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INTIMATIONS

BANK HOLIDAYE

accordance with Ordinance No. 8

I of 1914, the EXCHANGE BANKS

will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Puatic BraiNESS on MONDAY and TUESDAY, the 11th and 19th instant

Hongking, Feb. 7, 1919.

FIRE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF HONGKONG.

CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS.

No

NTOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that FIRE INSURANCE OFFICES will be CLOSED for the Transaction of Public Business on MONDAY and 'TUESDAY, the 11th and 19th instanti. By Ordu:,

A. R. LOWE,

Se retary.

Bongkong, Feb. 8, 1918.

116

- MARINE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF HONGKONG.

CHINESE NEW YEAR HOLIDAYS,

NOT

JOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that

■ MARINE · INSURANCE. OFFICES will be CLOSED for the

INTIMATIONS

SOCIETY OF ST. GEORGE, HONGKONG,

"St. George's Day" 23rd April, 1918

DRAWING OF

WAR BONDS

IN AID OF WAR CHARITIER

$500,000

(HONGKONG. CURRENCY),

.or more or less according to subscriptions.

PROSPECTUS

Tickets $5.00 each.

PRIZES to be paid in Bonds of the Hongkong Government 8% War Loan of 1918 (which may be redeemed At the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation at par) and, in order to

sure that the scheme is productive of "new money for was purposes, an equivalent amount of the prizes will be Transaction of Public Business hai Banking Corporation in new British reinvested by the Hongkong and Shang MONDAY TUESDAY, the 11th War Loan Stock. and 13th instant.

By Order,

A. R. LOWE

Sacricity. Hongkong, Feb. 8, 1919.

117

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Nou

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Corporation will be held at the City Hall Hongkong, on SATURDAY, the 23rd day of February, 1918, at Noos, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with Statement of Accounts for the year anding the 31st December, 1917.

The REGISTER of SHARES of the Corporation will be CLOSED from MUNCAY the 11th February to SATURDAY, the 23rd February, 1918. (both days inclusive), during which period no Transfer of Shares can be registered.

Byrder of the Court of Directors,

N. J. STABE.

Chief Manager.

Hongkong, Feb. 5, 1916.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

NOTICE.

106

AND AFTER 18th February, 1918,

Of the net amount subscribed, 75 par cent, will be distributed, in prizes, and the remaining 95 per cent. will be given to War Charities.

The amount to be distributed in prizes will be divided as follows:-

50 per cent ... 15

20.

First Prize,

Second Third

3

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Numerous small prises)

ranging in amount from 25 H.K. $1,000 to H.K.. 160) Winning Tickets must be presented at the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking, Corporation, Hongkong; during business hours

should any winning ticket not be Presented before coon on the Lord Uctober, 1018, the ticket will be can celled, and the value will be distributed amongst War Chorities by the Commit

of St. George's bociety of Hongkong through the medium of the Hongkong War Charities Fand Committee.

The Drawing will be in public, and the date and hour at which it will take. place will be notified in due course by advertisement.

The sale of tickets will close in Hong- kong on Saturday the 13th April, 1918. Any disputes arising will be decided by the Committee of St. George's Society of Hongkong whose decision shall - be final.

The games of the members of the Committees:-

Hon Mr. P. H. HOLTOAK (President). S. J. STARD, Esq. (Fice-President). His Honour Mr. H. H. J. GoXPERTZ: 0. 8. ARCHBUTT, Esq. H. W. BIRD, ES

MONTAGUE EDx, Esq.

ON Fransaction of W. J. FLORIOZ, Lag,

business by the Hongkong Savings Bank will be 10 AM. 12 Noox every week-

day except Saturdays.

The Savings Bank will not be open for business on SATURDAYS on and offer 18th February, 1918.

H.R. B. HANCOCK, Esq. L. N. LAESA, Esq.

Hon. Mr. H. E. FOLLOCK, K.C

J. H. RAMSAY, Esq., (on Treasurer). JOEN BENTLEY, Esq., (Hop, Secretary). Tickets and Books of Tickets can be For the HONGKONG, & SHANGHAI

had on application at the Hongkong & BANKING CORPORATION, Shanghai Banking Corporation on and

N. J. STABE,

afteria data to be announced shortly. Chief Manager. II. O. SANDFORD, (Hon Treasurer),

118 CHAS. BESWICK, (Hon. Secretary),

St. George's "War Bond" Drawing, Hongkong, Feb. 2 1918.

Hoazrong, Feb 7, 1918

NOTICE.

THE UNITED BRITISH -

INSURANCE CO., LTD.

(INCORPORATED; IN ENGLAND.)

THE ANDERSON HAGENTS to the above Company MUSIC CO., LTD.

been appointed MARINE

we are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS and issue Policies at Current Rates.

UNION TRADING CO.,

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If this be su. the enormous emigrant two companies as Krapp's, already own- halls and all the other machinery of cd ships. We heard in September, 1918, that a director of the Deutsche Bank amigration in which these campanias and one of the Disconto Cesellschaft had have sunk so much money will become | joined the - Hamburg amerika board dead less It is obvious, therefore, Herr Stinzes of Westphalia has secured [BT W. WTax.)

that after the war, even if the Allies in turn has become closely sited with Bu internst in the Woermann line, which There were few things of which the der were to take no hand in the matter, the Hamburg-Amerika. The Thysse mana were prouder than their mercantile German shipping will have a tremen-interests have placed large orden with marine, and nothing which has been dous amount of leeway to make up, with burg-Amerike and the AEG. have como- the Vulcan Company., Stinnos, the Ham- worse damaged by the war. A writer in insuficient capital researces and with bised to found a new yard-the Han the Cologne Gazette" in September the position growing more serious with burger Werft. A director of "Krapp 1816, said that shipping in Germany had each month that the war lasts. -

has joined the board of the Nordeart- anffered more severely through the war Naturally there, has been an outcry schier, the Krupp hare bought two than any other industry, more saverely in Germany for two things- great shipping yards. The A.E.4. has bought building programas (with probibition of land near Hamburg to makes new yard even than the export trade; and that foreign orders and State assistance for itself. This year, 1917, has osen the there was serious anxiety in German ship Daring 1916 we heard a great deal about foundation st Stettin of a new shipbuild- company the Pommera Werft & C.. 99ping ciroles as to how its "grave wounds the building programme. German shiping

could be overcome. The wounds are yards, we were told, have improved their with capital of £5.40%, which makes position during the war, capital have it the fourth largest in Germany. It will grave to-day - and the sazisty greatar. been increased and works extended. Herr build large standardised freighters and We may take the total German mer-Ballin in August, 1918, issued a

dan Imposing (it ii said), will be ready to begin work in cantile tonnage at the outbreak of the list of ships building for his company, the spring of 1918. Another company, and we had statements of the same sors the 8000 ton freighters; and the Bitzlaf, has been formed at stattfi war as 3,800,000 in round figure. By in the Press, of which we may quote to destruction of ships and seizure of one from "Uber Land und Mear The Reiharstieg Company of Hamburg has ships by the countries now at war Hamburg-Amerira had 350,000 tons in greatly enlarged its yards. The shove building, and the Norddeutscher 248,000, list is probably far from exhaustive, with her, Germany has dedaitely lost during the war the German yards had but it indicates the activity at work.

2,163,000 tons (some Germans say mors): been employed on a mercentile tan- and also the way in which a closer come

a quite unusual amount of her shipping

an enormous

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and he may yet lose a considerable page of 150,000. Those who remsmbination of shipping with finance and number of skips laid up in Chile and bored that the total Gorman output for industry is being sought. But there are Argentina. In any case, however, she the decade 1909-19 was 950,000 tons were various dificulties ahead which must

sceptical. But this talk, coupled with the now be considered. has lost absolutely two-fifths of her total discussion of aubrention by the Reichstag tonnage, in spite of the curious fact that in May, 1918, had its effect in Germany

there was a boom the public bought happened to be in German harbours bury and Bramen unloaded. Then in

shipping share, and the holders in Ham when she declared war. But this is by October Ballin came out with a state no theas the measure of the full extentment that when the war began, work of her loss. Her commercial ports are was stopped on all the large liners, and is quoted a motoring story with a sooner on freighters; all that was moral: a noble lord when leaving ona ruined; the President of the Hamburg being dons was preparation for building of the official motor cars saked the House of Burgesses declared in May, not hard when peace came. A great financiar, woman driver to come back at a certain only that the trade and shipping of is Beer Ballin. As a matter of fact, the hour. She replied, "I right Tho "Frankfurter Zeitung has recently renoble lord then said, "I am sccustomed Hamburg had been almost completely farted to the existing military veto to being called 'My lord. The womATÉ destroyed, but that simple restors upon now shipbuilding a well-known driver replied: And I am accustomed! tion is impossible because all the thing. We may assume that Germany to being called 'My lady."

brand-new threads have been soTared which ll not suddenly produce brand

feet the day peace is signed. united Hamburg with the whole

There is, however, no question that world.” Again, the great shipping Germany at the conclusion of peace companies have been earning no money, will be ready with

building programme The great finan or mere trifa by voyages in the cial and industrial concerns are now Baltic, and their expenses has been taking a direct interest In & ship trentendons. Interest and amortization ping, in order to secure tonnage space cost the Hamburg-Amerika Company for imports at reasonable raten. Une or £250,000 a year; but more serious than this has been the upkeep of the ships in neutral" "harbours, and the wagua and board of the crewz Herr GoatE OF Hamburg,riting in the Earopaische Staatsund Wirtschafte Zeitung" on February 3rd, says, "No one who has not experienced it can have any idea of the cost of och board" (we 'fony add. maintenance of the ships) at the pressat low rets of German exchange. It is an experience calculated to ex haust the trosaury of the riobest com pany. The companies are really being kept going by Government loans, but they have to face yet another blován the future. A giga subsidy was granted by the German Government to the shipping companies; the aly of the emigrant

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