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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1909,

COMPANY MEETINGS.

The China Light and Power

Co. Ltd.

The eighth onlinary ancual meeting of ahareholders in the China Light and Fower

howevar crumble at the special share- holders fué bhay asma, forward at a criticall parlod; when, had it not been for their mistance and the money they advanced, the company would have. bad to stop and wind up, for want of funds." So if we have say money to divide to-day, yo hare thank them for it.

Thors being no questions, the chairman proposed that the report and accounts as presented ba passadi.

Co. Ltd., was held at the Company's Offos, St. George's Building, to-day.

MR. Shawan presided and there wore and accounts were adopted.

Sir Paul Chater soconded and the repori.

present Mr. H. P. White, and Sir Paul

Mr Owen proposed and Ms Gourdin Chator, Consulting Committee; dimers T seconded. And i was agreed to that Sir F. Hough; A. Gourdin, A. Cordero, ChanPaul Chater. Mr H. P. White and Dr J. Chan Nam, E. Oron, S, W. Torr, J. R. Young, and S.. F. Rickain, secretary,

The socrotary-rond the notice consaniig the mosting.

Noble be re-elected as moders of the consulting committed for the anauging

sehr.

Mr T. F. Hough proposed and Me Young seconded and it was agreed that blesars Potta and Gourdin be re-elected auditors,

NEW REVENUE PRO- POBALS

AN" "IMPORT DUTY.

The Governer Explains the

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THE CHINA MAIL.

ernment may to some extent be made STAL, | able to the contractor and so dearèsas his expenses." "A JOAT DE FED ACOs) ir «Sivanandung: ↑ bad quetion of the raliway, à laadi 'oodsson

the Connell regard to abata, my viewi sing the contract Agabon, and JA KAYANATOS nadi dindvantages, and Lobeerved that in | my opiniòm the controt arabam, háti gramà disadvantages, when it was likely, there would bantu alberstión in the contract sub- soquent to the signature by the contrasting partiek. Under this hill there. would be In speaking on the fire roading of a Bill alteration of contract. In this "Bill there is nothing which procludes the systemi Providing for the impositions of an import of conktet sibhor for Ruropean or Chinese duty on liquors coming into the Colony, liquor should it be found more expedient ab yesterday's meeting of the Legislative later to adopt such a system. At the pre- Council, Bis Excellency the Governos acainst it, prejudice which I put down to a sont time, however, there le prat projulio

confusion of idea between à contrarior F. D. Lugard) said The Bilt before the Council, which we tha collection of duties such as 1. hævd dia-

the opium farm propose to read a first time to-day overlap cribed and a farm such The Chairman said:-We now coma bai The Chairman said Goatlamer, The and to some extent suposodas, two other there is no right of search of private hopea You will remember that under the contract, fore you with a statement of accounts made mooting is over and I thank you for your items which stand on the gouda. In the or persone or vessels, and that therefore up to the 31st. July Inst which we trust attendance but I will take this opportunity in case the apolation introduced on the two most objectionable features of

to make one remark: We are always glad you find antisfactory. The balanca staradit if shareholders will come to us or write to the 18th August last, and, secondly, the farm are liminated. The Macand of profit and loss account is 8444,483, 4 us for any explanations they wand and the second reading of the Bill entitled prohibit the date of any liquor except

method of collecting import duties is to and of this we propose, with your ap-we shall be pleased at all times to give them proval, to allocate $400,000.00 to reserve all we can, but information that may be dus an Ordinance to amend the Liquor sols boaring a rovenue label which would fund, and many forward the balancetrimental or injurious to the company we Licences Ordinance, 1888, and the Liquor the liquor. Under such a system it would have to be broken in order to extract $46,489,19 The smounts are made up to cannot disclose, for then our duty to the Licences Extension Ordinance, 1908 be legal to have in possession any the date named, as on that day the beat

company, camen in. We must protect instalmont of the purchase money of the the company interests eren afainst thend to repeal the Liquor Liberces Amed-vessel containing liquor except with Canton Franchise and property was shareholders

themselves i

noussaary munt. Ordivance, 1902. Before the broken or unbroken label The label -ceived by us. Into our rosson for parting for shareholders are not always the best solution was introduced into the Counellin value to the quantity and value of the would bar a revenue stamp proportionata with tha Chaton factory. I need not go friends to their own company. Or the August the two comparative systems. liquor contained in the vessel Labelled rary dooply.

"other hand I will say just frankly that

branded and was obvious we were losing ground at the blustering er vaporing of those with no namely, by increasing licences or by import revenus otheer. The system has some

When we said in the report that it we will not be coerced or intimidated by of mising revenue on intoxicating liquors, case would in addition

numbered and entered.in book by the Canton, wo thought it would be obvious

It is surely obvious that if interest in the company nor am I in duties, received my most careful and carnost väntages. Detection would be so easy. to

everyone.

the least perturbed we made $52,583.7 in the six months of disappointed speculators

the foolish lutter consideration. When I spoke to that ra. The contravention of the law would be so by

the dews ending 31st. August 1908, we had lost papers dealing with agures which they donet solution I used the following words palpable to servants and others, that the ground when we only mado 880,650.00 understand and apparently are incapable of Beyond doubt it seems to me bhe risk would be too great to be incurred. Ey in the next eleven Dontba. That is

Deemad simplest and fairest method, and the one the. Colony. Its cost is negligible, for it. people sccupying, respectable positions in grasping the real meaning to 487 our monthly

Barning had lehead. I am sorry I cannot. End bettor most advantageous to the revenue would involves no machinery. Private importers fallen from 88,750 to $8060-if that word,writes pinintively asking where are is not losing ground, then I don't the other nine hues. I cannot tell him. We be the imposition, so far as European woulit import through an agent, who would know the meaning of plain English received thirteen isca from the stie five of liquor is concerned, of import dies. I have the labelling done for them or the We found we could not contend against which we have already paid back loving further said, "it falls oqually on all warehouse. The wholesale dealers would labelling could be done in a government the strong desire of the Chinese

nearly sayon lacs in cash in the bank outd back the concession for lighting the City of which we are trying hard to pay you sections of the community, apon privite have to stamp before sale and would di gat rebate for re-exportation. A reasonable another are, that makes ten out of thirteen importers and upon service canteens, ass but where I am to had another nine mail the trace. The dialonitis me would be given for the consumption of * 1

This system has of course its advan -existing stocks, either three or six months. ages. It involves to some extent deci ciliray visits. It involves the opening of

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Do use for such a large am of money, we disturbed by such nonsense as that Ishould a hardship on some of the create there is the system to which we propose to Sylvis and the Secretary, by Olivia RamseyIUINDERWOOD TYPEWRITERSA

value received for the property at Canton Bay about $800,000 and if you add those two together and deduct the ovarimit as

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A very natural and proper desire on their part, we admit and to make virtue of a necessity, and drive the best on tip of thas and pay nineteen out surrounding the effective collection of such bargain we could. The negotiations were of thirteen I do not know unless the spread over a very long period, for I man gentlemal expects me to repeat the duties appeared to me to be so may and tioned the matter af our meeting last miracle of the loaves and fisites or the so serious that we considered that the in- October, and although we strove hard for widow's cruse of oil. Another anonymous batter terms, we had finally to close the scribbler complains. bitterly that he sold Cresso in licence fees waa on the whole cases, and I am told that the cases i sale for 81,430,000.00. Out of this wooud at the lowest point of the market and had of course to pay of the debanture invokes the aid of the Registrar of Com

Hear, hear.) Broken and damaged casen debt of $400,000-with the premium panies for what I don't know, anlose to

are not so saleable. The system of farms of $60,000-addi jonni

once, and have as all looked up for the consequences

collection by Government, a method par forms another alternative to the system af, sftar further deductions for paymeet of of his own miscalculations. The Registrar

haps to be resorted to if the system we now loans and sundry creditors etc., there re of Companies is not the official he requires Rinod on 31s6. July in cash in the bank it is the Commissioner in Lunacy No,

propose to introduce should fail Easily $687,407.86. As of course we have now gentlemen, if I were to be alarmed or

give a trial. That is to say, the collection propose to repay $500,000-to share not deserve to be your manager, I should foresaw that it would be necessary also, if by Government of duties on importation

The Underwood Machine is the best in the market and licances were put clubs either on holcers as a return of capital, say 8-per be unfit to sit in this chair. (Appisnas) their turnover of by licences, and I my it Cuntas preventive service, possible of The King's Cause, by Walter E. Grogan, has been awarded the grand prize at St. Louis Exposition.

on 100,000 there is Mr T. Hough said he did not think they

Customs preventive sprice. The simplest The Bed Saint, by Warwick Doeping. sonse confusion in shareholders minds as to could separate that day without pressing would inevitably tend to increase private way in which I can describe that system A Reaping, by H. F. Benson.

ITS WRITING IS ALWAYS IN SIGHT. how we can pay $500,000 out of 240,00. their appreciation of the way in which tho louifios the resonation was fazeduced in by she examination bray of to John Goodebild, by R. W. Wright-Een. It is speedy and durable. it has a UNIVERSAL KEYBOARD -profit, but that, of course, is not so awe propose "to repay, capital and not managers had managed their adairs to the Council, for after mature considan † far as it is applicable the Bill is based on The Fun of the Fair, by Eden Phillpotta.

introduced main provisions of the Bill before you. So dampe

and it is an excellent manitolder, “ proft. But perhaps it will be clear if the general menngers and been placed der tion the difficulties surrounding the im- the Liquor Ordinance of the Straits Settle Old so the World, J. W. Brodie Innes,

For further particulars and price, apply to balance of proceeds, as we say, and besides ng the last few weeks, subject to attack.position of import duties seemed to be ments. The duties that wo propose to im The Red Hot Orowo, by Dornéhes Gerard, you look at it this way. We made 8410:207

oven greater, especially as regarda Chinese pose are the ame as thorb in "the Straits. that profit of 8410,000 there is the book the newspapers from shareholders sa liquor. In a greater or less degres import They are roughly speaking, so far as spirits Concerning Elimwell; by Victor White

A Lighted Candle, by Priscilla Orayın. mischiations individuals. He was sure} duties monza Customs service as far as are concerned, half the existing duties levied charch...... that he was only voicing the opinions of the the collection of duties is conse.mod, in England. Hon. Mombers may hate The Scorp, by Lucas Malat. 1 shareholders who wishod prospority to the service to prevent evasion of duties and a noticed in the papers that it is proposed in The Affair on the Bridge, by L. Morgan. company when ho said the general manager system of bonded warehouses. The pro- the new Budget to increase these duties well as the five Ines paid debenture had their sympathy in the way they had imity of Hongkong to the mainland, and by about 33 per cent. The duty imposed Everybody's Secret, by Dion Clayton Cal- holders, you will find that there are about been attacked.

to the free port of Macao, seemed also to en Chinese Liquors is, of course, not six lace odd left over, as cash in band. Any

throp difference is accounted for by aundry

increase the liability of smuggling, and that identical with that in the Straits, but the The Pools of Silence, by H. De Vere payments and receipts on working account.

fear of smuggling is slao enhanced by the duty is, as I am informed by the Registre- known venality and insticiency of the Chi- General, acceptable and considered fair by The Coming of Aurors, by Mm Philip

Staopoole. It is clear therefore that we are quite able

nesa detective service when under the super the Chinese community. The advantage to return you $500,000 and still have

Champion De Crampigny, melek, vision of Europeans. Liquor ones smuggled of that systein is that when all is said and done, well over one

every quality lac at least for the development of the

opium of the opiam farmer, and therefore therefore there is a tendency to improve The Unlit Lamp, by Algernon Glanding. into the Colony cannot be detected like the of liquor of the same elses pays alive and A Family of Influence, by W. E. William Kowloon factory. Then comes the quoa..

it is in, there is little further risk to the claw of liquor consumed in the Colony, Moille Deverill by Curtis Yorks tion of how this money is to be returned.

The ordinary half yearly meeting of the smuggler. Then there is the difficult Hon. Mr Marray Stewart-Haar, hear) The Lady of the Shroud, by Bram Stoker. I regret to say that is not so simple as it looks, for it raises some knotty legal points shareholders of the Hongkong flote of dealing with liquer imported for export Liquor of all kinds pays upon import unless Ramson Unabora, by Reginald Turner. The difficulty is of course with the special Company, Ltd., was held at the Company's after blending and bottling, which must it is removed under permit for storage in Vilage of Temptress, by Fred Whishaw,

aither involve a claborate system of bond. It must be stored in. bond either The Silant Ranohar, by Gertrade Pare one dallar aharoa. We cannot return" Hotel, to-day. a shareholder" five dollars when he

Hon. Mr E. Osborne (chairman of direc- rebates or of bonded warehouses in which has only leat na one. We might buy tors) presided, and there were also pre-auch operations must be carried on. Iamin- the King's warehouse or in a private The Conversion of Con Orasan and other

in-licensed warehouse. if it is placed in bood

Stories, by Dorothes Donyara. up his rights with his stazes you will say, sont :-Messrs W. Hutton Posts and J. W. formed siso that goods are largely imported it remains under the definition in the The Soest Paper, by Walter Wood.

tary), M. S. Northcote, E. D. Baskell, that, the name of the consignes does not taken out of bond except under the

WTC Mack.. might reduce the 810 6o the level of the Ellis Radoorie, à. F. Davies, Shi Po-aham, appear on the case, If liquor were thus permit of the inspecter or on payment The League of the White Band, by Oswald

imported in disguised packages and ware of the daty, in which can it can only 31 share, or raise the $1 to time level Li Chen, and Fung Fat Hang.

Crawford of the 810.or return capital to the 910: The Secretary having read the notice discovered, it is possible-probable-that romoped in unbroken casos. Bottling. The House of Intrigue, by Feray Walte,

there would be to claimant for it, as we and blending, and watering down proof A. Eittle Green World, by J. E. Backruse. shareholder, and give a bonus cut of pro convening the meeting. fits to the 81 min, but we are assured: The Chairman said: With your permie have often found in the case of snaggled spirits and so on, can be done in a private An Honest Man, by Ralph-Haul Bre that every way bristles with difficulties, sion we will take the report and accante morphia and firearms, for it is a carious

sity for labelling rebates on re-exportation. and that it will not be easy to formu a read. The profit for the half year was thing that when cases are detected it in house. This eaten avoids the nacie auch a petition to the Court as not quite up to the level of the same peri'd variably appears is leak out. The poster It also avoids the difloult task of tests of the Court we have power to grant in 1908, in consoqueuce of the gross receipts therefore suffers no penalty other than the proof and avoids the necessity of toy QUALIFIED ENGLISH CHEMISTS Varions makes in stock, including TANGY & WORT The matter has been thoroughly threebod having fallen of by 810,858. When, forfeiture of the whole or part of his con- special marks on labels. Ships must de out by our solicitor with counsel, and by however, it is taken in consideration that signment, which he could well afford in clare their imports of intoxicating drinks. their advice, it has been referred Home for we were deprived of a large proportion view of profits to be made on undetected Their manifeste

show all liquor the opinion of Mr Palmer, the great of carcing power by the rebuilding of consignments. I need not downver, gu board, and it is urged they bare - authority vo company low. In the mean the south block, and when also we into the difficulties in detail. They are ready a legal remedy against ono who in- time I can only saws shareholders that it take into account the check to plea well known to you, and some of them bave porta by the ship liquie dingaland As y is our firm intention to treat both classes are travel which invariably accompanies been discussed in the local Press. The re other waros. The arstom of the private. of shares alike and if there were no depression in trade, I think we may con sclation of August 13th had, as I süticipat licensed bonded warehouse obristes the other way out of the didiculty, we would gratuinte ourselves that the working ed, the result of focussing public attention necessity of searching any public godowis wind up and reconstruct, but I do account shows ap oveu as well as it does, upon the question. The unofficial members and therefore the risk of illicit consign- not believe it will be accesary to take especially so, considering the heavy expen-consulted the views of their constituents, such a troublesome and exponais course diture on legal charges incurred through and I received from the senior snoficial as that. Under present circumstances the re-issue of debentures, and increase of member a copy of the resolutions passed at It will be, I suppose, at least. three capital. The new gas engines ars giving the meeting in which they ambodied their what ligh, but it is the same as imposed. months before the consent of the Court satisfaction; and though in point of econ- views. Looking at the thorny nature of can be obtained, so we have placed chemical working they fall short of estimates, the question at ime it has struck me axa five lace on fixed deposit in the Hongkong yet the actual saving, apart from other remarkable fact that those resoluties were and Shanghai Bank for thas period. "I now considerations, is sufficiently large to justify passed unanimously without a single xe- come to Kowlood At present the factory their acquisition. The zeluding of the there is doing little more than carer its south block progresser lavourably and this expenses, but we feel that Kewin has addition when completed, a year bende, will make a much-needed, and, we think ba folly to abandon the place and throw profitable finish to the hotel.

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DODWELL & Co. Ltd, MACHINERY DEPT there. With the advent of the rail- man moved that the report and accounts community. The senior unofficial memberhile Licenses of distilleries, breweries, license fees ander the existing ordluxuos, way will come more work for us over be adopted.Mr Northcote seconded.id his colleagues would like to discuss the atc., have to pay lense. Hitherto, ap which are not touched at all by the lill there, but we must be better ɓtted to cope Carried unanimously.

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Mr Haskell moved that Mr E. Osborne proposal, and a very useful and interesting That is to say, that import of liquor has which was we subject of the resolution of engines are steam engines of absoleta he re-glasted to the Board of Directors: illiussion took place upon the first resolu- competed on fair terms with liquor of local August, 13th will take a now form, and A Brilliant, Safe and Cheap Illuminant by Kerosene Oil type, and very wasteful and costly to run. Mr. Kadoorie secodded ; and it was carried. tion, which runs as follows: Thats duty manufacture. If it should appear that the although it, is a matter which has nothing We must have modern engines of the

Meners H. U. Jeffrios, and A. I. Lowe be imposed on all foreign and Chinsen sloo exrize duty in any way handicaps the local to do with the bill befors as it will per latest and most effective nad economical were re-appointed nuditors, on the motion holic liquors imported and consumed in this manufacture it may be a matter for ein hapa he convenient if I state at, cure that description, and we trust also make of Mr Darice seconded by Mr Shi Po Colony. Liquore supplied to ships in unsideration whether that oxcise duty should there is no intention on the part of the broken campe for consumption on board, and - not be decreased to a small extents: The Government that, the schedule should be provision for having to lay all our lines sham underground This will no doubt se The Chairman Thank you for your at liquor re-exported to be exempt from duty. where the liquor is distilled or mana amended to increase the existing licence. up all our surplus cash, but in return tendance, gentlernen: dividend warrants Ie that description I pointed out the diffactured is treated for the purpose of this fous-Meanwhile they zamam, an they are. you will have a thórongbly up-to-date will be ready on Monday..

ficulties which I have already alluded so, and ordinance as a private licensed warehouse The bill as 16. standa gives somewhat factory with power more than enough for

nibers which I have not to-day dealt with tre in which no liquor may emanate until it large powers to the Governor in-Council in all our probable requirements for some.

In some cases effective answers were given; has paid duty, unless it is removed under order to make regulations to carryout the time to come. This question of alteration

in others difficulties, made light o permit for export. Therefore it eventustes principles which are embodied in it. You and additions to Kowloon is now being

are way to optimistic forecasts. I will that all liquor in transit and all liquor deals will note especially that no method goun into very deadly by our engineer in

confess that I was myself a willing convert with in the Colony is daty free They indicated, as to how daties on Chinasa charge, Mr. Halos, for we shall hare only a

and wished if possible to give the import only pay sooh Teas may be charged liquor shall be dialbi with › Raggiallone : h limited amount to spond and must make

duties a trial. Assuming tint import duties for songs in the King's warehouse or on such a subject will no doubt requies some, conne it go as far as possible. With modera

are levied on intoxicating liquors, three in private licensed warehouse. The bui what fraquena, amendment before we can econonical engines we shall of course

methods of collection present themselves, therefore in no way affects this port as a elaborate a complete and serviceable scheme. reduce pur, working cost and increase or

First, by a contract under tender, leaving distributing centre. It only affect house margin of profit, but you must not expect

the contractor to provide all machinery for on quer consumed in the Colony. The dividende right off, as that in a matter of

collection. It is fair to call such a bratem preamble of the bill shows that it is time, and we abail be building and planning

by the name of farm, for no monopoly, vowelly of the nature of lusty legislation for the future. So far from speaking of

because it is inevitable that any fail in dividends. I cannot oven tell you yet what to be moving slowly towards N. N. Wand it is simply contmut for the allvation ended in this Cousoil imposing a new the capital of the company is to be. The Fresero in highest over N. Chine in the of duties instead of the Government sollout" duty should be passed with expedition in company, received only $650,000 capital. North, and over the 8. part of the China ing them. One dawhack to this sysband, onder lo guard against importa in anticipe. And now propos, to pay you back Bes in the Bouth I have already pointed out in snnection 3500,000 so that all it will ows you ill Modamate N.L. winds may be expected with the resciation Teching Hot hope that even the hon. member who regrosants: the Justisen of the Paspe be fifty series there, or 350,000 which in the Formoes Channel, and moderate B. is that the contactor, profits form so stirs will not find cosion to civil at the hy should be our new. expital, Bst it wa E and E winds along the 8 post of burden on the community and are additure of this legislation, and what he d return, B250,000 to bachelson of shares, China Honkal to the mount paid in a revenue, other will andist the Government: ita the one acaboldens papabal will be Hongkong rainfall for the 24 hours end- 1 350,000-; /hile tha: spostato chiama will ing at 10 am to-day, 0.63 che

remain at $30,000 making the now capleForecast for this Si höurs ending at noon

but in affoot taśmorrow a 500,000

eighbourh of profit

On the 11th at 11.05 a.m.-The typhoon entered the Tongicing coast near Haiphong during the night

The incometer has rusn over 8. China, and fallen over Japan and the Loochoos

The deprosafon over the Pacifo is situat

ad to the E of the Loochoos. It appears either of import or of manufacture is given,

winds, moderate show

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but that, of course, is the cresce of all ing it is the shortest ponible llunes a pontracts, including contracts for railways wacisty to allow ample time for was and public works. Another drawback loomakers tion of talkies may that the contractée most deduct from the together with the dim andant of his tender the whole cost of the four weddince of this machines

the add the pressure, soudito a pertain extent mind of the

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