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Entimation.

LIMITED.

ESTABLISHED. A‚D 1841,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 29 1909

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moted by the Cantonese but that is no proof that the native energy of the Southern Chinese har lain dormant. There can be no doubt whatever that they are steadily heading for the aggrandisement of the Provinces and the control A. S WATSON & CO., of their own affairs. Probably there is

viceroyally which is so independent as that ruled over by His Excellency Yuan, for Peking knows the temper and charac. ter of the Cantonese and leaves them to work out their own salvation, pretty much as they please. As the Cantonese are natu- rally a go-ahead people,.who have little or nothing in common with their compatriots in the north, such a condition of things is probably the best that could be devised. But how many globe-trotters give a mom cat's glance at this side of life in Canton. They marvel at the narrow streets, they shudder at the scene on the execution ground, they lay themselves out to be swindled by the rapacious curio-dealers, they gaze with amazement on the five hundred gods and do all the correct things at the correct time. But as far as the commercial importance of Canton is con- CHAM-cerned or its possibilities in the future, they

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ORANGE CHAMPAGNE.

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ANNUAL MERTING,

On General account Loans LABORALES, 199

Reserve account, as per inst

$3,058.00. 150,00

6,308.00

Balance sheet ...... 9,000 00 Transferred to Profit and

Loss account per contra 9,000,00

minutes tourist, who wishes to see, the earl) | CAMPBELL, MOURE & CO. LTD. Sundry Creditor at the least possible cost to himself and minimum of trouble. How many of that happy band who travelled by the Cleveland

The twenty-third ordinary annual meeting of gave a second thought to the potentialities shareholders is the above Company was hold of Canton, or gave a thought to anything beat the Company's Offices, 14, Des Voux Road, Central, at noon, today, for the porpore, of yond the fact that at some future time they receiving the report and statement of accoun's would have the pleasure and satisfaction of for the eighteen months unding, goth June, being able to say: Canton Oh yes, I've 1999. Mr. F. Ellis (general manager) presided. been there. Know it like a book.": There were alio present —Most. A. F

Areal, V. F. Musso, A. R. Ellis, C. A. da Rois, and Miss,I. Bishop. ||-

·LOCAL AND GENERAL,

THE Austrian croiser Kaiserin Elisabah arrived in post this morning.

MISSRS, W. R. Loxley & Co. are distributing a 'distinctive wall calendar for 1910 on behalf of the Netherlande Fire Insurance Co.

Tux office of the Japanese Copsulate-General | has been removed to No. 3 Connaught Road, above Messra. Carlowitz & Co. officer, facing the Cricket Ground.

-Total ...... 650

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The notice of the meeting having baan read, The Chairman sald :—Gentlemen,-- With your permission I will adopt the auit course and consider the report and statement of accounts at present in your hands as read. I re- gret to have to place before you these accounts showing such a large logs, which after wiping. pff your reserra, will still take away another 3,000 odd dollars from your capital, This ad verse state of affairs in explained by the fact that your stock stood at a very large figure. The quality of the various articles was by the gross whereas the sale being smal the goods bad to be carried over from year to your, without any provision being made for depreciation, Tho lime has now arrived 'whan drastic measures bave to be taken with reference to the valuation the stock, which coupled with the heavy cost of moving from the Hongkong Hotel premises to the present store and “cost of alteras tions which were borne by your company, and a sum amounting to about $800, which bad to be written off as bad dobis, are the principal causes which go to explain the ad- varie report now before you. The amount to be written off as bad debts cover a period from 1905/1907, for which no provision had been made when the company was earning large profits and paying huge dividends. The value of your stock, which stood at $9,115.91 on 30th Juce, I may mention for your Information, was strived at by me with the co-operation of Messrs Lowe, Bingham and Matthew's reposentative, who, bave also prepared the acconals. Staf -Your staff is composed. at present of better men than in former year, in spite of which I am glad to state the pay list is less by over $200 a month. Gentlemen's Saloon. The Taloon, which is second to none in the Colony, is giving every satisfaction as is proved by the scriptions are larger by about Siuo per month than in the corresponding periods of last year. Ladies' Saloon-The orders which arrive daily and the attendance is much greater than in the previous year. The saloop is largely, patronised, fact which goes to show that it is also second none in the Colony, Wigmaking, etc- This department has also benefitted with the others, and orders for wigs, etc., is better thes

RETURN of visitor to the City Hall Library and Museum for the week ending the sóth December, 1909 (exclusive Christmas day);—

Library Museum, have neither eyes nor ears. It is therefore.

Non-Chinese............................ 451 273 interesting, as we have said, to and a writer

Chinese cooper 197.

3,443 who is not tempted by the beaten track, or content to view the obvious, A writer in the

2,596 696 Paris. Cosmos, has been, attracted by the industrial activities of the Cantonese and THE Government of Indo-China intends next year, to subsidise a quick and direct steamer declares that the introduction of indus-service between Haiphong and Hongkong. It tries and mechanical undertakings on the is also intended to subsidise afterwarde other European plan is proceeding much more lines such as one from Saigon to. Manila, quickly than most Occidentals imagine. Steps will also be taken to improve the service Ho states a fact which hardly needs to be between Saigon and Bangkok. The steamer emphasised, viz, that European industries subsidien granted in Indo-Chlua already ex- have begun to be introduced into China, coeds half a million of dollars yearly-Stratte and their progress is now becoming more and more rapid. At Canton in particular, we find a series of factories whose pre sence greatly astonishes those who think of China as still fixed in the past. Here we find a cement factory, the property of the Government, but directed by Chinese under the guidance of a German engineer; no less flower-stands, in remembrance of the kindness increasing number of subscribers. The sub-

than 500 barrels of cement daily are turned out. Canton also has a waterworks, run

entirely by Chinese, which furnishes daily more than 7,000,000 gallons of water 10 10,000 subscribers. This latter figure shows clearly, that the Chinese are quick to understand the advantages of perfect ed processes, and notably of the house

to-house distribution of water, when they have the wherewithal to pay for it. We find also at Canion, besides the arsenal, a smoke- less powder factory, as well as the provincial

'mint; there is also a paper-mill and a cigarette factory, pot to mention the railway

A. S. WATSON, & 00.. shops

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and various shops for the con struction and repair of vessels, But, what is perhaps the the most curious thing to find in this very Chinese city, where, in spite of the foreign quarter, the natives form a large portion of the clientéle of all these industries, is an electric plant, installed on the most modern plan. This station was erected

Timea.

MR. B. Wong Taps, the chairman of the Chiness Y.M.C.A., and a small party assembled at the Association yesterday to bid good-bye jo Dr. C. Thomson, who is leaving the Colony, and to ask him in accept from the members, as a small token, a pair of silver ha showed in his lectures, which the members appreciate very much.-Communicated. On Friday evening, December 31st, there will be a Watch-Night Service in St. John's Cathe dral commencing at 18.15 p.m. The Hymns sung will be Hymas 165, 288 and 74 and an ad- dress will be given by the Bistop of Victoris.. will be special trams to and from the Peak at For the benefitofthose who wish to attend there

p.m. and tars a.m. On the following morning, January at the Festival of the Cirarion theatrical performances held during cumcision and New Years' Day, there will be have nothing further to say bayond express the year gava entire satisfaction. Gentlemen, a Celebration of the Holy Communion in the fug my firm conviction that the affairs of your

Cathedral at 8 a.m.- e

CANTON ATHLETIC 'SPORTS.

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A CONSPICUOUS SUCCESS.

[From Dit Oum Correspondent.]

Canton, 18th December,

It was the bird- time that in the city of

Caniog local sports were held on the 27th and

by the China Light, and Power Com- 28th instant on the East Parade ground, Just All communications intended for publication in pany whose headquarters are at Hong-outside the Eastern Gate. The ground is a

a

last year. The attendance of the staff during

company are improving and that when you are next assembled here again I shall be in the position of requesting you to pass a statement of accounts with the balance on the right side, Should there be any questions you would like to ask, I will autwor them to the best of my

ability.

There were no questions. The Chairman moyed the adoption of the report and accounts,

Mr. V. P. Musso seconded,

Carried unanimously,

Lasota,

......$3,000, 16.

The excellently fitted up steamers Dareid and Aarudy, ball especially for this rud

Borneo has replaced the Sandak Hongkong run. On that ships no spared to ensure the comfort of passengers complalots—which are extremely man fally inquired into and the faults rectifed.

We in F.N.B. rely entirely on this fine for our communication with Singapore und, sikept, $18,30%,00 | for the s.n. Afsusang of the fudo-Chinn Steamy ship Navigation Co., with Hongkong, and we bavo cause to be, grateful to the N.D.L. and their managing agenta Musses. Behoỷ Mayar Mei Sundary Debtor......

Co. for providing such excellent; steamery and Less bad debts written off 737-75 $1,362.41 || so regular and convenient a' servica-B.N.3.

Gazette:

END Stock-valued at......... Furniture, Fixtures and Fittings,

As per last baludce sbunt 551LŐS Less depreciation...............

221.84

388.81

9,115,21

*** 1,320,19. 1,709,00

Additions during the 18

modika"............... Payments in advance *

asurance promia Employees' outward · pass

w

Cask

·63,50

598 04

In General manager's haude, $19,34 With Chartered Bank of Jodia Australia and

329.98 Proft and Loss Accoust.... 4,885.95 Add unprovided for liability

* 12/11/07....

600.03 Adjusted Loss to 31/12/07 *** *5.48$.53 Lost for the 18 months ended

30th June, 1909, par Profit and Loss A/c.

FOREIGN MERCHANTS IN JAPAN

A JAPANESE VIEW.

The Economists Francais, which for some yor's bar published contributions from a Mr. Uratami, baë' an article by that gentleman on be "Situation of European Merchants In 661.54 Japan Tho article is reproduced in the Bal

letin de la Socill! Franco-Japonaise de Parly, and is translated by the Japan Chronicle, as follow

7,233 47

12,719.02 Deduct, reserve account per

Contrastiaanvaar' 9,000,00 3.719.0

With the facility and rapidity le progress Sur day by day of the sea and land communica 840.13 tions between Europe and Japan; and alap is geus with the extension of European languages especially - English—the" business transacted for the needs of the Japanese by the Euro- peans and Americans sesiding in our ports be comes more restricted every year. It would seem that the centre of our formiga trade is becoming displaced equally at the expense of the ports of Yokohama and Kobe. I my that this business in diminishing more and more. every day, to the detriment of the Europeias who dwell among us, because direct trade by. the Japaneso is developlog to a very apprici able extent. Thus, in propertion ka wa sell or 18,308 00 buy in European and American markets by direct trading, new centres of export and import are opened one by one in our'secondary porta, such as Shimizu, Yokkaichi, etc, according to the commodily dealt in by the native exporters and Importers. The European merchants of Yokohama and Kobe are thus witnessing a diminution in the orders which they formerly received from the hands of our Japaners-in other words, then orders, instead of going to them, are sent directly to the foreign markets by letters, dispensing with the intermediary of the European me chants, which had been exclusively utilised until recently.

CAMPDELL, MOORE & Co., LTD.

F. ELLIS, General Mainger.

BELILIOS PUBLIC SCHOOL.

ANNUAL SALE OF EMBROIDERY, The annual exhibition of the Balilios Public School was held on the premises of the school this morning and was favoured with the preseica of Mr. E. A living Director of Education. The ball was gaily decorated in Chinese style and, during the morning, the Chinese girls gave a series of recitations in Chinese and were heartily, applauded for their werk was displayed is a prominent part of the efforts. A varied asaeriment of daloty fancy

building, the excellence of the atticies fully teachers as well as the willingoess of the pupils testifying to the painaking offirts of the

congratulated the children on their performance In the curse of the morning, Mr. Irving

wall as their excellent exhibition, of needle. work. He hoped that when His Excellency distributed the prizes in conssction with the girls' division of the Belilios Public School, would be put up for his inspection. It was well some of the beautiful specimens of needlework knows that the Chinese were excellentimitators of art and the exhibitions displayed that morning were excellent imitations of art,

*The direct export and import undertaken tie near the places of production, This is by the Japanese is carried on in the ports which only natural, as in this case it is much easier

and among our smaller ports which have com than to apply either to Yokohams or to Kobe i

of our countrymen, Shimizu and Yokkaichi menced to prosper owing to the direct trade

occupy the first rank. Thus Shimlen, the port for the direct export of tea, which bafore 1906, bad exported the leaf to a value of ao more than 300,000, sold a million yea's worth la cipally to North America, had previously boon that year. This commodity, which goes pris. * dealt in at Yokohama) but, as the port of Shimizu is situated in the actual centre of

but imitation of art was not the highest districts where the tea is cultivated; and form of art. The mas who copied a picture leaf no longer turn to Yokohama, but prefer to prepared, the merchants and producers of the

1- Mr. A. F. Arculli moved that Mr. A. Òín. § of an artist' wis pot such an advanced aitist deal directly with the American" importen` of

as the one who went to Nature and drew from

Thi HONGKONG TELEGRAPH” should be kong; it stands in the district called Ng Sin very large, ose giving ample space for the Gourdio be se-alected auditor for the easutas simplelife, Hawas glad to sed the same princi San Francisco or New York. 'in the sama...

addressed to The HdBar, 1. Toe House Road, a73H bould be accompanied by the' Writer's Name and Addres

Ordinary busines communications.bould be addrnoa? -

to The Manager,

any rejected MS. for to reture any Contribution.

BUBBCRIPTION,BATES (IN ADVANCE Datur-468 per gastos. WaBxLY--$10 per annum The ratos par quarter and per mensam, proportions Subscriptions for any period, less than one month will be charged as for a full month,

The daily is a delfrared free when the addrow b accossible to manger. Penkanhscribers can 'hava

their copies delivered at their residences without any extra charge. On ooples sont by post an additional $1.50 per quarter is charged for postage. The postage on the weekly lama to any part of the

world in 80 cents per quarter. Bingle Coples, Dally, in cents. Weekly, twenty

Are.cents (for peal only).

Mr. A. R. Ellis seconded. Agreed.

ple was being adopted in the scool and hoped th. Mr. Song would give. it, a trial," He Mr. Arcelli- propose a vola of thanks to the congratulated Mr. Song on the excellent pro from abroad without silising the lotermediary" chairman for presiding and for the encouraging was in a position of which they could feel very gress of the school and said that the school report he has given us.

Mr. Musso reconded.

Motion carried nam con: The Chairmen I thank you for your kind remarks and attendance.

That was all the business.

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Moon, which means Southern Gate. The sperts; and on it large bamboo siructures warn necessary motive force is furnished, in the sected for the accommodation of the spectators. first place by three Diesel motors, using There were present no less than thirty thousand crude petroleum and giving together 600

prople to witness the races which were keenly Cutested. Admission fees to the enclosure were The Editor will not undertake th he responsible for horse power. There are also five steam charged at the rate of thirty cents each, and a les engines yielding 730 horse-power; the steam of $5 was charged to each honorary member. is produced by four Babcock-and-Wilcox There were in all six different kinds of races with water-tube boilers, burning Japanese coal almost a thousand boys entering to run over a and furnished with a Green economizer. course of 400 metres. The band of the Sacred Condensers of a good type assure excellent Heart College, the Government Military band working and the forced-drift system is and two others were present and played used. All the workmen in this station, to

selections of music during the proceedings. A Following is the report -

Gentlemen,-The general manager begs to the number of i21, are Chinese. So much de'achment of severd hundred police was for the Cosmos. But, other writers are placed around the grounds as guards. The submit the accompanying profit and lost ac- director of the Canton Whimpoa Naval count for the 18 months ended joib Juan, 1909, springing up to proclaim the industry of the College, Mr. Wong Buo Tio, with two and also balance sheet at 37th June, 109, show. Chinese. In Engineering a writer remarks other gentlemen to assist him, acted using a loss for the period of $7,233.47. This ad- that the progreen and still more the future Judges. Owing to exigencies of official verse result in the working of the period is nt- possibilities of Chinese steel manufacture business, the Viceroy, H. E. Yuan Shu tributed to general trade depression in the and iron production are attracting much Hun, A. unable to be present, Ad- Colony, and to the drastic measures adopted in attention both in Germany and America. | miral Li Chun, the Provincial Educational writing down the value of the stock.

Owing to illness the general manager was The fact that the Hanyang Iron and Steel Commissioner, who acted as Viceroy Yeau's Works were capable of securing a part, representative, the Tactal for the Development unable to take stock at 31 December, 1908, Ribeit a small part, of the contract for rails of Native Industries, Chan Mong Trang, the and, under this circumstances, it was decided of Constabulary, Ko Kun Cheung,the two to leave this over to the 30th June, 1909, at portion of the Ticatsin-Pukow Railway in ather officials were also present. The weather accounts therefore cover a period of 18 months, competition with the German Steel Union, on both days was simply glorious and the sport Mr. A. O'D. Gourdis has audited, the which was entrusted with the bulk of the were pronounced a perfect success. Many for accounts now presented and offers bimsell for order, has been particularly noted in Ger- eigners from the Shamets, who had a ball holi | re-election, many. An American expert has expres- day on the 27th fastant, availed themselves of the #ed ai his opinion that the minimum opportunity and proceeded to the East Parade It is always interesting to find a tourist wages paid must place Chinese steel Ground to witness the spots. Toa was served on the grounds by the members of the Canton who avoids the beaten track in order to dismanufacture outside the scope of ordinary Fong Pin Hospital to the spectators, and, the cover for himself the characteristics of a city competition, and he thinks it is only a members of the Canton Red Cross Society such as Canton. The regular routine is to question of time for China to develop a were also present in render their services in rush round Canton, view, a' certain number considerably on and steel industry. An case of emergency. Prizes will be distributed of temples, chaffer and baggle with some other impiant establishment is at present to the successfat competitors to-morrow, the dealers in curios, and hasten back to the la-course of erection at Hankow, viz, the 29th insthat, at the offices of the Young Men's river steamer. But Cantoɗ has claims over Yangise Machine Company, which will build Christian Association at Canton, and above those to be found in every large ships, angines, boilers, &c, and which already Chinese city, for while it is tbocapital of South employs 1,000 hands. China boasts iron ore Chinu it is also the most progressive city in deposits of immense capacity, and it has all China. Its inhabitanța are noted for been stated that China could supply the rest

The Hongkong Gelegraphy,nog tons of 85 lb. rails) for the southern Magistrales of Namhoi and Pan Vni and many which date, the stock was duly takes. The

HONGKONG, WEDNESday, December 29, 1909

THROUGH 'Occidental KyeS.

POSTHUMOUS HONOUR.

Peking, syrd December.

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F. ELLIS, General Manager. Hongkong, 14th December, 1909.

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT FOR THE 18 MONTHE ENDED 30TH JUNE, 1939.

prond. It was three years since he was pres

ent of an occasion like that and be noticed. a

way the port of Yokkaichi, in the province of ~ is, is to-day gaining greatly in prosperity; it- imports cotton, sugar, petroleum, etc., directly ‹

gor, the figure represented by these articles of Yokobama, and from one million yen in

has reached to millous yearly since 1997, 192 "This displacement from the marketi... of very great improvement indeed, which the Yokohama and Kobo cannot of course fail to speaker attributed to the staff and the great affect the business of European merchants engerness of the girls in their studies. At residing in the foreign concessions at our posta. their own request, the girls of the two to The figure of their trade is declining more standards were allowed to start the study of and more and, apart from those Europeza English and he was struck with the progress business houses whose establishment dates made. He proposed to continue the experiment in the other classes and concluded by congrate lating the school on the excellent work done by the beadmaster and the staff and the excellent

work done by the school,

N. D. L. TO BORÁBÓ,

During last month the N. D. L. steamers Darozi and Marudu have run at irregular dates, and omitted parts of their roo as they have had to go into dock in Singapore for cleunlog nod overhaul.

little inconv.cience and we are glad to

The irregularity' has caused some of us a oses that during December the usual dates will be

followed.

from the opening of the port and which have in. baud solid connections, those in a secondary position have been obliged to

close their business, and their heads aru - returning to Europe, for to-day nearly ali Japanese transact their business directly with's merchants and manufacturers in Europe and America, Our knowledge and experience in the matter of expert and Import trade have strongly developed during the past, twenty years. In the first place, four-fifths of our export trade in japanova, silk at the present time la

"prasentajat doce" through the hands of japanise i bi fabrics and various other Japanese articles ar directly exported, in largo part, by our native

Many merchants. "It is only ` during the last few years that we While our foreign trade is expanding every have been accustomed to, the regular arrivals | day, the proportion of business transacted by and tailings of steamers for Singapore.” When Roropeans resident in the concessions is des the N. D. L. Gist bought the steamers on the creasing, and it is predicted that In ten yours Borace branch the ships left much to ba'deair- | from now a striking transformation will be seen To Balance from working A/C........ $5,893.56 | ly na january, 1991 an ode was published in the buslasss transacted directly by the Japanata ed both in comfort and regularity. As recent-- in our system of foreign trade-in other words,

Exchange..

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» Insurance

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Bad debis written off... $ 731.75

Luas recovered,

Audit facs...

- Depreciatiop

On furniture and fittings Interest on deposits

174.83 these columns dealing with irregular arrivals 148,96 of the mails and, in publishing this, the Editor

noted as follows

#5905-$84.10

By Balance, lose for the 18 months transferred to balance sheet.

their business perspicacity and enterprise, of the world with ore for centuries, but the HLE Yuan Shu-bawan, Viceroy in Canton.. their fierce patriotism whioncy often calcu- | fact in that' China's wealth of iron ore has memorialized the Central Government 10 lated to lead the unsophisticated into colli-has not beca properly or évén approxi- grant posthumous honour to the late Huang sloos with the authorities, their resoluto aim mately ascertained. There are also large Chung-li, Brigade-General of" Kiangchio, to secure China for the Chinese that shib. deposits of manganese ore containing Kwangst, Au Imperial Rescript has been

Issued for the sanction of his memorial, Flor boleth invented by His Excellency Shum from 10.

to as per cent. mangance. The said Viceroy also 'prayed that Lo Pao when he was acting Viceroy of the two The effect of such writing is bound to sien, a well known merchant in Canton, may Kwang Provinces-their financial power and indsence opinion in Europe and America and be rewarded for contribeling, farge sum of resources, and their spint of enlightened it is such observem as the authors of these money towards the natal Asst. The Board Capital endeavour. For some time little has been articles who are wanted in China rather than concerned has been ordered to consider the hoard of the commercial undertakings pro- the harum-scarum, round-the-world-la-five rewardinSdanchat More

100,000

themselves will become firmly implanted, in the detriment of the European merchants who hars established themselves among us? Commenting "os" the ɛubare,"

says

*Our readers will sememberat becommence- ment of this service of bonts, shortly after the transfer of the Blus Faquél local steamors to ** It la certain that a" gradually! 121.84 the East India Stanmabip Co., how in Novem proponian of the foreign trade s

18 ber, December, 1900 and January of 190t only pass through the hands of the Japan six of these steamers arrived with Singapore selves, but that is, only natura $7.333 47 and European mails so that one boat came into Nevertheless.this dous not.nsan

port with four English mails on borra var si an will be left for the foreign, me

Now, however, that Mosses, Behu, Meyer country. The situation of the Tatt have succeeded in establishing a reputation for not so unfavourable as Mr. Ural running a regular and well conducted serviceImply. At any rate, the latest of mall boats the following

wined Yokohama Foreign not be taken amiis.75

cate that thD

$7.333-47 $7,733.47

BALANCE SHEET AT-30TH JUNK, 1909,

03,300 shams of Sio each fully paid:

The rep

well maintaine

established: kas, been