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To-day's Advertisements.

NOTICE.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1901.

Intimation,

We shall be obliged if any subscriber on receiving his paper late or irregularly will write on the Wrapper of the paper the Time of delivery, etc., and forward the Wrapper to the Manager, Hosong Telegraph - Coș Lư, 50. Queen's Road Central. The wrapper

d45,000 to lend upon First A. S. WATSON & Co., enable us to check the delivery coolies

Class Mortgage 'Security in

large or small Amounts.

Apply-

**J. J. FRANCIS,

4 Des Vieux Road

15100

Hongkong, th May, 1901.

BANK HOLIDAYS.

HE Undermentioned BANKS will be

LIMITED,

ESTABLISHED A.D. (ÊN.

THE LEADING MANUFACTURERS

TCLOSED for the Transaction of Public ÆRATED

Business, on FRIDAY, the 24th instant, the Anniversary of the BIRTHDAY of Her late Gracious Majesty. QUEEN VICTORIA, and on MONDAY, the 271 instant, (WHIT MONDAY).

For the CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,

AUSTRALIA AND' CHINA,

TP. COCHRANE,

p. Manager, Hongkong. For the HONGKONG & SHÄNGIMI BANKING

CORPORATION,

T. JACKSON,

Chief Manager, For the NATIONAL. BANK OF CHINA,

LIMITHIN

“GEO, SV, EZ PLAYFAIR, Chief Manager.

For the MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA,

LIMITED,

JOHN THURBURN,

For the BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,

Manager, Hongkong

Hongkong Agency,

L: BERINDOAGUE,

Acting Manager.

For the BANK OF CHINA & JapÄN, LIMITED,

HONGKONG,

J. W. TAYLOR, Manager.

For the YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED,

TARO HODSUMI, Manager,

For the IMPERIAL BANK OF CHINA,

E. W. RUTTEK, Manager.

For the DEUTSCH-ASIATISCHE BANK,

H. SCHOTTLAENDER, Acting Manager. Hongkong, 22nd May, i

INSURANCE HOLIDAYS..

(3520

Undermentioned INSURANCE

OF

WATERS

IN THE FAR EAST.

“OUR --NEW FACTORY, Jacing the sen at the PaAYA RECLAMATION, is constructed with every attention to the best principles that sanitary science can suggest.

wil

THE returns of the number of visitors to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ended 19th May are:-

Non-Chinese Chinese

Tolais.......

Library. Museum.

430

143

107 2,529

2,671

537

OUR readers may be interested to know that we happened the other day to see a Chinaman washing () vegetables for the market the other day, in one of those filthy open garden wells along the road to Kowloon City. The water was the colour of average sowage, and rearly as thick. It is to be hoped the cooks wash vegetables well, especially salad, before they are used; it is to be feared they don't,

IT may be noticed that we are publishing a gazette of interest to the shipping community generally, giving the names of officers on leave, promotions, transfers, etc. We imagine it will be found useful by many shipping people here, who can see at a glance where their friends are at the time. We shall be much obliged for any information, from our readers tending to A perfect system of Kiltration is keep the column up to date. employed guaranteeing Absolute

pur-

THE work on Sir Thomas Lipton's America Cup challenger Shamrock fi. is practically completed and the launch will take place to morrow, says u hone paper of the, tyth 'ult Some delay in getting the boat finished was The Machinery used is of the Latest caused by the failure of many of the aluminiuun Type.

A STAFF OF ENGLISH EXPERTS attends to every detail of the Manu facture.

deck plates to withstand the test, and though this has since been made goed, other delays have been caused by the difficulty in securing some of the staller fittings.

THE Royal Siamese Naval Department informs all concerned, that the rock named Perse Rock, on which the British steamer Perse foundered in November 1900, luas been surveyed and that

The Waters producel are of the its position is:-650'05 N. Latitude, 99'36' 80 E. Longitude. The shoal, depth less than three highest class and excellence; as testi fathoms, which surrounds the Rock, extends over 900 feet in the direction N. E.-S. W The middle part extending over about 300 feet, which consists of stone and coral, is very un' even, the smallest depth being 6 feet at low

TOFFICES will be CLOSED for the Tran fled to by the best taglish inkers.

saction of Public Business, on FRIDAY, the 24th instant, the Anmversary of the BIRTH. DAY of Her late Most Gracious Majesty QUEEN VICTORIA, and on MONDAY, the 27th idem, (WHIT MONDAY) JARDINE, MATHESON & Co,

General Agents,

CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, LD.

and

General Managers,

HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE CO

LIMITED.

For the UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY OF

CANTON, LIMITED,

W. J. SAUNDERS, Secretary

For the NORTH-CHINA INSURANCE Co., LD.,

W. H. PERCIVAL,

Agent.

For the CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE CO

LIMITED,

W. H. RAY,

Secretary.

For the YANGTSZE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION,

LIMITED,

SHEWAN, TOMES & Cos.

Agents. For the CHINA FIRE INSURANCE CO., L.,

GEO, L. TOMLIN, Secretary. Hongkong, 22nd May, 1901,

THE SUPREME COURT OF

HONGKONG,

155

THE Count wit on in STURDAY, the 5th

will sit

JURIS-

instant, at 10 A.M. instead of FRIDAY, the 24th instant.

By the Court,

·A·

J. W. NORTON-KYSHE, Registrar, Hongkong, 22nd May, 1901," : (5530

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB MEETING of SUBSCRIBERS and MEMBERS interested in ordering SUBSCRIPTION GRIFFINS for next Race Meeting will be held in the Chamber of Com merce Room, CITY HALL, on SATURDAY NEXT, the 25th instant, at 12 o'clock NooN,

By Order,

THOUGH,

Clerk of the Course

[5540 REGULAR STEAMSHIP SERVICE TO NEW YORK,

Hongkong, 22nd May, 1901,

*VIA" PORTS AND SUEZ CANAL,

PROPOSED SAILINGS FROM HONGKONG.

"AFRIDI"

31st May, "HILLGLEN"

14th June.

..about 17th July.

"LOWTHER CASTLE". 30th June.

"HEATHBURN" "HUDSON... "JUPITER". "SATSUMA"

For Freight and further. Information, apply

to

DODWELL & Co., LIMITED,"

Agents. Hongkong, zand May, 1901

[445€

EYESIGHT.

Mr. N. LAZARUS, Occulist Optician, of London and Calcutta, may be consulted for SPECTACLES at 16, Queen's Road Central, (R. HOUGHTON & Co.) (Nearly opposite the HONGKONG HOTEL). Business hours--9 A.M. LO 5 P.M.

A

GREAT proportion of cataracts and diseases affecting those advancing in life accur to those having some deficiency in the construction of the eyes-thin, many years of

JA. S. WATSON & CO., LIMITED',

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY. ·

Longkong.

& Hongkong Celegraph

The

HONGKONG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1901.

REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.

THE PROPOSED CHINESE LOAN.

LONDON, May 20th:

England and America are alone opposed to the proposed Chinese loan being guaranteed by the Powers.

THE CHINESE INDEMNITY.

water.

THE Fremdsublat! (Vienna) recently published an article expressing the heartiest sympathy with Lord Salisbury in his illness. The semi. official organ says; "Lord Salisbury has always patriotically fulfilled liis duly in safe-guarding Great Britain's interests. He has achieved many great successes, and always understood how to avoid conflicts with other Great Powers, or at any rate to deprive differences of their acute character. Lord Salisbury is, perhaps, second in importance to none of his pre- decessors as a statesman. He is one of the

foremost figures in Europe at the present time, who, in the event of their retirement, would and there are few contemporaneous politicians

leave such a void as Lord Salisbury.

THE task of raising the battleship laine, says an exchange, will be undertaken by a company who charge nothing and give 3 per cent. of the profits to the Government of the United States, In addition, they will return all personal pro- Sir Ernest Satow states that Great Britainperty belonging to the officers and crew of the "favours a reduction of the indemnity.

ship. The salvage in the Maine is expected to be enormous. In its hold, according to the Government records, there is now £100,000 worth of ammunition and rou tons of copper aud brass. A hundred engines are stored away in the hulk of the vessel, while the armament and fittings are sure to be worth a considerable suin of money even if the vessel cannot be repaired. In this event the wreck, will be historic souvenirs. broken up and sold for old metal and lur

BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA. the fifth time.

The British bave occupied Carolina for

LATER.

BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA. The Boers have derailed an armoured train by the explosion of a mine. Major Heath of the South Lancashire Regiment was killed.

MR. CARNEGIE'S GENEROUS CIFT TO SCOTLAND.

MR. Walter Long, whose ing-muzzling policy has caused his name to stink in the nostrils of those foolish folk who care more for a cur than they do for a Chrisuan, is triumphantly vindi. cated by the annual report of the Registrar- Mr Carnegie has given two millions sterl-General, says a home paper. During the year ing for the purpose of providing free educa- in for Scottish students at Edinburgh, Glasgow, St. Andrews, and Aberdeen Un- iversities. English and Colonial students are excluded from the benefits of the gift.

WEATHER REPORT.

The Observatory report says:-

1899, not a single death from hydrophobia was recorded, a fact which suggests; if it does not prove, that it is within the range of practical politics to stamp out hydrophobia by strict regulations. It is sad that one cannot observe similar satisfactory progress in other directions." Consumptive is as rife as ever, and cancer -that dread, mysterious malady concerning which the wisest of the wise know next to

THE St. Petersburg correspondent of the Daily Mail of the 15th ult, says the Corcan Govern ment has promulgated a law enforcing the penalty of death for opium'smoking.

NOTICE.

Our Special Edition is now on sale and may be obtained on "application. Price fifty cents. Intending purchasers are advised to order carly. See advertisement appearing eleswhere.

AT THE MAGISTRACY.

A COSTLY SKIM The unlawful possession of one bullock's skin cost Cheung Piu $15 or four days' hard labour. He chose the latter.

DAMAGING TREES.

damaging trees on Crown Land fat Tim Wan Chan Kwai pleaded guilty to cutting and and, being unable to pay the fine of $15 im posed by Mr. Kemp, was sent to Gael for a. month.

THEFT.

Tam Man Tai went to the lodgings of Ma Tse Kai, a boilermaker living at 9a Buikely and clothing to the value of $25. He was this morning sentenced by Mr. Kemp to Street, Hunghom, and walked off with money

month's hard labour.

ROBBING A PORK BUTCHER.

LWO

Tam Shing likes pork and to satisfy his crav- ing for that delicacy went so far as to steal a nice lump from the shop of Chan Loi. Chan gave chase and Tam was handed over to the Police. Defendant said the pork fell down as he was

passing. One momh

STOLEN BREEKS.

The unlawful possession of a pair of trousers valued at $3.20 cost Chong Ng six weeks! hard

labour.

AN OLD OFFENDER:

Ip Fuk, well and unfavourably known to the Police, pleaded guilty to the theft of four pieces of clothing, valued at $11.00, Mr., Kemp imposed a sentence of two months' hard labour.

NO LICENCE,

Flying a licensed vehicle for hire withou! a driver's Beence cost Yi Yok a couple of

dollars.

DRUNK.

Charles Sano, a German sailor from the s.s. Burnside, pleaded guilty to being drunk and incapable in Ice House Street. Mr. Kemp fined him the usual two dollars or seven days.

*

FALSE. WEIGHT.

The possession of a false weight cost Cheng Hi, a fish hawker, $3 or one month. He chose the latter.

STORING KEROSINE. Police Sergeant Gordon charged three Chinamen with keeping keresine on their dants pleaded guilty and were fined $10 or two premises other than for private use. Defen- weeks each. They paid the fines.

OPIUM

The possession of four mace of prepared opium cost Kwang Yung $8 or fourteen days. He paid up.

*

Five mace of opium dross cost Wong Cheung $5 er fourteen days. He went to gaol.

"

Chan Mui, a married woman, pleaded guilty to the possession of taels 1 mace of prepared opium. As she was unable to pay the fine of for three months. $150 imposed by Mr. Kemp she went to gaol,

PUBLIC HOLIDAY.

4. The net profits for the year 1899afterwriting: off depreciation amounted to $97,447.11 The The following was issued yesterday, in the net profits for the year 1900 after writing off":" form of a Gazette Extraordinary

depreciation and deducting the extraordinary GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION-NO 299. amounted to $97.447.11 The net profits for profit of $83,173 derived from the sales of land

direct that the Anniversary of the Birthday of deducting the extraordinary profit of $82,173 His Excellency the Governor is, pleased to the year 1900 after writing off depreciation and Her late Gracious Majesty Queen Victoria be derived from the sales of land amount to observed in this Colony on Friday, the 24th $92,330.96. How do the General managers instant, as a Public Holiday, under the provi› account for a falling off of $5,11615 in the sions of Ordinance No. 6 of 1875.

ordinary profits of the business?

By Command,

T. SERCOMUR SMITH, Acting Colonial Secretary. Colonial Secretary's Office,

Hongkong, 21st May, 1901.

TO. How is the Reserve Fund invested? Having regard to the fact that Art. 115 of the Old Regulations is not reproduced in the New Regulations is not "the Permanent Reserve Fund" established under that Article now.sub. ject to the provisions of Art. 86 para 15 of the New Regulations and must not the whole of the Reserve Eand be invested as provided by the said paragraph? Is there any power under. the said paragraph to place a sum of $roo,coo out at least specifically investing it? Is it not to the credit of Permanent Reserve Fund with- the fact that under the New Regulations the General Managers have no power to employ the Reserve Fund in the business of the Com

A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD. The sixteenth annual ordinary general at the Hongkong Dispensary to-day at noon. meeting of the above Company took place There were present:-Messrs. H. Humphreys (in the Chair), H. P. White, E. Osborne, Hon, CP. Chater,' C.M.O., (Consulting Company? mittee) J. A Jupp, W. H. Mancell (secretary R. E. Humphreys, J. F. Reece, J. A. Tarrant and W. C. Taylor.

vening the meeting,

The Secretary having read the notice con-

that he had received between 4 and 5 o'clock The Chairman said in answer to Mr. Reece the previous evening a copy of certain ques tions which Mr. Reece signified his intention of asking at this meeting. The Chairman said that the questions covered a very large field and that he could not answer them as well as he would like to do at such short notice but be would endeavour to the best of his ability to answer serintim.

Assuming for the moment that Mr. Reece is In reply to question -The Chairman said: technically correct yet the General Managers. consider themselves entitled to a salary of $7,200.00 per annum and commission as shown in the accounts for the year 1900 à such was undoubtedly intended by the Company in Gen eral Meeting when the resolutions were pass- ed-in any event commission on the big 16 is dus, as the transfer did not take place profit realised by the sale of Inland Lot No ill the 31st December. Article rod provides that the accounts are to be made up to the 31st December in each year so that it would have been impossible for the profits for the year to be ascertained or divided up on the 20th December,

The Chairman said:--Gentlemen, before commencing the business of the meeting, there is a matter to which I must refer and that is the three cases of plague which occurred among the Company's European staff in the early part of this month. As you already know, two of the three cases terminated fatally, and i is with great regret that we have to record the deaths of Messrs. H: C. Howorth and Harold Thorne from this. cause. Both were young men of excellent character and attainments, and of great promise, and in their unfortunate deaths the Company has lost two valuable ser Hawkes, 1 am glad to say is improving daily vants whom it will not be easy to replace. Mr.

and we may soon expect to see him out of hospital. There seems to be no doubt that the disease was contracted practically simultane. ously by all three; there have been no further casce and we may therefore reasonably assume that the trouble is now over and that the dis ease was in no way contracted through any In reply to question 2-The Chairman fault of our premises, but from some unfortun said :-Aniounts set aside for depreciation are ate chance cause, such as the finding of a dead legitimate appropriations of net profits, the rat, of the bite of a parasite, which any Hong same as paying a dividend or adding to reserve kong resident might be liable to. The Hong. fund, and the net profits of the Company are kong Dispensary premises have always been determined before such appropriations are well looked after and maintained in a perfectly made. It is the custom with all the lead. Sanitary condition. The majority of the staffing Public. Companies here, take for instance resided in the six storey building facing Queen's the 'Dock Company, The Hongkong Bank, The completed only about ten years ago. Since after they have determined the net profits. Road, which is a comparatively new structure Tramway Company and others, to write off the occurrence of the disease the entire pre-. mises have been thoroughly disinfected, the the items were as follows:-**

In reply to question 3.-The Chairman said: drains have been examined and. the Roers taken up but nothing whatever has been found that could in any way account for what has whole of the European staff is temporarily happened. As a precautionary measure the housed in other quarters

Furniture and Fittings....... $5958.48 Soda Water Machinery... 2118.48 Chinese Branch Furniture

and Fittings

3000.00 Sec A of Inland Lot No. 17... 6000.00

17106.96

The first three items come under the heading. of Stocks in Trade in the Balance Sheet,

In reply to question 4-The Chairman said:-The question applies to the London Agency. The total amount of commission for the year 1900 would amount toabout £2000; the greater part of it was commission on goods ordered prior to December 20th, 19on. Out of this commission the London Agents have to pay office rent and reat of warehouses, salaries of all employees in London, rates lighting, stationery and petty charges.

In reply to question 5.-The Chairman said-The answer is in the negative.

As the

The Chairman thien rose again, and 'saic- Gentlemen, the Report and Statement of Ac- counts have been in your hands since the roth instant, so with your permission we will as usual take them as read. The total of our stocks in trade shows a considerable increase over last years total. Nearly the whole of this increase has taken place at our European branches, especially in Manila, and is caused. by expansion of business generally, necessitat ing of course the carrying, of larger stocks. Amongst the property assets you will have noticed that Remaining Portion of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 549 and Inland Lot No. 16 are not shown, having been sold during 1900 as $150,000 appears amongst these assets for The cost of general management in 1899 mentioned in the Report. A new item of In reply to question 6-The Chairman said: Marine, Lot No: 2 c against which there is a was $13,00 of which sum $3,600 was in the mortgage of $140,000 shown amongst the shape of General Manager's fees. liabilities. This property is situated in Des

Chairman informed you at the Jast extraordi Vaux Road and is intended to be used as anary general meeting held to confirm the new warehouse and sodawater factory when our regulations in answer to a similar question of new premises immediately adjoining, now in Mr. Reece's; when the late General Manager, course of erection opposite the Hongkong Mr. J. D. Humphreys, was alive certain mem Hotel, are completed. We mentioned at our bers of the present firm of general managers last General meeting that if the Company's were holding posts in the Company and were. business continued to expand as it had been of course paid by the Company for their ser (Chinese

doing, it might be necessary in the future to vices, it was the chief reason for bringing 592 ask shareholders to subscribe additional forward the new regulations to alter this Other Asiatics & capital. Such would have been the case condition of affairs; as the General Managers- Europeans..... 8 before this had not the sale last year of Re- considered that whatever remuneration they Other Asiatics Chinese27 maining Portion Kowloon Inland Lot No. 549 got should be for genem management and.

and Inland Lot No. 16, at a good profit over individual members should not be receiving Europeans... ! book values, provided us with a considerable separate remuneration.

sum of ready money, for absorption, into the business and obviated for the time being any need for further capital. We have also sold this year Section A of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 350 and Kowloon Inland Lot No. 551 at a profit of $25,438.00 over book values, which amount will appear in this year's accounts. We have reserved 5000 square feet of Kowloon Inland Lot No. 550 for the purpose of erecting This land stands in our books at 40 cents per business premises there in the near future.

business this year up in date shows a steady foot. You will be pleased to know that our

expansion, I shall be pleased to answer any questions in connection with the Report and Statement of Accounts now under considera tion before proceeding to move their adoption, Mr. Reece then put the following questions and the Chairman made the replies given below.

THE PLAGUE.

Number of cases reported up till noon of the 21st May, 1901.... Number of cases reported during the past 24 hours

Total number of cases reported to date 636 Number of deaths reported Chinese 560 up till noun of the arst Other Asiatics 7 May, 1901....... Number of deaths reported Other Asiatics o (Europeans... 4 Chinese...24 during the past 24 hours

Europeans......❤

Total number of deaths recorded to date 595 the Dragon Cycle Depol, D'Aguilar Street has We regret to hear that Mr. R. A. Collins, of contracted plagee. He sometimes resided at 3 Caine Road and sometimes in the same house in D'Aguilar Street occupied by the that he contracted the disease at the latter place.

fate Mr. Mehta. There can be little doubt but

We also hear that on Sunday last the to be suffering from plague. He was inimedi Librarian of the Hongkong Club was found ately removed and the library was disinfected.

He is since dead.

regulations of the Company were adopted and 1. Having regard to the fact that the new came into operation on the 20th December, 1900and the fact that Art, Boof such Regulations is in its terms prospective only, how do the entitled to a salary at the rate of $7,200 per annum and to a commission of 5% on the net profits of the Company in respect of any period prior to the said date?

On the 22nd at 12.15 p.m. the barometer has nothing at all-is still, for some occult reason situated in Beaconsfield Arcade, were disin General Managers make out that they are

risen on the China coast, particularly in the North. The depression in the North is pro bably moving Eastwards to the S. of Japan, and pressure is high over N. China. Gradients slight for N.E. winds on the China coast. Fore cast:-Varying winds 5.W, to E., light to moderate; fine at first, changeable later.

LOCAL AND GENERAL,

A GOOD shorthand reporter is wanted, vide advertisement appearing elsewhere. PARCEL Mail for Europe, etc per sto. Bengal, will close at 3 p.m. on Friday, the 24th instant. THE Italian cruiser Calabria, which arrived

marrying in paste until the war began; but the on the increase. As lu marriages, we were binh-rate for 1899) was the lowest ever recorded. That is a fact which gives furiously to think.”

Jubes Snagge, of the Oxfordshire County Court, says a recent Pall Mall, is a man to be admired, in that he interprets his duties to the State in a broad and generous spirit. While sitting in judgment ai Thame a case camic before him in which the question of ancient lights was involved Witness strove with wit ness, but the Judge could not get at the truth, despite the exquisite forensicskill of counsel un either side. As the ancient lights in ques tion were not far distant. Judge Snagge ad- journed the court, and intimated that he would continue it within sight of the lights so that

The offices of the Stockbroker's Association, fected to-day owing to the discovery of a plague

this block of buildings, case there. This makes the seventh case from

The plague returns for last week were:-

Cases........ Deaths

............... 122 ........... 153

90

2. Having regard to the fact that the net profits of the Company cannot be ascertained until deaths are

Since noon on Saturday last the cases and after the amount written off for depreciation has been deducted and to the fact that in the Cases Chinese

Balance sheet the net profits for the year 1900 Other Asiatics

after writing off $17,106.96 for depreciation European

appear to be $174,503.96 how do the General Managers make out that the net profits for that year on which they claim amount to $191,610.927,

."

Total

95

Deaths Chinese

Other Asiatics Europeans

Total

The returns for the 24 hours ending at noon

bered 298 and there were 75 patients under two Fartuguese. The deaths to date num- treatment.

It will thus be seen that up to date our re- turns for this year exceed those of 1894 by 263 cases and 207 deaths. It must, however, be borne in mind that the existence of the dis- case in 1894 was not discovered until May 20th, faking cases and deaths since that date megan this year the returns show,;

lost three sailors when off Mount Lavinia Isonal observation of themteneath a spread at Colombo en the and inst. from Singapore, should be able to judge of the facts from perine 22nd May, 1894, were 27 deaths, includ seems that one of the crew fell overboard and ing tree the court was accordingly held in a boat with two men was lowered, but the truly patriarchal manner. The rain fell, as it was sure to do, but the court continued to sit until the case was finished." If more cases. were tried in the open air the cause of justice would not necessarily suffer, and the health of

Eye Strain' ending in serious forms of disease. boat capsized and all three were drowned. Glasses specially adapted in youth to those, requiring them save and preserve the sight.

Constantly recurring headaches, spills of A SPECIAL telegrain to the China Gazette dimness when reading, weak eyes, the leberg dated Ichang, May 15th, says The body of running together any of these symptoms india Captain Breitag, nister of the ill-fated new those who are compelled to frequent.counts of Cate & deficiency in the form of the eye requiran steamer Suisung, which was lost on

law would benefit exceedingly. In the good ing Glasses only to correct and cure.

Ms. LAZARUS supplies, hip SPECTACLES her taiden voyage from ichang to Chungking, old days the criminal was frequently tried

has been recovered from the river and was under the paly alter testing the sight.

tree on which he was subsequently ADVICE FREE.

[1453b buried this alichoon in Ichang cemetery,

executed. And why not?

Cases: 373 Deaths 208

1901.

237. 249

The plague this year appears to be of a particularly virulent form, death ensuing in many cases within eight hours.

For 19oo the remuneration for General Management is as shown in the Balance Sheet.

"

In reply to question 7-The Chairman said: The book value of fuland. Lot No. 16 has been appearing in successive Balance Sheets for several years and I am rather surprised that Mr. Recce should think it necessary to ask the question, but I have no objection to profit on the sale of this property was $72,000.00. saying that the price was $149,000.00. The

Inland Lot No. 549 was $10.173.00. The profit on the sale of R. P. of Kowicoa

Mr. Reece then asked the book value of R. P. of K, L. L. 549. The Chairman said he was: unable to say offhand as it was included with K. 1. Lot 550 and 551 but to the best of his recollection the book price was 40 cents per square foot. The area about 22000 sq. fl.

In reply to question 8.-The Chairman said. Land Investment Co. The object for which it -Marine Lot 2 C was purchased from the was purchased I have already told you of at this Meeting.

In reply, to question -The Chairman säld many reasons can be given. Such as increased

cost of manufactured goods at home. Dis- turbances in the North of China necessarily affecting our Branches there and increased salaries of the Staff.

In reply to que tion 10-The Chainian said. The Reserve Fund is invested in the business" We are advised that under Section 15 of Article B6 the Generat Managers may set aside out of the profits such sum as they think proper is a reserve fund of for such purposes as the General Managers sball in their absolute discretion think conducive to the interests of the: Company and in adding $100,000 to Permanent Reserve Fund and investing it in the business we are of opinion that we were acting in the best interests of the Company,

In reply to a further question from Mr. Reece throwing a doubt on the validity of such transfer to Permanent Reserve.

The Chairman said am advised that the transfer is in order and within the meaning of the article.

There being no further questions the passing of the accounts as presented was proposed by the Chairman seconded by Mr. E. H Joseph and carried, Me Reece, being the only dissentient

3. In respect of what items of assels appearing in the Balance Sheet is the sum of $17,106.96 for depreciation written off and how much is written off in respect of each of such items? 14. What is the total amount of commission that the General Managers have charged for the year 1900 under Art Bz of the new Regulations

the Company prior to the seth December 1900? and has any and how much of each commis- sian been charged on goods ordered by or for 5. Have the General Managers retained re ceived or charged any other, and what remunera tion or commission besides the remuneration and commission clained by them under Articles The Chairman then proposed that the ap So and 83 of the New Regulations?

appointment of The Hon. C. L. Chater Messi... 6. What was the total cost of general manage E. Osborne C. Ewens and H. P. White as a thont to the Campany for, the

1899 and Consulting Committee be confirmed. 1900 respectively??

Mr. R E. Humphreys seconded and, the 7.What were the book values of Inland Lot motion was carried, Mr. Recce dissenting No. 16 and the Remaining Portion of Kowloon Mr. H. White proposed the re-election of Inland Lot No. 549 and for what sums were hir Francis Maillard, as Auditor for thin they respectively sold Pr

ensuing year, Mr. Terrey seconded, Unanim- ously carried. Mr. Reece.not voing.

The meeting then terminated

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8. From whom, for what purpose and at what price was Marine Lot No. ac purchased 2