COMMERCIAL.
Philippine Commerce.
tween
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 185,
Japan and Great Britain Public Companies
wae in progress. On the other hand, a further series of rim- modities came from Japan to a
value of $8,573,872. The British HONGKONG HOTEL share in uch articles reached £358,201 only. Of those goods,
The Journal of the American Asiatic Association pointsout that the upward movement in the therefore, Japan supplied nearly volume of Philippine commerce 25 times as much as Great Brit that began with the establishment ain. It can hardly be said that of free traile to the US. was con- in this group also any effective tioned in the Calendar year 1012 competition between the two According to a statement issued countries was in evidence. by the Bure of Insular Affairs. the value of imports for that year amount to $61,667,051, or $13,
PANY, LIMITED.
COM-
Valk Banks
INTERNATIONAL BANKING CORPORATION,
terma
Head Office, Wall Street, New York, London Odicat➡yő, Bishopsgala, K.,C.
BRANCHES -
Bombay
Calcitie
Calatom.
Cabe Calo
Empire Hongkong
Hadlow
pbook.
TT
LI ONGKONG & SHANGHAI Demand
BANKING CORPORA-30 ds SILANTION. FROM.
Selling
Exchange
TT Franos 18| On Haiphong 3/16 On Saigon
4On Bangkok.
Mary Banks
954
H
pm.
... 762
60 d/s
Buyi
4 m/s
4 m/s. E/CH
11/16
Paid-up Capital
$15,000,00
T/T Shanghai
4 m/s. D/P
13/16
!! Kobe
T/T Singapore
Marko
RESERVE, FUNDS:
Private 80 de sight S'hal-
6 m/s. L/O
Paking
T/T Japanzi+qadın
San Francisco
Sterling
Shanghai Yakobama
£1,500,000 at 2/---
Demand Bombay
Demand Calcutta................
$15,000,000
17,450,000
£1,450,000
NOTICE is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Hongkong Hotel
Capital and RetBTEE$7,000,000 (Gold) Company, Limited w li be hold at
KVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI the premises of that Company, NESS med,
CURRENT ACCOUNTS'opened on the sewa Pedder Street, Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, on Satur-DEPOSITS RECEIVED, ut, for one year st air annum, en abarter perbeds, at rates, which
HILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED. MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC KEMITTANCES LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS grated on all the principal cliter in the World
THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTRES OF CREDIT are available all over the World.
643,544 in exces of the previous CANADA AND ORIENTAL day, the fourth day of October, colorations
IMMIGRATION.
Sir Richard MoBride, the Pre-
1913, at 12 o'clock noon when the sub-joined resolution will be pro-de posed:
"That the following new Artiole
mior of British Columbia, who be inserted in the Compan's has arrived in the country on a Articles of Association after Arti-PURCHASE and SALE of Blocks and Share visit in connect on with the furcle 10 thereof:
DOERCIAL LETTERS OF CREPIT Resorve Liability of
"dividend, in respect of
year. While this large incre we was to a considerable extent due purchases of rice to meet heavy. briokage in local production, there was a normal growth of CYP: $7,000,000 in the general import trade. In the export trado the recovery of hemp from the ther development of the Pruvine, 103. "The Company shall pay seritu + dopression of several years in the course of an interview.with past was the leading feature, and newspaper respresentative refer red to the question of Oriental this, combined with generally favourable prices and greater immigration into Canada. He admits that British Colombia is. production of ataple as well as, midor products of the island, re-ond part of Canada which is sulted in the extraord uary in dire oily afftei by the movement, crease of $10,107,447 over 1911
"The Province's position," mid "is that whieli it took up
41
alected.
GRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and cashed.*
GROROK HOGG, Manager. 9, Quvon's Road, Hongkong 1912 shares of the Company, Bangkong, 1st Nov., 1912
any exising or new
THE
amount is paid up on YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
"in proportion to the
amount paid up on each
"share where a larger
"some shares than on
***
*
others Should the above Resolution be
LIMITED.
Established 1880.
and an export titil aggregation the very first, namely, that fo, passed by the required majority Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 |
$51,784,738. Home Commercial and Produce
·Ã¤gàrt 29,
Markets
economie, excial, and nationalt will be submitted for confirma.Paid-up Capital ...
Reserve Fund reagons it is best keep out the tion as a Special Resolution to s second Extraordinary Meeting yellow men. Canada is a land of which will be subsequently con- and for while men. Though we vened. bave a law dealing with the ques- Dated this 22nd day of Septem- tion on the coast, wo have had bor, 1913.
By order of the Board of yellow men coming up into Canada over the boundary line.. British Columbia ia biking a firm stand, and will nover alter its position in this regard. This attitude does not mean, nor is it intended to indicate, anything of an offensive
30,000,000 18,200,000
Agencies at Nagasaki Newchwang New York Osaka Pekin
J. H. TAGGART,
Act ng Socrotary.
Head Office.-YOKOHAMA,
Branches Antung-Hsien Bombay Directors, Calcutta
Changchun Dairen Fangtien Harbin Hankow Honolulu.
San Francisco
Shanghai
Kobe
Tiohling
Liao-Yang
Tientain
COMPANY, LTD.
London
-Tokyo
Lyons
Los Angeles
NOTICE.
The Back rate remains changed at 4 per cant. The open market rale for short loans is 21 to 3 per cent, and duc sunt of four months' link bille 33 to The tone of 3 15-16 per ce the Silver mark has been good, and bare are pay quoted 271 per oz. The Rubber share mar. ket after opening dull, and kind as regards the empires of HONGKONG & CHINA GAS depressed has developed a dis-China and Japan. We have a tinatly firmer appearance, and great respect for this nations, and prices of most shares show an our position is not intended to l advanco. A good business is still in the slightest way offensive; I sing done in new roagon's China but it is taken up because we are tens at steady prices. Coffee has convinced that it is essential, for met with a good demand, and for reasons which I shall call full rates were realirad. Sugar domestic reasons, that in our closea quiet, but at an advance social and national life, and in for the present orop: Bath our economic relations to each Singapore Pepper and White other, the land is essentially a Pepper are firmer, although quict. white man's. We have quite a Rice is also firm, but business is Aumber of coloured men aiready restricted. Mauila lemp has in tee fisheries and in the lumbar 13n fit, and prix lave de lincamps, and also in other trades, ed. Plantation Rubber is rather but if it were allowed wholesale einier, good average Sheat boinz Chinese would compete with quoted at al ut 21. 7d. 16. white and would win, because Fine Hard Pata is 3s. 91. per 1b. Straits Tin is £197 53. to £107 154. for cash; and $106 15 to £197 5. for, three months..
they live more cheaply. Many of them are now employed by white men, and there is u large number of Japanese in British Columbia, but we find our attitude quite
Japanese Competition in China. consistent with the treaty which Mr J. Chapman, in the course Great Britain has made with
DE
a letter to the Manchester Japan ell the same." Guardian, writes:~On two re- cent orgasions you kindly permit- ted me to examine the 'obar.cter
and magnitude of British sales in
China as compared with those of other nations, Ia the first inst
Hongkong Gets a Manlla Contract.
sace, we saw to what a trifling" The contractors have commone-
ON
Public
1,0.
Ryolun Port
(Arthur)
Interest Allowed on Current Account. Deposits received for fixed periode at rates to be obtained on application.
EISHI ONO,
Manager.
Proprietors
$32,450,000
.$15,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. S. H. Dodwell, Esq.,-Chairman. Hon. Mr. D. Landale-Deputy
Chairman,
G. Friesland, Esq. O. 8. Gubbay, Esq. P. H. Holyoak, Esq. G, R. Laurons, Esq. F. Lieb, Esq.
W. L. Pattenden, Esq. JA. Plummer, Esq.
Hon. Mr. E. Shellim.
H. A. Siebe, Esq." CHIEF 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.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months. 21 per cent per
Annum.
For 6 months, 3 per cent per
"Annum,
י
For 12 months, 4 per cent per
Annum.
N. J. STABB, Chief Manager.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
4 m/s. Marke
149).
4 m/s Franos
8 m/s. do
30 d/s. 8'ney & Melbourne 2-15/16
T/T India'.1491. 30 d/s San'F'co & New York, 1996
T/T Bombay. *******
T/T Caloutta
Demand India ...
Demand Manila ....
.....149 3/4 | BorSilver.,ready
York 48 3/4 Gold Leaf per taol
121.3/4 Bank of England rate ....
98 3/4
forward
21211
2691
2614
28 7/16
28.5/16
T/T. San Fou & New
T/T. Java
T/T. Marks
205
Sovereign
39.85
Subsidiary Coins.
Oplum Quotation
Aug. 15.
Discount per $100
Malwa, New
$3,350 perplo..
Malwa, Old
3,500
Chinese".
"...20 ots,pieces $8 14% Chinese...10 Hongkong.20 Hongkong.10
"'atna, New
4,305 per obe.
$87/16
Patna, Old,
44,250**
$6,
4:00
18 3/6
4,000
Benares, New Benares, Old....
SHARE REPORT.
S-SELLERY
Blocks & PAID OF VALUE.
BANES.
Hongkong & S'hai $125 -
MARINE INSURANCE", Cantons
North China
Unione
"BA-LASE |
CLOSING
$790 22.
£81
$50 320 b.
£5. T137)
h
$100 8786
FIRE INSURANCES.
£50 $191
B-BUYERS
ATT DIVIDEND AND PATE.
£2 at ex 1/1156 equal to
$20.31 for
ending 30/6/13
$18 for 1919
year
Final of 1" p.c, making
20p.c. for 1911 Final of $20 making $50
for 1911 and Interim of $30 for 1912 Final of $12 mak. $15 for
1911 & Int, of $3 for 1912)
..
$20 $148
$10 for 1911
$50 $365 h.
$27 for 1911
Yangtzen Ching Fires Hongkong Fires
SHIPPING. China & Manilas $25 68 8. Douglas Steamship $50 635 s. Steamboats $15 2846b. Indo-Chinas
(Preferred) 25 179 b. (Deferred)
Shell" Transports £1
£11
Star Ferry."
{ 810 $5732 b.
the price of Gas to the and from October 1st. 1913, will be reduced to $2.50 por Hongkong, 31st Mar., 1913, 118 THE Business of the above China Sugars Cubic Feet. By Order of the Directors,
J. McOUBBİN." Acting Local Secretary and Resident Engineer.
No ices.
SPECIAL SALE OF WORK
IN AID OF THE ORPHANS AND THE HOME FOR THE DESTITUTE.
table
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND. CHINA:
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. Paid-up Capital... Reserve Fund... Reserva Liability of
Proprietors
· REFINERIES.
$100 $95 Bank is conducted by the Luzon Sugara : $100
MINING, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Rules may be obtained on ap plication.
INTEREST on deposits is al- lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3 Per Cent per an-
num p
annum
Chinese Enginevrings £1 32/6
Tronohs
£155- Raubs
£13.10 poCKS, WHARVES, & G'DOWNA Kowloon Wharfa $50 (90. Depositors may transfer at their H.K.&W'poa Docks $50 $??!!1⁄2 «b." £1,200,000 option balances of $100 or more Shanghai Docks T. 100 53 £1,700,000 to the Hongkong and Shanghai Hongkow Wharfs T. 100.106
Bank to be placed on FIXED £1,200,000 DEPOSIT t 4: Per Cent, per LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDING
Anglo French Landa T.100) C94 $125 For the Hongkong and Shang- FOREIGN EXCHANGE and
Hongkong Hotels $50- General Banking business trans-hai. Banking Corporation,
NJ. STABB, Chief Managor.
1890. acted.
Hongkong Lands. $100 $113 Humphreys Estates $10 $914
$30 [$46 Kowloon Lands
T. 91 Shanghai Lands" T. 30
West Point: $50 $72..
Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-
ed and FIXED DEPOSITL - DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE ceived for 1 year of shorter perioda
at rates which will be quoted on application.
".
A. 6. HEWETT,
Acting Manager,
[22
Notices
'CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE
LO., LTD.
The Superioress and Bisters of extent British and America ed work on the granite balustrade the Italian Convent have the Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. transactione 'were really in con- and steps which are to complete honour to announce that their. Annual Sale of Needlework, flict. Concerning the second case, the Rizal monument at Manila. when similar methods of analysis. These additions follow the general comprising Ladies' and Children's
and were applied German activities, idea of the sculptor but were not dresses, embroideries,
& THE we found, after allowing for non-included in the original contract covers, handkerchiefs competitive predominanes on one for the construction of the monu variety of articles. suitable for side or the other, that. articles ex-ment. The work is being done presents, will be held at the Con- hibiting serious competition were by Sang Les and Co., in Hop relatively very few and of alight kong, and the contract price is Importance. A third instance, P0,000. It is expected that the that of Japan, is generally sap finished stone will be in readiness posed to be the worst of all. Will for abipment about January 1, yon kindly allow me to look into that also 2 Adopting as Lsfore a predominant qualifying ratio of 4
vent on the
22nd to 27th inst., inclusive, commencing each day at 10 a.m.
(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.) Loans on Mortgage of House Pro-
perty, &c.
Goods received on Storage... Advances made on Merchandise: Loans made on the Provident
System.
A Special Feature of this year's Sale will be a Children's Stall on which will be displayed a fins as sortment of Sweets and "Choco- lates specially selected from the (Rates and Particulars on ap Manufacturers in Switzerland.
or more to 1, we shall find in this Public Auction. This Stall is certain to delight|
the little ones. Charming little packets of confectionery can be had for five cents each. Be- sides these, there will also be a
plication)
The Office of
OF
TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR
WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c., Undertaken and Erecuted.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Oo, General Managers.
32
Hongkong, 19th March, 1908
PEAR
OSES, 88 in the others, that except for a small portion of each esun- try's business selling transactions by Japan and Great Britain in
· PARTICULARS AND CONDI-large range of bonbons, all done Dhina during 1911 were almost mutually exclusive. Aggregate TIONS of the letting by Public up in fancy and dainty boxes of Auction Sale, to be held on Mon-attractive des gn. Every one of British and Japanese sales were
day, the 29th day of Sept., 1913, these boxes is moderately priced.
The Superioress and Bisters bogTEAK TRAMWAY respcetively valued at £12,003, at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the
LIMITED. 353 and 10,633,656. If these Public Works Department,, by to solicit the patronage of a figures stood in any large measure Order of His Excellency the generous community to ald
TIME TABLE for the same goods they wor'd Officer Administering the Govern work of providing for the main- indicate very severe competition. ment, of One Lot of Crown tenance of the large number of But they do not. A careful blase-Lard at Fife Street Mong Kok, Orphans at the Convent and its ification of the demiled items in the Colony of Hongkong, for a outlying branches. shows that £10,149,000 worth of term of 75 years, with the certain British goods were dis-option of renewal at a Crown posed of, Japan fr nished the Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor
ITALIAN CONVENT.
28, Caine Road,
ty the value of of His Majesty the King, for one Hongkong, 15th, Sept., 1913.
6imely. In other words,
8376,708
further term of 75 years.
of articles which made up about] PARTICULARS OF THE LOT.
six-sevenths of British sales to Chins our merchants sold nearly 27 times as much in velue the 3 of Japan did. For every sovereign's worth of these goods sent by Great Britain Japan managed not quite nine-penny- worth, and that despite n enormous advantage in geograph- ical continuityNobody will pretend that in this portion of orE trade at least anything approach jng a neok-and-nouk airuggle be
Kowloom Inland Lot No:
Registry
Locaum.
Boundary
Measurements,
(Approximate.).
feetfast Cent
S.
3341-
quare feet.
•│Annual Rent.
10,570
MARTIN'S
APIOL & STEEL
for Ladies PILLS
Fanch Remedy for all Irregularllen: Thousands of Ladies always keep a box of Martin's Fills in the house, so that on the first sign of any; irregularity the System & timely dose may” Le","ad"". ministered.. Those who use them re salt. All Chelata and Bjorns nghroughout the world, or pastiren, T. HAKKIN, Chemist, Southampton, Eng.
10
Cominend - them, henta their brands 1*
MARTIN'S
APIOL & STEEL
PILLS
WEEK DAYS.
7.00 AM. 10. 20. Every 15.MIN.
Loo . 10: 10.00 AM.
10.00 to £2.00 'A.36»
1x 30 AM. to. 28.43 756; 1.05 1.35
H
H
*3.45 PM. to 8.15 71 4.15 3.66. to 3.00 100. 10 F.M 5.00 M. to
NIGHT CARS, Landy vac; gypʻra, lo
•$200M very half hou 11.00 7. OʻTAS 7«M« every quarter of an hour, 24,39 SUNDAYSUNDAY,
› A:M. - EVERY 15 Mo
10 MINI
0 AM TO 10 AM
19.30 AL to.
2. JÚLoo Hoon
-$1.00 NOON to 1,00 FM..
7.00 to 5.00 7.3 M $.00 7.34.20
300 P., to....... 2×00 PM |
3,00,2.3. 10:10 ..
19 г
-15 MIN
10 Mesi
NIGHT CARS ka on Work Days:
PAR SATURDAYS..
(midnight
Arrangement at the Company (Ulice,
Capital Fully
BANK.
Paid-up...Sh. Taela 7,500,00 Head Office.-Shanghai. Board of Directors-Berlin. Branches: Berlin
Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsin Tsinanfu Tsingtau Yokohama. LONDON BANKERS: Messrs. N. M. Rothschil. & Sons. The Union of London and Smith's Bank, Limited. Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Agonov. Direction der Disconto Gesell
schaft.
14
Dresdner Bank. INTEREST allowed on Current Account.DEPOSITS received, on terms which may be learned on application. Every desoription of Banking and Exchange bust- ness transacted.
COTTON MILLS.
Ewos Shanghai Cottons
T. 50 T. 138 b
T. 110 b.
97
Ladu Kung Mow
132 b. Kung Yik Hongkong Cottons $10 $914
MISCELLANEOUS China-Borneos 312 391 Light and Powers 810
Do., (Spec.shares) $1] China Providente $10 $9
$6 $28 Dairy Farms Green Islands $10 (36 Hongkong Electrics $10 $41 Hongkong Ices $25 $173 a. Hongkong Ropes $10 $23
R. TIMMERSCHEIDT,
Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oct. 1911.
Langkate
10T22:
12
Morning Post. Peak Tramway
$25822 $1089
$190
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF DO. (now)
INDIA, LIMITED. Authorised Japital£1,500,000 Fhilippines Subsoribed
Paid Up
Reserved Fund ma
Hongkong Electric Trams 9/6 $10.85 1,125,000 H. Price & Co., Ld. $10 $6
562,500 |****
Pre- 415,000 Scaleto
des i ferred. Pulpeset $50 $20 Paplerteries
SAM BANKERS:
Bank of England. London Joint Stock Bank; Limited.
pald
du Tonkin up: $50
Benefit $200 Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20T.150- Steam Laundry United Asbestos
Oriental Agency, $10 $914 b LL
b.
Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts at 2 per cent per annum on Daily Balance and on Fixed
$10 $300 Deposits at rates which may be United Asbeston ascertained on application. Founders Bhares) 14-))
ARE. LINTON Union Waterboat $10 $17 1/2 b..
Weismann, Ltd... $10 $230
$10 – 48
THE ALEXANDITA CAFE Watson Cannot be Bea
allad, William Powell M For Bread, Cakes, Confectionery. Comted to sa:30 p.al. Sapt. 1 mesle with Wines & Liquere.
$1" for 1906
$1.50 for year end'g 30°6′12 Dividend of $1 for half) year ending 31*12*12 16 p.o. for years 1913 and 912 on preferred shares
(Final of making 6/ for year ending 31°13'12 Int. of 1 a/c. 1913
17
92 on 10,000 shares 1st issue $2 on 1,000 2nd $1 on 10,000 3rd for year ending 30*4*13,
$3 for 1912
$3 for 1897
"Interim of 34 p.o. 8 2/5d per
share. Coupon No.1 ho
count year 10.6.12 Int. of 1/6.a *1/2 for 1909
1913
$4.50 for year 1912
for
$1 Anal,, dividend for
year 1911
Tis. 3 for 1912
Interim of Tle 3 for 1913
Tis, 6 29'2'10
83 on old shares,: £1.50)
on new abares for half year 31 12 12.
8312 for 12 year ending
30 6.13
50 cents for 1912
$2.80 for 1912
5p.c. for half to 30°6′12) & final of 6 p.o.making 11 p.o. for 1912 (
82 for 14 year ending .30.6.12
15 per cent, for 1910.
7 p.ci' for year ending
91-10-12
Tla. 10 for half year end- ing 30'6'13 interm
CO cente 31.7.08...
85 cents for 1912
70 cents for 1912
$1.25 for year end'g 31′′7:18
40 cents for 191 19
$1.60 per share for 1912
$8 interim for 1913
$1 Interim for 1913
{Tls. I account 1913us None
80 cents on fully paid)
shares and 8 cents on
$1 paid shares for year ending 80.4.13 Final of $5 p.c.making
7p.o. for 1912.
None
$1.50 for 1910/
None
No dividend this year 50 cts, for yoar end'g 31.5.1
(20 per cent. per ordinary
abare for year ended: 31′5:1912
$1 per share for year
Pending 81121912
25 per cent for year?
Lending 81711ER A 60 cents for 191870 40 cts, year ending 30,6 12 WRIGHT AND KORNBY, nes
[Channes) Brokeno" # DelVorse Rond Coxiest -Wili ndrys