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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CorporatiON.

HALF-YEARLY MEETING,

The ordinary half-yearly meeting of share holders in the Hongkong and, Shanghai Banking Corporation was held at the City Hall at noop to-day, the Hon. R. Shewan presiding There were also present-Hoa. C. W. Dixon, Messrs. A. J. Raymond E. Goetz, G. H. Med. burst, C. Michelau, D. M. Moses, H. Schubari,

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No dog brought froin Shanghai will be per mitted to land in this Colony for a period of six months from the 13ili ins",

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The report and statement of accounts hare already been published in our columns and, in moving their adoption,

factory to the shareholders. It is also a pica- surable duty to recognise the ability on the part of the management and staff which has helped to achieve such a good result.. I think we are all pleased to learn that this is being recognised in the bonus we are asked to vote for the staff.

The motion was carried.

DIRECTORS.

On the pro, osition of Mr. 1. Orange, seconded by Mr. S. Hancock, the con- firmation of the appointments of Mr. C Michelau and Mr. C. Hallock, in place of Messrs. A. Daupt and H, W. Stade resigned, was confirmed, and Messrs. N. A. Siebs, i. E. Tomkins and H. Schubart were re-elected directors.

AUDITORS,

Mr. G. Stewart proposed, Mr. J. Neumana seconded, and it was resolved, that the on. C S. harp and Mr. W. H. Polts be re-elected auditors.

The Chairman said-Gentlemen, I con- gratulate you on the fine position which the report I have just read shows the Bank to be in, and on the results of the last six months' work, which allow of the usual dividend of £1 tof- and a bonus of tol per share, and also of $750.000 being added to the Reserve fund. At our last meeting, in August, I pointed out that, at the then rate of exchange of 1/8, it took about $110.00 more to pay the same dividend than it did six months previously, and to do so now, at the Mr. G. de Ch mpeaux-I have much plea- present rate of 17, requires $110.000 further, sure in proposing a vare of thanks to the besides a relative increase of dollars to pay the | Chairman (applause), 10/- bonus In other words, we are now pay-

The Chairs as hit concludes the busi- ness of the meeting. I am much obliged to you for your attendance. Dividend warrants will be ready on Monday.

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must and will, come laig ? opportunities, | square lanterns hung up to light the conlica ing “Cross bow, have got something aboku. 'increased' business, and, 1 do not doubt, in- who worked the treadles, although -nút was given, oz had starboarded helm as soon creasing prosperity to your Bank, (applause). | navigation lights, were yet so suspended under as the junk was seen, the collision might have Before moving the adoption of the report the open arched roof covering the coolies been averted,

tated In evidence that and accounts, I would be pleased to answer in front of the steersman (who stood on a small the breadth of the link was about 13 feet. The any questions which you may have to put to raised deck near the stern) as to act as wern steamer, was ricking vessel and going me (A pause). As there appears to be no lights.. It was also alleged that up to, and at through the t gile twice as fast as the questions, I now beg to move that the report the time of, the collision the masthiend fantern | junk; prima jacteuil was her duty to keep out and accounts as presented be adopted and and the other two mentioned were alight. In of the way. The engines were not reversed (ill passed. Will somebody kindly second that? view, however, of the evidence of Paxton' (the }, the pilot saw the sail and made out it was a Mr. A. G. Wood:-Mr. Chairman, I have master), Ho Pu (the pilot), Chau Kiú (the look junk, and that, according to his evidence, was much pleasure in seconding the adoption of out man) and Laihtung (the man at the when the junk was forty or fifty yards off. N. A. Siebs, (Directors), I, R. M. Smith (Chief | the report and accounts just placed before wheel), on board the steamship, I am of opinion Ye! those navigating the steamer, had had Manager), Hon. C 8. Sharp, Messrs W. Hus, and I am sure thy cannot fail to be satis-that there was no proper masthead light light the notice, "Cross bow, have got something Ports, J. R. Michael, H. E. D. Hunter, JP

at the time in question, and I am futher of ahead" some five minutes before reversing, Peter, C. W. May, R, F. Wright, E. Geory,

opinion that the lanterns that lighted the and there was p'onty of time, going as C. J. Gonsalves, J. V. V. Vernon, S. Hancock.

coalies at work were not of any material use the steamer was against a two-knot tide, to P. A. Barlow, J. M. Gomes, J. A. Chingr,. Lau

asavigation lights. I hold therefore that, as

have completely stopped her before the Wae Chuen, H. W. Fraser, A. Sharp, D.

regards fights, the absence of such proper collision, for the "something ahead" must lights as any reasonably careful junk-master clearly have been a craft of some kind. should have exhibited materially contributed My nautical assessor is of opinion that those to the collision. After considering the evidence responsible for the navigation of the steamer given on both sides it seems clear that the were to blame as well as the junk, and I am steamer bad her regulation lights and was seen therefore compelled to hold that both parties by the junk people at least a mile away. The

are to blame for the collision. Mr. Sharp called evidence for the paintiff was that the steamer's my attention to the case of The Englishman- red, green and white lights were clearly (reported in 3 Probate Division), where ir seen, and were seen all the time, and came Report Phillimore decided that were the near and nearer. In the circumstances it schooner The Englishman ran down a Fr-ch seems strange that the junk people did not trawler which had not proper side-lights, she show a lantern or a fa cup light. Possibly it alone was liable for the damage caused. But in may not be the custom to do so on the Canton that case it was beld that there was no look u on the schooner and thai, the efore, the absen e f River but where, as I have found to be the case here, a junk is quite insufficiently lighted, regulation side-lights on the trawler did ret so that it is difficult to see it in the dark till contribute to the collision. The judge expressly heid "that the side-lights of the Etoile, the one is very tear, common sense wou'd suggest the propriety of attracting the attention of an

trawler) would have been unseen as much as the overtaking steamer whose three lights co-mast-head light," because there was no look-out. inued to be visible from the junk till the Moreover, in that case the t awer "had a white collision. It is neglecting reasonable pre-light visible a mile distant at least, and had a cautions to wait till the seamer is close up flare-up shown, but neither white light nor and then to merely shout, out. In this case, flate-up was seen," In the present case the mbreover, it seems the shouts were not heard. absence of proper lights did very materially It is to be regretted that the steersman of the contribute to the collision. Accordingly, I hold both parties to blame, and the result is the vailable. pass now to the action of the plaintiff will recover half the damages which steamer. In the defendant's preliminary act it he can prove to have been caused by the colli. sinn, the account to be taken in the usual way, is stated that the junk was first seen from the Hotho when it was about 200 ́feet away, on

Each party must bear its own costs. It may the port bow. It appears that after passing be well to add that this action was brought before the new Ordinance, No. 39 of 1902, with the Tai Shek bariler, Paxton, the master, left the bridge, which was about 20 or 25 feet from reference to collisions between junks and ships, 'came into force so that it is not necessary in the bow, leaving the chief officer, Duncan Bowie, there in charge, with the pilot Ho Wo, this case to discuss its provisions. The case was heard on the 5th, 6th, and 7th who had known the river for over six years. inst, when Mr. E. H. Sharp, K.C. (instructed Lai Ab-tung was at the wheel and Chau Kiù by Mr. P get Hett of Messrs. Mounsey and was look-out man. All three were on the bridge Brutton) appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. M. wom which the vessel is steered, and all, except W. lade (instructed by Mr. C. E. H. Beavis of the chief officer who died, I think, last No Messrs. Watkinson and Grist) for the fendant vember-were called as witnesses. The evid- His Lordship delivered judgment yesterday,ence of the pilo: is very material. In examina- and the brief result appeared in our columns. tion-in chief in Court he said" We passed the fast evering. He said-This case was beard Tai Mei light and after going a little way I on the 5th, 6th and 7th of February, 1993. O saw a shadow on the port bow. It was the morning of the 7th March, 1902, about 5 20 reported by the look-out man who said in or 5.25 .. a collision occurred near th Chinese, There is a shadow in front; look western stremity of Sepoy Island in the Tai out repeated it to the chief officer in Mei branch of the Canton River, between the English, Cross bow, have got something ahead. I was standing on the port side and the At the time of collision the chief officer on the starboard side of the bridge junk bad a caro on board worth, as

We were only a few feet apart. 1 was by the

$17,000, and a large number of passengers. The carefully. The shadow came nearer and the collision does not appear to have been a violent chief officer blew the whistle a long blast. Then one, but it caused the junk to go over right on he telegraphed down to stop the engines and to its side with the sail in the water, and, then to go astern. We first made out it was although the lożka, after the collision, stayed a junk when I saw the sail. Then the telegraph and rescued many of the passengers, unfor- was set full speed astern. When we made out tunately many lives were lost as well as the she was a junk she was 40 or 30 yards off. We cargo and the junk. Much of the loss of life is could see no lights. I could make out which owing to the fact that many Chinere passengers were lucked up in the cabin as a precaution against piracy. In these circumstances the plaintiff sues for damages, alleging the collision to have been aused s lely by the negligence

CASE.

JUDGMENT.

It will be remembered, Chu Leung sued the 5.5. Haihe for damages in respect of the col lision which occurred between the oiko and the stern-wheel paddle jurk Pe Li on 7th, March, 1902, in the Canton River, and about so per ons were drowned.

ing in dis idend and bonus $1,031,053,64 against | THE CANTON River colliSION | junk was drowned, so that his evidence is not $1725.843.70 this time last year, or, say 3 lacs of gumbuaidoila's more; while at the same time our posi- tion is now stronger than it ever has been before (applause. The uncertainty of the silver in ket has made exchange operations mater of much difficulty and no tle anxiety. it has been a busy time for all con- veined, and to show our appreciation of the manner in which the matter has been faced by our Mangers, Agents, and staff generally, we have had pleasure in wing them à bonus on their salaries of toy which I am convinced will A sarve coolie while chowing in a matshed

nect with your approval (applause). Compar- at Quarry Bay was killed by some blasting

the hill, which blew off hailing the present port with that of 30th June operations on

you will observe an increase in deposits of of his bead.

about $10,000,0_u chiefly in g. ld accounts, and

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Same has enabled us to reduce our liabilities under the heading of Bills Payable, which are some fourteen million dollars less; on the other side Bills Dise unted, 1.oans and Credits are ten million dollars higher, and Bills Receivable have increased $8,000,00 There no marked change in any of the other

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As briefly reported in our issue last evening the French steamer, Binh Thuan, left hence for

Saigon on the 7th inst. with a general cargo, and some $.00,000, belon, ing to the Hongkong · and Shanghai lank. On the passage down she ran upon the North end of Cape Varella where she now lies. Cape Varella, though tame enough at times, is a nasty, treacherous piece of coast during the north-east monsoon. - The Binh Thuan is owned by the Compagnie and is a steel screw steamer of some 1,760 d Navigation de Cabotage, des Mers Chine,

THE Fire Brigade, under Chief Inspector Bros & Co., Limited, of Imperial Japanese alleged by the plaintif, some $16,000 or side of the helmsman. The chief officer looked gross tons. She was built by Messrs. N.

Mackie, was summoned to Gage Street this marning and soon extinguished a fire at No 27. The damage done, which amounted to about $40”, is covered by insurance.

the past half year we effected a sale in ship hilw. London, in conjunction with Messrs, Baring

Government Bonds which met with much success, and I am glad to say the result was mutually gratifying to the Japanese Govern ment and to ourselves. The import trade has been dull here, but in the North there are evidences that at the opening of the river good demand will sprire up for piece goods TULL about him, and see-if it is not so. -Advt.

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was the bow and which the stern." He then with models showed the relative portions of the junk and steamer, putting the junk on a course which would take her ncross the bow of the steamer almost at right angles. He continued

Odc o, and Co, Genoa last year," The firm to which she belongs was recently incor porated at Marseilles, with a capital of 600,000 franks, allotted into 120 shares of f§,00 each. Since the inco poration we hear that the ca ital has been increased. The Company's aber vessels are the Luong Nam, and Pho Yen. It will be remembered that recently the

Quong Nam, while on a vorage to Hongkongi.

of her passengers to another steamer. On the short of coal and, at sea, transferred many Binh Thuan's maiden voyage to China last year, in Singapore harbour the steamer's gig

stated some time ago that his successor would half of the British Government by Sir James of those navigating the sleamer. It appears as follows:-"The junk west on and the capsized and the Captain was drowned; ef

It seems to be settled now that Rear Admira Hedworth Lambton is to vacate the command of the royal yacht next May. It was widely

be Captain Percy Scott, but that is very unlikely

At a convocation of the Amoy Chapter 1781, held on roth Feb., the following principals and officers were installed for the year.

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again proved their capablities as business men, and have mostly settled sterling exchange at the time they ordered their goods, thus asuring themselves against loss on a falling sver market. The commercial treaty made on be Mackay has been signed, but will not become fully operative until the other Powers conce ned have also formulated the text of their treaties with the Chinese Empire on similar ines. As I ssid six months ago, it is a bold attempt to remedy many grievances. Article eight with its

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SHOOTING.

HONGKONG VEYSAS SHANGHAI,

Yesterday afternoon at the Hongkong Gun Club, a friendly match was arranged between representatives of the above named places. The conditions were, three aside, twenty birds each, from scratch. This Colony was represented by His Excellency the Governor, His Honour

that the junk was propelled by three rOWS steamer stopped. We n ver changed our

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of coolies who, facing the stern, held on to course at all. I cannot say whether the junk HINT TO "RUGGER MEN AND bars and caused the paddles to revolve did. There was not water enough for us to have by stepping on treadles connected with magone to starboard of the junk and we had not

Captain Phillip Trevor, the well known chinery moving the wheel The junk, which time either. We called out to them not to sporting writer, in his book on Rugby Football plies between Sainam and Canton, had left cross our bows. We got no answer and did not has the following under the head of "Fell. abolition of lekin and imposition of a surtax Sainam the previous day, and, soon after 5 am, hear them shout. When the collision happened back dealing with the observance of Rule is the one that blocks the way, but if the Chi- on the morning of the 7th March, 1902, we were going forward very slowly and the nese Government will see that all the conditions passed the Tai Mei light, taking a course engines were going full speed ·astern,”

"Drop on it he must in order to stop a rush, are faithfully carried out, the new beaty on the beween, the light and land and having the cross-examination he said, "When we came

even though, his head and shoulders pay a lines laid down, should greatly facilitate trade fight on the starboard side. Then after round in contact the junk turned over on her side price for his pluck. But remain upon it be, and also prave beneficial to the countrying the point of land she proceeded in a direc-and we wet on just past her and dropped must not. Only last season I saw a particularly

One of the clauses of the new tion somewhat north of north-west, having anchor. With regard to what occurred before penetrative and capable referee administer'in · · treaty is that China shall establish a National Seppy Island on the starboard side and the collision for two three or four minutes, the drastic but, just manner the laws of football in- coinage that will be legal tender over the whole making towa ds the northern Fank of the Tai shadow drew nearer and nearer and then we regard to this habit. Some half dozen forwards Empire. Gentlemen it this is accomplished it Mei branch of the river, which leads to Canton. stopped. In two minutes more I saw the sail broke away, the defending three-quarter line will, in my opinion, great y help and assist The Haiko, a seamer of some 600 tons of and reversed. The shadow was something (caught napping) wereeluded, and only the full trade, but tim must pse before such a radical which Cenige Augustus Paxton was the on the river. We could not have pssed hack stood between then and the goal line change takes place. From the way inster, left Hongkong for Canton on 6th between the junk and Sepoy Island. There fluckily he threw himself on the ball, but which events are matching, however, it appears

About 11.15 p.m. she anchored off was not enough water. The shadow was on with great judgment not a forward laid a hand certain that some sie s must be taken to Taips, leaving again about 3.30 am. on the our left when we first saw it and on the left of upon him. There, howeve, he lay, with the deal with the c-rrency question in China. 7th. After passing the Tai Shek barrier she the river. We had passed the Tai Mei light ball cudded up beneath him, hoping for help Siam has already declared for gold. The slowed her engines to half-speed. The tide 20 cheongs (say to yards) when we first saw the to arrive. In vain his opponents adjured him......... Straits Settlements and other places around us

was running down about two knots an hour shadow or dark object; At the time of the to get up and put the ball in play. At last he are u ging the adoption of a gold standart, and or a little more, and after slowing down she collision it was dark. The chief officer did the began to show signs of rising ; but ere he rose, In this Colony also there are many whose

was gring somewhere about four knots au bour telegraphing. I did the whistle at his request. the referee's whistle blew, and a penalty kick The Shanghai men who "toed the line" were

opinion trends in the same direction. Per-nnal over th ground. She also passed the Tai Mei Now, taking this evidence as approximately was awarded, from which a goal resulted."" Messrs. Moller, Craig, and Jackson. After a

light but on the outside, that is to say, having correct (though I think he placed the junk's close and exciting contest, during which good, i should be glad to see such a thig accom shooting was witnessed on both sides, tiong-lished, but und China makes the change on the light on her port side, and then headed course at too large an angle with that of the -her own behalf, it would, in my opinion, be what may roughly be called a nonh-westerly { steamer) the shadow or dark object on the kong won by one bitd. A number of Shanghai ladies and gentlemen, as well as some local prej ic cal to our trade hee to divare our direction, to pass Sepoy Island on her way to river was seen say about is minutes before selves from the comum n currency in use in Canton. It is obvious that the courses taken the collision. Now, from a point about So sports, were on the Club ground during the

that great Empire (applause) The Anglo- by the junk and the steamer would bring them yards past the light to the point where the Japanese Treaty which has been signet, is a close together. The junk was making about collision occurred the distance was about Go measure for the common benefit and protection two kn is an hour over the ground and the yards. "A steamer going four knots an hour of cür several interests. It should make for stramer was going about twice as fast or a would cover that distance, in about four peace and promote commerce, and as such ir fie more. There was very little wind; what minutes and a half; and, assuming, that her deserves, and has, our cordial approval. As there was seems in have been north-east, and engines were stopped for the last two minutes regard longkong and the South of China the junk's sail was not of much use în accelera- and finally reversed-an that she was almost generally, business is, as you know, dull at the ting her progress, though it was fully my stationary at the moment of collision, 8x moment, but I think it rests on a sund and The e was some conflict of evidence as to minut ́s might well be a rough estimate of the safe basis. Many changes have couse over the whether dawn had begun. It is clear, however, time she would take in traverse the 6 o yaids. situation--for instance ten, in which formerly from the evidence put in from the Hongkong it is clear that the leamer's stem struck fortunes were made, has nummost entirely left us, Observatory, that the sun rose on the morning the junk either on her starboard quarter or but on the other hand a variety of exports has of 7th March, 1972, at 6.17.3 and, after carefully more probably on her starboard side, quite arisen which our predecessors hard ever considering the evide, ce, I find as a fact that close to the stern. This impact, coupled with thought of, and which promise to increase from the collision occurred not later than $25 and the action of the tide, was quite sufficient to year to year. Railways in China are now being that it was quite dark at the time. It was al-turn her over on to her port side, although the constructed, and will soon be an accomplished | Iged in the part of the junk that she had a steainer was not damaged in any way, It seems fact, and with the opening up of the interior of round lantern ni the masthead, similar to the also clear that if those navigating the steamer one of the greatest countries in the world, Lane produced in Court, and that the two harf stopped he engines immediately the warn

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BAY VIEW HOTEL. SPORT IN THE NEW TERRITORY, A correspondent informs us that very few sportsmen have visited the New Territory this year, although plenty of pigeons, quails and wild ducks are to be bad, the former flying about in flucks of 20 and 30, while quails appear very tame. Partridges and pheasants seem One Hongkong sport had very poor luck during a three days' trip in the district. He succeeded in bagging one pigeon and mi old China woman cutting g ass, te la ter cost- ing him a couple of Mexicans. Cine party, however, got a fair amount of sport, and would probably have secured better bags had not their boat run on an oyster bed in Deep Day, which detained them a considerable time,

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This incident, which takes two or three minutes to relate, did not occupy perhaps s many seconds in actuality, but it was quite clear that the full back was flagrantly transgressing the letter of the law, and even more flagrantly transgressing, its spirit. And he was justly punished accordingt. "

SHIPPING AND MAIL NEWS

MAILS DUE American (Korea) 16th inst." Indian (Nuysang) 17th instin

German (Stuttgart) 17th inst.. Canadian (Empress of Japan) 18th inst. * German (Stamburg) 20th in L.

American Hongkong Maru) 5ɩli prox. The Silk ex Canadian Pacific Railway Co.'s .M.S. Empress of Ching arrived at New York on the 13 h ins?, Stat

The ND, L steamer Fornes for Hong- kong and Sandakan Line left Singapore this morning and may be expected here about the zist inst

The P. 3. §. §. Co.'s steamer Korea, with nails, &c. left Shanghai for this port to-day, the 2413 jast, at,10 a.m.

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