1908-10-10 — Page 9

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY OCTOBER 10 1908.

H.MB. King, Alfred and three other man of Fox having in, bis possession I taals of com war arrived at Ministry apth clt, from Hako-pound of oglum without a leance, LiKAU, V dataks payingPSKAITUN M man 60 years of age) was fined $ag last Wednes maday, Another mas named Ng Shiu Kl, was bed $1.50 for having in his bossession y maca of the drug.

A HARRIN message states that the Harbin Flour Milling Syndicate bes obtained a car tar from the Russian Minister of Finance, and that work was to begin on the set lost,

Chinese Engineering and Mining Co.'s total outpat of the Company's thres mines for the week ending September 19 amonated 10 31.381oy tons and the sales during the same period to

to 17,303,20 tona. The

THE U.S. transport Seward arrived in Shanghai from Stanila on 30th ult, with about twenty-five passengers: The trip up was marred by rough - weather. The Seward in to be everhauled and rapuired by the Shanghai Dock and Engineers Ing Company, Lda

In consequence of the depression of trade, the population of Port Arthur has been gradually diminishing for the last faw years. Three years ago it bud, apart from officials and soldiers and sailors, about 15,00 Inhabitants, but now the number does not exceed 5,000. THE total amount of the Bank of Japan's notes le circulation on Saturday last was Y350,000,000, showing an increase of ¥1,000,000, while the gold reserve still stood at Yi3,200,000. The surplus of the reserva of gold, security for the Isidiu of notes was ¥4,000,000. The advances amounted to Y$9,000,000.

FOR causing an obstruction at Des Voeux Road Central fast Monday by placing bis two stalls in the middle of the road, Chin Kai, a hawker, was fined $r in the Police Court, on Tuesday. At the time of his arrest, Chin was selling puts to his compatriots and his stalin were within two feet from the tramway linu.

MR. Julius Timm, chief electrician of the Great Northern Telegraph Company, bad a nasty fall when alighting from a moving tram car la the vicinity of the Race Course at Shang bai on Monday evening, 18th alt, and is now in the General Hospital with his left arm broken and his right baod severely bruised. AB a result of lås suggestions of M. E. Tapg Shao-yi upon the accessity of informing the currency of the country on a uniform basis, their Majesties have commanded the Minis try of Finance and the Council of State Affairs to report on the matter, as it, is, the Imperial wish to put H.E. T'ang Shao-yi's advice into axecution at as early a date as possible. ̈*

THE Japan Mail understands that Capt. C. T. 9. Filmer of the Hongkong Maru, who arrived in Yokohama the other day, has resigned from the Toyo Kises Kaisha's servico. He left on the 23nd ult, by the America Maru for San Francisco, where he has very promising bust. ses prospects in partnership with his brother In-law. Capt Filmer will be greatly missed in Yokohama.

In response to a petition from the Canton Chamber of Commerce H. E. Chang, Jon chuo, Viceroy of the Two Kwang provinces, bas telegraphed to Viceroy Tuan Fang the Lisaghiang provinces, asking him to Jattract the likia bureaux at Chinking, and "Wuhu ta maka reduction of the rice tikin, so that Canton merchants may purchase the cereal for those who are suffering from the foods, and sell it to them at cost price. VICK ADMIRAL Sakamoto has been appointed to represent Japan on the Committee which is about to meet in London to enact regulations for the establishment of an international prize court. That such a tribunal should be estabi

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BECAUSE U-Trik Sang was foolish enough to steal two brass bushes, valued at $t, from the ricksha of a Chinese broker, he had to pay the penalty for bis crime by being sentenced to tree months' hard labour at the Polles Court, last Wednesday morning dis

BANKE.

National Bank of China, Limited

KERNA MARINE INSURANCKS.

It is proposed by the Central Government in Hongkong & Shanghal Banking Corpor Peklox to abolish the post of artar General of Foochow, and to put in this place a Senior and a Junior Secretary of Banger Adairs, 1. Tha Tartar Gaveral of Foochow also has the post of Superintendent of Customs for that City, A DARING robbery was committed at No. 30, amab, employed by He Sam, a married lady, Queen's Road Central last Tuesday, when an stole from a lock(ast diaper of her mistress 5545 and one brooch valued at St. On Wed by Mr. J. H. Kemp to four months bard nesday morning, the delinquant was sentenced labour.

Canton Insurance Office, Limited warr

North China Insurance Company, Lin

At a conference of the members of the Council Union Insurance Society of Canton, Limited on Stale affairs, Prince Ching advocated the promulgation of law requiing cultivators of the pappy throughout the Empire to stop

SHARE QUOTATIONS.

EHKADOORIE & Co. Conected to noon; later alterations giren under Commercial Intelligene

planting the poppy at the and of three years Yangtare Insurance Association, Limited from this year. - At this period was considered by the majority of those present to be too short to their Majesties that an Imperial Edict ba a time, it was afterwards decided to recommend itsaed making the limit of time five years whereby all cultivation of the poppy shall be stopped, in place of the ten years' limit ordered by a former edict.

FIRE INSURANCES, AN Thins Fire Insurance Company, Limited Hongkong Fire Insurance Company, Limited......

712 Mania. Times, of 26th ult, says :-Yen terday afternoon, Norman Taylor, second officer of the Yang, appeared in court and pleaded guilty to the charges of attempting to smuggle opium and lottery ticksin into the Philippine Islands. Taylor was arrested last Tuesday afternoon shortly after the arrival of the Yuintang in Manila Bay, having in his possession at the time 49 cans of opium and court he made a full confession of bis guilt and quintity of lottery tickets. When arraigned in begged the mercy of the court, Judge Smith imposed sentence of one year's imprisonment and a fine of P1,000 in the opiam case and a fine of P5oo.in the lottery ticket case,

A SEOUL telegram to the Malsichd states that the Imperial Decree promulgated on August 16th last year ordering the people to cut off their top knots has proved ineffective. At a meeting of Jocal Governors held at Surgon Kyong Kwide, a few days ago, a resolution was consequently passed arging the people to ob sarve the Decres by September (lunar cales. dar). The resolution pointed out that it was improper for parsons to retain their top-knols when the Emperor and other men of high. standing had cut theirs off. It is reported that the police summoned about one hundred ricsha have their hair cut short, explaining the matter men to the police station and advised them to thoroughly from the stand points of economy. and cleanliness. They all, with the exception to carry it into practice of four mea, decided to take this advice and

We note from American papers that Mr Charles Barnes Towns, of the New York Stata Institute, who is at present in North Chica, has been called into consultation with the United *tates Commission to the international Anti-

Opium Conference, as an authority op drug addiction, use of A to users, and allied, statistice questions, arising

lished was voted at the recent Hague Confer in the official consideration such subjects in. ence, but as the details required much spasi Americs. This will interest those who are deration, it was resolved that the ales principal Charles B. Towns lostitute. In China, and

watching

the headway being made by the naval Powers of the world should send repre- sentatives to for a committes for the purpose particularly the branch is our port. In con

nection with the International Conference, of drawing up rules;

which meets in Shanghai in Jezuary, we also note that Bishop Breat is Washington conferring with the American Government, and with Dr. Hamilton Wright, acting chairman of the United States Commis sion. Bishop Breat headed the Philippines Commission, which went exhaustively into the opium question in China'some four years ago.

China Critic,

THE Moji Shimpo reports, saya tha Nagasaki Press, that the construction of dry-docks at Okubo, Moji, will be begun on October 3rd, the issuguration of the work being celebrated with das

Ceremony. The initial undertaking in consaction with the scheme ie the reclamation of 12,000 tribe of land from the sea. Applica tion has been made for permission to reclaim 75,000 frudo in addition and it is hoped that the whole of the reclamation work will be completed within a year.

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THOSE Americans who are at presant eager for their country to enter upon a treaty with China might and some instructive reading in the book In the Supreme Court, last Wednesday, Chan

on the Chinese, written by the late Sir John Tim, & merchant, trading as the Chan Tin Kee Davis, KCB, sometime Governor of firm, of 140, Queen's Road Rart, boller makers kong. He relater that the American flag dia. establishment, brought su action against Lo appeared from Caston is 1832, owing to Fak, a merchant residing at 377, Station Street, dipole on the subject of precedence between North Mongkok, to recover the sum of $102-

the American Consul and the captain of an for work done and material supplied. idr. G. American frigate. Neither of these gentlemen E. Morrell, of Messrs. Goldring, Bartow and

could see his way to calling on the other. The Morrell, appeared-for-the plaintiffs. Mr. Otto-true and unchanglog: opinion of China-on-the- Koog Sing represented the defence. Judg.

subject of all fomigo States and rulers

may be ment was entered for the plaintiff' with 'costs. gathered from the Imperial Edict referring to BECAUSE be was in a hurry to leave work for his mid-day meal, a bricklayer met his death on the and inst. The man, Chan Foong, was angaged in reparing the verandah of house No. 54, Queen's Road East. He bad been at work for some time when the foreman cams round, and notified Ohan that it was "chow" times in his hurry to come down the ladder Chan missed Als footing and fell to the footpath-a distance of about eight feet. He landed on his bead and was picked up in an unconscious state and taken home, He died as the same day, the result of a fractured skull.

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Ambera's Embassy-To observe the laws of politeness to the Sovereign whe had sent as letters indicating a wish to show us due obedience, we accepted the most trifling of his presents, in order to gratify him. We sent him, as a reward, rare stones, so executing the command of Confucius, Give much, receive little." We told the Ambassadors to go back with speed, that the King might feel respectful gratitude.

The total

THE scheme for the encouragement of the ax port of yarn was rejected on Friday by the committee of the Spinners' Association, us already reported in our colomas, says the A HANKOW dispatch states that a number of proposed by Mr. Taniguchi, a leading member Japan Chronicle of and ult. The scheme was gentry, literati and prominent merchants of the of the commities, its essential feature belog thres cities of Wucbang, Hanyang and Has the granting of a bounty of Yg on each bale of kow held a masting last weak at the latter port course yarn, 304 and under, to discuss proposition made by Graad export per year of yarn coming under Der Hecretary: Chang Chih-tung to borrow Tis this

1,000,000 from a forsign syndicate for the pur. baits, the bounty on which would amount to category was estimated at 250,000 pose of maning without delay the construction Y1,250,000. This sum was to he raised of the proposed Szechuan Hankow. Rallway,

by Nothing definite was arrived at during the consumed in Japan, and of Y500,000 on sy0,000 Imposing a tax of $750,000 on 750,000 balas masting a canala limportant information is balas intended for export. abroad. We under needed before a decision can be taken, stand, however, that the proposal was not BATE the cument issue of the Sporting Times taken zariously by the mesting Indeed it was It is always said that the plans for the Hongkong intended to be taken seriously, being barracks want astray, and that the Ballast bar

introduced merely in: order to raise racks wars built in Hongkong and the Hong.

debate. le pointed out that, owing to a dac- kong barracks in Ballast. There are to be bar. | line in the price of raw cotton, there are signs racks built in Blugapore for the lodian regiment the present conditions of the industry there le of an improvement in the home market, Under now quartered there, and to O prevent all possible | **** mistakes the Government sent an expert out

a prospect of a falily good profit being made by

nos.

to the island to design theme. When the spinning companies, and it is therefore cons signs, came out to the Straits it was found | sidered advisable to direct attention to the home that they were for charming bungalows, but

market rather than to trouble about schemes ,with no varendaba. A bungalow without a for the ascouragement of export.

[verandah in the Hingapore climate is about

'Le ti

useful se one without a roof,

Tus British Consul at Swatow reports that the

fatrodection of Japanese band looms in that

district is giving rise to an industry that pro-

· Starmers Expattad.

Venla

Agents

SKIPPINO.

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

tongkong, Canton & Macao Strambori Co, Ld.

aku fug and Lighter Company, Limited

REFINERIES,

bina Sugar Rodoing Company, L mitad.

-azon Sugar Refining Company, Limited... Perak Sugar Cultivation Company, Limited serumiem)

MIXING..

NO. OF

'hinese Engineering and Mining Company, L1,000,000

sub Australian Gold. Minlag Company, Limlind

DOCKS, WHARVES & GODOWNE, kowick (God,) & Co., Limited.

150,000

10,000

Fongkong & Kowloon Wharf and Godowa Co. Ed., 60,000

ongkong and Whampoa Dock Company, Ld. ......... hangbal Dock and Engineering Co, Leda menemuisem

50,000

399

"FOSITION AS PER·LAST: REPORT -

AT WORKING

LAST-DIVIDENDS.

$2,005,774 Interim of £s for first half your ©

3/91-8

TIL $5,000 £725,000 £100,000) $65,000 $47,321

Tis 2,40,000 Tis, 603,351 Tis: 100,000

TI-6,369

£250,000) £1,893

20%

£11,556

Interim of Tis. 14 for account 1908 Fingi of ij. making si- for 1907 and lu-|||

taries of 3/-(No. 10) for a/c 1908

[5050]

for year ending 104.1908

$1,001

373

##0.000

Spa

st x

99,951

{

$10,

Sa (London 3/6) for 1905

$1,550,000

Sapo

6go

Bas for tood

Tia: 104,424

01:10,000

Istarim of y/ó ex 2/3Ë for 1007

Tia, 45,948)

Tin, Is bayars

Sajo

$100

- $8,306,011

Final of 515 making $45 for 1906 and] Elateria of 530 for 1907.

$950 bayer

18,000

5100

Scor,763

$12 and bonus Jy for 1906

-$167) buyuru

30,000

น

$1,000

$1,333,94

5372,432

$5 and bonus $1 for 1906,

Soy sales

$425,037

8,000

$37 for 1906

$190 salas

30,000

20,000

$25.

Sco

· Sax Ssa

$1,000 5164,6387

$1,035

$1, far 1906 ****

SIS:

Nil

7. Saf for year ending 30, 1908.

το 7

5347

80,000 $15

117,755

ndo-China Steam Navigation Co., Ld. (Preferred)2

Do

do.

(Deferred)}} panghal Tog and Lighter Company, Limited

Do,

(Profesence) Shell" Transport and Trading Compsoy, Limited... 1,000,000 10,000 "Star" Ferry Company, Limited.

60,000 60,000

"25.

$81,766 $1,655,

$140,000,

Si for first half-year ending so.5.08....

F18 bayers

56) for 1907 on Preference shares only ©) £83,759 || {*}*** x/y 13/16=53, 154)

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200,000 Tls. 5e Tha. 5o

100,000)

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10,000

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$5

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SBIT

14,000

Tia. 50 Ti, 50

TIL 115,000

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Tis. 47 sallara [Tia, 51 buynes

41/

Sag

Tla 45 bay

TIL. 17,142.

10,000 froo $100

20 $450,000

Dr. $279,371

$8 for year ending St.11,06

$100

7,000- 7,000

$100 STOO Tis, so Tie, so

none Tls, 260,000"

Dr. $135 38#

#TiK"("{82) for year ́andlog~11835 ......

Li

£4.878

DE £1,191

Interim of 1/5 (No. 1a) for account 190☎

No. 12 0) 1/45-couts

18,000

535

$11,601

$1.788

$1.75 for veår ending 31.12,06

<50,000

$26,806

$5.5gă

$40,000

Final of $14 making Sjå för 1907 ŠE DOKTRI

off

$76,199

$200,000)

1,$15.8,000,000

$14,847 Interim of $4 for account rgol Tia. 33.743

594

(Figs of Tia. at making in all, Tis,-4 for? 1 year ending $94.08 ..........

6 %

Tis. 36 sellers

ris. 697,357 The fif30)

TIL. 75,000 >

Interim of Tia: 4 for account 1908 1 z

Tis, 151 bayan

Tis. 100 TIL 100

Tix. $5,000

Tia 0,131

Tis, 6 for 1907

30,000 50,15

EKİN

Sar

Sty

530,000 $1,000

Dr. 54,300

Sal for year ending 30.6.07 ren

59,175

$1.50 for 1906" 192959 SKENNELANGOR DOG TALVE

12,000

$12,000

$14,039

50,000

Srod

$250,000

Interim of 3g for sccount 1908 Orationes Interim of Sak for account 1908MH

Sta bayara S77 buyers

$94

150,000 ...5,000

5217,426)

'SIO

$50,000

$4,531

Jo cants for 1907

siseseriken

78%

510

MODO.

5611

78,000. Tis. So Tis, 50 12,300 550

Tia, 197,549

$1 for 1907LEAR: BOU FORGET ZMENDI AD Interim of Tia, 3 for account 1908 wi Interims of $3 foi account 1906 namäenes

59 buyers Szy

7% 9 %

Tis. 1141⁄2 bay $45

15,000 Tia. 50 Ti So #20,000 $10 . $10 10,000 Tis. 75 TIK 75

8,000 Tis 100 Tis. 100 1,000 Ti 500 (Tix. (00

Tia 150,000

TIM 45,9393

$20,000

Tia B,Boy

89.813

- 4 % 4%

Tix. 64 bayars

foss

Tis 64 buyers

BODI

Til yo'sellers.

Tis. 28,257

Tia. 50,001

9034

13/0 19/0

£1,500

$12

Sis

$15,000

NIL

50,000?

none

525,000

$ro

$180,000

'31,598

$60,000

95,000

$6

$5,000 $

51,974

I 19

400,000

STO

Sro

$12,000

15.07%,

Ser buyare

Sto sales

13,000

$10

Sro

$5,000

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73 canta for g ́months ending 31.1307, wom

$za buyer

21,000

520

$186,000

-18,957

Sz for year ending 28,2.08

Sao sellers

60,000 $10

Sto

$9,321

SI and bonus so cta, for year anding 29.2.08

$18

·SzyTM

$120,000

$4.578

Interim of $4 for account 1908.

$0,000 15,000 Gs, 100 GR. 100

. $10

Interim of $2 for account 1908

165eindem

The $47,500

Tis. 37,003

$1,000

Stó

$0,000

Sto.

·$5,000··

75,000

$10. $10 $4,000T, 30 The so- Tis 100,000

Tia, 6,605

DILA

2 TIL. 24,850)|

Tis. 75,000}

Tis, 8,493

Tis. 190,000

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bayous

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3,000

100 |Tis. 100

T3 15,201

$10

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$15,000

$35,000

$10

· 15,000.

$10

sanghal and Hongkew Wharf Company, Limbed

LANDI, HOTELS & BUILDINDEZTEM #glo-French Land Investment Cơn Ledɛ menm Bon For House Hotel Company, Limited (Shanghai) .....] Atral Stores, Limited 05 00 00 00 00 00 PRODI DO agkong Hotel Company, Limited .........esentó a un ogkong Land Investment and Agancy Co., Lda. mphreys Estate & Finance Company, Limited. wloon Land and Buliding Company, Limitadasse

anghal Land Investment Company, Límitted 211 Point Building Company, Limited

COTTON MILLS.

·

wa Cotton Splaning and Weaving Company, Ld..s ongkong Coiton Spinsing, Weaving and Dyeing] Company, Limited' antistream one tirane ternational Cotton Manufacturing Company, Ld. Lou-kung-mow Cotton Spinning & Wearing Co., Li, by Chas Cotton Spinning Company, Limited

55,700 Tia, 100 TI 100

36,000 T15, yo, 100,

25,000

—————————- MISCELLANEOUS" cil's Asbestos Eastern Agency, Limitad hina-Borase Company, Limited.299.00003960,000 bina Light and Power Company, Limited

Do, special shares. #50,000} hina Provident Loan & Mortgage Company, Ld. .....] 185,000 alry Farm Company, Limited

...

·Do

Crean. Island Gement Company, Limited H. Frics & Company, Limited ....... DO 200 DE SO

Fall & Holtz, Limited

**ongkong Electric Company, Limited are

Tongkong Ics Company, Limited Tongkong Rope Manufacturing Company, Id. ........ daatschappij tot Mijn, Bosch en Landbouwax.) Peak Tramways Company, Limited

ploitatis in Langkat, Limitad ng

Philippine Compasy, Limited Peak Tramways Company (new) usin

Shanghal Gas Company, Limited

hanghal Sumatra Tobacco Compasy, Limited

Touth China Morning Post, Limited shanghai Waterworks Company, Limaktadiru, onaangewesen

team Laundry Company, Limited sinus remains. 20,000 Tantsin Waterworks Company, Limited *ulow Waterboat Company, Limitad tuitąd Asbestos Oriental Aguacy, Limited

-akam Powell, Limited

* Thuso nukras are entitled so kalf of the predis

'Dus

$648,9757

*Tis. 1,523,045 1 Tla 170,000

$1,541

Tis: 150,000

•Tia, 85,519 Tis, úse

Tie st for year ended 31.10.1907 so cants for year ending 31.7.08' vezane naomigate Tia, & for year ended 30.5.00 (8 ) ..................

Tis. 8 for igo6mm GESNESSUNOEMDE AVE Tis, 50 for 1908

10 per share for 1907m=$1.037

$1.30 for 1907 inoties ozones

60 cents for year ended 18.2.06

80 cents for 1909 mmme

·S1,go for year ending 31.7.07 väikesım

Interim of 40 cents for account 1908

Tls. 17,137 $7,475

Interim of Tis, se for and quarter mean So cants on fully paid shares and 6 canta on

Ss paid shares for your ending 30460303

2478 Tis: 201 Strz

40 cents for year ending 31.5.07 MERIME Tis. 69' for year ending 10407.

ja cants for 1909 ove me vet ser venter KUULJETTI JOS 400 DIN

{ #0 cents on 9,900 ord, shares and Sigão os ? $1,360-| ** 100 Founders shares for yi,and, $1.5.07 *Tinki of sa cantams X-making de conta 36,438

for your ending jik207; sumareREDSIDEDAN Tisal of so ces, making do cia, for the year andad goth Tuna, 1906 – me SORING

ƉDIVIDENDI PAYABLE J***

misss to increase the importation of forsign Empire ... Moji M. G., E. & Co Oct, 11 FAIR: These Japannes machines, which work Glentaret...... Singapors McG. & G.Oct. many times quicker than the old-fashioned Mongolia e Tény 2. M. 00...Oct. ra Chinese looms, are made of wood, and are of Polgasalen.

sumclantly simple construction to be copied by Inaba Marn

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the natives. They cost about 38 such, and will | Founa,... Singapore. F. & O. Ca. Oct...11. tum: Dut ten to twenty yards of cleth daily at a Totom! Mar.. Mojka, N. Y. K....Oct. 1s cost of 23 cash a yard for labour. At prasant

Banayon

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ingapore. G. L. & Co Oct. 15 P.Sigismund dasy M, & Co... Oct. 14

Singapore M. Con Oct. 17 P. Darwin G., L. & Co Oct. 18.

there are three factories engaged in this industry Kagashima M. Bombay H. Y. KOct. 17 in Chao-Chow Fe and sighbourhood and

and one

Canton

Kestern

at Cheng Hal. There are also a good many st Hing Ning at which cloth is manufactured by Tudor Prince New York. Ay K & Cood,