Commercial.
Tampico Oil Trade Stagnant. Tampico, July 6, (via Laredo, Tex., Jaly 7)-More, oil tank steamers were reported idle here -day than in many months. his is partly due to low prices oil, which make exportation hly profitable, and partly as a test, it was said, against the on of Constitutionalists, who! ve continued to exact the tax intended to be applied to dredg ing, notil the Panuco River's mouth has so filled up as to render difficult the passage of deep-laden steamers. Develop- ment and construction work in the
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUNT 14.
NOTICE
ANNOUNCEMENT,
THE LIVERPOOL & LONDON & CLOBE
INSURANCE CO., LTD.
Assets £ 13,833,482: 12: 4d,
HE Management of the Company's Representation in Hong- Tong has from to-day been taken over by me and the interests the Company will thus be entirely under British control.
PUBLIC COMPANIES
Panuco oil fields is reported at a | Hongkang, 10th August, 1914. standstill. The companies were Baid to be preparing to recall their employees and suspend all work not necessary, in caring for! the storage, of the present output of the welle. Lack of confidence in the situation is given as the cause. The visit of Gen. Car- ranza, which originally was set for to-day, apparently has been indefinitely postponed."
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, NOTICE OF ORDINARY AND
EXTRAORDINARY MEETINGS.
OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY
July Rubber Outputs.
Messrs. Ilbert and Co., Ltd. Shanghai, secretaries of the Gula- HALF-YEARLY MEETING of Kalampong Rubber Estates, Ltd., the SHAREHOLDERS in this inform us that they are in receipt Corporation will be held at the of the following telegram from City Hall, Hongkong, on SATUR- DAY, the 22nd day of August, their Pensng agenis!--
1914, at Noon, for the purpose of Output of dry rub
receiving the Report of the Courtj ber during July... 88,564 lbs, of Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to 30th 78 220 June, 1914. und for the confirma- ...144 743 nuts. tion of the election of Directors.
THE REGISTER OF SHARES Rainfall
34 inches.
Corporation will be We are informed by Mesera, of the J. A. Wattie and Co., Ltd., that CLOSED from MONDAY, the 10th August, to SATURDAY, the the estimated outputs of dry 22nd August, 1914, (both days rabber for the month of July inclusive) during which period from the undermentioned estates no transfer of Shares can be were as follow:
registered. Tebong Rubber and
Shipped to London
in July
Coconute
AND NOTICE is hereby also Tapioca Estate, Ltd. 28,800 lbs, given that at the same place and Chompedak Rubber
and Gambier Estate Ltd.
6,743,
on the same day at Noon or so soon afterwards as the Ordinary Half-Yearly Meeting shall be concluded Un Extraordinary The general agent of the Meeting of the Shareholders in Maatschappij tot Miju-Beach-en this Corporation will be held Landbouwexploitatio in Langkat when the subjoined Resolutions as received a telegram from the will be proposed as Extraordinary banager in Sumatra that the Resolutions:- stimated output of dry rubber or the month of July is 18,282.
PUBLIC COMPANIES
„s. " TINGSANG" (Wrecked)
HIPPERS and Underwriters: interested in the cargo. of is steamer are requested to ommunicate with the Under- gned within three months from
to.
i.
GILMAN & Co.
Lloyd's Agents
HE HONGKONG, CANTON & AÇAO STEAMBOAT Co., Ltd. OTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS N INTERIM DIVIDEND OF FIFTY CENTS. per share the Six Monthe ending 30th ne, 1914 will be PAYABLE on RIDAY, 14th AUGUST, 1914, which date Dividend Warrants y be obtained on application at
Company's Office.
H. S. PLAYFAIR.
exceeding fifteen
days
BANKS
BANKS
Solling INTERNATIONAL BANKING HANKING CORPORA-30 d/1/103
I/T 1/10 ONGKONG & SHANGHAI Demand...
CORPORATION.
Hind Office-6o, Wall Street, New York, Londra Offeringć. DlabopsgaiN EG
BRANCHES.-
Bombay
.. Calcutta
Caston
Cab
Colon
Empire Hougona Henke
Capital and Surplua
TION.
Paid-up Capital
Kabe
Maala
RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling
Pektas.
San Francisco
£1,400,000 ak, 21-*** $15,000,000
Silver..$17,650,000
Mexico
Stanghal
Yokohama
Gold 100,000
ده بعد الاتية :
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF DANKİNG BUSI NESS DETRÍ,
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the -min
·DEPOSITS RECEIVED, £ved for one year at ax per annum, or for shorter pariods, at rates which may be ascertainad on application.
BIALS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED: NATL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES
KITTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS, ĮTINGJ en all the principal cities in the World.
THE BANKS CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT are avaliado all over the World..
hrund
COMMERCIAL LETTERS, OP CRÉDIT ***PURCHASE and SALE. of Stochi sa "Shwet sected.
ORAVELLERS CHECKS såld and cribed.
GEORGE HOOG,
Manager. Queen's Road, Hongkong ||
before and seven days after Hongkong, 1st Nov. 1912 every ordinary Meeting": and that the following words be adopted and
THE
aubstituted therefor; YOK
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
namely:
"during, such time as the Court thinks fit; not exceeding in the whole thirty days in each
year."
(b) That
the following words be atrack out of the last line of Article 56, namely, "after the Meeting
and that the following
bo words adopted and substituted therofor, namely, "after the re-opening of the Register."
(c) That Articles 76, and 78 be cancelled. (d) That the following Articles be adopted and substituted for Articles 76, 77 and 78, namely
LIMITED.
Established 1880.
Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital ... 30,000,000 18,900,000 Reserve Fund.......
當写
Head Office.-YOKOHAMA.
Branches Antagaten.
Boubay CALCULIA
Changchun
Daire Fengtian Harbin
Kobe
Lao-Yang Landon
Lyons
Tiingiau
Naga/45
Newchwang New York
Dashn
Pekla
Ryolan (Peri
Arthur)
San Franci
Shanghai
Tiebling
Treatin
Tokyo
Los Angeles
Tsingtau
Interest Allowed an Current Account.
Deposita received for fixed perlode at rates to be mined on application.
EISHIONO, Manager.
ARTICLE" 76. General Hongkong, 6th April, 1913.
"
Meetings shall be held on ce in
"
every year, it such time and:
"
44
•
h
44
(1) That the Directors of the..
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation be and
they are hereby requested and authorised by and on be- half of the shareholders of the Company to take thie steps necessary to apply for the introduction of an Or dinance into the Legislative Council of the Colony of Hongkong supplemental to The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Ordinance 1866, and the enactment of the same by the Governor of Hong- kong with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof to effect the amendment of Section 20 of The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Ordinance 1866, hero-| after set out with Buch modifications (if any) as they may think fit and to ́accept such Ordinance if and when enacted.
The following is the the umend- ment above referred to:-The 'deletion from Section 20 of the The TRANSFER BOOKS. of said Ordinance of the words, Company will be CLOSED To take and accept any lands, myTuesday 4th August to Fri-houses, or other real or personal
14th August (both days in
sive), during which period- no
nsfer of Shares can be Regis
3d.
By order of the Board of Direc
JOHN ARNOLD,
Acting Secretary,
ngkng, 28th July, 1914.
NOTICES
PEAK CLUB.
+1
"
property in satisfaction, liquida-
tion, or payment of any dobt absolutely and bona fide pre- viously due and owing to tho. Company, and also to take any "Mortgage or other lien or char-
LI
**
ge on real or personal property as a security for any monies: actually and bona fide pre~! "viously due to the Company or "for which any person may have
HE Band will play as usual in the grounds on Saturday at next, 15th instant. Iwata ction of music will be per-1"
in the BI Room.
ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE...
gkong. August 12th, 1914..
TO PARENTS,
"
place in the Colony as may be
1/10.5/16
9.560 da 1/10 7/16
4 m/s .............................1/10 1/2· · $15,000,000 D/D Shanghai......75
Private 30 d/a.sight
D/D Singapore se
DD Japan
T/T India
Demand India
$32.850.000
in ......139 T/T Bombay... Demand Bombay 139 T/T Calcutta.
Reserva Liability Tumma's
Proprietors..........$15,000,000 | Demand Calcutta'
Demand Manila...91
COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landale.-Chairman,T/T: San F'ou & NAY. W. J. Pattenden, Esq. Deputy Demand, New York 454
Chairman.
8. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. MEdkins, Esq.
O, S. Gubbay, Eaq."
P. H. Holyoak, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shellim.
CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stabb
ACTING MANAGER. Shanghai-J. D. Smart, London Bankere-London County and Westminster Limited.
Hongkong Interest Allowed:
On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent. per annum on the dally balance.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS For 3 months. 2) per cont per
annum.
...
For 6 months, 3 per cent pe
annum,
For 12 montas, 4 per cent per
annum.
A. G, STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
(18
TE
D/D. Jave
112
Subsidiary Coins.
Discount per $100. Chinese...20 ofs. pieces $11
Chinese...10 Hongkong.20 Hongkong.10
Nom.
Markadequ
Demand Germany...Nom. D/D. Fraun
On Eaigiong b bi On Saigonköző 1/2 (Kg)
On Bangkok '.........
m/s. L/O
Buying
2241/11 1/4.
3 m/s. D/P...................1/11 9/3
6 m/s. L/C.1/11-5/8 30d/s.S'ney &M. 111 1/2 30d/s.San F'cc&N.Y, 4'm/s. Marke udut
4 m/a: France...............
6 m/s. do
Gold Leaf per tael $58.40 Sovereign
10.40 Nom
BarSilver, ready' .2636-
forward
Bank of England rato
Oplura Quotations.
July 17
$8,300 per p
$300
Nom
9,325 per obe
Malwa, New":
Malwa, Old
$12
Patna, New
$735
·Patne, Old..
9;100
381/4
Benares; New ...... 9,050
Benares, Old:
***.. 8,825
TO-DAY'S SHARE REPORT.
B-SELLERS 'BA-SALES
Eroces & Pain on Valos. ¡
THANKS.
Hongkong, & S'hai #125 < | MARINE INSURANCES. Cantons
CLOSING 'Q'TION.
B-BUYERS N-NOMINAL
$852) Nominal.
North China
£84
$50 31714 £5 T142
Unions
$100 $735.
Yangtazes
£50 $194
prescribed by the Company in THE CHARTERED BANK OF HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI"
General Meeting and if no such
time or place is prescribed, then
at such time and place a8
Court, and unless and until may be determined by the otherwise prescribed or deter- Gan- mined as aforesaid a
INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON.
eral Meeting shall be hold in the Paid-up Capital
month of February in cvery year.".
Reserve Fund... Reserve Liability....`of
£1,200,000 £1,800,000
HE Business of the above. Bank is conducted by the
BANKING "CORPORATION
Rules may be obtained on ap plication.
FIRE INSURANCESI China Fires.
$20 $155 Hongkong Fires
$50 $398 SHIPPING. China & Manilas" $25 $9) Douglas Steamship $50 $31 Steamboats
$15 62716 Indo-Chinas
£5 $56
(Preferred) (Deferred) Shell" Transports £1
"Star Ferry**
£11
$10 $46
REFINERIES.
$100 $77
$100 $28
INTEREST on déposits in al- lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3 per cent. "per an-China Sugars Luzon Bugars
MINING
atm
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shanghai Chinese Engineerings £137/6 Bank to be placed on FIXED Proprietors... ...£1,200,000 DEPOSIT t.*
per cent. per
For the Hongkong and Shang- hai Banking Corporation,
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans- acted.
ARTICLE 77. The. General "Meetings mentioned in the last preceding Articlo shall be called Ordinary Meetings."" General Meetings shall be ARTICLE 78. All other
called Extraordinary Meeted and FIXED DEPOSITS re- ceived for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
41
ings,
(6) That Article 90 be "altored by inserting and adopting after the word "holding" in line five
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-
Wm. DICKSON.
Manager.
thereof the words "or Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. (2 representing by proxy' and by, striking out at the end of tbe said Article the words
present in person."
#
(F) That the following
NOTICES
annum.
A. G. STEPHEN, Acting Chief, Manager.
EUTSCH ASIATISCHE
Capital Fully
BANK.
Pald-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000 Head Office.-Shanghai. Board of Directors---Berlin."
Branches: Berlin Caloutta Canton PROVIDENT | Hamburg Hankow Koba LOAN AND MORTGAGE
Peking. Singapore Tientsin CO., LTD.
Tainanfu Teingtau Yokohama'.
words he added to Article THE · CHINA
94: The Court may
such interim dividends
'from time to time pay
to
the
Shareholders
L
as appear to be just- "ified by the position of
'the Com? ****."
(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.)
following
(g) That t
A
words be struck out of Loans on Mortgage of House Pro- the first three and a half
porty, &c.
lines of Article 174 Goods received on Storage.
namely, the words "Half-
your ending the 30th June and the 31st. "December, shall make a general Half-Yearly." and that the following words be adopted and substituted therefor "Year ending the 31st day of December shall "make a General."
(h) That the word" Half" be struck out of the 18th line of Article 174 and also out of the 8th line. of Article 175.
川
Tronohs
£1 26/3 Raubs
£1. $3 DOCES, WHARVES, & GODOWNS Kowloon Wharfs: $50 $85) H.K.&W pos Docks $50 {$63. Shanghai Docke T. 100 T. 55 Hongkew Wharfe T. 100 T, 91- LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDING Bİ Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94 H'kong Central E'tes $100 $103 Hongkong Hotels 850 6128 Hongkong Lands $100 $116 Humphreys Estates $10 $73 Kowloon Lands 830 $44 Shanghai Lands T. 30 T. 22
West Points
$50 971
Manila M'pole Hotel P.10
T. 50 Ewos
İP. 8
COTTON KILLS.
137 !T, 123
(T. 84
T. 121⁄4
LONDON BANKERS: - Messrs. N. M. Rothschil & Bona. The Union of London and Smith's Shanghai Cottone
Bank, Limited. Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Agency. Direction der Disconto Gesell eobaft. Dresdner Bank. INTEREST allowed on Current Account. DEPOSITS received (Rates and Particulars on ap-on terms which may be learned on application. Every description of Banking and Exchange bust- Of nese transacted, bu
| Advances made on Merchar·lise:
Loans made on the Provident
System:
plication).
The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR
WILLS, ́ ́ ́ATTORNEY, &c;, Undertaken and Executed.
MAX GUTSCHKE Manager. 12
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. Hongkong, 9th Ook, 1911.
General Managers.
Hongkong, 18th March. 1908
¡EAK TRAMWAY '0:0 LIMITED.
(1) That the word "twice" PR.
and the words *the 30th day of June and 4
THE TABLE.
WEEK DAYS.
1,00 m36, 10%. 1oo am.. Every 15 MIN. 3.00 AM. LO): 10.00 A.ME.. IRAU AM, to 31:00 AM 11.30 AM, 10, 22:45 YNĄ
rendered himself liable to the Company, and to hold such lands, houses und other real and personal property respec- tively for such reasonable time as may be necorsary for selling and disposing of and converting the same into money," and the **substituticu therefor of "the following words:"To take, ac.ept, enforce, relosos, realise, or deal with any security now "hold or which may hereafter be "held by the Company, for any monies owing or to becomo owing to the Company, or for any liabilities incurred or to be incurred towards or by the Should the Becond Résolution Company by way of mortgage, be passed by the required ma pledge, hypothecation, depohlt jority, it will be submitted for or otherwise howsoever of every confirmation as a special Resolu kind of property or rights."
tion to a Becond. Extraordinary
be struck out of lines and 5 of Article 176 and that the word."once." be adopted and substituted for the word "twice" in a to the fourth line thereof,
I JOSEPH'S COLLEGE,
A MACAO.C ›ARD, Lodging & Education]" at most moderate terms." uguese. Chiness, French. ets. plete commercial course in oh Opens 1st: September
RECTOREMAN LAA
our Retail further
(1) That the words "or the Ordinary Half-Yearly" and the words as the case may be " be struck out of lines 10 and 11 of Article 177
(2) That the Deed of Bottlement Meeting which will be sub-
of the Company, be altered in sequently convited manner following: By Order of the Court of (a).That the following words Directors,
be struck out of lines, from A. G. STEPHEN,
hrpo of 1010s 56, Acting Chief Manager namely, the words for not Hongkong 31st July, 10132
5:00 7.3
| NIGHT CARS, 8.50 P.M1 and 4 Bazgan va
1,29.00 UČILI, Kvey Yilf hours,
[avory quarter, of an hour,
SUNDAYS
·MIN
15 Ma
- 14h Am 10, 20.30 a/w?" Event is Mast,
11:30 AM to :: 18,00 Nom
MISCELLANEOUS,
Laou Kung Mow Kung Yik Hongkong Cottons $10 $72
$11 China-Borneos $12 Light and Powers $101 $4.30
Do. (Spec, shares) $15 Chine Providents $10 $8 Dairy Farms
$6 $38 Green Islanda $10 $6.60
$43 Hongkong Electrics $10. – Hongkong Ices $25 $215 Hongkong Ropes Langkate
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF Morning Fost:
Peak Tramway INDIA, LIMITED.
$10-$25
8. 10 T. 48-
$25 $29
$10 $10
Do (now) $190 ots 1,125,000 Hongkong Electric Trams 11/6
562,500 465,000 Philippines
Authorised Japital. £1,500,000 Subsoribed
Paid Up"
Reserve Fund.
*BANKERS:
Bank of England. London' Jokit Stool Baur, Limited.
Every description of Exchange business transacted.
Interest allowed on Current Ac counts at 2 per cent per annum on Dally Balance and on Fixed Depósite at rates which may be ascertained on application.
ARLINTON
Manager.
$10
H. Price & Co., Ld. $1056
Pro Bootete desferred “Pulpesete 450
1320. Papeteries paid du Tonkin'
up "$50 Benefit $200 Shanghal-Sumatras T. 20, Steam Laundry \$5 United Asbestos)
Oriental Agency, $10 $914 b.. Ld. A
T:150
$10 $300
United Asbestos
Founders Shares } Union Waterboat $10
fsmann, Ltd. $10
$10
Powell Ltd.
LAST DIVIDEND AND FATE
£2 & 5/-b. at ex 1/1 3/16).
equal to $23,29 for 16} year ending 31/12/13
Final of $3 a/c 1912, In-1 terim of $18 n/a 1918 Final of 10 p.c, making
20 p.o. for 1912
Final of $20 making $50 for 1912 and Interim of $30 for 1913
Final of $12 mak; $15 forl 1912 & Int of $3 for 19131
$10 for 1912-
$27 for 1912
· $1o for 1906 ·
$2.50 for year end'g:30°6′19 Final of $1 for half) year ending 3112′19 3% Interim a/o' year 1913 OD preferred
shares
Final of 5 making
7 for 1913 Coupon No. 22.
$1.70 per sbare and bonus. of 30 cents per share for. year ending 30'4′′13
$3 for 1912 83 for 1897
Interim of 5% Coupon No. 1.3 account of year end
ing 10.6.14.
Int. of 1/6 mak.676a/o.1913' 1/2 for 1909
$3.50 for year 1913
$3 for 1913...
Tis. 3 for 1912 Interim of Tis 3 for 1913
Tle. 6 29'2'10
First year
$7 on old shares, $3.50)
on new abares for year 31'12'13
$314 for 14 year ending 30.6.14.
50 cents for 1913- $2.80 for 1913
Interim of 5 p.o. for
year ending 30'5'13 $2,00 for 4 year ending) "30.6.14
15 per cent, for 1910" Tis. 15 for year ending).
31'10'13
Tis. 10 for year and
ing 30'6'13
T. 12 for year end'g 31'12'12 Tla. 1 for year er ding?
30:11*13
30 cents 31.7.08`
$1.20 for 1913
70 cents for 1913
$1.30 for year end'g 31′7′′13. 40 cents for 1911
$1.80 per share for 1913 Interim of $2 a 1914
82 for 1913:
fInterim of Tle. 1 mak fing Tis, 2 n/a 1918 None
80 cents on
fully paid) shares and 8 dents on
$1paid shares for year ending 30.4347W (A6 Final of 6d. making d. per share for 1913, None $1.50 for 1910
None
No dividend this year 35 cts, for year end g 31.5.14
20 per cent, per ordinary share for year ended '31'51912
$1.25 per share for year? *Tending 31121919 Ag
15 per cent, for year
**** ending 317′11
70 centa of 1919) 14:50 ats. yearending 6.3019-