1912-06-12 — Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

Selangor Rubber.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12, 1912.

Exchange: Opening Quotations Public Companiess

Banks' Selling Rates

London......

India

The sixth annual meeting of Paris, the Langat River (Solangor) Rub-

TT.......28 11-16 THE CHINA AND MANILA Demand 28 3-4 STEAMSHIP CO., LTD.

....................... 1 m/s .... 2/8 15-10

ber Co., Ltd., was held in Colombo Hamburg:

on May 22. Mr. H. D. Hagonson

presided and the others, presont

"

D

ware the Hon. Mr. W. H. Figg Now Rork.

and Mr. David Scott (directors,}

". The directors' report, which was

TT. 203 1-2 TH T.T......3,44 Domand. TT.......2.78 1.2 Demand'. 4 m/s.....

..... T.T...... 60 1-1.

Demand. 4 m/s....

submitted to the inceting is as Hongkong..... T.T............. 73 1-2 follows:-

[Japan ....... T.T....... 74.7.8.

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The directors bag to submit Batavin......... T.T....... 184 their report and accounts for..the Banks' Buying Rate. your ended December 31, 1911 The your's working has resulted in's profit of Rs. 29,825.44, from. which amount a sum of Rs.1,500 has been written off 'as doprecin tion on buildinga. The pro liminary expenses as also tho Colombe management expenses amounting in all to Rs. 20.891.23 have also been written off in pro-At ference to spreading such ex- panditure over a number of years. This loaves a balance at credit of profit and loss account of Rs. 7,434,21 to be carried forward to the current year.

London

4 us Credits....... 2093-16 4 m s Docts

....... 2/9 5-16 Bm Credits...

20 7-10 ms Docts....... 2/4 9-10) Paris..........4 in ... 3.19) Haraburg.....4 m s... 2.835 New York ...4 m s... 68.1-8

por

Tourist's Exchange Banks' Demand Buying Rates.

£10 Shanghai Tls. 72.86 0. $50

74.03 Rbls 100

70.92 Mks 200 Fes 250

Shanghai Taol...... Mox. $1.34 Customs Rates of Exchange for June.

Gold

14

21

Ja

M

14

71.14

11

72,04

£ 1... JIk. Tls. 6.53 lik. Tle. 1... Francs 3.87 1... Marks 3.13 1...Hk. Tls. 1,34

· 1.50 1... Kupos 2:30 1...Mex. $1.50

1k, Tha. 1... Yon

11

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HE. TWENTY-NINTH ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING of SHAREHOLDERS in the above Company will be held at The Company's Offees, St. George'a Buildings G-Connaught Road, Vinteris, on SATURDAY, the 22nd June, 1912, at NOON, for the phijioke of receiving a Statement of Accounts and the Report of the Gencial Managers for the year ending 31st December 1911, and ele.ting a Consulting Com- mities and Auditor

The TRASFER BOORS of the Company will to CLOSED from SATURDAY, the 22nd June, both WEDNESDAY, the 10th June to days inclusive.

SHEWAN TOMES & CO. General Manog-18. Bongkang, 11th June, 1919-

Consignee 3

Banks

INTERNATIONAL BANKING CORPORATION.

Depository of the U.S. Government in the Philp pins Talandi and the Republie at Pariam

Head Office:-do, Will Street, New York. London Office 35, Bishopsgata, Z.C.

BRANCHES-

Cehu

Bointay

'Calculia

Centen

Colon

Empire

Hongkong

Itasker

Kobe

Maria

Mexico

PARATIN

Faking

San Francisco

Shangkal

Yokohama

Banks

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

PAID UP CAPITAL RESERYE FUNDA

izeni

Eterling £1,000,000 až 27+ reno12

Exchange

Selling,

T/T2/1/16 4 m/s L/C

+

Demand

13,000,000

16,760,000 30 da

Baylog.

Bài 750,000 60 0 0 C ...(-1 30 ds. Bydney di Malbourne...?!- 18/18

KISERVE LIABILITY OF FIG

PRIETORS...........938,000,000 411/4

•

COURT OF DILEXTORA Capital and Henerve.com $2,830,000

E. Bhaill, Feq-Chairman @bol.£400,00 P. H. Armstrong, Kay.---Deputy ChairmaĖ EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUStG. Friesland, E

Andrew Forbes, Esq. GEL Medhurst, Esq. NEYS ranacted.

W. Patienden CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the usual O. H. Gubbay, Baj DEPOSITS RECEIVED, Brod far the year at

G. R. Laurens, Eq.

Ternic.

4% per annum or for shorter periods, at zales, which | F. Lob, Eng. may be apertained on Application,

BILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED. MAIL TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES male

"LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS granted

on all the principal cities in to World

THE HANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT available all over the World,

COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT

issuuch

PURCHASE And Skin of Stocka- and Sifares rfected. 498e Officers of the tank are bound not to disciora

the transactions of any of its customers.

GEORGE HOGG..

Manager.

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVI- 'GATION CO., LTD.

FROM CALCUTTA, PENANG AND SINGAPORK;

THE Company's Steamship, “

"NAMSANG " Laving prrived from the abre Ports Consignees of cargo by her are horeby informed that their goods will be de- Bured from alongside.

Cargo remaining on board after 4 pm, the 11th instant, will la landet nt consignees risk and expone

Bekoh Rubber Estates. The Bakoh Rubber Estates, Liraite, is being floated with by

capital of

Authorised

No Fire Instirance will be rifonted. Bils of Lading will be countersigned

JARDINE, MATHESON, & CO, LTD., Genoral Managers Hongkong. 10th Jana 1912

Rubber Tupping was com Inonood in May last, and 10 December 31, 1911, 23,105 lbs. rubber were harvested, notting, Rs. 3.18 por Ib. ngainst, an ON- timate of 20,800. lbs. The estate continues to look healthy, and the backward blocks rofarrod to in last directors' report have benefit- ad considerably by the wrontinent received and are much improved in growth and appearanco.

Coconuts. The overflowing of tho Soru Rivor has causet! 1,050.000 29, shares, of which tions of the back blocks to be 950,000 shares are to be flooded. This has somewhat issued now, 400,000 of these checked the growth of the trees, being for public subcription. but gonerally speaking, the palms The Company is nequiring 5,400 continue to make good progress acres, of which 1,635 acres are and supplies are coming on well plantor, mostly under three throughout.

yours. Tho purchase price is Coffee. The coffee interplanted 115,000 in cash and 550,000 in Captain Lahato, having arrived, Con- in the rubber area is croating too fully-paid shares. The Directors signos of Cargo are hereby informat dense u shade, and no such will are Sir E. W. Birch, Mr. R. W. that their goods. are boing innded and retard the renewal of bark, the larrison, and Mr. Algernon placed at their risk in the hazardous superintendent is having tho

Whiting bushes cut out. During the poriod under review, the following crops were harvestod, viz.

203.15 piculs "Robusts," 78.87 pioula "Liberian."

ARMED CHINESE POLICE,

FROM EUROPE.

HE.. A. L. Stontship

"SEGOVIA"

9, Queen's Road, Hongkong. Mongkong, 22nd Maren, 1912 - [19

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED.

Establisliod 1980. AUTHORISED CAPITAL You 48,000,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL ... 30,000,000 REVE FUND

17,504,000

Head OfficeYOKUHAMA.

A gencin L Nagasaki Nawehvan

Branches a Antung-Hsien Boubay Calentin Chagshuir Dai on Fongtion Hankow Uonolu Kobs Liao-Yang

Now Yorkg

Onaka

L'etin

Ryojun Puri (Ar-

itor)

San Frano Leo

Stangla

Tiching

Tientsin

Tokyo

447 London

Бузив

aud/or extra-bazardous Godowns of the Hongkong & Kowloon What! & Go- down Company, Limited, whcuos de- livery may be obtained against Bills-of- Lading countersigned by the Under- signed.

INTEREST ALLOWED ON CARENT

Ассоска.

Deposits received for fized porioda at rates to his attained application.

TAKEO TAKAMICHI, ..Minger. Hongkong, 1st April, 1912.

Consignees

"SHIRE" LINE OF STEAMERS, LTD.

18

Optional Cargo will be carried oo unless notice to the contrary be given NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES. to-day.

New System In Shanghai, Labour. The health of our An interesting innovation is labour force continues to be to inke place shortly in connection satisfactory.

with a Shanghai Municipal All claims, must be prosented within Polico, anya the "N. China Daily ten days of the sleamer's arrival hore, News. The Chinere police officers after which date they cannot be re- whoso duty it is to patrol a best oognized. at night are to be armed in a manner similar to the foreign and Sikh constables. Until now

General-The visiting agent reports the cultivated aros of the ostate to be in excellent order throughout.

1912 Estimatos.-The curront) year's estimate of crop is 100,000 lbs. rubber to cost $46,308.45, equal to 10.31. dollar couts per Ib. fo.b., Port Swettonlam.

Chairman's Remarks,

the

with other than a staff, but with

This steamer brings on cargo---

Brunis" from Drauanot.

Ex...

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"Norge" from Gothenburg

Germanis" from Gothenburg. “Trafalgaṛ" from New-Origins. "Cal Cords" from Porto. "Oldenburg" from Setuba, "Therase el Mario" from Bar-

FROM EUROPE VIA PORTS.

HE Steamship

.................................................2/- 5/16 | 80 djs, Ban Foo & New York 48]: TIT: Shanghai.......................................................... 729) & m/s, Marks. TE. Singapore

METTİ.86

1 m/s. Francu

.98

T/T, India ISESEI

..9:60

Hon. Mr. C. H. Bom

H. A. Biobe, Beq.

emand India................150 Bur Silver, ready.......... Demand, Manila ............................98]

981

..

CHIEF MANAGIB: Hongkong-N. J. STABE. ACTING MANAGER. SHANGHAI-A, O, STEPHEN LONDON BANKER-Lowes COUNTY AND WESTMIries Bank Lamrzny:

KONGKONG-INERET ÅLLAWED, Un Current Accounts at the rate of 3 per Cent,

er Ampum on the dally balance

OM FIXED DEPOSTIB): " For 4 months, 136 par Cank, per annum. For me, 11⁄2 per Chak, per Annusa. For 12 months, & per Oeni. per annum,

N. J. STAKE, Chief Manager.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

M

THE Busion of the above Bank is AND SHANGHAT BANKING conducted by the HONGKONG CORPORATION, Bulee may be obtained

application.

INTEREST on deposite is allowed * $8) FES CENT, par anniku.

Depositors may transfer at their apilon: miances of $100 or more to the Honakome AND SHANGHAI Baxx to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT ut à Pan Özez. per

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For the HonorÓNG AND SHANUHÁT BANKING CORPORATION,

1

N. J. STABE, Ühief Manager. THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND

CHINA.

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL

CHARTER 1863.

T/T. San Francisco and New York 48 2 forward ...... T.T. JAY........................ 12081 Bank of England rate

T/T. France..............2:53 Sovaralgo

Subsidiary Coins."

Discount per $100. Chinese ...20 ole, plocen ........389 Chinese...10

Hongkong.20

Hongkong.10

#3

.89.9.

.$77

Oplum Quotation.

May. Sh Malwa, New $8,100 Malwa, Old......... 8,180 Malwa, V. Old 8,900 Persian, fine quality 1,700 Patna, Nev......... 8,875. Patna, Old

perpid.

per the

3,125

Benares, Now

*8,976

enares, Old

8,100

SHARE REPORT

SSER.

Brocka & FAD OF VALUE.

7 HANKS.

"BA-SALE!

CLOKING

Hongkong & B'ha

មុខដ

$125

684.

MARINE INSURANCES, North Chies Cantona

$50 $225-

b.

£8

T140

B.

Unions

$100

$805

Yangtues

£50

195

FIRE INSURANCES,

China Fires"

$20 0182

Hongkong Fires

$60 13868

*SHIPPING.

$25

5027) $10 8873.

HEAD OFFICE LONDON. Paid-up CAPITAL .......................£1,200,000 China & Manilas ANGRRY FUND 1,000,000 Douglas Steamships

ROKATE LIABILITY

or

PROPRIETO£1,200,000

Steamboats

Indo-Chinas

(Preferred) (Deleted)

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business transnoted.

CURRENT AC001 NTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS rodeived for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.

W. DIOKSON,

Manager.

Shell "Transporia

"Biar Ferry "'-

Hongkong, 1.th April, 1912. [82 Luson Sugare

MININO) DEUTSON ASIATISCHE Chinese Engineerings` 61

BANK.

Tronohe Banbe

DOCKS, WHARVES, & O'DOWNg1] Kowloon Wharfs

803

105/-

CLA

UYERS

LAST DIVIDING AND BATH.

£1.5.0 at ax

1/io equal

to $24.27 for your ending 81-12-11 Lequal $22.88.fox } year.{ eading 80 June 1911

818 for 1910

Interim of 10/- for 1911 Final of $20 making $50

for 1910 and Interim

of $80 for 1911 $12 for 100 and Int. of

#8 on account of 1910:

87 &'b's of $2 for 1910 $27 for 1910

$1 for 1906

5pc. for year and 'g 80-6.11. Dividend of $1 for half year ending 81-12-11 8% final making 6% for 1908 6% div. for 1909' on preferred shares 1/- per share Coupon No 18 2/6 per share Cou- pon No. 18 for 1911.

Div. 7 p. o. for year end- Bo pa ng 80.4.11. $10 for 1910

$8 for-1897

Interim of 1/- on scouunt.)

for year ending #8.2.11 (Coupon No.16)

£1

■

$10

€11 b. $85 B.

$5

$27 b.

REFINERIES;

China Bugan

$100

168

$100

1082

1861-

41 75-

1a. 2d. per share on-160,000

$50 |000)

b.

$8 for year ending 81.12.11

H. E. & W'pos Dooks $50 Shanghai Docks T. 100

848

$1 final dividend for

Four 1912

F.60

Final of Tla, & for 1910

LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS,

Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94

Tlo. 6 29-9-10

Tuinanfu

Goods not cleared by the 18th inst, at 6.x, will be subject to rent

Tslogtad Yokohama LONDON BANKERS:

8111

b.

Hongkong Hotels

$50

$72

$100

$100

KA,

$10 1717

b.

40 cents for 1911

BBQ 884

.b.

$2.70 for 1911

T. 80

1.86

$50

$54

b.

P.8

CAPITAL FULLT

PAID-UP......8h. Taula 7,500,000

Head Orrior--SHANDBAL BOARD OF DINATOR BERLIN. BUANGNER': Calontla Canton Hankow Kobe Singapore Tientsin

Banx, LIMITED, DEUTSCHE BANK (BHBLIN), LONDON

All brokon, chafed, and damaged Mosar. N. M. Rorusid & Sons. packages are to be left in the Godowns, THE UNION OF LONDON AND SMITH' where they will be examined on 18th ini., at 10 a.M. Olaims against the steamer must be presented within 10 days of arrival, otherwise they will not bo recognized.

floods have left the Godowns, and all having anived from the above por.s.

No claims will be admitted after the "MONMOUTHSHIRE," Goods remaining undelivered after the Consignees of cargo by her are heroby 11th June, will be abject to rent, informou that all goode aro being landed | native police have had

All broken, chafod, and dainagod at their risk into the hazardous andfor nothing to defend themselves goods must be left in the Godowns,xtra hazardous Godown of the long-

where they will be examine on the kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Berlin the generally greator efficiency 10th Jena, at 9.80 ..

Company, Limited, whence, and/or Hamburg now obtaining amongst them.| No Fire Insune will be offccted from the wharves, dalivory may ba ob- Peking The Chairman, proposing the it is folt that they should be by us in any can whatever.

Lain.d. adoption of the directors' report equipped in a like manner to and accounts, said:-You will thoir foreign confreres. It has not notica from the report that we transpired whether the whole of harvested some 2,300 Iba rubber the night duty mon will be per- over our estimate last year, and nitted carry firearms, but those that this year's crop estimate has whose duty is in lonely parts on boon placed at 100,000 lbs, which the outskirts of the Settlemont 'your directors consider a safe one, will be provided with them. For It will doubtless interest you to some little time past the Chinese learn that up to the 15th of this who are in the employ of the - month we have secured 29,205 Municipal Council, have been lbs. rubber, whick I think you armed and their conduct has been will agres with me is very all that could be desired. Batiafactory. You will notice To Cope with Emergencies. from the accounts that Inst The training of the Settlement year's working resulted in a profit Chinese in the use of firearms is GREEN ISLAND CEMENT of Rs.20,825 44. Your directors to be begun this wook and a cor- have considered it advisable to tain standard of efficiency will be write off all preliminary and demanded before a constable is Colombo management expenses given a weapon.

one case

*

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deaux

HAMBURG-AMERIKA LÍNIE.

HONDROME OFFI

Hongkong. 8th June 1912.

Notices

COMPANY, LIMITED.

PORTLAND CEMENT.

In Casks of 175 lbe net. In Bags of 250 lbs. not SDEWAT, TOMES & CO.,

Gosomal Mena à 1,

[ 12

No Fire Insurance will be effected by us in any case whatevor.

This steamer brings on Cotton ox Lexington" at Barons, Tis Phila delphia and London.

by

Bills of Lading will be pountersigned

JARDINE, MATHESON & Co., L». Agents.

Hongkong, 7th Jane, 1912.

AGENCY.

DianOTION DER DISCONTO GRILL

BUHAFT.

INTEREST allowed on Curryad Account, DEPOSITS received on term which may be learned on applicatiost Every description of Banking an Exchange business transacted.

B. TIMMERSCHEIDT,

Manager. 'Hongkong, 9th Oct, 1911.

[2

Hongkow Wharia T..100 L00

Hongkong Landa Humphreys Estate Kowloon Lands Shanghai Landa West West Points

Manila M'pole Hotel P.10

COLTON MILES)

MISCELLANEOUS.

Bwon

T. 50 T.87 Hongkong Cottons $10 45 China-Borneo.

$12 Light and Power $101 Do. (8pes, shares) $1} Ohias Providenta Dairy Farma

Green Inlands

:

[422] THE MERCANTLE BANK OF

7J NDIA, LIMITED,

Auted Capital... £1,600,000

aribed H aid Up Reserve Fund............ 366,000 | Hongkong Isan

HEAD OFFICE:

Hongkong Hopes

AMERICAN-ASIATIC S.S. CO.

NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES.

FROM NEW YORK,

BA THE Steamship

in preference to aproading sucli The.Mixed Court has from timo ozpenditure over a number of to time adequately demonstrated years, nad I feel sure that you the need for providing more sab- will approve of this policy. After stantial means of defence for dealing with depreciation, this native constables, and quite re- will leave us a balance at credit cently, within the paat fortnight,g'aw, 14th Ang, 1010 of profit and loss account of Rs. desperate gangs of robbers and 7,434,21 to be carried forward to piratos have been tracked down. 1912 account, and I hope that we in

sixteen pirates shall be in a position to recom-were arrested on the river below mend payment of a dividend the Astor house, and, but for when we meet together next year, the revolver missing fire, a native The Hon. Mr. W. H. Figg mossenger of the river police seconded and the report was might have been shot dead by one adopted.

of the gang. Nearly all, the pirates escaped on to the shore IT WILL HELP TO SAVE LIFE. and they were only hold up at the Treasurer, H. C. GULLAND, Esq., point of a revolver held by a for-Manager, International Banking Cor bign officer. In two other cases portion, Shanghal. last week foreigners were seriously Hongkong. 24th Jan., 1919 | F111 assaulted by gange of highway

Exchange Rates Shanghal

Banks,

June 5, 1912.

Exchange and Bullion. Bar Silver 28 1-10----2/0.8-10. Mexican Dollars, Market Rate

Fle, 74.45 Copper Cash, per Tls. 1782. Shanghai Gold Bars, Shanghai

Tls. 354,1-2, Sovereigns: BK's Buying rate,

Tia 7,24

THE FAMINE IN CHINA. 10HT Famice Districts, with an kron of 80,000 square miles. olag straration.

TWO and a half million people PLEASE SEND YOUR CONTRI.

BUTION TO-DAY.

8

+

1441

1,125,000 Hongkong Hlectrics

562,000

40, Threadneedle Street, London, EC.

BRANCHES:

Bombay.

Gall.

Caloutta.

Sing

Pensag

"INDRAVELLI " Captain F. St. G. Wise, having arrived How from the above Port, Consigue xfadras. Oarge are hereby informed that their Karachi. goods are being landed at their sink Bangoon.. into the Godowns of the Hongkong and Colombo.. Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Kandy. Limited, Kowloon, and stored at Can- signees risk and expense.

Kota Bahru, Kelantan. Kuala Lumpur, F.M.S. Yongkong. 8banghel

AGENTS IN JAPAN :

42.10

$10 $81 $8 1829 $10

810 $281

$25 $210 $10 $101

b.

Langkate

g. 10

T.66

:

Morning Post Peak TramgAY

Do., (new) Philippine

828 |829 $10 $114.

$181.10

#1080 b.

H. Pros & Co., Ld. $10 - 412b,

Socleta de Preferred #501 All brokon, chafed, and damaged Mesura Jarline, Matheson Co., Ltd, Pulpes et paid up 250)

goods are to be left in the godowns, where they will be examined on SATURDAY, 16th inst., at 10 a.m.

All claims must be presented within fifteen days of the steamer's arrival' here, after which date they cannot be

Goods have left, the Godowns, and all No claims will be admitted after the Goods remaining undelivered after the 15th inat, will be subject to rent ...

No Fire Insuranos has been effected.

robbers who operate in the heart MEE CHEUNG. recognized. of the settlement, and the burg- larious raids on horses on the ART PHOTOGRAPHER settlement line of demarcation always show the thioves to be armed with revolvers and knives. It is to cope with emergencies such as this that Chinese police are to be armed and the innova tion will doubtless meet with ap- Devious, Printing & Exumadin proval.

HONGKONG. TELEPHONE NO. 1013,

BANKERS: Bank of England. London Joint Block Bank, Ltd.

VERY description of Banking an. Exchange business: trunasotad on account of Constituents Letters of Stocks and Shares bought and wold Credit grated on Agents and Corros- pondents all over the world.

Interest allowed onCurrent · Ao-

888

T110

$10 $10

Papierterie da Tonkin

Benefit $250 hanghal-Sumatras T. 30. Steam Landry United Asbestos Orian-) tal Agracy, Ladusandl United Anbasion} „Foundam KharM $10 3800 Walon Waterbost

Bill of Lading will be countenigned counts at 3 per cent per annum on] Welaumann, 19 dek

Daily Balance and on Fixed Deposite | Ważać SHEWAN TOMES & CO.,

* at Yalan which may be secertained on Wik

» General Agents,

application.

"9th June, 1912. · [487

HAUDONALD.

Fowell

$10

5.

Tls. 2 for 1910

$8 on old shares, $1.50

on now shares for hall

your 81-12-11

Interim div. of $8 for 1911

5% for half year to 308*11. Interian div. of $8 for 1911

and final of $3 making

$4.00 for 1911

15 per cent. for 1910

TA for your ended 81°10′10)

T7 for your ended 20-12-15} 50 cinta 31.7.08.

$1 for 1911

70 seats for 1911:

$1.25for yearend 81:7-11

40 cents for: 1911.

$1.40 per share

Final dir. of $10' for year 1

ending 81-19:11

81 interim sooonat 1911 #Special bonus T,# 15:1;11 |Interim div. T.i† 15·8+11 Interim div. 2.1 15.6 11: Interim div. T.1 15-9:11 None

80 cents on fully paidy

share and goeale 'on #1 paid shares for your ending 30-4-13:

Nosa $1.80 for 1910.

Flist your

No dividond this year- 60 cte, for your and g

15 per cent per ordin

share for your 81-5/1911/

$10

15

10