Commercial
Bullion.
Messrs. Sanuel "Montagu and Co's weekly oi qular dater Lon. doa, September 25, states that "about £1,300,000 arrived in the form of bar gold. Praotically all not required for Indin has been
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1913.
Entimæktan,
THE WEEKLY
TELEGRAPH.
Banks
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION.
Head Office-do" Wall Streek, New York. in London Office:–38, Bishopagati, E.C. BRANCHES :----
Bombay.. Calcoti Canton
Cabs
Culon
CONTAINS ·AIL. THE · NEWS,
The most complete Mail
taken by Germany. The sincunt Supplement in the Colony.
shipped to ludia was £175,000
During the week the next eflux was £1,248,000.
"The demand for ladin Council remittances is so keen that the Bount offered for tender has boon increased to 120 lakhs next wook."
With reference to silver the
circular contains the following regarding British India :-
"The net imports for the five
PHOTOGRAPH
Contains all the news of the week in a most attractive form and is the paper for milling in friends at lome. The photograph this wook' is entitled, "Golf Links, Fan'ing."
Day by Day Passenger Lists Hotel Lists Steamers
Share Report Commercial ....... Corre-pondence
*successivo ... years commencing Tolegrams
1003-4 were exceptionally beary. The Courts
in conséquence of the large Leading Articles... coinage operations of the Govern-Special Articles
ment.
Sport General
CONTENTS.
Pages
Pagon,
13Twelfth Night.".... 53 4 St. Joseph's Concert......53 5 Inauguration of the 6-1 President.
..15-17 International Bank........55
.... 18-27 Late Chan King-Wah.....65
28-32 "Telegraph, and 33-41 pinos
42-44 Piracy Preparations, ...56" 45-50 Philharronnic Society......57
Haegkengi Hankow
Capital and
20412
Exchange
T/T, Marke
.2/-1/16 n Haiphong ..., miu linh, ph
7336 16 m/8: L/C
.............974 3 d/s. S'ney & Melbourne 2-7/8
1481, 30 d/s. San F'co & New York, 493%
Banks
Selling.
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI T
2- T/T. Francs
BANKING CORPORA-
TION,
Demand 80 d/a 60 d/s
+
7/8 On Saigon
..34% pm.
2- 1/4 - Un Bangkok
www.77
Paid-up Capital ........$15,000,00
4 m/s
./-3/8
.
Buying.
Kobe Manlia
T/T Shanghai
..72144 m/s. L/C
[21-5/8
Marico
RESERVE FUNDS :
T/T Singapore
1.85 1/24 m/s. Q/F
...2/- 3/4.
PAROMA
Private 30 d/s sight S'hai
13/16'
Peking
San Francisco
Bbanghel
Sterling
T/T Japon
T/T India
Yokohama
$7,060,000 (Gold)
T Bombay
1148) 4 m/s. Marke
Demand Bombay
149 ¦ 4 m/s.. Franos:
.148) 6 m/s. do
Demand Calcutta.
149 BarSilvor. ready
Demand India
149
forward
Demand Manila
981/4
Gold Leaf pertael.
T/T. San F’c. & New York 48 36
T/T. Javaş..
121 1,8
$32.450,000
Subsidiary, Coins.
Discount per $100
Malwa, Now
$3,350 per pio.
Malwa, Old
Chinese...20 cle.pieces $9.
Patos, New
4,305 per oho
$87 16
Patna, Old...
4.250
$64 #8 94
Benares, New
4,200
Benares, Old..
4.00
EVERY DESCOTING BUSI
NESS tracted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opased on the s
DEPOSITS RECEIVED, Ened for one year, SỬ 4%, or for aborter periods, at rates, which may be ascertained on appikation,
HILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED. E-MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES
MAĆO.
SLETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTO grzaład on all the winchalcities in the World,
THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS Or CREDIT N availably all over the World,
COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT
"PURCHASE 'and SALE of Stocks and Shar flected.
TRAVELLERS 'CHECKS sold and cashed,
·OXORGE HOG0, Manager.
9. Queen's Road, Hongkong, Hongkong, Ist Nov., 1912
THE
18
VOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.
!
Head Office. YOKOHAMA.
8- 0 Woman 10-14
Doctor's Ex-
pariences.
54.
55
Fili-
58
51-50
52 52
Organ Recital....58 Chineeo Y M.0.A.Hostel ...58 Tientsin Bank Agent......58 The "Tung Kwong"......58 Kostroma Asbore
........58 Y.M C.A
..50
Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 |
30,000,000 Paid-up Capital
18,550,000 Reserve Fund.......
19
**
Branches
Antung-Hsion
Bombay
Calcutta. Changchun
Nowchwang "New York
Pekin
Fengtien Harbin Hankow Honolulu Kobe
Ryolun
Port
(Arthur)
San Francisco
Shanghai
Tiebling
Tientsin
Tokyo
Los Angeles
"The striking fant emerges The Harbour Swim........51 from these figures that British A Day of Rejicing... .....51 Iodia alone, exclusive of those Appointmonis and Pro-
motions...... parts of India not administered
Transport Arrives ..... Botually by the Crown, consumed Un versity Scholambipe... 52 in the decade specifiol an annual average of 71,909,900 oz,rongbly one-third of the present annis output of the world. This ab sorption took placa side by side with greatly increased imports of gold.
sitios, or from apprehensions a to apprenching liabilities, and the premium must vory accordingly.
"There was a Ftrong tendency to well forward silver at the com. passtively high pics of 28 d.
Public Companies Dairon.
N
NOTICE.
OTICE is hereby given that Liao-Yang (the forward rate on the 22nd
a meeting of the share London "It is, therefore, a fair assump. instant) and a fall of id. in that holders of the HEADWATERS L tion that some such totals are quotation ensued, but, ro long as MINING COMPANY (Inc.) will likely to obtain in years sub-tho demand for immediate delibe beld at the Hongkong Hotel sequent to those abro detailed, very continues good and bear on Wednesday, October 22nd, at even though advancing prosperity transactions falling due have top.m., to consider the POSITION. of the Company and its FUTURE. in India may enable its inhabit-ba met, the market can put up!
By order. ants to handle gold more freely with a good deal of forward sell Hongkong, 8th October, 1913. than heretofore,
ing without the forward price! "Conditions
Bed monetary being much fated.
customs in China arerot identic 1 The stock in Bombay has ris with those of India, but both fen from 1415.000, to 2560,000. these countries possess greit The off take is unchanged it! populations whose daily transne- about 70 bore a day.
tione "require units of low intrinsic "A shipment of £15,000 bas value. The crying need of China
Notices
heen made from San Francisor HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
is for currency reform. An item to Hongkong."
like the following expores the inconveniences which fall upon the common folk in consequence of the presect absence of a sound currency system.
U. S Trade with the East.
The trade of the United States with Asiatic countries for the
NOTICE.
Agencies at Nagasaki
Onaka
Interest Allowed on Current Account, Deposits received for fixed periode at rates to be obtained on application.
EISHI ONO,
Manager Hongkong, 30th Sept., 1913. [18
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND
CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal
Charter 1853. ·.
£1,500,000 at 2-
$15,000,000
Silver 17,450,000
Resrove Liability of
Proprietors ..$15,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS.
T/T Calcutta
S. H. Dodwell, Es-Chairman, Chinese10 Hen. Mr. D. Landale.-Deputy Hongkong.20
Chairman.
G. Friesland, Esq.
E. Gootz, Esq.
C. S. Gubbay, Esq.
P. H. Holyoak, Esq.
G. R. Laurenz, Esq.
W. L. Pattenden, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shellim. B. A. Siebe, Esq. CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stabb.
MANAGER. Shanghai-A. G. Stephen. London Bankers-London.
County and Westminstor 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
Annura.
For 6 months. 3 per cent per
Annum.
Hongkong.10
26013
.28 3/16
5%
.$9.95
Bank of England rate Sovereign
Opium Quotation
Aug. 15,
3,500
SHARE REPORT-
S-SELLERS
Stocks. A PAID or Yalos,
BANKS.
Hongkong & H*hai 125
MARINE INSURANCE,
Cantons
North China
SA-SALE
CLOS
$790 B.
Ve79:10:
$50 345
£5 T137) b
$100 $790-1.
£50 $105
H-BUYERS
AST DIVIDEND AND DATE-
£2ntex 1/1156 equal to $20.31 for 16 year ending 30/6/13 #
$18 for 191
Final of 10 p.o..making
p.e. 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
Unions
Yangtze
FIRE ÎNSURANCES, China Fires Hongkong Fires STLIPPING. China & Manilas $25 Douglas Steamship $50 Steamboats
$15 Indo-Chinas
$20 #1154. 15. - 850 4375 b.
$27 for 1911
1331 s. .12814 1.
(Preferred) L'S 188 (Deferred)
For 12 months, 4 per cent. per "Shell" Transports £1
Annum,
N.J STABB. Chief Manager
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK THE Business of the above
"Star Ferry
REFINERIES.
MINING !
$1 for 1906
$2,50 for year and g30'6*13 Inlerin, of $1 for halfl
year ending 30'6'13
p.c. for year 1912 preferred shares
Final of 4 making 6/ for year ending 31*12'12 Int, of 1/- a/c. 1913- ́.
$2 on 100 shares 1st issue
$2 on 1,000
$10 58
b.
13
$1 on 10,000
$100 195 $100 $35
Bank is conducted by the China Sugars. HONGKONG AND SUANGHAI Luzon Sugars BANKING CORPORATION.
Rules may be obtained on ap Chinese Engineerings £1,12 6 |plication."
£145-
INTEREST on deposits is al-Tronohs lowed on the minimum monthly Raubs
£1 34 balances at $3 Per Cent per 8-DOCKS, WHARTES, & GDOWNS
Kowloon Wharfs $50 $89
acm.
??
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more £1,200,000
to the Hongkong and Shanghai £1,700,000 Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT 4 Per Cent. per £1,200,000 annum.
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund... Reserve Liability of Proprietors... FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans-
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-
ceived for 1 year or shorter periods. at rates which will be quoted on application.
For the Hongkong and Shang- hai. Banking Corporation,
N.J. STABB, Chief Manager.
BANK.
刊
f-cal year ended June 30 last was THE HALF YEARLY MEET- "There are in the Colony of not very satisfactory so far as 81- ING of MEMBERS will be ports from the United States are held on WEDNESDAY, the 29th Hongkong, a certain number of notas issued by the Republiein concerned. Importe to China and October Next, at 12 o'clock, noon, Government at Capion. These Hongkong during this period at the Offices of the Jockey Club, acted. notes are payable only in sub-amounted to G., $32,870803, or on the Ground Floor of the Hong- sidiary coin, and as they are about G. $3,000,000 less than for kong Club Annexe, Chater Roaded and FIXED DEPOSITS ro- DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE practically unsecured, the die the preceding year. This decreate couat upon them has reached on was mainly contributed to by the high a rate nathirty per centum." fall in the sale of American kere. "When the loaz-deferred and sine oil in China. The value of long-desired task of currency re- the importe of American rolton, form is taken in hand, it is not manufactures into China. during unlikely that China will require this period is G. $5,577;276. continuous supplica of silver on
a substantial goals in the ame
way as India. The far distant
future of silver therefore; con Public Compinies sidered in the light of the pre-
coding remarks, is not at all unfavourable.
"The outlook near at hand is not governed by the raine con- siderations.
HONGKONG HOTEL
PANY LTD.
COM-
By Order,
T. F. HOUGH. Clerk of the Course. Hongkong, 15th Oct. 913. (960
NOTICE.
FOR SALE
VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY.
BRITISH CONCESSION, Shameen, Canton.
This
•
A. S. HEWETT,
Acting Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. [22
THE
Notices
CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE LO., LTD.
(Capital Faid up...$1,250,000.) Loans on Mortgage of Bouse Pro- perty; &c.
plication).
The Office of
OF TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR
WILLS, ATTORNEY, &o, Undertaken and Executed.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers, Bongkong, 19th March, 1908 32 PEAK TRAMWAY CO.
Goods received on Storage. WO LOT, Nos. 79 and 80, Advances made on Merchandise: Two
fronting on the Canal Road, Loans made on the Provident each with a frontage of Ninety System. "Taking a brond view of the NOTICE is horehy given the Feet on the Road, and with a (Rates and Particulars on ap-
an Extraordinary General present state of affaire, an impren Bion is given that the market is Meeting of the Hongkong Hotel depth of 140 1/2 feet, together .healthy.Good prices for silver Company, Limited will be held at with the Buildings erected there- seem justified by the currency the premises of that Company, on. The Lots will be Sold either and other needs of ladia arising Pedder Street, Victoria in the separately or together.
Colony of Hongkong, on Satur property will be put up for Sale from favourable harvests.
day, the twenty-fifth day of Oot, at Public Auction on the Premises, "For instance, the value of the 1913, at 12 o'clock noon when the commencing at 11.00 am, on THURSDAY, the 30th of Octo- juts crop, now being financed, is sub-joined resolution will be pro- bar. 1913, if not sold privately extremely large. The Dir:stor of poned:---
before that date. The Under "That the following new Arti- Agriculture for India announces that this year's crop will show a cle by inserted in the Company's signed reserve the right to rejost decline of 1,091,000 bales, but Articles of ssociation after Arii- all bids if no acceptable bids are the price is now £26 compared cle 10 thereof: with the average of £25 per bale, which was paid for last year's crop. The enhanced price in- Greases the value of the orop by no less than 36 per cent. not- withstanding the decrease balk.
18. "The Company shall pay 'dividend, in respect of
offered. Partios intorested may obtain particulara from "
any existing or new The China Baptist Publication |
Society, shares of the Company,
in proportion to the Tung Shan, Canton, Cuina.
4+
amount paid up on each
10
"share where a larger
amount is paid up on
༈༔
"A large proportion of the
"some shares than on "others."
heavy stock which has accumu should the above Resolution be
NOTICE.
lated in London has now been passed by the required majority THE INSTITUTION OF EN- taken off the market, and thus it will be submitted for confirms GINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS ceases to be a possible factor to tion as a Special Resolution to a depress prices in the future. The second Extraordinary Meeting advance of cash silver to a pre-which will be subsequently con- miam on the 22nd instant is vened. tangible evidence of this fact.
"Cash prices have vacillated, as was only natural, for a shrink- age of silver supplies affects operatora in unexpected ways. ither from their present neces
-
Dated this 14th day of October, By order of the Board of
1913.
Directors. J. H. TAGGART,
Acting Secretary
OF HONGKONG.
SCIENTIFIC SESSION,
+
A Paper will be read at the Ins
titute on TUESDAY, the 21st inst.. at 9.00 pm. by J. 8. GANDER Esq. (member) on "Ol Fuel for Marine Boilers "
Chairman J. McOUBBIN Esq
President,"
LIMITED.
TIME TABER
WEEK DAYS.
16
to Min.
15 dan.
14
1:00 AM 19 '4.00 A.M. Every 13 Men, 9.00 A.M. to 10.00 AM. 10.00 AM, ta 11.00 A.M. 18.30 AM to 11.45 PM) 125 130
Fits 8.1, 20
2.1 2.1. TO 3.00 PM, 10
135 PALE
16:15 Pa 5.00 PM.
io Mex.
15.Man,
aw Man,
25 M2N
10 MIN.'
NIGHT CARS. 15; and "grəɔ»,"9,30ʻrət, tu
17.00+r<m: "every-half bour,
11.007.M/EO$31.45 P.M.
every quarter of an hour,
SUNDAYS,
· 8.00ʻA‚Ñ. 10 - 16.30 am. Every 15 Min',
10,30A.M. to T1.00 A M.-H
11.45 AM. TO 19.00 NOON
11.00 Noo10 1,09.7.M.
1,00; to MO
10 MIN.
+
13 MIN.
10 Mos.
3.00 7.M1 6.00 M
164 2:00 13. D
25 MIN.
30 MIN,
5.00 13. to 5:00 7.1. ta B.ID F.M.
Jo Mia, NIGHT (CARS 'an'on Week Days,
SATURDAYS,
Extra",Cheskat "in" midnight, SPECIAL CARB.
Argument at the Company's Dica
„Aleznodra › Agüidings.
Y
Capital Fully
Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,00 Head Office-Shanghai. Board of Directore-Berlin. Branches: Calcutta Canton Berlin Hamburg Hankow Kobe
Singapore Tientsin · Peking Tainaafu Tsingtau Yokohama. LONDON BANKERS: Messra. N. M. Rothschil & Sons. The Union of London and Smith's
Bank, Limited... Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Agency. Direction der Disconto Gesell schaft.
H.K.&W'poa Docks $50 181 sa & v. Shanghai Docks T. 100 58 Hongkew Wharfs T. 100 C.109
LANDS, HOTELS BUILDING)
b.
2nd
3rd
for year ending 30'4:13
83 for 1912
$3 for 1897.
Interim of 3p.c. 8 2/5d per
sharo, Coupon No. 1 ao count year 10.6.12% lut, of 7/6 a 1913
1/2 for 1909
-
$4.50 for year 1912
$1.final dividend for
your 1911
Ta, 3 for 1912
for}
Interim of Tls 3 for 1913
Tls. 6 29'2'10
83 on old shares, $1.50)
on new shares for half
year 31'12'12
$32 for year ending 30 6.13
50 cents for 1912) $2,80 for 1912
Interim of 5 p.c.for
year ending 30613 half) 2 for year endinf 30.6.13
15 per cent, for 1910.
7 p.c. for year ending
3:10 12
Tis. 10 for year end-i
ing 30'6 13,
Anglo French Lands T.100 0.94 ¡6125 Hongkong Hotels $50-
1390 8. |Hongkong Lands $100 $110 b.
Humphreys Estates $10 6914 Kowloon Lande
545
$30
Ewoa Shanghai Cottons
Shanghai Lands T..30
$50 West Points
872
Manila M'polo Hotel P.10 P. 8
COTTON MILLS.
T. 50 T. 146.
T. 122.
F. 91
$104
11.
1144
b.
B..
b.
B.
$10 32
86 $27
70 cents for 1912
b.
$10 7 b.
825 $50 s.
$10 $23:
R. TIMMERSCHEIDT, [Langkats,
Manager, Hongkong, 9th Oct, 1911.
Morning Post Peak Tramway
g. 10 r36
[2
$25
$22
$10 #104.
$190 cte.
Dresdner Bank.
||
MISCELLANEOUS.
Laou Kung Mow Kung Yik Hongkong Cottons $100 China-Borneos $12891 Light and Powers $101
Do. (Spec, shares) $11. China Providents
INTEREST allowed on Current Dairy Farms. Account. DEPOSITS received Green Islands
on terms which may be learned Hongkong Electrica $10 $434 8. on application. Every description Hongkong less of Banking and Exchange bust-
|Hongkong Ropes ness transsoted.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF
INDIA, LIMITED.“ · Authorised Capital ......£1,500,00 Subscribed Paid Up
10
Reserved Fund ........
Do, (new) Hongkong Eleotric Trams/ s.
$10 $52.
,
$8
1,125,00n Philippines
562,504 H. Price & Co., Ld. $10
Pro- 415,000
Soofete dee ferred'
Pulpenet
$50 $20 Papierteries paid du Tonkin up 850
BANKERS: "/ Bank of England, London Joint Stock Bank, Limited.
Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts at 2 per cent per annua on Daily Balance and on Fixed Deposits at. rates which may be ascertained on application
AR LINTON
THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Beaton, if Equalled, For Bread, Cakes, Confertionery, menis with Wines &z Liquere.
Benefit $200. Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20T.150 Steam Laundry 05. $4 United Asbestos)
Oriental Agency. $10 $914 b. Id.....
$10-$300
United Asbestos Į Founders Shares) Union Waterboat $10 $17 1/2 b.
$10 $30 Weismann, Ltd.
*$10 $8. Watson William Powell
Caracted to
Carl brokers 4
B.
$0+
Oct.20 1919
30 cents.31.7.08
85 cents for 191%
read-}·
$1.30 for year end g 31'7'13.
40 cents for 1911.
$1.60 per share for 1912" #
82 intérim for 1913
$1 interim for 1913
Interim of Tts, I mak ling Thu. 2 a/c 1813.
None
80 cents on fully paid) shares and 8 cents on $1 paid shares for year ending 30:4.13
Final of $5 p.. making
7) p.cafor 1912,
None
$1.50 for 1910 ́
None
No dividend this year 50 ots. for year end'g 31.5.12
20 per cent per ordinary ahare for year ended 31'5:1912
*
$1 per share for yoart -,ending $112′1912
25 per cent for year
//-endinge#171
60 cents for 1912 * 77
40 ots, year ending 30'6'12" WRIGHT AND HORNBY, stars mags
Yosur Road Central Tat, addrons Restkudu,
T14 Talegraph dans'nat hald stani respensthly
may at arvatura que anten
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