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COMMERCIAL.

North Borneo Trading Co."

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER. 6, 1912,

Colombo.

Banks

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION.

Hand Office:-60, Wall Street, New York, London Office:-jo, Bishopsgate, M.C.

BRANCHES N

Bombay

Calcutta

Called

Cebu

Calon

Lapire

Hongkong

Kobe

Mualla

Maricol

Parama Paking

San Francisco Shangbai Volobama

Capital and Reserv$7,¤đo,oag {{35{d}

EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI NESS venacted

still the dominant factor in the Dutch Floating Dock Arrives in situation, and owing to the late- ness of lo crop must aggravate Colombo residents had the the usual perplexities of the season opportunity on October 14, of seeing a' a floating dock anchored Mr. J. A. Travers, presiding at for some weeks to come.

Messrs. J. F. Hutton and Co., just outside the harbour, and the meeting of the North Borneo Trading Company, Limited, said Limited, report that the position much interest was displayed. that steady progress had been in the market for yarns and piece The Soernbays, which is the made with the planting of rubber goods has weskened during the name of the dock, only left the on the company's properties on past week, following the decline builders hands at Greencok quite the Tuaran and Tenghelan estates. in cotton prices, and further the recently. She left the home port The former consisted of 2,000 state of trade in Chian, Turkey, on June 8 in tow of the Dutch acres and the latter 1,410 noros, Egypt, and Persia helps to lessen tug Thames, and after touobing while at Sandakan they find the volume of demand, which, if at Malta and Port Said reached were normal, Aden on September 16, At the small estate of 20 nores. The Go-theso.. countries verament had decided to build a would be too enormous to be dealt last named port an extended stay cart road from Jesselton and with; machinery is on the average was found necessary, as reports

received from passing ma Kotabelud, which would pass engaged so long ahead that only wore through both estates. The pro-me of the productions of narrow steamers that the weather was perties had been well reported loons and sateens especially can very bad. After a stay of eleven THE LANES CIRCULAR LETTERS OF "upon by Mr. Valpy: One of the boobtained for short date delivery, days at Aden, the next stage of COMMERCIAL LETTERS

Quotations are nominally much the voyage was undertaken, and principal reasons for selecting

he same as last week, but with bad weather was experienced the land for planting n

practially the whole way. The Tenghelan was that it was the firm (ffers better can be done.

Home Tea Imports. Soerabaya has a displacement of most favoured spot known to the managemont as regardoil labour supply. It was situated

about five hours from Tuaran

Mossra. Wm. Jas. and Hy. Thompson's Weekly Tea Circular

statés The

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opsed on the ual "DEPOSITS RECEIVED, Sved, for one your at per annual, or for shorter parsods, at rates, which

is NEGOLATE and COLLECTED

THE

LIMITED',

Establishci 1880.

19

AUTHORIZED CAPITAL You 48,000,000 80,000,000 PALD-UP CAPITAL...

17,500,000 Raye Fund

Head Office.--YOKOHAMA.

Branches Agencies at

Nagasaki Nowchwan

MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS granted.

Worldarga the CREDIT are available all over the World.

OF CREDIT PURCHASE and SALE of Suck and Sharee sffected.

TRAVELLERS CHECKS'old and saabad,

"GEORGE HOGU, ..

Alinagor.. 9, Quara's Road, Bongkung. 383 tons, and belongs to the In-Hongkong, Ist Nov., 1912 ternational Tag Company. She eules, totalling was sighted off Colombo on Octo- estate and thore wore good Bajau 6,000 packages, have been well ber 13, at noon and approached YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, and Dusum settlements in the attended and closely watched by the harbour at evening, anchor- In order that buyers, with the result that bid-ing about a mile from the mouth neighbourhood. the catates should not be left ding has been brisk throughout, of the break water, the tug stand- dependent on local labour a force loaving prices with very little aling by her owing to the bad teration. Chian-Arrivals: Han-weather which was experienced of 340 indentured Chinese were how and Aki Maru, totalling at night. This morning, saya imported in 1911. In addition to these estates they held interest 11081 packages, and 575 in The "Times of Ceylon of October in the Sekong Company to the transit. There was no public 14, the tug ontored harbour, and extent of 14,150 shares, in the sale to report. Privately: The was taking in 300 tons of coal Antang-Hoon Bode Company 106,700 shares, market remains still quiet, for the last stage of the voyage, Bombay and in the Lamag 97,800 fully but a fair bestuess has been which will probably be commen- Calcotts paid shares. Some shareholders transacted, principally, for home ced to-morrow if the weather is Ohangchun might, question the advisability Dnsumption, while for better fine. A part of the crow, includ- Dairen of their taking in the Bode and class, ten there have been several ing the dock master, are on board Feng

dock. So bad Was the Hankow. Lumag shares at par and cost quirios, and a few contracts the prico, but on the other si le were avo resulted at satisfactory rates, weather between Socotra and Kobe items of reserve, 0,178, and Exporters have lately come into Colombo that the tug was only balance to the credit of profit and he market, and have been operat-able to do about 20 miles a day, ing chiefly in good liquoring against her average of about 75. loss, £13,384.

Keemuns from D. to 10d. nnd The pilot, who met the tug and London Rubber Specials.

about 11d. per ib. Low Monings dock, remarked that the latter is London, October 27. The were again cheaper from 6d. to overgrown with following additional dividends 5d, por ib, and commonest barnacles... aro declared: Finals: -Tromelbys neglected. Java.-Offerings dur 35; Brieh 10; F.M.S. 65; Galoog|ing the week 4.222 packages, Besar 7 Consolidated Estates against 3,500 packages Inat year, 30; Kuala Lumpur 35,

Total from January 1 to date, 186,561 packages, against 90,321 packages last year. The market was decidedly firmer all round,

Interims -Sumatra Consoli dated 10; Beverop 10; Bagan Serai 5; P.PK. (Ceylon) 71.

Malacca Plantations authorised f: capital has been raised to ono million sterling. At the auction the average price obtained was 4.01.-"Straits Times,"

grass and

Honolu

Liso-Yang

Lyear

New Yorkg Osaka

Pekin

Ryojun Port (Ar

thur) 1

San Francipou

Ensaghai

Tichling

Tientsin

Tokyo

ITREET ALLOWED ON Connest

ACCOUNT, &

Deposits received for fixed periods-a intes to bychained on application!

TAKEO TAKA MICHI,

hans ger.

Entertainments Hongkong, lit April, 1919.

THEATRE ROYAL.

the better class teas were fully the musical play

per 1b. dearer than last week,

"By"

Lieut. CROSSE,"

plainet Broken Pekors sold freely THE COOK" and frequently advances were given to secure these parcols, while clean leaf Pekoes were

AN IDYLL OF THE PEAK A Gold Standard for China, It is rumoured in Chinese circles wanted and can be quoteil dear.. that tho" Government will very Tho sale passed with spirit. The shortly decide upon A gold bost averages were:Goalpars, The standard for China. How it is to 10.3 5d.; Malabar, 81d. be done or what steps will be average of the sale on Garden taken for that purpose is not known. They ouly result of the rumour.at present is the activity of the gold speculators, who appear to be under the delusion that they can corner gold. Some operations on rather a large scale have taken place: *

Rubber Company Increases. Capital.

Account was 7. per lb., against 8id. par lb. a year ago.

Iloilo Sugar Statistics.

Oct. 6, 1912. 1910-11 Crop. Exports since Oct. 31, 1911

in Picula.. Supérior Great Britain United States. 2,028,000

The directors of the Malacca Japan Rubber Plantations, in their ro-China. port issued on October 12, India announce that they propose to

increase the capital to £1,000,000:

by the creation of 600,000 new

Wet

150,071

4,100

Total... 2,184,071 1911-12 Crop.

Ordinary shares of £1 each. The Great Britain

new capital is required partly to United States 1,183,573

meat option rights, to subscrible Japan

G.

Notices

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT WATER WORKS.

+1

18

ITS BEREBY NOTIFIED that,

TO BE PRECEDED BY A GRAND VARIETY " ENTERTAINMENT in te atrets.

WEDNESDAY, November, 19th

at 9:15 sharà.

Prices as Urail. Soldiers and Pailors in Uniform 30 Cents Gallory"

Booting at MOUTRIE & CO,

813. Hongkong, 31st Oct., 1912)

4,100 THEATRE Wet

113,400 67,198

for cortain shares at £15 each, and China 245,805 164,418

also to enable the directors to Coastwise take an opportunity, if suchshould

occur, of requiring other estates

in Malacca.

Manchester Exports.

Messra. R. Barber and Brother,

5,97,7 .800

Current 10,269," Manila Oll Quotations.

Lt., write their monthly market Standard Oil Company: report:-There has been little in Comet Brand ...

ROYAL

THE ORIENTAL THEATRICAL COMPANY or MANILA, P.I, PRESENTS

in consequence of the threatened shortage of water du ing the present dry season, be survices to houses in the Rider Main Districts will à dix connected from the mains as 6000 public fountains, fom which a supply of wator can bibtained, bare been erect- The enoti of public founta’us is about to be prodze 5- ed with and the services to Louses ill ba disconpreted as the provision of

ach fountains procenta, PR. (Ed). W. GHATHAM,

Water Authority. Patlie Werks Offoe, Hoogkong, 30th Oct., 1912.

G.

I.

Banks HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING QORPORATION

PAID UP CAPITAL: KERGIVA FONDS)

· T $15,000,000. " | ·Duck and

18,000,00 17,00,000

LOGOPEDALS

Barling £1,500,000 að 2de sorenes

10. de

$22,000,000 80 dis

KESERVE LIABILITY OF · FRO

TTE gp- -ཡ་་ག་ཤ་ལས་

Exchange

Belling.

Buying.

9/1.3/18%. 3/1/5/16

.3/11:

....................................................................30 ds. Bydney & Melbourne ...2/1 7/16 $15,000,800.4 m/.......................................................................2/760 di Baa Feo & N York

~/T. Shengbal...................... 71} | & mfs. Marka om........................

FL. Japan

COURT OF DIBRITAIN Ehwili, Chairman P. Lab, Esq.

F.B. Armstrong, Ex-Deputy Chairman

6. EL. Dodwell, Andrew Forbon, Raq. G. Friland, Big,

0. 8. Gubbay,

G. B. Lanredi, Eq; }

W. Ia Fattenden u Han, Mr.C.HL. Bom ELA, Babe, Big

CHIEF MANAGERİ Hongkong, J. SZANS,

Acting · SlaNAGER," SHANGHAI—i, Q. StæðuKR,

London, Bank13-Larmor- COUNTY -AND-WHIMperak Bazor · Luxerat,

Horary Arzaw

T/T. Indis ..............................................................158 Bar Silver, ready .............. 28. Uemand, India.......................................................152)

Demand, Manila ................................1014

forward.

IT: San Francisco and New York 498) Gold Leaf par taal

2154:

1.7.: JATK ........................................................ 128) Bank of England rate, im......................

IT, Marka

Subsidiary Coins.

isojant per $100

Un Current Accounts as tàu xám of 3 pár Co. | Chinese...20 ats, please $7

**T ÁSTULA'On the daily baLEZON

ON FIXED DEPOKIES)' I've 2 months, 11⁄21⁄2 par Qes. par ÁRIE, For 6 martha, 836 pet Chií, per Äunum, Par 13 months, Ayoc Cent, per ANEWM,

́E. J. STARB, Chlef Mazinger.

HONGKONG BAVINGS BÁNK. THH Budness of the shere Baak

conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Balm may be obtained **TEREST an deposit is allowed on the ralniman monthly balance 4.33}

Pax Chien, per KANDEL,

Depositors may transfer at thaix Jpálom balances of $100 or more fe the Homelano AND BHAIGHAT BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT » 4 Pm Our par

BOTTLES,

For the HomaxUNG, AND SHANGHAI Barons ComPORATION, '

3. N. J. STAHB, Chief Manager

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA, AND

CHINA

Caine...10

Hongkong.30

Hongkong.10

Hongking

$9.79

Oct. 25,

Oplum: Quotation.

Malwa, Now....,$8,000. Malwa, Oldaksioni 3,100

..$70

Malwa, V. Old 3,625 Persian, das qastity 1,459) Patan, Yow..... '9,630. Patza, Old. 8,600 Benares, Naw kul, `8,700 Benares, Old

SHARE REPORT.

KASALE

S-SILLERS

Sucks & Pam OF VALUE.

CLoga

BANKS.

$806. & b.

&B'hal

€82

MARINE INSURANCES, Cantons North Chins

$50

4292 bi

65

F185

Dalone

$100 $815

Yungtaon

INCORPORATED BY ROTAL Unantan. 1853.

€650 100

FIRE INSURANCESĮ –

Chins Fires Hongkong Fires

1140

$20

$50

#862

b.

HEAD OFFICE

LONDON,

SHIPPING. 'China & Manilas

$25 $82.

$50 1825

415 $28

b.

Indo-Chinas

(Preferred) (Deferred)

45

b. 1874.

105/-ga. ..

411 b..

B3,

PAID-UP CAPITAL £1,200,000 BICHETI FOND ......1,600,000 Douglas Steamships BY LIABILITY OF

Steamboats

PROPRIETORS 1,200,000

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business transnoted.

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

WM. DICKSON, Manager.

Hongkong, fath April, 1912. [29

UTSCH ASIATISCHE

DEUTSCH

BANK.

CAPITAL FULLY

PAID-UF......Sb. Tasla 7,500,000

HEAD OFFICE—Sharofat. BOARD OF DIRECTORS—BERLIS,

BRATONES

Usicalts

Hankow

Canton Kobe Tientsin

Barlin Hamburg

· [810 Peking Bingapore

Tainanfu Talngtau Yokohams

CITY AND HILL DISTRICT. WATER WORKS. As the mintall during the current

year has been much below the average and as the 'dry nean hayset. in earlier than unl, the Olly and Hill District are threatened with a strious short go of water. The co-operation of the public in prirauting HARTMANN the wats or extravagant use of water and is exercising every possible economy

n its use is invited.

FERRIS

AND HIG

ALENTED COMPANY,

INCLUDING '.

MISS MUGGINS” DAVIES

AND

WALTER DE LEON.

Is A REPERTOIRE OF

(8d.). W. CHATHAM,

Water Authority. Publis Works Office. Hongkong, 80th Oct, 1912. 0811 SA TRAMWAYA COS

LIMITED.

"Shell ""

"Transporte

"Star Ferry"!

REFINERIES...

$10 283 $100-107) in. & 5. $100 $24

China Sugars Lusos Sugar

Chigns Enginerings

35-

Tronohs

61 70/-

b.

Reabs

18 DOCKS, WHARVES, & O'DOWNS Kowloon Wharfs 850 674

B-AUYERS

9,500

LAPK-KOSTOMAT AND BETR.

£3.0.0 at ex 2]-1/16eqan] to $19.95 for your ending 80 6-12

6. for 18. 1

Intern of auf for 1911 Finalof 820 making $50 for 1910 and Interim of $30 for 12 11 $18 for 19 19 and fat, of

$5 on account of 1910 |

$7 & b'r of 32 for 1910-

$27 for 1910

$1 for 1906

5p., for year end'g 36·6318- Dividend of $1 for half year ending 28-8-12

8% for year 1910 on

preferred shares

8-per share Coupon No

16

"15 p. c for year ending

80.4.12

#5 for 1911

$3 for 1897

1/6 per share final 1911

(Coupon No.18)

-18, 2d. per share on 150,000 $8 for your ending 81.12.11 $1 foal dividend for)

year 1912

TB for 1911

Final of Tla. 8, making Tis

8 for 191

Tls. 629-2-10

$8 on old share, $1.50

on new shares for half

T.100

T.94

3114

$50

1678

$100 $105

$10 $8 850 $84 T.80

40 site for 1911-.

$9,75 for 1911 -

} 85

H. E. & W'pos Docks #80: 158 sa,

T. 100 Shanghal Docks Hongken Wharis. T. 100 LANDS, HÜFELS & BUILDINGS, Anglo French Lands E.100 Hongkong Hotels LONDON BANKERS': Mesars, N, M. Botarouild & Sore Hongkong Lands TH■ Union of LONDON AND SMira's Humphreys Estates

BARK, LIMITED,

Kowloon Lands DEUTIGER BANK (Baalis), Londos Shanghai Lands

AGINOT, GLAN DIRECTION pax Disgosto GL West Polata

IOHAFT.

J

INTEREST allowed on Carread Manila pola Hotel P.10

COLÓN - MILLEG 'Account. DEPOSIT received outerma”

which may be learned on applicatiost. EWDB Every description of Banking sno Exchange business transacted.

FR. TIMMERSCHEIDT.

Manager. Bougkong, 8th Oct., 1911...

Hongkong Outtons

na

·T. 80 T.104 810 15.

$12 $10) 2.20

MISCELLANEOUS.

China-Borged Lighs and PowerW

'80.35

Do. (8pso stares) { 1 | mid Ching. Proridents

Nov. 1, 1912. C450. Oil.

[

| Dairy Faring

$6.

THE

P3.10

the way of of developments dur-Cock

2.05

MERCANTLE BANK OF

INDIA, LIMITED.

Groen Islands

10 118.808

ing the month to bring the out- White Rose

3.50

look into any clearer focus. Naptha

5.25

TIKK, TASTE.

Generally the progress of busi Behn, Meyer and Company Ltd. ness has been rather halting and Dragon Brand"

NEW MUSICAL COMEDIES.

יו

WHIK DATE

P2.0

Aut ad Capital.. £1,000,000 8cribed. 193,126,000 Add Up

Rizal Brand ...

TO-NIGHT.

7.00 .m. to 8.00 am. Every 15 mia.

3.00

5.25

THE GIRL AND THE BOY. Thursday, Nor, le

8.00 a.m. to 10.00 am 10.00 am to 11.00 a..

MR. O. JOY,11,80 a.m. to 12,45 pan.

19

10mila 15 ml 15 min

Hongkong Blackdan

Hongkong Tow 588,000 Reserve Fundsšová. 865,000 Hongkong Bogen

HEAD OFFIOR:/

$10

824

$25

$200

$10

$19

40, Thresansede Street, London, EC. Langkate

1.57

BRANCHES:

P3.15 Friday, Nov, 8.

3:00

12.46 p.m. to 1.15 p.m.

10 min. Bombay.

WINNING JOCKEY. Saturday, Nov., 9.

FAIRY TALES. Monday, Nov., 11.

Morning Post

25

Blogspalk

Pank Tramway

Penang

-Kota Bahru, Kelantan,

|§.

Karachi. Ragoon. Colombo

Kuala Lumpur, F.M.8.

Hongkong.

Do. (new) polls)

Philips lum

$10

Bhanghai,

H. Pros & Co., Ld

Pulper es

paid up 850/

yes: 80-8-12

-Interim div. of #8) for 1919 v

8% for half year to 30-6-12) ---

Interim diy, of $8 for 1918

15 per cent. for 1910

-

T4 for year ended 81-10-307-. T7 for year ended 30-12-16 || 50 cents $1.708......

·81 for 1911

70 cents for 1911

$1.25 for your end3g 81•7•19!

40 orats for 1911

$140 par share

Laterm of $3 for 1912.

#1 Interim Lecount 1913

transactions of a somewhat hom

Wise & Co. Ltd. Texas Co's "Estrella'

Carabao".

ONE NIGHT OFF. Cartsin at 0 15.v.M. Prompt, Girola 89,53 Orchestra Stolle $3,00

Stalls

$8.00-Bit $3.00 Glory $1.00. thing at Matua 9. Monttia & Co.

drum cliaracter. Fow makers Gasoline Shell "** have sold freely, but a scattered miscellaneous trudo to a fair ex- tent has been done. Trading conditions have heen awkwardly Per caso on board. upaccommodating, and buyers

Untappable Wireless. and sellers have seldom found it possible to get into touch over The Central News says a private fote of any special weight. The demonstration of the Johnson- supplement of numeroas moderate Varely system of wireless tele- lines to meet particular wants has, grahy was given in the city re- however, supplied ail neodful for contly by the patentees. It is maintaining rinness unimpair claimed for this system that it ed. India though: furnishing is untappable, so that messages considerablo inquiry has not can be sent direct to the station been an ardent buyer, but busi- intended, and no other station ness has been done in both gray can receive them. The principle and white shirtings and in mis-utilised is the reed-tuning system, collaneous farbies: China Eas and it can be applied not only to shown some interest the Grey wireless, but to cables and tele-ENDERS are invited by the Undersigned, on behalf of the Jeans, and here, and there in phones, giving in the formor

Underwriters, for facchase of the White Shirtings a line has been greatly increased speed of trans-wreck of the above Steamet sa slie lies brought to book, but it is still mission and in the latter a conas Koeling largely on expectations that any siderably extended range. The For fartt or particulare dpply at our kind of support from flat qnaart-installation is small and compact Offices, BA, DR. Vœux Hood er is being reared. By the smaller and lofty masts for receiving and markets the offtako has reached a transmitting signals will not be fair aggregate. The weather is necessary.

Notice

8.8. "DACRE CASTLE.”

GILMAN 300, 3 Lloyd's Agents..... Hongkong, 6th Borg, Lu19. "." [828

1.15 p.m. t. 1.45. p.

1.45 p.m. to 3.16 p.m.

2.15 p.m. to 5.00 p.m.,,.

6.07 pm to 8.1. p.m.

NIGHT CARB.

15 min Caloutta.

10 min. Howrah.

10 min Delhi,

10 mla. Madran.

~ 8.10 p.m. and 9 p.m., 9.45 p.m. to **** 11:20 p.m. every 15 minuter,

SUNDAYS,

7.30 am. KAVANA

8.00 i.m. to 10.80 s.m. every 15 min. 10 min. 10.80 .m. to 11:00 am.

-15 min. 11.45 am to 12:00 noon

10 min 12:00 noon to 1.00 p.m.

15 min. 1.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. 5.00 p.m. to 6.00 p.m. 10 min j

15 m 6.00 p.m. to 7.00 pm. 7.00 p., to 8.10 p.m.' 10 min HIGHT CARE as on Wink Days SATURDAYS. Extra Gari at 11.45 pm. SPECIAL OARS

what the Company 4 Arrangement at

Office, Alexandra Buildings, Des Voeux Road HN D. HUMPHREYS & BOX.

General Managazi Hongkong, 3rd Nov, 1011.

Kandy, GALA

AGENTS IN JAPAN:

Mem. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd,

BANKEES

Bank of England.

London Joint Block Bank, 14d.

Boalets de Preferred 3501

Paplarberi

du Tonka

Bousfit 8150 hangha-Sumatra T. 20T110 Steade: Laundry

United Asbestos Orien$1000

bal Agency, Tahun

~ VERY dasription of Banking and⠀⠀

Exchange business transse ad. Stocks and hires bought and sold on account of Donstituents Letters of Credit gated on Agoals and Correa- Union Waterbost pondents all over the world.

Interima div. T.1, 16-8-19

Interim' diy, T.1, 15-6-12"

· Do. T.1, 15·9+13.

80 cents on folly paidy

shares and B conta on 81 paid shares for year ending 80-4-12-

Non

$1.50 for 1910

First: Jan

No dividend this ge 50cta, for ye

Foundara Bharas

$100 8800 0108117

cenia, per share for

Interest allowed on Cament Ac- Welzmasin, LabJ. counts at per oral per angOM OD 0 Daily Balance and on Fixed Deponite at eated whos biay be saczrained mon.

polleation,

810

$105.90

40 cents Lör:1911

AYRIGHT AND HORNBY

TO MAUDONALD GLanden)