Commercial
The Tanah Merah Estate, I.d.'
The thir annual general meet ing of phareholders, in the Tanah Morab Estate, L. "was held at Shanghai on Uotober. 8.
Mr A. W. Barkill presided. The Chairman said:The profit for
the year is Tls 9,100.47, of which
aum Tla. 6,142 58 has been earn- ed in interest, The balance at credit of profit and loss account now amounts to Tls. 42,800 08 and your Directors have decided to recommend that this" sum be carried forward to next year. A glance at the balance sheet will show you that the balance of available funds amounts to about. Tla. 80,000 but it must be remembered that the planted arON
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1913.
Intimation,
THE WEEKLY TELEGRAPH.
CONTAINS ALL THE NEWS,
The most complete Mail Supplement in the Colony.
PHOTOGRAPH-
Contains all the news of the week in a most attractive form and is the paper for mailing to friends at Home. The photograph this week is entitled, The Poak "Oh'ung Yong ascending on High Festyal October 8, 1913.
ja a large one, the greater part of Day by Day which is still young and that most Passonger Lists of the buildings are only of.a Hotel Lists temporary nature and will have to Steamerside be replaced by a permanent type. Share Report From the particulars of the plant- Commercial ing given you in the report it will Correspondence be seen that our income from rub. The Courts
ber will not be materially increa4- Telegrams
CONTENTS,
Banks
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION.
Head Office:-60, Wall Street, New York. Loades Offlcntieji Mishopsgat, E,C.
"BRANCHES :-
Bombay
Calquila
Caxton
Cuba
Colon
Empire
HORRIDGE
·Banks
TION,
Balling.
Exchange
T/T. Markh
1/11 15/16 T/T. Franos....
LÀ ĐẾN ĐANG... - In Haiphong
2-1/16 On Saigon.
[... ] T/T. HONGKONG & SHANGHAI Demand
BANKING CORPORA 30 d/e 80 d/s 4 m/s T/T Shanghai T/T Singapore
-1/2
.8381
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pm
*.......................02/- 1/8 On Bangkok
5.
Paid-up Capital
Kobe!
$15,000,00
49-3/16 4 U Buying. .....ï7936 | 4 m/s. L/O
Manila Mexico.
1785.1/4/4 m/n. D/F
RESERVE FUNDS:
PARARA
Private 30 d/s sight S'hai.
Pullag
San Franciion
T/T Japan
Shanghai
Sterling
TT Indie.......
TT Bombay
Silver
£1,500,000 at 2/-
$15,000,000
17,450,000
Demand Bombay
TT Caloutta
Demand India
Demand Manila
Yokohama
5,430,000
Capital and Rese....#7,060,000 (Gold) EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI ›NESS transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opanad on the sana.
DEPOSITS RECEIVED, find for one year at AŽ DRIP ARABI, or for shorter perioda, at rates, which
WELL LOKStaled 00D 101 COLLECTED.
MAIL and TELEGRAPHİC REMITTANCES mado,
LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS rentad
as all iba principal cities in the World.
THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT wavefiable all over the World.
COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT Reserve Liability of
PURCHASE and SALE of Stocks and Stars afected.
TRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and cubed,
*148 3/4'4 m/s. France
73% 6 m/s. L/02/11/16
**.......................97 | 3o d/s. S'ney & Melbourne 2/-3/4 .........................14811⁄2 30 d/e. San Foo & New York. 4914
.1484 m/s. Mark
M....14814 | 6 m/s. do
Demand Calcutta...148 3/4 BarSilver. ready
98 Gold Leaf per tael
T/T. San Fce & New York 48 3/8 Bank of England rate T/T. Java............................................120 9/4 Sovereign
.148 3/4
Subsidiary Coins.
· $32.450,000.
flarned.
Pagos.
Pafos.
GEORGE HOGG, Manager.
5-6 Rosary Sunday
7
Portuguese Republic
8-9 At Elome..........
:55 55 ...55
9, Queen's Road, Hongkong, |Hongkong, 1st Nov., 1812 191%
Chairman.
Discount per $100 Proprietors
$15,000,000. COURT OF DIRECTORS. Chinese...20 ats. pieces 38% H. Dodwell, Esq.-Chairman. Chinese...10 Hon, Mr. D. Landale-Deputy | Hongkong.20 Hongkong.10
+
38 1/4
86.
$7%
10-11 Sanitary Board......
55
THE
14 Stanley Cemetery.......54
12-16 Legislative Council ........55 ...........17-20 Secretariat for Chinese
ed for some time and at the same Notes and Comments......10-43 time the interest earned will Special Artiofef decrease as the working capital in Sport
reduced. The heavy fall in General
meang
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
Established 1880.
YOKOHAMA
.21-25 Affairs .26-30 | Importa
and
Exporta
Department
58 ..41—46 | Miscellaneous Services ...58
.47-51 | Polico ....52-64Prison
.59
Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital... 30,000,000 Reserye Fund...... 18,550,000
.59
Sanitary Department ...........59 Education....
Head Office.
..59
Public Works Recurrent...59 The Balancing of the
Budget
Branches
Antung-Hsien
Bombay
.62
Calcutta
54
The Reclamation Co......82 Payable in Advance 64
Changohun
Fengtien Harbin Hankow
the .price of rubber Obinese Y. M. C. A.52 a corresponding de Canton News:53 crease in the profit from this September Rainfall.........53 source and the Directors therefore Notes in Circulation.53 think the safer policy is to post- From Amoy to Turkey ...53 pone the dividend.
Financial Statement.....53 Sale of Work
Dairen
September 30-Municipal & Public Companies Honolulu
POWER CO., LTD.
ANNUAL MEETING of
Kobe.
Agencies at Nagasaki Newchwang Now York Osaka
Pekin Ryolun Port
(Arthur)
San Francisco Shanghai Tiehling Tientain
Tokyo
Los Angeles
: EISHI ONO,
The balance sheet calls for very little comment. We have. not published the fall development account in the same way as Inat years; the sum of Tls. 47,487.36 per cent, (1907) Debentures Tia. #has
been
spect during the 104 cash. Kochiens Tls 25 cash year under this head which is Laou Kang Mows Tis, 90 cash. THE CHINA LIGHT AND Liao-Yang
London approximately the same as the Shanghai Cottons Tla. 113 cash,
Lyons expenditure for the previous Shangbai Lande Tis. 91 cash. year. This item covere all capital Telephones (la. 85 cash. Lang. THE TWELFTH ORDINARY Interest Allowed on Current expenditure for supervision, kats Tla. 25 cash. Shanghai
Account. general charges and Singapore Docka Tla: 55 cash. Kung Yike pany will be held at the Office of periode at rates to be obtained on SHAREHOLDERS in the Com- Deposits received for fixed and Shanghai expenses and also Tle. 14 caab. Bukits Tls. 12 the Company, St. George's Build-application. the cost of clearing and planting cash. Shella £5.9/-ox. 2/9 3-16 ings No. 6 Connaught Road, up the further 100 acres dono this cash.
Victoria, on SATURDAY 18th' year. Weeding costs are about
October 1-Astore 7 per cent. October 1913 at NOON, for the Hongkong, 30th Sept., 1913, the same as last year but the Debentures Tls. 08 cash. Lang-purpose of receiving a Statement estimate for the current yearkats Tis 27 and 274 cash. Bukits of Accounts and the Report of shows a considerable reduction Tis. 13 cash, S. & H. Wharfs the General Managers for the THE CHARTERED BANK OF sad as car rubber gets older this Tis: 106 cash. Ewos Tis. 140 year ending 31st July, 1913 and charge will be further reduced. caab. Internationala Tle. 94 electing a Consulting Committee
Condition of Estate. Very cash. Cultys Tls. 11 cash. and Auditora. satisfactory progress has been October 2-Langkats 27, 273 made during the year under and 28 cash. S. & H. Whirls review, the whole estate
is Tla, 108 cash, Laou Kung Mowa in excellent condition nad
Tix, 100 cash, 1011 October. all fallong and weeds have Shanghai Cottons Tla. 113 caeli. been taken out. The reports by Kung Yiks Tie. 14 cach Butes
12
the visiting agents, Mr. Pears T. 0.75 cash. Bukits Tla. 1,50 and Mr. Power, are satisfactory cash. Anglo-Dutch Tis. 1.75 casb, and the growth of the rubber
Coal Report. shows a great improvement over Mesars Hughes and Hough's previous years. A large portion cost report, dated October 10,
H
The TRANSFER BOOKS of. the Company will be CLOSED from WEDNESDAY the 15th until SATURDAY, 18th October 1913, both daya inclusive.
SHEWAN TOMES & CO.
General Managers,
NOTICE.
NOTICE is hereby given that a meeting of the share- holders of the HEADWATERS
of the estate has been manurad states: and the results obtained have
Coals expected-Japan 44,500 MINING COMPANY (Inc.) will justified the expenditure. More tons, Dairen 9,800 manuring will be necessary and
be beld at the Hongkong Hotel Arrivals:September 23rd on Wednesday, October 22nd, at this will be carried out as soon Isbang, ss. 2,100 tons Chingwan- p.m., to consider the POSITION as a favourable opportunity accara tao, sold; September 25th Hop-of the Company and its FUTURE. after the return from leave of the sang, s. 3,000 tons. Chingwan-
By order. 180, sold; September 27th Daini- Hongkong, 8th October, 1913.
manager.
Mr. O. Thoresen of Shanghai chi Maru, s.8. 3,700 tons Moji, visited the estate in August and sold: September 27th Daiton he was particularly pleased with Maru, s.e. 4,400 tons Moji, sold; its olean and compact appearance. October 1st Sungkiang, s. 1.500 Shanghai Share Reprt. tons Haiphong, cold; October 2nd Mesere J. P. Bisset & Co's Unkai Maru, 8.8 5,500 tons Miike, weakly share report, dated Octo-sold: October 3rd Kaifuku Maru, ber 8 states:
8.8. 3.000 tons Moji, sold: Octo- Although we cannot report any her 3rd Laisang, s. 2.000 tone ..preceptible increase in the volume Moji sold; October 3rd Taisho of share business during the past Maru, 8.8. 3,400 tons Dairen, for week, yet, there is a slightly bet-Canton; October 5th Kyodo Maru, ter better feeling which may results.8. 2,700 tons Dairen, sold; Octo in creating more business in the ter 5th Wakamatsu Maru, se. near future. The chief feature of 2.700 tons Karaten, sold; October the week has been the advance in 6th Atoks Maru, s... 3,200 tons Langkats from Tl9.22 to Tle. 28, Dairen, sold.
no doubt due to speculation. Many rumours have been circul-
ating with regard to this stock,
and Shareholders and Investors would be well. advised to refer to the circulars issued by the Direc- tors on July 11 and August 14 for the correct position of the Company.
Cottons close firm with buyers. at market rates.
Sterling Quotation. The TT. Rate on London to-day is 2/9.
G THE
REPORTERS:
A Vicar's Curious Excuse
Notice
NOTICE:
FOR SALE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PRORERTY, BRITISH CONCESSION. Shameen. Canton.
TWO LOT, Nos. 73 and 80,
Manager.
18
INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND OHINA.
G. Friesland, Esq.
E. Gosts, Esq.
0.8. Gubbay, Esq.
P. H. Holyoak, Esq. G. R. Laurenz, Esq.
W. L Pattenden, Esq. J. A: Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shellim, H. A. Siebs, Esq. CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong--N. J. Stabb. MANAGER. Shanghai-A. G. Stephen. London Bankers-London, County and Westminster Limited.
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. per
Annum.
N. J. STABB, Chief Manager.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
forward
...............209
.......258
260 .28 1/8
.28 1/16
52.70
+5%
$9.95
Aug. 15. .49,950 perpici
Opium, Quotation.
Malwa, New....
Patna, New
Malwa, Old
Patna, Old
......... 3,500
......... 4,305 porche. 4,950
Benares, New .... 4,200
Benaros, Old........ 4,000
SHARE REPORT.
"S-SELLYES JA-JALE
Sreçus à Paro or VALOR-
BANKS
CLOSING
Hongkong &'8'ha! $125′′
MARINK INSURANCES Cantons
$50
$788 sa
£79
845
£5 T137 b.
$100 $786 b.
North China'
Unions
Yangtzee
PIRE INSURANCESĮ China Fires Hongkong Fires
£50 $192
$20 $153 b, $50 $370 h.
SHIPPING. China & Manilas · 825 68 Douglas Steamship $50, 833 Steamboats
Indo-Chinas
(Preferred) (Deferred)
$15 $2844 b.
}
£5 $88
1981.
Shell" Transports £1
£11
Star Ferry {$10 $5735 b.
REFINERIES,
THE Business of the above China Sugars
$100 $98 Bank is conducted by the Luzon Sugars $100 $35 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI
MINING. BANKING
CORPORATION. Chinese Engineerings £1 32/6 Rules may be obtained on ap plication.
Tronohs INTEREST on deposits in al- lowed on the minimum monthly DOCKS, WEARVES, R GʻDOWNS.
Rauba balances at $3 Per Cent. per an- Kowloon Wharfs
num.
*
£1 50/-
£1 $34
$50 $90 B
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1859. HEAD OFFICE.-LONDON. Depositors may transfer at their H.K. & W'poa Docks 350 $78 a Faid-up Capital ........ £1,200,000 option balances of $100 or more Shanghai Docks T. 100 55 b. Rosarve Fund............£1,700,000 to the Hongkong and Shanghai Hongkew Wharfs T. 100 T.108 b Reserve Liability of
Bank to be placed on FIXED Proprietors£1,200,000 DEPOSIT 4 Per Cont. por LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS
Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94 FOREIGN EXCHANGE and For the Hongkong and Shang- General Banking business trans-hai. Banking Corporation,
$50 Hongkong Hotels N.J. STABB, Chief Manager, acted.
Hongkong Lands $100 CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-
ed and FIXED DEPOSITS rá-
annum.
$125
090
$112
1:
08ived for 1 year or shorter periods DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE Humphreys Estates $10 at rates which will be quoted on application.
A.S. HEWETT,
Acting Manager, Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. [22
BANK.
¿
THE
Notices
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE .CO., LTD.
(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.) Louns on Mortgage of Bouse Pro- perty, &c,
Goods received on Storage. Advances made on Merchandise: Loans made on the. Provident
System.
1/
(Rates and Particulars on ap-
plication).
The Office of
OF WILLS; ATTORNEY, &o;, Undertaken and Executed.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers.
each with a frontage of Ninety TRUSTEE EXECUTOR.
fronting on the Canal Road, Feet on the Road, and with a depth of 140 1/2 feet, together with the Buildings ereated there" on. The Lots will be. Sold either separately or together. Thie
property will be put up for Sale Hongkong, 19th March, 1908 32
at Public Auction on the Premises,
commencing at 11.00 a.in, on PE.
| THURSDAY, the 30th of Osto- ber. 1913, if not sold privately before that dato. The Under- signed reserve the right to reject The Rev. C. B. Law. vicar of all bids if no acceptable bids are Cheshunt (Bert), in his parish offered. Parties interested may magazine, replies to the criticisms obtain particulare from
of his graveside address at the The China Baptist Publication
Society, Tung Shan, Canton, China.
NOTICE.
The following is the business burial of the victims of the Hod- recorded:---
deadon (Horte) motor-omnibus September 26.-Langkats Tls, disaster in which hp aid there 23, 23 and 24 cash. Intorna was too much drinking, too much tional Cottons Tle. 89 cash. Kung swearing, too much blasphemy, Yike Tis. 131 cash. Soy Chees and too much dishonesty in the LIVERPOOL VICTORIA IN- Tie. 431 cash. Shanghai Cottons district. "I made it as olear as Tle. 110 cash and Tls. 115 De-I could," he says, "that I was cember. Anglo-Javas Tis. 5 making no special reference to cash. Centrals $8 cash.
the victims or their friends, but
September 27.-Langkata Tis. one thing, perhaps, I had over-
24 and 25 cash. Shanghai Cot-looked. It was the month of tons The 110 cash. Ewos Tla. August, and half-starved repor 136 cash. Anglo-French Lande ters, like hungry wolves, seized Tis: 85.cash.
upon one sentence of my address, Settlement tore it ruthlessly from its context,
September 20 day, no quotation,
and sent it to the London papera."
SURANCE CORPORATION,
LIMITED.·
HAgents in this Colony of
LŢ AVING been appointed
the above named Corporation, we are prepared to socept usual fire fiska on their behalf er
Dated, 6th October, 1918.
NU. RUMJAHN & Co. 6. Das Vooux Boud Central,
EAK TRAMWAY CO.
LIMITED.
TIME TABLE.
2.00 4.4. to
WERK DAYS.
LOOM EVERY 15 MINI ŽDO AM, 10 – 19:00 AM. 10.00 AM, to 11.00 3.16.
ILJO AM, 10, 1945. 2017
278 2. 5,71, to 22463 2.5.
1645 1.36% to
2.15 3.1. to.
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5-09 3.M. to
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#
15 MIN.
#
13 MTK
►
10 MIN.
25.5.
* MUR.
10 MIN.
LX0-7.M. [NIGHT CARS,..
11.motejati.“every bail hour
- every@quarter oljanihour,, BUNDAYS.
3000, 10:30 AM, Eyrar 19 Mix,
10:30, 10 T1.00 AN.
1*
10 M
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to MAMU
How
27,43 A.M. 10.11.20 Noo IGOR NOON L. 1,00,7,3; 200
·5.00 7.3, 10 .... 6.00 – 16.
TO MIN. Is M 700 R2, 10, 210 2.M. Tra: 10 Alm..
NIGHT CARS {ss"on" Week_Days!
SATURDAYS,
"
Extre" Cars Cat/man”, midnights.
SPECIAL CARS.
By, Awingement ht"the"Company":"05,
Capital Fully
Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,00 Head Office-Shanghai. Board of Directora Berlin. Branches: Berlin Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tiantain Teinanfu Tsingtau Yokohama.
LONDON BANKERS: .
1.
Messrs. N. M. Rothschil, & Sona. The Union of London and Smith's Bank, Limited, Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Agency. Direction der Disconto Gesell- schaft,
$914 S Kowloon Lands $30 845 b.
Shanghai Lands T. 30. T. 91.
Wont Points ".. $50 1972. a.
Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8
COTTON MILLS,
EWOB Shanghai Cottons
T. 50 T. 145 b.
T. 123 b.
B-BUYERS
ATT DIVIDEND AND NATE,
£2 atex 1/1156 equal to
$20.31 for 2 ending 30/6/13 ·
$18 for 1919
year
...
Final of 1p.c. making
20 p.o. 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)
$10 for 1911
$27 for 1911
$1 for 1906 $2.50 for year end'g30*6*13 Interim of $1 for half
year ending 30°6′13. ↑ [6 p.o. for year 1912 on
preferred shares
(Final of 4 making 6/ for year ending 31*12*12
Int, of 1/- a/c. 1919 $2 on 10,000 shares lat issue $2 an 10,000. 2nd $1 on 10,000. Srd 91% for year ending 30'4'18
$9 for 1912
$3 for 1897
.អ
"
Intorim of 3p.s. 8:1/5d per · share, Conoon No. 1 80- count year 10.6.12. Int. of 3/6 a 1819
1/2 for 1909
$4.50 for year 1912 $1 final dividend for?
year 1911
"
Ma. 3 for 1912
Interim of Tia 3 for 1913
Tla. 6 29'2'10
$3 on old shares, $1.50)
on new shares for half
year 31*12*12
$914 for
90 6,13
year ending
50 conta for 1912
$2.80 for 1912.
Interim of 5 pc. for
year ending 30′6′′13 half | $2 for year endin 30.6 13.
15 per cent for 1910
7 p.o. for year onding
31'10'12
onding} ond-}
Tle. 10 for year end
*ing 30'6*13
706
1434
50 cents 31.7.08
85 cents for 1912
"
Laou Kung Mow Kung Yik Hongkong Cottona 10. 69
MISCELLANEOUS. China-Borneos $12 891 Light and Fowers $10) Do. (8peo.shares) $1 China Providente $10 89 Dreedner Bank.
Dairy Farms".
80228 INTEREST allowed on Current Green Islands $10 6 Account.
DEPOSITS received Hongkong Electrics $10 $44 b.
on terms which may be learned Hongkong Ices" on application. Every description
of Banking and Exchange busl Hongkong Ropes nese transacted.
R. TIMMERSCHEIDT,
Manager.
Langkata
70 cents for 1012
$1.25 for year end'g 31*7*12
40 cents for 1911
$1.60 per share for 1912
82 interim for 1913 81 interim for 1918
Interim of Tis. 1 msk ling is. Blo 1913 None
80 gents on fully paid] shares and 8 cents on $1paid shares for year ending 30.4.13
Final of $5 p.
making
7p.c. for 1912.
6.
825 $150 6.
$10 $23
g. 10 T33 b,
$25 $22 $10 $10 ..
$1 90 ota. Hongkong Electric Trams9/3 s.
$10 $5
None
**$1.50 för 1910
Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911. 12 Morning Post
Peak Tramway
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF→ Do. (now)
INDIA, LIMITED. Authorised Japital. £1,500,00 Philippines, Subscribed Paid Up
*
Reserved Fund
1,125,00 562,50 415,00
BANKERS:
Bank of England. London Joint Block Bank, Limited.
Interest allowed on Current Ac counts at 2 per cent per annum on Daily Balance and on Fixed Deposits at rates which may be sscertained on application,
A. R. LINTONO
THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Beaten, if Equalled, For Bread Cakes, Confectionary. moald with Wings & Liquero.
L Price & Co., Ld. $10 $6
Pre- Soolete des❘ ferred
Pulpeset Papierteries f' paid
du Tonkin
$50.820
up, $50
Benefit $200
Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20T.150 Bteam Laundry.
$5-$4 United Asbestos]
Oriental Agency, $10 $914b.
United Asbestos
Founders Bhares) Union Waterboat Weismann, Ltd. Watson William Powell
· The 2 Glegraph doma
$10.9300 310 317 1/2 b.
$10830 MacMind?
Nono
•No dividend this year 30 ots, for year end g 315.12
20 per cent, per ordinary share for year ended. 31′5′′1912-
$1 per share for year
ending 31:121912
25 per cent for year)
A venditg 317:11-29
60 cents for 1913
40 cta.Yeareriding 30°012 WRIGHT AND HORNBY, SUITE WE
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