1913-06-12 — Page 11

COMMERCIAL,

Great Northern Telegraph

Company and Japan.

The report of the Great North-

ern Telegraph Company, Limit-

ød (Denmark), states that the

revenue account shows that the 9.15

total receipt of the company

THE HONGKONG" TELEGRAPH,“ THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1918,

Entertainments

VICTORIA THEATRE.

TO-NIGHT. 9.15

Banks

INTERNATIOTAL BANKING

CORPORATION.

+

Hand Office-do, Wall Street, New York, Landas Omes-36, Bishopsgate, K.C.

Colog

Empire Hodgkook

during the year 1912, including THE GRAND NEW DRAMATIC FILM.....

the balance brought forward,

amounted to $716,879, and the

expenses to £108,080, leaving a not profit of £518,598, which the board propose to distribúta aẻ follows:-Reserve and regewal

Shanghai, Yokohama

#7,059,000 (Gald)

EVIL GENIUS" Length 3200 ft. DESCRIPTION OF BANKINO BUSI

& other pretty pictures.

fund, £55,555; pension fund of Miss NORA MOORE

staff, ordinary endowmont £1,111, extraordinary endowment, obce

·for all, £18,668; remuneration to the board of directors, £2,500; interim dividends already paid, 5 per cont., £75,000; final dividends proposed, 7 per cent., £112,500; bonus proposed, 7 per cent, £112,600 (making a total of 20 per cont), leaving to be carried forward £132,704. While the distribution on the shares is raised by 2 per cent, the directors warn tho shareholders that they should not draw conclusions too lightly as to the futuro from the in- creaeed payment now to be made, because under a new agreement | with the Japanese Government considerable reductions will have

to be made in tariff in the various

4

in her Charming Songs.

First performance at 7.15. PICTURES ONLY.

"

THE GRAND FILM.

.

THE MERRY WIDOW

EXPECTED SOON

A MAGNIFICENT FILM THE LEGAL WONDER "

on Sat., 14th June.

Far Eastern countries. At the ENTIRE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME TWICE A WEEK.

same time, however, while the-

decree in traffic receipts which

will result from these tariff reduc-

tions cannot yet be determined, the Board states that it accepts the position with equanimity ow-, ing to the large reserves which have been set aside in the past to neguro the future of the company and the stability of the shares- Exchange.

Trade in the P.M.S..

CAUSEWAY BAY.

HIPPODROME Again To-Night)

CIRCUS.

To-Night at 9.15 p.m.

Again To-Night)

AND EVERY EVENING

The following has been received OUR SECOND PROGRAMME ADMITTED)

from the Commissioner of Trade

and Customs at Kuala Lumpur

(Mr W. F. Hume):-Ia consider-

BETTER THAN THE FIRST, Next Matinee Sat., June 14,

ing the success of foreign com For full particulars 580 our daily Hand Bills.

petition in goods in which the United Kingdom should be able 'to compete, it may be said gene- rally that lower prices are the predominating factor of success, and this is especially applicable to the class of fancy goods that is

sold in large quantities in the

Box Plan at ROBINSON PIANO Co., Ltd.

COL. BOB LOVE;

Touring Manager.

THE BIJOU

| NESS

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the DEPOSITS RECEIVED, fed for one year at ix phe nasjon, or for shorter periodt, at 16:06, which may be ascertslund des applican

HILLS NEGOTIATE and COLLECTED, MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC RENITTANCES

meds.

LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAYTS granted. Do all the principal cities in the World.

THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT Bro exilable wil over the Warl

0OMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT

issued.

PURCHASE And SALE of Stocks and Shares Fected.

Banks

"

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI TIT

BANKING CORPORA- | Démand

TION.

30.d/e 60.d/a

Paid-up Capital.........$15,000,000 | 4 m/s "

RESERVE FUNDS:

Reserve Liability of

Proprietors

$15,000,000 COURT OF DIRECTORS. SH. Dodwell, Esq,-Chairman. Hon. Mr. D. Landale.-Deputy

Chairman,

G. Friesland, Esq.- C. 3. Gubbay, Esq. P. H. Holyoak, Esq. G. R. Laurenz,.Esq. F. Lieb, Esq.

Exchange

Buying.

'ཟླ་ས་ཀན།

(v/630d/6.8'ney & Melbourne 3/11/16

Selling.

.1/1136 | 4 m/s. I/O 1/11 15/16 4 m/s. D/P

2/- 15/36

6 m/s. L/O

BRANCHES :-

Hombay

Koha

Calcatis

Muni

T/T. Shanghai

7280 d/s. Ban F'co & New York. 4944).

Canton

Sterling

..

Cabu

Panama

T/T. Singapore

85144 m/s. Marks

......209

king

San Francisco

£1,500,000 at 2/-= $15,000,000 Silver 17,200,000

T/T. India

TT.Japan ... 2018 CỦA VỚI

.14034 6 m/s. do

974 m/s. France

...2.5834.

.....2.58

Demand. India

.1499

Demand, Manila

Bar Silver, ready ..... .97!

-27-7/16

832,200,000 T/T, San Foo & New York...4896

forward

T/T, Java T/T. Marks T/T. Franca

1201

Gold Leaf partasi.........

203

Bank of England rate.....NIMAX •

....2.51 Sovereign.$9.99

Subsidiary Coins.

Opium Quotation."

Discount per $100

June 6...

Malwa, New

$3,000 perplovat

Malwa, Old

3,150 心

Jhinese...20 pts. pieces...68 5/16

Patna, New

Chinese ...10

..$84

9,850 perobe,^~

Patna, Old...

3,650

Hongkong.20

3616

Benares, New

3.725

Hongkong.10

...881

Benares, Old...

3,625

SHARE REPORT.

S-SELLERS

SA-SALE

Stocci & PAID UF VALOR

14 "BANKS..

$800 88." Hongkong & S'hai $125 $80 b.

Cuosano

TOMS

£81/10/-

MARINE INSURANCE", Cantons

$50

295

82.

North China

£5

T1334 b.

!

Unions

$100 $79214

£50 $185

FIRE INSURANCES. "

$20 $147

"

$50 $357

TRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and asked, "

GEORGE HUGO, Maunger.

3. Queen's Road, Hongkong, Henghug In Nov., 1912

THE.

1912

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED.

Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 30,000,000 Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund...... 18,200,000.

It

Hoad Office.-YOKOHAMA,

Branches Antung-Hsion Bombay Calcutta Changchun Dairen Fengtien Harbin Hankow Honolulu Kobo Liao-Yang London

Lyons

Agencies at Nagasaki Newchwang New York

Osaka

Pekin

Ryoiun

Port!

(Arthur)

San Francisco

Shanghai

Tiobling

Tientsin

Tokyo

Los Angeles

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

EISHI ONO,"

Manager. Hongkong, 31st Mar, 1913. THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.

native bazaar. Goods of United HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY RENOVATED TO SUIT THE Paid-up Capital

Kingdom maufacture ore, a s ⚫rule, of better quality than foreign goods of the same kind, but it is. adoubtedly the fact that the native purchaser prefore quantity

quality. Certain foreign manu- cturers also take much more paina as a rule than do some of the United Kingdom manufac- turers to adapt their goods to local requirements and tastes, by such means as providing bright and attractive wrappers, making use of native names, descriptions

readily

COMFORT OF ITS MANY PATRONS AND WILL

BE RE-OPENED ON »

SATURDAY, JUNE 14.

LOOK OUT FOR SENOrita chinita zereda, Classic

DANCER.

American Buys Abbey Ruins. Paris, May 3.-Mr George Grey Barnard, the American scalptor, has purchased the ruins of the intelligible de Crixa of Prades in the

RF. BARRATT, Manager,

Notices

in native languages, and pictorial 12th century abbey, of St. Michel LESSONS IN CHINESE.

designe

to native purchasers. This

is notably the

Pyrenees, and is now at Prades

with case

fancy goods, perfumary, etc. It superintending its removal and

[18

.£1,200,000 .£1,700,000

HEAD OFFICE.-LONDON,

Reserve Fund...... Reserve Liability of

Proprietors £1,200,000

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business 'trans- acted..

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ad and FIXED DEPOSITS re- ceived for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.

A. S. HEWETT,

Acting Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. [22

shipment to the United Statee. MIHION FAN, 8 Chinee THE The ruins consist of pillars and

Notices.

CHINA PROVIDENT hne, been suggested that United

graduate varsed in literature.

LOAN AND MORTGAGE Kingdom manufacturers should

CO., LTD, be invited to send copies of their capitals in pink marble, and has been a teacher to European officiala stand in the public park. There and merchants in this Colony for over

(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.) catalogues and price lists to the

is considerable indignation in tou years..

He has a good method of tmining Loans on Mortgage of Bouse Pro- office of the Commissioner of

Prades over the loss of the trea- Europeans to pass in the Chinese ex-perty, &c. Trade, and Customs, and that local business firms should have suro, and Emmanuel Brousse, amination, and is possessed of a first Goods received on Storage. free access to such catalogues, and deputy for the town, has written rate, certifiente a Chinese teneber. Advances made on Merchandise: be advised from time to time of the Under-secretary of Fine Arts He has also a good knowledge of Loans made on the. Provident

System. the catalogues and inquiries that that he will interpellate him when Mandaria and Hakka.

(Rates and Particulara on-ap- the chamber reassembles. have been received. This sug-

plication), "gestion, adds Mr. Hume, is al- ready being carried out to a certain extent, but the practice might be further developed. "Straits Times."

A Cotton Pest that May Immigrate.

Those who intend learning the Chia ere language nra requested to write care Hongkong Telegraph" office or direct to 87 Hollywood Road, 1st floor

Hongkang. 20th. Jan; 1918.

[12

of

Four Hundred Times Round the World. During the year 1913, 1,086 voyages were made by ships of the Hamburg American Line, 402,698 passengers of all classes (not including the bathing resort services) were carried, and 7,989,685 tons of cargo were for warded. The total distance THE ANNUAL GENERAL

travelled by the Hamburg-Amari-

VICTORIA RECREATION

CLUB.

MEETING of Members will Washington, May 3, The Decan Line steamers was 8,610,570 be held in the GYMNASIUM on WEDNESDAY, the 11th June,

partment of Agricolture is alarm-se miles, which is equal to near- ed over a threatened, invasion of 1y 400 times the circumference of 1913 at 5.30 p.m., for the purpose

the "pink ball worm." This the earth.

dangerous enemy of cotton may

be introduced into the United

States in cotton seed shipments ;

from Egypt, India, and other

Notice

cotton-producing arone. It can KELLY & WALSH, LTD,

live within tho soed dormant for

about six months. Department An Invaluable Work of Reference officials think it might do even THE CHINA,

more harm to cotton than the

weevil now here, which crossed

YEAR BOOK 1913.

the borden from the cotton fields New Edition

$7.50

of Mexico. Very little cotton seed THE TRADE & ADMINIS-

is imported by this country. The

Department, nevertheless, bas

decided to be on the safe side,

TRATION OF CHINA.

By H. B. Morge' $6.00

and Secretary Houston called Send For Our Llat of 1,000

hearing when it will be deter- COLONIAL NOVELS REDUCED

mined whether the quarantine jaw shall be invoiced..

from $1.75 to do centsở, ba

KELLY & WALSH ITD:

of considering and passing the Annual Reports and Statement of Accounts for 1912.

F. LAMMERT,

Hon, Saoretary: Hongkong, 4th June, 1913.

MARTIN'S

APIOL &STEEL APILLS

1344

A Franck Hamady for anicencelariitas Thousands of Lades alwuja havy a Susun tus bous, y she's on the does at any Lizkaulacity of tiche Syrians, N them, beta khatrenos

mon Jele. AN O through

MARTIN'S PIOLOSTERL SEGUAPILLS

The Office of

OF TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR

WILLS, ATTORNEY, &0

Undertaken and Executed.

SHEWAN, TOMES,Co. General Managers) . Hongkong, 19th March, 1908

PEAK

EAK TRAMWAYSCO. LIMITED.

TILPATABLE.

· 7.00 A.18.10

300 431 to 10.00 AM to 1X 30 A, to

WEEK DAYS.

B.00 A.M. EVERY-15 Mts,

to Mo

* Bitk

IS MIN. 10, M

15. Max.

10 1

35 MIN.

"

10 Blue

10:00 AM. 11.00 A. 19.43 Ple

15-3 3.1 7.5. B.TS 2.312 3.00 *.*. 8.107.34. NIGHT CARS. 10.50 2.34) and To 2:31, 9-30) PAL-10) 14.00 F.: every half hour.

$45 PAI to 2.15 P., to 5.00 7.5 to

overy quarter of an hour. SUNDAYS.

2.00.10 10.30 . EVERY 15 MIN,'

10.30 AM. 13 15,00 AM $23,4 to 40 NOON

13.00 Nook, to 1:00 PM,

10 MIN.

IS IM

JI

sa Hom

1.00 .Mo

# 5.00 r.:; doo' . 3o FM. to:200 #M.

TS MIN.

30 STK.

3.00 1.5. 20

7.00 8.30. 10" $0.10 P.M."

NIGHT CARS se on Week Days,

T

SATURDAYE..

Extra Care'as ja midnight.

"PECIAL CAMS.

By Arrangement at the Company's Olice,"

Alainden › Buldings,

Das Vans Road).

..

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

Hongkong-Interest Allowed.

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

ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months. 24 per cent. per Yangtzes

Annum.

For 6 months, 3 per cont per

Annum.

For 12 months, 4 per cent. per

Annum.

N. J. STABE. Chief Manager.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

THE Business of the above TE

Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on ap- plication.

$25 $11 b.

China Fires Hongkong Fires SHIPPING. China & Manilas Douglas Steamship $50 $30 Steamboats

$15 - $2714 *. Indo-Chines

(Preferred) (Deferred)

"Shell""Transports £1

6.

}

£5 892 nominal

107/- middle

£11

b.

{$10 $51

b.

REFINERIES.

INTEREST on deposite is al-"Star Ferry" lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3 For Cent. per an- núm..

$100 $37

MINING:

.8.

China Sugars $100 $1045 Depositora may transfer at their Luzon Sugars option balances of $100 or mor to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to be placed on FIXED Chinese Engineerings £133/9 middle DEPOSIT t 4 Per Cent, per

annum.

For the Hongkong and Shang- hai. Banking Corporation,

N.J. STABB, Chief Manager. EUTSCH ASIATISCHE

Capital Fully

BANK.

Paid-up.sh. Taeis 7,500,000 Head Office-Shanghai. Board of Directors-Berlin. ·

Branches:

$3.

£1 779- Tronohs

£1 $3,80 b. Raubs DOCKS, WHARVES,' & G'DOWNS Kowloon Wharfs 850 $89

HK.&W'poaDooks $50 ( 881 68,

and b. Shanghai Dooks T. 100 T.60 Hongkew Wharfa T. 100 T.108 LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS! Anglo French Lande T.100 T.94 ($122 Hongkong Hotels $50

888 b. Berlin

Hongkong Lands $100 $110 Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsin

Humphreys Estates $10 $9 Tsinanfu Tsingtau Yokohama. Kowloon Lands $30 $40

LONDON BANKERS: Mossrs. N. M. Rothschild & Sons.

Calcutta Canton

The Union of London and Smith's Shanghai Lands T. 30 T. 93

Bank, Limited.

West Points Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London

Agenoy...

$50 $744

Direction der Disconto Gesell Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8

schaft.

INTEREST allowed on Current Ewo Account DEPOSITS received Shanghai Cottons on terms which may be learned Lou Kung Mow on application. Every description Kung Yik

of Banking and Exchange busi-Hongkong Cottons $10 $8.85 ness transacted.

#

b.

b.

B-BUYERS

,LAST DIVIDEND AND KATE-

£2/5/at ax 2/-1 equal to 921.71 for 16 year ending 31/12/12

£18 for 1942

Final of pc, making, 12 p.e. for 1911. Final of $20 taking 650 for 1911 and · Interior of $30 for 1912 - Fihal of 812 msk. $15 for

1911 & Int. of $3 for 91%]

$10 for 1911 $27 for 1911

$1 for:1406

$1,50 for yoar en l'g30°6′12 Dividend of $1 for- half) year ending 31212} f6 p.a. for years 1912.am

preferred

#912 .sharer.

on

Final of 2/- making 20% for yearending 31*12*11

Int, of 1 a/c. 1912

$2 on 10,000 shares·lat issue

$2 on 10.000, 2nd

$1 ön 18,008

for year ending 30'4:15-:

$3 for 1912

$3 for 1897

Interim of 3 p.c. 8 2/5d per

share. Coupon No. 180-

count year 30.6.13

Int. of 2/6 a/c. 1913 1/2 for 1909

$4.50 for year 1912

61 final dividend. for

year 1911

Tia. 8 for 1912

for}

Final of The. 4 making }

Tis 7 for 1912

Tla. 6 29'2'10

$3 on old shares, $1.50)

on new shareefor half year 31*12*12

Final div. of 694 måking

$7 for 1912

50 cents for 1912: $2.80 for 1912-911.

5p.c.for half to 30°8′12 & final of 6 p.o. making? 11 p.o. for 1912 Final of 82,25 making $4.25 for 1912 bedr 15 per cent for 1810, 7 p.o, for year endog

31.10.12

COTTON MILLS.

T. 50 T. 198

T: 12716 b. $98 b.

T. 13

b.

b.

50 cents 31.7.08

MISCELLANEOUS,

-612 610

'85 cents for 1912

b.

70 cents for 1012

#3.

40.oents for 1911

R: TIMMERSCHEIDT, China-Borneos

Manager.

Light and Powers $10) 84 Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911. [2Do. (Spec. shares) $1)

China Providents $10-$9

$6 $26 Green Islands $10 $5.60 THE MERCANTILE BANK

Hongkong Electrics 810 83714- £1,500,000 Hongkong Ices 825 $184

1,125,000 562,000

OF Dairy Forms INDIA, LIMITED.

Authorised Capital Subscribed Faid Up

Reserved Fund ......******* 415,000 Hongkong Roper

HEAD OFFICE:...

40, Threadneedle Strast, London, E.C. BRANCHES:

32 Bombay. Kandy,

Caloutta. Galle.

Howrah Singapore, Delhi. Penang. Madras. Kota Bahm, Kelantan Karachi. Kuala Lumpur, F.M:8, Rangoon, Hongkong. Colombo. Shanghai.

'AGENTS ÎN JAPANA Messrs. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. BANKERS:

Bank of England.

London Joint Stock Bank, Ltd,

$10 $21

!

Langkata

g. 10 57

Morning Post

$25 $22

$10 $104

Peak Tramway

6195 cts. b,

Do. (new) Hongkong Electric Trams 7/14. b.

Philippines

'810 · [85`

$6.

H. Price & Co., Ld. $10

Pre Societe des | ferred

Pulpeset $50,820 Papierteries paid

du Tonkin

up $50,

Benefit $200 Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20 T.150 Steam Laundry $584.70 m. United Asbestos

EVERY description of Bins Oriental Agency, $108936 b

and Exchange

transacted. Stocks and Shored

bought and sold on account of United Asbestos Constituents. Letters of Credit Founders Shares

granted on Agents and Corres- pondents all over the world.

Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts at 2. per cent per an on Dally Balance and on Fited Deposits at rates which may be ascertained on application.

A B. LINTON,

Union Waterbost

Welsmann, Lid Watson Willam Powell

$1.25 for year end'g 31'7′′12

$1.60 per share for 1912

Final of 88 making $10 |

for 1912

$1 interim & final of $1 $2 for 1912

Tis. I apcount 1913

None

80 cents on fully paid)

shares and 8 cente on -$1 paid shares for year

ending 30.4.13 Final of 13 making:

p.c. for 1912.

Nonë

$1.50 for 1910

None

No dividend this year

50 cte. for year end'g81.51

120

per cent. per ordinary share for year ended 31′51912

310 300

$10

$19

$1 per share for ye

$207

81068,15.b.

810.b

ending 31*18*1918"

25 per cent~~for,,

ending +171L

60 cents for 1912

|_ 40,ote, searending 30013

Corrected to tego pam. fuse to byty by WRIGHT AND HORNBY, BUG HEA Gonors) -Brokam" De Vorux Bowl Ornani) Wali Räderer Restitude, Kaloysiph" doda nou hold itself respinstale for any of the above činatal