HEARD IN LONDON.
Soath Maschurlaa Concessions.
845 Sept. 785 May
820
680
1350
1.150
Marine Insurances, Cantor Ins. Office, Ld...
North China Ins. Co., Ld....
10,000. $250 10,000 £15
$170 Union Ins. S'ty of Cton, Lo
12,400 $250 100 | $72. Aug.
રક
50 427) Sept.
Jan. 180 April
340
145
Jan.
760
19,700 $100 60 580
Dec. 200 Jan. 300
$146
20,000 $100 20
b.
#325
8,000 $250 80
169 420
Aug. 127) April 385- Sept.
Jan.
"
b.
181
$17.50
Shippier. Douglas Steamship Co., Ld. H'kong, C. & M.S.S. Co.,Ld; Indo-China (Combined
"
20,000 $50. all 104 Dec.
80,000 $15
2314 Mar.
1:2. Dec
$107-
140
109/-
tion Co., Ld.... Preferred!
Steam, Naviga-Deferred {60,000
£5, } all
Shell Tport & Ting Co.. Ld. 3,797,610 £1
19 all 2 May
Dec. 24
6214 Jan.
190 117 Dec. 80 Dec: 142 68 Oct. *4 Acg. 55
all 94/6 June 75/-
Jan.
40,000 $10 all
3914 Oct. 23
July
#107
$3014
Refineries. China S, Refining Co., Ld.... Malabon S. Refining Co., Ld.
20,000 #100-all 1343 Sept 14,000 "P.30 all
80
Jan.
Mining."
b.
$2.65 276
ing Co., "Ld:..
Tronob Mipes Ltd.
33-Ural Caspiane
all 35/ April 20/ Dec, 32. Failan Mining Admin'tion.co.ke £1
Raub Australian Geld. Min-1
all 440 Mar. *200,000 £1
16.00 £1 all 25/- Dec.
*96,6C6 £1 all 43 April
2.40 Jan.
32/6 Mar.
25/- Jan.
{79
Decks harves,Godown,&c. Song & K.W. & G. Co., Lt
$123
b.
II.
t.≤3) t. 731
B.K. & W. D. Co. Ld.................... Thai Dock & Eng. Co.Id.. S'bai & H'kew W. Co., Ld.)
all 00,000. $50
Oct. *2
60,700 $50 all 80 Cct. 56. $5.700 1100 all 6:34 Sept 49 July 36,000. t.100 all 300 Dec. 30 April
€5 April 90
Mar
$100
20,000 $50
all
postulated the issue of a final ediet confirming the ccrosstions. b. And, finally, it was argued that, n.
197}
H'kong Land Investment Co.
50,000 $160 all
$6.25
H'phreys Estate & F. Co. Ld.
150,000-$10
all
$33
'loon Land & B'ing Co., Ld.]
6,000 $50
the contention that the agreement
t. 80
:harghai Lande.
72,000 1.50
175
West Point Building Co., Ld
1^,500 $50
all
n.
199
H'kong Central Estate.....
1,000 $100 all
Cotton Mills
1.
t. $150 £. 143 t. 70
1.121
1.5.80
Ewo Cotton S. & W. Co., La.
20,000 1,50 all
Cung Yik
70,000 to all
Laou Kung Mow.....
hanghai Cottons....
F.00 1.300 all 40,000 1,50 all
Yangtzepcoa ..**
***
178700 £5
Miscellaneous.
$7.25
China Forneo Company, La
60,000 $19
ell
$4.50
Obha Light, Power Co.Ld.1
10.
1.
(Spec: bares)...... China Provt, L. & M.Co. Ld. $23 Dairy Farm Company, La. $7.80 Green Island Cement Co. Ld. 249 Bongtobg Electric Co., Ld. 3151 #cbgkong Ice Co., Ld. .............
$2812
Hongkong Rope Mfg. Co., Ld.
16.60 Hongkong Tramway Co., Ld.
Langkats Peak Tramway'Co., Ld. (Old)! (New) Do Steam Laundry Co., Ld.............. Union Water-boat Co., Ld. Watson and Co., Ld..........................) William Powell, Limited....
BCL0 $5 50,000 $1 1:5,000 $20
all
20,000 777 - 400,000 $750 all
50,000 $10
all
6,500 $28
60,000 $10
825,000 5/-
250,000 g. 10 all
95,000 $10
£0,000 $10
20,000 $5
27,723 $10
2
21.000 $7
བླློཧྨུཀྑུ ä བྷཱུ བྷཱུ བྷཱུཀྑཱཀྐཱཀྐཱ བྷཱུ བྲཱཏྟཊྛཀྑཱཀྑཱ བྷཱུབྷཱུཀྑུཾ བླླབྷཱུཀྑུ ཀྑཱུ
164 Feb,
108
Dec.
114
Jan. 103 rec.
714
Jan. 6
July
44
Jan.
40
£ept.
47 · Mar. 107
684 Mar
77
W
203
Dec
99
180
July
117
16
July 11
9014 Sept.
12
10 May. 77
all | ({
Oct. 1.694
11
Apr.
3.65 Mer. 1.98
all
all 71 Jen.
10.15 Oct
35
Jan. 29
11.20 Oct. 5.20
45
Oct. 8E14 Feb.
all 190
all (34)
Dec.
Dec. 25
Bl] 6 Oct. 15
434 May
35 Mar.
all 1014 Mar. 9.30 June
$1.
1.(C Mar. 80 cts.. Avg
all
4.95
Jan. 3
18 Jau.6.
90,000 $10 all 7.10 Mar.
6.50
1.
6,000 $25
all 6.90 Aug 6
alli 28.
28"
7,808 $10 all
Be to act as from twelve months b. from the granting of the edict "Was agrinst the rules of per- petuities.
b.
His Lordship said he would pass over the "firat and, second b... objections. He had been asked b. to satiafy himself by an applice-$8. tion to the Foreign Office as to the statue of the present Chinese b Lever Gorezy ment; but he did not think į
that
becauss bein. necessary, thought the third objection n was final and efficient. He was of opinion that the agreement B postulated that the final edict P. Bould and would be obtained, and the continual attempts made by the parties to cbtein that edict -showed that that was eo. That the parties were wrong a clear from the fact that the Govern~[ ment refused to grant the edictin. and persisted in that course. The parties had failed to obtain a final b edict, and there was no prospect b of their ever obtaining it. The basis of the contract bad under the circumstances to go into the b fearth point, as to the rules of u. perpetuities
t.17
$9.80 $1 $3.40
$16
b... $6.75 Hi Lordship therefore gava judgment against the company.
$6,50 8.
Football in France.
$298. C. Morning Post....... ['. $10 Kong Steel Foundry Co.Ld
BENJAMIN & POTTS,
Share and General Brokers
Tis. 1.50 for year ending 30,11,15 Tis: 12 for 1913. Paid. 13.2 14.
(Dividend of Tls. 6 for year { ending 30.6,76 paid 29/9/16 17% afc Pref. for 14 Months
ending Dec. 1915
60 cents for 19:6
5% for year ending 28.2.06
80 cts for 1916. 27/3/17.
$3 for year 28/2/17. Paid 9/5/17% Fin. Div. 89 making $11 for
1 year 1916. 29/3/17.
Final Div. $1. Borus 1. mak- 1ing $3 for 1916: Paid 10/3/17. Int. Div. 7% at 2/1-16.7 Fin. *23% 2/434 - 48. making 64.7 ots. for 1916. Paid 25/4/17, Tls. 1, for 1916., Paid. 28/4/17.
(70 cts. on fully paid shares and 7 cts. on $1 paid shares for year ending 30.417 Payble 56/5/17 25 cts. for year ending 31516
($1,55, per share for year end. 1ing 31.12.16. Paid 3/2/17. 70 cts. for 1916 Payable 28/5/17
(50 cts. on old shares and 25 cts. on new shares for year ending 30.6.14
Princes Building, HONGKONG. Tel address, Broker,
CORRECTED TO NOON, MAY 25, 1917.
TELEPHONE NO, 1162.
ANY SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS WILL BE FOUND IN ~ UP TO THE MINUTE SHARE MARKEY NEWS-* THE TELEGRAPH DOES NOT HOLD ITSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE QUOTATIONS.
An immenes crowd attended the football match at Patia on April 8 between the team of New Zeelandera and French military men. The New Zealanders WOD by 40 points to nil. The French team included many fice foot- ballers, but they played together for the first time. The New Zealanders had frequently played together during their intervals of TIT... fighting Price to the match the Demand 2/4 11/16
BELLING.
30 A/B. imempana.
New Zealander visited the Army so di....................................... Museum and Napolean's Tomb.
T/T Shanghai....... Nom. T/T Singapore 10144
·114 TIT Japan ............ Ave Su
Nom. T/T India ****INETHER IF you have lost your appetite
one of the big variety Demand, India Nom. dainty dishes at the ALEXAN- DEA CAFE is] wife to tempi T/T Ban Francia-
oo & New York Janito TT Javanes
EXCHANGE.
T/T Marks............ Nom. TTF305
3,241 Demand, Paris 3.2414
Demand, Germany.. Demand, New York. 563% THEB&
BUYING.
6 m/s. I/O...!
2/5/7/16}) 2/5 9/16 2/5 11/16
VÁMBULJOM
30 a/s, Sydney & 2/5 11/18
Melbourne
Demand, Manila Demand, Singap On Ealphone
On Saigon
8.00 MIGHT CARE A.2.3 and 9, 734 9.30 to 12.00. Very half hour. 11.00-F to 122.2 every quarter of an kouz, SUNDAYS:
11.30 to 100 Moon to
1.00 TL. 5.30 to 6.00 to 1.30 23. 10
10:30AM- 11.00 A 19.00 Noom
100
EN PAL
NIGHT CARS az on Wenk DeJ6
BATURDAYS:
Burs Car as Midnight. SPECIAL CABS
By Arrangement at the Company's Office,
· Alexandra Paždings, The Voeux. Bord.
"Sanson and punch dekets available for all mes not shandy till, running at the time SİKİNCİ to the Company's fire tables, bet net for special zázs, old be obtained on application at the Company Office-No Sekako ticket will be loed work payment therefor has been made ba Bank Not or by Chaque or Compradore car chanting Bank Notes." 19 20
JOES D. HUMPHREYS & CO.
THE CHINA: PROVIDENT' LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.
(Capital Faid op...$1,250,000.)
Losce on Mortgage of House Property, dia. Goodarrested in storage. Advanove suade on Merchandise. Loans made on the Provident System.
TRUJTER, XIECUTOR OF WILÈS, ? “ATTORNEY, ko. Undertaken and Exsexded: (Batman Particulars on appilation) To the Clinics of
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,
General Manavera
9429 MARTIN'S
PAPIOL &STEEL
FLAMPILLS #
Trampfadig of the lyukata d
Port Louis (Manshius)
FONGKONG BRANCH.
Every description of Banking and Exchangs business transacted.
Interest allowed on Current Accosses ne s par janë per annum on Daily Balances, and on Fixed Deposit se rates which may be ascertained an applitazinë.
C. CHAMEKIN,
- Acting Manager)
INTERNATIONAL BANKING.
* CORPORATION,
HEAD OFFICE:
5 Wall St., New Yak
LONDON OFFICE: 36, Bishopsgate, C. CAPITAL & BUBPLUS, US, $6,500,000- UNDIVIDED PROFITE" US $1,010,000
CALCUTTA
CANTUN
COLON
HANKOV
TLS/ $7,510,000
BRANCHES :-)
KOBE KANTO DOMOSOG
SHANGHAI LONDON
·MANILA 10 SINGAPORS
MSDELLIN ́TIFATSIN
PANAMA YOKOHAMA PEKINO. 1
HONGKONG SAN FRANCISCO'
-Through its close affliation with The National City Bank of Sew York, the Bank is able to offer se Cass Services of the Branches of that esitation C South America, and elsewbars, namely:
RARLA, BUENOS AIRES DEHOL, HÁVANA MONTEVIDEO, KIDSDE
SANTIAGO DE CUBA. FANIOS, PAULO, PETEOGRAD VALPARAISO,
. א'
540
All kinds of FÖREIGN & LOCAL BANKINS BUSINEB transacted,
CURRENT ACCOUNTSpywood and· FIXED DEPOSITS received at rates to be ascertained an Application
GEORGE HOGG, ****
Kabigwh
Hongkong, 26th September, 1916,
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
Established 1880, Authorised Capital Ten 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital 80,000,000/
Reserve Fundite 21/300,000 Head Office,YOKOHAMA
25th May, 1917
SUBSIDIARY COINS.
PEE $100:
cts, piedest.7/16%du
6.7/16%dis
DAT, MASTHE
V MARTIN'S
PIOL
THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Beaten, if Equalled. for Bread, Cakes, Confectionery and meals with Wines & Liquam,
ZIHI QNO, Hongkong, 12th Mar
30 d/s. Ban Frand-
58
1000&New York
On Bangkok
Hom
Sovereign
Hongkong 20 cts, pieces
3.58
Gold Leaf, per
6 min, Francs 201
Bar Silver, per os
Dec.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1917.
SHARE REPORT.
COMPARATIVE SHARE QUOTATIONS.
BANKS.
flat. Div. of £2,3/- at ex ?/1)- $20.54 Fin." & Bonus, £2.13/- at ex 244322.12 making $42.66 for 1916. Paid 26/2/17: Final of $7 making $25. a/c 1915, and interim of $18 alo 1916. Final Thy 15% making?71%
for year ending 30/6/16 (Final of $20 and bonus of $10 making $60.00 for 1915. Tnt. of $30 for 1916 Paid: 26/4/17. [Final of $15 for 1915, and In- 1 terim #3 for 1916. Paid 14/4/17.
$&$2 bonus 1916. Paid 26/4/17. $27 for 1915. Paid 29/3/17
80 Int. Div. of $5.00. Paid 4/4/17,
In the Chenery Division on 4th alt. Mr. Justice Peterson delivered his reserved judgment in the action brought by the South Manchurian Syndidate, Luri: 063 London Wall-buildings, EC, T Heaty Adolph Busb.
Plaintiffs claimed a declaration that an option given to the defën. dant by an agreement made on December 2, 1908, between the plaintiffs and the defendant for the purchase of certain properties A in Chine, as extended by an agreement made on May 13, 1909, between the same parties, still remained. in force and may n. be exercised by the plaintiffs apn.
to the expiration of twelve calen- der months from the date apos which the defendant
should
commnicate to the plaintiff that.
SALES; K-BUYI
1915.
Closing
Prices
STOCK.
Number of Shared
Pár Pald Value Up
1915.
Lowest
19/6/7, 1916/7.
Highest Lowest to Dete to Date
Last Dividend
Wind Date
#705
Banks.
F.E. & S'hai Banking Corp., 120,000 $125 all
the final edict had been obtained n. ex 73$217 Yangteze Ins. Assoc. Ld..
from the Chicese Government for the time being confirming the Box cessions referred to in the agreement. Plaintiffs also sked for:#0 injunction to ree- (rain the defendant from des ing with or disposing of the said propertier, or any of them, or anyb right or interest therein, or charg ing or ercumbering stem, es long as the option remained in n.. force. The lintifs further ... asked for the appointment of a receiver of defendant's estate and b. interest in the properties.
n."
Hie Lardship, giving jadg-b. ment, said certain concessions were granted to a Chinese gentle- men, who transferred them to the defendant, and the agreement. was entered into by which the plaillifs acquired them from bim upon certain conditions. The defendant raised varicas obj:c. tione. The first was that the **Concession was to be granted by. the Chinese Emperor of a Chinesen. Empire, and, as the country was now under a Republican Govern- ment, this could not be obtained.. In the second place, he said that.n. this particular territory was now under Japanere control, and the ediet was therefore impossible, Thirdly, the defendant said it was in the contemplation of both b. the
agreement parties that
Fire Insurances, China Fire Ins. Co., Ld.
H'kong Fire Ins. Co., Ld....
$30 Star Ferry Company, L¿........
ands, Hotels and Buildings. B'kong Hotel Co., Ed.....
17 $125 for year ending 31/12/16 Paid13/8/17 | (Final of 3 on Préf: ard 40). '
on Lef: Shares at Ex. 2/4] Paid 10/5/17. making 6% on Pref: & 30% for Defid: a/c 1916. {Interim of 2/- for 1916 (Coupon 1 .27). ($1.80 Div. and 30 cents bonus year ending 30.4.17 Payable 30/5/17.
for
Interim Div. of 1/- year end. 30/6/17. Payable 15/5/17.. (Coupon 9).
1/2 for 1909
- interim making 4/- for s/C 11916 paid 26/10/16
Final of 41-m'ing 5'- for a/c year ending 12/11/15 paid July 1916 Div. of 24 & Bonus $2 for 1916, 1 Faid 22/2/17,
Final Dir. $214, Bonus $5.10 making {11. for year 31/12/16. Paid 27/3/17
for year ending 30.4. 6
BANK OF CANTON,
LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE, HONGKONG
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business Transacted.
50 cents for 1916. Paid 12/2/17.
$2 for 1916. Paid 10/2/17.
Firal. Div. of 6% making 12%
for 1916. Paid 15,3/17.
INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS:
For 3 Months 3% per annum.
For 6 Months 4% per an: um.
For 12 Months 41% per annum LOOK POON SHAN;
Chief Manager.
BANQUE INDUSTRIELLE DE CHINE. Capital (34 Faid up) Franca 45,000,000
Prezident
André Berthelot General Manager A. J. Pernotte.
HEAD OFFICE:
74 Rue Saint Lazaro, PARIS BRANCHES in PEKING, SHANGHAI, TIENTSIN and HONGKONG,
BANKERS.
In FRANCE: Société Générale pour favoriser le Développement du Cem- mero et de l'Ladastrie en France.
In LONDON: London County & West-
mirsi Bank, Ltd.
In ITALY: Banca Commerciale Italians. Telegraphic Addreas: CHIBANKIND,
Interest lowed on Current Accounta and Fixed Deposits. Tarms en application. Erory description of Banking and exchange, bariness transacted.
Manager.
M. KOUET DE JOURNEL,
HONGKONG BRANCH:
Tel. No. 2352
5. Queen'a Budding.
Hongkong, 14th May, 19.7.
NOTICES.
NOTICE.
PEAK TRAMWAY CO.
LIMITED.
TIME TABLE
LED AJK SO 12:00 AM to
10.00 AM to 15.30.3. 10 11:46 PM, DO
VISPAL 10.
8.00 AM. Ex 15MIN.
10.03 &.X.. 11.00 AM
1.35
BANKS
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORA.
TION. Paid-up Capital $15,000ãos | RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling
£1,500,000 xv-21--
$15,000,000 Silver $18,300,000
$33,500,00
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors....che $15,000,00@
COURT OF DIRECTORS.
5. Dodwell, Bazi. „t baiema LA. Phammet, Bow, Dafary How Mr. C. B. Anton, D.
Gubbay, Bags Bone P+A, Hojp E. V. D. Parr, W. La Fattendan
Hongkongu N.
Stanghaland, USötphen, Bus Leadoo Baker London County
Westminster, Seited.
On Current Accounts Metal, váts al 2 pas konam as the daily balance. Our
ON HISED GEPOLITIS. For months, 2) per crat, par shima For 6 months, 3) per cent per academ “For w mostka, 4 per cent past,
NJ.STABB
Chief Marsan
HONGKONG SAVINGS BAFK
THE Business of the above Bank is ennénecal be the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Kule may be obtained or application," INTEREST deposity is allowed on the min kam monthly balances at 8så per cent, per m
Depositors may transfer, at their option, kalexand of $400 x more to the Hongkong kad Shangling o Back to be placed on FIAKO DEPOSIT MI 4 | tent. per ankam,
For the Hongtong and Shanghai Banking Carpane
N. J. STABB,"
Chief Manager}
don
THE CHARTERED BANK ON INDIA, AUSTRÁLIA AND CHINA
Incorporated by Royal Charter Mgs.
DEAD OFFICES-LONDON. PAID UP CAPITALago.com RESERVE FUND RESERVE LIABILT OF
РКОРЕНЕТонх
„£7,500.00
POREIGN. KICHAN GE-2nd- Ganend. Braking
Sasine transacted. CURRENT ACLOENTS opened azd FIKENT DEPOSITS received for 1 year or shorter periodā, DE rates which will be quoted on application,
T. C. I OWNING,
Manager
Hongkong, 11th April, 1912.
THE MERCANTILE BANK (F INDIA LIMITED.
Head Office 15. Gracechurch Street, London.
| Authorised Capital ...£1.300.000
Subperibed
Paid Up
Reserve Fund
அமிசங்கச
BASKFIX
1,325,000
562,5/0 603-000
The Bank of England, The London folz, Stock Bank, Limarset
BRANCHES
Karachi
Kota Barre
Kuala Lump
Kadrsa
Pebang
Rangoon
Alagapore
426
180
350 150
Jan. $100%
$855
217
158
420
146 325
137
119/6
41
ོ ཋ
171 105
40
86/6-
30
146
41
100 2914
$12 for 1916. Paid 31/3/17. $5 for 19 6. Paid 35/2/17.
36/9
:26-
3.35
1.70
42/6
27
38/9
2
71
135
781
921
59
Tis.
93
71
Tla. 5 for 1915. Faid 12/3/17.
118
100
[$3 for 16 year ending 31.12.16
Paid. 17/2/17..
10314
.91
(Final Div. of $314 making $7 for year
ending 31/12/16. Paid 29/1/17.
18 MIL
Bombay
7.10
6.25
15 30%
Calcutta
Colombe
38
33
LE MING.
Delhi
1.250 R16 P.M.
Galle
IN MAR
Hongko
107
80
6.00 -34. to.
10 Mac
Howrah
Kandy
•
**
Dec.
90
69
Jan.
103
93
Final Div. of $3.25 making $5.25 for year ending 31/12/16. Paid 29/1/17. }$7.00 for year ending 31/12/16 Faid29/1/17
Jan.
167
130
Tls. 0.50 for year ending 30.11.16
Feb.
164
111
Jan. 81
63
125 Jah-
81
6.00 36 6.303
DEC
.:
434
Hay
10.35
7.25
Oct.
4.90
4.30
10.10
8
70 cts. for 1916. Paid 23/2/17.
Dec: Jan.
41
29
$3 for year ́ending 31/7/16 paid 31/10/16.
12.10 55
183 Cet 190
7,80
43
151
Jan.
41
281
BOMWAY
Apt. 7.50
51⁄41⁄44
401
161
10-25 1,00
91
€0 cts.
June
3.80
3.40
1
Dec. 17
14.
Oct. 7.70
6
Dec.
514
29
28
1$2 for 19:6
10
B
Nil