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COMPANY MEETING.

MESSRS. H. PRICE & CO., LTD.

The fourth ordinary annual meeting of slare. Mühlers in Messrs. H. Price, & Co., Ltd, was held at the Company's-offices, Queon's Road Central, at 12.30 p.m. on Saturday, Mr. Chan Kai Ming presided, and there were also present: Messrs. A. Bujahn and Lau Po Wing (direc tors), A. Chorlton (ssoretary), J. J. Hake, A. R. Lowe, F. Loureiro and C. Monney.

The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting.

The CHATEMAN and Gentlemen, The | report living been in your hande now for some days I will with your permission follow the usual custom, and take it as road. My predeces sor who occupied this chair in the last annual meeting rated that he saw no reason why onr Ensinoss should not continae to increase, us, our policy has ever been to offer the public the best value. This anticipation, I am happy to announce, has proved correct, as in spite of the fact that we last year gave up the agency of a most widely advertised whisky, of which we sold, ou the average about 300 cases a month, and in spite also of the fact that last year there were abnormal qasztities of liquora sold at the auction roome, in consequence of eome Arme giving

their up

liquor business, business for the past year showed an increase over the previous year. Our turu over during the first quarter of this year has shown an increase. You will be pleased to learn that we have soonrod the contract to

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supply the Royal Naval Cantoon in Weihaiwe? from the 1st July next with the same brand of beer as has been supplied bỷ na for some time past to the Naval Cantong here, and in Canton, ami in order that our contract may ha carried out to the fall satisfaction of the Naval Authorities, as has been done here, wa will sond oneofourassistants to Weihai woi to look after our

business. Our principal brands of wines, spirits and beers are imported direct from some of the

THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, MAY 1st, 1911.

BANALCE SHEET. 31st Desember, 1910. Liabilities. Nominal capital-15,000 shares of

$10 engh

shares of

+++

RUBBER COMPANIES.

The report of the Edinburgh Eubber Estate

flangestustus 201 The directors recommend a further dividend of 120,000.00 15 per cent, making 45 per cent. for the year, leaving £1,755 to be carried forward. The 106.535.09

5,000.00 yield of rabbor was 81,745lb., and the estimate for the current year is 119,700lb. The average 2,000.00 prico realized was 6s, 11d, por ib,

Suscribed Capital 12.00 $15000 Sandry croditers (including tempor

$10 each fully paid up ary Bank overdraft).

., Reserve for bad and doubtful debts. Reserve for discounts, allowance and

return Profit and loss secount

Assots Furniture, Fittings and Machinery At 31st December, 1920...$ 5,729 55 Les Depreciation for tho

your

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572.95

5,156.50

Additions during the year 1,613,80 Launch Marieli at cost ... Goodwill, as por Balance

host, 31st December, 1909 (paid for in shares)-69,611.09 Less written off to date 10,611.09

·Stook on Hand (valued by Co.'s, Sundry Debtors

Oficora)

Payments in Advance Cash-At bankera

En band

37.90

2,017.18

33,063.68

$266,598.77

The annual report of the Selangor Rubber Company states that the profits amount to £119,206. The directors recommend a final diri. dend of 3s. per share, making 375 per cent, for the year, that £7,500 be carried to reserve, and £1,500 to deprosiation, leaving balance of £3,375. The orop for the current year is esti mated at 500,000lb., as against 451,511lb. last year.

6,770.40 The profite of the Suugoi Way (Selangor) 4,000.00 Rubber Company for the year amount to £15,433. A final dividend of 38-6d. por-share, making 30 per cent. for the year, is recommended, leaving £3,492 to be carried forward. Tua eropameant ed to 71,9361b, compared with 13,594. in the rent year is 175,90013.

50,000.00

previous your. The estimated crop for the cur

119,979.31

81.503.16 The report of the Sungei Choh Rubber Estate 2,290.82 Company states that the crop of rubber senured during 1910 amoented to 53,0251h. The produce sold realized a net average price of 5s. 7. por lb. 2,055.08 and the margin of profit was rather more than 4s, per lb. The balanes at credit of profit and loss $266.598,77 account on December 31 was £10,393, and the board recommends a dividend of 20 por seat, CHAN KAT MING, les tax, leaving £10,398 to be carried forward,

Chairman,

During 1910 clearings to the extent of 213 acres were planted, and it is hoped to add about 350 acres to the planted area during 1911.

We certify that we have examined the abore balanos aheat with the books and accounts of the Company, and, in our opinion, it fully and fairly discloses the position of the Company,

LOWE, BINGHAN & MATTHEWS,

Auditors. Hongkong, 1st April, 1911.

LOCAL SPORT.

FOOTBALL

The R.G.A. and the 1st. K.O.Y.L.I. me

5:

in

Hongkong Club ground on Saturday, before

good attendamos,

The teams lined up as follows:

R.G.A.-Beasley, Daughtry and West, Hagnall, Richards and McCormick, Driver, Vincent, Watts, Archer and McGuinness.

Yorks-Wright, Stangroom and Millership, Brailsford, Gearey and Dawik, Harris, Lindley, Pearson, Palmer and Vickers.

The R.

The Singapore United Rubber Plantation (Limited) has a capital of £225,000, dividet in- to 2,250,000 shares of 28. each. The present issue consists of 490,000 shares at par. Of tho romaining 1,760,000 shares, 1,660,000 will bo issued in full satisfaction of the purchase con sideration, and the balance of 100,000 is reserved. The company has been formed primarily for tho ригрова of acquiring curtain rubber planta. tions situated in close proximity to the town- abip of Singapore, Straits Set-loments. The area comprises about 4.00 acres. Of this

Para rubber (Heron Braziliensis) ant farther plan on the estate containing probably over is in progress. There are threo large

ager of Tobras Rubber Estates, has calmed the 1,000,000 plants. Mr. Edward D. Bryce, Man properties at £190,325. The present owners take the whole of their purchase consideration (£166,000) in fally paid shares of the and the preliminary expenses the sam After payment of the underwriting commission company.

£43,000 will be available out of the proceeds of of this issue for the provision of working capital. and for the general purposes of the company

THE FOUNDERING OF THE

—"MEIFOO

The N.-C. Daily News gives the following account of the collision of the Kwangice-and Meifoc in which the latter was sunk and the former damaged :---

the

1. biggest and most woll-known distillers, bremure the final for the Soldiers' Club Shiold, on the total some 2,858 sores have been planted with end wine growers, from whom we hold the sole | agencies, and whoso products are popular all over the world. We pay ao intermediate commission, and are thus able to place their goods before the publie at rock bottom prices As our business inerosses, we require addi. tional capital, and for this reason we have decided to issus the 3,033 unellotod abaron, Balance of the 15,000 shares authorized to be issur by our Articles of Associa

The Artillery were early prominent, Watis tou, at $12 per share, which is 20 per sont testing the goalkeeper with a long ground shot, premium on a $10 paid up share. The premium which the Yorks custodian anfely negotiated will be set aside for the reduction of the good. At the other and Pearson shot well and will count. The new shares ara-issued to Beasley had concede a corner, which ehareholders pro ruta to their holdings, but in was easily cleared. The K. O, Y, L. I. took up order to unlist the continued support of our the running and from a melés in front of the customers and constituents, our Managing R. G. A. goal Lindley put through. Harris Director, who is entitled to a great portion of next tested Beasley with a ground shot, which The C.M.8. Meyfoo left Amoy for Skangbai the new issue, shall be glad to give them out the goalkeeper turned into a corner.

on the evening of the 20th instant, with a general some of his allotment, if they wish to become G. A played up better after this and Driver cargoed a large number of Chinese passougors, our shareholders. All our known Rad and had hard lines with a good shot, which was only Friday, when a deasa fog was encountered. All and met with fair weather until midnight on Doubtful Debts have been written off, and after inches too high. Watts should have made the necessary precautions having been taken, providing a reserve of $5,000 for Bad and scores level directly after, but missed his kick vessel hell to her course until at six o'clock on Doubtfal Debts, our divisible profit for the year made amends in the next minute, placing the was afterwards ascertained to be in the vicinity with only the goalkeeper to heat. He alipos that she had to drop anoker at a place which Saturday morning the fog became so dense ending 31st Decembor, 1910, is 833,363.68, of which we propose to pay a dividend of 15 per ball just on the wrong side of the post. Half of Tongting. On Sunday afternoon the fog vent., viz., 91.50 per share, to write off Good, time arrived with the Torks leading by one lifted slightly and the Metoo weighed will Account $10,000, and to carry to this year's goal to nil.

anchor and proceeded on her Voyage but account 35,063.69. Our expenses, as a result of

ufter again became dense and anchor was dropped

clearing Step Island Pass, the fog the Liquors Ordiaanco, which necessitates the

Off kooping of nu extra set of books; an increase of when.

Elgar Island, abont sight miles from Woosing. staff, the running backwards and forwards for strido.

About half-past five o'clock the same evening, steamor, which was abortly afterwards ascertain permits, ste, to the Imports and Exports De into their opponents' goal and Arolwr pated to be the Kwangles, appeared from the

while the Mfcifon was still lying at anchor, a partment, the apkeep of a licensed warehouss and the payment of a licence fee for the ware. through, but was ruled offside Driver was konso, together with our increased business have hurt and had to be assisted off the field, Palmer Meijoo right amidships and tore a large holes in

and before anything

fog could done to avort a. collision the bow of the Kunglee struck the been necessarily heavier than previous yours, scored a. sycond goal for the Yorks from an her side, with the result that the Meifoo sank we therefore welcome the proposal accurate centra by Harris. Some rough play withia very few minutos in fifteen Fathoms of of the Government for the concen- tration of all licenses warehouses for was indulged in at this period of the game steamers did all in their power to save the lives water. The oflcers and crews of the two European wines in one place which poimits could be issued; the cost of ware- with only nius men. The one back game was orow

from Vincent was hurt and the R.G.A. were left

of the housing would be comparatively cheaper than

Tassengers and members of the what we are now paying, and the licence fee for adopted, which made the play rather uninterest water, but so madden had been the catastrophe of the Mefoo: who were in the the warehouse would in all probability be waived ing. Archor was making tracks for the goal, but that little could be dove, Though only ons by the Government. If the schame of the was brought down in the penalty area, there saved, including all the foreign officers of the Hfe boat could be launched many Bres were Government goes through we will be able to feree ignoring the strong appeal for a pazalty. materially reduce cur expenses, as we are now The Artillery were sadly handicapped with their lefoo, but it is estimated that more than forty paying every month hundreds of dollars for reduced team and the K.C.Y.L.I. had matters Chinese passengers were drowned, warehousing our datiable goods. Our branches all their own way, goals being scored by Lindley and

agencies ro doing their almost (2) und Vickers. Full time arrived with the popularise the brenda for which score: K.O.Y.L.I., 5 goals; R.G.A., nit. hold sole agencies, and their sales

ind

to

We

are very satisfactory. I think, gentlemen,

I have given you all the information in my

up

their

Play was rather tame at the commencement of the second half bat livened

toama Rot into The R. G. A. worked the balf

both

BOXING.

and

THE SCENE OF DISASTER. Smith, chief officer of the Aleifen, accompanied Immediately the collision occurred, Mr. hy a Chinese tally-man, attempted to go below to procure life-bolts for the passengers, but the attempt proved fatile and both Mr. Smith and power to give, and shall be pleased to answer According to a letter received hero from Bill

the tally-man were washed away. The former I may be put to me to the best Lewis, he should soon be entering the prize was heroically rescued by Mr. Palmar, second any that! of my

Mr, BLAKE-I think it must be very gratify. fght Whitelaw on April 2nd, but the arrest tain Froberg, master of the Meifoo, also had sing again in Australia. He was matched to engineer of the Meifon, when in an exhausted

condition, ing to shareholders to see such a magnificant of the latter in connection with the death of a

bat the tally-man was drowned. Cap- turnover for the last twelve months, and in the pugilist named R. Bryant, who succumbed to very narrow escape. He was found straggling sirenmstances I would suggest that a bonus be concussion of the brain after a twenty round in the water by a quartermaster and a sailor paid to the staff.

The CHAIRMAN-I think the directors will Since he left hero Lewis right arm has been where the three remained for more than a contest with Whitelaw, caused a postponement by them on to the keel of the overturned boat, whose bost had been overturned, and was dragged your suggestion into consideration, Mr. troubling him, but he expects it will be in good hour before being rescued. In the meantime take

1 Blake.

working order by the time he meets Whitelaw, There were no farther remarks. The CHAIRMAN then proposed that the reporting. "Many said Parker was easy money the rescue of many members of the passengers with whom he fought a dray on their last mest the Kwangles loweral all her boats and s search of the surrounding water resulted in and accounts es presented by adopted and passed. writes Lewis, "but if they know the pain I have

Mr. BZARE conded, and the motion was gone through with this arm they might think and crew of the Meifoe. carried unanirenely.

differently.

The Australian is unable to way The CHAIRMAN-That is all the business, at present whether he will return to Hongkong, gentlemen. I thank you for your attendance. but he feels confident of his ability to mastor Dividend warrauts can be had on application. Whitelaw, although he does not blinks the fact

that he has a hard fight before him.

The balance sheet was as follows:-~~-

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.

Dr. For the year ended 31st December, 1910. To depreciation of furniture, 12 months

at 10 por cent per annum. $ 572.95

To reserve for bad and doubtful debts

To directors' and auditors' fees

To balance as per balance sheet...

Or.

By balance as per last a/c. $24,334.87

Less dividood at

14

per cent, as

per last report18,800.00

Written off

good will seper

last report... 5,611.09

22,411.09

By working account profit on teading

for year to date

WEATHER REPORT.

On the 30th at 1205 p.m.-The barometer has risen considerably on the E. and N.E. coast 1,025.11 of China, and fallen slightly over the Loochoos. 2,850.00 The depression lying over the Yangtze valley 33,063.68 yesterday has moved into the Eastern Ses.

Pressure remsins low over Tongking. $37,511.74

Areas of high pressure are lying over E. Japan and N. China.

N.

Moderate S.E. winds may be expected over the

part of the Chinn Sea.

Hongkong rainfall for the Z4 bours ending

st 10 am. today, 0.49 inches.

The forecast for the 24 hours ending at noon

to lay is as follows:--

Hongkong & Neighbourhood...(*)

Formess Channel

(S.E, winds, freshening.

1,923,78 South coast of China between Bae as No. 1.

Hongkong and Lamocks.

35,587.95 South coast of China between game an No. 1. Hongkong and Hainan...f

$37,511.74

B.E. and E. winds, moderate to fresh; equally, showery?

The C.M.S. Metfoo was formerly an iron. built sailing vessel named the Benclatha, but was afterwards converted into a stoamer. She was built at Port Glasgow in 1876 by the firm. of W. Hamilton & Co., and was of 1,779 gross- and 1,391 not tonnago.⠀

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CHINA- EMERGENCYC APPEAL COMMITTEE.

Alotter i fet darch 20, received from Dr. Christie, of Mukden, Manoharia, contains the following information:---

"Dr. Jackson's death made a profound im pression bero. You have no doubt seen the Viceroy'a speech, and all the native papers have now well known throughout Manchuris as one, bad most appreciative notices. His name is who laid down his life for the Chinese people, more for China than any single life could do. We have reason to hops that his death will do

I have taken immediate steps to make known "Our work is now more agent than ofer, and- our need, and to ask for a suitable, mon to appoint as Dr. Jackson's anccessor. We expect that one will come out before summer. Some friends here are also moring in the dirco- tion of raising montorial fund to endow a Jackson Memorial Chair' in our

edlage. Both Chinese and foreigners will he sppealed to, and we hope the matter may also be taken ap at Home, specially in Car ridge Ladicino, where he studiod. It is expected University and the Liverpool School of Tropical" that £1,500 may be raised as a capital food. All erection of the logo and two dwelling houses, arrangements are made for beginning the as soon as the ground is thawed-that is, early in April.

such as we could not have dreamed of. This We have an opportunity now in Mancharia terrible flagne is opening mon's minds and preving the dire need of medical education, so that I have no doubt we shall have far more applicants than we can possibly admit. Now is the time to ipareciso our staff, so that in e of years, when the new mon shall have learned & couple soothing of the language, we may be able to open our doors widely to all who wish to study medicine under Christian influences."

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