639775-1896-Post-Office-Notification — Page 2

Hong Yuen.

Kwongsangcheong.

Pyrotechny,

Soon Hin.

Tukycloong.

THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 1ST AUGUST, 1896.

List of unclaimed Telegrams lying in the Joint Telegraph Companies' Offices at Hongkong.

Ying Chong, -Care Tong San Wo.

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記泰

739

Xynh Chin Xuons.

Hongkong Station, 1st August, 1896.

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,

Cash,

J. М. ВЕСК, For Manager in China

ASSETS.

SUIREME COURT OF HONGKONG,

T

THE Court will sit in Summery Jurisdic- tion, every Friday, until further notice.

By Order of the Court,

A

J. W. NORTON KYSHE, Registrar.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF

HONGKONG,

IN BANKRUPTCY.

No. 21 of 1805.

In the Matter of CHUL SHING. Be parte-KwOK YUN.

FIRST DIVIDEND of 13 per cent. has been declared and is payable to all Creditors who have proved on application to the Trustee at No. 72. Praya West, on and after Tuesday next, the 4th day of August, 1896.

Dated this B1st day of July, 1896.

FENG YCK CHO.

Trustee.

In the Matter of THE TRADE MARKS ORDINANCES (No. 16 of 1873 and No. 20 of 1895).

and

In the Matter of an application on be- half of Messrs. LAUTS WEGENER & Co. and RUDOLF DAESCKNER & Co., for leave to register a certain Trade Mark,

NOTICE is hereby given that doHANN

THEODOR LAUTS, of Victoria, in the Colony of Hongkong, a member of the firm of LAUTS WEGENER & Co. on behalf of himself OSCAR WEGENER and FRANZ HEINRICH LÜDER HAESLOOP carrying on business at Victoria aforesaid and elsewhere under the style of LAUTS WEGENER & Co. and also ou behalf of RUDOLF DAESCHNER carrying on business at Victoria aforesaid under the style of RUDOLF DAESCHNER & CO. has applied to His Excellency the Governor of Hongkong for leave to register a certain Trade Mark in the Register of Trade Marks in the Office of the Colonial Secretary for the Colony of Hongkong in the joint names of Messrs. LAUTS WEGENER & Co. and Messrs. Ru- DOLF DAESCHNER & Co.

The said Trade Mark has been or is intended to be used in respect of boxes, packages and bales containing raw feathers, half dressed feathers, or dressed feathers for exportation belonging to or dealt in by the said firms of LAUTS WEGENER & Co. and RUDOLT DAESCHNER & Co, or one of them.

A facsimile of the said trade mark can be seen on application at the Office of the Colo- nial Secretary for the Colony of Hongkong,

Dated the 16th day of May, 1896.

JOHNSON, STOKES & MASTER,

Solicitors For

Messrs. LAUTS WEGENER & UO.

aud

RUDOLF DAESCHNER & CO.

SIXTY-SECOND

REPORT OF THE COURT OF DIRECTORS

TO THE

ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY GENERAL MEETING

OF

SHAREHOLDERS

TO BE HELD

AT THE CITY HALL, HONGKONG, On Saturday, the 15th August, 1896,

AT NOON.

To the Proprietors of the

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

GENTLEMEN,

The Directors have now to submit to you a General Statement of the affairs of the Bank, and Balance Sheet for the half-year ending 30th June, 1896.

The net profits for that period, including $312,780.12, balance brought forward from last account, after paying all charges, deducting interest paid and due, and making provision for bad and doubtful accounts, amount to $1,470,795.36.

The Directors recommend the transfer of $250,000 from the Profit and Loss Account to credit of Reserve Fund, which Fund will then staud at $6,000,000,

After making this Transfer and deducting Remuneration to Directors there remains for appropriation $1,205,795,36, out of which the Directors recommend a Dividend of One Ponud and Five Shillings per Share, which will absorb $444,144.44.

The difference in Exchange between 4/6, the rate at which the Dividend is declared, and 2/24, the rate of the day, amounts to $161,215.91.

The Balance $300,134.98 to be carried to New Profit and Loss Account.

AUDITORS.

The accounts have been audited by Mr. F. HENDERSON and Mr. C. S. SHARP, the latter acting in the absence of Mr. S. G. BIRD,

A. MCCONACHIE,

Chairman.

Hongkong, 30th July, 1896.

ABSTRACT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES, HONGKONG & SHANGHAI PANKING

Paid-up Capital,

Reserve Fund,

CORPORATION.

30th June, 1896.

LIABILITIES,

Marine Insurance Account, Notes in Circulation,,

Current Silver, $43,424,286.22 Accounts, 7 Gold,

£6,315,097.14-2--57.191,146 11

Fixed Silver, -$86,286,777,44 Deposits, Gold,

£2,770,788.9, 10=25,988 624 82

Bills Payable (including Drafts on London Bankers and Short Sight Drawings 011 London Office against Bills Receivable and Bul- lion Shipments)....... Profit and Loss Account,

$10,000,000,00 5,750,000.00 250,000.00 9,092,856.67

100,614,482.88

61,875,402.20

14,825,165,24 1,470,795,30

$203,378,851.86

Bullion in Hand and in Transit, .. Indian and Colonial Securities INVESTMENTS, viz. :—

£250,000.0.0 23 per cent. Consols

lodged with the Bank of England as a Special "Lon- don Reserve,

$1,900,000.00

£651,050.0.0 Consols and other Sterling

.$62,409,687.26 5.869,757 57 8,392,284.11

Securities........ 5,896,301.89

7,796.301.89

Bills Discounted, Loans and Credits, 61,108,194.80

Bills Receivable,

Bank Premises, Dead Stock,...

71,727,698.41

974,977.82

100,000.00

$208,378,851.86

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT, HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING

Dr.

CORPORATION,

30th June, 1896.

To AMOUNTS WRITTEN OFF:-

Remuneration to Directors,...... DIVIDEND ACCOUNT:-

£1.5/ per Share on 80,000 Shares

=£100,000 at 4:6,........... DIVIDEND ADJUSTMENT AC-

COUNT:-

41

Difference in Exchanze between 4/6, the rate at which the Dividend is declared, and 2/24, the rate of the day... TRANSFER

FUND,

TO RESERVE

BALANCE carried forward to

next half-year.

Cr.

By Balance of Undivided Profits, 31st Decem- ber, 1895, Amount of Net Profits for the Six Months ending 80th Juur, 1896, after making provision for bad and doubtful debis, de- ducting all Expenses and Interest paid and due.

$512,780.12

.1,158,015,24

S

15,000.00

444,444.44

461,215.94

250,000.00

300,134 98

$1,470,795.36

$1,170,795.86

$1,470,795.36

RESERVE FUND.

To Balance,....

$6,000,000.00

$5,750,000.00

250,000.00

$6,000,000.00

By Balance, 31st December, 1895, .... Transfer from Profit and Loss

Account....

T. JACKSON. Chief Manager.

J. C. PETER, Acting Chief Accountant.

A. MCCONACHUHE,

ST. C. MICHAELSEN,

G. B. DODWELL,

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Directors.

We have compared the above Statement with the Books. Vout hers and Securities at the Head Office, i with the Returns from the various Branches and Agurvies, and have found the same to be correct.

F. HENDERSON, Auditors

C. S. SHARP,

Hongkong, 30th July, 1896.

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