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COMMERCIAL.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAP!}," TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1912.

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Shanghal- BelHon.

October 17, 1912. £20.1-4

Moninge from 0.1-4d. to 7-3-4d. perlb, and in the lower grades Klukiang Customs,

about 62d. per Ib. In Fooobowe fair medium Panyongs have been Bar Silver Vi wol in the light of the selling from 70. to Old, per lb, Mexican Dollars, previous three years' statistics, and Fannings have been disposed! the year 1911 may well be re- of at 31d. per lb. Export busi garded as normal in the event, ness Ins been condnoted in very bat, owing to the abnormal in small lines, since prices asked for fluences of flood and revolution, the toss do not appear at present a year of blighted hope. I tempting to Continental buyers, opened amid Anuncial gloom, the Java : Offerings during the week. beritage of its predecessor; but 3,835 pkge., against 2,598 pkgs. as time wore on the commerciul | last year.

73.076

Market Rate.. Tib. 74.15 Dragon Dollars, Native Bank Rate Copper Ossl

per Tls. 1768 Shanghai Gold Bars B'hai Tle. Bar Silver

..Tlo. Native Internat 5 per cent. Sovereigns: Bk's."

Buying rate... Sovereigns: Bk's

$9.25

Buying rate... Tis, $ 8.88.

outlook became clearer and gave Home Commercial, and Produce fair promise of proving ominoutly

Markets satisfactory. Beneath the seem- ingly tranquil surface, however, there lingorod, a sense of un- casinons and insecurity which had anadverse boating and restraining influence on business transactions Owing to the exceptional rise of the Yangtaze River, aided by heavy rains, a period of fload, unparalleled in recent years for its duration and extent, act in in share murket only a moderate June, and continued till October.mount of business has taken inundating the entire low-lying place; some of the leaders show NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS, country, especially in Kiangpoilight fall on the week, but good

Sept. 20. The Bank rate remains an. changed at 4 por cont. The Open 2,1-4, por cont., and discount of market rate for short loans is 2 to' four months Bank billa 4 per Jublic Companies Grm, and the price of bars is now HONGKONG 29.1-80 per oz. In the Rabber

cent. The Silver market has boeu

A SOUTH CHINA STEAM FISHERIES CU., LTD.

Banks INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION;

Head Office, Wall Street, New York. London Dictyö, Bishopsgaty KG"

BRANOH

Bombay

Calculia

Chator

Cebu

Colon. Empire

Hongkong

Capital and Reserva

Manila

Yshing

Em Francisco

Bangkal

Yoked

100,000

show! - 1600, 000

EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BINKING BUSI.

Lanks BANKING CORPORATION

LIONGKONG I SHANGHAI

PAID-UP CAPITAL sommers

PRIETORS sinu

Couár ár DiaMPTORS VE. ALBE, Eugen Chalesian

„F. Lieby Emp

Atrong Bag - Deputy Chat

NESS trakatted.

{& H. Dodwell, CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened to the aund Andrew Forte, g Sermon

DEPOSITS RECEIVED, fixed for one year at G. Friekland, Esq. 42, per annum, or for shorter periods, at rates, which – C. B. Gribbay, Kaq may be sacrętained on applicatios.

G. B. Laurea, Rey,

HILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED, MAIL: kad TELEORAPHIC RIŠITTANCES

made.

LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRÅPTS granind un all the principal cities in the World

"THE DANK9, CIRCULAR LEITERS or CREDIT vzlable all over the World.

COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT

isased

PURCHASE and SALE di Stocha and Shares thecind

TRAVELLERI CHECKS i zacket,

GEORGE HOGG, Matingos

9, Queen's Road, Hongkong. Mongkong, 20th July, 191 [19

THE

LIMITED.

Established 1880.

The year has seen a development affected. The China Mutual

investment shures are very little THE SECOND ANNUAL YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

A. EETING OF SHARE- in steam traffic to inland places a the Poyang Lake, in recogni- tion of the advantages to ba derived from depatch and security in transport, Following im mediately on the revolutionary outbreak at Wuolang on Oct. 10, credit collapsed, and financial chaos and a paralysis of trade

connued.

Men's minds. were turned from the pouceful avoca- tions of industry and commorse

to arife and laughter. Many well-to-do families sought refuge in Shanghai or beyond. In its

Steam Navigation Company have HOLDERS will be held at the oFoc declared an interim dividend of of the undersigned, Queen's Buildings. AUTHORISED CAPITAL Yen 18,000,000 3 per cent, on the ordinary and Victoria, Hongkang, on TUESDAY, PAID-OP CAPITAL 80,000,000 been held of the Pelepah Valley "B" shares. The mesting has (Joliere) Rubber Estates.

.

+

"

17,500,000

Head Offics.-YOKOHAMA.

the 20th October, 1912, at Noon. many will be CLOSED

ARMSLY FUND The TRANSFER BOOKS of the From he 22nd to the 29th October, 1912, both days ́ino'usive.

BRADLEY & CO., Hongkong, 17th Oct. 1912

Branches Antang-Hsien Genors) Manager. Bombay

1784

Caloulia

HONGKONG SOUTH Changebaa

CU NA STEAM FISHERIES CO., LTD.,

NOTICE TO shareholDES.

**That the General Mazagors of the! ["aboro Ovispaur do in pursuance of in the Memomadam and Articles of the power in that beball contained Association of the score Company take all necessary step to promote and form in the Empire of Japan a Cmpany of the kind two nod referred to in the laws of the said Empira as Kabushiki Kwaisha,"

Dairan Fang: Hankaw

Honolu Kobe

Angencies it Nagasaki Newchrin New Yorkg Qaska

Perip

Ryojun Port (Ax-

thur)

San Fredisco

Shanghai

Tishling

Tientsin

Tokyo

INTEREST ALLOWED OF CABENT ACCOUNT, Deposits received for fixed periods at rates, to bohiriued onspplicilon:

TAKEO TAKAMICHI,

Manager Hongkong, 1st April, 1912.

Notices

NOTICE.

18

At austion Chian Tea has met with fair demand, and prices are firmo, Colfoo has been in good re quest a study prices. Sugar bas shown a downward tendency, and closes flat and tower, Both Singa Pore Popper and White Pepper re quiel but steadier. Rico re- maine in the same inactive state, total figures the revenue of recent but prices are unaltered. Manila years hus remained vory sta tionary. An analysis of the heads Hemp has rule stendier. Plan NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN bio-Yang

that an EXTRAORDINARY London of collection shows that importation Rubber has bees quiet, and

Hk. Tly. prices are rather lower, good GENERAL MEETING of the above your duty improved fully 40,000, derived from the direct average shent being quoted at Company will be held at the Offices of importation of kerosene oil, while about 4s 6d. per lb. Fine Hard the undersigned. Queen's Buildings, Para is 4s. Old porlb.. Straits Victoria, Himekong at 12.15 o'clock export duty Joelinod Hk. Th, 49,000. The decrease is ascribin is £890 55. to £228.158. for TUESDAY, the 29th day of Octo- Ber, 1912, for the purpose of ejnsider able to the absence of local bank-sh, and £223 to 1923 10s. for

ng and (if thought fic) passing the three months.

allowing R-solation an EXTRA: ing facilities during the greater part of the fund quarter of the Trade Developments at Changsha, ORDINARY RESOLUTION :--- year, which rendered it necessary H.M. Consul at Chmigsha (Mr. to have duty collected at the port B. Giles) reports that the trade of of dischargo. Though the impor- that district during the second tation of opium was greater quarter of this year shows an than in 1910, tho revenue pansion which is remarkable collected on it here was less, when, the unsettled conditions are owing to the receipt on a large taken into consideration. Both scale of duty paid opium from uporis and exports slow marked}" Shanghai. Foreign imports increases in most items, and the, mads a further advance of over Customs revenue for the quarter the objects of which Kabuslik!OTICE in hereby given to the Tla. 250,000 on the figures of the is the highest on record, viz., Hk Kwalisha" shall be similar in all proceding year, aggregating a Tls. 138,245, as compared with usterial respects to the objects of the (1)

nbore Company as contained in its bet value of 12.7 million tools. Ik. Tle. 131,131 for the cor

"Memorandoms of Association and It may seem surprising that, in responding quarter of 1911, and

which "Kabushiki Kwaisha" when the face of the heavy declino of | IIk. Tia, 53,822 in 1910. The in-

* formed shall be sbsidiary to the almost all the principal cotton creased imports of certain goods store Company and shall takeover and woollen goods, any advance |(o.q., agiline dyos) are directly and

th acquire from should have been made, but the due to the enterprise of German Company the steam trawlers.s. Loi (2) continued appreciation in the commercial travellers in the in Fong and that the shove Company value of India opium, arising terior. The increased exports are" shall "neguire and hold on behalf of its from the limitation of the supply partly accounted for by the estab" shareholders, wars in the raid and the imposition of increased lishment at Changels of agencies" Katusiki Kwaisha,"

Daced the 17th day of Oct., 1912. duty and lekin, and the large of a number of foreign firms,

BRADLEY & CO., importations of kerosene oil from chiefly Gorman, in order to buy

General Managera. abroad, were the chief frotors native produce" at its place of contributing to this ead.-J. M.Jorigin. The great increase in the

CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE, Moorhead, Commissioner of export of various kinds of beans,

· LIMITED. Customs,

wood oil, and wheat is ospecially Home Tea Market, Sepi, a0, noteworthy. Several Germân firms NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS, Mesars. Wm. Jus. and Hy.have also established agencies at Thompsons' Weekly Circular al-Changts for the purchase of native THE THIRTY FIRST ORDI NARY MEETING of SHARE- vises: This week bayers have goods, and foreign buying agents HOLDERS will be held at the Officen again been well supplied, the reem to take up their residence of the andersigned on WEDKES- combined offerings of all growthe thero for several months of the DAY, the gird instant, si Noor.

Tho TRANSFER BOOKS of the amounting to nearly 100,000 year. In view of the great ex-

4.

& OFF

pkgs, of which India was res- pansion of the trade of Changsha Company will be OLOSED from ponsible for about 65,000, pkgs. several foreign banks are con 9th to the 23rd lastant, both days lu- In the CARE of Northern Bidering tho advisability of open-clusive. India the offerings have been of ing branches there.

a good useful standard, but que- lity as a whole has shown o falling off. Any movement in quotations for these has been in buyers favour; the proportion has been limited. of finest

Clean common ton generally bas not maintained previous quotat- ions. In Coylons quality bas

CORRESPONDENCE.

(The opinions expressed by our corres 'ponden's are not necessarily those

of the "Hongkong Telegraph."]

AN EXPLANATION. -

continued to show some improve. To the Editor of the "Hongkong

ment. It is satisfactory to note that duty payments continue in

Telegraph," Doardir,-With reference to the the same liberal sale and tran-notios inserted in your issue of shipments are good. China. the 18th inat, we beg to state that Arrivals: Monmouthshire, Kaga it was inserted because of a letter

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD.,

General Agenta.

| Hongkong, let Oct., 1918,

[713

Public Auction.

PUBLIC AUCTION

Med Instruction to sell by

'R. GEO. P. LAMMERT his

PUBLIO AUOTION

TUESDAY,

at hie Silos Busin‹ Däldell Street?.

Mara, and Atreus with 2,001 pkgs.] received by us parporting to the 22nd October, 1917, at ♬ r.x. and 8,664 pigs, in transit. About have been sent by the Chinese 900 pkgs, were offered on 18th Bankers' Guild regarding the h inst.

Cayers, however, were position of manager of our firm,

very

The following VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY.

LOT 1:

Public generally :- That Mr. Ng Hon Tes is at presont employed by the Yuen Fat Hong as a Clark ja their | Shipping Department and that he has no power to enter into Con- tracts pledge the credit of the Firm or alga for the Flim.

A

Exchange

Belling.

I'm D/P

CORNOS | * Must .................................. 2/1† | 10.dk, Ban Woo & New York

12. Shangtinija.mestiaminan 71 | | = m/s, dierka sinuseserimen

W. I Patten dies

How Mr.C.H. Rom

HL, A. Blaža, Zag

Cheney Manageri

Hongkong-N. J. Brax.

し Acting MamaARE,

BHANOLAI-A, O. Brazílici

London Baxeze-Loikoor Odcieżk **AND Wserentuin Blog LasoPTED,

Hosmer Axxerwas,

Da Quizama Aissanie sí tha talk alt. 3 par Osik, at Ammum am the dally beinans (A

For Biolonths, 15% yer Dent; per Axum, " Joe's moockás, 1956 par Qunk, parÅsaam). War 13 months, į per ÛNA, PRE ARMUL

E. J. STARE, Chief Mininga,

HONGKONG BAVINGS BANK.

TER Busines of the above Bank is AND HANGHAT BANKING conducted by the HONGKONG CORPORATION. Balme may be biaised

deposite is allered on the minimata monthly balanses si 323 PC per EZZEL

T/T. Singapore ...............................89) m/s. Franca

TC. Japan..............................101-5 m/

T/T India 14 Bir Bilver, ready Demand, India.......................................................kõ4

Demand, Manila ..........10

Forward

T/T. San Francisco and New York, 50f | Gold Liss! par taal TT, Java

[T/T. Viande ·

19:61

Bank of Bagland enta. 8'arvinai

·Subsidiary Coins.

Discount per $100.

Chinese .....20 cta, pisons

Jongkong.20

Hongkong.17

S-SELLERS

Evocal & Faid ur Valur.

Depositors may tranche at theli „ption | balazomi of $200 or more to the' Homakone 400 BRANIHAT BANK to be: placed on

BANKE.

FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 Pan Omer, par Hongkong & S'hai... $125

For the Homeroon' AND SAMOKAR Baxxing OcaPORALIZOK,

N. J. STABB, Chief Manager

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA · AND

OKINA.

HEAD OFFICE LONDON.

...

Oplum Quotation.

Malwa, New ...... 83,125 Mälwa, Old............. 3,400 Malwa, V. Old 3,625 Pareino, fine quality '1,450. Patsie,

Now......... 4,050

Paina, Old-satne 8,880),

Blasres, Vam uchun 4,085.

Beauros, Old ...... 4,000

SHARE REPORT.

SA-BALK

B-BUYERS

LAST DIVIDEND ANS DATH,

£2.0.0 at ex 2/-1/16 equal to $19.95 for your ending 80-8-19

$18 for 1910

Interim of 10/- for 1911 Final of 390 making $50° for 1910 and Interim.

$80 for 1911

$13 for 1909 and Int. of

$8 on sccount of 1910 ) $7 & ba of $3 for 1910

$27 för 1910

6 p.o. for year end'g 30•8•19. Dividend of $1 for half

year wading 80-819. }. 6% for Jour 1910 an

preferred ibares

B/-per share Coupon

18

16 P. c. for your ending

80.4.10

3807

488

MARINE INSURANCES;

Cantons North Ohins

850

#235

5 T140

Unions

$100 8815

INCORPORATED BY HOTAL CHARTER 185R.

Yangtse

4501871

VIRL INSURANCES;

China Fir

$20

0155

Hongkong Firem

$80

8855

"SHIFFIMO.

PAID-OP CAPITAL.........£1,200,000 China & Manilar TV FORD £1,850,000 Ananya LaazILITY

$26

1881

$1 for 1906

Douglas Blomships~ $50

teamboats

..$18 1025

PROPRIETORS.1,200,000

tado-Chinna

and

(Preferred) (Deleted)

25

1967

b,

103-

triz b.

$100

$110 $100 $221

35 for 1911

$8 for 1827

MINING

FOREIGN EXCHANGE General Banking bukinosa transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for 1 your or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.

W. DICKSON, Mounger.

Hongkong, 11th Ap ̧l, 1912. [22 DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE

Capital FuzzT

BANK.

PAID-UP......Sb. Tarla 7,500,000.

HEAD OFFICE-BRAONA1. BOARD OF DIukotori-BankIN,

That Mr. Chan Chan Tan is the Bolo Manager of the Yen Fat Berlin Hong and is Bolly entitled to Hamburg enter into Contracts pkdge the Peking

BRANGUES: Galoutta Canton Bankow Kobe Singapore Tientaln

Yokohams LONDON BANKERS :

LI

Shell "Transporta

**Star-Fairy**

KEFINERIES:

China Sugar Lason Bugars

Chinese Enginședings £1

Tronoha

41 170/-

faabe

183.00 DOCKS, WHARVES, & ODOWNge Kowloon Whasta

$60 9671

b.

H. K. &W'poa Docka 150 Shanghal Docks

1

T, 100

2.48 b

Hongkar Whats T. 100 LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS,

T.90

Anglo French Laada T.100

T.14

114

Hongkong Hotels

$50

$74

Hongkong Lands

$100 $108

#10

87.85

Bank, LIMITED. Bank (Berlin), Lorac

Kowloon Landa Shanghal Lande

850 IBS

AGEBOY.

T. 30 7.85

$50

ordit of the Firm and sign for the | Talonato Telogeen Firm and for those papa-es he alone has power to use the Chopra, N. M. ROTHBORILD & Sors

fan Union of LORDOK AND SMITx's | Humphreys Estates

of the Firm Datod this 18th day of Os, 1912.

YUEN FAT HONG,

No. 10 Bonham. Strand West, Hongkong

SHANTUNG SILK FOR SALE.

WING TÀI LOÔNG..

CHEFOO SILK FOR BALE.

VARIOUS,

SELECTED.

FINEST QUALITY. To be obtaland at. Modemte Prices from the HONGKONG BRANCH,

WING, TAI LOONG, 181, Des Voeux Road, C Central,

Ꮏ . Hongkong. Assehner, 185 Anz.. 1218.“

FOR SALE

OLD Uniza Conti,

fias it of Chies

Varer!

"↑ Bong da hound (Mẫun Dyfsaty),ENİ Enbona se inchus LFA)

- 1 Hong Hàn, black ground wick sa štrika,

1 Hong 1260y Mack ground wich bei viss,

* Hong Hony thick growind withi

Ca pak bling Dynasty vijuare shapol i black ground.

Wich Panch Bówek,

250) (u Anchal

DIRECTION, DER Discorro Grants | West Poista

BRATT.

INTEREST allowed on Oarwad Account. DEPOSITS received on term which may be learned on appllestist Erary description of Banking s** Exchange business transacted.

B. TIMMERSCHEIDT,

Manager. Hongkong, Bth Oct., 1911.”

Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 ||Þ.0.

COŠTOM (MILLY

won Hongkong Cotton

MISCELLANEOUS, China-Borneq \ Light sid Powers.

THE MERUANTLE BANK OF | Dairy Fina

T. BO Tins $10 84.00

b. #12- $2.35 #101

$2.16 b Do." (Bpeo, shares) $1 [ China Providenta $10 $

$6

INDIA, LIMITED.

Green Island

$10

10

+

Auted Capital...1,000,000 Hongkong Electrine 8 #ribed

****** 1,125,000 Add Up

582,000 Hongkong Luan Reserve Fund..ii..............i..

#10

825

HEAD OFFICE:

385,000 Hongkong Hopes

BRANCHES :

Langkata

#10

10

Hombay.

Kandy.

Olioatia.

Galle

Morning Feet

Howrah.

Bingap

Dells,

Penang

Peak Tramway

| DÍLČENA, 1

Kota Bahru, Kelantan.

Kuala Lumpur, F.MS.

Do... {new)

Nongkong.

$10

Boclate › dash Preferred

Palparat

da Loskia Shanghai-Bimstras

40, Threwaneedle Street, London, EC.

Karachi. Bsagoon. Colombo,

Shanghai

AGENTE IN JAPAN :

Jardine, Matheson & Co., Lidy

BANKERS:

Hank of England.'

London Joint Stock Bank, Ltd."

1 year Hong Hon, black great the seription of Banking and

not, anxious" to Bodure the Our notice was inserted mere- except at lower prices,ly to give publicity to the fact

Nós. 10, 21, 28 and 25 Shelly consequently

Tow that our manager is Mr. Chan Brot, Vie oris, Hongkong parcels passed the hammer. Pri Chun Taun, and the reference to LOT 9 vately a fair amount of basinass Mr. Ng Hon Taz was not intended Kowloon Inland Lo: No. 1,179 has been transacted for the home as any reflection on that gentle. trade in all grades up to le, per men.

LOT B lb, but the quantities have not Mr.Ng Hon Tez has been in Kowiowa Inland Lot No. 1,100 been large, since buyers are not our service for the past 17 years - Particulars and Conditions of Bala 15 Thane Tasm are seldom te be seen in pondents all over this workdays willing yet to operate largely, and has always performed his du-may be hid from the

but only to execute orders: Some ties to our entire satisfaction.--

fne Keomuns have been taken Yours faithfully,

from 18,, ty 1s, 5d. par lb., and YUEN FAT HONG, Alro from §12d, to 11d, per lb. þý-Nó 10, Bộnham Strand, Well,

loon made in fairing, Hoogkong. Ootuber 21, 1919

· AND

And, a lot of brown onlour, wiki (olour, plak

De Mirolange : brudzom - Kranenstadiá [Blocks and) Blanes bonght and sold ||17-

padome, clay klas, me kabsag Factory king Focos, in novennt of Constituanta Letters of Heng His live golong & Kolen: Laming: Sve polome, Ondit grated on Agents and Corrse: Union

day part of the world. They are famous Internet allowed "be" Onzmant

to Vardos's Bolicitors, for spør beszty and effect. DRACON, LOOKER &÷DE LON Pu No. 1 De Verix Road Cential;: to

Hokour

queried | Daily Balasor isd

1/6 per share Anal 1911

(Coupon No.18)

In 2d. per share on 150,00h

$8 for year ending $1.12.11. 41 Anal dividend for

Jour 1912

Ts. 8 for 1911

for}

Final of Tis. 5, making Tia.

& forl 181

Tis. 629-2:10

$8 on old share, $1.50

on now shame for bilf

year 30 6-19

Interim div. of $84 för 1912

40 dönts for 1911”·· $2.75 for 1911.

1% for half year to 50×6×19,

Interim div. of BV lár 1918

15 per cent for 1910°

¡T4 fóryéwé ended 81-10-101 T7 for your ended 20′12:15] 50 centé 81.708

#1 for 1011

70 cents for 1911' $1.25for your ind'

40 cent for 1911:

$1.40 per share

· Interian of 89 for 1919-

$1. Interim nocomat 1912

Do. Ном

80 cedia of fally"""pilih „chards And § ochia ön

··#1`paid share' for quar

endag 30•4•19

$1.50 for 1910