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A cone point upwards indicates a typhoon to the North of the Colony.

China Traders' insurance Company, Limited

North China Insurance Company, Limited

Union Insurance Society of Canton, Limited

Yangtsze Insurance Association, Limited

SHIPPING. China and Manila Steamship Company, Límited... Douglas Steamship Company, Limited

Da.

Hongkong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Co., Ld. ....

60,000 Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, Limited ...

200,000? (Preference) 100,000 Shanghai Tug and Lighter Company, Limited.......... "Shell" Transport and Trading Company, Limited... 2,000,000 "Star" Ferry Company, Limited..........

A ball indicates a typhoos to the West of the Colony.

Straits Steamship, Company. Limited ............

faku Tug and Lighter Company. Limited

This standard runs exactly eight lines to the

lach, and about eight words to the line.

ing the harbour.

:

NIGHT SIGNALS.

Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Ld. New Amoy Dock Company, Limited Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf Company Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, Limited Yangisze Wharf and Godown Company, Limited......

250

Intimation.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

1, ICE HOUSE ROAD

HONGKONG.

CABLE ADDRESS,— Telegraph, Hongkong.

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"THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1905,

HONGKONG METEOROLOGICAL

SIGNALS.

A NEW CODE,

We have received from the Hongkong Observatory a new code of meteorological signals which comes into force at Hongkong on New Year's Day. They are the same as those at present in use at Shanghai, and will be boisted on the mast beside the time-ball at Kowloon Point for the information of masters of vessels leaving the port. They do not neces

THE leading English Newspaper in China arily imply that bad weather is expected. The

Also widely circulated in Japan, Cochin China, Ceylon, India and the Far East generally.

A daily newspaper with weekly edition published for despatch by the homeward mail The daily is recommended as more generally suitable, except for subscribers in Europe or

America

A special feature is made of full and accur ate reports of local occurrences, and of mat.

tors of general interest..

ADVERTISING. DEPARTMENT.

The Hongkong Telegraph is the best

medium for advertising in China. It circulates largely among all classes of the community.

the largest daily newspaper and has a.

wider circulation than any journal in the Far

East

Special attention given to effectively display. ing advertisements.

The type used as a standard for setting advertisements is similar to this, unless we are Instructed to display the advertisement, when

siguals are as follow-

A cone point upwards and drum below in- dicates a typhoon to the North-East of the Colony.

A drum indicates a typhoon to the East of the Colony.

A cone point downwards and drum below indicates a typhoon to the South-East of the Colony,

A cone point downwards indicates a typhoon to the South of the Colony,

A cone point downwards and ball below indicates a typhoon to the South-West of the Colony.

A cone point upwards and ball below indicates a typhoon to the North-West of the Colony.

Red Signals indicate that the centre is believed to be more than 300 miles away from the Colony.

Black Signals indicate that the centre is believed to be less than 300 miles away, from the Colony.

The above signals will, as heretofore, be hoisted only when typhoons exist in such posi. tions or are moving in such directions the: iu. formation regarding them is considered to be of

SHARE QUOTATIONS.

Supplied by Mesara. BENJAMIN, KELLY & FOTTS. Corrected to noon; later alterations given under "Commercial Intelligence," page 5.

STOCKS.

BANKS,

Hongkong & Shanghai Banking Corporation National Bank of China, Limited...............................

MARINE INSURANCES. Canton Insurance Office, Limited

FIRE INSURANCES. China Fire Instrance Company, Limited Hongkong Fire Insurance Company, Limited.

FEFINERIES.

China Sugar Refining Company, Lamited Luzon Sugar Refining Company, Limited. Perak Sugar Cultivation Company, Limited .........

MINING,

NO. OF SHARES.

VALUE. PAID UP

Chinese Engineering and Mining Company, Ld....... 1,000,000 Oriental Consolidated Mining Company, Limited Raub Australian Gold Mining Company, Limited

DOCKS, WHARVES & GODOWNS.

Farnham, (S. C.) Boyd & Co., Limited.... Fenwick (Cro) & Co., Limited

any eflective style of type will be adopte importance to the Colony or to shipping leav. Hongkong & Kowloon Whart and Codown, Co., Ld.

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POSITION AS PEK LAST REPORT.

$65,000 $24,247) $400,000

£58,852

$919

$130,153

Tis. 28,000 Tis 81,200)

Interim of 50 cents (gold) for 1905 (No. 5).. No. 12 of t/48 cents

Final of The, 8 making fis, 13 for 1904/5... ($3.75 for 1904 on old capital

APROXIMATE RETURN AT

PRESENT QUOTATION.

· LAST DIVIDEND,

RESERVE.

AT WORKING ACCOUNT.

CLOSING quor

80,000 -$125 $125

99,925 £7 L

$3,500,000

£1,000,000)

51,702,728

$250,000)

$100,000

541,768

(115) @ oxchange. ï/zo)=$18.66.672|

for first half-year 1905 .......................................$

Sx (London 3/6) for 1903

$88% buyers

5 %

(Londen £89

$38 buyers

10,000

$250

-$30

$1,400,000? 81,7395

$150,494

$17 for 1903 m...............

5.%

$340 sellers

$950,000

5151,992

74,000

$83.33

$25

Nil.

$364,366

$4 for year ended 30.4.1994

5+%

$121

$375,445

10,000

£15

£3

Tls. 800,oco

Tla. 117,119

Interim ol 7/6 1904. ******

8 %

Tia B2

$1,850,000

£20,000

10,000

$240

5100

$371,749

$2,078,997

535 for 1903

41%

5770

$893.110

5846,773

$750,000

8,000 $100

£60

$5,000

5486,284

Siz and $3 special dividend for 1903 Dun|

8%

Siyat

$5.840)

$1,000,000)

20,000

$100

$20

5218,093

$329,047

$6 dividend & $1 bonus for 1903-

81 %

585 sales

$2,241)

$,000

$350

$50

$1,200,505

$360,372

$34 for 1903

10%

$335 sellers

30,000

$25

$25

$5,000

$8,832

51 for 1904.........

5%

$10

$185,000

Nil.

$1 for year ended 30.6.1904

st%

10,000

550

$50

$35

$B$,4391

$250,000

20,000

515

$15

$650,000

$8,0*4

$1 for first half-year 1995

71%

5161

$145.376

£120,000

£10

£10

£241,350

£4.435

£3.999

*is. 50 T1.50

Tls. 25,000

Tls. 43,762

12/1/101-$6.29.51 for 1904.. Interim of Tis, 2 for 1905 ***

6%

$94

£400,000?

£1

£4,1161

10,000

$10

$10

Interim of 'Tis, vt for 1905 ***** Interim of 1/- (Coupon No. 5) for 1904 (51.80)

10,000

Sto

55

(Sago

for year ending 30.4.1905...

5,000

100

$100

$ 21.075

$31,231

$10 for 1994

64%

א אא אאא א

Tls, 58 buyers Tis. 48 buyers

21f. bayern

$33 sellers $25 sellers

*5150

T'is, 98,000

10,000

|T Tls, go|T,TIs. 30j

195.479

its. 4.333

laterim of Tls, 2 for 1905

138 %

Tis, 29

$42,812

Interim of $10 for 1905.

10%

$235 sales

10,000 7,000 7,000

$100

100

$450,000

Dr.

STOO 5100

$85,987

$3 for 1897.............

Tls. 50 {TIA 50

tnpe 'T''s. 100,000

Tis. 1,535

Tis, 2 for year ending 10.9.01.

34%

Tlf. 68 sales

£40,000

£7,820

Tis. 7 sellers

Taterim of 1/- (No. 4)

G. Síð

500,000 150,000

G Sto G. Sto

none

18/10

£4.873

G $672,091 Dr. £8,745

$3 buyers

$0,000

Tla 146 sales

$3,200 Tls, too Tls, 100 (6,000)

£25

M

... 12,000

Tis. 1,000,000 $70,000 $250,000

Tis, 34.924

Say buyers

$8,577

$15 buyers

First year............

40,000

$50 $50

$58,473 $10,000 $300,000)

$29,423

Interim of $z) for 1905.

*

199 buyers

50,000

6,000

561

355

$30

32,000

Ts. 100 Tls. 100

Do. Do.

DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.

Two lanterns hoisted vertically indicate bad weather in the Colony and that the wind is expected to veer.

Two lanterns hoisted horizontally indicate Notices of Hirths, Deaths, and Marriages bad weather in the Colony and that the wind is

expected to back.

$1 each insertion in the Daily and Weekly,

CONTRACT ADVERTISEMENTS.

Special Rates for standing advertisements

can be ascertained from the Manager,

Advertisements for the Daily should reach

J

"

the Hongkong Telegraph Office not later than

noon of the day they are intended to appear.

Unless otherwise specified all advertisements

will be repeated and charged for until counter.

manded.

JOBBING DEPARTMENT,

Job Printing of all descriptions undertaken,

PROGRAMMES,

PAMPHLETS,

CARDS,

CIRCOLARS

EXPRESSES,

All job printing is done under Europesa supervision, well turned out, free from errors,

and remarkably cheap at

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

OFFICE.

Estimates gives for all classes at work on

application to

THE MANAGER,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH CO. LD,

1. Ice House Road

H⚫ogkoog

The signals are repeated on the flagstaff of the Godown Company at Kowloon, and also, by day only, at the Harbour Office and on H M's Receiving Ship.

LOCAL STORM-WARNINGS.

The Colony itself is warned of approaching typhoons by means of the Typhoon Gun placed at the food of the mast, which is fired whenever a strong gale of wind is expected to blow here.

NOTICE BOARDS.

Notice boards are placed at ---

Joint Cable Companies' Office. Ferry Company's Pier, Ice House Street, Blake Pier.

Post Office.

Harbour Office.

Ferry Company's Pier, Kowloon. WEATHER-FORECASTS and BTORM WARNINGS are exhibited on the above boards daily about it am., and also at other hours, day or night, whenever necessary, laforma tion of importance in also issued by "Express."

THE CHINA COAST METEOROLOGICAL REGISTER is exhibited at the same places daily about noon. It contains observations made at Hongkong and at a number of stations in the Far East, together with Remarks, Weather forecasts, and information regarding the exist› ence and movements of typhoons based thereon.

SPECIAL INQUIRIES.

Masters of vessels or their agents may, whenever necessary, call at the Telegraph Company's Office in Connaught Road and

send telegrams to the Observatory asking for special information without charge. Such inquiries may also be sent from the Police Station at Kowloon Point which is connected with the Observatory by telephone,

THE LAW OF STORMI.

Further information concerning the weather to be expected while signals are hoisted, and sailing directions, are given in "The Law of Storms in the Eastern Seas*

F. G, FIGO,

Acting Director, Hongkong, Observatory, zad Jaggery, 1904.

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LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDING. Astor House Hotel Company, Limited (Shanghai)... Astor House Hotel, Limited (Tientsin) Central Stores, Limited ......

(Founders') (New Issue)

Hongkong Hotel Company, Limited

Hongkong Land Investment and Agency Co., Ld. Hotel des Colonies Company, Limited (Shanghai)... Hotel Metropole Company, Liruited.................... Humphreys Estate & Finance Company, Limited ... Kowloon Land and Building Company, Limited ...... Shanghai. Land Investment Company, Limited Tientsin Hotel des Colonies, Limited.................................... Tientsin Land Investment. Company, Limited......... Wei-hai-wei Land and Building Company, Limited.... West Point Building Company, Limited

COTTON MILLS.

..........

Ewo Cotton Spinning and Weaving Company, Ld... Hongkong Cotton Spinning, Weaving and Dyeing?

Company, Limited ............. International Cotton Manufacturing Company, Ld..... Laou-kung-mow Cotton Spinning & Weaving Co., Ld, Say Chee Cotton Spinning Company, Limited.........

MISCELLANEOUS.

150,000

52,000 Tis. 50 Ts, 50 1,400 Tis, 50 Tla, ço 7.726 Tia, Too Thu, 100 3.264 Tis. 25 Ts, 25 $2,500

$50-

10,000 Tls. 75 Tis. 75

8,000 TIs. 100 Tis. 100 2,000 The. 500 Tls. 500

Anglo-German Brewing Company, Limited Hell's Asbestos Eastern Agency, Limited Campbell, Moore & Co., Limited..................... ............ China-Bomeo Company, Limited................ China Flour Mill Co., Limited................................ China Light and Power Company. Limited China Provident Loan & Mortgage Company, Ld.... 100,000 Dairy Farm Company, Limited... te Green Island Cement Company, Limited... Hall & Holtz, Limited

$200,9942 $50,000

noge

Tis. 828,8132 Tis. 170,000

none

· Tlf. 67.300

none

$8,000

Роде

Tls. 30,000

поре

$8,000

(2nd quarterly of Tis, 5, paid 15.6.05 mak-)

4,000 $100 $roo

First year

none

8,604

12/6 12/6

£170

1,200

Sta Sjo

60,000

Siz

$12

$1,182

Nil Tls. 718

$3 for 1904DL

St for 1904LEIDISKURBINI

Interim of Tis, 5 for 1905

da to

4,000

Tls. co

Tis, so

$3.739

None

50,000

STO

Sto

*

$10

$10

$1,381

So cents for 1904

9 %

"

$1 for year ending 31.7.1903

25,000

$71

$6

150,000

$10

Sto

$400,000?

$95,054

$3 for 1904

7 %

$500,000

71,000

Szo

$10

$186,000

57,551

Final of $14 making Szį

*4%

7,000 £10,

£10

£25,394

£8,188

41 div, and 2/- bonus for 1994 samemtisery..

£3,000

30,000

510

note

$2,151

30,000

$10

B

150 cents

($100 for year ending 30.4.1905

1,250

$100

$100

$50,000

$2,796

$15 for year ending 30.11 1904

5,000

Say

$60,000

55,356

Interim of 84 før 1905 .....

10,000

$50

$50.

$60,000

$1,137

$10 for 1904

catatatatae se se ae: * aci atacatati

Sirt

Tla, 77% sellers

$10.

89 sales

$17 buyer

$28 sellers

517 buyer

7% $175 buyers

$15

$91

$ais buyers

52378

$209

15,000

Sta

STO

£2,500

Interim of so cepts 30.9.04..

2,500 25,000 Gs. too Gs. 100

$21,582

Final of 59 making $14 for 1904

$152 buyers

$15

$145 buyers

$100 $100

попе

Tis. 528,210

Tix. 35,849

Tis, 19,4655

ing so far Tla 12‡ for 1905

Tls. 170 sellers

7,000 Tls. 30 Tls.50 67,500 1,100

Sto Sio

· 550 $50

none

None

Dr. Tis. 117,638

Dr.

Tla, 5 for 1903 sen

Tia, 35-

First year misstrói

Sot

$50

$5,537

TiL. 8,011

of Tls. 34 for 1905.....

7%

Tis. 1271 buyers

Tis. 45,000

Tls. 10,247

Tis. for 1903

6%

Tis. Bo sales

{T}. 20

Tls. 25,000 Tls, 14,830)

Tix. 6,968

Interim of Tli, 6 for 1905 -mesa-

84%

Tis: 155 sellers

Tis. 1,297

Final of Tis, 6 making Tis. 9.una pub

130%

Tis, 68 sales

7,200

£20

£10

6,000

$23

325

Tis. 25,000) Tls. 170,000

воле

Tis, 17,220 Dr.

Interim of 15/- for 1905. ...........................

41%

Thx. 430 buyert

$5,068

£20

None

$3,544

60 cents for year ended 31.5.04

ton

71%

$8

15,000

2,000

$100 $100

2,000 1.2 100 T.TL 100

$25,000 Tls. 15,2952

$700

$5 for 1905.

5159

The.Tor

Final of Tis 44 making Tix, 8j for 1901/5

7 %

TTls. 120

Tls, 4,000)

(Founders')

9,900 100

510

- $42

$10

SIOS

90,000

$10

Sto {

$11,000 $300,000! $25,000)

$551

Bo cents

9%

$9 buyers

1819.80

for year ended 31.5.1905

$180 buyers

$6,096

Final of 50 cents making 5: for 1904 n

78%

514 buyon

• Interim of 50 cents for year 1904 1905.

10} %

12,000

$10

$10

$3,000

$588

$11j bayen

| First year moduan a min

3,000

Hongkong & China Gas Company, Limited...... Hongkong Electric Company, Limited................ Hongkong High-Level Tramways Company, Ld....... | Hongkong Ice Company, Limited

Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Company, Ld. Hongkong Steam Waterboat Company, Limited... Lace, Crawford & Co., Limited (Shanghai)....... Maatschappij tot Mijn, Bosch en Landbouwex.

ploitatis in Langkat, Limited, anum) Mondon, (E. L.) Limited.................................... Philippine Company, Limited Shanghai & Hongkong Dyeing and Cleaning Co., Ld.. Shanghai Gas Company, Limited Shanghai Horse Bataar Company, Limited Shanghai Pulp and Paper Company, Limited ..................... bangbai-Sumatra Tobacco Company, Limited ...... Shanghai Waterworks Company, Limited.................. South China Morning Post, Limited Steam Laundry Company, Limited Straits Ics Company, Limited .................................... fientsin Waterworks Company, Limited... United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Limited

Da, Watson, (A S.) & Co., Limited......... William Powell, Limited

16,000 T-50 TIL 501107)

·5,400 Tls. 55 TL 50 41500 Tis 100 Tla. 100 30,000 Tls. 20

BORE

Interim

Printed and Published by JOSE PEDRO BRAGA, for the Hongkong Telegraph Company, Limited, at the Printing Office of the Company," Wo. s. Ice Bouwo Road, iy ike Bly of Victory' Hongkong

37,000

5100 $100

2,500

TI, 100 Tis, 100

525 525

$41,500 $55,500 Tha. 487,210)

$2,100,000 Tls. 17,500

{Tls. 59,380

$14.516

$501.333

# for first half-year 1904

64%

$195

5489

51 for 1903

7 %

517

Tls. 10,711 $206,645

Interim of Ts. 6 for 1905

64%

The 190

Tls. 2,762

520 for 2nd hall year making $16 tar 1904 Tis. 18 for 1904

5%

$390

Tis. 193

$9,028

52 for year ended 30,6: 1905 ........................

91 %

$17 sales

30,000

T.Tis. 50 T.Tis. 50

Tls. 34.000

"Tis, 806

2,000

Tls. 8,000

6,000

515

123

$13 $12

$20,000

$1,502

Final of Tis. 5 making . 9............ Final of 60 cents making $1.80 for 1904. ... None

Tis. 135

TO

Preferential of 7 per cent for 1904..............................

7 %

$18 salon Stog 57 Balen

24,000

$15

$100,000

53.554

12,000

550

$50

$10,000

*50,000

5100

$100

$250 000

537,875

9,000 Tis: 25 Tis, 25 2,000 Stoo $100

SI Šro 6,000 $50 $30

Tis, 20,986

Tis. 7,202

$5 for second half-year making Sto for 1904

Interim of F3 for 1905...... Tis, 2 for the year ending 31.3.2005

61%

$150

sk %

5127

13%

Tla, 18 buyers

First year

Interim of $4

DOLAPORAN WATER

Stop

$11,958 $377

90 cents for 1904 .....................

#%

$12

53 for 1904) .........m

71%

$40

Tis. 40,066

Interim of Ts. 3 for 103

3

64%

Tis. 12a sollers

TIL. 670

Interim of Tis. 3 for 1905

-Th. 45

Tls. 725

Interim of Tls. 3 for 19 5

6 %

TH TI7}

Ts 12

Tis. 5,150

None....

$1,247

Interim of $1 for 1905

64%

$55 sellers

550

допе

1'ts. 17,844

Th. 4 for year ended 30.1993

B%

Tis. So buyers

$5,000 Tis. 50 125,000

$10

Tis. 50 $10

none

$22,862

50 cents for the year ending 31.7.04 ...

31%

Sist

поле

The sarto

Tle, 13,639

Isterim of 3 % a/c 1898

Tis. 45 sales

SPIKA MANDAL TAS AKAED

31,059)

Tio. 10,000

none

Tis. 5,B

Tit. 12,050

A

Interim of 4% afc 189 | 4% far 1897

Tla. 57 sales

Tls. 250 buyers

3115

1/3 per share for 1904. ....

37 buyer

114 محمد

$36