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THE CONSTI

THE HONGKONG TEL

BOTH Priidist Roosevelt, and M. WAIN - Taft are reported to be in favour of the no-1 Lds announces that the total output of the

miustion of Mr. G. B. Contelyon, Secretary of Company's three minun for the work cödinge the Treanory, for Vien-President, June 13,1008, amounted to 41,275 ab tona and ENCHANGING the sales during the period to 24,061 75 tons, t

WHILE the L, Catherine.focar was leaving the harbour for Singapore last Tuesday, would-be emigrant jumped late the ses, and was rescued by the tender Stanley, The man was picked up Water Polic

kin last: garp, and was turned over to the

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to recognise, provisionally and pending the receipt of His Majesty's exequatur, Mr. Jolla Joaquim Leiria as consul for Portugalia Hong kong.

MR. L. A. M. Johnston, Postmaster General, has been appointed Colonial Treasurer, during the absence on leave of the Honourable Mr. A. M. Thomson, or until further notice, with affect from the 16th instant;

THE Viceroy at Nanking has wired to the Paking Government that it is noteworthy that there are thany faint stock companies with limited liability in Chion and it is necessary to prohibit the forgery of share certificates."

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The Toyo Rin'n Khisha's at. Tenyo Marw is carrying for purposes of trial a new automatic apparatus designed to indicate in advance poj›

SHARE QUOTATIONS.

Bupplied by Mere. B. 8. KADGORIE & Co Corrected to noon | Lator alteration ven under Commen

ible dangers arising from the bottom of the Nations Bank of China, Limited,

The apparatus is the invention of Capt. Makimura, of the Japanese Nary

North China Insurance Company, Limited incomin

The Wanchai police were responsible for three Ganton Insurance Ofice, Limited gambling raids last Sunday. Two of the raids- THE two Chinamen who are accused of mur-being caught. The next raid was at 29, Mac

were executed: Quarry Bay, 'eightean 'men: dering a compatriot, by throwing him over agregor Street. There, twelve arrests were window at West Folos, some weeks ago, were, effected. In all thirty men were captured: at the Police Court, last Thursday, committed to They were charged in the Police Court, on stand their trial at the next Criminal Senior Monday morning, and punished. MR. J. Yokozawa, Chief of the Pescadores, was arrested on Juns 4'on a charge of having embezzled money belonging to the Keelung office while engaged there before his appoint. ment to his present office and also of having forged official latters,

owing to the funfettled state of the weather a seaman named Ip Sul Chan obtained, by some means yet to be explained; a pair of seaboots, A jealous policeman lost no time in having p locked up, charged with being in possession of property alleged to have been stolen. Unfor lunately Ip could not give a satisfactory ex planation, and he was charged before Mr. Kemp to-day, and remanded...

THE Viceroy has received instructions from the Capital to present ten dollars and two rolls of satin to'ng old lady residing in this provinco, who has reached the age of one Hundred and A HOUSE "boy"-Chan rook Hong, of so, five, as an Imperial gift from their Majesties.lgin, Street, Kowloon-was arrested by the Hanko Daily New

Taim-ina-tsui police last Sunday on a charge of The Hongkong Volunteer Reserve Association larceny by bailes. Defendant, it was alleged, bad on March 31st, 1908, a membership of 219, obtained on hire a bicycle from Nazir Mahom a decrease of ag during the past ra months,med's cycle store in Arsenal Sireet, and did Rifle practice is cattled out on a 'days a week not return with it. The bicycle was valued at throughout the War at King's Park Rifle 60. He was charged in the Police Court, as

Monday morning, and remanded.. Range, Kowlson, and at the Peak Range. THE sales of opium a day in Siam average some 3,303 tabli, or 69,000 taels per month, ho far the lowest males this year were in the beginning of May, when those for the first days only amounted to some 2,180 tasls a day. This, of course, at the present Government rate meade some ics, 15,250 a day,

His Excellency the Governor has given bis assent, ia iko nama sud og behalf of His Ma.. Jerty the King, to Ordinance No. 31 of 1908.– An Ordinance to authorise the appropriation of a supplementary sum of one hundred and sixty-six thousand seven hundred and thirty five dollars and eighty-five cents, to defray the

charges of the Year 1907.

THE council system of Japanese and Korean Judges is to be adopted in Courts to be opence in July. All departmental chiefs of the Appeal and Local Courts are to be Japanese, while the posts of Procurators are to be equally shared between 'Japanese and Koreans. About sixty more Japanese lawyers have been engaged by the Korean Government,

THE eight clans of Imperial Bannermes have hitherto drawn emolument for each member of their families. Honceforth this is to be "dis continued and the sole of such clansmen shall not be entitled to recaive said emoluments until they have obtained graduating certificates from the primary schools. The funds in the interim will be diverted towards the payment

of the cost of their education, -

JAMES PEARSON, the foreman moulder of the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Limited, was charged on remand in the Police -Court, with obtaining the sum of $58,50, the property of the company, under false pretences. Another remand for a week was allowed to enable the auditors to examine'the books.. Mr. P. W. Goldring ir retained for the defence, Bill in the sum of 51,000 was granted,

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thacambined Peiyang and Nanyang squadrons,

·H. E. ADMIRAL Sab, Commander-in-Chief of

the Hatch', His Excellency is charged with Bicived at Amoy on Saturday in his flagship a duty of making preparations, in confuse tion with the Amor Taotai Liu Ching-lês, for

entertainment of the American Pacific Feet when it visits that port in the autuma. We understand that the Ministry of Finance place at the disposal of the Waiwupu over

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b. a million dollars towards this object, one of which sum is to be provided by the Stanghai Customs,

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"IL DESFERANDUM," writing from Hong kong to the Daily Mail, says:-Japan at the present moment has two advantages over the rest of the world, neither of which is likely to be permanent-these are Government sub- sfies and cheap production. Subsidies are nerely another way of expressing loss, and cleap production depends on cost of living. Therefore, provided we are ready to adapt our- As elsewhere, this is rapidly rising in Japan.

selves to altered conditions, and produce the but possible quantlly at the lowest possible Price, we need not lose heart.

EARLY last Monday morning, a Chinaman was found by the police lying in a gutter in Des Voeux Road Central, bleeding freely from numerous wounds about his head and body. The mno A DISTURBANCE WAS MAPPA Dendly created at was unconscious. Qe inquiries_it_was_icarai._A_ell-chau, Aberdeen, Ian Wednesday. A polica that the coolie had fallen from the top floor officer arrested a suspicion looking individual house 206, whare be was employed. It is not kaown how the accident, if accident it was, came about. The police are investigating the

matter.

THE Chefoo Daily News states that an attempt was made during the afternoon of June 5 by five of the yameo servants to obtain possession of H.E. Total He's seal When the attempt was made the Taolai's wife, who was in the room, interfered and was immediately stabbed, by the ruffians; her cries for help were heard by his Excellency, who upon going to ber Assistance was set upon and an attempt made to strangle him. Fortunately his riders had followed him and soon had the men avar. powered,

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Tax Chinese woman, who was accused of kidnapping a servant girl from her guardians at Lower Lascar How the other day, was con- victed at the Police Couri, last Friday. It will be remembered that the girl was enticed away from her house by a man who "looked like a beggar," and taken to this woman's house. She was on the point of being taken to Macao to be sold when she was found by the police. The beggarly-looking individual canoe found. The woman was given six months Bard labour..

-Union Insurance Suciary of Canton, Limited

fangiste. Insuranca Association, Limited

FIRE INSURANCES, thing Fire Insurance Company, Limited ufu Hongkong Fire tosurance Company, Limited.

SHIPPING.C

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

No, or SHARES.

VALUE PAID UP.

POSITION AS PER LAST ZRPORT

AT WORK! RRBERTE..

ACC

ཚག་བཚོང

$401,959 £125,000

Final of on (eld^ and ££10 on new

shares for †-year ending 31.12.07

Sa (London 3/5) for 1903

BANKS

Hongkong & Shanghal Banking Corponition

5123

Stag

$2,000,387

99,92€

£40.97 $155,000

MARINE INSURANCES. -

$1,560,000)

10,000

$50

$119,058

Sza far 1906

10,000

Tls. 100,000

Tis. 204,424

Interim of 7/6 x 2/5€ for 1907

Tls. 48,942)

Tis:771

00,000

302418

19,400

fajo

$100

4,011. | (Final of S15 making S45 for rựcó müd}

Interim of $30 for 1907

Уда

12,000 $100

560

$591,763

517 and bonus $3 for 1905

$340,097

20,000

$100

$372,439

so and bonus Sa for 100

$1,313,941

28,000:

$428,037

$37 1900

buyers

buyers

$57,000

$1,031

·30,000.

-5204,038

20,000

$30

$96,958

NIL

54 or vea ending 30.

$350,000*

$575,000

B0,000

515

ગ

.116,437

$75,279

{for and one 31 203

Sit 'or and, mify-ne making in all

Sag buy

$20,000)

£60,000

60,000

60,000

23

£170,000

£3,694

5/- for 1900 @ex 2/2)=$2.14 por share,

buyers

$20 bu

Tis. 50 Tie, so

1. 73,000

Th. 14 510. 173,570

$.10,000

SIO

fro

598

אאא

46,

Sas

14,000

Sta

„T16, 140,000. Tls, 60 255

30,000

Tis. 50

6,859

Final of Fla, z making Tis. 5 for

sellers

20,000

100

100

Dr. $279,371

*8 for year ending 31.12.05.

$130

7,000

$100

1100

Dr. S:35,13

7,000

Tis, sa Fis. 30

3. 100,000

110.9.17}

Th: 1(8 %) for year end”-u 31.8,565

Tis fat buyers

£15.4000):

14:9}

£11,556

Interim of 1,6 (No. 10° fo) account 19-8

71%

Tix. 15) buyers

£4.873

611,358

Jongkong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Co., Ld.

fado-Chins Steam Navigation Co., Ed. (Preferred}}

Do.

do.

(Deferred}} Shanghai Tug and Lighter Company, Limited.... 200,000

((Preference). || 200,000) *Shell" Transport and Trading Company, Limited...2,000,000

*Star” Ferry Company, Labuted,

Tako Tug and Lighter Company, Limited

FINERIES.

China Sugar Refining Company, Limited Luzon Sugar geftaing Company, Limited.... Vera Sugar Salvation Company, Limited

MINING.

Chinese Enginneritik and Mining Company, Ld. -auḥ Australian Gold Mining Company, Limited

។

Docks, WHARVES & GODOWNS, Fanwick (Gen.) & kön., Limitad

1,000,000

150,000

50,000

Pongkong & Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Ld. 62,000

+

Hongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Ld....... Shanghal Dock and Engineering Co., L.d.

Sjanghal and Hongkaw Wharf Company, Limited..

LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS.... Anglo-French Land Investment Co, Lathi mammona Astor House Hotel Company, Limited (Shanghai)..... Central Stores, Limited ...ireme

en charge of being a cue and vagabond.ongkong Hotel Company, Limited ............ This action. was objected to by a number of loafers, who followed the officers ordering the

·man's release ; and inciting others to attack the policeman, but not one raised a band, The policeman, however, turned round and arrested the leader of the uproarious greg The others then melted away. The two prisoners were charged at the Police Court, on Thursday, and remanded,

Hongkong and Investment and Agency Co, Ldi 20. Humphrey's Estate & Finance Company, Limited... Kowloon Land and Building Company, Limited ...........

bungba' Land Investment Company, Limited Wat Point Building Company, Limited

£400,000 £

"£1,871'3 $45,000 47,231

Tis, how TIL 1900 Ti 17 142 $32,538

**556,848)

Final of Tis rt making Tia, 31 for 1007 (Second interim of 2)- (Coupon Ne, 9.

a/c 1907.LAVOUR SOSTELJINS $1,00

"or year ending", 02:19:8°

18,000

135

$$3,601

$1.75 rear ending 34.1 1,06

0,000

50

20,8 6

122.556

Final of 1 making 531 1 2 1907

$10,000)

$0,000 550 $5,700 tha, jog

36,000. ris, 100

fgo

$445,442

100

*

150,000

697,257

10,459

Final of Se making $8 for: 1907..............

#

3gp buyers,

I is 22.625:

f-interim of Tis: a) for six monthṛ ending]

31st October, 1907 ............nu

Fioal of Tia, g'making Tis, 17 for 1907,

Tis. 82 sales

78%

Tis. 210 buyers

.67,69 $150,000

111⁄2, 1, 100,000

Tis. 75.000 'T'ia, zag'ooo)

Ti 6,531

*5så for year.anding:30,6,07 sevgidisi $1.80 for 1900 VAHETUSEMAT

Final of ist making 57) for 1907.

5Final of $3). making in all 57 for your]

ending 31.12.07 f.....................

ya cants for 1907.......

S: for 1007..........

(Final of Tis 3 and bonus of Tis, a making?

Tia 150,000) Ti 40 g 95

$60,000

11. 85.519

Tis. 6 for 1907

25,000

Th, 100, 100

tagood

30,000

525

34,000 $1,000

$19,908

souryak

11,000

150 150

50415,975).

$7,000

50,000

$100

froa

$350,

faga $36.95

Sao sellers Sis buyers 395

Stoo #ellers

327,42

Sta

Szo

Z to

$1Oj

6,000 zo

130 78,000Ts so ris, ga 12,500

550 Sto

one

·633

Sǝ6) sales

(Tlu. 5,523,04-

non

- Tls. 107,547

21,540

In all Mad for 1907),

enpreseios,

153 sales

Final of Sa,to making in all $4,10 for year,

ending 11-12.07

BX

$48

15,000 Th 50

1,50 445,000 310 510

10,000. TIL 75 Thx:75

8,002 Ti 100 fls. 100 1,000 TIL 500 TIL 400

8,807 114 109

Tis, 3) 101,vchi ended 31,10,8937 marina 50 cents for year ending 31,7,07

Tia, 56 buvei

1*15, 150,000

none T218,257.

TIL. 6 for year ended 30.9.06 (8 %)

[Tis, özį sales,

Tis, 6,30

Tls. H for 1006..

Tis, Baj salas

Tis; 24] nolları

750,003

8,604

60,000

·Sia

€1,299 $15,000

£518

Pia per share for 1906' „

NA

50,000?

5:02

none

50,000)

-J25,000

$10

510

$130,000

$3,593

$60,000

ma

25,000

36

$5,000

16

BIZ

$10

57,974

Green Island-Geraent Company, Limited .....................

400,000

$10

$10

513,000

15 078

12,000

$10

$10

$5,000

· 21,000·

520

$20

$155,000

897

60,000

310

310

DODG

19,321.

5,000

Say

$130,000

$4,578

63,000

$10

15,000 G1, 100 G 100

TIM 547,500

$10. Stol

אאא אא א א

Stot $13 buyers

Stol sales

$10

Szag bayara

Bag buynis

Dairy Farm Company, Limited

"

50,000

ST 75,000

Sto Eto 34,000 Tis, to Tix 50

30,000 || Tis, 20. TIK 20

TitBRE are extensive deposits of soft coal five

COTTON MILLS. · to ten miles south-west of l-chow-fu, which have been worked for many, yeats by crude

Ewe Cotton Spinning and Weaving Company, Lth... antive methods. It is now proposed by the

Hongkong Cotton Spinning, Weaving and Dyelog?

Company, Limited

mi local officials to form a company for the pur- pase of exploiting thess.coal measures by the {ternational Cotton Manufacturing Company, Ld... use of Western methods or partial Wes-Lou-kung-mow Cotton Spinning & Weaving Co., Ld. tern methods, as at. Yi, Hsien. This

Soy Ches Cotton Spinning Company, Limited...... particularly project is

interesting be esuse there is also iron ore not far from

MISCELLANEOUS. the coat fluids, referred to, A railroad from I-chow-fo to the new port of Bai-Chew in Hell's Asbestos Eastem Agency, Limited mentioned as a possible means of delivering China-Borneo Company, Limited tie cutput of the proposed, mines. However, China Light and Power Company, Limited even as it is, we have water transportation for

Da. Do special shares seçimi middle of July to the middle of September, small boats to the Grand Canal from about the China Provident Loan & Mortgage Company, Lá........] 125,000, depending on the extent of the rainy season, THE following appears in the Government THE bearer of chair No. 300 this maming (aged H. Price & Company, Limited.......................................... Gazelle-With reference to Government poti-inst.) summoned &iss Stella Brumfield, of No. 49, fication No. 194 of the 20th of last March, it is ollywood Road, for alleged assault, and the Hall & Holts, Limited hereby notified that, as only one purchaser of later issued a cross-summons against the chair Hongdong Electric Company, Limited............. the Government Gazelle has applied to have a coolic for disorderly behaviour. Mr. Sergeant, Corrected copy of the local Hansard included of the him of Messrs. Wilkinson and G Hongkong Ice Company, Limited with the copy of the Gazelle issued next but appeared. for Miss Brumfield. The coolie Hongkong Rope Manufacturing Company, Ld. one after each meeting of the Legislative story was that on the evening of the 17th Meatschappij tot Mijn, Bosch en Landbouwex}

7. ploitatie is Langkat, Limited onmoussin Council, the offer made in Government Notifi inst., at about 1030 pm, the defendana and cation No. 194 is now withdrawn, and any

another lady took chairs near the King Peak Tramways Company, Limited misaoranin 25,000 persoa-who-desires-to-obtain copies of the Edward Hotel On reaching her-house-he-Feak Tramways Company (new) mugasem......rinom. Ipeal Hansard should order them direct from asked her for payment, but she went into hilippine Company, Limited... the publishers.

berhouse without paying him. He waited outside, but did not bang the door g'ad ring.

banghai Gas Company, Limited... Shortly after, abe returned carrying in but

Shanghai-Sumatra Tobacco Company, Limited hand a glassful of wait which s'e emptied over bim and afterwarde struck him on the wrist with the tumbler, cutting his arm. In

Shanghal Waterworks Gompany, Limited.. spector Smith spoke of having seen the wound South China Morning Post, Limited on the arm it was a clean tut. Miss. Brum Steam Laundry Company, Limited field then gave evidence. She said that she and another lady took chairs in front of the King Edward, and a gentleman, who was with them, had paid the chair coolies in advance. She could not: say which coplie received the mosey. On arriving at her godse, the coolie created a disturbano, asking for payment. Alter she had entered, the complainant shook the door violently. She asked her "boy" for a `IP KAN MUN is consin that he was not justly tumbler of water, and, when the door was treated this morning (soth inst.).. „Ip is a youth, l'opened ibe coolle struck at her and the glasS and lives with bis parents on a cargoboat. This | fell against the door und was broken. Then a moming, he was arraigned in the Police Court, | large number of cholies collected and she went charred with stdaling Sto worth of wood, the upstairs to write/for the police. Mr. Sergeant property of the owners of the steamer" Ying then asked for at, adjournment until to-morrow King, Young Ip started out early to-day in at 11.30 am. to easble him to call a wife, search of some wood with which, to-cook #chow,” He did not find any lying about the Miss Stella Brumfield, of 49, Hollywood Road, street, and be was returning to his junk | paid $5 compensation this morning (24ih inst.)to vary downhearted when he sighted the the chair cooliz, whom she was charged with as- Pingking, moored slängaids her wharf. He saulting yesterday.) Accuvad, it was alleged, re- Also, Highted her, gangway, which he thought fused to pay the coolie his fare, and when he đã. would made good stewood. “Getting a chop |manded it throw two glasses of water over him, per ip proceeded to smash it up. He had sac. and struck him "with the glass, cutting bis ceeded in destroying hall the gangway, when wrist, Miss Brumfield admitted throwing the be was spotted by, the chief officer-M7, 8. waler, adding that the cooljo had provoked bet. Nowman and handed over to the police. Ip The magintate. (Mr. Kemp) zaid he thought swore to the magistrate that he picked up the that a technical assauli, had been committed, wood from the sea. This the magistrate did and said that the matter of compensation should not believe, and Ip was ordered to be detained" be settled out of Count. Five dollars was the, Paulson for a day, and to be whipped-twelve "conipensation agreed upon, and the summ bases

CHO FUNO CHI, a foreign goods shop keeper, was charged before Mr. Kemp, last Tuesday with (1) faloniously and with intent to defraud did after a bill of exchange from 89 yen to 8,775 yen, and (3) did attempt to dispose of same. Mr. Deacon appeared for the prosecu tion and Mr. Otto Kong Sing defended. The defendant, pleaded not guilty. The facts as far as could be gathered were that defendant tried to negotiate the bill with a third party who took the precaution of Grat making Inquiries at the Yokohama Specie Bank, bence the discovery. The cape was adjourned for a week; bail allowed in $10,000.

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entsin Waterworks Company, Limited: Union Waterbost Company, Limited United Asbestos Oriental Agency, Limited

vatson, (A. 5.) & Os, Limited...

*William Powell, Kimited:

* Thead sharon are entitled to baff of the profits.

nono

TIL. 27.0933

$1,000

Ti 100,000

The 24,8201 BETH:5,000

TIK 100,000.

16,350 £20 £20 6,000 Sas Say

$.5

20,000

соде

S355

18,191 Tis. 17,137

Tis 50 ir 1996 ameyan

$1.20 for 1907..............

60 cents for year ended 18.206

1:1997

Ba cents fof i

51.30 for year ending 31.7.07 min

Final of 75 cents making in all 514 for 1997

75 cents for 9 months ending 31.12.07

Sa for year ending 28,2.8.

Land bonus so cis, for year ending 29 Lot Final of $ig making in all $19 for 1907

Final of $1.20 making in alt Sa for, 1907,

Interim of Tis, 10 for 7 zod quarter.

€80 cents on fully paid shares and 6 cents on $7,471). Sr paid shares for year anding 304.05...)

NIL.

Tim. 6,603

Finzi of Tis, 4 making Tis, 28, for 1907

8493

·$93,237. 1478

None

40 cents for

ending $1.5.07.

STIE, 113 talės

TH, 201

51,360

Final of Tis, 9 making in all Tls, 14 for 1907

Final of 37/6 making 52/6 for 1907

Tis, 64 for year ending 30.4-97

59 cants for 1907vernoustiiness

Bo cents en 9,you ordiåhares and $19,80 ttoo Founders shares (ar yışanda 31.5.07. | Final of ge çoi tamg %-making 60 cents for year ending 31.12.07 miseramucini Finai ol jó út, using do cts. for the your`andad’gota: Juan, 1906), THERIN

Say bayars

61%

97 seller

SIS

Sto sollen

35 buyers

вопр

2,000 TH 100 50,000

100

Ti 15,293

Tia, 4,000)

510 $10.

10,000

$15,000

90,000

45,000

110

$10

$300,000

-325,000

Tra

Sto

$41

DIVIDENDS PAYABLE