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COMMERCIAL.

Home Commercial and Produce

Markets.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9, 1913.

Entertainments

THEATRE

ROYAL

national defence, and as I have mentioned the State Treasury is destitute of funds. Thus, the time demands that Government and people unite in economising the State expenditure as much March 7, 1013.

as possible to save every sen or NEW BANDMANN The Bank rate "remains un- changed at 5 per cent. The Oparin, and rescue the country from market rate for short loans is dit financial straits. For what OPERA COMPANY.

price of bars is 27 5-10d. per oz.

reason' in these circumstances

J

TO-NIGHT

Farewell Performance

and by special request

Banks

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION,

Head Offendo, Wall Street, New York, Londen Oficer-36, Aladopagite, Z.C.

Exchange

Banks

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORA.

TION.

Selling.

T/T. Domand.....

1/11/2

Buying.

4 m/s. L/C

..1/11 9/16

..2/- 1/16

***.7/1136 } 4 m/s. D/P.....

.2/-3/16

Paid-up Capital... .$15,000,000 30 d/s RESERVE FUNDS: -

60 d'a

4 m/s

1/11 11/18) 6m/s. L/C.....................................2/4 .1/11 19/1690d/s. S'ney & Melbourne...8/- 5/16

T/T. Shanghai.7314 30 da. San Fco & Now York. 4854 T/T. Singapore........... ..84

BRANCHES :-

Bombay

·Calcutta

CEALOO

Kola Mazlie Mealco

Cabu

Sterling

Colaa

Paking

San Francisco

£1,500,000 at 2/-

Hongkong Hankow

Shanghai Yokohama

$15,000,000

Bilver

7,000,000

TT. Japan

T.T. India

_832,200,000 Demand, India

Demand, Manilo

Capital and Reserve........7,ada,non (Gold)

about.....$19,000 EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI

CURRENT ACCOUNTS optoed on the sana.

"DEPOSITA RECEIVED, Axed for one year di 4% per annum, or for shorter perioda, as anted, which may be ascertained on application.

HILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED, MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS traced

per cent., and discount of four should the Nippon Yasen Kaisha months Bank billa 4 0-10 to 4.5-8 be so bountifully favoured? If per cent. The Silver market has the money granted were used been somewhat gloomy, and the productively, the grant would be Owing to the enormous succes8 NESS tractod The rabber share market has of the money granted only for- more tolerable, but a part at least been on the dull side, and quota sera corruption in the adminis tions have receded. The reportstrative and legislative bodies are issued of the Chartered Bank

(Applause.) of India, Australia, and China, in the Deutsche Bank, and the. London, Singapore, and Java

Bank. The Banque Sino-Bolge is Public Gompanies

about to increase its capital from f.15,000,000 to £30,000,000. On CHINA TRADERS' INSUR- 4th inst. £3,000,000 of Japanese "ANCE COMPANY LIMITED,

yearling" bills and short notes NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. were taken by discount houses and Stook Exchange firms. The NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that the Forty-Seventh Or-

| AUTUMN MANOEUVRES "

Booking for "The Count of Lux-d

will be ropeated.

embourg" will stand good for

"Autumn Manceuvres." PRICES AS USUAL.

Doors open at 8.30, Commence at 9.Sharp.

Booking at MOUTRIE & CO.

F

BIJOU.

9.15

PROGRAMME.

LATEST PHOTO.PLAYS

on all the principal cities in the World.

THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT are available sil over the World

COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT.

Finued.

PURCHASE and SALE of Stocks Rod Share acted,

TRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and casbad,

GEORGE NOGG.

Manager.

́9, Queen's Road, Hongkong, Hoagkorg, Ist Nov., 1912 1918

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED.

Established 1880.

The Biter Bit (American Comic), Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital ... 30,000,000 Reserve Fund...... 18,200,000

The Vision-Glorious

Love & Boxing (By Max Linder), The Amateur Polsoner (Comic)

(Comic by Prince)

Board of the East Asiatic Com-dinary Yearly Meeting of the 9.15 pany at Copenhagen have declar Company will be held at its Hond ad a dividend of 8 per cent, and Office No. 2, Queen's Buildings, the Manila Electric Railroad and Hongkong, on Wednesday, the Lighting Corporation a'dividend 16th April, 1913, at 12.15 p.m. for of 11 per cent for the quarter the Directors together with the purpose of receiving the report of ending March 31. The China Tes market is quiet, but steady. Cof.statement of account to 31st De- cember, 1912, and of declaring fee has met with steady demand

Dividends, &c. and previous rates were main- tained. Sugar olases quiet at rather higher prices, after a fair businesa, Both Singapore Pepper and White Tepper aro quiet, but By Order of the Board, prices show little cliange. Rice

C. MONTAGUE EDE,

Secretary, remains quiet but steady. Manila

(267

The transfer books of the Com- pany will be closed from 6th April to the 16th April both days inclu- sivo.

Hemp has been firm and dearer, Hongkong, 1st April, 1913.

with good sales. Plantation Rub- THE HONGKONG, CANTON &

ber has been dull and prices

somewhat lower, good average Shoot being quoted at about 3e. 11d. por lb. Fine Hard. Para in 3s. 10.1-2J. per lb. Straits Tin £217,10 to £218 for cash, and £214 to £274 10s. for three monthe

MACAO STEAMBOAT.CO.,

LIMITED.

NOTICE.

NEWS OF THE DAY

Miss CECILE STEPHANO (a) “Take me back to

the garden of love," (b)" My Esatern Dreamland." (Specially Written by A Local

Amateur).

Miss VIOLET BONETTA. (a) "Come up some Rainy Afternoon,"

13

Head Office, "YOKOHAMA,

Agencies at Nagasaki Newchwang New York

Osaka

Reserve Liability of

Proprietors.ớn

..$15,000,000 | T/T, San F'oo & New York COURT OF DIRECTORS, T/T. Java

F. H. Armstrong, Esq.- Chairman T/T. Marks Hon. Mr. C. H. Rose Deputy T/T. Francs

Chairman.

8. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. Friesland, Esq.

O. 8. Qubbay, Esq.

G. R. Laurenz, Esq.

F. Lieb, Esq.

W. L. Pattenden, Esq, J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shellim," H. A. Siebs, Esq. CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stabb, MANAGER. Shanghai A. G, Stephen. London Bankers-London County and Westminster Limited.

Hongkong-Interest All owed.

On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent. por Annum on the daily balance.

ON FIXED DEPOSITS.

.96

4 m/s. Marks

.206)

.146 4 m/s. Francs

1466 m/s. do

96

BarSilver. ready

.........27 3/16

47

forward

.2794

.118)

Gold Leaf per tael......

..50

..200

2.4734

Bank of England rate.....

..8%

Sovereign

$10.14

Malwa, Old

3,100 1

Chinese...20 cts. pieces...8796

Patna, New

3,350 per obe

Chinese...10

Hongkong.20

.8614

Hongkong.10

...37 9/16.

Opium Quotation.

| Malwa, New

Mar. 28. ..$3,000 perpio.

Patna, Old

Benares, New

Benares, Old.....

3,200

9,400

3,250

Subsidiary Coins.

Discount per $100

SHARE REPORT.

For 3 months, 24 per cent por Hongkong & Shai $125

S-SELLERS

SA-SALE

B-BUYERS

Stocka & Pain U? Valok··

BANKS.

CLOSING

•1) TOMS

$810

£81/10/-

8,

$50 $290 £5 T136

b,

$100 $845

b.

£50 $200

b.

FIRE INSURANCES;

MARINE INSURANCE, Cantons For 12 months, 4 per cent, per North China

Annum,

Branches Antung-Hsien Bombay Calcutta Changohtin Dairen Fengtien Harbin Hankow Honolulu Kobe

Annum.

Pekin

For 6 months. 3 per cent por

Ryolun

Port

Annum

(Arthur)

San Francisco

Shanghai

Tiehling

Liao-Yang

Tientsin

London Lyons

Tokyo

Los Angeles

7.15

(b) "Bands up i

PICTURES ONLY

VICTORIA THEATRE.

OTICE IS HEREBY GINEN 7.15

that Scrip Cortificate No.: 7542 issued" 30th May 1910, for twenty-five shares uumber 39786/ The N. Y. K. Subsidy. |39790, 7439/7445, and 27026/27038, Mr. Fukuzawa in the course of of this Company in the name of the debate on the Japanese Bud-Gabrie Poullet Osier has been in the Lower House recently lost, and should the same not be attacked the Government in produced before the 10th April regard to the grant of a large 1913, New Scrip Certificate will subsidy to the Nippon Yusen be issued to the said Gabriel Kaisha. The Asahi" gives the tions taking place under the said Poullet Osier, and no Transac- following raport of the speech: Scrip Certificate No. 7542 will be "The Government is annually recognised by the Company. paying a sum of Y200,000 to the

W. E. CLARKE, Japan Hypothee Bank as a foe for

Secretary, issuing savinge debentures of the Noko banks. I believe that this fee might be entirely stopped. OF CANTON, LIMITED. The authorities of the bank are NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS, living in luxurious style, and are making enormous, profits, the NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

Hongkong 11th March, 1913., UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY |

that the Fortieth Ordinary

TUESDAY, 8th

"The Iron Master," 3,000 ft. long. The Great Eclair Film,

Look out for the Great Picture,

LES MISERABLES Which will be produced in a Few Days, WATCH HAND BILLS. Enormous Success of the

FAMOUS ARTIST ·

Miss ARKAS. Songs in English, Russian, PortuguesS & Italian, The Charming Serio Dancer

· FREDA ARDEA,

Notices

LESSONS in Chinese.

Interest Allowed on Current Account. Deposite received for fixed periods at rates to be obtained on application.

EISHI ONO

Manager. Hongkong, 31st Mar, 1913. [18

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal"

*Charter 1853.

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. Paid-up Capital ' ..........£1,200,000 Reserve Fund...£1,850,000 Reserve Liability of

Proprietors£1,200,000-

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and shareholders receiving the high rearly Meeting of the Society

General Banking business trans- dividend of 12 per cent, per will be held at its Head Office No. MRLI HUN FAN, A Chinese CCUR annum. What seems to me por 2, Queen's Buildings, Hongkong.

graduate worked in literature, CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ticulary objectionable is the on Wednesday, the 16th April, has been a teacher to Europest officialsed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- special assistance given to the 1913, at Noon, for the purpose of and merebants in this Dolony for overceived for 1 year or shorter periode at rates which will be quoted on Nippon Yucon Kaisha by the receiving the report of the Direc- you.

He has a good method of training application. Government. If you examine the tors together with the statement

A.S. HEWÈTT, half-yearly accounts of the Nippon of account to 31st December, 1912, Europeans to pass in the Chinese - Yusen Kaisha you will find some and of declaring Dividends & amination, and is possessed of a first

ind of doclaring Dividend So-rate certifictite as Chinese teacher. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. wonderful figures. The capital of the Nippon Yusen Kaisha is ciety will be closed from 6th the has also a good knowledge of

April to the 16th April both days Mandarin and Hakka Y22,000,000, and the assets of the inclusive. company amount to Y62,000,000. By Order of the Board, -nearly three times the ospital

C. MONTAGUE EDE,

Scoretary. [270

-and of these assets Y22,500,000

(more than the amount of capital) Hongkong, 1st April, 1913.

ia represented by cash or negoli

able securities. The net profit

of the company for the year be-

Those who intend learning the Chin- se language are juested to write care THE of "Hongkong Is gmph"-otice of direct to 87 Hollywood fund, 1st floor

Hongkong, 25th Jan. 1911. [14)

Acting Manager.

Notices

OHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE: LO., LTD.

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

N. J. STABB, Chief Manager. Unions

HONGKONG SAVINGS, BANK Yangtzes

THE Business of the above China Fires

Bank is conducted by the Hongkong Tiros HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

SHIPPING.

b.. $20 $148

$21.71 for 1

LAST DIVIDEND AND DATE.

£2/5/-at ox 2/-3 equal to

ending 31/12/12

818 for 1911

year

Interim of 10 f 1911 Final of $20 making $501 for 1909 and Interim of $30 for 1911

$12 for 1909 and Int, ofl

$3 on account of 1910ƒ

$7 & b's of $2 for 1910 -

$50 $356 nominal.....$27 for 1912.

$25 $834 8.

| BANKING. CORPORATION. China & Manilas

Rules may be obtained on ap- Douglas Steamship 850 838 b. plication.

Steamboats INTEREST on deposits is al lowed on the minimum monthly Indo-Chinas balances at $3. Per Cent. per an- num.

Depositors may transfer at their option, balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 Per Cent, per

anaum-

Star Ferry"

REFINERIES. China Sugars For the Hongkong and Shang-Luzon Sugars hal Banking Corporation,

N.J. STABB, Chief Manager. Chinese Engineeringe £1 32/6

$1 for 1906

5 p.o.for year end′g30'6'12" Dividend of $1 for half

year ending 31'12-12 fé p.c. for year 1910 on

preferred shaTËS

[1/- per share Coupon No

$15 $2714 b.

"

(Preferred) (Deferred)

Shell" Transports £1

}

£5 $99 sa,

115/-

19

£11

b.

{$10 $45

b.

15 p.e. for year ending

30.4.12

$100 $105 $100 $38

b.

$3 for 1913

b.

$3 for 1897

1/6 per shares final·19111

(Coupon No. 18)

£175 Rauba

£1 $3.75 DOCKS, WHARVES, &'G'DOWNS. Kowloon Wharfs $50 $77 H.K. & Wpos Docks $50 $70

b.

7/6 per share on 150,000

1/2 for 1909

60,

b.

$4.50 for year 1912

$1' final dividend for

year 1912

for

Shanghai Dooks T. 100 · T.6234 Hongkow Wharfs T. 100 T.108)

b.

b.

DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE Tronohs

Capital Fully

BANK.

Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000 Head Office-Shanghai. Board of Directors-Berlin. Branches: Berlin Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsin Tsinanfu Tsingtau Yokohama. LONDON BANKERS:

The Union of London and Smith's Messrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons.

MINING.

LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS

Anglo French Lands T.100,T,94 ·

$115 b.

Hongkong Hotels $50

$76 b.

Humphreys Estates $10 $3.40 sa Hongkong Lands $100 $10714 b.

Bank, Limited.

Kowloon Lands

b.

·$30 $35 Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London

Shanghai Lands T. 30. T. 89 Agency.

West Points

$50 $57 Direction der Disconto Gesell- schaft. INTEREST allowed on Current Manila M'pole Hotel F10. P. 8 Account. DEPOSITS received

Ewos

T. 50 T. 141 on terms which may be learned

COTTON MILLS.

INDO-CHINA STEAM NAVI- KELLY & WALSH, LTD, Loans on Mortgage of House Pro-on application. Every description Hongkong Cottons 810 810

GATION CO, LTD.,

"HE BOARD OF DIREC- fore last amounted to 10,000,000, THE

TORS having declared 6% ] or 40 per cent. on the capital, and yet the enormous Fume of Dividend on Preference Shares in Y5,000,000 is paid to the Com-payment of arrears, notice is Share pany by the Government se hereby given that the

Transfer Books of the Company 8 subsidy. This

will be closed as from 7th April more than 20 per cent, of the to 15th April, both days inclusive. capital. I there any necessity JARDINE MATHESON for granting a large subsidy to

& CO. LTD.,

General Managers. a company making each hand-

grant is

some profits, and provided with Hongkong 7th April, 1913.

such enormous fande at a time

when the State Treasury is suffer-

ing from want of money? The grant of the subsidy to the Ear-

opean and American services of

the company cannot be discon-

tinued now, as the contract

Notices

NOTICE.

INSTITUTION OF

1280

is still in force; I recognise ENGINEERS & SHIPBUIL

that. But the contract for

the subsidy to the Australian

DERS, HONGKONG.

service expires at the end of the A paper will be read by Mr.

attend.

J.

CAMBRIDGE 'MANUALS,

80 cents each,

Brewing, A. Chaston Chapman. The Individual 'Ja the animal Kladom, Julian 8, Huxley.

The Psychology of Insanity,

Bernard bart, The Work of Rain & Rivers,

TG. Bonney House Files & How they spread Disease, C. G. Hewitt.

The Origin of Earthquaes,

C. Larison. Early Religious Poetry of the Hebrews, E. G. Kiog.

Brasses, J. S. M. Ward. The English Puritans, Johns

*

Brown.

ATHLETIO SPORTS will bS!

I

perty, &c.

Goods received on Storage. Advances made on Berchandise: Loans made on the Provident

System,

System.

of Banking and Exchange busi- ness transacted.

R. TIMMERSCHEIDT,

Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Tis, 3 for 1912

Interim' of Tls.3, for 1912

Tls. € 29'2'10

$3 on old shares, $1.50)

on new shares for half year 31*12*12**

Final div. of $334 making -67-for-1918-

40 cents for 1912. $2.80 for 1912

5p. c. for half to 306′12

b.

Final of $2,25 making

$4,25 for 1912

15 per cent. for 1910 4.

b.

T4foryear ended 31′10′′101

$129 b. ex. div.

63

8,

China-Borneos Light and Powers $101 Do. (Spec. shares) 81 ƒ

$10 $84 8. [2 China Providents

Dairy Farms $6 $2512 b.

810 184.30 Hongkong Electrics $10 $3134

(Rates and Particulars on ap. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF Green Islands

plicatio.).

༣་

OF

The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR

WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c., Undertaken and Executed.

SHEWAM, TO IES & Co. General Manager. Hongkong, 19th March, 1908

THE FAMINE IN CHINA..

32

INDIA, LIMITED.

Authorised Capital Subscribed

Paid Up Reserved Fund

b.

b.

".

......£1,500,000 Hongkong Ices.

1,125,000 Hongkong Ropes

562,000 415,000

.:"825 $175

$10 $1934

b.

HEAD OFFICE: 40, Threadneedle Street, London, E.C. BRANORES:

10 T.6214 35.

f

EIGHT Fale Districts with an Bombay. Kandy.

·5:87)

Bank of England, and

Langkate

Morning Post

Peak Tramway.

$25 $22

$10 $11%

Do, (new) $1 81 b. Bongkong Electric Trams(6/9

$10 $5 Philippines

H. Prioe & Co., Id. $10 16

Pre Bopietel, des formed

Pulpeset $50 1830 Paplerteries paid! du Tonkin

up50 Benefit $150 Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20T.150

London Joint Stock Bank, Ltd, Steam Laundry

azon of 50,000 square miles. Calcutta. Galle, si The Natural History of Coal, TWO and a half million peop's Howrah. Singapore.

Delhi. Penang. E. A. N. Arber | facing stravation o NOTICE.

PLEASE SEND YOUR CONTRI- Madras. Kota Bahm, Kelantan. BUTION TO-DAY. Karachi, Kuala Lumpur, T.M.8. THE HONGKONG SCHOOLS IT WILL HELP TO SAVE LIFE-Rangoon. Hongkong, Macdonald (momber) ou held on the Racecourse on Thurs- Manager, International Banking Co...

Treasuri, H. O. GULLAND, Hiqr' Colombo: Shanghai.

AGENTS IN JAPAN: present fiscal year; the contract is Friday, 11th April 1913, in the day, April 17th, commencing at poration, Shangh

Messrs. Jardine, Matheson to be renewed in the coming Institute at 9.15 p.m.

Subject. 12 noon,

&Co., Ltd. Hongkong. Alih Jaunavu 1919 fiscal year, and I trust that it will. "The Load Line, Members Heats will be run off on Wed-

BANKERS: be deemed proper for the Govern and their friends are invited to nesday, April 16th, commencing GREEN ISLAND CEMENT ment to reduce the amount of the

R, B. WOOD, grant by one-half-that is, a

Becretary,

COMPANY, LIMITED. reduction only, of Y200,000 from Hongkon, 8 April, 1918,

(#92

PORTLAND, CEMENT the total proposed to be granted.

Gentlemen, just think in what THE HONGKONG GYMK. oiroumstance the nation finds

HANA CLUB. itself to day. You are well aware without my telling you that the subjects of the Empire are grey ously oppressed by the heavy burden of taxation, and they complain bitterly of the difficulty of living. The Government is contemplating a demand for

at 2 p.m.

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB, NOTICE.

THE HALF-YEARLY MEET- ING of the above Club will be held on SATURDAY, the 19th ENTRIES for all events in the April 1913, at 12.30 p.m., at the First Gymkhana Mesting Offices of the Hongkong Jockey

-In Casks of 375 lbs, net.

In Bags of 250 lbs, net,

United Asbestos

EVERY description of Banking Oriental Agency, $10 $912

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO. General Manager.

and Exchange business Ld. transaoted. Stooks and Shares United Asbestos bought and sold on account of

Founders Shares Constituents, Letters of Credit granted, on Agents and Corres-Union Waterboat pondents all over the world.

$10 $300 $10 $171

$10 $18 01087

close to the Hon. Secretary, Club, on the Ground Floor of the Hongkong, 16th August, 1901 [3 Interest allowed on Current Ac. Weismann, Ltd. Hongkong Gymkhana Club to Hongkong Club Annexe, Chater morrow the 9th instant, at the Road Hongkong Club at 7 p.m.

REGINALD F. O. MASTER.

By Order,

If you Lappen to be iste your meals T.F. HOUGH,

will be Dourely & Promptly Serve Clerk of the Course, just the Same Quly at The ALEX- heavy expenditure on worka of Hoogkong 8th, April 19_0........ (886 Hongkong 5th April, 1913, [279) ANDEL CAVE,

Hon. Sooy, & Treasurer.

counts at 2 per cent per annum Watson, on Daily Balance, and on. Fixed william Powell

· Corrected to tugo pome Deposits at rates which may be ascertained on application.

F,C MACDONALD, des Broken: 1. De Vorni

T7 for year ended 2012-10

50 cents 317.08

85 cents for 1912:

1

70 cents for 1912

$1.25 for year end'g 31'712

40 cents for 1911.

$1.40 per share

Final of $8 for 1912

$1 interim account 1912

Tla. 434 for 1912 ·

None

80 cents on fully paid' shares and 8 cents on $1 paid shares for year ending 30'4'12

None

None'

$1.50 for 1910

None

No dividend this year 50 ots. for year and g 3051

(20 per cent, per ordinary share for year, onded $15′1012) 51

$1. per share for yearl

ending 31'12'1912

25 per cent for year

ending 31711

30 cents for 1910

40 ota, yearending 30'6'12"

WRIGHT AND HORNBY