COMMERCIAL.
Mesers. S:tna's Report.
Mestra, S. D. Setna and. Com.
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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY
THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
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CONTAINS" ALL, THE NEWS, «
The most
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Supplement in the Colony.
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CONTENTS'.
Pogen.
Pages.
14 Mr. P.PJ. Wodehouse 5 6 Sale of Work
55
56
7 Weak Minded
...56 .56
Fangel opium:-There were a few buyers in the market, and falus during the fortnight are r: - Forted in about 23 chesta com- prising of 16 cheats of Patna Now, at 85,600 for chest, 3 obeste of Benares New at 85,475.per chest, and 5 obeats of Benares Old at $5,800 per obest. Oloaranoes:~~ ‚ l'ohest of Paire New, G1 of Patrz Day by Day. Oid, 38 cheats of Psparen New Hotel Lasts..............
Passenger Lists and 17 cheats of Bontres Old, in Steamere...
89 Sabbath Observance > ག་*་་་་ all about 97 chests. Unsold Share Report................................
10-11 Pitman Institute............56 12-14 Twelfth Night"...57 stock-204 obesia of Patna New, Commercial 886 chests of Patos Old, 201 Telegrams
15-23 Pretty Wedding....57 The Courts
24-31 A Narrow Evospe.. 57 - chesis of Penre's Now, and
........32-38 An Alert Motor Man ......57 Loading Articles 208 chests of Benaria Old, in Notes and Comments.....39-42 Litery Ticketa
57 all atout 1,689 chests, Eld but Special Articles................ 43-44 An Unpleasant Incident...57
45-50 Fire Outbreak ............. uncleared stock:-35 Chests of Sport Patna Now, 382 Chests of Patna General ................. 51-61 Sanitary Board............58 Old, 57 Obesta of Banaies New, The Typhoon
.51 Small Fires and 93 Cheata of Paares Old, Coramissioner of Edun-
***.........52 in all about 570 Chests. Closing
ation, quotations (per Chest) are a Father de under: Patna New $5,825 Patna Old $5,700, Benarta New $5,525, Bnres New $5,350,
Maria's Jubileo
....54 Appointmbots. 199 269 69155 ......55 Gun Practice. Diocesan Girl's School ..55
CONFUCIAN
The Alacrity Sold.........58 Reported Saicide............58 Local Weight Liftor
Bonoured
Banks
INTERNATIONAL BARKING
BANCORPORATION.
'Efund Odlos judo, Wall Street, New York, London Office, Bishopsgate, H.G
BRANCHES :-
Calcutta!
4 salla
TEMBER 29.
Banks
T/T
HONGE KING CORPORA 50 de
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI Demand
!TION's Smit
Paid-up Capital (tam...$15,000,00
RESERVE FUNDS!
San Francinod
Sterling
Capital and Riseryson@jade, 000 (Ŭakā); EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKIMO BUJI | E CURRENT ACCOUNTS, opened, on the washe
4X DAN ANDEN, OF for shortyr perioda, at inzos, which HEILLE NEGOTIATED und COLLECTED,
MAIL 12 TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCER
ZYTERS OF
as at the prizeh "REDIT296 DRÁPAS kabelt! THE BANKS CIRCULA LEtters of CREDIT #79 available all over the World.
COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT
affected.
„PURCHASE 'and, BALX of Socks and' Sharus TRAVELLERS CHECKA sold and 'casbedür
GEORGE HOGG,
Manager.
9, Queen's Road, Hongkong. 1913 Hongkong, lal Nov, 1919
THE
JOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK LIMITED
Established 1880,
มุ
Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital si 80,000,000 Reserve Fund ....58 King-wah
Execution...............58
******** 18,200,000
Head Office. YOKOHAMA:
.62
The Chan
Mr O. G. Alabaster
61
Last Band Night......
Branches
01
The Alaority..
Antung-Hsien
61
Bombay
Calcutta
Changchun
CELEBRATION.
Malwa Opium. :-Sales during the past for night are reported în Old about 323 Obeste at $4,300 to 4500 ror Pical. Clarrance about 131 Cheats. Unsold stock, about *1213 Obesta, Solu but Uncles -od Yesterday the boys of the Ellis Black, about 457 Chests, Closing Kad ie College invited their quotations (per Picul) are na friends to witness a very excellent nader Malwa New $4,200 to programme got up ty themselves," $4,300, Malwa Old $4,300 in honour of the birthday of $5,500.
Confucius: The large hall of the school was so crowded that there was scarcely sanding room, and
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f
Public Companies Dairen
HONGKONG HOTEL
PANY, LIMITED."
Fangtien Harbin COM-Hankow
Honolulu Kober
Agendies at Nagasaki Newchwang New York Onáka Pekin
Byolun Fort (Arthur)
Ban Francisco Shanghai Tiebling Tiantain Tokyo
Los Angeles
Interest Allowed on Current
NOTICE is hereby given that Liao-Yang
an Extraordinary General London Meeting of the Hongkong Hotel Lyons Company, Limited w 11 be held at the premises of that Company Pedder Street, Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, on Satur 1913, at 12 o'clock noon when the sub-joined resolution will be pro posed -
-Account. Deposits received for fixed application.
300 Packages at $28 to 30 para lengthy entertainment-lasting day, the fourth day of October, periods at rates to be obtained on
Cotton-Salea pre reported b
Picul. Untold Stick is estimated at about 50) Bales.
om mid-day till about five in the afternoon was provided. Yarn:-Owing to higher utse
The stage bad ten derorated, reling in Bombay sellers ran and the scenery a uted, by the unwilling to part their holdingers of the chol, in a fashion at redued rates, hence price are that did them great cradit. The well maintained, and in rometre-pie at the tok of the instances price show a alight stage was a pictors of Corfacius, advance. Thall about 5,950 Biles, tofore which the promoters of the comprising of 3,025 Bales of No entertainment. lemely kow 103-1800 Bales of No. 128, 325 towed by way of a preliminary. Bdes of No. 1f-and 1,000 Bales after a brief introductory lecture of No. 208. Unsold Stock is on Confucius, delivered by one of estimated at about 18,000 Bales. the nor lade, the Hon. Mr Lau Hold but Uncleared stock, about Cho-pak gave an addres on 56,030 Bales. Market Cloa Going to the lot of Things." Steady.
Other spatches followed, together with engs and hymns."
"That the following new Article be inserted in the Companti Articles of Association after Arti- cle 10 thereof
"
REISHI ONO,
Manager. Hongkong, 31st Mar 1913.
£1,500,000 at 2/
$15,000,000
Silver 17,450,000
| 60'da yan!
m/wa
| T/T Shanghai:"
T/T Singapore i
Exchange co
T/T, Marks
ling.
.20514
| 9/16 | T/T. « Francs
[254]
2-14 | An Haiphong
5/16 On Salgön «de mig
pm.
On Bangkokkefuglb
8/7/16
Buying.
Private 30 die sight S'hai
T/T Japani
T/T India
T/T Bombay
བཅ་ས་་འནགས་་
Demand Bombay
T/T Caloutta
Demand Caloutta
****7814 | 4 m/s. L/O...
(7313 6 m/s. L/O J12/: 15/16
98 39 d/s.8ney & Melbourne
150 30d/s. Ban Foo & New York.
1504 m/s. Marks
150344 m/s. France
156 m/s. do...
15014 BarSilver, ready
150,1/1
forward
99 Gold Leaf portaol
T/T. San Fou & New York 48 7/8 Bank of England rate"
Demand India
Demand Manila
T/T. Javas
Subsidiary Coins.
450,000
Discount per $100
Chinese Chinese...10
Hongkong.10
· .....20 ata.pieces $8
$6 1 $8 16
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors.......$15,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS, 8. H. Dodwell, Esq. Chairman.
:
Hon. Mr. D. Landale-Deputy Hongkong.20
Chairman,
at
G. Friesland, Esq. 10, 8: Gubbay, Esq.
P. H. Holyoak, Esq. G. H. Laurens, Esq. F. Lieb, Esq.
W. L Pattenden, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Bhellim. H: A. Biebe, Esq.
CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N-J: Stabb, MANAGER. Shanghai-A. G. Stephen. London Tankers-London County and Westminster Fimited.
Hongkong Interest Allowed.
On Uurrent Account at the rate of 2 per cent per Annum on the daily balance.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS.
For 3 months, 2 per cent per
- Annum.
For 6 months, 3 per cent per
Annum...
For 12 months, 4 per cent peri
Annum.
122 Sovereign
Opium Quotation."
9/16
Malwa, New.........$3,350 per pfy.
Malwa, Old
3,500
Patna, Now
4,305 perche.
4,250
Patna, Old.....
Benares, Newbij. 4,200
Benares, Old......... 4,000
SHARE REPORT
1-SELLERS
Stocks & Paip, UE VALUE.
BANKA,
"Hongkong & B’hal $125
%
Сковиля
($7908.
{£80: 10:0
25 T137) b.
"MARINE"
Cantons North
China
RANCE
$50325
Uniona
Yangtzes
$100 $786 b.
FIRE INSURANCES; China Fires Hongkong Fires
SHIPPING.
£50. $192)
*
$20 $149 b. #50 3367 b.
China & Manilas $25 8 8. Douglas Steamship $50 $33) ex div. Steambosts
$15 $284.
Indo Chinas
(Preferred) (Deferred)
£5. $79
107-
Shell" Transports £1
N. J. STABB, Chief Manager Star Ferry" $10 $57%
[18
THE
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND": CHINA.
REFINERI
$100 895
$100 $35
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
China Sugars HE Business of the above Luzon Sugars
Bank is conducted by the CU MININGS HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, Chinese Engineerings £132/6 10. "The Company shall pay
Rules may be obtained on ap-|
Tronohb dividend, in respect of
plication.ph
£1 55/- £1 $3.10. INTEREST on deposits is al-Raubs any exising or new
DOCKS, WHARVES, & O'DOWNE || "Bhares of the Company,
Incorporated by Royallowed on the minimum monthly Kowloon Wharfs $50 ⠀⠀ 390 "in proportion to the
Charter 1853352
balances at 35 Før Cent? per an- amount paid up on each share where a larger
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. amount is paid up on Paid-up Capital ... some shares than on Reserve Fund...... £1,700,000 "others."
**Reserve Liability of Should the above Resolution be "
Proprietors £1,200,000 passed by the required majority it will be submitted for confirma-
£1,200,000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT TE $45 Per Cent. per
annum.
For the Hongkong and Shang
NJ. STABB, Chief Manager.
After the luncheon interval, aution as a Special Resolution to a General Banking business trans hai. Banking Corporation,
intereating exhibition of
By order of the Board of
ין -
acted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-
ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re
colved for 1 year or shorter period DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE
at rates which will be quoted on application. Directors,
AS. HEWETT, .
Acting Manager Aoting Secretary Hongkong, 11th April, 1918. [22
Local Produotion:-Sales arB reported of II ogkong Mill's pro
10 second Extraordinary Meeting ductions of No. 10s at $120. No. was Liven by the pupils, and this which will be subsequently con- 128 at $132, and No, 168 at $142;
was followed by some excedingly Ivened. in all about 1500 Bilen.
copd Chinese theatrical d'eplay Dated this 22nd day of Septem Japanez Yala-Sales are re The boys are to be congratulated ber 1918, ported of about 1,000 Balen of on a thoroughly good entertain- No: 20s at $150 to 158 per balement which was appreciated and Sunday Articles: Market enjoyed by many hundreds of Rules Steady. In Imports, sales are reported in Apricots at $24 (tar pioul), Kismiss (Embay) at $11 to $146 (per pioul), and (Calcutta) at $20 to $22 (per picol); Bezoar Stone at $120 to $135 (1r "ostly); Borax at $10 (ar picol); Cloves at $36 to 838 (per Pioul), Gum Olihenum
at 88 to $11 (per Pivul); faflower
at 89 to 91 (or Pien); and
people.
Public Companies
THE DAIRY FARM Co., Limited.
J. H. TAGGART,
Notices
THE CHINESE TELEGRAPH
ADMINISTRATION, *
FEE
NOTICE.
Notices
PROVIDENT
THE OHINA
'LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO. LTD. (Capital Faid up...$1,250,000.) Loans on Mortgage of House Pro perty, &
Goods received on Storage. FOR REGISTERING Advances made on Merchandise: Sugr (Meritius) at $6) (jer NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESSES: Loans made on the Provident Pioul). In Exports parcha en pre
System. reported in Grean Beans and
NOTICE is hereby given that (Rates and Particulars on ap- Administration will make a
from the 1st proximo this plication), fattige charge of $12 per annum for every TRUSTRE, EXECUTOR OF
The Office of
All such Telegraphic Addresses Undertaken and Executed. registration of Code Addresses. { WILLS, ATTORNEY, &o
BHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers,
32 Bongkong, 19th March, 1908
Wbits Beans at 85% (ar Pical): THE SEVENTEENTH OR Oasis at 814 to 14 (per Pior); DINARY YEARLY Fire-Crackers at $8 to 16 per MEETING of Shareholders in Casa); Galangal 2185 (per Pioal); the above Company will be held Vermillion at 872 (per Pical); at the Company's Town Office, hitherto registered at this Office Turmerio at $8 (pr Picol) and 2 Lower Albert Road, Hongkong, will be cancelled on the above Zedcary at $14 to 15 (per Pioul). 1913 at 12.30 p.m. for the purpose firms or persons who wish to
on SATURDAY the 11th October given date. of presenting the Report of the continue their former Code Ad
INTERNATIONAL POLO
King Alfonso's Suggestion,
It is not generally known that it was King Alfonso during hig recent rather fugitive visit to England, who enggested to Lord Ashby St. Ligbra that if the
Directors and Statement of Ae dresses are requested to notify DEAR LIMITED.
counts to 31st July 1918.
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from 1st to 11th October 1913 both days inclusive.
By Order,
M. MANUK,
Secretary,
this Office of the fact and "at the fee of $12. same time to pay the registration
L. B. 100,
Ja Manager. Hongkong, 26th Sept., 1913.
CHINESE
molens !!
British team again challenged HONGKONG & CHINA GAS
Amerios for the pólo cup, Madrid
should be the scane of the prac
COMPANY, LTD.
And
fios work, King Alfonso, who is g NOTICE:
also a very keng polo player, jard
pointed out that the uncertainty is ugly. BREA
TRAMWAY
Co
TIME TABLA
BOL WEEK DAYS
OVERY 15 MIN.
TO MING
עדי
POSTAL
NIGHT CARs.
ADMINISTRATION. NOTIFICATION FRAUDULENTE SUR- CHARGE STAMPS.
THIS is to notify- and wara
the public that any sur
charges differing from those given in the Report on the Working of
the price of Gas to the the Chinese Post Office, for the. Public will be reduced to $2.50 per 3rd Year of Kauad Tung (1911) 1,000 Cubic Feet
are unauthorised, and are
of the English spring made term and from October 1st. 1913, work impossible, and Lord Ashby St. Ledgers, who is Ealter remem- bered as the Hon. Ivor Gaos jumped the idea
rich enough to sandia reprezen ative – Leam to Amerios nöxt
By Order of the Directors,
MECUBBIN. Acting Local Becretary end Realdent Kuringer,
recognised by this Administra
1 By Order of the s
POSTMASTER
Chinese Post Once.
Hongkong, tỉnh sử
"quarter pill da Four
Capital Fully
BANK.
Paid-up...8h, Taels 7,500,00 Head Office-Shanghai. Board of Directors Berlin. Add Branches:⠀ Berlin Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobez
Peking Singapore Tentein
Telmanfu Tsingtan Yokohama. LONDON BANKERS: Mesara, N. M. Rothschil & Sons. The Union of London and Smith's Bank Limited. Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Direction der Disconto Gesell synthschaft. 54
Dreadnor Bank » INTEREST Allowed on Current Account" DEPOSITS received on application. Every description on terms which may be learned
of Banking and Exchange busi- ness transacted.
12
R. TIMMERSCHEIDT,
-Manager Hongkong, 9th Oct; 1911.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF
INDIA, LIMITED. Authorised Japital ..... Subscribed
Paid Up Reserved Fund Ass
HK:&W'poa Dooks$50 879 Shanghai Docks T. 100 53 Hongkow Wharis T. 100 T. 106 LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDING Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94 $125 Hongkong Hotels 850
90390 Hongkong Lands: $100 113
Kowloon Landa: $30 846
Shanghai LandsT. 30. T. 91
West Points · $50 - $72
Manila M'pole Hotel P:10 P
COTTON HILLS,
T. 50 T. 138
2, 110 b.
Humphreye Estates 210-894 b.
Ewos
Shanghai Cotton
Laou Kung Mow Kung Yik 133 Hongkong Cottons $108914
MISCELLANEOUS. China Borneos $12 891 Light and Powers $10) Do. (Spec.shares) $1]
4 China Providence, 316 $8.60 0. Dairy Farms H *$6**$28 Green Islands $1086 Hongkong Electrics $10 341 Hongkong Tees $25 $170 Hongkong Ropes: $10 823
Langkata
Morning Post
$10 $97 sa & b Peak Tramway
Do. (new) $190 ots. Bongkong Electric Trams 9/6. "B
Philippines
810 85 1,500,000 H. Price & God. $10 $6
Pre- 583,509 Boofete des ferred
,000 Pulpesel
Paplerteriespaid du Tonkin-up $50 Benefit Shanghal-Sumatras T.. Steam Laundry United Asbestos Oriental Agency, urrent Ac-LLM
BANKERS Mike Bank of England,
London Joint Stock Bank, Limited.NE
1320
3900: T450
10289 b.
[United":"Asbestos
Founders: Share:
$$300
$17.1
·B-BUYERS
ATT DIVIDEND AND CATE.
£2 at ex 1/1194 equal to $20.31 for 16 year ending 30/6/13
$18 for 192*
Final of 1 pc, making
20 pic. for 1911
Final of $20 making $50
for 1911 and Interim f of $30 for 1912
1
Final of $12 mak. $15 for} 1911 & Int, of$3 for ·912f
$10 for 1911
$27.for. 1911
$1 for 1906
$3.50 for year end g30'6'13 Dividend of $1 for half year ending 31°12′12 16 p.c, for years 1912 and 1912 on preferred shares
(Final of 4/- making 6/ for yearending 3115*12 Int, of 1/- a/c. 19 3.
#2 on 10,000 shares lat issue
$3 on 10,000, 2nd-11- $1, on, 10,000 3rd
for year ending 30'4'19..
$3 for 1912 $3 for 1897
Interim of 31 p.6. 8 2/5d par
share, Common No. 1 ag
count year 30.6.12
Int. of /6 a
1/2 for 1909
1913
baita ere
$4.50 for year 1912 $1 final" dividend for
year 1911
for}
Tie. 3 for 1912” Interim of Tle 3 for. 1913
Tls. 6 29'2:10
$3 on old shares, $1.50);
on newshares for half year 31°12′12
$34 for 2 year ending 30 6.13*
50 cents för 1912 (2) $2.80 for 1912
5p. o. for half to 30612)
& final of 6 p.o. making 11 pc. for 1912 (
$2 for 14 year ending * 30.6.12
15 per cent for 1910
7 pc, for your ending
* 31°10′12. Assi
Tle. 10 for half year end-1
ing 30'6'13
60 cents 31,7.08 22 85 cents for 1912
70 cents for 1912 AUTH $1.25 for year end'g 31:7′12 40 cents for 1911 PM Q $1,60 per share, for 1912. 62 interim for 1913 781 interim for 1913
Tis. 1 account 1913 ..
NOWAGAN
80 cents on fully paid)
shares and 8 cents on $1paid shares for year ending 30.4.18
Final of $5 p. marfog
7.p.c. for 1012,
None
$1.50 for 1910
None"
No dividend this year. 50ets, for yearend g31.5.1
(20 per carit, per ordinary shata for year ended $151912
CHT AND HOP