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¡AIRVIEW,” No. 1, Robinson Bond,

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 12r#, 1908

MARINE INSURANCE COMPANIES 1000 se, the B'itish and Foreign, the dividend |

The Times Commercial Supplement saya:➡ The decline in the world a trade which began

Hongkong Furnished or Unfurnished PE at January, Ons OFFICE BOOM some months ago is nawelcome to most eleges

66 FAIR

Furniture can be Purchased if desired), 6, big Rome, nice view of harbour.

Apply to

Mesers J. ULLMANN & Co.,

34, Queen' Road.

Hongkong, 17th February, 1908.

TO 'LET."

TO, 5, MORRISON HILL.

N

-982

One FOUR ROOMED HOUSE. at Praya Eart, noor East Point.

Apply to

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., LTD. Hongkong, 21st October, 1907.

TO LET.

99

MIRST. Class European Hansen, farnished oranfurnished,Lochiel Terrase and Humphreys Avenue, Kowloon.

Apply to

TAM TSZ KONG., Care of Hip On Insurance, Exchange and Loan Co., Ld., 42, Bouham Strand, West, Hongkong, lat October, 1907.

TO LET.

94

FFICES and ROOMS on the 1st and 2nd

|

on Second Floor, Prinos's Buildings, Apply to REUTER, BROECKELMANN &,00,- Kongkong, 9th December, 1907. 102

with Small Family," Berits low.

No. 2. CHANCERY LANE. ROOMED HOUSE fitted with Elowin Light. Contest Locality,

SIX.

was increased (from £53,000 to £80,800), an luoroase mads for individual reasons and not connected with the pressat state of the markot. FUNDS, INTEREST RROBIPTS, AND DIVIDENDS IN 1907,

Funds, oxalding Interest Amount capital, on December Receipts to be

lens *paid in Inc. or Dec.-Income D'dende. on the year.tax. year.

£

Amount

£

of business men; but to underwriters of marino risks it actually brings with it some prospect of improvement in their industry. During the "past three years the carrying bustness of the world has never boon larger, yet shipping tredo TO LET.

generally has been depressed and the profits of underwriting have declined to a good deal leas Brit, & For. 1,468,358 30,179 55,101 60 300 ROOMED HOUSES in Morrison Hill than nothing. Partly on the principle that London aud 4 Gap Road, suisable for Married Couple when business is at its worst any change mast Provincia! 213,740 48 102 12,573 10,000 be for the better, and partly because a large | Maritime... 457,23-24298 17511 10,000- EUROPEAN FLATS în * WILD DELL "falling off in shipbuilding would benefit the Merchants 283,934 + 20,448 11,184 7.500 Buildings. Rents low.

shipping trads, the turn in general trade may Ocean... 44,907, + 3,266 17,334 21,000 prove to be also the turning point-in the Reliance ...

233,421- 5,816 8,580 12,500 opposite direction of marine underwelting. Sea

879,050+ 12,644 30,970 30,000 We are able this year to present the resultt Thames and of ten companies only as the Standard has not

Mer.

732.975 57,993 24,646 21,355 has boon acquired by the London and Laucalire World........ 196,899 6.802 6,421 3,006 Fire Insurance Company-and next year, with the absorption of the Ocean by the North Total * 5.918,015 — 177,802 228,020 214,551 British Company, we shall have kut pino.. In apite, however, of the reduction in number of

PULL THE STRING AND THE companies issuing reporte at the beginning of the year, there remain sufficient to make

FIGURE WORKS": their figures a fair illustration of the insurance market as a whole. And this illustration re- garded as a picture is painted in the gloviniest of colours. The completed accounts of 1905 were bad; but those of 1906 are worse, and much Worse when one considers that

**STILLINGFLETE" Pak Road.

ROOMED HOUSE with Fine View of sued the usual accounts; no doubt beesuse it Uni 1,098.448-111,827 83,940 40,000

Harbour.

HARPERVILLE" Garden Road, SIX- BOOMED HOUSE Atted with Eloris Light and full use of. Tennis Court,

Apply to

PERCY SMITH & SETH,

Accountants & Auditors, &c..

5, Queen's Road Central Hongkong, 28th February, 1903. 438

TO LET ON SHAMEEN.

Matte

HOW THE COAL BILL: BIBES.

Under thote headlines, the Japan Chronicle of Feb. 28 -

Floors of No. 14. DES VOUX BOADARGE GROOMED HOUSE in tubstantial part of the losses of 1905 been brought to our moties by Me. R. Olden CENTRAL, (formerly scoupled by Momir.

SHAWAN, TOMES & CO.).

`Apply to---

THE COMPRADORE DEPT.,

·Jarding, MATHESON & Co, Lro,

Connaught Road Central.

Hongkong, 25th February, 1908.

TO LET.

999

NTANGTUEN, Mellonald

Road, Dwelling House... Posession-from-lit April-noxt-

Apply to TANG LAP TING.

No. 8, Connaught Road Wast

A CHOO, Tobacconists, Queen's Road Central.

Hongkong. 4th March, 1908,

TO LET,

-429-

HE ROOMS on the first dour of No. 34,

T QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, (Oppo

alte the General Pont Office) The Rooms are light, spacious and well ventilated. Very moderate rent. Immediata Possession.

Apply to

YEE SANG FAT & CO.

Same address, Hongkong, 28th January, 1907.

TO LET

240.

·UCTION ROOMS, No. 2, Zalland Street,

Aimmediate posseden.

Nos. 3 and 4 FAIRVIEW," ROBINSON

ROAD. Kowloon.

WOODBURY" GARDEN ROAD.

-“ ROSENEATH," KOWLOON,

Apply to

LEIGH & ORANGE,

1. Des Vani Road.

Hongkong, 10th February, 1908.

TO GET.

87

HOUSE in KNUTSFORD TERRACE

KOWLOON,

Apply to

locality, facing the Bund,

Apply

X, Y, Z., German Post Office, Canton. 161 Hangkong, 7th January, 1908.

TO LET.

were due to an unfavourable experience of war riske. The reduction is the

of rates premium of Arts, a reduction which con- sidered in connexion with values works out at some 63 per cent, during six youre, bas reduced marine anderwriting as a whole to the ranks of temporarily unprofitable lavinstries. And the HOP and DWELLING HOUSE, No. 78, experience of companies, handicapped to some eriant' though they ara by expenses of "administration," does not differ assintially from the experiance of most members of Lloyd's, many of whom have, however, earned substantial profits from fire. onderwriting. Probits are more and more difficult to make in marine insurance, losses more and more difficult to avoid aron by the most adroit of surintarato borrow a term from a current Stock Exchange controversy. As a whole we are afraid that the market is losing money,

Qnaen's Road Central. Apply to

Mars, S. J. DAVID & CO.,

Prince's Buildię

Harkong, 231 February - 1998

4

TO LET

Buildtiere

and 5-ROOMED HOUSES in Kowloon..

*WINDSOR LODGE," Kimberley Road, Kowloon, Six Hoomed House fited with Eloc tric Light and full use of Tennis Court,

Apply to

An examination of the fllowing table will COMMODIOUS SHOP in Des Voeux Roadshow that ten marine companies received Contra), Hongkong. Inmediata ponion- £2,703,079 in premiums on the underwriting Moderate rentals.

accounts of 1906 and, in the aggregate, lost £76,950 (29 per cent.) as compared with a loa on the 1905 Bucounts of £43,199 (1.6 per cent.).. The course has been steadily downwards. For 1901 there was a profit (11 companias) of 2428191; for 19ng a proât of £308,168; for 1903 proft of £109,513, for 1904 a profit of £143,577; and now the two years of loan Writing a year ago, we anticipated that the bottom had, then been reached ; it is now elear that the depths are still unplumbed. Among the companies in our table, four have made profits and his show losses the profits, except those of the British and Foroiga, which has bad a comparatively good year, were all small; the losses in most cases are subatantisi,

-UNDERWRITING ACCOUNTS CF 1906,

Net profit.

HUMPHREYS. ESTATE A

FINANCE 00., LD. Hongkong, 7th Marsh, 1908.

TO LET..

18117

ARGE OFFICE ROOM on First Floor

of No. 16, DES VŒUX ROAD. Apply to FERD. BORNEMANN,

No. 16, Des Voeux Road Centra Hongkong 2nd January, 1903- 144

TO LET.

NE ROOM in Prince's Buildings, Top

ON FLOT

Apply to

Memrs. 8. J. DAVID & CO. Hongkong, 29th February, 1908.

TO LET:

(85

70. 59, CAINE ROAD.

THE HONGKONG LAND INVEST

MENT AND AGENCY CO, LD. Hongkong, lat March, 1968.

TO LET.

NO. 2 MACDONNELL ROAD.

Apply to

COMPRADORE'S DEPARTMENT,

Nippon Yun Kaisha.

Hongkong, 3rd-Jurie,-) 905,

TO LET.

68

MODOWN. No. 3, NEW PRAYA, -Ken

nedy Town,

Apply to

"HÖNGKONG LAND INVESTMENT

& AGENCY. CO., LD. Bongkong, ist March 1908.

TO LET.

860

SIX ROOMED HOUSE: at ELLIOT CRESCENT, Robinson Road. Furnished

or Unfurnished.

Apply to

F. X. D'ALMADA & CASTRO,

38, Queen's Road Central.

· Hongkong, 22nd January, 1908.

TO LET.

10

448

Nos. 27 and 31, SEYMOUR ROAD.

Apply to

SAM WANG 00., LTD.,

St. Queen's Hood Central Hongkong, 27th November, 1907. 190

TO LET,

FFICES on Top Floor No. 2, Connaught

OFFL

Road, facing the Cricket Ground. HOUSES in Wong Nei Chong, Road.

or loss

-after meat-

ing claims

and ex- % of

'mipiin."pertsen sud-ping

providing

for further claims.

Corresponding profit or los on the 1995 ROOGUN ta.

|

A somewhat ingenions attempt at fraud has

barg, of Kobs, Acting on behalf of the Committee of the Club Concordia, Mr. Oldenburg ordered, through the best "boy" of the Club, 5 tons of coal on Monday from a well known Japrosse cori-merchant, and the load duly arrived yesterday. As the previous fire tons ordered had vanished in a remarkably short space of tims, Mr. Oldenburg decided to test the weight himself, and he inspected the monies. In order to make sure that the soulse. were in good order he stepped on to them with a view to faking his own weight, when ha noticed a coolie was standing very olose to the scales. Mr. Oldenburg asked the man to move

little farther away, but he daslined to move, and Mr. Oldenburg then discovered that the coolie could not gracefully move away because bis-foot was tied to the coales by means of a piece of string which passed underneath the scale to the balancing point. By moving his foot the coolie was thus suabled to regulate the weight of the baskets, the idea being of course to giza short weight. The head boy" WAS sent for a policeman, who came and took particulars and also the string as evidence. Some surprise seems to have bean expressed among the police when the matter was put into their hands and we understand Mr. Oldenburg was asked what course he wished to be pursued with regard to the offender: Mr. Oldenburg replied that the offleisin ought to know—and we should think that a hire-faced attempt at fraud of this character would be a matter which the police should take ap without hesitation.

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Amount, má,

Brit, and

For

Prev 230,833-17,880 84-27,179 57 Matins 240,783 3,976 16 44,060 18-8 March'ts 188,216 ---- 16,104* 75+ 2084 11 Doaan...162,186 10,861 67 8047 48. Reliance 115,788 + 6,571 57 +10,054 8.9 Sea 14,915 + 8,051 25+ 28,059 3,5

| 390,199 +20,003 86 + 28,639 5-7 Lou, and

Thames

& Mor. 452,650 - 47,600 105-14,296 32||||

458,70934,517 75 35,523 84 8

Union...

World. 190320-13,363 70+ 8,977 39 Total ... 2,703,079 — 76,950 28 43,193 16 Assuming 82,000 as the cost of the third your'a

No. 10, DES VEUX ROAD CENTRAL,settlements. lat floor.

"HATHERLEIGH," Condult Road

A HOUSE in CLIFTON GaKouny, Löndnit Road.

OFFICES in Yöux BaILDING.

GODOWNS in PRAYA EAST, BLU BUILDINGS and No. 16B., De Voux Road next to the HONGKONG HOTEL.

FLATS in MORSTON. THERAĢE Apply to

THE HONGKONG LAND INTESA MENT & AGENCY CO., LTD Hongkong, 5th March 1908.

TO LET.

36

TIN G.

564

BURGEON DENTIST,

No. 10, D'AGUILAR STREET

TERMS VERY MODERATE. Conmaliation Free, Hongkong, 21st September, 1905

1540

SANG MOW.

RATTAN AND GRAB8 FURNITURE MAKER.

Chairs, Tables, Settess &

LONG CHAIR

BAMBOO BLINDY MATTINGS.

in all colours on Sale.

All Orders -rzésive prompt attention.

45, QUEEN'S BOAD CENTRAL, HONGKONG Hongkong, 20 February, 1905.

401

It is always unsafe to draw deductions from the first year's sattiamants of, maxine acconat. The second year is the crucial one, and hopes at the end of the first twelve months not infrequently turn to despair at the end of the received in 1917 were £2,707835, sad the first second. Taken as a whole, the net premiame

year's settlements and

expenses amounted to 21,144, 297, or 425 per cent, se compared with 1906 soconats of £1 129,144, or 418 per cent. the first year's settlements and expenses on the

In the aggregate the premiuma have slightly. Increased, and the outgoings of the first year are slightly heavier; in individual ossas the -be Open (at 10 AM, and 4.1.m, daily, Sunday Maritime, Merchants, Ocean, and World show | exceptad, to reocivi nad deliver perishable goods. an experience in 1907 more favourable than

W. PARLANE, Manager. Heiskone 184 November, 1901 gettlements to resord. Little comfort can therefore be drawn from the 1907 accounts. And no one can go day by day into the insurance market and feel much confidence in

A HACIENDA, E, Mount Kellet,GGESFORD (Furnished) No. 114, that of 1906, but the other six have heavier

The unfurnished, from the middle

or and of April next. For particulars apply to the undersigned.

PRAX. Contalar 6 ROOMS.

Ño, 71, WYNDHAM STREET. "GLENWOOD" CAINE ROAD, suitable C. H. GRACE. for à Boarding house or Club. Containing 28.

Rooms. Care of Secretary's Offiva, Hongkong Club.

BEACONSFIELD ABCADE, Fius Off Hongkong, 5th February, 1908. 311 and Dwelling Rooms

TO LET.

FFICES in Azxrandra BuilDINGS.

OFF

Apply

SECRETARY,

A. B. Watson & Co. Limited. Hongkong, 23rd April, 1907.

K

TO LET

FROM 1ST MAY

OWLOON MARINE LOT 48, Yammali, Ares 85,200 square foot and with 255 feet Bow Frontage. Especially suited for Storage

"of Coal, Timber, &e.

Apply to-

221

No. 15, QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL,

Floor, (over Caldbook MacGregor). Top

OFFICES in Queen's Road Central BELILIOS

ROBINBOK ROAD.

TERRACE.

BOUSES,

LADBROKE, No. 9, CONDUIT Road,

8 Rooms, Furnished or Unfurnished: from 15th April, 1908.

regard to the fature. Let autumn the rates of premiam on fleets coming forward were ont worse than ever.

FIRST YEAR'S SETTLEMENTS ON THE 1907 LUCOURTA

First Year Cerronponding Bettlements figures in 19987[ and Expenses,

Accounts,

Net

Premium

Brit. and

No. 3, DUDDELL STREET Shop and 1st Floor.

For

Large Servants' Quarters and full sized Tennis Court,

Nos. 1 and 6, DES VŒUX VILLAS (PRAX).

No. 57, PRAYA GRANDE, Macso.

Apply to

LINSTEAD & DAVIS, 3rd Floor, Alexandrs Building Hongkong, 18th February, 1908,

STORAGE.

FOR GOAL, TIMBER, &C.

(89

14O BE LET, Portion of MARINE LOT

HUMPHREYS ESTATE &

FINANCE CO., LTD. "Hongkon. 18th January, 1908.

~~~ TO LET. STORE in Good Position, No. Queen's Bosd Central, including Fimi, Floor, and Godown at back, with Losse,

Apply st

14, Queen's Road Central, Hongkong-26th February, 1908 437

CHA

TO LET.

HAMBERS in No. 2-WYNDHAM

STREET, Moderate Rent.

„First Floor of No. 6 Queen's Road, Central, comprising Six Large Rogina aud Outhouses raftable for business Pre Iminon or Dwellings, now oooupied by FasL, HORNEMASE.

Apply for m

DAVID SASSOON & Co. Era. Hongkong, 26th February, 1908.

93

No. 285 at NORTH POINT, Buitabla for above Parpone. EXTENSIVE WATER FRONT. DEEP WATER_

“Also FOR SALE. Portions of MARINE LOTS Nos. 31 & 33 on PBAYA EAST, Approximate" AREA 43,000 SQUARE FT. 999 YEARS' LEASE.

For Particulars, apply---

GEO. FENWICK & Co., LTD. Hongkong, 8th June, 1906,

(84

NOTICE TO KOWLOON BESIDENTS

XTRA COPIES of Daily Prees to on Lanie dily at the KOWLOON BOOK- STALL MEEBUTTONJEE'S KOWLOON

דיי

% of Fms.

% of Amounts. Amconta,

paa, £

£ ." 343,136 162,246-47.3 161,678 447

Lond

Prov 216,924 85,909 39 6 87,907 36-7- Maritime. 268,008 98,099:366-97,275 4 ra Merchants 204,90 65,194 31-8: 75,728 402 Ocean 168,684 - 78,468 46 5, 81,659.509 Reliance... 115,054 52,813 456 - 49,261 430 Bee.......

330,447 128,018 39 1.118,596 3:07A Thames &

Mer... 438,843 200,646 463 · 190,443 42-0 Union. 439,641 211,078 486 208,979 44-4

189,698 61,347 32-371,069 37

World-

COLD STORAGE.

THE HONGKONG FOE COMPANY, LTD.

Yaw now 10,000 Cubic Foot of Cold Storage available at EAST POINT." Stores will

43

MITSU". BISHI DOUKYARD. AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKL

CODE WORD: “DOCK,”

A.1, A‚B.C., and Engineering Coda Used:

NEW DOCK NOW OPEN.

DOCK No. 3.

Extreme Length......... via Length on Bicoks

722 foot.

714

...961

188

Width of Extrace on Top Width of Entrance on Bottom... Water on Blocks at Spring Tide 341

LJK Nor Li Extreme Lengi... Length on Blocs. Width of Entrance on Top

B. Width of Entrance on Bottom... Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

DOCK. No. 2. Extreme Length.............. Length on Blooks

Width of Entrsaps on Top Width of Entrance on Bottom, Water on Blocks at Spring Tide

323 fost 613

871 feet.

66

Total 2,707,835 1,144,287 42 3 1,129,144 41.8 It is fortunate for most of the marine com panion that prudent finance in the past: has placed them in a position to withstand the kings and arrows of outrageons fortune. They have large funds and the earnings on there Lands pay sil, or nearly all, the dividends. In

PATENT SLIP- a few instaness—London, and Provincial, Suitable for vessels up to 1,000, Thaïsos and Mersey, and Union-the losses of MED WORKS we well equipped with recent years bave made large inroads into the LATEST PLANTS and APPLI fands (which have also suffered from deprecie ANCES to. undertake BUILDING/ or and tion), and the means to check the tide of loss REPAIRING SHIPS, ENGINES, becoming a most serious problem before their BOILELS; and Alie ELECTRICAL directors. The funds (oralisire of capital) of WORK. the ten companies amounted on December 31, A LARGE STOCK of MATERIAL D £177,302, of which more than half was due to 1907, to £5,918,015,decline during the year of always kept on hande

The COMPANY bas the powerful steamet depreciation. The interest rescipts, after "OURA MARU" (712 tous, 700 LB.P dedusting income-tax, were £223,020 and, the

STORE, No. 36, Elgin Road & Mr. AH TAUS Fardends to be paid are £214581. The de specially built for BALVAGE PURPOSES ends, as a whole, jare paid out of intent equipped with neosmary gour, always ready

Short Notion.

FERRY WHARF STALL

Hongkong, 22nd Doosmbér, 1903.

$799

PREMIUM BONDS.

WE are the Largest Dealers in the World of these attrative. Bovaritiva.. WRITE to us at once for our Year Book giving full particulara.

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OUR UNRIVALLED COMBINATIONS,. Comprised of the most advantageous Bonds, may be parebased by convenient monthly

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