Commercial.
Jasin Rubber Estates.
Mr. T. Ritchie, chairman of the Jasin (Malacca) Rubber Estates, Limited, presiding at a meeting of the company on July 6, ssid that the output of rubber was 45,225 lbs., being somewhat below the manager's estimate of 50,000 lbs. Thero were two points in explanation of this. One was that, owing to the reduction in the price of rubber, the standard of size of trees to come into tapping. had very generally been raised, as8 was also the percentage of trepa
NOTICE
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1914,
ANNOUNCEMENT.
THE LIVERPOOL & LONDON & GLOBE
INSURANCE CO., LTD.
Assets £13,833,482: 12: 4d.
HE Management of the Company's Representation in Hong-
tappable when bringing in a fresh Tons has from today been taken over by me and the interesis
lot, as it did not now pay to tap on an area when only a small per- centage of trees were available. There had also been a shortage
the Company will thus be entirely under British control.
of tappers, owing to the general Hongkong. 10th August, 1914.
PUBLIC COMPANIES
reduction of wages in the district, but this was being gradually overcome. "The gross receipts from rubber sold, amounted to £5,570. The average gross price obtained was 2a, 5,06d., against 48.2.88d, for the previous year. The fo.b. cost whe 28. 1.35d, against 2s. 4.37d., and the all-in NOTICE OF ORDINARY AND
costs were 28. 4.51d., againët 2s.
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
EXTRAORDINARY
MEETINGS:
9.23d. These figures, of course, did not leave a large margin for profit, but it was the general experience throughout the worldOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY
receiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with Statement of Accounts to 30th
June, 1914, and for the confirma- tion of the election of Directors.
in the tapping history of estates HALF-YEARLY MEETING of that when turning out com-the SHAREHOLDERS in this' paratively small quantities the Corporation will be held at the coate were always higher City Hall, Hongkong, on SATUR- and gradually decreased as DAY, the 22nd day of August, more treas came into bearing. 1914, at Noon, for the purpose of The manager's estimate for the present year was, 100.000 lbs., and the amount actually received in the first five months was 23,410 lbs. During the latter
THE REGISTER OF SHARES part of the year there would be a of the
Corporation will be Considerable increase in the num- CLOSED from MONDAY, the ber of trees tapped. The 10th August, to SATURDAY, the "estimated expenditure on capital 22nd August, "1914, (both days account was £5,072, and on inclusive) during which period revenue account £8,003, Mr. no transfer of Shares can be Murray said that the expenses of registerod...
AND NOTICE is hereby also, managing the company in London seemed very high, and amounted given that at the saine place and
on the same day at Noon or soļu
an
to over £800 a year. A reduction soon afterwards as the Ordinary in expontes was also advocated Half-Yearly Meeting shall be by other shareholders. The concluded
Extraordinary Ohairman, in reply, said that be Meeting of the Shareholders in thought their London expenses this Corporation will be held in comparison with many other when the subjoined Resolutions companies were not at all heavy, will be proposed as Extraordinary The motion to re-elect the retiring Resolutions:-- director (Mr. G. 1. Champion) was opposed on the ground of expense, and on a show of hands the resolution was lost. A discus sion followed, during which the directors said they would be will- ing not to draw any fees until the company was paying divid ends. The shareholders said that they would be satisfied with that and would agree to Mr. The Champion's re-election. Solicitor (Mr. Maso) explained that, Mr. Champion not having been re-elected, by the articles the meeting was automatically adjourned for a week, when, if no other director was elected, Mr. Champion would be automatically re-elected.
Indian Jute Forecast.
Calcutta, July 15, The preliminary jute forecast, which shows an increase of nearly 97,000 acres, is considered by
b
(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 sliareholders' of ar the Company to take" the] 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 ́ öf The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Ordinance 1866, here- after set out with such modifications:(if any) as they may think fit and to accept such Ordinance if and when enacted.
The following is the the amend¬ experts to indicate a crop of 11 mont above referred to:-The million bales, while requiremen tu deletion from Section 20 of the are estimated at 10 millions. eaid Ordinance of the words, The crop had favourable weather" To take and accept any lands. conditions, and a good yield is houses, or other real or personal now practically assured. Un-property in satisfaction, liquida fortunately, the Calcutia mills
tion, or payment of any debt absolutely and bona fide pre- have still a large stock of last
viously due and owing to the year's crop, which was greatly Company, and also to take any anderestimated, and a decline in
Mortgage or other lien or char- prices which must follow the full" ge on real or personal property new orop will increase the" as a security for any monies
depression existing. The Dir-actually and bona fide pre-
per cent,
韶
ector of Agriculture, Bengal, rec- viously due to the Company or cording to Reuter, gives the for which any person may have rendered himself liable to the following acreage: Bengal, 2,846,000 increase. 2.9 percent lands, houses and other real "Company, and to hold such Beher and Orissa, 320,600,425 and personal property respec- per cent.; Assam, 102,300, +55 tively for such reasonable time as may be necessary for selling PUBLIC COMPANIES and disposing of and converting the name into money," and the PUTINGSANG" (Wrecked)ubstitution therefor of the * following words To take, HIPPERS and Underwriter" accept, enforce, release, realise, Sinterested in the cargo af deti with any security now the steamer are requested to" Held or which may hereafter be communicate with the Under-"held by the Company, for any signed within three months.from monies owing for!) to become date.
GILMAN & Co.
·་
owing to the Company, or for any liabilities tidurred or to be
H. S. PLAYFAIR.
BANKS
INTERATIONAL BANKING
•ORPORATION.
Hand Offends, Wall Street, New York,. Londos Ofice:ugd, Bishopsgats, &.C.
BRANCHES --
Bombay Calcutta
Canton
Cibe
Coloa Expira
Hongkon
Hanko.
Capland Surplu
Koba Menila
· Maxico
Panama
Peking
San Francisco
Shanghal
Yokohama
Bald $1,100,000
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI NESS sud,
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the go. DEPOSITS RECEIVED, 6xed for one year at X per annum, or for shorter periods; at rains, which May be ascertained as application.
BILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED, · MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES
LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS granted on all the principai chides in the World,
THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT Avaliable all over the World
COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT
kannet.
PURCHASE na SALE of Bucks an Shares
•Tected, GRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and cashed.
GEORGE HOGO Manager. Queen's Road, Hongkong" Hongkong, 1st Nov, 1912
THEL
exceeding fifteen days before and seven days after every ordinary Meeting": and that the following words be adopted and substituted f therefor; YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK namely: "during Buch time as the Court thinks
fit, not exceeding in the whole thirty days in 'oach your."
(b) That the following words be struck out of the last line of Article 56, namely, after the Meeting and that the following words be adopted and substituted therefor, namely, "after the re-opening of the Register."
LIMITED.
Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund............ 18,900,000
""
30,000,000
Head Offico.-YOKOHAMA
Branches
Antung Hsien Bombay Calcutta Changchun Dairen
Fengriss
Кове
Liao Yang
Londan
?
Lyons
Tsingtau
(c) That Articles. 76
and 78 bo cancelled. (d) That the following Articles be adopted and substituted for Articles 76, 77 and 78, namely ARTICLE 76. General Meetings shall be held once in every year; at such time and place in the Colony as may be proscribed by the Company in General Meeting and if no such time or place is prescribed, then at, such time and place as Court, and unless and until may be determined by
the otherwise, prescribed or deter- mined as aforesaid a oral Meeting shall be held in the month of February in overy
year,"
Agencies at Nagasak 1 Nawchwang
New York
Desks
Pakia
Ryolan (Port
Arthur)
San Francisco Shanghai
Tealig
Tieatin
Tokyo
Los Angeles Tsingta
Interest Allowed on Current Account
BANKS
Selling
T/T.....
1/1014 *******...1/10 5/16 30 d/s 1/109%)
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI Démand
BANKING CORPORA.
TION.
Paid-up Capital ...$15,000,000 RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling
£1,500,000 at 2- $15,000,000
Silver $17,650,000
| 60 d/s ...................................1/10 7/16
4 m/s ......................................1/10 1/2 - D/D Shanghai ..........75. Private 30. d/s sight D/DSingapore ............7931⁄2 DD Japan
T/TIndia
Demand India
$32,650,000
....$15,000,000
Reserve Liability Proprietors...
COURT OF DIRECTORS.. Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Chairman, W. L. Fattenden, Esq. Deputy
Chairman A
S. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. M. Edkins, Esq. C. S. Gubbay, Esq. P.H. Holyoak, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon, Mr. E. Shellim,"
CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong N, J. Stabby
ACTING MANAGER. Shanghai-J, D. Smart. 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. pe
0034.
......139
T/T Bonbay.one Demand Bombay139 T/T Caloutta Demand Calcutta139 Demand Manila......91. T/T. San F'cu & N.YAS Demand, New York 4514 D/D. Java ........111
Subsidiary Coina. Discount per $100:
EXCHANGE.
T/T. Marks itinboy's Nom, Demand Germany...No
D/D. Franca
On Haiphong
On Ssigonijas? On Bangkok IKEAST
Buying
Non
4 m/s. L/01/11 1/4
1 m/s. D/P.....1/11 9/8
6 m/s. L/O.................1/11 5/8 30d/s.3'ney &M. 1/11 1/2 30d/s.San F'cc&N.F.. 4 m/s. Marke".....!ty 4 m/s. Franos ****** ** 6 m/s. do
Gold Leaf per tael. $58.40. Sovereign
10.40 Nom:
BarSilver, ready...27
forward
Bank of England rate
"Opium Quotations.
Malwa, New
Chinese...20 cts, pieces $1116
Malwa, Old
Ohinese...10
$12-1/2·
Patna, New
373/4
Hongkong.20 Hongkong.10
July 17 ....$8,300 per p 8,300 [
Nom
..... 9,325 per obs
Patna, Old............ 9,100.
Benares, New 9,050
Benares, Old....... 8,825
TO-DAY'S SHARE REPORT.
S-SELLERS
STOCK & FAID OF VALUE. BANKS.
Hongkong & S'hai 3125
MARINE INSURANCES, Cantons North China
BA-SALES B-BUYERS N-NOMINAL
CLOSING 4TION.
LAST DIVIDEND AND PATRI
$852) Nominal £2 & 5-b.atex 1/113/16)
equal to $23.29 for year ending 31/12/13
Final of $3 a/e 1912, In-
terim of $18 a/o 1913 f Final of 10 p.o, making
20.p.c. for 1919 Final of $20 making $50)
for 1912 and Interim of $30 for 1913. Final of $12 mak. $15 for 1912 & Int.of 3 for1919
$50
£841-
3172 £5 T142
Unions
$100 $795
Bonum.
annum,
For 12 months, 4 per cent per Yangtsze
A. G. STEPHEN. China Fires Acting Chief Manager.
£50 0194
FIRE INSURANCES:
$20 $155
Hongkong Fires. Ohina & Manilas 825 $8 Douglas Steamship $50431
-$50 $398
$10 for 1912
$27 for 1912
Steamboats
$15 $2756
Indo-Chinas
(Preferred) (Deferred)
£5 $56
80/-
(£11
INTEREST on deposits is al- lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3 per cent. per an-
Star Ferry"
{ $10 $46
D
Deposits received for ned periods at rates 10 be HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK ained on application.
EISHIONO, Manager. Hongkong, 6th April, 1913.
[18
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND
OHINA..
THE Business of the above
·Bank is conducted by the
BANKING HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI "Shell" Transports £1
́CORPORATION
Rules may be obtained on ap plication.
num.
REFINERIES
$100 $77) $100 $28
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.
China Sugars Faid-up Capital Gon- HEAD OFFICE.-LONDON.
Depositors may transfer at their Luzon Sugars Reserve Fund. £1,800,000 to the Hongkong and Shanghai Chinese Engineeringe £137/6
.......£1,200,000 option balances of $100 or more Reserve Liability of
Bank to be placed on FIXED Proprietors £1,200,000 DEPOSIT 1,4
ARTICLE 77.-" The General Meetings mentioned in the last preceding Artiolo'shall be called Ordinary Meetings.
annem
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and
For the Hongkong and Shang- General Banking business transhai Banking Corporation, acted. VREM
OURRENT ACCOUNTS open-
General Meetings shall be ARTICLE 78. All other called Extraordinary Mested and FIXED DEPOSITS_re- ings,
ceived for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
(e) That Article 90
altered by inserting an adopting after the wode holding in line fird. thereof the words "ve representing by proxyor and by striking out a the end of the said Article the words present in person."
(f) That the following
Wm. DICKSON,
Manager, Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. [2
NOTICES
PROVIDENT LOAN- AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.
words be added to Article THE CHINA 94: The Court may "from time to time pay "to the Shareholders "Buch interim dividends' as appear to be just "ified by the position of "the Comy,"
(g): That: t following words be struck out of
(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.)
the first three and a balf Loans on Mortgage of House Pro- lines of Article 174, perty, &c.
namely. the words "Half Goods received on Storage.
System:
plication).
7
MINING.
per cent. per Tronoha
£1 26/3 Raubs
£1 $3 DOCKS, WHARVES, ★ GODOWNS. Kowloon Wharfs $50 $85 B.K. &W'poaDocks $50 $63 Shanghai Docks T. 100 T. 55 Hongkew WharfsT. 100 T. 91° LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDING #
A. G. STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager,
Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94 DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE H'kong Central E'tes $100 $103
Capital Fully
BANK
Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000 Head Office.Shanghai. Board of Directore-Berlin. Branches: Berlin Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsin Teinanfu Tsingtau Yokohama.
Hongkong Hotels $50 $128
Hongkong Lands $100 $116
Humphreys Estates $10 $73 Kowloon Lands
$30 $4 Shanghai Lands T. 30 T. 92
West Points
$50 $71
Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. &
COTTON, MILIS.
LONDON BANKERS: Mesars. N. M. Rothschil & Sons, Ewos The Union of London and Bmith's Shanghai Cottons
Bank, Limited. Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Laou Kung Mow
Agency.
$1 for 1906
$2.50 for year end'g 30°6′13 Final of $1 for hälfl year ending 311213 } (3 % Interim alo year 1913 on preferred shares
Final of 5 making
7 for 1913 Coupon, No. 22.
$1.70 per share and bonus
of 30 cents per share year ending 30:4:19 $3 for 1912 $3 for 1897
for
Interim of 5 % Coupon No. 3 account of year end- ing · 10.6.14,
Int. of 1/6 mak. 6/6 afo.1019 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)
new shares for
on
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 30'6'13 $2,00 ¶" for 14 year ending) 30.6.14
15 per cent. for 1916
Tls. 15 for year ending
311013
T. 50 T. 137
T. 123
Tls. 10 for year end
T. 84.
ing 30'6:13
T. 12
T.12 for year end'g 31'12-12
$716
Tls. 1t for year er ding
30°11′13
50 cents 31:7.08
$1,20 for 1913.
Direction der Disconto Gésall- Kung Yik
schaft.
Hongkong Cottons $10 Dresdner Bank.
MISCELLANEOUS. year ending the 30th Advances made on Merchandise:
INTEREST allowed on Current China-Borneos
$11 312 June: and the 31st. Loans made on the Provident
Account. DEPOSITS received Light and Powers $101 $4.90 "December, shall make a
general Half-Yearly" (Rates and Particulars on ap-on terms which may be learned Do.(Spec. shares) $1)
on application. Every description Chins Providents $1098) and that the following
of Banking and Exchange busi-Dairy Farms. words be adopted and
Green Islands M310; $186,60 substituted therefor
ness transacted.
Hongkong Mectrics $10 $43 Year ending the 31st
MAX GUTSCHKE Hongkong Icen 93215
$25 *** day of December shall
Manager. *F make a General"
Hongkong Ropes $10 Hongkong. 9th Osk, 1911.
Langkata
(h) That the word "Half":
be struck out of the 18th
The Office of TRUSTEE EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &0., Undertaken and Erecuted:
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers.
line of Article 174 and Hongkong, 19th March, 1908
also out of the 6th line-
of Article 175. g
(1) That the word "two"DEAK
the
and the words
30th day of June and 4 be struck out of lines" and 5 of Article 176 and that the word "onge "be adopted and außstitutād for the word "twice" in the fourth line thereof 6) 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.NAA!
Lloyd's Agents incurred towards or by the Should the Second Resolution Company by way of mortgage, be passed by the Tenured ma-
NOTICE.
TO PARENTS.
ST. JOSEPH'S COLLEGE,
DMACAOJ GATO
D. Lodging & Education ni⠀⠀ most – módéráte terme.. Portuguese, Chinese, French, etc. Commisericommercial course-in |
Osona det. September!
Apply
is
pledge, hypothecation, deposit ority, it will be submitted fork
or otherwise howapever aflevery confirmation as a special Resolu
kind of property or rights." tion to a fecund/ Extraordinar
(2) That the Deed of Settlement Meeting éhich will be sübu
of the Company be altered in soquently convened, manuer following:- (a) That the following words
-be-struck out of lines.
and thipes of Articles 56, pamely, the words for not
By Order of the Court of Director.auth
A. G. STEPHEN Acting Chief Manager Hongkong 21st July, 1913. KOSMETTANT YANNIS:
TRAMWAY 00 LIMITED.
¿TIME TABLE..
WERK DAYS DE
„00 AM, 18. /6.00 mm. 'Every 15. Min.
烤鱿
H
Cha Muts
·MIGHT CARS. „1,90mart and a 2001, 190-230, to
81,00 TING 50 SLAI EM), lavery quarter of an hour's
SUNDAYS
AIM. ETRZY 15 Mon.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF Morning Post"
INDIA. LIMITED.
Peak Tramway
Authorised Ca
Subscribed
Besatre Fand
Paid Upco
BANKERS:
Bank of England.
$6
$38
10 T 48
$25 $29 $10 $10
$500,000 Do. (new)
$190 ote. $125,000
11/6 562,500 Hongkong Electric Trame 465,000
$10.85
London Joint Stock Bank, Limited.
Every description of Exchange | businéra tranbaḍfel.
Interest allowed on Current As. dounts at 2 per cent parňannon on Dally Balance and on Fix#J Deposits at rates which may be seogrtained on syntis
Philippines H. Price & Co., Ld. $10 156
Pro Boolete, - den ↑ ferred:
Pulpeset i 20850, Papeteries paid du Tonkin
$20
up $50 Benefit
18200 Shanghai-Sumatras T. 120 T:150 Steam Laundry United Asbestos
Oriental Agency $10 $914 b.
United Asbestosl 19300
Founders Shares $10 Union Waterboat.
$18
Wolamann, Ltd
Watson
$10830
$10 1871
William Powell, Ltd. 1881
70 cents for 1913
$1.30 for year.end'g 31°7′13 40 canta for 1911 25/ $1.80 per share for 1913. Interim of $25 a/c 1014- $2 for 1913
Interim CZ Tis. Imak- ing Tie 2 s/o 1913 None
80 cents on fully paid)
shares and 8 cents on $1paidshares for year ending 30.4.14
Final of 6d. making d. per share for 1919. None
'$1.50 for 1910°
None
No dividend this year 35 ots, for year end'g 31,5,14
"20′ par cent, per ordinary share for year ended 31′5.1912
$125 per share for year? **anding 31*12 1913
25 per cent for your
@ending 31"114 70 cents for UK.
50 ofs, year ending 6.30:18 FRIGHT AND