CO129-433 - Governor Sir May - 1916 [5-6] — Page 224

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MR. W. A. DoWLEY,

General Manager of the Vacuum Oil Co.

18. MR. T. E, PEARCE.

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Of Messrs. J. D. Hutchison & Co. Merchants and Commission Agents-also established at Shanghai.

19. MR. C. S. GUBBAY,

(i) Representative of the firm of E. D. Sassoon & Co., Merchants.

(ii) Director of the said Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.

(iii) Director of the said Hongkong Fire Insurance Co.

(iv) Director of the said Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co.

(v) Director of the Hougkong Land Investment and Agency Company, capital $5,000,000,

(vi) Director of the West Point Building Co., Ltd., capital $625,000.

20. MR. N. S. Marshali..

The British representative of the International Banking Corporation (American), with a capital of $3,250,000 Gold, and a yet larger Reserve Fund.

21. MR. MR. C. CHAMPKIN.

Acting manager of the Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd., with a paid-up capital of £562,500 and large Reserve Funds.

22. MR. W. DICKSON,

Manager of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, with a paid up capital of £1,200,000 and large Reserve Funds,"

23. MR. HENRY HUMPHREYS.

Head of Messrs. J. D. Humphreys and Son, who are General Managers of (i) The Peak Tramways Co., capital $750,000.

(ii) The said Humphreys Estate and Finance Co.

(iii) A. S. Watson & Co., capital $900,000.

24. MR. P. TESTER.

Manager of the Commercial Union Assurance Co.

25. MR. W. M. HUMPHREYS.

Head of W. G. Humphreys & Co. Merchants.

26. MR. S. J. CHINCHEN,

Agent of the North China Insurance Co.; authorized capital £150,000, paid up £50,000, and large Reserve Funds,

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MR. M. P. Beattie,

Head of Messrs. W. R. Loxley & Co. Merchants and Commission Agents.

28. MR. A. G. COPPIN,

Manager of the Nestle and Angle-Swiss Condensed Milk Co.

To sum up, the above signatories are connected with the following Companies and Corporations, all of which except Numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 1, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, and 32, have their Head Office in Hongkong:

I. Asiatic Petroleum Company.

2. British American Tobacco Company.

3. Canadian Pacific Company.

4. Canton Insurance Office, capital $2,500,000; paid-up $500,000, with large Reserve Funds,

5. Chartered Bank of India Australia & China; paid-up capital £1,200,000, with large Reserve Funds."

6. China Fire Insurance Company, capital $2,000,000, paid-up $400,000, with large Reserve Funds.

7. China Light & Power Company, capital $300,000.

8. China Provident Loan & Mortgage Company, capital $2,000,000.

9. China Sugar Refining Company, capital $2,000,000.

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China Traders Insurance Company, capital $2,000,000, paid-up $600,000. Commercial Union Insurance Company,

12. Douglas Steamship Company, capital $1,000,000.

13. Green Island Cement Company, capital $4,000,000,

14. Hongkong & Shanghai Bank, capital $15,000,000, with large reserve funds.

15. Hongkong Canton & Macao Steamboat Company, capital $1,300,000.

16. Hongkong Fire Insurance Company, capital $2,000,000, paid-up $400,000, with large Reserve Funds.

17. Hongkong & Whampoa Dock Company, capital $3,000,000.

18. Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Company, capital $3,000,000.

19. Hongkong Land Investment & Agency Company, capital $5,000,000.

30. Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Company, capital $600,000.

21. Hongkong Tramway Company, capital £81,250.

22. Humphreys Estate & Finance Company, capital, $1,500,000.

23. International Banking Corporation, an American Concern with paid-up

capital of $3,250,000 Gold and a yet larger Reserve Fund.

24. Luzon Sugar Refining, Company, capital $700,000.

25. Nestle & Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company.

26. North China Insurance Company, authorized capital, £150,000, paid-up

£50,000, with large Reserve Funds.

27. Peak Tramways Company, capital $750,000,

28. Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company.

29. South British Insurance Company, subscribed capital £1,000,000, paid-up

$300,000.

30, Union Insurance Society of Canton, capital $3,100,000, paid-up $1,240,000

with large Reserve Funds.

31. Union Waterboat Company, capital $500,000,

32. Vacuum Oil Company. An important American concern.

33. A. S. Watson & Co., Ld., capital $900,000.

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West Point Building Company, capital $625,000.

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