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THE HONGKONG AND KOW-> LOON WHARE AND GODOWN COMPANY, LIMITED,

The fifteenth ordinary meeting of share- holder of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Limited, was held at the Company's Office, No. 2, Con- naught Road, at Boon tokay. There were present:The Hon. J. Bell-Irving, The Hon. C. P. Chater, Messrs. D. W. Mases, A. Ja Raymond, E. Goetz. N. A. Siebs, E. M. H. Schubart, C. II, Thompson, A. Hewett, G. H. Medhurst, C Sharp, R. K. Leigh, R. C: Wilcox, A. Ross, Raf. Macgowan, Ho Fook, T. Smyth, W. J. Satinder, G. de Chameaux. Capt. Tillet, Copt, W. E. Clarke, H. L.Dennys, And Mr. E. Osborne.

After the Secretary had read the notice convening the meeting..

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1902.

THEATRE ROYAL.

H.M.S." IRRESPONSIBLE: "

Mr. Dallas, Conipany held their 2nd per- formance of HM.S. Irresponsible last night to a crowded house. It went with a good swing and the performers seemed more at home in their parts than on the first night, The singing was particularly good aft through, and the acting of Mr. Dall's and Mr. Knight was excellent, Mr. Knight's two songs in char- acter brought down the house as before. The scenery is pretty and appropriate and the whole piece is well put on, Mr. Dallas in Arthur Roberts part was, as usual, the life and soul of the piece and he has evidently studied the tricks of hand and arm peculiar to Mr. Arthur Roberts

To-night and tomorrow "The

THE CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED,

Entimations.

THE CHINA AND MANILA STEAM- SHIP COMPANY, LIMITED. The following is the report for presentation to the shareholders at the twenty-fourth annua!TGENERAL MEETING OF SHARE HE NINETEENTH ORDINARY general meeting, to be held at the offices of the General Agents, at noon on Thursday, 27th

March, 1902.

holders their report on the Company's business

The General Agents beg to submit to share

for the year 1901, with a Statement of Accounts to 31st December last,

The Refineries were well employed during the greater part of the year. but the importations of Beetroot Sugar into the Eastern markets

referred to in the last report continued to inter- fere with the prices realized for the Company's

prozlucts.

The sum at credit of profit and loss account Geisha" will be staged and on Svurday, by is $258,500.17, out of which, $100,000 was paid special request, "The Toreador."

as an interim dividend of $5 per share on the 24th of August last; the balance $158,500.17, the General Agents and Consulting Committee recommend should be dealt with as follows,

ANOTHER PRIVATE PLAGUE

HOSPITAL.

a5 feet by 15 feet, and also, angther matshed, measuring te feet by 15 feet, for attendants- both of them to be erected close to the Yau- ma-l plague hospital and to be under the superintendence of a European doctor.

might occur among their employes, the follow: ing conditions had to he complied with, viz. That the site and strictural arrangements of the Hospital are approved by the Board; that the sanitary arrangements of the Hospital are put under the care and authority of a duly - registered medical practitioner, and that the Hospital should be open to the inspection of the Board's officers. It is probable that in the present case the Board will request that similar conditions should be complied with..

CORRESPONDENCE.

(We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by Correspondents in this column.1

REFORM.

viz.

A final dividend of $7 per share (making $12 for the year)...... Carry forward to next ac-

coni

$140,000.00

18,500.17

$158,500.17.

CONSULTING COMMITTEE. The present members are Hon. C. P. Chater, cato, Messrs. D. M. Moses, C. S. Sharp and R. C. Wilcos, who offer themselves for re- election; Mr. D. Gillies has resigned his seat on his approaching departure from the Colony.

AUDITORS.

The Accounts have been audited by Messrs. Thos. Arnold and Fullerton Henderson. Mr. Thos. Arnold offers himself for re-election:

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co.,

General Agents.

Hongkong, 19th March, 1902.

HALANCE SHEET-ONE YEAR-TO JIST DECEMBER, 1901. Capital and Liabilities.. Paid-up Capital....... Equalization of Dividend Fund... Sundry Creditors

Balance of Profit and

Loss Account.........5258,500.17

At Interim Dividend

of % paid on 24th August, 1901 ........ 100,000.00

Asstis.

Property Account, consisting of

East Point Refinery. Bowrington Refinery Swatow Refinery....... Hongkong Distillery Site of Soo-kun-poo..... Cash

............

The Chairman said :-Gentlemen, with your permission, we wi'l as usual, dispense with the formality of reading the report and accounts, In one respect, the year's working has been dis appointing we had hoped, and reasonably } think, that, following upon settlement of the Northern troubles, trade would resume its The Hongkong and Kowloow Wharf and normal conditions and, with the political at- Godoun Company have applied to the Sanitary mospheres cleared, an improvement might even Board for permission to erect premises for a be looked for, but these, hopes, so far as con-private plague hospital matshed, measuring cern the Wharf Co, have not been fulfilled, the volume, of our buisness having remained al- most stationary. Gross receipts, it is true, were higer than during the previous years, and, no doubt, its bas struck you as peculiar that whilst these have grown, the nett profits. It will be remembered that in February last are little more than shewn in 1900. This, gen- when Messrs. Jardine, Matheson and Company tlemen, is due to larger expenditure, foreseeing requested permission to erect matshed which we slightly raised some of the rates at

op Jand at Soo Kun Poo Valley in the beginning of the year, but, notwithstanding which to treat

cases of plague which this, profts have not kept pace with receipts. The causes of this you' are no doubt familiar with, and I need not therefore refer to then further than to mention, the continued fall in exchange, with its inevitable rise in the price of commodities and labour, whilst measures for the prevention of Pingue have been costly, and expenditure in almost all direction has increased, There is, how ever, one source, of expenditure, and a large one, concerning "which it is right to give a few words of explanation. With expans ion of business, and the, increasing re sponsibility entailed by the custody of so many millions worth of goods, coupled with the difficulty of obtaining satisfactory ser. .vice from Chinese, it became apparent to your Directors some eighteen months ago that a radical change was desirable in the way of the Chinese employed unaided by Europeans, and considerably more European supervision was necessary Accotdingly, the staff of Europe ans, was augmented and, although the expense has been great, as shown in the accounts, re sults have justified the change. Claims for losses have almost disappeared, work has gone on smoothly in a way it never did before, whilst the absence of delays and mistakes that used formerly to be so frequent a source of irritation and loss, is evidence of improve ment in the conduct of the business, so that, although putlay has been heavy, it has been distinctly benefical and, your Directors are convinced that the change is for the roa! and lasting, good of the Company's interests. Considerable progress has been made in the construction of new buildings and equipment of launches, lighters, steam-cranes, etc, all of which, though slow to yield immediate profit, tend largely to the general efficiency of work, and enable the Company to hold its own more successfully against numerous native competi- tors, and the unfair rivalry of salaried godown men in private employ. This outlay is im- provements has been large, more especially in buildings, and there will need to be still further expenditure in order to provide the accom- modation to which I alluded at the General, Meeting held three years ago. When you come however, to analyse the Company's finan- cial position, and comprehend its assets in the shape of Wharves, Railways, Rolling Stock, Launches, Lighters and Machinery, written down to practically their auction value, when you con- template your magnificient property at Kowloon comprising 900,000 square feet of land, stand ing in the books, including buildings at only 52.58 per square foot, which is less than half the real value, land which possesses unrivalled is the result? Ignominious defeat on all sides, By Balance of Profit and Loss) deep water frontage, and is covered with first and they are hounded from country to country class buildings, and when you come to dweli | with little or no prospect of expressing their upon the latent possibilities of your business, I views. How sad it is to think that China, the think gentlemen, you are entitled to cherish long lived Empire, an empire which boasted of the comfortable assurance that so long as civilization long before, Europe emerged from the prosperity of Hongkong, continues un-the days of savagery, is to-day a tottering" chocked, your possession is indeed one of high empire, which even the smallest of European value, and a value, which, in all probability, is Powers spurns. And all through the evil actions not likely to diminish. To review the figures of the Empress Dowager and her party! embodied in the accounts would perhaps be "O Lord how long, how long," are we to superfluous as there have been given so full in | suffer such degradation in the eyes of the detail, but, should any shareholder desire fur- world? ther information on any point, I shall be pleas ed to give it before moving the adoption of the Report. (Applause),

Nons being forthcoming the Chairman proposed the adoption of the report and accounts, and the motion was seconded by Mr. Ross, and carried.

Mr. Wilcox proposed and M. de Champeaux. seconded that the appointment of Messrs, E. H. M. Schubart, C. H. Thompson, H. A. Ritchie, E. Goetz and E. A Hewett as Directors be confined, and

Carried,

Capt. Tillel proposed and Mr. Smyth seconded that the retiring director Mesars, D. M. Moses and G, H, Medhurst be re-elected,"

Carried

Mr. Ho Fook proposed and Mr. Saunders. (seconded. That Messrs. W. H. Potts and

A. O'D Gourdin be elected' Auditors for the. current year. AMERI

Carried

The Chairman The Dividend warrants

To The Estor or run "Hongkong Trurohavi". -DEAR SIR,—I have noticed for the past week in your valuable paper of the rising in Kwangsi China, and I am not at all surprised. As one and the rumours of rebellion in all parts of

who takes a great interest in China as regards, her internal and external affairs, I would feel much obliged if you would grant me space to vent my feelings, which I believe are shared by all true sons of China. As you say, the rebel- lion has assumed great dimensions, and four provinces are already affected. I would not be surprised to find the other provinces follow Buit. The present feeling all over China is not over loyal to the Manchu government, and 'o a keen observer, things are looming up in the horizon which do not speak of pefceful times. And who is responsible for this? The answer is not far to seek. The Empress Dowager and her bost of satellites, who instead of doing good, have for the last five years sowed the seeds of dissension, revolt

Raw and Refined Sugar, &c... Spirits and Rum, &c. ..... Charcoal, Coal, Stores, &c. Sundry Debtors........ Shipments

Less Advances

¦

HOLDERS in the above Company will be held at the COMPANY'S OFFICES, No. 14, Des

Vœux Road, Victoria, on SATURDAY, the azad March, 1903, at 14, a M., for the purposr Report of the General Managers for the year of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the ending 31st December, 1901,

· The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 18th to the stad instant, both Days inclusive.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.,

General Managers, Henghong, 10th March 1

HONGKONG.GENERAL CHAMBER OF

THE

COMMERCE.

HE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING:

of the MEMBERS of the HONGKONG GENERAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE will be Held on MONDAY, the 24th March, 1902, at 3 P.M., at the CHAMBER ROOM, CITY HALL, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the for the year ended 31st December, 100r. Committee and passing the Secretary's Accounts

By Order,

R. CHATTERTON WILCOX, Secretary. Hongkong, 17th March, 1900.

[3294 CHINA SUGAR REFINING COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE.

THE TWENTY-FOURTH ORDINARY, HOLDERS of the Company will be held at the OFFICES of the Gencial Agents, on THURSDAY, the 27th March, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving their Report with a Statement of Accounts to 31st Decemberigoi, The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 13th to the 27th instant, both Day inclusive.

ANNUAL MEETING of the SHARE-

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., General Agents. Hongkong, 6th March, 100%.

13784 LUZON SUGAR REFINING COMPANY,

·LIMITED.

NOTICE.

THE TWENTIETH ORDINARY AN

NUAL MEETING of the SHARE HOLDERS of the Company will be held at the OFFICES of the General Agents, Peddars ..$2,000,000.00 | Street, on, THURSDAY, the 27th March, 1902, 160,000.00 at 12.15 P.M., for the purpose of receiving their Report and Statement of Accounts to 313: 4.797,189.03

December, 1901.

158,500.17

$7,110,689.20

+$1,522,456.05

..$3,993,654.23 639,251.71

PROPERTY ACCOUNT. To Balance at Debit on 31st Dec.,

1900........

21

New Machinery, &c.,

4.250.36 1,915,836.43

8,709,87

233,884.62

71,109.35

3,354,402.52

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 13th to the 27th instant, both Days inclusive.

Entimations,

At every turn,

day and night, you hear the end thusiastic praise of some one who is competent to judge and prefers

RAINIER

BEER

to all others--the whole world has it and likes it..

SOLE AGENTS ;

A. S. WATSON & Co.,

LIMITED,

THE HONGKONG DISPENSARY...

Hongkong, 13th December, rgo1.

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INVENTORS OF INCANDESCENT

GAS LIGHT.

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BEWARE OF INFERIOR IMITATIONS

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General Agents. Hongkong, 6th March, 1902.

HONGKONG.CRICKET CLUB.

LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT, 1902,

·NTRIES wil CLOSE on TUESDAY, de 25th March. ENTRY LISTS will be found in the CLUB PAVILION,

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Hongkong, 19th March, 1902.

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Apply to

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[328d Hongkong, 19th March, 1992.

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FOR THE CANTON CLUB.

$7,110,689.10 ALIBRARIAN capable of Revising and Re- organising.the Catalogue of the Books- English, French, and German, in the Library.

Appy, stating Salary required, to the

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Remuneration to Consulting . Committee

and unrest. China had a chance in 1898 to, recoup herself, but the remorseless hand of By Halance at date the Empress Dowager stopped all. As you are aware, Reforms were started, and had they been allowed to go an, China would not have been in this present state. The youthful Emperor Kwang Su, has been and is still for reform, but what can he do against the mob of anti-foreign officials, headed by his imperial Aunt, arrayed, against him. Where men fred by patriotic feelings lift their hands and try to elevate the mass of humanity of China to'a - sense of their duty, they are regarded as rebels and agitators. To take the Case of Kang-Yu-Wei, or Liang Kia Chon, or Sun Yat Sen or Tong King Choy these men left their homes, position, and every comfort to bring Chats to a sense of duty, and what

Thanking you in anticipation for the inser- tion of the above.

*. I remain,

Dear Sir,

A REFORMER. Hongkong, 20th March, 1902.

LEGAL INTELLIGENCE.

SUPREME COURT.

CRIMINAL SESSIONS.

Before His Lordship A. G. Wise, Acting Chief Justice),

March 20th.

ALLEGED LARCENY.

The charges of larceny against Chan Chi will be ready to-day on application to the were again gone into and prisoner, who was Secretary.

This was all the business,

OTTAM & CO, DENTS DRIVING,

GLOVEB:

found guilty on three counts, was sent to prison for four and a half years with hard labour.

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*Account, carried from last

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36,179.20

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750.00 89,359 83 $128,788.93

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SANDAKAN.

S 228,788.93 158,500.17.

$387,289.10

11,800.16

375,488.94

$. 387,289.94 Hongkong, 19th March, 1902.

Jardine, MATHESON & CO.,

General Managers. We have examined the Books and Vouchers of the Company, and certify that the above Statements are in accordance therewith..

THOS. ARNOLD, Į Auditors. F. HENDERSON,j

WALKING ON WATER.

Though considerable interest is manifested in the attempt of Capt. Grossman to walk, by means of his newly invented apparatus, on

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