1913-05-12 — Page 9

COMMERCIAL,

The Tronoh Output.

We are advised by the general manager that the output of Tronoh.. Mines, Ltd., in April was as follows:-Flug mino pale 3,085.11, "from" tributers pioula 352:35, total piruls 3,417 46.) ;.. Estimated value: From a ne 8211,414,36, from tributers $24,184.90, total $235,500.35. Estimated "profit: From ming $95,400, om tribut. $1,352 total $90,752.

Sungel Way Estate.

At the annual meeting of the Sungei Way Rubber Company at Glasgow, Me, Thomas Obrislie, who presided paid the Govern- ment of the Fedoratod Mrlay States still ignored the need for s first-rate port on the western side, and, with railway and reads in need of much expenditure, could only get rid of their excessive" funde by buying a Singapore railway and paying for a Dread- nought. The pnciple of Great Britain taking from a dependency

THE" HONGKONG - TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1913.

Entertainments

KINETOPHONE

EDISON'S

LATEST · INVENTION.

MOTION PICTURES.

TALKING PICTURES

TERRITORIAL RIGHTS

AND

KINETOPHONES

SOLE

ON LEASE ONLY.

RIGHTS FOR CHINA

HELD BY

Banks

CORPORATION.

Banks

INTERNATIONAL BANKING HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

Hand Offer:-60, Wall Street, New York, Landon Office36, Blahopagats, E.C.

BRANCHES :-

Ram hay

Calcutta,

Canton

Ciba

Colop

Emple

Hougkong

Hankaw

Kobe

MADHA

Aferico

Panama

Peking

San Francisco

Shanghai Yokohama

Capital and Reserve...............$7,000,000 (Gold)

about......1,60,000

KVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI NESS transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the man

terms.

DEPOSITS RECEIVED, fixed for one year a 42 neum, or for shorter periods, at sales, which may be ascertained!

BILIS NEGOTIPalica LLECTED,

MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES MALO.

LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS grmuted on all the principalelties in the World

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

COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT PURCHASE and SALE of Stocks and Shares

framed.

ecia

TRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and cashad,

GEORGE BOG0, Manager.

9, Queen's Road, Hongkong, Hongkong, 1st Nov., 1912

THE

1912

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

INDIA, AND. THE

PHILIPPINĖS

YOKOHA

AGENCY,

P.O.. BOX 225.

Cable Address: KINETOPHON-

which was alle i nder the THE EDISON KINETOPHONE

thumb of the Colonial Oflice more

than £2,000,00Ywas quite wrong,

and was not light cause it

wore a patriotic quise,

Shanghai Cotton Market

Mr. A. B. Derfeld, writs na MARKED SUCCESS! follows in his rottan market

-

porta datid May 21 hora could hardly bois to chronicle of the Cotton market than the past week he brought forth.. Uver idleness and indifference have apparently prevailed throughout the Cotton Trade and the general tendency have for the time almes' cea id to Fave what can I called fluctuations of pric. Reipta from the interior marts are almost nil, whilst ! id cotton is koping fo and likely to do so tez some ma to

A TRIUMPH.

CITY HALL.

TO-MORROW

TUESDAY, 13th MAY

BIJOU.

9-15; PROGRAMME. The Living Statue-

9.15

LIMITED.

Established 1880.

Exchange

Buying.

.2/-11/16

2/13/16

...2. 13/15

2/-164 m/s. L/O .2/-3/16 4 m/s. D/P .

9/-96 300 1.8'ney & Melbourne 2/- 15/15 72 30 d/s. Ban F'oo & New York. 494

BANKING CORPORÁ-

TION,

Solling.

T/T.

Paid-up Capital RESERVE FUNDS:

Storling

$15,000,000 Demand

30 d/s

60 d/s

21-11 2/- 5/16

6 m. 10

4 m/s

T/T. Shanghai

T/T. Singapore TT. Japan

£1,500,000 at 2/

$15,000,000 Silver ... 17,200,000.

Reserve Liability of

$32.200,000 T.T. India

Demand. India..

Proprietors......$15,000,000 Demand, Manila

COURT OF DIRECTORS. T/T. San F'co & New York...487%

S. H. Dodwell, Esq.-Chairman. T/T. Java

Landale, Esq.-Deputy T/T. Marks

.D.

Chairman,

G. Friesland, Esq.

0. 8. Gubbay, Esq.

P. H. Holyoak, Esq.

G. H. Laurenz, Esq.

F. Lieb, Esq.

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

Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 | . Paid-up Capital 30,000,000 Hongkong-Interest Allowed. Reserve Fund.................. ̧ 18,200,000

111

Head Office-YOKOHAMA.

Branches Antung-Heien Bombay

New Comic by Calcutta

MAX LINDER ·

The Ace of Clubs-

Changchun Dairen Fengtion

New Comic by Harbin NICK WINTER. The Village Hero (A. B. Comedy). NEWS OF THE WORLD

(Pathe Gazette)

Miss VIOLET BONETTA (The Saucy Soubrette)

come. During the past week to FINAL' CONCERTS. (n) "Are You Looking For

much rain has fallen and propara-

ins are

somewhat delayed,

orquently very little cotton irvain of... M. DAVIH ii. n, cones,

has tn planted. Conservative planters say that it is better for

UNDER the

A Girl Liko me (b)." If You Talk in Your Sloop

Don't Mention My Name" MATINEES ON S'days 4.15

Distinguished this bad spall to have come now

Patronage and in the Pre-7-15 than later, as cotton is planted too early in many ceptions of this sence of H. E. The Governor of

mrovincs. On the whole therefore I continue to sr little or no in- dusement to take the bear side of the market, and while no serious advance is likely to occur, I think that the chances lie in buying cautiously. Tons of the market, Quiet.

Liverpool Markot.

London, 30th April, 1913. Egyptian Cotton F. G. F.

Brown

... 0.05

Price of Fine M. C. Bengal.. 5-10 Mid-Americana ... 6.08

Mid-Americans last r 6.70 ported

..: 6.70

H

Tone of market Quiet.

New York Maikot :--.

Price of Mid Ame..

rican, Closed $0 11 80 So

60.11.24 May $0.11.18 Oct.

Tone of Market,

Steady

Now Crop.

Apri'-May.

Brrach New Crop Rps... 49]

Cudiac Market:

Yostmahl do.

Bengal do.

Tone of Marke: Wenk.

43

41

Public Companies

THE "STAR" FERRY CO., JAD.

NOTICE TO SITAREHOLDERS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the FIFTEENTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEET- ING of this Company will be held at the offices of Messre. Jardine. Matheson & Co., Ltd. on WED NESDAY, the 1st May at 1.3

Hongkong.

LEO, JAN and MISCHEL

Sundays 6.00

PICTURES ONLY 7.15

DO YOU KNOW THIS MAN?

CHERNIAVSKY LEON KENDAI

THE TRIO

CHERNIAVSKY

HEARTY ENTHUSIASM DIS«'

the world famous

Palmist and Astrologer

Hankow Honolulu Kobe Liao-Yang London Lyons

Agencies at Nagasaki Newchwang New York

: Osaka Pekin

Rypiun

San Francisco

Port (Arthur)

Shanghai!

Tiehling,

Tientsin

Tokyo

Los Angeles

Interest Allowed on Current

for fixed

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

ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months, 2 per cent por

Annum.

For 6 months. 3, per cent, per

Annum.

For 12 months, 4 per cent. per.

Annum,

"N. J. STABB, Chief Manager

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK THE Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Rules may be obtained on 8P plication..

INTEREST on deposits is al-

Account. Deposits received periods at rates to be obtained on lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3 Por Cont. per an- application.

..

EISHI ONO,

Manager. Hongkong, 31st Mar., 1913.

[18

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA

Incorporated by Royal

Charter 1853.".

num.

......21116

.2.59%

.981

8644 m/s. Marks

150*

4 m/s. Francs

6 m/s. do

..2.61

1501

98

BarSilver, ready

.27 13/16

"forward

....27 1/16

T/T. Francs

12154 Gold Leaf per tael.... „205) | Bank of England rate .2.5 4 Sovereign

,50

..416%

..$9.85

Subsidiary Coina. "

[Malwa, Old ................

3,100

Patna, New

3,950 perche

Chinoso...10

10$

$814

Hongkong.20

11

...$656

Patna, Old............ 3,200

Hongkong.10

...8778

Oplum Quotation.

Benares, Now

3,400

Malwa, Now

Mar. 28. $3,000 perpid.

Benares, Old......... 3,250

Discount par $100

Chinose...20 ats. plocos...$736,

מחסניץ

SHARE REPORT.

$795 nominal

B-BUYERS

LAST DIVIDEND AND DATE,

£2/5/- at ex 2/-7_ oqual to'

$21.71 for 4 year ending 31/12/12

$18 for 1911 Interim of 10/- f r 1911 Final of $20 making $50 'for 1911 and Interim

of $30 for 1912

"Final of $12 mak. $15 for

1911 & Int, of $3 for 1912 (

Hongkong & S'hai $125;

MARINE, INSURANCES,, » Cantons North Chine

S-SELLERS

Stocks PAID UP VALUR.

DANKS,

- SA-SALE

CLOSING

`$805 85,

£81/-/-

#50 $825

£5 T13314

$100

ea,

£50 $190

b.

FIRE INSURANCES:

$20 $148 $50 $356

$25 $9

5.

$10 for 1911

E.

$27 for 1911

Unions

Yangtzes

China Fires Hongkong Fires China & Manilas Douglas Steamship $50 $41·12.

SHIPPING

Steamboats

Indo-Chinas

}

b.

$15 $274 b.

£5 $95 nominal

(118/- middle

(Preferred) (Deferred)

"Shell" Transports £1

'Star Ferry'

HELL

$1 for 1906

5 p.o. for year end'g 30'6'12 Dividend of $1 for half) year ending 31′12-12 }

p.o. for year 1910 on preferred shares

(Final of 2/- making 20% for year ending 31°12′11

Int, of 1/- a/c. 1912

b.

1+

{ $10 $52

b.

15 p.o. for year ending

30.4.12

REFINERIES,"

b.

$3 for 1912

$3 for 1897.

Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to be placed on FIXED China Sugars $100 $105 DEPOSIT st 4 Per Cent. per Luzon Sugars $100 $37

annum..

MINING.

For the Hongkong and Shang-Chinese Engineerings £135/- hai. Banking Corporation,

N.J. STABB, Chief Manager.

DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE DOCKS, WHARVES, & G'DOWNS.

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON.. Paid-up Capital ..........£1,200,000 Reserve Fund.......

£1,700,000 Capital Fully of Reserve Liability

Proprietors.........£1,200,000

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and

PLAYED OVER EVERY ITEM. has the honor to announce a General Banking business trans-

NEW PROGRAMME NIGHTLY.

Box Plan, at ROBINSON'S.... Special Students Concessions.

Short Season In

HONGKONG.

actod,

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- ceived for 1 year or shorter periods **THE GRAPHIC" (London) at rates which will be quoted on Says His Delineations Are No-application.

A.S. HEWETT, Hiway Evie, General Manager | thing Short of Marvellous."

Acting Manager. (945 "LE FIGARO" (Paris) "He Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. 122 Hougkong 9th M»y, 1918.

Is The High Priest of These Sciences,"

VICTORIA THEATRE.

TUESDAY, 13th

LAST NIGHT

"THE STANDARD" (London) Says "He is Without Equal."

Consultations Daily

Notices

OF THE HOWARD SISTERS 9.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. THE CHINA

WEDNESDAY -14th, THE GREAT PICTURE "Les Miserables"

Commence at 9 p.m. Sharp. Late Car to the Peak. Late Ferry to Kowloon.

Booking at MOUTRIES.

Notices

ITALIAN CONVENT.

p.m. for the purpose of receiving THE Superioress of the Italian the Raport of the Directors 15-

Convent begs to renew her

gether with a statement of Ac-appeal to the ladies and gentle

men of Hongkong for the usual Counts to 30th April, 1913...

gifts of cast off garments and worn out alothes to the Convent.

The REG18TF SH7 8 of the Company will be CLOSED from THURSDAY 15th to WED NE DAY, 21st inst. inclusive.

W. B. BROWN, ·

Acting Secretary

tary

Ho-gko g. 7th May, 19.1. CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE

Hongkong Hotel.

Notices

KELLY & WALSH, LTD. An Invaluable Work of Referenze THE CHINA

YEAR BOOK 1913.

$7.50

New Edition THE TRADE & ADMINIS- TRATION OF CHINA. By H. B. Morse $6.00

Send For Our List of 1,000

COLONIAL NOVELS REDUCED from $1.75 to do cents.

PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD. (Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.) Loans on Mortgage of House Pro- perty, &c.

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

Bystem. (Rates and Particulars on sp-

'plication).

The Office of

OF TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR

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

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.

General Managers.‚' Bongkong, 19th March, 1908 32

THE FAMINE IN CHINA.

Of late, there has been an ap: KELLY & WALSH LTD, EIGHT Fan Districte with an

confident that she has but, to

I,

NOTICE.

area of 80,000 square milas. TWO and half million people lacing stravation.

BUTION TO-DAY,

prociable falling-off in the period- ical collections of old and second- hand materials received at the Convent. The Superioress feels EDO, manager of the Vic-

GONZALEZ DE BERN-PLEASE SEND YOUR CONTRI- urge the pressing and daily in toria Theatro, Hongkong, will IT WILL HELP TO SAVE LIFE- creasing needs of the Convent in firm of Ramos, Ramos & Com-Manager, Internifinal Bani ng O., sover my connection with the Treuer, B. C. GULLAND, Esqz NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS: its provision for the poor, to repony on May 31, 1913.

coive benevolent responses from day kong, Git May. 19115. · 1949 Ponukar. 84th Juanes 1019 '87 local residents.

The change of season calls for change of garments for the orphan children. If residents

LIMITED.

CREAM ALPACA

LUSTRES,

THE thirty second Ordinary boting of Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the under signed on Wednesday the 21st Instant, at 11.45 a.miles bete will kindly realize the great help SUITABLE for making Ladies

they can render by sending such

and Gentlemen's Dresses The Transfer Books of the Com- pany will be closed from the 7th of their dross materials as are no and Coate, 30 inches wide. Price to the 21st instant, both days longer any use to them, the little $10.00 per piece of 30 yds. Cash inclusive. 5, M

children will be suitable provided only. Subject to being unsold. JARDINE, MATHESON &

with clothes they are so much in Apply ALEX ROSS & Co., next CO., LTD.,

door to Hongkong & Shanghai need of Gezaral Agents.

Bank Hongkong, 8th May, 1918,

Hoogkung 6th May, 1918,

DE ITALIAN-CONVÍ [346 Hongkong, 18th April, 1913, 14.

[857

ratinn. 8bagetrinn

GREEN ISLAND UEMENT COMPANY, LIMITED, PORTLAND, CEMENT

In Casks of 375 lbs, net.

In Bags of 250 lbs. net.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.

General Managers... Hongkong, 18th August, 1901 [8

Berlin

BANK.

rl

1/6 per shares final 19111

(Coupon No. 18)

Int. of 2/6 a/o, 1913

1/2 for 1909

$4.50 for year 1912

Tronohs Raubs

£1 $3.60

Kowloon Wharfs $50 $85

£1 80-

b.

b.

for}

b.

Tls. 3 for 1912

H.K.&W'pos Docks $50 $71) Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000 Shanghai Docka T. 100 1.63

Hongkow Wharfs T. 100 T.1135 Head Offlon-Shanghai. Board of Directors-Berlin. .:

LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS Branches:

Anglo French Lands T.100 T.04 Calcutta Canton

( $115 b. Hamburg Hankow Kobo

Hongkong Hotels $50-

$70 b. Peking Singapore Tientsin Tsinanfu Tsingtau Yokohama. Hongkong Lands $100 $110 Mesars. N. M. Rothschild & Sons. Humphreys Estates $10 $846. The Union of London and Smith's Kowloon Lands

Bank, Limited. Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Shanghai Lande T. 30 T. 92 b.

Agency. Direction, der Disconto. Gesell-West Points

schaft. INTEREST allowed on Current Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8 Account. DEPOSITS received

LONDON BANKERS:

on terms which may be learned Ewas on application. Every description of Banking and Exchange busi- ness transacted..

R. TIMMERSCHEIDT,

Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oct. 1911..

"

*

$30 $38

850 $63 b.

Hongkong Cottons $10 $934

MISCELLANEOUS.

b;

#1 final dividend for

year 1911

Final of Tls. 4 making

Tis 7 for 1912

Tls. 6 29'2'10

}

$3 on old shares, $1.50)

on now shares for half year-31'12'12

Final div. of $314 making

$7 for 1912

50 cents for 1912

b.

$2.80 for 1912

5 p. c. for half to 30°6′12

& final of 6 p.s. making

11 p.c. for 1912

Final of $2,25 making $4,25 for 1912

15 per cent, for 1910 T4for year ended 3110101° Tfor year ended 20°12′10)

COTTON HILLS.

T. 50 T. 136

50 cents 31.7.08

2

China-Borneos $12 $11 Light and Powers $10)

183 Do. (Speo. sharos) $1. China Providenta 810 884 Dairy Farme $6 $26

b.

85 cents for 1912

70 cents for 1918-

$1.25 for year end”g 31′′7′12

Green Islands

$10 84.90

b.

40 cents for 1911

£1,300,000 Hongkong Ices

1,125,000

Hongkong Electrics $10 $331⁄44

$25 $175

b.

$1.60 per share for 1912

Final of 88 making $101

for 1912

562,000 Hongkong Ropes: $10 $21 415,000

b.

$1 interim & final of $1

Langkats

g. 10 T.61

Morning Post Peak Tramway. -

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

Authorised Capital Subscribed Paid Up Reserved Fund

HEAD OFFICE: 40, Threadneedle Street, London, E.C. BRANCHES: Bombay. Kandy. Calcutta. Galle. Howrah. "Singapore. Delhi, Penang. Madras, Kota Bahm, Kelantan. Karachi. Kuala Lumpur, F.M.S. Rangoon. Hongkong Colombo. Shanghai..

AGENTS IN JAPAN: Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. BANKERS:

$25 $22 $10 $115,

Do, (new) $1 $1 8. Hongkong Electric Trame?/1 $10 $5 Philippines H. Prios & Co., Ld. 810 86

Pro- Bocleto desferred

Pulpeset Papierterios

$2 for 1912

Tls. 1 account 1913

None

80 cents on fully paid)

sharca and 8 conts on $1 paid shares for year. ending 30'4'12

Int, of $1 per share

None

$1.50 for 1910

$50 $20 pald up $50 Benefit J $200 London Joint Stock Bank, Ltd, Shanghal-Bumatras T. 20 T.150

Steam Laundry 85 85 United Asbestos)

Oriental Agency, $10 934 b. Ld.

b.

None

du Tonkin

Ba.

b.

Bank of England,

VERY description of Banking and Exchange business tranvested. Stooke and Shares United Agbosios bought and sold on account of Founder Bharesj Constituents. Letters of Credit Union Waterboat granted on Agents and Corres pondents all over the world.

Interest allowed on Current Ac-' counts at 2 per cont per annum Watson on Daily Balanan and on Fixed William Powell Deposita at rates which may be ascertained on application.

F.C. MACDONALD

Weismann, Ltd.

$10 8300 810 8164 b.

$10 $18

$8.60 b.

No dividend this year 50 ots. for year end'g 30'5:1

20 per cent. per ordinary. share for year ended: 91'5'1912

$1 per share for year

ending 31 12 1912

25 per cent, for year!

ending 31'7'11

30 centa for 1910

40 ots, yearonding 80'6'12

„Corrected in rays put. May 16 1979 by WRIGHT AND HORNBY, 5144 General Brakes -The Vorsa Stos4 Ceston Bale, adderen Krilintarkan k

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