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Intimation,

Vim. Powell,

LD.,

GENTLEMEN'S

OUTFITTERS

NEW GOODS

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 2 1010

'SAFONG RUBBER AND TOBACCO ESTATES,

LIMITED,

ANNUAL MEETING,

"he fifth yearly meeting of the above com p my was held at Salisbury House, London, EC, onu'y 3, The Hon. Chas. Hedley Strait, Chairman of the Company, presided. The Secretary (Mr. R. Vokes) having read the

Kermined war ag lost; "fomet or thiend, blight, which be consid: esin ba the only scourge realty to be fetted in rubber culiration. We warg fastanate enough to have a visit from Mr. Baiker, the managing director of Lanadron, which it well recognised as one of the most, if ant the most, up-to-date company in the Malay Archipelago. He strongly advised us to get rid of the old stumps and decayed timber, as as to reduce to a minimum the chance of he fungus This we determined to do, and it has somewhat delayed pa from planting our quots of trees for cost of labour will be very much dimialabed. Our maonger has just been on a visit. to the Malay States in order to learn allthe latest about the beat methods of tapping, and I think we may confidently rely on his judgment that

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out to Borana satisfed in, my own mind that I to the best thing we could da would be to do away with tobacco-growing altogether. When I got GREEN ISLAND CEMENT COMPANY out there, the manager pot figures before me, and I bave come home qokta convinced that if his figures are correct, with an increased acre- 'N INTERIM DIVIDEND of FIFTEEN aga wa shall be able to grew tobacco, so that in A CENTS, per Share, for the Six Months the ending_gath of Jana, igio, will be payable any year we shall have no deficit on that 17th day of September, gin on which date on Well, gentlemen, I was very much plasted Dividend Warrants may be obtained on ap with the estate, and I can only echo Mr. Etuite plication at the Company's Office. words when I say that in Mr. Lease we have a

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company very capable manager, and one, I feel, quite will be CLOSED from the 1st to the 18th day presented. I have much plessure in secondlog

SHEWAN, TOMES & Coją

General Managers. the adoption of the account,

Hongkong, 25th August, 1915.

AND

WEATHER-FORKORST

STORM-WARNINGS 18SQED FROM THE HONGKONG OBSERVATORY."

METEOROLOGICAL SIGNALS

*Meteorological signals are hoisted on the mast in front of the Water Police Station AN Tsim Sha Tsui for the information of masters of vassals leaving the port. They] do not

rotica conresing the meeting and the Auditors this year. When this is complsted, I think the able to cope with the various problems that are of September, igin, both days inclusive. 'DOCussarily Imply|ikatjbad weather is expected

report, the Chairman said (-

Replying to questions by Mr. Crossway, Ms. Wheeley, Mr. J. A. Jupp, and other share holders, the Chairman said there was no trouble ia gatting labour. They obtained”a ̈ ̃co 'isin”

I suppose wo may lake the accounts and re portni read, gentlemen. The year, 1910 opens with a deficit of a little over £1,000. This 1, of course, due to the loss on tabacco during ibe past two years. As you will have known from he will top the trees in the best possible man" smonát of native labour, having an advantage my former speeches, it has always been a ques.net, and not sacrifice the fature for prevent pro in this respect over other Borneo compàules, |

with any other estates is Borneo, but we have this advantage now over these other estates, that in the isterast they have been recolving from the Government they are accumulating a debt which will have to be paid off before their profits can be very large. We on the other band, bave been going through the desert lands of no dividends, and hope that the promised land is now in sight.

tion of extreme difficul to the directors to ts. I don't think wo need fear comparison decide whether it is advisable to continue the plinting of tobacco cr not.. On the who e, notë withstanding the deficit that has arisen, we still thick it advisible. The chracter of our tob.cco has considerably improved, and we still have hopes that we can produce as article which will command a remunerative figuro. lodced, the prices which have been obtained for those bales that have been sold this year go far to fortify thesa brpis, and the peculiar smell: which was so detrimental to the rafs last year, although not absent, is very much less noticeable this year. I may say that we have sold this your 496 balls at couch We have a further 159 bales come in that will not be sold now until after the holidays, but they have been valued by our agents in Amsterdam at e6s. If that price is fetched wa thall then have sold the same number of biles as last year at an average of caoo, which is a very different price, and ought to produce a very different result: Very few tobacco estates have ever used into prosperity at once. Ost manager shioks he could considerably. reduce PERFECT FITTING. the cost-in fact sufficically so to make it pro-

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fitable at present prices-if we will allow him to increata bis zumber of fields. We have bi herto hesitated to do this, because we feared that if things went ring, there might be greater less than at present, but if we could decrease the costs to anything like those of our New London Borneo Tobacco Co., there is fittle doubt that we could make it pay. I am glad to say the tobacco this year has not got the serious defects which injured our salas in 1r9 You must remember that the whole of que home costs ars charged against the tobacco, whereas in all pately rubber companies they would have to be charged to capital ac cous*. A considerable proportion of the salaries of the head manager, accountant, and other expes es are charged to tobacco, and if

Perhaps Ishall be expected, as I visited a grea many rubber estates in Borano bruides our own to say a few words on the prospects of rubber in Boroco taken as a whole. They were decidedly better than I expected. The billaldes, some of themy sleep, on which the rubber w19grow ing were showing very fair results, and ibongh some rubber planted in the earlier stages of development was not altogether satisfactory on some of the land, the planting now seemed to ba carried out in a workmislike manser, and the young trees almist invariably looked bealthy. The early plono:ss have had to pay for their experience, and there coming later haya reaped the beat fits of their work." I see eo resson, with a sympathetic Government, why subber growing is Borneo should not be able to compete successfully with either Ceylon or the Malay States. There is no, export duty to pay, as in the latter. I have spoken in terms of high amely fell served by Mr. Lease, but he is extremely well served an efficient stall. The complaint was pretty general on other estates that the dioccionc home expected a man to achieve too much with the monthly allowances granted to them. 1 think, therefore, if we ara ferfazate in car manager, he in bis turo is fartunate la baving directors who have shown ther confidence lo him from first to last by granting him so almost completely free hand in carrying out this great undertaking. I tow bave pleasure in moving the adoption of the report, and

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PUBLIC AUCTION:

SUPERIOR WINËS AND SPIRITS.”

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to well by

PUBLIC AUCTION,

TO-MORROW, the 3rd September, 1910, ni ir A.M., at kis Sales Rooms, Daddell Street,

A LARGE QUANTITY OF EXCELLENT WINES AND SPIRITS,

Comprising: PAGNE, HOCK, CLARET, BRANDY, BURGUNDY, PORT, SHERRY, CHAM. WHISKY, GIN, &c. &c.;

GUINNESS'

ALSO

BEER, TEFLITZ and ROSBACH WATERS, STOUT, HAMMONIA

wing to the position of the company's matatu. and if they obtained propar agricultusists those T They had also nompo Javanese and Chinese; gat ca very wall: They all liked tobacco cultivation, and would come more easily to Sapong than to a purely abber atate, which was one reason for keeping on with tobacco coltivation. As to tapping, his own impression was that the Chinese should make very good tappus if paid on a pièce work system, for they were far the best piece-workers, in the world he might almost say. In'day work the Tavanese were, on the whole, superior. As far as his information went, the rubber yields in Borneo compared. satisfactorily with those of estates in Malays. With regard to the lower &c.. prices of Borneo rubber companies shares as N.B-The above are from such well-knowa compared with those of Malayan companies, he Brasa, United Viacyarde Proprietare Co., fira at Sandamans, John Fenton, Gonzales thought this was due to the fact that in the Miguel de Souza Guedes, Auger Fit, Adel latter country a good many companies bad at Sevard, Aug. Wahr Tarbach, Hill ready developed, and therefore the outside Underwood, James Martin, John Dewar, G. H. public was more certain about it; but be Mumm, Paul Davile, &c., &c, &c. thought that in another yeat's time, when thres

TERMS:-Cash on delivery, or four Bosseo companies were in full swing,

For further particular, apply to things would be very different. He could wes Malay States shares. As to so alleged rumour that the Sapong Company were going te plaat 5 slds of tobacco next year, this year boy ly made op their mind as to next year, though THE Undersigned will Sell by PUBLIC were planting 150 fields, but they had ost foal the manager tad pat forward Sgures showing that if more tebieco were planted he could produce it at a much lower average cost the 8th September, 1910, at 13 o'clock (Noon),

no reason why Boraeo should not be an high as

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A CONE polat upwards a and DRUM below

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A CONE polat down. wards and DBUM below

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GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer, Hongkong, açth August, 1910,

PUBLIC AUCTION

OF

[150

VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY,

AUCTION,

ON

THURSDAY,

at his Sales Rooms, Duddell Street. IN ORE LOT.

All those Pieces or Parcels of Ground situate

A tobacco plantation hardly ever prid at first, and iba Chairman quoted the in- stances of the Uplied Lankat and the New London Bornes Companies in this connection, at Kowloon Point and registered in the Land Mr. J. A. jupp said it seemed to him a ratter PORTION OF SECTION "A" or KOW Ofice respectively as THE REMAINING dangerous policy to keep on increasing the to-LOON INLAND LOT NO. 441, and (HE acco acreage the possible lorian might pre- REMAINING, FORTION OF SECTION judice the whole future of rubber. Tob cco KOWLOON INLAND LOT No. 441,

koown as "GLEnthorne," Kimberley Road.

The Properly is held for the residuo of the term of 5 years from the 24th June, 1888, created by the Crows Lease of Kowloon Inload Lot No. 44%.

6. A COME polat down. wards and BALL below

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1. A COME

point upwards and BALL balow

Indicates Typkop to the North of the Golany.

Indicates a Typhoon to the Work-Rast of the Colony.

Indicates a Typhoon to the East,faithw Colony.

Indicatesa Typhoda to the Bouth East

of the Colony..

Indicatasa Typhoos to the Senth of the Colony,

fndicates Typhoon

to the Senth-We

of the Colony.

indicates a Typhoon to the West of the Colony.

indicator's, Typhoon to the NorthWoj of the Colony..

Red Signals Indicate that the centre in

not borne by it, would have to come upon the will ask Mr. Watson 10 sóy a few words to you I grawing wɛn always, a gamble, whila aubber. With the European 'Dwalling House theresa belleved to belmore than 100 milus àway from ·

rubber. Notwithstanding the excellent pro- fa seconding it. spects of rubber, I still think it advisable to

Mr. W. P. D. Watson, in reconding the have two strings to our biw. As regards tubadep ton of the re; oit, said: Gentlemen, your ber, I have sothing but what is satisfactory to report. Wabaya pol commenced tapping quito

caly as we might have done, because we wanted to be on the safe sido at segar, the darger of tapping young trees, and it is very desirable to begin lo a me hodical manner, and not hava 10 lap one tree here and ous tree thers, with the result that when the other trees come in for tapping they cannot all be treated on the same lines. Of course, it is impossible

Chaliman has asked me to say a few words on, | my visit to the estate, and I am glad to do so. I had the advantage of sening several estates | in the Malay States, and I can only say that our c'n'e does not suffer la comparison at all I visited Sapong after your Chalimas, and 1-3 can tell you very little after his remarks on that subject, vary word of which, abs lately en- dosis. The best I can do will be to give you

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The Chairman, continuing, said they did not mean to go in for tobacco, so as to prejudice robber. As to the production cost of rubber, ke thought they should come about the middla of the cost in the Malay Štafer". As far as they could wor, the 13,300 acres at present uncolti vated would always be beyond them, and they had thought they might sell a contais portion of the cutato to a fresh company, and would try and get it reedy for the next boom.

The mollon was unanimously passed. In proposing the re-election of the Hop.

a short description of the estate so as to fix. il || O H. Strait as a director, Mr. F, H, Hardçustia

io wait until every tree is fit for tapping in a deposiible, t'e value in your minds. You have

ain area before commencement, but we have waited until ibere are a large numbri in every arco which can be tapped together, all over18 ip, in ciscumference, 3 ft, from the ground. Some litters in-the Malay Sibies have begu. to tap much below 8o, there being co flicting opicions on the point; but we'thought it best to be on the safe side. We have had a telegram which states that tapping began at the end of last month, and the manager says he is very well sati fied with the respics.

During the past year since we last met two of your directors, Mr. Watson and myself, have spent a considerable time on the estate. Mr. Watson was there latest, and I shall ask him, bel. r. I sit down, to give you his repinion on what he saw. When I arrived in Borneo 1 bad visited Java, Sumatra, ard the Malay Sales, so I was fairly equipped for forming a correccopinion s to the conci:ion of currabber, I may say, at pace, I was very pleased with it, I do not know any crates that I have seen in any of the countries 1 visited, which gavo ma xo

soma 20,000 acres thoning roughly North to suib, and a' that you have only under cultiva tion some 1,000 acres at the saither end of property, that is, the and neatest the railway. At the northern end there is a valley, and with the exception of con small clearing on „ibe hillside which has been made for subber that is given op entirely to tobacco. The bill to them,uth of this valley rises gradually till it gets toļa platean, and on that and the valleys beyard ibera is nothing but rubber. The rab bur was locking exceedingly well right through the whole estate except on one field exposed to the wind, and I rather think that possibly that was one of the causes for checking it. The different blocks were all looking well cared for and gangs were going, roond stumping, rolling back the passion flower from the trees, and examining the tees for bread-blight. With regard is the stem:ing, the whole object of this is to destroy the thread blight fungus, This fongos,which farms a cord-like thread on the roots, in conveyed by root contact or by

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said he was sure shareholders would feel, as his colleagues on the Board felt, what an enormous advantago it was to the Company that some of the directors, and especially the Chairman, should bs perrosally acquainted with their estates and madagers. Another thing to the advantage of the Company WA that, although Mr. Stratt had been out four ilmet, and Mr. Watson had alsɔ visited the estries on two occasions, they had paid their expenses out of their own pockets.

Mr. Watsco seconded the motion, and also emphasised the value of Mr. Statt's services both at home and in Bornso. The resolation was adopted unanimously...

The auditors, Messrs. Broads, Paterson & Co., were also reappointed.

In moving a bearly vote of thanks to the staff, the Chairman said Mr. LeasÓ WAS YEŋy well supported by his staff. His two assistanta were very keen and worked extremely hard. The speaker had not seen a staff on any other ,ubber estate which he thought compared with their own. (Host, hair.), Mr. John Kupli

agreed to.

ART SHADES much of in impressica of care and thorough insects carrying it from one tree to the other sucended the moi:n, which was cordially

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ness in which the work had bros carried and we found in stamping distinct traces of out. Mr. Lease, our manager is not a hustler this on the old jangle stumps. For that reason, -pachops he is not sufficiently of a hustler if for sons otter, it is most advisable to remove Lut, for thorough and satisfactory weak, these possible causes of infection, sad ́I- think I don't know where we could look for the estate will certainly ben-fit from buying man who could do better. lie bas the that done, even if it has delayed the planting a IRISH POPLIN, ETC advantage of good soil, but the attendant Hittle bit. Olber well-known pests, like the | disadvantage of m`pot qaits-sufficient rainfall. white ant and dieback, are conspicuous by their Forucately, the rainfall we do have is well 'absence, as far as trouble is concerned, Gener, distritated, but once or twice the deficiency ally, the roads and draine throughout the bas been prejudicial to the growth of the young astato were in capital order, and the whole stumps. Still, I believe the estate as a whole, estate bad the appearance of g:cat care, and, is folly up to the average of growth of the best estates, in the Malay Feninsula. (Hear, boar) The trees that were planted two years ago šerm to have shown the greatest growth, and I should not be surprised that a number will reach 18 in. befdio they are three years of age. I measur ed one myself—14 in—when the tren was some months under two years old.

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gug, a3 h August, as

1 may say so, had a fat appearance. I was glad to see the fields being got ready fortebacco sarlier than usual. I hope the result will be that we shall get our, crop emilier, and so be able to get the pick of the market, and better prices. The earlier, we get that the more likely, are we to get better pricas. We' 'have problems ahead of up like everybody

Mr. Lease, who hatıriedueveral experiment?, elte," There is, for instance, the health of finds tœ ide pataifɔra the mon éfficioal menos | the labour force on the esiste. The health of keeping down the weeds, thereby econrmis»] has not been good - ap 10, the presunt, but ing labour, and retaiolog the moisture. It is a these bave stcently been enormous signs of really beautiful sight to ten this plant when in † progress.. Tkä maitor is being treated ioʻn falt gaz wih covering the ground, between the keientific maneer, and with the greatest care, trees, except a fii,sacompletely that no weed and I hops in a short time we shall not have to has a chance. With,ut much difficulty ahis can || bother any more about that. Then there is be' rolled up like a carpet, nod the soil ander, the question of those: 18,000 acres of surplus nesth expored in beautiful condition, and with" land which must come up soon for settlement. sufficient moisture. Thein in always coough | At any rate, os am, autot it is extremely valu» seed, rown by the passiflora itself, so that it | able, for I think I'am not wrong in stating that comes again after the old stuff has been taken | the price put on jungle, land by the North

way, it is one of those plants which does not Borose Government is £5 an acre. You have,} exhaust the soll, but getä nitrogen partly from | thamaforo, a vary valuable asiat (bare, even the atmosphate, and therefore, by contiquélly if you do not develop it yoursel growing it, you miker improve the sơi thán thurn if this moot question of tobacco growls otherwise, Mr. Lyası, kar waged a de«) and that is a very important question,

The proceedings terminated with a similar vote of thanks to the Chairman,

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Total Area 26,738 square fset.. Total annual Crown Rent $138. For further particulas, Conditions of Sale and inspection of plans, apply to

GEO. P. LAMMERT,

Auctioneer. Hongkong, 25th August, 1910-

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PEAK TRAMWAYS COMPANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE..

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OR the purpose of renewing some parts of the hauling machinery the Service of Cars will be SUSPENDED from 8.00 P.M. ON MONDAY, 12th inst. SATURDAY, roth insi, till Boo LM, on

JOHN D HUMPHREYS & SUN, Ceneral Managers. Hongkong, rst September, 1910,

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CENT Spalte 1 MANAGER of the TT is bertby Dolified that Me D. B. VIN-

the Colony,

Black Signals Indicate that the centre la believed to be less than goo miles away from the Colony,

The above' signals will, as heretoforu, ba kolated only when typhoons "exist in such positions or are moving in such directions that Information regarding them is considered to be of Importance to the Colony or to shipping. leaving the harbour.

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These signals are repeated at the Harbour Ofics, H.M.S. Tamar, Green Island ́Signal „Mast, and tha Flagstaff on the premises of tha |Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godawn

Company at Kowloon,

URGENT SIGNAL.

In addition to the abors, when it is expectad that the wind may increase to full typhoon forca-at-any-moment, the following-Urgesa- Sigual will be mada ́ ́at the Water Police Station, and repeated at the Harbour Offca z-m

THREE EXPLOSIVE BOMBE,' AT INTERVALS OF TEN SECONDI.

A Black Cross'will be holsted at the same

at ova Scciety's Store from this date in place | Hime, superior to the other shapes, of M. H. S. MARKĦAM.

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The following Night Biguals will be exhiblə, od from the Flagstaff on the roof of the Water, Police Station at Kowloon, the Hirbonz Gara Flagstaff, and H.M.S. Tamar,

I, Three Lights Variical, Groan Green Green, Indicates that a typhoon is believed to be situated more than 300 miles from the Onlony

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