1909-01-16 — Page 11

THX Prince Regent has commanded the Ministry of Jastles to draw op immediately a set of special lawa agamat officials accepting bribes.

PREPARITIONS. to permit of the steamer Honpine being decked are proceeding satisfactorily, as thò viss! is now on an evan keal and is closer to the shore.

We have received from the Pacific Mail Steam ship Company, the toral agents for the Toyo Kien Kalba, celluloid pocket calendars for the year 1909 suitable for book-marks.

MR. C. H. GALE prosecuted a chok, In the employ of Captaid Stewart, with ill-treating a dog last Monday. The artist was alleged to have thrown a cup of hot water on the animal. He paid a fine of $10.

THE Ministry of Education bar telegraphed to the Chinese Ministers abroad to select and re- turn to Chios a sumber of graduated students for examination for the devices of Superior and Distinguished Senior Licentiates.

SEROZANT Davitt, of Tal O Police Station, charged tight conlies before Mr. J. H. Kemp, last Monday, with splitting, blasting and re moving stone from Crown land without a per- mit. A fine of $5 each was imposed.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH SATURDAY JANUARY 16 1919.

Foa stealing a wollen suit from the backyard of 6g Bonham Strand Rast, a coolla was SSD- tenced to six warke hard labour last Thursday.

need not be surprised if, within a few months, THEspecial Chinese ambassador, Tang Shao Yi, thereis issued a de luxe translation of the many volumes of literature, he gave to President Rocnvelt

MA. E. Chunyal, -econd Engineer of the 1.8. Haiyang, charged a Chinamanat the Police Count last Thursday with stealing two racket drills belonging to the ship, valued at $60, on Wednesday Two months was the punish ment meled dut.

SHARE QUOTATIONS.

Suppilled by Mom, E. S. KADOORIE & Co. Corrected to noon; later alterations sleep under "Commercial Intelligenc

STOCKL

BARKL

Hongkong & Shanghal Banking Corporation

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Geographical Society in the third week in DR. Sven Hedin will lecture befors the Royal National Bank of China, Limited January. Thereafter he will visit Scotland and,

MARINE INSURANCES. deliver leolures as follows:-Dundee 16th January, Aberdeen 271b idem; Edinburgh 18th and Glasgow 29th.

Catom-Insurance Office, Limited.

Ir the F.MS. authorities were seeking an in- vestment for their surplus funds, which they North Chian lomance Company, Limited persist in regarding as a fetish, whereas in better than sink them in railway enterprise. Valon Insurance Society of Canton, Limited really they are an incubos, they could not do stater the Pisang Gorelle,

Tux Pope has conferred the order of Koight of St. Sylvester on Mr. John Melville, ex WR bave been favoured by Messrs. W. G. vices be rendered to European society, is pro- superintendent at Scotland Yard, for the ser Humphreys & Co., local agents for the Gene- tecting the lives of kings and other rolers, dur ral Accident, Fire and Life Assurance Corporing his long professional career. ation, Ld., with a handy pocket book, contain- log & diary and much matter of useful inform alion,

His Excellency the Governor has been pleas ad to appoint Lieutenant H. W. Green, 20d Battalion, The Buffs, as the Military member of the committee for the Wong-nei-choug and Queen's Recreation Grounds, vice Lieutenant G. R.. Home N

THE reserve shown by the Chinese Govern ment has gone a long way towards dispelling the confidence formerly mopired by iti foreign circles Peking and it is feared that an nostable Manchu régime will" shortly be established.

THE Chinese Engineering and Mining Com pany Bonunces that the total output of the Company's ihres mines for the week ending Desember 25, 1958, amounted to 27.5 6.51 100 And the sales during the same period to 27,307,18 tons

PRESIDENT Roosevelt in a special message to Congresu-on-the-subject of Secret Service de clares that the phrases objected to by members of Congress were quotations from members own speeches The feeling of Congress against the President is intense.

SOME ladies of the Imperial Clea bavio presunied as their position to violate the opium prohibition by the secret sale of the drug, the Imperial Clas Court and the Ministry of the Interior, have agreed to ignore their ranki sod punish them as ordinary people.

THE Ministry of Finance has decided to estab lish branches for the Ta Ching Imperial Bank iu commercial ports on the Atlantic and Pacific, and alan that, from the beginning of next year, all provincial revenue to Peking shall be re- mitted through that Bank,

THE birgentine Joi. L-Eviston has been taken in hand by the Tanjong Pagar Dock her keel and stern repaired, owing to the dam Board and docked at Keppel Harbour to have ave sustaiord by her running on a reel whilst on a vayage, in ballast, from Haiphong to New castle, New South Wales.

THE Prince Regent has decided to carry into the Eight Banners within the next eight years, effect the provisiope for mear of livelihood for and at the ninth year, when a Constitution is granted, the Bauners will be disbanded and the policy of removing all distinctions between Manchus and Chinese will be pot into operation. It is stated that the Prince Regent is anxious to foster good relations between China sud foreign Powers, while at the same time im proving his administration. He bas, therefore, ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to compile a table of diplomatic matters from the year roos, to be submitted to bim for pertical and reference.

..

Te Ministry of Justice at Peking, being alive to the importance of legal procedure in cries between foreigners,and Chinese, has requested the Viceroy at Nanking to order the Taotai of Shanghal to submit to it a copy of the regula- tions in vogue in the Mixed Court, to enable THE Government intends to summon Viteroythe Law Office to have on those regulations a Tuan, Fang for appointment in the Grand

new set of rules ta govern mixed cases, Council and is discussing the choice of his uccerior. At the drafting of the new Chinese Jay evening, z8th wit, at the residence of her THE Jabi Gesitle reports the death on Tues. Code has not been completed, is promulgation daughter-in-law, at N, 66, Yamashita-cho, of after the. Ohion New Year is a matter of 1, Mary Catherius Bax, mother of the late Uncertainty.

r. Holyoake Box. Mis, Box, who was 89 years of age, has resident in Yokohama some

15, and by her, kindly disposition and gouial mander had won to herself a host of friends,

A BATCH of twenty Chinaman who had stowed away on board the steamship Eusters on her last trip in November, with the intention of reaching Australis, were brought back last Sun-LLOYD's Greater Britain Publishing Company. day, and charged to the Police Court, on Men is hringing out a standard illustrated work on. day. They were sentenced tonipe months' hard labour each, in the absence of a fine of $1,000.ment of the latter. Mr. Breskspear, the bead Netherlands India with the aid of the Govern

Cairo, on December 27, to complete the ar of the Company's staff, arrived at Balavia from rangement. It is said that the work to be done in Java will take about five months of his time.

THE Minie'ry of War and the Navy Depart ment bave jointly decided to build three cruisers for northern waters, two cruisers, two defence vessels and four torpedo boats for southern waters. Their cost will be met, in part by the Ministry and by the Chihli and Kiangaan pro- vinces. Their construction is to be completed in five years.

THE Board of Finance has given instructions 10 the Opium Commission of Hupeb that in order to niake up for the loss of revenue from. opium they must charge all opium dealers 40 RETURN of visitors to the City Hall Library and 60 cash for every tael of raw and prepared and Museum for the week ending the tothepium sald respectively as a licence fee and January, 19091-

Total

Library. Musou,” Nan-Chinesp....NZAKE 394 "199 Chinese

2,631

180 2,830 "You certainly deserve a price for that," was the remark by Mr. E. D. C. Wolfe, laspector of Schools, at (be distribution of prices to the boys of the Ellis Kadoorie School last Saturday, while handing the prize to a scholar who had not been absent once during the last six years, This record-breaking instance of a schoolboy's daily attendance is perhaps univalled.

NOGUE, a Japanese doctor, residing at 24, Praya Fast, was charged in the Police Court, this soprning(9th inst.), with assaulting a woman at Ship Street at an early hour this morning. The asanit was brought about by an alleged iniok; which set the medical expert on the warpath. Seizing the woman by the aim he was supposed to have slapped her several times on the face. He was fined $7.

Ox December 24 the river at. Take was still open, but beavy ice was seen at the flood and abbtide. There were still two Japanese steam ers at the bar, one discharging sleepers and the other loading. Three tugs and five lighter are still undocked. It is anticipated that the part will actually close after the spring tides which are now nearly finished. All lights and buoys are removed.

that apart from this no other tax is to be Jevied. The Board considers that this beavy licence fee will go a long way in eradicating the opium evil.

fangtare Insurance Association, Limited:

FIRM INSURANCES.

Shina Fire Insurance Company, Limited Jongkong Fire Insurance Company, Limited

SHIPPING. Thion and Manila Steamship Company, Limited.. Douglas Steamship Camsary, Limited

longkong, Canton & Mucac Steamboat Co., Ld.

do.

NO, OP BHÁILL.

VALUE. PÄID UT.

POSITION AS PER·LANT REPORT

KUSERVE.

AZ WORKING;

ACCOUNT,

10,000

11,400

66,009 F130,000

LÁST DIVIDEND

"SUPER AV:

茶

· CLOSING

QUOTATIONE.

Sagt

QUOTATION. BASED ON ILLST VAN'S DAY

1:30,000

S135

Stag

$2,005,774 Interim of fa for first half your.

st 2

flys buyaru

| London"681

09.915:

510,121

Sa (London 1/6) for 1903

$1,500,000

10,000

5250

Sags,757

KONK

Sis for 1907

1411,990

71 X

£125,000

Tis 150,000

£3

Tią, 160,523.

Final of 7/6 making 15/- for 1907

51 %

The

Tii, 10s bayam

490,000

$100

$101,475

32,506,orr

199,095

Final of Siç making $45 for "1906" and] Llaterim of 530 for 1907............

st X

3927,649

$1,000,000

: 12,000

$100 Sóa

$199,032

550x,763

Sta and bonur Sy for 1906"

"

$85,157.

·S:85 unles

*0,000

Stoo

8,000 $850

Sis

$1,000,000 $145,097

.550

313,802 $1,823,941

5372,499

5415,027

$6 and bonai 32 for 1906.

Say for 1906

+71 X

81%.

$106 sallarü

5332 buyers

30,000 Sas

20,000

$50

Sto

$7,000 1264,6387.

$1,905 NIL

31 for 1906.

599,007

Sal for year ending 30,6.1908,

71x

--- Srg sellers". 531 bayars

80,000

SES 515

_$250,000

$527,500

$37.755

$12 for first "alf-year ending g0,6.08.

517,059)

60,000 60,000

£10,000

*£*3,755

(6) for 1907 on Preference shares only (1

£240,000

TIR 50 TIL 50

TIL. 75,000

£120,0001

Thonggro £61,817

Lotarlas of Tis, rå for account 1968 ...i

£:00,000

Second Interim of xf; for mjé 1908 mm.

$5,000 $47,231

[$0.50

$1.00

for year ending 104.1908...

Ti (8,0)

TIL 42.479

10,000

Tis. 50 Tis. 50

Tis, 75,000

THE 1,000

Tis, 12,000

20,000

7,000

from $100

$100

$100 Tia, 50 (Tia, so

312,538 +450,000 $56,848 none T'is, 100,000

Dr. $379.371

£8 for your Jnding 31 12:06

Sizat

Dr. $135 13

$35 +97

118

Tle, 9,373

Tip ji ya sadin; 11.kat.

Ti po buyer

411895

{Final of 1/6 (coupon No. 11) for year end-] 1. lag 29.2,08 žiopivaPONOVILES)

Tit. 161 buyin

£4,871-

DE

£3,101

No, 12 of 1B mis

'saj za; 'and e',

18,000

325

$$3,500

$3,785

$1.75

rvoar on-ling: 31.12,00

* $50,000

·550

$16,806 |

$3,555

Floal of $14 miklog Sÿf for 1907

„ $45è nulları

50,000 55,700 Tis, roo i'ls, IDO

36,000 Tis, 100 fro

$50

$384,847

interim of $4 for account 190

$92

Tia,:33,742

{Interim of Tis x4 for 6 months ending

31st October, 1908 – parasole coastersson

! X

Tia. 75 sellers

*Tia. 19,616

Tie 15g bayan

ado-China Steam Navigation Co., Ld. (Preferred)]

Do.

(Deferred)} thinghal Tug and Lighter Company, Limited 200,000

(Preference) 100,000) --Shell" Transport and Trading Company, Limited.. 1,000,000 (*10,000 *Star* Tarry Company, Limited....................

*S10 110,000 21510. 35

Do.***

aku Tug and Lighter. Company, Limited

REFINERIELY

Sugar Refalog Company Limited

Lan Sagar Refining Company, Limited... 7,000

rak Sugar Cultivation Company, Limited

MINING,

aloess Eng!porting and Mining Company, L1,000,000 Rob Australian Gold Michy Company, Limked

Docks, akvarka Grpowers, ́morick (Gao,) & Ph., Limilad'

!50,000

50,000

ngkong & Kowloon Whari tad Godown. Co; Ld 60,000

kong and Whampoa Back Company, Ld "Moghal Brock-and Engineering Co, Lds` managcon angka! and Hongkow Wher! Company, Limlled

LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS. Angle French Land Investment Co., Lt

ator House Hotel Company, Limited (Shanghai) ....

Congkong Hotel Company, Limited ...umenino mu Bejkong Land forestment and Agency Co., Ld. .... 'amphreys Estate & Finance Company, Limited owloon Land and Building Company, Limited wangbal Land Investment Company, Limited.......

est Point Building Company, Limited

COTTON MILLE

wo Dotton Spłoning and Wsurleg Company, Ld.... langkong Cotton Spinning, Wearlux and Dyeing?

Company, Limited

Stamational Corton Manufacturing Company, Ld.... aou-kung-mow Colios Spinning & Wearing Co.,L Say Chas Cotton Spinning Company, Limited...

MISCELLANEOUS,

seil's Asbestos Eastern Agency, Limited China-Borneo Company, Limited. and team bina Light and Power Company, Limited special shares

15,000 T, 50 Tis, fo 135,000 Sto SIR 10,000 TIL 5 ĮTik.75

8,000 T 100 Tls. 100 2,000 TIL 500 Tis, 100

Do. Do, hins Provident Loan & Mortgage Company, Lil.... £35,000

£175,000?

140,000 $76,19,2 $200,000

Fix 1,000,000

'Tlx. 697,257) TIL. 75,000 Tim,285,000

Tis. 170,000

DOES

TIL. 150,000} Tla 45.9393

$10,000

Tis. 75 000

ex 1/9 11/16=53, 154..................ını

DEDEDEDE DEU

Tix. 6,869 Final of Tis, if making Tis, 5 for 1907 2 X

45)- bayara

· Sasi bayars: Sts buyars

Interim of Tia. 4 for account res 6%

Tia, 6 for 1907018622990 Sst for year ending-for6.0%, „$1,80 for 1906 innerneyman

Interim of $3 for account rgoð.

1,10) pir share for 1907=$1,497 syys $1,20 or 1997 timer ass ini tetovanAZÁS 208 209 290 291 do cents for year andød 18206 ........2000-09. 80 cents for 190) ·

Tis. 43

Tis roo

$16

$14 bayars

135 bayara

̈ ́Sŷn bayars

Set sellers

The 69

Tis. 73 sallers

Tia, 285-bayare

584 bayérs

-25,000 Tis. roo Tl, 100

30,000

Ti. 15,000

TIL. 5,531

$15

50,195 SI5

Sif

510,000 $1,000

Di

$4,300 59,178

13,000

$50

Sco

*$648,975)

$12,000

St4,639

50,000

$100 5100

$250,000

$15,915

Interims of Ssh for account 1908

150,000

$217,4967

$10

350,000

54,581

10 cents for 1937

6,000

$50 530 78,000 Tis: 50 Ti 50 12,500 550 Sca

Bora

5031

S18 for 1907 trenerny

*st x**

333 sallers

·STia. 1,5$3,0453

Interim of Tit 3 for account 1908

Tia, 107,547

7.%

Tis, isa sallers

51,541

Interim of 53 for account 1908 ................

9.X.

145 sollara

Tla: 8,820

Tit. 5, for year ended 31.10.1908

બ

$9,553

Tis, 8,372

go cents for year ending 31.708 «xtend may Tis. 6 for year ended ja,900 (6 %) nema za K

Tla. 38 bayeri (9 bayers

MODI

Tis, 6,508

Tis. 8 for too

Tia..28,357

Tis, 50,601

Tis: 50 for 1906

8,504

€1,500

C648

60,000

Sia

$15,000

NIL

00

50,000 50,000)

Don

61,138

$120,000

$3,591

8..%.

Panna pea kas kad par

$10,000

25,000

Sył

$5,000

$48

51.30 for year ending 31.3.08

st X

Šio sallamn 'Stap

Sto

510

£11,000

$5,078

13,000

Sza

SEO

$1,000

21,000

Jari

$30

$186,000

18,917

Interim of 40 cents for account 1908 an 75 cents for 9 months ending 31.1207| Sa for year ending 283.08mes motor in the

го

$3.50 buyers

8%

Sis buyers

10 X

Sar bayers

60,000

$10

$10

MODE

%

$18 buyers

59,331-

1120 salinen

5,000

525

$110,000

$4,578

60,000

Bu bayars

$10

DODS.

$8,191

25,000 Gs, 100 GL100

35,000 $10

TIL. 17,003

TIK 17,137

SFX

Tia 855 bayers

£30 6,000 $25

50,000 $30 75,000!! Sto 14,000 Tha30 The 30 30,000 Ti, 10 Ti, ad 15:850

$5,000

$7,472

SIα

NIL

TIL

TIL 6,603

20,000 $3

24,820 Tis. 75,000 $ Tis. 190,000

Bons Dom

Tu. 8,493

1,000. Thi, 100 TIL 100 50,000

Tix. 15,295)

$10 24

Tis, 40003

$15,000

$1,350

90,000

15,000

$100,000

Sta

$25,000

10:38.

5395

Pairy Farm Company, Limited irena Island Gement Company, Limited ......................(00,000 it. Price & Company, Limited normannorman. Fall & Holts, Limnod. lána tongkang Electric Company, Limited memezaninese Hongkong Ice Company,' Limited tongkong Rope Manufacturing Company, Ld... taalschappij tot. Mija, Bosches Landbouwer-2

ploitatie in Langkat, Limited

ka}.

4.

Peak Tramways Company, Limited

uppine Company, Limited Liv Peak Tramways Company (Daw) winnersDenture hanghal Gas Company, Limited

hanghai-Sumutra Tobacco Company, Limited banghal Waterworks Company, Limited...

H.E. THE Prince Regent has advised the Goyeroment that, as Minister accredited highest importar ce for him to cultivate friend- abrand represents his own country, it is of the ship with the Government officials of the coun try be it in, and with other diplomatic repre- sentatives; that Chinese Ministers to foreign countries, bave hitherto not been able to enter. tais much awing to lack of allowances, and for this for which reason they could not'arquire a Prince Regent, therefore, has urged that the very intimate knowledge of foreign affairs. The 1egation salarios be increased, so as to enable Ministers to carry out their functions. THE presiding members of the Waiwaga have recently been considering that, a Chinese Consuls abroad held important posts in view of their responsibilities for the protection of Chin. ese residents in foreign countries, their ap pointments shou'd be made substantive. It is General should be made substantive officials proposed, therefore, that Chinese Console- of the principal fourth grad, and Console should be, made officials of the principal fifth grade. On completion of the term of their office they will be examined and, if found blameless, they will be appointed to an office of equal rack in the capital of the provinces., SOME time ago the Shanghai Tantai, acting under orders from the Ministry of Posts and Commonications, wrote to the Consular Repra sentatives requesting them to order the foreign-outh China Morning Post Limited. any letters sent to Chinese Yameos from Post Offices at Shanghai to open and Inspect abroad, when there should be more this five of them appareatly from the same senders, and asking that, if such be found to contain any revolutionary matter, they should be destroyed. The Senior Consul, under the direction of the Consulat Body, has repiled to the Taotai pointing out that this interference should not be exercised by the Chinese Post Office on letters of foreigners and, for the matter of foreign Post Offices, they should be) addressed directly on the matter themselves, A CANTON dispatch states that, on receipt of the Viceroy's reply to his communication, and realizing the norm of popular, indignation, the Portuguese Chasul, das called on VICHIDY Chats expresslog regret for the Fatiha in cident and expressed his willingness to try the care and punish the accused according Formosan to law. He also in said to have request-- Government-General reports that the greater ed the Viceroy to order the. Canton people portion of the volied triba seems to have to entertais no ill feelings, which might jakun refuge among the mountains of Makis affect the relations of the two nations, he ind in the back of the aboriginal village of Viceroy expressed gratitude for the Coal's. Shichikyakuson, The Joist force of the promises which, be declared, would mattally militar troops and police corpe is gradually dispel the people's ill-feellogs. A promissat inancing Carnalties to the expedition troops Chinese gentleman in Hongkonghas interras--- *between the 19th- and aist mit warn a native ed in the mater for the payment of compens policeman and a constable who warn wounded; | Fation, to the deceased's family and thIN A On the Best four aborigineo was made captiva every probability of the care being amicably

CENSOR Chang Hui recently presented. memorial praying that all the eunuchs be dia missed from ata Palaces. He pointed out that though the dynastic rule has been a strict on against their interference in political affairs, which bas prevented such troubles as were familiar to the Ming and former dynasties, po country now in the world with a constitutional government bat auanchs, and he urges that they should be got rid of. The memorial was alisivad, probably for fortbor consideration.

coolies, with a spita

a'spita against a tailor, paid A visit to his house at 4. Chun Hing Lane to Bettie matters. Unfortunately the tailor was at home at the time, and the coolies did every thing, except (careful men-they were) commit an assault or break up the house. A police. constable was brought to the scene by the noise and the trouble ended there and then Then two peace-breakers appeared in the Po lice Court, last Saturday, and being found guilty of disorderly behaviour, were fined $5 each.

Two

¿AN DECİK telegram for her.

Loam Laundry Company, Limited N Kentsin Waterworks Company, Limited Yalon Wetriont Company, Limited CÁC KHO ẢNH MANG BAO LẦN NÀO mited Aahostos Oriental Agency, Limited mememmej » 10,000

Vatson, (A. 5.) & Co., Limi Viillam Powell, Limited

<* Thiss shares ars entitied so half of the profis'

$10

£30

Tix. 547,5007

доре

•

TU 100,000-

Thu, 123 sellers

3436

Tis: Sox

·SEXI

Si and bonus so cta. for year ending 25,20 Interim of $4 for sccount 1908...evirenkaan faterim of $t.for account 1908 ............

(4th Quarterly div of Tis, to and bonus of Tis, zo making sso to date.TOKELAUDE So canta on fully paid shares and ó cents on 1. S paid aktaras for year ending 304.08... 3

Final of Tls, 4 making Tis, 7å for 1907

Final of Tis, 9 making in all Tis, 14 for 1907 115`%

Final of 17/6 making ƒajó for 1907",

40 cents for year ending, 31.5.08. Tii, 6 for year sadlag sa.4.07 Lo Deals for 1907.jcian can pur noe mer va

50 cents on 9,900 ord shares and £19.80 100 Phunders alares for yr, sad. 31. Interim of so cants s/c 1908.9 Visal of go cta. making 80 cts: for

year ended, 36th June, 1906

DIVIDENDI PAYAHLR |-

Hongkong & Shanghai B'king Corpo

Ti zao buyers.

Tis 4378

$14.

The 94 buyers