1913-01-30 — Page 9

COMMERCIAL.

*Shanghal Bullion.

Bar Silver

January 24, 1913.

-d.28.13-16

Mexican Dollars... Tle. 73 17

Dragon Dollum,

Native Bank Rate

Copper Cash

73.

...por Tle. 1,730

Shanghai Gold

Burs S'hai...Tls. 360

Bar Silver

....Tis. 111.15

Native Interest...

Eovereigns: Bk's.

Baying rate... $9.47

Singapore Exchange.

January 22, 1913. On London-Bank 4 m/s 2/4.7.16

Demand

J

2/4.5-32

Private 6 m/s 2/4.29-32 3 m/s 2/4.19-32

On Germany-Bank di 238.1-2|

Private 3 m/s 242.1-2 On Franco-Bank d/d 204

On India-Bunk T.T.

Oa

Private 3 m/s 290

174.1-8 Private 30 d/a .175.5-8

Hongkong-Bankd/d 11.1-8

Private 33 d/s

12.1-8

On Shanghai-Bank did 81

Private 33 d/a

82

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1913.

Entertainments

VICTORIA THEATRE.

DIRECT FROM AMERICA HUGHES

MUSICAL COMEDY COMPANY OF 25 TALENTED ARTISTS-MOSTLY GIRLS, 4 COMEDIANS-ALL FUNNY COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME. The company will play at Canton on 29th and 30th January AND

WHI reopen on Victoria Theatre on 31st January. FOR 3 FAREWELL PERFORMANCES. FRIDAY, 31ST JANUARY.

By general and unanimous request THE HONGKONO'S FAVOURITE THE GRAFTERS

Saturday Matinee 8,80 & Saturday evening Feb, 1st SPEDELBOUNDER'S DREAM

The biggest novelty ever presented in Hongkong. A change of scenery in 23 seconds.

Sunday Matinee 6 p.m. & Sunday Evening Feb. 2nd

The Pretty Musical Comedy

HANS NICK.

1st Time in Hongkong.

Prices, $2 and $1, Soldiers and Sailors 70 Cents.

Notice

Plan at MOUTRIE'S. "

140.1-2 HONGKONG HORTICULTURAL

Private 30 d/s 142.1-21

On Java-Bank T.T.

SOCIETY.

On Japan-Bank

d/d 114.1-4

ANNUAL SHOW.

India Council Bills lost

9.15

1/4.3-32

HE Flower and Vegetable Show THE

will be held on the 7th and 8th starch, in the Botanic Gardens.

Sovereign buying rate $8.54

India Council T.T." last

issue

• Discount

3ms,

Bank of England rates. Bar silver in London -20

Entertainments

BIJOU.

PROGRAMME.

LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM

(Drama)

9.15

Banks

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION.

Head Office1–65, Wall Street, New York, London Offics -36, Bishopsgate, EC.

***BRANCHES --- ·

Bombay

Calcutta

Canton

Cebu

Calon

Empire

Hoogkook

Hankow

Kobe

J

Panama

Paking

San Francisco

Shangbal

Kokoszma

· Captial and“ RoseTTR:.| 7,560,bon (Gol)

about

410,000

EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUS! NESS acted,

CURRENT ACCOUNTS epenal on the sanat

terma

DEPOSITS RECEIVED, fixed, tur;öne yaar, at 4% per annum, or for shorter periods, atenens, which | May be ascertained on application,

BILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED. · HAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES

made.

LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS granjed on all the principal ckiss in the World.

THE HANKS CIRCULAR" LETTERS OF CREDIT ANé available all over the World.

COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT

ined.

PURCHASE and BALE of Stocks and Shares affecund.

TRAVELLERS CHECKS old and carbed.

·GKORGE HOGO, Manager.

9, Queen's Road, Hongkong. 1813

Hongkong, Let Nov., 1912

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED.

Established 1880.

H

Banks

"ONGKUNG' AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

PAIBOP CAPITAL

RESERVE FUNDS)

4 Bracing (1,900,000 39

eliver

UNDERER LEAPULENT OF PRO)

PRIETORN

COURT OF DEUTLICH K

P. H. Armstrong. BaDeputy Chairman

G. Frisshand, Hag

G. B. Laurent, Bag. F. Lieb, E

Hon. Mr.G.H. Bo

Demand. India..

Demand, Manila

T/T. MarksTM

Exchange

11/16 30d/s.Spey & Melbourne...3154

714 30 d/s. San Foo& New York, 10%

214

..2.62 2.64

100 BarSilver, ready:28 5/16

forward

Selling.

Buying,

100,00,T/T £300.00 Demand

30 d/s

2/796 | 4 m/s. L/C 2/-7/164 m/s. D/P

..2/-14

2,000,

60 d/s.

9/18 6 m/s L/0

2/134 2/13/16:

4 ms

T/T. Shanghai

T/T. Singapore

T.T. Japan

.991

86384 m/s, Marks

T.T. India

151

4 m/s. France

BH. Dodwell,

W. Is Pattand

6 m/s, do k..

J. Aithamer, E.

| G. 6. Gubbay, Esq.

T/T, San F'co & New York...4916 T/T. Java

.2814

12296 Gold Leaf per tael.......

T/T. Francs

208 Bank of England rate. 2.5614 Sovereign.

$9.85

Subsidiary Coins.

Malwe, Old

2,450

Discount per $100

Chinese...20 cts. pieces...37 3/16

Patna, New

2,750 perabe.

**

...$736

Hongkong.20 Hongkong.10

$1 ...$63

...8798.

Patna, Old..

2,500

Opium Quotation.

Benares, New

2,800

H. J. STARB, ef Mango.

HONGKONG BAVINGS BANE.

Malwa, Now.

2.625

Chiar MawaGDEN; Hongkong-N. J, BZAKE, Asfixo MaxaqEN. SHANGHAI-A. G. Star.

LONDON BANK-Louis COUL

AND NERIEMERazna Baffi Leszno.

· Howarpp:=-LogSERIES AKKAYIDA

OnOor an area coi có khi, THÁNG ĐÃ ĐÓ HAY Chan | Chinese 10

OK PEEKO BEFŐRZI;

For 3.smiths, 33, yer Onida yuz dizem, Par 4 months. 23 per Oest, per Anza,

THOS

NEUS Budinen of the above Bank

cond cuted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAT BANKING Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 | ma application (1

CORPORATION. Babes may be obtained Paid-up Capital 30,000,000 Reserve Fund......

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA,

Branches Antung-Heien

Jan. 17. $2,200 porpic. Benares, Old. SHARE REPORT.

t nó lên máy trance of the pies Hongkong & Shai $125

FIRO DEPOSIT 47 4 Pan Oxax: p Cantons

For the Honggong AND Bwanawa

Baarsbyen. OdaPUMA IZOM, *-

S-SELLERS

SA-SALE

Socks & PAID UP VALUR.

CLOSING

+

1. 17,500,000 3 the

Hry:RKET en deposits La Dwwed minimum monthly balanses at 127 Pas Greer, por MacTIES,

BANKS,

$835 98.

balances of 1100 SEKURE to the HomeLOOG AND SHANGHAI Bags to be placed s

£85/10

MARINE INSURANCE

Agencies at Nagasaki

$50

$285 sa. & b,

North China

£5

T132 8,**

Bombay

Newohwang

New York

Unions

Two Star Comics

Changchun

Dairen

NEWS OF THE DAY,

Fengtien

Rygiun

Port

Hankow Harbin

(Arthur)

San Francisco

Britlab, French and Russian

Fleets off Constantinople.

Honolulu Kobe

Shanghai

Tishling

105

Great Fire at Johannesburg,

Liao-Yang

Tientsin

London Lyons

Tokyo

"

1/4.1-8 Intending Exhibibitors should send 4.11-10 their entry-forms to the Hon. 8.eret- 5p.c. nry not inter than the 28th February

Copies of Rules and Sobedules may be obtained from the Hon. Secretary.

L. GIBUS,

Shanghai Cotton Market Report.

Mr. A. B. Rosenfeld writes as

ཝཱ་

6 Beaconsfield Arcade.

follows in his Cotton Market Re- Hongkong, 27th Jan, 19.18.

port dated 23rd January:-Chin-

ese Cotton-Fluctuations during

the week have been naimportant Public Companies

and the net change is a decline of

as

GREEN ISLAND CEMENT

COMPANY, LTD. ".

NOTICE IS BEREBY GIVEN

a few points, but with a very steady undertone and many buyers at a shode below the market. Aside from daily tran- sactions, there is still the general conviction in Cotton circles that

that an Extraordinary General current prices are reasonable and feeling of the Green Island Cement. that supplies should be secured ulicos of Messrs. Chows Toms & Co. Company Limited will be held at the offered. They are, how at st. Georgo's Building Chater Road, ever, overlooking the fact that Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong ou the Mills are well supplied Weda eday the 12th day of February for some time to come and 1918 at 12 o'cluor soon was the sub- with nothing in sight so far to juland Resolutions which were pissed at change their views that there will be Extraordinary General Meeting of be plenty of Cotton available for the Company held on the 25th day o fataze consumption feeling con- January 1913 will be submitted for fident that prosent prices will unfirmations spesial Resolutions. ultimately prove too high. What (1) That the Memorandum of Agree the final trend of the market may be after Chinese New Year holi- days is too early to prophecy. As to the campaign undertaken by the Farmers in an effort to force: prices higher has resulted in a ridiculous failure. The laws of supply and demand may be with- stood for a while, but they will rule in the long run and if the price is temporarily forced higher then warranted on a legimate basis, it will undoubtedly swing just that much too low when the dam breaks, Tone of the market, steady.

Liverpool Market:-

Prics of Fine M. C. Bengal..513-16

London, 22 Jan., 1913. Egyptian Cotton F. G. F.

Frown

9.75

Price of Mid-Americans...

6.71

Price of Mid-Americans

last reported

VIN OND

6.08

Tone of market, Quiet.

New York Market:-

Price of Mid-Ame-

rican, Closed.$12.00 Spot Tone of Market,

Steady $0.12.17 Feb. $0.11.07 Mar.

Indian Market:

Feb.-Mar.

Broach New Crop Rps. 541

Yostmahl do.

54

Bengal do.

46

D

Tone of Market, Steady.

Notice

LESSONS IN CHINESE.

M

RLHON FAN,Chinese gradante versed in literature,

has been a taicher to European officials. and marchants in this Colony for over!

sten FasTE.

He has a good method ef training Europeans to pass in the Chinese: ex- amination, and is ponsorsed of feat rate cortificate a Chineza tescher, He bas also a good knowledge of Mandarla and Hakki.

who intend leasing the Chin- Bruge are requested to write care Peing refah

ment beating date the nineteenth day of April 1019 mod made between Josep Whittlesey No ble, the Honsurable Air, Edward Osborne and the Honourable Mr. Hoary Edward Pollock (Members of the Committee ap- piated by the Shareholders of the Green Island Orment Com- pany Limited at the Annual General Meeting of that Com- pany held on the twoaty filth day of Diatch 1911) of the uno part and Shawan Tomes & Co. in their capacity of General Managers of the Groen Inland Urment Company Limited of the other part as supplemented by letter beating date the eiglith day of May 1912 and addressed by the said Shewan Tomas & Co. an such General Managers as aforesaid to the abre named Members of the above mentioned Committee and by the letter of sach members in answer thereto bearing date the 14th day of May 1912, be and the same is hereby ratified and confirmed by the Shareholders of the said Company.

(2) That the regulations contained

la the copy of the proposed Bow

WINTER SPORTS AT BOLEDA | Calcutta

and

Meet of The Royal Stag Hounds.

Latest War Scenes.

い

Miss CECILE STEPHANO

7.15

(Classical Contralto Vocalist). Miss DOLLY SWIFT.

(Soubrette).

PICTURES ONLY

THEATRE

7.15

ROYAL

CITY HALL. ·

Commencing:---

TUESDAY, FEB. 4, 1913.

Farewell Visit of THE EMINENT ACTOR ALLAN WILKIE

and full London Co., including MISS FREDISWYDE HUNTER-WATTS.

Sir

The Greatest and Most Versatile Actress that has avor visited the East. TUESDAY, February 4th. Louis N. Parker's Great Uostume Draxia

THE CARDINAL. (as played at the Dt. James'

Thestra London). WEDNESDAY, Fadinary 5th. GEO. DU MAURIER'S Play ́

TRILBY

ARTHUR PINERO'S Domestic THURSDAY. February 6th.

Jomedy

SWEET LAVENDER. MONDAY, February 10. SHAKESPEARE'S FARCICAL

COMEDY

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW.

TUESDAY, February Alta, OSCAR WILDES Play LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. (positively last performance in Hongkong) Booking et Messz. MUUTRIE & Co.

1

Prices, $3, $2 and $1

Curtala at 9.15 p.m.

1

IL

Osaka

Pekin

Interest Allowed on Current Account.

Deposits received for fixed periods at rates to be obtained on application.

EISHI ONO,

Manager. Hongkong, 11th Jan., 1913.

118

Public Gompanies

THE KOWLOON LAND AND

BUILDING COMPANY

LIMITED.

́N, J. STABB, Chief Manage

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.

Yangtzes

Hongkong Fires

SHIPPING

$100 $830 sa. & by.

£50 $1921 b.

B-BUYERS

LAST DIVIDEND AND 'DATE),

£2.0.0 at ex 2/-1/16 equal to $19.95, for 14 year ending 30°6′12

$18 for 1911

Interim of 10/- for 1911 Final of 820 making 3501

for 1909 and Interim 'of $30 for 1911- $12 for 1909 an 1 Int. of

$3

on account of 1910

$7 & b's of $2 for 1910

5p.c. for year end'g 30'6'12

Dividend of $1 for halft

year ending 30'612 (6 p.o. for year 1910 on

preferred shares

FIRE INSURANCES. China Fires

China & Manilas

$20 8150 $50 $384

$25 $10

b.

8,

$27 for 1910.

$1 for 1906

Douglas Steamship $50 $34

.b.

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON.

Paid-up Capital

..£1,200,000

Steamboata

$15 $284

(Freferred)

£5.685

(Deferred)

41138a

£11

{$10 $3636

REFINERIES,

Reserve Fund... £1,650,000 Indo-Chinas. Reserve Liability of

Proprietors......£1,200,000

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Shell" Transporte £1 General Banking business trans-

noted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- "Star, Ferry" ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re-

ceived for 1 year or shorter periods China Sugara $100 $1081

(1/- per share Coupon No.

19

15 p.c. for year ending

30.4.12

$5 for 1911

at rates which will be quoted on Luzon Sugars $100 $2816 sa, & b. #3, for 1897

MINING.

application, Wm. DICKSON, Chinese Engineerings £1 35/-

Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. 122 DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE

Capital Fully

BANK:

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN NOTI

that the TWENTY FOURT

Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000 ORDINARY MEETING SHARE Head Office. Shanghai, HOLDERS ja thisOMPANY will

Board of Directors-Berlin. be lield at the COMPANY'S

Branches: OFFICES, VICTORIA BUILD-Berlin Caloutta Canton INGS on MONDAY 10th Febigary, Hamburg Hankow Kobe 1918 at noon, for the purpose of re Peking Singapore Tientsin ceiving the REPORT of the DIRECTsinanfu Tsingtau. Yokohama. TORS together with STATEMENT LONDON BANKERS: of AGO FUNTS for the year sudi.g Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons.. 91st Decembar 1913, *

The Union of London and Smith's Bank, Limited.' Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Agenov. Direction der Disconto Gesell-

The REGISTER A SHARES of the COMPANY will be cload four Satuid y. 1st: Fbusy to Monday 10th February, 1913, (buth-daya" inoliisive) which period an TRANSFER, SHARES can be registered.

By order of the Board of Direc- tor MOWBRAY 8. NORTHCUTE. Art ng Sucretary to the Hongkong Land Investment and Ageasy Co, Ld Agents for the Kowloon Land and Hongkour, 24th Jan. 1918, Building Co., La.

Notices

132:

STOCK BROKERS ASSOCIA- TION OF HONGKONG. NOTICE.

Articles of Association of the Public Companies THE COMMITTEE has decide?

Green Teland Cement Company

CHINA PROVIDENT. LOAN AND MORTGAGE

Limited (which for the purpose of identification bare been aubsoribed. by Mess. Shewan THE Tomes & Co.. General Managam of such Company, and which may be Inspected by any Shareholder of the said Company at the Offices of the fald General Managers at 8t.. George's Building, Chater Road,

00., LD.

(Capital Paid Or.....$1,250,000,)

Victoria in the Colony of Hong Lonas on Morigige of House Property kong, or at the Offices of

Messrs. Deacon Looker Deason Goods received on Storage,

and Harston at No. 1 Des Admacer made on Merchandis Voeux Road Central, Victoria Loans made on the Provident System. aforerald, on any wrekday be (Rates and Fatticalate on application). tween the hours of 10 am and Azan OrgioN OF 4 p.m.) be and the eams are TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF hereby adopted as the Articles WILLS, ATTORNEY, &o,, of the said Compasy to the ex- **Undertaken and Irecuted. clusion of and in abstitution for all the existing Artiolee thereof.

sted this 27th day of January 1913. SHEWAN TOMES & CO.

GABENALAND GEKENT

**** SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,

General Managers." tong, 19th March, 1808

that the shall be the Bottling Days for 1910

THURSDAY, 30th January. --/THURSDAY, 27th February. FRIDAY 28tli March.

29th April 29th May.

TUESDAY, THURSDAY,

FRIDAY;". .:27th Juna.

WEDNESDAY, 80th July, FRIDAY: MONDAY": THURSDAY!! FRIDAY, MONDAY,

2018 Angast

30th September 80th October, 28th November. 29th December

1186

Hongkong, Zūth Jan, 1913,

3

schaft.. INTEREST allowed on Current Account DEPOSITS received on terms which may be learned on application. Every description of Banking and Exchange busi- nose transacted.

ARTIMMERSCHEIDT, Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED. Authorised Capital. Subscribed

Paid Up Reserved Fund

Tronohs

£185/- £134

Raubs Kowloon Wharfs 850 $76 H.K. &W'poa Dooks $50 $59 Shanghai Docks T. 100 T.73 Hongkow Wharfs T. 100 T.107

LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS, Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94

$115 b.. Hongkong Hotels $50

¡$73 b. Hongkong Lands 8100 8101) ex. div. Humphreys Estates $10 $84 b." Shanghai Lands T. 30 T. 89 Kowloon Lands $30 $36 b.

West Points:

Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8

COTTON HILLS.

DOCKS, WHARVES, & O'DOWNS.

1/6 per shares final 1911) (Coupon No. 18) J 7/6 per share on 150,000 1/2 for 1909 Duper

$3 for year end'g 31.12.11 $1 final dividend for

year 1912

Tls. 3 for 1912

Interim ofT. 3, for 1918

Tis. 6.29'2:10 ·

$3.on.eld shares, $1.50)

balf

on newshares for half year 30'6'12

Final div. of 83% making $7 for 1912

40 cents for 1911 82:75 for 1911

5 p/o. for half to 30'6'12 850 $541 ex. div. Final of 82.25 making

$4.25 for 1912

Ewas

T. 50. T.138 Hongkong Cottons $10 19 8. & B. China-Borneos

MISCELLANEOUS.

$12 $104 Do. (Spec. shares) $1 Light and Powers $101 182.80 China Providenta $10 $914 Dairy Farme Green Islands

15 per cent. for 1910

T4 for year ended 31'10'10)- T7 for year ended 2012-10)

50 cents $1.7:08

$1 for 1911

b.

.8.

70 cents for 1911

#6 323 B. $10 8416

Hongkong Electrics $10 82614 £1,500,000 Hongkong Ices, $25 $200

1,125,000

HEAD OFFICE:

562,000 Hongkong Ropes

*365,000

40, Threadneedlo Street, London, E.O. BRANCHES:

Bombay. Kandy.

Howrah. Singapore.

Calcutta Galle.

Delhi

Penang

Madras. Kota Bahm, Kelantan, Karachi. Kuala Lumpur, F.M,S. Rangoon. Hongkong.

Colombo. Shanghai.

AGENTS IN JAPAN:- Mosara. Jardine, Matheson

& Co., Ltd. BANKERS:

Bank of England:

London Joint Stock Bank, Ltd,

Langkats

Morning Post Peak Tramway

Do. (new) Philippines

810 #1914

10T.73%

$25 $22 $1081114

$181 810

H. Price & Co., Ld. $10

· 1

Pro Societe desferred

Pulposet$50 $30 Papierteriespaid'

du Tonkin up 850

Benefit $150" Shanghal-Sumatras T. 20.T.150 Steam Laundry

358414

NOTICE. IT has been decided in form a 8 and Exchange Business Oriental Agency, $10 3914

EVERY description of Banking United Asbestos Patrick's Booty in Hongkong transacted. Stocks and Shares Ld..... and within View thereto all Irishmen in bought and sold on account of United Asbestos

Colony to requested to at once Constituents. Letters of Credit farnish their names and addresses to granted on Agenta and Corres- |*

Founders Shares AlH&G Tokion of KetarE.

pondents all over the world. Union Waterboat

Interest allowed on Current Ac-an counts at 2 per cent per sunum Welemana, Ltd. on Daily Balance and on Fixed Watson Deposits at rates which

may be

William Powell ascertained on application,

F.O. MACDONALD,

Corrected to 17:30 TURY

Stokes and Maitée or to D E. Do nelly of Messrs. Garget Qual If Unibic fit reponts,

Cakes 50 and berely a moeljo k

to be arrangeu of cluab dne

Hongkong, 21th Jong 1919,

1181

$10 $300

$10 $14- b.

$10 $15 $10 $634

$1.25 for year end

sa. 40 cents for 1911'

$1.40 per share

Interim of $2 for 1912.

$1 interim account 1912.

Tls. 4% for 1912 None

80 cents on fully paid shares and 8 cents on $1-paid shares for year ending 30:412 SA None $1.50 for 1910.

Nono

No dividend this year 50 cts. for year end 8.9051

(20 per cent: per ordinary share for year ended 3151912

75 cents per share for ending 31:12 1911 25 per cent for your

end 30

r1910

80'6 19