COMMERCIAL.
Slani's Tra 'e With China.
Buring the 1912 the total of Sism's trade with China is given as 1,084,173 ilaikaan Tacls! Goods shipped, from “Siám toị China porta mounted to. Tla 49,865, while Uhineso esports to Siam were worth Tle. 1.034,273.
Lih Teh Oil Mills Meeting. The third annual general of the Lih Teb Of Mill Co., Lt!... was holl last week at Shanghai. 'Mr A. W. Burkill prosided, sup- norter by Mesars 7. H. Potta, M. Demets, and Liu Chang-vin, | directors: 4,748 shares were re. presented. The Chairman anid:- "You will notice that the no- counts cover a period of 17 months, as your directora decided it would be better to "rimange the financial year of the unpany as in the usual way we finish working cotton seed, our chief business, by the end of Mag. The reauft of the 17 mouths working is vory disheartening, but we have had many difficulties to atend with. and I might point out that 1912 was a bad your for oil inills all over the world. Owing to the Revolution, which started at the end of 1911, we were unable to get a proper supply of xends, and what we did get during the spring of 1912 woré "poor in pialite, being badly woneåten..cond, for | the first 8 months of 1919 P mill was only able to work lif
Drink the 'time.
of Bar August and Septzubor we work ed on rapeseed the quality was good but the prices ruling in the! home markets for oil were not! very satisfaclory, and whilst wa did not iuake very much money. we were able to keep the mill going. Newtoneal began to arrive in September and from October util May. Whilst we would not get as much sead as we wanted, we were able to keep the mill running fairly, regularly.)
from our Apar however, troubles with the supply of raw | material during the period under review, the oil market was in a very depressed state, and the price we got for our oil during 1012. was a very low que.. 1 im zlad to say it had both ing to do with tun quality. but it was simply a testion of market. From Jannaro to Mar
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER
Entertainments
VICTORIA THEATRE
PROGRAMME:
THE GREAT DRAMATIC PICTURE
The
Wreck of the "Aurora
in three parts,
THE PANORAMIC PICTURE
“LIFE IN EGYPT."
'GAUMONT GRAPHIC" NO 241,
SHOWING
THE LATEST EVENTS AT
A
THE COMIC PICTURES
THE FIRST JURY
HOME.
WOMAN IN AMERICA"
-THE TEST”
IDILIO'S MATRIMONIAL.
BLIOU
SCENIC THEATRE.
PROGRAMME FOR
TONIGHT
The Black Countess.
IN 3 PARTS.
The Human Crocodile.
el
Pathe's International Gazette.
MOLORING.“
HOCKEY POLO.
TENNIS
FOOTBALL, HORSERACING,
GYMNASTICS,
FILLIS' CIRCUS.
Grand Opening Night TO-NIGHT
this your the price of oil rose and MOTOR-CYCLING 20 STAR TURNS 20
showed an increase of about 7
per cent, over the average we got
in 1912, which price showed a
fall of nearly 20 per cent. from 2ND WEEK
the previous year. To show you what a fall took place in the values of dil, may mention that Inseed oil, which, is, an import- ant factor in the oil market, fell! irom £10 early in 1912 in £25'nt fbe end of that year, and during this year it actually touched £23. but I am glad to say, that all oil prices now show a considerable Appreciation and lately we have got very good prices for our produc-
OF.
SPORTS
AT
Prices of admission
Box 6
$15.00 persons Single box seat $3.00
1st Chairs
$2.00 2nd Chairs $1.00 Gallery
50 Cents
Performance 9:15 p.m. SHARP. Soldiers and Sailors in Uniform
Half Price.
1st MATINEE, SAT... SEPT
4 p.m.. MATINEES
tion. Turning to the ants TSINGTAO WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY
there is very little for me to say, axcept that the plant and mc-| chinery have been kept in first class condition, and nearly The. 10,000 was spent on repairs; thia
13Tа TO
sura may seem rather high, but SEPTEMBER
there are included in it Carlsin
parts of our machinery that ha
to be replaced and this accounte
C.P.R. Dividends.
1913.
AT 4, P.M. Children half price to Matinees uniy.
A. MILTHORP.
Agont.
for over one-third of the amount Montreal, Que., Auz. 12.-At Public Companies
COMPANY, LTD.
NOTICE.
Banks
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION.
Head Office:-e, Wall Street, New York London Offer 1 --gó, Blahopagate, MG
BRANCHES
Bombay
Calcu
Canton!
Caba
Colon
Empire
Hoogkoos
Hankow
3, 1913.
Banks
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI IST,
BANKING CORPORA Demand.
TION.
30 a/e * 60d/s
Exchange
1/11764-ca/n. 140 vo
Buying.
.2/- 16 ./-9/16 21-98
30 d/s:S'ney & Melbourne
Selling,
1/11 15/16 4 m/s. D/P
1/16
6 m/s. L/O
Paid-up CapitaÏ ..$15,000,000
4 m/s.
Kobe
Hanita
Mexico
RESERVE FUND3:
T/T. Singapore
PANADA
Paking
Shangnal
Storting
Yokohama
Capital and Reserianaomi 7,280,000 (Gold)
about min110,000 EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI NESS tranunciad
CURRENT. ACCOUNTS optoed on, the new
| tapaa.
DEPOSITS RECEIVED, åxed for one your id Iranum, or for shorter perioda, st rates, which may do ascertained on application.
HILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTE > HAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES
LETTERS OF CREDIT 100 DRAFTS guated
on all the principal cities in the World,
THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTE IS OF CREDIT Savaliable all over the World.
COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT
lained.
PURCHASE and SALE of Stocks and Shares fcend.
TRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and cashed.
GEORGE HOGG, Manager.
'9, Queen's Road, Hongkong, Bugkong, int Nor., 1912
THE
YOKOHAMA
191.
OHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED,
Established 1880.)
Authorised Capital Yon 48,000,000
Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund
"
30,000,000 18,200,000
Head Office. -YOKOHAMA.
Branches
Antung-Hsien
Bombay
Agencies at Nagasaki Newchwang New York Osaka
Pekin
Ryolun Port
Caloutta
Changchun
Dairen
Fangtien
Harbin.
(Arthur)
Hankow
"San Francisco
Shanghai
Tiebling
Tientsin
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Honolulu Kobe Liao-Yang London Lyone
Interest Allowed on Current Account. Deposits received for fixed periode at rates to be obtained on application.
EISHI ONO,
Manager. Hongkong, 31st Mar, 1913,
[18
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal
Charter 1858..
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund...
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors
£1,200,000 £1,700,000
.£1,200,000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans acted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- ceived for 1 year or shorter periods
£1,500,000 at 2/-
T/T. Shanghai
T/T, Japan
T/T. India
Demand Indis
Demand, Manila
73% 30 die. San Foo & New York, 1974
8544 m/s. Marka.......................
.148
T/T. San F'co & New York 48
T/T. Java...
T/T, Marke
4 m/s. Franos...
149 6 m/s. do... 97 BarSilver, renity
forward
12053 Gold Leaf per thel...
202) Bank of England rate 2,51 Sovereign
Opin
8.98 18
1561
43812
..27.906
27 1/16
$15,000,000
11
[T/T. Franos'
$10.05
Silver 17,450,000
Subsidiary Coins,
Quotation. D
Discount per $100
Malwa, New
$32.450,000
Malwa, Old
Aug-15. $3.35 par pin
·3.50€
Chinese 20 otš. pieces $79/16 %
Patna, New
4.305 poroho.
$7 13:11 2534
Patna, Old
4.250
Benares, New
4.200
ares, Old.
4:000
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors....
...$15,000,000 Chinese 10 Hongkong.20 COURT OF DIRECTORS.
8. H. Dodwell, Esq., Chairman. Hongkong.10 Hon. Mr. D. Landale,-Deputy
Chairman:
G. Friesland, Esq.
C. 8. Gubbay, Esq..
P. H. Holyoak, Esq.
G. R. Laurenz, Esq.
F. Lieb, Esq.
W. L. Pattenden, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq.
Hon, Mr. E. Shellim. B. A. Siebs, Esq. OHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong N. J. Stabb.
MANAGER. Shanghai A, G, Stephen. London Bankers-London County and Westminster Limited.
נ'
Hongkong-Interest Allowed.
On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent per Annum on the daily balance
ON FIXED DEPOSITS.
For 3 months. 2 per cent peri
Annum
For 6 months. 3 per cent per
Annum.
North China
SHARE REPORT.
B-BUYERS
AN DIVIDEND AND ATE.
"¿1⁄2nte/16 cqual to 20.31 for 1⁄2" voar ending 30/6/13′′
$18 for 1912
Pinal of 1 p.o, making
2 pc. for 1911
Final at $20 making $50,
for 1911 and Interim
of $30 for 19/2 Final of $12 mak. $15 for
19.1 & Int. of $1 for 9121
$10 for 1911
S-SELLERS
SA-SALE
·Stocks A Paid ur Valur, BANKS.
CLONING
$7926 na & 8.
Hongkong & S'hai 3125-
MARINE INSURANCE Cantons
$50
£81
310.
£5 T137 "b
$100 $783
h
£50 $190
$20 5148
$50 $359 h
$27 for 1911
69
Unions
Yangtzes
FIRE INSURANCES. China Fires
SHIPPING.
Hongkong Fires China & Manilas $25 Douglas Steamship $50 $38- Steamboats"
$15 $29 Indo-Chinas
. (Preferred) £5 75
(Deferred)
109 b.
£1
For 12 months, 4 per cent per Star Ferry"
Anaum.
"Shell" Transports £1
$10 $57
REFINERIES.
$100 $97 $100 $35
MINING.
N. J. STABB. Chief Manager China Sugare Luzon. Sugare
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
Chinese Engineerings £1 30/6
Tronohs
£1 62/6 Rauba
£1 $34 DOCKS, WHARVES, & G'DOWNS. Kowloon Wharfe $50 $924
H.K. & W poa Docks $50 { $81
THE Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on ap- plication.
Shanghai Docks T. 100 53′ b. INTEREST on deposite is al-Hunghew Wharfs T. 100 T. JUS lowed on the minimum. monthly balances at $3 Per Cent per an ASUS, HOTELS & BUILDIN
" | Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94 Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more Hongkong Hotels $50 to the Hongkong and Shanghai DEPOSIT 4 Per. Cont per Bank to be placed on FIXED
num.
annum.
For the Hongkong and Shang. at rates which will be quoted on hai. Banking Corporation, .. application.
N.J. STABB, Chief Manager.
DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE
A. 8. HEWETT,"
Acting Manager. Hongkong, lith April, 1912. 22
THE.
Notices
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE LO., LTD,
(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.) Loane on Mortgage of House Pro- perty, &c.
Goods received on Storage. Advances made on Merchandise: Loans made on the Provident
System.
(Rates and Particulars on ap
plication).
The Office of
TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c., Undertaken and Executed.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers.
Hongkong, 19th March, 1909
LIMITED.
Capital Fully
BANK..
Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000 Head Office-Shanghai. Board of Directors-Berlin. Branches: Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsia Tsinaofu Tsingtau Yokohama. LONDON BANKERS:
Berlin.
Mesara, N. M. Rothschil & Song, The Union of London and Smith's Bank, Limited. Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Agency, Direction der Disconto Gesell- schaft.
Dresdner Bank.
INTEREST allowed on Currentį
Account, DEPOSITS received
...
$125
1890
Hongkong Lands $100 $1154 Humphreys Estates $10 $9 Kowloon Lande $30 $46
Shanghai Lands T. 30 T. 90
West Points
$50 972 5.
Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8
COTTON MILLS.
T. 50 T. 125
EwOB
Shanghai Cottons
I
Laou Kung Muw Kung Yik Hongkong Cottons $10
MISCELLANEOUS.
$1 for 1906
$1.50 for year end'g 30'5 12- Dividend of $1 for halft year ending 31°12′12‹ }
p.e. for years 1912 and 1912 on preferred shares
(Final of making fi
for yearending31*12*12
Int. of 1- a/c. 9'3 $2 on100 shares latiaste $ on 1,000
$1 on iv,000
10
2nd
ir 3rd" for year ending 30'4'13 ›.
#3 for 1912
$3 for 1897
Interim of 3p.o. 8 2/5d per
share. Coupon No. 1 ac count year 30.6.1
1913
Int. of "/6 a 1/2 for 1909
$4.50 for year 1912 $1, final dividend for
year 1911
Tla. 3 for 1912 -
Final of Tle. A making
Tla 7 for 1912
Tia. 6 29'2'10
#3 on old shares,. $1.50)
on newshares for half
year 31'12'12-
$316 for your ending 30 6.13
50 cents for 1912
$2.80 for 1912
5 p. c. for half to 306127
& final of Epic, making 11 p.o. for 1912.
$2 for 4 year ending 30.6.12
15 per cent. for 1910
p.c. for year ending 37:10 2
Tie. 10 for half year end-)
ing 30'6'13
T.10% b. exdiv
:9)
A,
13. a. $9ý
ส.
50 cents 31.7,08 -
b.
85 cents for 1912 -
China-Borneos $12 $10. Light and Powers $107 Do. (Spec,shares) $1 f China Providents
$10 $85 sa & iɔ,
Dairy Farme #6 827 b. Green Islands
$10 $6 1/2 h. Hongkong Electrica $10 $38 Hongkong Ices $25. $175 a Hongkong Ropos $10 $248.
Langsu
8. 10 T20
32
on terms which may be learned Morning Post on application. Every description Peak Tramway of Banking and Exchange busi ness transacted.
$25 $22
¿
Du. (new)
B. TIMMERSCHEIDT,
Manager, Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911.
2
Philippines
$10 $10
$1 92 Hongkong Electrio Trame 8/-
$10 $5 H. Price & Co., Lâ. $10 $6
Pre-
b.
the price of Gas to the PEAK TRAMWAY CO Public will be reduced to $2.30 par
030 Cubic Feet.
By Order of the Directors.
J. McOUBBIN. Acting Local Secretary and Resident Engiveør.
spent. These parts will not have a meeting of the directors of the to be renewed now for many Canadian Pacific Railway Com- years to come. A considerable pany yesterday, dividends of 2 HONGKONG & CHINA GAS sum was ale spent on repairing per cent, on the preferred stock the hunding of your property. for the half year and 2h per cent. Tis. 1,521.74 was spont on New on the common stock for the Maobinery to enable us to make quarter ended June 30. last weret boiled linseed oil; this branch declared. Rosulte for the last of our business promises to fiscal year were: Gross earnings ON and from October ist. 1913, be quite a success. As regards from railway and steamship lines, depreciation, I'la. 2.375 bas $139.395,699; working expenses, been written off buildings, and $93,143.825; net earninge from Tle. 16,670.07 off plant and railway and steamship lines, $46,- machinery. bringing this latter 245,874! net earnings of steam- asset down to Tle: 198,000. ships in excess of amount includ Stooke on hand at Tls. 101,962,25 ed in monthly reports, $1,245;- are about Tls. 47,000 higher than 563. Deducting the fixed charges at the end of 1911, nearly all of of $10,876 352, the surplus was this stock, consisted of oil and $36,015,085. Doducting the cake, which was sold but not amount transferred to steamship By the end of July, replacement account, $1,000,000, cleared. however, our buyers had taken and the contribution to persion delivery of all their purchases. fund of $125,000, left not revenue Referring to the liabilities, you from railway and steamship lines will notice that the mortgage has available for dividends $35,400,-DURING my been reduced by The. 5,000 and 035. After paymont of all divi- since the accounts wero closed a deads declared for the year tere affairs of the Company will be farther Tla, 5,000 has been paid is left to be carried forward, from carried on by Mr. O. WURIU. off, and the loan to the agents railway and
steamship lines,
has also been liquidated. As 18,310,257. The special income regards the future, it is very hard from interest on land wiles and -to make any forecast, but prices from other extraneous aspois, not for oil have improved conuider-included, in the above wa: 60.- ably, and the outlook generally iş,508,151. very much brighter.
Notice:
7
NOTICE.
temporary absence from the Colony the
S. MORIMOTO,
Agent;
TOYO KISEN KAISHA, Hongkong
TIME TABLE.
7.00A.M. BO
WEEK DAYS.
15
10 MIN.
Ы
13 M
za Mt.
15.11.
HIN
13 MIN.
B.00. Evzar 15 Min. 1.00 A.M. TO 10:00 AJE 10.00 AM to 11.00 4.M. 11:30 AM. to 21.45. 7,M. 145 2.3. to £15 FJR. 1.15 Z.M. to E5 Ft. 1.45 7.34. to 2.157.1 1.13 1.M. 25 5.00 P.31. 10
ماندگار
5.00 PM.
NIGHT CARS.
if 10 M.
cim, and 9 238, P40 FM, L,
12.50/ery half hour.
11.09 zł to 11.45 P.M. every quarter of sa hour. SUNDAYS. 10.31 4.31. EVERY 11,00 & 31
2.00 .40 70.30 AM, to 15:45 AM 10
18.00 Noos 21.00 Noon to og FM.
1,00 . to 5.00 FA
$.40 .. to
04 PM to 7.00 1.3. 2.00 2.M. LO Dito n
SIM
to M.
Mar
"
to MIN.
10 MIN.
201
HIGHT CARE ' 'on Week Days.
SATURDAYS.
Extra, Cara 127 tidnight..
SPECIAL CARB.
By Artis gément at the Compady');Užice,
Jazandra - Ezidiaga,**** De Year Read,
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF Societe des ferred
INDIA, LIMITED. Authorised spital.
Subscribed
Paid Up
Reserved Fund
BANKERS:
Pulpeset Papierterien
"850" L1320 paid. du Tonkin up 150 £1,500,000
Benefit $200 1.135.000 Shanghai Sumatras T. 20 T.150 362,500 Steam Laundry 85 $4) 415,000 United Asbestos
Bank of England. London Joint Stock Bank,
Limited,
Oriental Agency, $10 ||#012 b.
Ldt
b.
8,
$10 $300
$10 817 1/2
$10880 $108734
$11
b.
United Asbestos? Founders Shares Union Waterbost Interest allowed on Current Ac
Weismann, Ltd. counts at 2 per cent per annum on Daily Balance and on Fixed Watson Deposite at rates which may be William Powell saagrisined on application,
Corrected to 20 pm Sep
AR. LINTON
-70 cents for 1912
$1.25 for yearend's 31'7:32
40 oente for 1911
$1.60 per share for 1912
$2 interim for 1913
$1 interim for 1913
·ƒTls. 1 account 1913
None 2:
80 cents on fully paid shares and 8 cents on
$1 paid shares for year.
suding 30.4.13
Final of $5 p.6. making)
7p.c. for 1012.
None
$1.50 for 1910 `·
NoDe
No dividend this year
50 ots. for year end'g 31.5.1
(20 per cent. per ordinary share for year ended
·31*5'1912.
81 per share for year)
* ending 31′12′′1912 *****
25 per cent. for year?
ending 31′′7′11
60 cents for 1912
40 cts, year ending 30'6'12 WRIGHT AND HORNBY, Share G
Chassi Brokses + Di Voons Road Central - Wal, address Restionar
aïdigeyri, dom not held buntf vingunahin at war of benzeyy just, Llani.