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RAUB AUSTRALIAN COLB MINING COMIrð.

GENERAL MANAGER'S REFORT FOR YOUR

WESKS ENDING OCT. ETIK, 19ła.

The accomp aylug shut of Mise measure ments and asway respite shows a total of 679 fest made up as follows:-Sinking 119 fact, Driving on Lodes 197 fist, and Cronicalling 363 feet, and compares with a total of 617 fort, 68 fest, for ih s previous four wacky.

M HIS...

Bukit Keman. The Main Shaft has been anak a further 15 feet, making a total of 68 feet below the 540 fact, leval.

540 foot lover Mala Drive Noth has been

adranced 19 foot, making a total of 16 feet, Lode so is, wide, of „o va un

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY NOVEMBER 3 TOIO

UNIIRD SUMATRA ROBBER.

THE PROSPECT OF A HIGHER, DIVIDEND :

the year.

KSTIMATES INCREASED,

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be thawish of very shareholder to give the directóra adequate remuneration. (Applause.) They all oppreciated the fact that they were greatly indebted to the direcion, and they would look forward to the time when they could legally increase their remuneration to a figure which was worthy of the great work and fa: bours of the board.

Mr. Kilcer said that at any rate the share- holders. ought to pass a hearty vote of thanks to the directors for all they hid dose. for the company. (Applause.) MEM

At the second ordinary general meelog of the members of the United Sumatra Rubber Estates, Limited, Mz. Keith Fraser Arbathoot, the chairman, in the course of his remaski sald: I am glad to be.abis to tell you that our crops have considerably exceeded the estimates, ba ing is the case of rubber more than double what woexpected and in the case of coffee 833 cwts in excess of the managers estimate which, by the way, he had already increated from the The report of the Sumaua Para Rubber

The voln was tonoimously accorded. Gare quoted in the original prospectus. Our Pinutations, Limited, states the the profit criimains for the coment year are again satisfor the year to June 30, after transferring great caution when farming his estimates, we depreciation of buildings and machinery, is factory, but, as our manager has always shown 1,000 to reserve and weling off £300 for $40 faal, livel. Main Drive South has been now tapping about 21,00 tree, and, as more are together making £36,425), out of which salu hope that these ara agalafolly safe. We are £3513; add balance of last account, £1,293. advanced to fest, making a total of 8x fact, rapidly coming into the tapping round, we czterin divided of 34, per se, share was paid on toàn 32 on wide pieducing 1.ại dại,

$40 feet, level, Drive Scuts on Station"t to tap an average of 3,037 trees during February 2, absorbing 12,137, leaving à sem Lode has been advanced 15 (esi, making a total

of 13.987. From this the directors recom- of 34 feet. Lode is 4 tins wide carrying a little rubber, has been a great stand-by during the paras share, making 331 per cent, for the year The coffes, which is planted between our mend the payment of a further dividend of 54. gold...

trean a source of considerable profit revenue to casty forward of £3154. By the above trans. last two years, the crops of this product baving which wilt require £20,833, leaving a balance which we shall be very sorry to loss; but now fer of £1,000 to rainiva, that food is increased that the rubber is doing so well, and is shading to £6,000 The area of the company's properly. the coffee, this cultivation will, of course, certe remains of 4,000 acres, of which 3,400 atras ate to give a plying crop, and will be removed. now cultivated; ofthis area 3,700 icres are plint- This will not come about 'all of a sudden, boted and the remaining 200 acres are in coursaal regret the profit which we have been in the habit rabber for the year was 122,248 lbs, being a will be a gradual process, and although I my I || planting. As already announced, the crop of of driving from this source, there is no doubt averaga yield of 53 lbs, par tise from 37,000 that our rabbit will benefit materially by ob- trees, against an estimate of 84,000 lbs and the Lainiog mere light and air. Our coltivated area bet average price obtained was 72 gid, per ib.. Jomains the suma as last year, and the table against the prics for the previous year of 61. North has been extended 20 feet, making a total of 478 fset Lode xalas wide is out of value of age and plantings, from which you will tee

which we publish gives the fullest particulars itt, per lb. The coffee" yielded 590 piculs, 160 feet loral Fonth. The drive north of the

sgainst an estimate of 600 piculs, abis coffes Crosscut on the Western Branch has been ad-Paia trees, or, roughly, 93' trees to the acre. Isterised with the growth of the rubber, with that wo barà 1,735 acres planted with 16,679 has since been cut out, as it was found abat it vanced 37 fact, maving a total of 69 feal, Lode apina wide worth 6 53 Iwts,

which it was interplanted. The number of robbit trees in tapping is now abɔal 45,000, and will increase during the pressal financial your to about 5,096. The crap of rubber i estimated by the manager at 200,000 lbs.

540 foot, level North, No.- Wirze has been snok 13 feet, and is now in settled 'lode of low grade mature.

Crosscule for stope Biling amount to 1:6 feet, Elope Above the 340 four stopes are being worked. Lods averages 2,1odw? aver a width of 93 ind

Above the 440 four stopes are being worked Lode averages 98.ns wide waith 6,18dwl.

Above the 340 two stopes ara baing worked. Lodu averages 78 ins wlda worth 3.90lrt.

Stope Mine. 160 feet level: Main Drive

*

16 feet level South. The Winze slaking below this level is now down 38 feo, laving been suck 12 fest, daring the month, Lode is 48ins wide and worth 7,1dwts.

The Croscut wist at the 165 feet level South bas bess extended 13 fest making à ciel of 61

feet.

Stopes. Above the :60 feet level 3 stopes are being worked. Lodo averages Go ins, wide worth 4 8 det. Above the Go feet, levels stopa la belog worked. Loda averages 48 in. wide worth 45 dws.

ANDERSON.

Of these about '97,000 will be five years old, and alder in December, 1951, and by iba following May a further 39,000 trees will have reacted that agt, so that day, 1917, we should have about 30,000 tr een topable.

*PRICES.

Dur coffee and rubber bava bien good – nime- The prices which we have abṭained for both

satisfactory and considerably higher, than last ty, ou a cat. for the former, which although fear, is now advancing is price, and looks like going eves higher still, and I am glad to lay

that at the last sale our coffee realised an aver-

rge des prica ol goi. 8 1. a cri, in Singapore

Our rubber natied 7), 81. a iba pics rather

260 feet level North,. Croscut West of main higher than that ruling at the oment, but we driva has been driven 23 feet..

200 feet, level South, The Crosscut East has

been advanced 39. feet, making a total of 197 feet. During the month some low sade lode matter har beta passed through, The Cross cut is again is slate.

Crosscuts for stops filling amount to 10 feet, Slopes. Above the :60 feet level 3 Hopes ate being worked. Lode averages zijn wide worth 4 dwis

RAUB.

The Crosscut East of the Prospectior Staff has been advanced 56 fact, making a total of 86 feet..

A Orosicut Went has been advanced a total distance of 80 feet, where's emali quar's branch producing gold has been intersected. It is now proposed to drive north on this branch and, at the same time to coptious the ( cost cuts,

MILLING BELT FOR WEEKS ENDING OCTOBER STI, 1910

B. Koman. 40 stamps rin 16.38 days, lost lime 162 days made up of 17 hours, repairing transmission fue; remainder to repairs to mill, clean up etc.

S'one crashed It. Koman

Stops

Anderson

Total

Huntington Mill ran 75 55 days. Stone crushed B. Koman

Stops

2318 100s. "791.

171 #

3,120

360 tons. 265

CHINESE ENGINBERING AND MINING COMPANY, LIMITED,

holders of the Chinese Engineering and Mining The Innual general meeting of the abate Co., Ltd., was held in Lond., on the 18th October, 1910, when the Directors' Report and Accounts for the Financial Year ending 18th February, 1919, were submitted,

EXTRACT FROM DIRECTORS' REFORT. The not result of the year's transsc.ion shows count of £202,010 made up as follows: a balance to the credit of Profit and Loss Ac

All charges in Chion ********* Add Balance brought forward

Deduct

from last fout...............£1435 Gross receipts in London. 605

יו

£743,298

2,040

Tolai............£745.337 Expanses in Europe... 6,105 Debostures, Interest... 13,873 Debentures, Redemp

anticipate, that for the future we shall be able and we also hope to make many economies in to make a much improved quality of subber,

our cost of production, As you see, wa could,Nei Profit, after providing for of course, have paid rather a larger dividend, sound and wiscons. Ourostate which when fally but ibisk the policy we have adopted is a. marored will stand in at less than 450 per acre, | will, with acrop of 5 Jolbi.peracre, show profits of 50 per cent, for every shilling we maka on our our crop costs us as, to produce and sells at 15. rabber. I mean when we are in full bancing if alb, we shall be earning so per cent, on our o per cent, and so on. I will repeat the capital; it it sells at 34, wo should be earning words I used last year, for I hope and fully ba lieve, notwuhstanding the lower level in price which is zow ruling for the raw ar.icle, we may again look forward to a better showing and still belter dividend. Even should prices ba lower throughout the year, our fonncial strength will not be affected, besides which as our divi- dend would be earned on a lower soiling price for subber our shares should be attractive as an investment being on a coservativo and

sounder basis.

The chairman moved: That a dividend at the rate of 20 per cent, per annum for the year end. ing June 30, agio, be declared and paid on the shares in the company's capital, but so that on all shares which were not issued prior to July 3, 1959, a dividend of zo per cent, per accumbe paid only on the amounts paid on such shares as from the dates when the respectiva paymeniu wer duly made, and so that on any shares issued prior to July 1, 1989 but not then fully paid, a dividend of zo per cent. per annum ba pald of the antsupts crédited an Jona 30 1909, 460 70 together with a like dividend on the amounts 18000 subsequently paid on such shares as from the 11000 dates when the respectiva payments were daly 170780

Total 435 Total stone mushed Bt. Koman Mill 1605 Amalgam Retorted Emelted

Gold, Gold

CXL

Stamp Mill Huntington Mill. 94 Grit Milla

-461

36

1,491

101

32

575

CIE.

Bt. Malacca-Two Huntington Mails un 26,175 days crashing 1,853 topa from Anderton producing -77 czi Amalgam 200 oz), Re- fortad, Gold 196 uzi. Smelted Gold.

¿YesAgo yield por too B. Komen Mills 3.17 dat

Average value per ton B: Koman Tailings 0.95 dwt,

Average yield per ton St. Malacca Milis $398 dwt.

TOTALS

Toms craibed "Amalgam collected

Smelled Gold

Averga Bežurs Yield par Lon

+

4.758 LODE 1,869 ers

766 780011 gop.112

Ja det. FRANK WILLIAMS, Manager,

BOCKBY,

QUEEN' COLLEGE VA BUSYA' " " Co.' The Quzca's College hockey team met the Buffs Coy. la a friendly game of hockey yesterday afternoon on the Military Ground. The game was fast and exciting throughout. In -the first half the soldiers scored two guôls., Tâs boys tried several times to equalise but their efforts did not materialise, to the second half the Buffs asited the bill again and the game snded in a win for the soldiers by 3 gold to

The College team will meet the 105th Mahratine on November gis at the U.3.R.C Ground, Koxicon, Bully of 4,30 p.m..

mads.

DIRECTORS' RERUNERATION..

motion, which was unanimously agreed to,

Mr. J. W. S. Bouron May siconded the

Mr. M. Kilaer sald.ibal as the accounts were

tloß... 10,000 Director fees 3350

Leaving a net balance of......

43,318 £101,0:0 Which the Directors recommend should be appropriated as follows:-

In placing to Reserve for Deprecia-

tion (making a total Reserve of £145,000)

£ 30 000 la paying a Goal dividend of as, 61 pår sburn free of tax) payable and November, 19.0

75,000

Making a dividend of 15 per cent, for the year with the laterìm dividend, off per she paid on 1st May, 1910, 75 000 Directors' percentageprofits in ac、ord- ance with the Articles of Association Income Tax .....

And caring forward.............

7058

9,940

5.< a

L101,010

THE SITUATION IN KOREA.

Today's Advertisements.

HAYTOR RUBBER ESTATES, LTD.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a call

of $t par share was due on October 1, 1910, on the following shares, numbered:

2601 to 273016176 to 16ago 9701 n [98ca pfor: 9900" 10526 125 11381430 114812830 1335450 9. 19050

16401 10550 1660 16650 17005, 17550 -17:51 11 17450 1775117850

and remains napale,

of bafuta the 8th November, igio, to pay to the Holdere of the above shares requiring theas on Notices have been served on the Registered

pere, the amount of the calls due, together kong & Shaugbal Banking Corporation, Siaga. credit of the Company's Account at the Honge

with the sam of 5 Cents per share to cover Interest at the rate of 12% per annum and expenses of collecting the call, and farther

respect of which such call is due, will be able expiration of the time appointed the shares is stating that in the evant of non-payment at the

to be forfeited.

By Order of the Board,

EVATT & CO., Secretaries, Hongkong, 3rd November, içto, [688

SAMURAI.

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CHEAP CLEARANCE SALE

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"XMAS PRESENTS.” BARGAINS, BARGAINS.

No. 9, D'AGUILAR STREEF,

HONGKONC. Hongkong, 3rd November, 1910.

LAU PING KCE.

DEALER IN USED POSTAGE

AND PICTORIAL POST CARDS.

HAS

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TAS also a Large Asionment of XMAS and NEW YEAR CARD9 in Stock. Prices Moderate.

MONEY CHANGER,

No. 10, Queen's Load Central. Hongkong, 3rd Novembar, 1910.

COMMERCIAL.

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1st November, 1 p.en. The following quotations for rubber sharos by wire, tre supplied by Mesura. E. S. Kadcorle & Co.

Allegati........

Anglo-javas..... ...............................Tis. 7 Anglo-Malays...

Balgownies......................$10}

Bata Tigat...... Bartams.....

Bakit Kajang (pp.).........46) Camy Uniteds *...........................17/6 prem. Castlefalds ...m

120/4. Changkat Serdang

581

Cherai (part paid)................................ ..$8 prem. Do. (fully paid)...$18 Damaniaras.....157/8, Easter Internationais......11/6 prem. Glearlys

...........$1 Highlands and Lowlanda son/6 ex div. Indragiri

.514 Kamuelags.......................... 5/9 prom. Kuala Lumpers ..................160). Landdrons (fully paid) mina - LaBadrons (ppd.)

Ledburysmuanouimin 05/ Lloggi....139 London Asiatics..........................................2/5 London Vastures... 5/9 Merlimans.......semaï | cóm‚ő).

Pegobi

Rubber Trusts.....18/9 prem Saggastersoubistrasi.de casey:270f-

$29

Sandycrofts Sapongezi zakonom, on sii24/" Saadelds

230/-

Skalford ......

Singapore & Johores......... Sumatra ParAS

70/-

Sangel Choha.............95f; Sungal Kapanasi comodesu,34]-. Tangkeks

prem.

Toerangle mostran Dalted Singapores ....................................$1.25 Valted Serdangsprincesarono.102,6 Dalled Sumatras māļu United Langkata munia acasa o

STATEMENT BY COUNT KODAMA

Goreremist, who arrived at Shimoateki with Count Kedama, a Secretary in the Koreas, the Governor-General, was lutoweltwed by iba local correspondent of the Arakt. The Count stated that the Governor-General was going to Tokyo for the purpose of reporting to the annexation of Kores, and intended to return Throne on the circumstances altending the so saidfactory be wished to mention pse matter to Seoul, before the end of the year. Every. which concerned: the directors and their re-thing had been quiet la Korax since the naucza. maseration. The company was only in lis tion, continued the Count, and the members second year, and the shareholders would bare of the Royal family of Korea were vary well, received by way of dividend a return of about King Yi and the Queen were anxious to visit one bird of their capital, the dividend for the japan and to personally meet bis Majesty the Girst year being at the rate of to per cest Emperor at the first opportunity, and they wate and for this year 10 per cent making altogether assiduously studying the Japanese languagoa 30 per cent. The total dividends distri Every Korean who had rendete i valuable ser buted in the two years amounted to over vices to Korek, had been granted konamys” £10,0:0, He thought the shareholders might and were satisfied, the honours recalvad being mar, their appreciation of these "resolts, by greater than they had expected. Sems fifly increasing the directors' fees to £900 per dialoguised Koreans representing every order annam and he proposed, that they be paid of Ko un nobility were coming to Tokyo to at that rate for the financial-ger just offer their congratulations to his Majesty on closed He thought this rate might be adopt the lumperial birthday, the 3rd proximo.in Tble ed permanently and suggested that the articles paite was leaving Seoul about the 13th instant, ol asociation be altered accordingly. It won'd tinned the Const, the construction of rullway For the proper development of KotOR, COB ba semembered that on the formation of the was most essential, and the Govarnment was company the properties were obtained at a very now considering a proposal to reduce the time reasonable price, without any intermediate pros to the periorala. On Japanese national bolles bonday, 3rd November

alloited for the complation of the railway system ffe to the vendor, and without any promotion days children were to be scat in various places money. It was, he thought, owing to the fictin Korea cheerfully waving Japanese-digi that the directors had made such a good bir Without any interference on the part of the gold that the company bid such excellent 10

Rotborities the Koreans were volanurily cutting sults or the present occasion.

off their top-knots. As the result of the annexi it is expected that soms 30 000 world aniva la tion Japanese were stieaming into Koras, and Korea sviry year. The surveying of land in Karas, which was a great kudariakien, was will far from belog completed,

A thareholder anggested that the propose was somewhat irregular, seeing notice had been Kiven to the shareholders, ca cn

The chaisman remeried that the resoluiler was 1 order, but, of course, the articles of a sociation could not be altered at the presest

M Goy Billston said

Count Kodama repudiated the report that the Governmen-General of Ross was buying up

karpapers in Sooul and discon boblications

tion, as a mader of fact there had band twalva for thirteen wipapan published h aber asperation they disconturned

Daffs

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Para Rabbar

Events Coming.

Japanesa Consul" At Home.”: Harmston's Circus, Canisway Bay, 9 pm.js:

Saturday, gik Noyambar. Custome Pass,

Camping, Hongkong Volunteer Corps, at

Football Matches, Odeker Kaiches,

Opening Season of Royal Hongkong Clot

Boxing at the City Hall Lay

Monday 14th

kler op of Camp, Hon

To-day's Advertisements.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL·LINE.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. THE Steamship

"LÚTZOW.":" having arrived, Consignees of Cargo are hereby informed that their Goods, with the exception of Opium, Trasure and Valuables, are being landed and stored at their risk into the

Point Godowns, whente delivery may be down Company, Limited, Kowloon, and West hasardons and/or extra hazardous Godowns of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Go-

obtained.

have left the Godowns, and all Goods remain ing undelivered after the gth of November will be subject to rent, mp

No Claims will be admitted after the Goods

examined on the 9th of November, at 9.30 AM. to be left in the Godowns, where they will be All broken, chafed, and damaged Goods are

All claims must reach us before the 13th of Neveraber, 1919, or they will not be recognized,

No Fire Insurance will be effected, Bill of Ladlag will be countersigned by the undersigned,

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