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COMMERCIAL NOTES,
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 14TH, 1910.
THE COTTON INDUSTRY. In his private cotton tude circular for the past your Mr. William Tettergall, of Manches tar, says that 1909 was the worst year for both spinners and manufacturer for over a genera tion. The prospects this year are pour, awing to high raw cotton values. He expects a drag ging cloth demand until the fall of the year, whan orop prospects may affect the market, The latest batch of stook-takings of spinning compantes show a loss on share ospital of 11.49 per cent. per
XDEBRE
The Manager of the Balgownis Rubber Estatos, Limited, reports Rubber Crop harrested during the month of January, 8.607 lbs. estimated dry; Corresponding month last year 3,847 lbs, dry. Total for first ton months of Year 1909/10,55, 413 lbs. Iry Total for Hrat ton mouths of year, 31,778 ha, dry,
BHANGHAI TELDE.
Mesars. Bbert & Co's stent Piece Goods Market Report saya-Although the near sp prosch of the antial natire settling day has prastically stopped business for the time being, the close of the year is marked by a healthy demand likely to take place when the market again re-opens after the interval. Outlets such ne Choico and Taingles, from which enquiry has been absent for some time, urs erinding soms interest in fresh purchases, while Haukow and some of the mere important Yangtao markets are also expected to be better customers than they have been throughout most of this winter. The better prospects for the Chinese New Year have resulted in a few lines of favourite cloths that have ran down to light stock, being indouted for with Manchester, but business of this kind kas nature, the prices required being still much by any means been of a general not beyond those obtainable here, nor does it appear likely that the basis at which this market dan become an fiulenter upon its usual scale, can be reached for some time to come yet, for there is still a heavy stock being carried upon which it can subsist until forced to come in for further supplies.
chase consideration will be applied as follows Holders of the United Company's 10 per cent non-cumulative Preference usins will receive ad equivalent amount in fi per cent. Debentures, while the 6 per cent, enmulativa Profaremos will also be given an equivalent amount of Debentures, plus two £1 Ordinary for every three hares how held in datestaction of Arrears of dividend The Ordinary AT shares of £5 esch will receive eight new £1 Onlinary shares for every complete, sevan, and the Deferred B one new Ordinary for every complete ten bare now hell Debenture holders will receive three-fourths of the amount of their present holdings In the United Cont pany in sow Debentures and one-fourth in cash. The average annual profits of the two companies for three yours ended Decembe 31. 1905, are given as over £25,000. A large saring in expanditare is expected as the result of the deal."
STEATER. “ DEVEĽA,”
A London financial journal remarks That lamo dook, the Braits and General Development Company, la still struggling slong- It setually made profit last year of well over £1,000. But what a shadow of its former
self, when, under its own or maiden name, if was feature of the markets! Another lesson that promoting interests are not those of the public. It is interesting to note that its investments-- there is a total depreciation of £33,000 or so in its investments of some £75,000 Kaye actually appreciated during the year. The directors draw half-Lee, theshareholders a long breath of relief that general matters are up worse, and the directors at the coming meeting a picture of weal or woe. We do not know which, but, at a rough shot, the assets seem to be worth about 2s. 6d. ashare, subject to realisation. The latter is the rab.
THE BILVER MARKET: Montagu and Co's ballion circular of the 15th We subjoin extracts from Mesa. Semnel git
The tendency of the Silver market during the last few days has been rather flabby. Without any special demand from an outside quarter, and with comfortable supplies from America and elsewhore, the price has eased off algkily, does not appear to be any appreciable change in but the undertone is distinctly healthy. Ther the stocks at Bombay-last reported as 10,500 bars; bat the off take has improved to 200 barr day. The Shanghai stock romsin at 129 lakhs has been made from San Francisco to the Far sycee and 4,300 bars A shipment of £40,000
A noticeable feature of the past year's trade has been the poor support which has been so corded to American Drills and Sheetings by the Northern markets. In former years the usual smoant sent to Manchurian ontlets was reckon TRON STEEL, METAL and HARD.ed at about 100,000 bales yearly, and while the
WARE MERCHANTS.
Wholesal prosperity which the last two years of good and Retail Troumongore Pig Iron and crop and a large export trade have brought to East, Foundry Coke Importers General Store that part of the country might have been art. redpers and Shipshandlers. Nos. 35 & 37, Hise pected to lead to a largely increased import The centres of the leather trade in Japan, we LONG STREET, (2nd Street, woot of Contral trade there, the contrary has taken place, its learn from a report by Mr Canningham, Market) Telephone No. 515,
yourly consumption of these goods having nowActing British Consul-Graneral at Kobe, are dwindled down to about 40,000 bales. That the Osako and Tokyo, the principal companies and demand is not changing is proved by the fact factories being as follow that Manchuria has throughout the your been s good boyer of the native rande sheetings wovon from imported and local yarns, and the presump tion therefore is that Japanes and native cloths
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NOTICES TO CONSIGNEES
THE
FROM EUROPE.
HAL. Steamship
"SAMBIA,"
Captain Müller, having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their goods are being landed and placed at their risk in the
haurdons and/or extra-hazardons Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown against Bills-of-Lading countersigned by the Undersigned.
LEATHER FACTORIES IN JAPAN,
Himku Kabushiki Kaisha), engaged in making 1) The Japan Leather Company (Nihon leather solely for military use, with a capital of 5,000,000 yen (£510,000), having
Balance of working s/es.s. Rubi and
Batro Balance
$26,941.54
3.777.33
830,718.87
Authorised capital 30,000 at 825 sach
BALANGS SHEET, $750,000.00, issued and fully paid Calls on tires fortorted now belong
25,000 shares of 125 sichert. $650,000,00
Insurance scoount
ing to the company Bundry creditore Company's bankers
160.00 72,176.00 55,708.76
88,619.18
$866,664.54
5.800.00 2.000.00
value of steamers Rubs and Zefire...$745,000.00 Yains of Hong, buoy and mooring 1,800.00 Vains of Manila busy mooring Valus of Amoy busy and mooring *** Value of stores on hand..82,481.96 Less depreciation a 181.96 Proportion of prem on Value of coal on kand
****
Sandry debtors
policies
Cash in hand Outstanding freight Bauce of profit and loss 2/0
2,300.00 20,457,60-15
22,611.99
12,900,32
47,439.16
$2,578,15
3,777.33
£866,664,54
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Returns showing an increase in the importa to Nowthwang of native mods sheetings from other parts of the
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Optional Cargo will be carried on unless mathe to the contrary be given before TO-DAY.
All Clairas must be presented within ten days of the steamer's arrival here, after which date they cannot be recognised, Debra M
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all Goods remaining undelivered after the 14th inst. will be subject to ent
All broken, chafed, and damaged Geeds must the bit in the Godowns, where they will be
erahined on the 14th inst., at 3 plat:
No Fire Insurance will be affected by us in any case whatever, t
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NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. FROM ANTWERP, LONDON, MALTA, PORT SAID, SUEZ AND STRAITS.
THE P. & 0. 8. N. Co.'s Steamer
"CEYLON"
Consignees of Cargo by the above-named woszd aze kereby informed that their goods are bring landed and placed AT THEIR RIBE in the Hongkong and Kowloon Wheel and Godown Company's Godowns at Kowloon, where each Conigament will be sorted out Mark by Mark and delivery can be obtained as the Goods are landed.
HOSTEM WOOLLEN MARKET.
akvo Leather (4) The Tokyo Le pany (Tokyo Bheiri Goshi Kaisha); with
Manufacturing Com- capital of 300,000 yen (£30,600), having a factory at Tokyo.
chiefly from Cores, Australia, and China, Oak The raw hides used in the trade are, obtained bark is used almost exclusively as the tanning material. The supply of this commodity is obtained principally from the Hokkaido And from the middle of the insin ialand, Tan- bark was Imported in 1908 to the amount of 1,727,463 lb, valued at £7,395, about two- thirds of which quantity was imported into the
port of Kobe,
principally used for making trunky bags Japanese people. Every year the number of and boots for the use of the persons who adopt boots ne their ordinary foot- wear increases, and is every considerable town in Japan there are now several small boot makers. Sole leather is obtained chiefly from America.
As already mentioned, the leather
In 1906 there were 97. leather factories in the of Osaka, employing 2,593 warkpeople, in city 1907 the number of factories was 109 and the Mesara W. &C. Danlap's Bradford market total number of workpeople employed 977; report for the let alt says considerably bet and in 1908 the number of fentories had ter report of this district can be written for 1908 decreased to 104 and the number of sm than was the case for the praviour yes, and flie ployees to 824. Only four of the factories ontlook remains hopeful, Trade all over the employed more than 60 hande. — Mary of the World has boun gradually revering from the l factories are merely family werkshops. severe depression experienced after the American In some a few idiles are prepared and made up aancial orisis, the almost litary exception into articles of various kinds, whilst in others being China, as those intimately connected with the leather is purchased from the larger factories that market know only too well. Fashion for and mide up into franke, bags, said bozes of all both men's and ladies' wear appears to have kinds, which are in great demand among the exceptionally favoured Bradford goods and better cins Japanese, manufacturers, generally speaking, are busier to-day than they have been for a very long time, A noteworthy feature in the Brulford trade is the growing importance of the coloured fabric branch of the trade: Wheres a few years ago practically all the best clus dress goods that were required in colours were dyed on the Continent, it is now found that the most delicate shades can be produced equally as well, if not better, at home. Business with the United States of America las considerably improved during the yes n will be aber from the rare at the head of this report. Indeed, with the exception of Chins, and to a less extent India the general trade of Bradford appears to have amivel at a normal condition again. That portion of the Bradford trade which is en gaged on Cotton goods in not, it is true, in the same fortunate position se is that mately Goods not cleared by the 17th inst., of 4 Fin this instance to the almost entire abacave of interested in wool. The falling off is mainly dues will be subject to rent.
No Fire Insurance will be effected by me demand from China, which accounts for a very in any case whatever;
large proportion of the whole; but seeing packages must be left in the Go the whole of the Cotton trade of the country Dimagred dows for examination by the Consignee's and has passed through one of the worst years of the Company's representativas at an appointed resent times, it hardly to be expected that hour. All claims must be presented within ten Bradford's portion of that trade should be at anys of the steamer's arrival here, aftar which exception. With regard to Clins, there is no clate they cannot be recognised. No cisims will doubt that the heavy accumulation of stocks, besimitted after the goods have left the and these are mostly Cottons, is gradually gókag Godowne."
into consumption. So far, however, the long locked for improvement seem to be so distant as ever; but Silver, which has fastsated within moderate limile, is rather at about 1d. abere fha price of a year ago, and this will no doubt tend to improve conditions. The heavy woollen district has been kept very boy of late, and in addition to the ordinary zen of orders there have besa some large Greek and Turkish Army contanots, which have given a great stimulus to the trails of the distrlot. It will be seen from the foregoing that taken as a whole the position of those augaged in the staple industry in Bradford is a much pleasantar one than it was year ago, and there is a much more cheerful feeling with regard to the future
Optional Goods will be landed here uales instructions are given to the contrary within
-6 hours.
E. A. HEWETT, Supertaten-dent. Hongkong, 11th February, 1910. [1] QEDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE
NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.
THE Steamship
THE
"LUETZOW." Janving arrived, Consignees of Cargo are horoby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Opium, Treasure and Valuables are being Ianded and stored at their risk into the buszardous and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, Kowloon, and Woet Peint Godowns, whence delivery may
be
obisined.
No Claims will be admitted after the Goods have left the Godowns, and all goods remaining the 18th inst will be subject undelivered after
to rint.
that
The statistics given in the report show the export of woollen and worsted goods to China and Japan for eleven months of 1909 compare with the exports in previous years as follows: . 1905 196 Chinarie
Japan-
1907
1908 1909
911,186 483,514:482,248
1,103,837 838,417 1,119,361 1,368,699 1,000,547 566,009 500,514 All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are BELL'S ASEERTOS DEAL to be left in the Godowns, where they will be A circular was said Inst month to the share- examined on the 18th inst., at 9.30 AM.
holders of the Bell's Asbestos Company, conven-
All Claims must reach us before the 22nd
inet, or they will not be recognized.
No Fire Insurance will be effected
the uppers of boots and for tranks, etc., lesbout The market price of Japaness leather used for 30 son (741) per il
Two leather belting factories in Oraks supply practically the whole quantity used in the country, the import for the year 1908 only amuanting to 40,987 lb., valued at £5,833. In that year one factory manufactured belting to the value of about 1,000,000 you (£102,000).
COMPANY REPORT.
THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAM-
SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED.
The report for the past year reads:~~ Annexed we beg to submit to shareholders the annual statement of accounts for the year ending 31st December, 1999, 2
The profit on working is $26,941.54, and after payment of interest and other charges there remains a debit balance of 83, 777.33 to be carried forward to next year's account.
The 8 8 Bubs and Zafiro have hợpt up the sarvios. ithout intermission and are in first class order and condition,”
Consulting Committee Mr. A. V. Apcar has resigned. Messrs. HP White and Dr JW Noble retire and are eligible for re- election, SGEITA
Auditors.-The accounts have been audited by Mesara WH Potts and A. OD Gourdin, who are eligible for re-election
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.
General Managarn Hongkong, 5th February, 1010.
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR 1909,
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT
ing an extraordinary meeting or the 24th Jan. to consider a scheme of amalgamation with the United Asbestos Company, The Bell's directors Blancs brought forward from last
Bill of Lading will be mountersigned by the have for some time recognised the necessity undersigned,
This Steamer bringe. Cargo Er. 8.S. "BARBARIGO from Venice PortBaid
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year..
Auditors ees
I
220 219,121,310, PUB
Authorized Capital, £6,000,000 Subscribed Capital
3,275,000). IL Fire Funde
Paid-up Capital Mar 1,212500000 3.2047537 10 The Undersigned, AGENTS for the shove Company, are prepared to ACCEPT RISKS against 21EE st Carront Rates,
SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.
Agente Hongkong, 15th January, 1909. 1908
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Interest via Negotiations have now bean bright to a ex
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