::
COMMERCIAL.
The Petroleum industry in
Japan,
The "Osaka Mainichi" notes that the petroleum industry in Echigo or Niigata préfecture, which has shown a marked jm. provement by the successful operation of the rotary-drill-ays tem, promises to be more pros perous than ever. Several small-
er wells at Niitsu are now report- ed to have yielded oil. The daily. output of the Nippon" Petrolean Company is said to have increased by over 800 koku, bringing up the figures to about 2,300 kaku,į
and the daily output of the Hodea
Petroleum Company has also in-
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 1913.
Entertainments
VICTORIA THEATRE.
Banks
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION..
Head Office-6, Wall Street, New York, London, Ofice 36, Bishopagate, EC BRANCHES
Banks
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI T/T.
A COMPLETE CHANGE OF PROGRAMME FOR
Tuesday
15th & Wednesday 16th
INCLUDING THE GREAT DRAMATIC FILM
"The Brother
& Sister."
"ENORMOUS SUCCESS" OF
Bombay
Calcutta
Canton
Coba Colon
Emple
Hongkong
Hankow
· Capital and Reserve
Kobe
6. Ramana Paling
7,000,000 (Gold) aboutmamadas 1,430,000 *******
Silver 17,200,000
Exchange saga 2AJIM
1/11 7/16 4 m/s. L/C
.............1/1154 m/s. D/P
..................................................1/11 11/16 30 d/s. 8'ney & Melbourne...3-4
.734 30d/s. San Foo & New York. 48)
1/11/9/16
6 m/s.'L/O .1/1196
Buying.
..2/-3/4
............2/-9/16
Selling.
BANKING CORPORA.
TION:
Paid-up Capital ........ RESERVE FUNDS:-
Starling
..$15,000,000
Demand 30'd 60d/s 4 m/s
T/T. Shanghai
T/T- Singapore
.8312
Saa Francisco
Shanghal
£1,500,000 at 2/-=* ***$15,000,000
T/T. Japan......
.9591
m/s. Marka.stroomu .2051
4 m/s. Franos
...2.52
T/T. India.....
.146.
Vakoćama
Demand India ............................
1466 m/s. do
.2.54
Demand, Manila
.9532 BarSilver, ready.
.26 15/16
T/T. San F'co & New York 47%
forward
118 Gold Leaf per tael.
Opium Quotation.
July 4.
Malwa, New
$3,050 perpic.
Malwa, Old
3,300
Patna, New.......... 3,857 porobe.
Patna, Old...... Benares, New
3,725
3,750
3,650
EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the man.
NESS transacted.
kerma,
DEPOSITS RECEIVED, Exod for one your ai AZ HE BROUS, OF for shorter periode, at rains, with may be ascertainad on application,
BILL NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED. RAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES
LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS, Erstid
on all the principal cities in the WorldTERS OF
THE BANK'S CIRCULAR
CREDIT valable all over the Workt
COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT FURCHASE and SALE of Stocks and Shares TRAVELLERS CHECKS cold and cesed.
GEORGE HOGG. Manager.
.
9, Queen's Road, Hongkong, 1912
urassed to about 2,500 koku. If Olga Montez & Kitty Raynor. Hongkong, let Not., 1912
the output increases at the pre-
sont rate, continues the Qaska journal, it will not be long before the daily production of each of the companies reaches 3,000 koku, j Taking the amount of refined illuminating oil obtained at 60 per cent, of the yield, whan 6,000
LATEST SONGS & DANCES.
SATURDAY. 19TH JULY,
THE
SUPERB, · MODERN. MILITARY FILM
koku of crude oil are obtained "On the Steps of the Throne'
daily, about 100,000 koku or 500,000 cases a month, or 8,000,- 000 cases of lamp oil, will be pro- duced a year. The annual demand for oil in Japan is about 10,000,- 000 cases, so that when 6,000
* koka of crude oil are pro-fuood a day in Niigata prefecture, about half the demand in Japan can be supplied by the Echigo oil. Con- Eequently, the petroleum com- panies in Japan are considering
BIJOU
9.15 P.M.
IN THREE PARTS.
SCENIC THEATRE. EVERY EVENING 9.15 P, M.
SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT OF
Miss NORA MOORE
THE POPULAR SOPRANO.
measures for doubling the pre TOM RICHARDS, THE RAG TIME KING,
sent daily output, when foreign petroleum will be entirely driven
out of
the Japan market.
WILL OPEN ON WEDNESDAY, NEXT FOR
The demand for petroleum in 7.15 p.m
Japan has been affected by the
wider use of electric and gas
ONE WEEK ONLY.
PICTURES ONLY
light to the extent of about 30 Hongkong Tramway
per cent. The course foreign oil
companies will take to compete
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
Established 1880.
Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000
| Paid-up Capital ... 30,000,000
Reserve Fund.
18,200,000
19
#
Head Office.-YOKOHAMA.
Agencies at Nagasaki Newchwang
Now York Osaka
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors......
$32,200,000 T/T. Java
$15,000,000 T/T. Marke COURT OF DIRECTORS. T/T. Francs
Hon. Mr. D, Landale. Deputy 8. H. Dodwell, Esq.,-Chairman,
Chairman,
G. Friesland, Esq. C. S. Gubbay, Esq. P. H. Holyoak, Esq.
G. R. Laureaz, Esq.
F. Lieb, E1q.
W. L. Pattonden, 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 Allowed.
On Current Account'at the raté
...................199 Bank of England rate.......
..2.46) Sovereign ......
Subsidiary Coins.
Discount per 100-
Chinese ...20 cts. pieces 36 15/16% Chinese ...10 Hongkong.20 Hongkong.10
$74 $51
A
$6 15/16 | Ведагов, Old.....
SHARE REPORT
A-SELLERS
Stocks & PAID OP VALOR.
HANKS.
Hongkong & 'S'hai $125 -
MARINE INSURANCE«, Cantons
North China.
of 2 per cent. per Annum on the Unions
| daily balance.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS.
For 3 months, 2 per cent. per
Annum.
For 6 months. 3 per cent. per
Annum.
C
N. J. STABB, Chief Manager.
Yangtzes
SA-SALE
CLOSING Qrows
$805 Ba.
£81/-/- mid-
$50 296 b..
£5 T137 Է.
$100 6790 8.
FIRE INSURANCESI
£50 $200 ox 73
$20 $147
B-BUYERS
LisT DIVIDEND AND PATE.
£2/5/-atex 2/-1 equal to
$21.71 for 1 ending 31/12/12
$18 for 1913
year
Final of 19p.c, making
20 p,c. for 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/
$10 for 1911
Branches Antung-Hsion Bombay Calcutta Changchun Dairen Féngtien Harbin
Pekin.
China Fires Hongkong Fires
$50 $356. b.
$27 for 1911
SHIPPING
Ryoiun
Port
(Arthur)
For 12 months, 4 per cent
Annum.
per
Hankow Honolulu Kobe Liao-Yang
San Francisco
Shanghai
China & Manilas $25 $10 nom. Douglas Steamship $50 (833 Steamboats
$1 for 1905
$15 827
b.
Tiebling
Tientsin
Tokyo..
카
(Preferred) (Deferred)
£5 884
8.
Los Angeles
104/6
b:
£11
2nd
$10 $5394 b.
$1 or 10,000
3rd
for year ending 30'4'13
London Lyons
Interest Allowed on Current
Account.
Deposits received for fixed 7.15 p.m. periode at raten to be obtained on
application.
EISHI ONO,
Manager, Hongkong, 31st Mar, 1913. THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
Co.
AT
with Japanese oil is an interesting BATHING BY MOONLIGHT
speculation, says the Mainicbi.":
Both the Standard and the
Rising Son Oil Companies, goes“
NORTH POINT.
on the Osaka journal, are striving. BY KIND PERMISSION OF CAPTAIN ZEEDER, THE BAND OF
hard to sell their oil in Japan by
investing a considerable amount of capital, and cannot be expected to strike their figs and retreat without a struggle. They are sure to resist the Japanese at tempt to capture the market, When the Panama Canal ie opened next year, a revolution will como about in regard to the transmission of American pet-,
THB P.M.S.S. COMPANY'S "'SIBERIA" WILL PLAY ON
THE BEACH FROM 9 P.M. TO 1 P.M. ONTM
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16th.
SPECIAL CARS will leave the Post Office ever y
few minutes.
TENTS provided for use of bathers.
roleum to Japan. The opening of Public Companies
"the canal will not only reduce freight, but the time required for transmission will also be much reduced, which will lead to still more acute competition."
NOTICE.
THE HONGKONG LAND
& AGENCY INVESTMENT
Company Limited.
Mr. Takada, Director of the Industrial Bureau in the Formosan Government, passed through Shimonoseki the other day on his AN Interim Dividend of Three & half Dollars per share way to Tokvo. In an interview
for the Six months ending 30th with the "Asabi" correspondent, June, will be payable on Monday Mr.Takada recalled that the Hoden 28th July, on which date Divid Petroleum Company first sunk end Warrants may be obtained on a petroleum well at Bgoriten in application at the Company's 1900, but the result was unsatis office. i
The Transfer Books of the factory. The Formosan Govern ment granted a subsidy of Yen. Company will be closed from 20,000 for the purpose of contin- Saturday the 19th July, to Mon- ning the boring to a depth of day the 25th July, (both days in- clusive) during which period no 2,000 feet. This work was com transfer of shares can be regis- menced in February last, and tered. when a depth of 500 feet was By order of the Board of reached, oil was tapped. On Direstora boring farther, at 717 feet a
A. SHELTON HOOPER,
Secretary..
to a height of 36 feet, the daily Hongkong, 11th.o'y, 191%.
spring was tapped, oil gushing up
output of oil now being 50 koku.
Preparations were being made to
obtain oil by means of the rotary
لمسته
--
NOTICE.
Notices
NOTICE.
IT is hereby notified that app-
lications are invited for the
vacant posts of two Probationer Nurses in the Civil Medical, De- partment.
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1553,
HEAD OFFICE Paid-up Capital
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK Indo-Chinas
THE Business of the above "Shell" Transports £1
Bank is conducted by the) HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. "Star Ferry
Rules may be obtained on ap- plication.
INTEREST on ́ deposits is al- lowed on the minimum monthly [18
balances at $3 Per Cent. per an- num. 20
"
·KEFINERIES,
China Sugare $100 $90 B. Luzon Sugars $100 837
MINING.
Depositors may transfer at their Chinese Engineerings £131/3 middle option balances of $100 or more.
annum.
LONDON. For the Hongkong and Shang-
£1,200,000 hai." Banking Corporation, Reserve Fund... £1,700,000 | NJ. STABB, Chief Manager.
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors.....£1,200,000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans- acted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- osived for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
A. 8. HEWETT,
Acting Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912.
Notices
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EUTSCH ASIATISCHE
DE
BANK.
£1 57- b.
$1.50 for year end’g30'6'12- Dividend of $1 for half
year ending 31′12′′12 (6.p.o. for years 1912 and 1912 on preferred shares
Tinal of 2/- making 20%
for yearending 31*19*11
Int: of 1/8/0. 1912
$2 on 10,000 shares let issue $2 on 10,000
$3 for 1912 $3 for 1897
Interim of Shp.c. 8 2/5d per
share. Coupon No. 1 ac- .count year 30.6,13
Int. of 2/6 a/c. 1913.
1/2 for 1909
b..
B2
b,
to the Hongkong and Shanghai Tronohs
FIXED Raubs Bank to be placed on
£1 $3,70 b. DEPOSIT. t A Per Cent, per DOCKS, WHARVES, & G'DOWNB.
Kowloon Wharfs $50 $98 H.K.&W'poa Docks,850 $85 Shanghai Docke T. 100 T.52 b. ex div Hongkow Wharís T. 100 T.110
LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94 [ $124 Hongkong Hotels $50 <
$90 b. Hongkong Lands $100 $118 b. Humphreys Estates $10 $83 b. Kowloon Lands.. $30 $40 b.
Shanghai Lande T. 30 T. 95
West Points
Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8
COTTON MILLS Ewos
Capital Fully
Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000 Head Office.-Shanghai. Board of Directors-Berlin. Branches: Berlin Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe
Singapore Tientsin Peking Teinanfu Tsingtau Yokohama. LONDON BANKERS:
$50 $7416 8.
T. 50 T. 1274 b.
T. 117) b. T. 100 nom T134 88. b.
Shanghai Cottons Läou Kung Mow Kung Yik Hongkong Cottons $10 $9
$12 $10 b.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Messrs. N. M. Rothschil & Sons. The Union of London and Smith's .Bank, Limited. THE CHINA PROVIDENT Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Applications must be in the
LOAN AND MORTGAGE
Agency. handwriting of the candidates ac
CO., LTD..
Direction der Disconto, Gesell companied by certificates of
schaft. (Capital Paid-up...$1,250,000.)
INTEREST allowed on Current China-Borneos character, and be forwarded to the undersigned.
Loans on Mortgage of House Pro-Account. DEPOSITS received Light and Powers Ior perty, &c.
Do. (Spec. shares) $1) on terms which may be learned on application. Every description Chins Providents $10 $9 Goods received on Storage. Advances made on Merchandise: of Banking and Exchange buei-Dairy Farms $6 $2614 b. Loans made on the Providentness transacted.
Groon Islands $10 $714 System.
Hongkong Electrics $10 $41 R. TIMMERSCHEIDT, Hongkong Toen $25 $180 8.
Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911.
Hongkong Ropes
For full particulare please apply to the Matron at the Civil Hospital.
J. T. C. JOHNSON, Principal Civil Medical Officer. Hougkoor, 10th July, 1918. 1489
LESSONS IN CHINESE,
(854
M
R LI HON FAN,Chinese graduate versi in literature,
system. The deposit was expect THE WEST POINT BUILDING
ed to prove the best in Japan,
Their Majesties Courts.
COMPANY, LIMITED.
ΑΝ N Interim Dividend of Two Dollars per share for the six Their Majesties the King and menthe ending 30th June will be Queen have held. two Courts at payable on Monday 28th July on Buckingham Palace during the which date Dividend Warrants week ending June 13, the last of may be obtained on application at the season, and both were bril the Company's office.
The Transfer Books of the Cam- liant functions. A large number of debutantes were presented on pany will be closed from Satur oach occasion. Amongst the day the 19th July to Monday the 28th July (both days inclusive)
members of diplomatic corps in- during which period no transfer vited on 9th ult, were the Siamese of shares can be registered.. Minister and Luang Sampaketch,
(Rates and Particulars on ap
#plication).
The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR
OF
WILLS, ATTORNEY, &04 Undertaken and Executed.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers.
has been a teacher to Europesa officials Hongkong, 10th March, 1908 82
and merchants in this Colony for over
yests.
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THE MERCANTILE BANK OF Langkats
INDIA, LIMITED.
Morning Post Peak Tramway
He has a good method of training PEAK TRAMWAYS CO. Authorised Capital.....£1,500,000
Europeans to pass in the Chinese ex- amination, and is possessed of a first! rate certifionte as a Chinese teacher. He has also a good knowledge of Mandarin and Hakka
Those who intand learning the Obin- ese language are requested to write care of "Hongkong Tel-graph" office of direct to 67 Hollywood Road, 1st floor Hongkong, 29th Jan, 191€ [714
HONGKONG, CANTON & MACAO STEAMBOAT Co., Ltd.
By order of the Board, of NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS,
A. SHELTON HOOPER
Beoretary to the HONGKONG, LAND INVESTMENT & AGENCY COMPANY, LIMITED. General Agents for the WEST POINT BUILDING
COMPANY, LTD/A)|
whilst on the following evening Directors, the invited guests included the Japanese Ambassador and Mr. Koike, and the Siamese Minister and Nai Tiem. The presentations in the General Circle on the latter oxxasion included that of Lady Hart, by her mother-in-law, the Powager Lady Hart.
Hoogkong, 11th July, 1918.
THE TRANSFER BOOKS of
the Company will be CLOSED from the 22nd July, to 5th August, both days inclusive. By Order of the Board of
Directors, W. E. CLARKE.
Secretary (698 Hongkong, July 8th, 1913.
LIMITED.
TIME TABLE.
WEEK DAYS.
7.00 A.M. i *&cs Am. Erény 35 MEIN,, 1.00 A., 10 10.00 1,
19.00 to 11:00 Alle
11.30 AM, 1 11.45 PM. KLAS F.N. 'lite Tole tại
* 7,34, to
2.1.x. 10
5.00 2,11, 10
15 MIN.
15.Mm,i
Ir
20 MIN.
F
15 MIN.
10 MIN,
·7.45 2.3.
Sp
2.85 7.5
"
10 MIN
15 MIN.
TO MIN.
T 3.30 7.1.
NIGHT CARS.
*.50, and 79 7.4; 9:30°r.4. ta
Covery half hour.
$1.0038510-13-45 1,35
11.00
every quarter aanhour.
SUNDAYS.
60654-10-10-30 A. EVERY-15.3114. 10:30 AM. 10 TRGAM
TO SIM.
DE MIN.
16 SEIN,
พ
.15 MIN.
1.
io Mini
--
Is 2114
Jo Min.
23.45 4.6 10 18.00, p.
12.00 Noon 101,00 22. 1,00 to 3.00 7. 5.00 B. 1
7.00 Fil 2.00 2.4, to 10 N.
NIGHT CARS maon Work Days*
SATURDAYS.
́"Extra" Cars" at'te 'midnight.
SPECIAL CARE.
The Arrangement like Company'"Offi, Alesandra, Bullding.
Do You Bandı
Subsoribed
Paid Up
Reserved Fund
BANKERS:
$4.50 for year 1912
$1 final dividend for?
year 1911. :
Tis. 3 for 1912.
for}
Final of Tle. 4 making 1
Tie 7 for 1912
Tla. 6 292'10
$3 on old. aharea, $1.50)
on new shares for half *year 31*12*12
Final div. of $336 making
$7 for 1912
50 cents for 1912. $2,80 for 1912
5 p.d. for half to°30′6′′12) & final of 6 po, making 11 po. for 1918
Final of $2,25 making $4,25 for 1912
15 per cent. for 1910 7p.o, for year ‘en
31.10.12
ending
50 cents 31.7,08
85 cents for 1912
4
8.
70 cents for 1912*
68.
88.
$10 $2314
8. 10 39
$25 $22 $10 $10 nom.
b.
Do. (new) $1 92 cts, nom, Hongkong Electric Trams 7/816 b. --4,125,000
Philippines
$10 $5 562,500 H. Proe & Co., Ld. 310 $6
Pro- 365,000 Bogfete des ferred
Bank of England,
London Joint Stock Bank,
Limited.
Pulpeset Papierteries
du Tonkin
** $50 [$20 pald up 850
Benefit 8200 Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20 T.150 Steam Laundry || #5° |64}.6. United Asbestos】
Oriental Agency, $10 $91% b.
United Asbestos Founders Shares
$10 $300 $10 $18-
$10 830
$10.68
Interest allowed on Current Ac- Union Waterboat counts at 2 per cent per annum
on Daily Halance and on Fired Welemann, Ltd. Deposits at rates which may be Watson ascertained on (application.
ARLINTON
Manager
William Powell?
8.
$1.25 for year end'g 31'718
40 cents for 1911
$1.60 per share for 1912 Finslof 18 making $10
for 1912
$10
$1 interim & final of $1 -$2 for 1912
{'Tls. 1 account 1913- None
80 cents on fully paid shares and 8 cents on
$1 paidshares for year ending 30.4.13
Final of $5 p.c making
7 p.c, for 1912. None
$1.50 for 1910
None
No dividend' this year
50 cts. for year end g 31:5.1
20 per cent, per ordinary share, for year ended -31*5*1912 KM LIDENS,
$1 per share for your ending 31'12'19127970)
25 per cent for year)
ending 31711
60 cents for 1918-
*40 ete, yenrending 30012 Boerected in regs pak, july 24 - sga W WRIGHT AND HORNBY, E Gemand Brokens 4 De Yarer Hand Conduit Wali nödarei Beckende,”“
the abura quotat
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