ROGO
Maragat.
· 9, Queen's Road, Hongkong, Hongkong, 1st Nov., 1918 1912
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
Established 1880, Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 30,000,000 18,200,000
in accordance with the Dutch THE SUPERB, MODERN MILITARY SUBJECT, ENTITLED: Paid-up Capital
Company Law, and has an office ON THE STEPS OF
at The Hague. In the Shell re- port just issued will be found the atatement that the combine,.of which of which it forms a part, submitted offers for the oil ter itories of the Dutch Government in Djambi, Java.
Shanghai Share. Market.
July 3.
We cannot record any signs of improvement in the local share market. Prices of all shares on the average remain the same with the exception of Langkate which depreciated to Tls. 45, owing no! doubt to the falling off in the output of oil.
Tuesday and Wednesday, 1st and 2nd July were observed as Bank holidays.
Sterling Quotation The T.T. Rate on London today is 2/7-7/8.
Business Recorded:
June 27th-Langkats Tls.
51.1-2, 52 cash.
Reserve Fund....
+
Head Office.--YOKOHAMA,
THEATRE. Calcutta
THE THRONE,"
IN THREE PARTS.
BIJOU SCENIC
HAND" Harbin
Branches Antung-Hsien Bombay
Changohun Dairen Fengtien
:
Hankow Honolulu Kobe
Liao-Yang
London
COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME "BILLY BOY & THE BLACK
"A WELCOME STEPMOTHER”.
OTHER GREAT NEW PICTURES: PATHE GAZETTE.
The
LAST
... OF
WEEK
MISS CHINITA ZEREGA.
The World-renowned Classical Dancer. Now Dances Esch Night, THIS EVENING AT 9.15 P.M.
Public Companies
THE "STAR" TERRY COMPANY, LIMITED. ·
June 28th-Langkats Tla. 52, 51 cash. Shanghai Cottons Tls. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
THAT
AN
EXTRA- 125 cash, International Cottone ORDINARY GENERAL MEET- Tie, 87.1-2 cash. Kapayanga Tls. TING of the "STAR" FERRY COMPANY, LIMITED, will bo
17 osh.
Lyons
Agencies at Nagasaki Newchwang
New York
Osaka
"Pekin
"
Ryoiun Port
(Arthur)
San Francisco
Shanghai
Tiebling
Tientsin
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Interest Allowed on Current Account. Deposits received for fixed periods at rates to be obtained on
EISHI ONO,
Manager. Hongkong, 31st Mar., 1913.
THEATRE BOYAL application.
HONGKO". FOR 10 NIGHTS ONLY, COMMENCING Fri, July 4, MAURICE E. BANDMANN PRESENTS
THE NEW BANDMANN OPERA 00.
TO-NIGHT
"'PRINCESS CAPRICE"
Jude 30th:-Langkats Tis, 50 held at the Offices of Meners, cash. 8. and I. Wharfs Tla, 183 Jardine Matheson & Co., Ltd... osah. Kang Yiks Tls. 13.3-4 cash. Podder Street, Hongkong, on from the Shaftesbury Ewog (praf.) Tle. 102.1-2 cash, WEDNESDAY, 16th July, 1913, Telephones Tle. 87.1-2 cash at 12.30 o'clock in the afternoon, Shanghai Lands Tle. 12 cash.
July 1st and 2ad-Bank Summer Holidays. Exchange olored.
July 3rd-Langkat Tia. 47, 40, 46.1-2 cash. Anglo-Dutch Tls, 2.20 cash. Tramways Tis. 12 cash. Bisset and Co.'s Report.
Burns, Philip and Co. Balance Sheet.
For the year ended March 31 last the gross profits from all sources (inolading balance brought forward) amount to £323,- 780, less salaries, expenses, de- preciation, taxation, etc., leaving a net balance of £120,228 to be
when the subjoined rosolutions will be proposed:—
.
That the Capital of the Campiny be increased from one to 400,505 by the cretion o 10,000 new shares of each
That the Directors he and they are hereby authorised to d'atribute $ee,coo from the Re serve Fund amongst the persons who are, registered as shareholders of the Company
nch date as the Directors may decide by way of benu in proportion to the number of abarGS held by then on such last mentiones late and that such bonus by payabla os such date as the Directors may appoins.
Whers such distribution would involve a poy. ment of a fraction of cents such fraction shall be gnored.
3. That the Directors may be authorised to offer at yar 10 every person registered as a tharahaldur on such date as the Directors may decide one new share of the Company for every complete three oil deres bail by bin on which ail call have been paid such new share heime (aubject to the abore condition as to fractions) equal in nominal amount to the bonds payable to kim for every complete three of shares held by him. under the last preceding classe and that the nominal Amvant of fach new share be paid to the
Company on or before such dass as the Director shall appoint such new shar to participate in the first dividend declaredates the issus theref
pari pastu with the existing shares.
That the offer of new ibares as referred in such date as the Directort shall appoint.
entitled to a 5. That no shareholders shall
offer of any fraction of a new share in respect of an old there held by
That the Directors be autherised to dispose of
dealt with, It is proposed to ap-in resolution (1) must be accepted on or before portion the sum named as follbes, viz: To payment of ls, per ebore dividend (on. 800,000 shares), 6. £40,000; to carry to reserve fund (making a total reserve of £70,-| - 000), £47,500; to insurance fund] (increasing same to £82,427), £10,000; to staff. bonus account
any new shares offered to a shareholderánd de clined or not accepted within such time as the Directors may appoint and of any surplus now abares to such persons upon such terms and conditions and at such time as the Directors -think fit.
By order,
W. S. BROWN,
Acting Secretary.
Notice
[453*
HONGKONG GYMKHANA
Theatre, London SATURDAY, July 12. Important Revival with New Scenery, Costumes and Effects
(to allow 10 recent. on staff Hongkong, 1st July, 1913. salaries), £7,500; staff provident fund (increasing same to £28,745), £5,000, leaving to carry forward a balance of £10,228, Daring the year the paid-up capital of the company was increased to £800, 000, and the directors have noW decided to further increase same THE Third Gymkhana Meet- to £1,000,000 by the issue of an
ing of the SEASON will be additional 200,000 1 shares, held at HAPPY VALLEY on shareholders to have the privilege Saturday, the 12th July 1913,
commencing at 3.15 p.m.
tò
OLUB.
to tako up their respective quots The Charge of Admission will of such issue (pro rati their existing holding, equal be $1.00 for others than Members
of the Hongkong Jockey Club.
to
ong in four) at par.
Soldiers and Sailors in uniform
In connection with this issue it is Half Price.
proposed to pay a osh bonus out The Committee invite the of reserve fund of is, per share Ladies of Hongkong to be present.
(on the 800,000 shares) on July 1,1913. The new issue of 200,000 sbarea, although paid for during portion only of the finan dial year (averaging about six months), will, as regards dividend at March 31, 1914, rank equal, with the whole of the paid-ap capital, and upon such enlarged
REGINALD F. C.'MÄSTER,
Hon. Seoy, and Treasurer. Hongkong, 9th July, 1918. -
5849
WING KEB & CO;
47-49, Connaught. Rd,
capital, the directors anticipate SHIP CHANDLERS,
being able to pay regular moder-
ate dividends. Shoreholdera who
do not apply for their quote of
such issue may draw the said
PROVISION & COAL
THE DEISHA " 'from Daly's Theatre, London.
The Record Success. MONDAY, July 14.. "THE GIRL IN THẺ TAXI " still the Biggest and Brightest
- Success now playing to capacity_houses in London.
TUESDAY, July 15." FAREWELL PERFORMANCE. GRAND VAUDEVILLE NIGHT.
Pot
A MIGHTY MUSICAL.
MELANGE Pourri of all the Company's
Including repertoire,
individual specialities By Mesdames Glenn, Hill, Frampton, Lennard and Oscil and by Messrs. Frith, Gourist, McGrath and Coyne, supported by the Entire Company,
Doors Open at 8.30. Commence at 9 Sharp. Plans now open at
MOUTRIES.
MERCHANTS
bonus in each on July 1, 1918, Hosşkoog, 28vd War, 1912.
Notices
HONGKONG; CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT Co., Ltd.
Chairman,
G. Friesland, Esq, 0.-8. Gubbay, Edq. P. H. Holyoak, Esq. G. R. Laurenz, Esq. F. Lieb, Esq.
W. L. Pattenden, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq Hon Mr. E.
hallím,
H. A. Siebs, Esq..
CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong N. J. Stabb.. MANAGER,
Shanghai-A, G, Stephen. London Bankers-London County and Westminster
Limited.
7
Hongkong-Interest Allowed.
On Current Account at the rate
.905
Opium Quotation.
July Malwa, Now... $3,050 porpio. Malwa, Old... 3,300
Chinese...20 ota. pieces 1634% Chinese 10
Patna, New ......... 3,857 per olie.
$736
Patna, Old..... 9,725
Hongkong:30 Hongkong.10
$514
Benares, New
3.750
+8036
| Benares, Old...
3,650
י
SHARE REPORT.
SELLERS
Stocks Paid un Valde,
--BANKS.
Hongkong & S'hali #125 { |
BA-SALE
CLORING
'8805 b.
MARINE INSURANCE £81/-/- mid
Cantons ། ་་་ཏ་་ North China"
of 2 per cent per Annum on the Unions daily balance
ON FIXED DEPOSITS.
For 3 months. 2 per cent per
Annuni.
Yangtzer
$50- 293 b.
£5 T135.
$100 $790 E.
£50 $200 ex.73
$20 $147 nom.
1 FIRE INSURANCES,
China Firest 8320 41
For 6 months, 3 per cent per Hongkong Firee 850 8557
Annum.
For 12 months, 4 per cent. per
Annum,
N. J. STABB, Chief Manager.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
THE Business of the above
Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI | BANKING CORPORATION.
Rules may be obtained on ap plication.
SHIPPING.
China & Manilas
$25 $10 nom.
$15 $27
så,
Douglas Steamship $50 $33 Steamboats Indo-Chinas
(Preferred) 25 $85 怠。 (Deferred)
"Shell" Transports £1
4-DUYERS
LAKY DIVIDEND AND
£2/5/- at ex 2/1 squal to] 921.71 for 1⁄2 year
ending 31/12/12 -
$18 for 1912
Final of 14 p.o. making
20 p.c. for 1911 Final of 320 making $50 for 1911 and Interlin of $30 for 1912 Final of $12 msk. 815 for
1911 & Int, of$5 for 1912)
$10 for 1911
$27 for 1911
81 for 1906
$1.50 for year end'g30'6'12- Dividend of $1 for hall
year ending 31*12′12 J 6 p.o. for years 1912 and
1912
on preferred shares
(Final of 2/- making 20%
for year ending 31'13'11.
Int, of 1/- a/c. 1912
$2 on 10,000 shares Ist issue
100/-.middle
eli
$10 $533b.
$3 on 10,000
$1 on 10,000
RETINERIES.
$100 $100
Star Ferry"
INTEREST on deposits is al-China Sugars lowed on the minimum monthly Luzon Sugars $100 $375 balances at $3 Per Cent, per an-
[18
num.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.
512
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON.
HINING
Depositors may transfer at their Chinese Engineerings £1326 middle, option balances of $100 or more
£1 526 middla to the Hongkong and Shanghai Tronoha Bank to be placed on FIXED DOCKS, WHARVES, & G'DOWNS,
Raube
£1 631 DEPOSIT 4 Per Cent. per Kowloon Wharfs $50 $95
annum.
For the Hongkong and Shang. H.K. & Wpos Dooke $50 $87" Paid-up Capital 21,200,000 hai. Banking Corporation, Shanghai Dooka T. 100 T.5714
NJ. STABB, Chief Manager. Hongkey Wharfa T. 100 T.113
LANDS, HOTELI '& : BUILDING Proprietor £1,200,000 DEUTSC
EUTSCH ASIATISCHE Anglo Franch Lands T300 T.94.
Reserve Fund... Reserve. Liability
....£1,700,000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans-- actod.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- ceived for 1 year or shorter periode at rates which will be quoted on application.
AB. HEWETT,"
Acting Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1918.
THE
Notices
122
PROVIDENT
CHINA LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.
(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.) Loans on Mortgage of House Pro- perty, &c.
Capital Fully
BANK
Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000 Head Office-Shanghai. Board of Directore-Borlin. Branches:
2nd
3rd
for year ending 30'4'13
83 for 1912
$3 for 1897
Interim of 3p.o. 8 2/5d per share, Coupon No. 1 8c- count year 30.8.13′′ Int, of 2/6 a/o. 1913 1/2 for 1909,
b. $4.50 for year 1912
Berga #1 final ....... dividend- fới
year 1911:
18124 Hongkong Hotels · #50 <
1890 Hongkong Lands $100 $117
Humphreys Estatos 110 : $84 Kowloon Lands $30, $40 b.
|Shanghai Lande·· T. 30 - - T. 92-
West-Points $50-$7434
b.
Manila M'poje Hotel P.10 P, 8
COTION MILLSKAPS
Berlin Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsin Trinanfu” Tingtau Yokohama. LONDON, BANKERS; Mosers. N. M. Rothschil. & Sons. Ewos The Union of London and Smith's By Bank, Limited,
hanghai Cottons Deutsche Bank. (Berlin), London Laou Kung Mow
Kung Yik
Agency.
T. 30 T. 155
MISCELLANEOUS.
"'
.T.118 b.
T. 100 nom.:
¿
The, 3 for 1912.
Final of Tla. 4 making)
Tie 7 for 1918
Tl. 6 29'4'10
43 on old sharum, $1.50)
on new shares for half)
year 31*12'12
Final div. of $314 making
$7 for 1912
50 cents for 1912
-$2.80 for 1918
5p.o. for half to 30*6*12)
& final of 6 pc, making
11 p.e. for 1919 ***
Final of $2.25 making
$4,25 for 1913
15 per cent. for 1910
7 go for year ending
31.10.12
T. 134b. 59 40 sa,
50 cents 31.7.08
b.
85 cents for 1912
80.
Direction der Disconto Gesell- Hongkong Cottons $10
schaft.
China-Borneoя $12 $1014 INTEREST allowed on Current
34 4.). Account, DEPOSITS received Light and Powere $101 on terms which may be learned Chins Providents
Do.. (8pes, shares) $1
$10 39 Goode received on Storage.. on application. Every description
$6 $26 Advances made on Merchandise:of Banking and Exchange busi-Dairy Farms
Green Islands $10: $7.6% Loans made on the Providentness transacted.
Hongkong Electrios $10 841 Hongkong Ices $25 $180
$10 $214b.
g. 10 408.
$25 $22
System.
(Rates and Particulars on ap-
plication).
R. TIMMERSCHEIDT,
Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oct; 1911.
[2 Hongkong Ropes
OF
The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR
WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c, Undertaken and Ereouted,
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers,
Hongkong, 19th March, 1908 32
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS THE TRANSFER BOOKS of PEAK TRAMWAYSCO. Authorised Capital,
the Company will be CLOSED from the 22nd July, to 5th August, both days inclusive." By Order of the Board of
Directors.
* Secretary,
"W: E. CLARKE.
Hongkong, July 8th, 1913,
LESSONS IN CHINESE. MRLI HON FAN, Chiness
graduate versed in literature, has been a tescher to Europeia officials and merchants in this Colony for over ten years.
+
He has a good method of training Europeans to pass in the Chinese;" amination, and is possessed of a first rate certificate as a Chine torcher. He has also + good knowledge of Mandarin and Hakka.
Those who intend learning the Chin- one language are requested to write care "Hongkong Telegraph" office or direct to 57 Hollywood Road, Ist floor Hongkong, 29lb Sanu 101824 (149)
Subsoribed
T
od
THE MERCANTILE BANK, OF Langkats
INDIA, LIMITED.
Morning Post winrioV | Peak Tramway $10 $10 nom,
Do. (now) $1792 ots. nom. €3,500,000
Hongkong Electric Trams 7/21% b. 1,125,000
Philippines.
$10 $5 562,500 HL. Price & Co., Ld. $106
·1 Pre- $65,000 Societa dos | Farred"
Pulpeset VR-$50 ||$20 Papierteries paid? du Tonkin up850
Benefit #200 -- Shanghai-Bumatras T. 20/1.150 Steam Laundry
/05 341 United Asbestos}"
Oriental Agency, - #10: 3914 h.
LIMITED,
“NME TABLE.
'WERK DAYS.
B.00 AM, Event 15 Mini 7.00 A.M, to
zo Mix, 200A.M. to SOOS JE 17
35 Min. 20,00 AM to 11.00 AM. TEJO AM, to 18.45, 936. Ma 11445 7.M. to
Paid Up
Reserved Fund
10 MIN
41
2.15 PM..to/
,et
45 M. to
..
1. 2, L
ра
10 MIN.
BANKERS
NIGHT CARS,
Bank of England.
London Joint Stock Bank,
Limited
14.M.
1.157.1.
5.00 FM.
1.50 and 9 7.34% 9.10'13, lo 11.09Tikt, every half hour-
21.60°F.MTI0*21-15, 9,3; ~
every quarter of ankour... BUNDAYS.
2.00. A 23. sago. Evrig Mon.
2100 KM.
10 MIE 10:30 And to 21.49 AM. 1000 Noɑx
50 100.00 F
11.00 Noor '.00.
FF
1,00 F.: to 5.00
ห
10 MIN
8.00 PM : 7.00 7,M
g Man.
Days;
10 km.
7.00 7.M. (47.310, 12, 14, NIGHT CARS aiba Wak
SATURDAYS.
100% Emma Can. * in Subiaighte
SPECIAL CAR
By Arrangement at the Company's en in Alamasdien ""Büüdlage;" To Vai -Rodas
United Asbestos $10 $300
Founders Shares
Union Waterboat $10 $18
Interest allowed on Current Ac- pounts at 2 per cent per annum Weismana, Ltd. oc Daily Balance and on Fixed Watson Deposite at: ratos which may be william Powell- spcartained on application.
AR LINTON,
13.
$10823 $10 $8
$105 b.
70 cents for 1912
$1.25 for year end'g 31'7'12 40 cents for 1911
$1.60 per share for 1912 Final of $8 making $10
for 1912
#1 interim & final of $1 $2 for 1912
Tim. 1 account 1913
Nope
80 cents. on fully paid)
theres and 8 cents on
paid shares for year ending 30.413 Final of $3 making
po, for 1918.
None
$1.50 fór. 1910
None
Ne dividend this year 50pts, for yearend g 31.5.1
per cent, per ordinary share for year, ́ended 31*5*1912
$1 per share for yearl
euding 31'12:1912 25 per cent, for year).
ending 31711,
60 cents for 1912 vrafre 40 ots, yearending 30′6′19 "Corrected to tego pumu jay to mass by. WRIGHT AND HORNBY, ne
Groen! Becker 4 De Your Road Crace" Wal, uddures Recitada, kui e
The "folegraph", does nas bold Strelt romanilla w any of thenkova quotationer