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COMMERCIAL.

Made in England."

Writing to the Globe" Mr. M. N. Houphrey Davy says:I have

been making inquiries among leading London wholesale and distributive firms in the toy' trade with a view to ascertaining the relative shares of British-made and foreign-made toys in the "market in thie country." The es- »timates supplied to moʻvary, but. considering them as a whole, I find that the ratio between the two classes varies according to whether the retail price is under or over one shilling or there-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 1913.

Entertainments

VICTORIA THEATRE.

A GRAND CHANGE OF PROGRAMME

FOR

abouts. It appears that in Tuesday 12th & ́

cheap lines an overwhelming pro- portion of toys are foreign made- apparently, something like 80 per cent. On the other hand, in the ouse of better cinas und, therefore, more expansive toys, the dis proportion between British and foreign is considerably less, one leading emporium believing the ratio to be 40 per cent, to 60 per cent. There seems to be a gen- oral agreement that during the past five years increasing quan. fities of British-made toys have been placed on the market.

Freight.

Mesars. Wheelock & Co.'s re- port from Shanghai, ciated

Wednesday 13th

INCLUDING THE FILM ENTITLED

"THE OBSTACLE

FINE PRODUCTION OF MILANO"

HUGE

August 7 states that, contrary to Kitty Raynor

expectations, the homeward freight market, continues to show improvement, and a fair quantity of beans are still going forward. The revolt has had a disastrous : effect on the coastwice trade; there are no orders or inquiries worth speaking of and rates con- sequently are very weak all round. The next cargo boats on the bertli are as follow:-Mar- seilles, Loudon and Antwerp, Hitachi Maru (August 8), Namur (August 14) and Miyazaki Maru (August 22); London, Amsterdam and Antwerp, Lycanon. (August

1

SUCCESS OF

& Olga Montez

THE BIJOU.

THE GENTLER PASSION. GREATEST COLOURED FILM EVER SHOWN IN

HARDLY

Banks

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION.

Head Office:-65, Wall Street, Nuw York' * London Offen;~36, Bishopsgats, 1.0.

BRANCHES --

Hambay

Calcutta

Canton Cabu

Colos Empire

Hongbong

Haskow

Capital and Reserva

Banks

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI T/T.

Buying.

..... 9/16

Exchange

„1/11 13/16 | 4 m/s, L/0` - ........

.2/- 1/16 [30 d/s. 8'ney & Melbourne 21-34 7336 30 d/s. San F'co & New York. 4916

Selling.

BANKING CORPORA-

TION.

Demand 30 dis 60d/s

.....1/11 36 4 m/s. D/P

.1/11 15/16

....2/-

6 m/s. L/O

Paid-up Capital

.........$15,000,000

4 me.........

T/T. Shanghai

Ishe Maalis

T/T. Singapore

*Mexico

RESERVE FUNDS :

Panama

T/T. Japan

Faking

San Francisco

ShangBal

Sterling

Demand, Manila ·

Silver,

£1,500,000 at 2/---

$15,000,000

17,200,000

T/T. San F'co & New York 4834

T/T. Java.................

17,ada, noo (Gold)

about....in 1,410,000

EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI

NESS transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opaaad on the

DEPOSITS RECEIVED, äzed for one year ax 4X THE MASKIN, or for sharter periods, at rates, which may be ascertained on applicatOG.

LILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED. MAIL ud TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES

LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS granted no all the principal cities DAR LETTERS OF

THE BANK'S CIRCULAR CREDIT MUSvailable all over the World.

COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT

"PURCHASE and SALE of Stocka and Shares

FRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and cashed,

GEORGE HOGO, Manager.

9, Queen's Road, Hongkong Hongkong, 1st Noy,, 1912

1912

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED..

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

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA,

Branches Antung-Hsien 'Bombay Calcutta Changchun Dairen Fengtien Harbin Hankow Honolulu

Agencies at Nagasaki Newchwang New York Osaka Pekin Ryolun Port

(Arthur)

San Francisco Shanghai

HONGKONG,

4.000 feet long.

THE

Kobe

Tishling

DOG'S FAULT

Liao-Yang London Lyons

Tientsin

: Tokyo

Los Angeles

A FINE COMIC PICTURE. ·

Mr E. F. Bateman, secretary of

12); Glasgow, Glenroy, (August the Dominion Rubber Co., Ld., THEATRE 15); Glasgow and Leith, Glenfarg states that the estimated dry (August 201; London, Rotterdam weight of Para rubber produced and Antwerp, Falls of Oreby on the Company's estates for the

HONGKONG.

ROYAL

FOR THREE NIGHTS ONLY.

presents..

THE NEW BANDMANN OPERA COMPANY,

(August 13); Gonas, Marseilles mouth of July, us telegraphed by MAURICE E, BANDMANN And Liverpool, Ningchow (August the Company's agente, is 17,35110, 15); Marɛsilles, Elavre, etc., Ber- muda (August 13); Bavre, Bremem aud Hamburg, Silesia (August 16); New York vin Suez, lodraghiri (August 9) Bloemfontein (August 19)...

Coal.

and

The "Right to Hiss." the result of a case decided re- Playgoers will be interested in

ently at Swanees, in which a man who had been ejected from B' music-hall for "hissing a song Messrs Wheelock & Co.'s report was awarded £50 damages. As. for the fortnight ended August 7 no one, save Mr. Shaw, has ques- states that there was no new busi-tioned the theatreger's right to tness of any kind in the Japanese applaud what pleased him, thero coal market, owing to the revolt can be no logical objection if he and the consequent tight money also signifies his disapproval of market; stocks on the spot ore up what he does not like.

to the average, but deliveries have

beon stopped in some directions.

In Japan the market is very firm

owing to the small stocks at coal-

ing ports and if present conditions Public Companies

in Japan continue there is a pro

bability of a large ries in contract HONGKONG & CHINA GAS

prices for next year. Delivericeaf Cardiff coal have been brisk owing to the large number of men-of-war in port. There have been very few arrivals of Fushan Coal and stocks are very short. Owing to local conditions very little business has

been done in Kailan coal and deliveries, even under contract, have been small. Stocks in the Fortb, however, remain small and high prices are being maintained. Rubber.

COMPANY, LTD..

NOTICE.

and from October 1st. 1913, the price of Gas to.. the

Public will be reduced to $2.50 per

1,000 Cubic Feet.

By Order of the Directors,

J. McCUBBIN. Acting Local Secretary and Resident Engineer.

OHINA

TRADERS INSUR- "ANCE CO., LTD.

NOTICE.

TO-NIGHT

Special Revival by Request "THE PINK LADY." Thursday, August 14 The ever popular and fascinating "THE DAIRYMAIDS"

.

From the Apollo Theatre, London. Friday, August 15-

THIS YEAR

Interest Allowed on Current Account.

Deposits 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.

› $32,200,000. Reserve Liability of

Proprietors..... $15,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS. S. E. Dodwell, Esq.-Chairman. Hon. Mr. D. Landale-Deputy

Chairman,

G. Friesland, Esq. 0.8. Gubbay, Esq. P. H. Holyoak, Esq.

G. K. 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 Allowed.

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. per

Annum.

For 6 months, 3 per cent, per

Annum.

T/T. India

Demand India

..973

149

„.8331⁄2 | 4 m/s. Marks ...............

.2.0814

m/s. France"

2.56

.27 5/16

14914 8 m/s. do

.974 BarSilver, ready

forward

....:120) | Gold Leaf per tael.....

T/T. Marks....................................................20312 | Bank of England rate T/T. Francs

2.503

Subsidiary Coins.

Discount per $100

Chinese...20 ata.pieces. 8756 Chinese ...10

87% Hongkong.20

$634 Hongkong.10

"

Sovereign.

Opium Quotation.

Aug. 1. .....$3,200 par pio

4,125 perche.

Malwa, New.... Malwa, Old.... 3,300 +) Patna, New

Patna, Old............. 3,975 Benares, Now ...... “3,000 Benares, Old....... 3,825

SHARE REPORT.

S-SELLERS

Stocks & Fam de Valor, BANKS.

Hongkong & S'hai $125 -

- MARİNE İNSURANCES;" (" Cantons

North China

Unions

Yangtzea

EA-SALE

*Closiko Ų TOKE

($800 b.

U£80/-/-

$50. 297

£5 T137 b.

$100 $786

£50 $190

FIRE INSURANCES; *

China Fires

SHIPPING.

$20 8147 b. $50 $357 b. $25 $10 nom.

Hongkong Tires China & Manilae Douglas Steamship $50 $38 Steamboats $15 828

b.

b.

Indo-Chinas

(Preferred) £5 880 ---(Deferred)

110/-

Shell" Transports £1

£11

{$10 855

b...

REFINERIES.

For 12 months, 4 per cent per "Star Ferry

Annum.

N. J. STABB, Chief Manager

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

China Sugars Luzon Sugars

MINING.

$100 891 $100 $35

Chinese Engineerings £130/- b.

Tronohs

£1 53/- Raubs

*£189," DOCKS, WHARVES, & G'DOWNY. Kowloon Wharfs $50 $95

H.K. &W'poa Docks$50 { $82

HE Business of the above TEE

Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Rules may be obtained on ap HEAD OFFICE. LONDON,

plication.

Shanghai Docks T. 100 53 Paid-up Capital .............. £1,200,000

INTEREST on deposits is al-Hongkow Wharfs T. 100 T. 109- Reserve Fund...£1,700,000 lowed on the minimum monthly Reserve Liability of

balanges at $3 Per Cent. per an-LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS ......£1,200,000 num. Proprietors

Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94 Depositors may transfer at their FOREIGN EXCHANGE and

to the Hongkong and Shanghai Hongkong Lands $100 $115. option balances of $100 or more Hongkong Hotels $50-

Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 Per Cont. per

aoted.

FAREWELL PERFORMANCE General Banking business trans

When Hongkong's Favourite

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- Musical Play will be stageded and FIXED DEPOSITS re- AUTUMN MANOEUVRES" ceived for 1 year or shorter periods From the Royal Adelphi

"Theatre, London.

Doors open at 8.30 p.m.. Commence" at 9 p.m. sharp. Booking at MOUTRIE'S. Prices $3.50, $3, $2, and $1.

Notices

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

NOTICE is hereby that the

HALF-

ORDINARY YEARLY MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS in this Corpo. ration will be held at the City Hall, Hongkong, on Saturday, the 16th, day of August 1913, at Noon,

for the purpose of receiving the Report of the Court of Directors together with a Statement of

Accounts to 30th. June 1913.

THE REGISTER of SHARES of the Corporation will be

Mesera. A R. Burkill & Sons, general managers of the under- mentioned companies, inform the the "N.C. Daily news" that they are in receipt of telegraphio advices from the agents in Sing-FROM this date and during my temporary absence from the apore that the output of dry rub- Colony Mr. C. H. P. Hay will act ber for July was as follows:-

A Secretary of the Company.

·Ib.

By Order of the Board. Bute Plantations (1013) Ltd..1,120

C. MONTAGUE EDE, Tanah Merah Eatste, Lid......815

Mosers, R. N. Truman & Co., Hongkong, 6th August, 1918. General manager of the Batu Anam (Johore) Rabber Estates Ltd., informs then that the ef- timated output of dry rubber from the company's estates for the month of July, was 4,208 lb., IN accordance with the Pro- Directors. which includes an adjustment of stook to the end of June of 665 Articles of Association the Gen-

lb.

cretary

HONGKONG ICE CO., LTD

NOTICE

visions of No, 104 of the

annum.

For the Bongkong and Shang-

at rates which will be quoted on hai. Banking Corporation, application.

N.J. STĀBE, Chief Manager,

A. S. KEWETT,

Acting Manager.

Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. 122 DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE

Notices

THE CHINA PROVIDENT Capital Fully

LOAN AND MORTGAGE

CO., LTD.

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

BANK.

Paid-up...Sh. Tacir 7,500,000 Head Office.-Shanghai. "Board of Directora Berlin. Branches:

Loans on Mortgage of House Pro-Berlia perty, &c.

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

System. Rates and Particulars on 8p

plication).

The Office of

JJ

TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR

OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &og Undertaken and Executed."

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers. Hongkong, 19th March, 1908 32

Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsin Tainanfu Tsingtau Yokohama. LONDON BANKERS: The Union of London and Smith's Messrs. N. M. Rothschil & Sons. Bank, Limited. Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London

· Agency." Direction der Disconto. Gusell-

•schaft. INTEREST allowed on Current Account, DEPOSITS received

b.

8125 b.

1891 b.

Humphreye Estates $10 69 Kowloon Landa. $30. 1845. b.

Shanghai Landa T. 30 T. 88

West Points $50 $72

Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8

COTTON MILLS. EWOB Shanghai Cottons Lacu Kung Mow Kung Yik

T. 50 T. 124

b.

*T, 116

b.

95

13

Hongkong Cottons $10 $934

MAN MISCELLANĶOUS, China-Borneos $12 $10 nom.

44

Light and Powers - $101 Do. (Spec. shares) $1/ Dairy Farms China Providents $10 $83

$6 $2616 b. Groon Islands $10 $7b. Hongkong Loos Hongkong Bootrice $10 $38

$25 $180 5.

Hongkong Ropes $10 $25

Langkata

on terms which may be learned Morning Post on application. Every description Peak Tramway

ness transacted...

CLOSED from Monday, the 4th PEAK TRAMWAYS CO of Banking and Exchange bus!-

August, to Saturday, the 16th August, 1913 (both days inclu- eive), during which period no transfer of Shares can be rogis- tered,

By order of the court of

N. J. STABB,

Chief Manager.

eral Managers have this day Hongkong, 31st July, 1913. [455 declared an INTERIM DIVI- Messrs. J. P. Bisset & Co., DEND for the half year ended

of TWO UNION INSURANCE SOCIETY June. 1913 agents of the Pengkalen Darien 30th Estate, Ld., it form then that they DOLLARS PER SHARE,

DIVIDEND WARRANTS may have received telegraphic in- formation from their Bingapore be obtained on application at the agents that the output of rubber Office of the Company on and for the month of July was 5,850 16. after MONDAY the 18th inst.

Mr E. F. Bateman, secretary of

The TRANSFER BOOKS of

OF CANTON LIMITED.

NOTICE.

the Sonawang Rabber Estates Co., the Company will be CLOSED FROM this date and during my

Ld., informs then that the estimat from the 11th nst to the 16th od dry weight of Para rabber inst. both days melusive.

produced on the Company's estate for the month of July, as tele- graphed by the Company'sagents

17,028

JARDINE, MATHESON & CO., LTD. General Manarem

Hongkong, 8th August, 1915,

temporary absence from the

Colony Mr. C. H. P. Hay will act

as Becretary of the Bociety.

By Order of the Board.

0. MONTAGUE EDE.

"Secretary.

Hongkong, 6th August, 1913,

LIMITED,

TIME TABLE.

19-45 7.6. to

WEEK DAYS.

སྣ་.

g. 10 25

$25 $22

$10 $10

R. TIMMERSCHEIDT,

Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911.

2

Do. (new) $1 92 s. Hongkong Electric Trams 7/714 b. Philippines

$10 $5 H. Price & Co., Ld. $10 $6

Pred

7.00 s, to 8.00 AM. Every, 15 Mari

30.00 AM.

Mt. 10.00 AM, 20

$5.00 A.M." 19 MIN. 13 304, 20 38.49 Pult,

110 PJ.

10

10 MIN..

1.35 1.12. 15

I.ES ..

15. Mr.

343 734 te

125 PE

10 151,

15 MIN

5.00 7.3. 20

736

+3

10 MS.

NIGHT CARS.

INDIA, LIMITED. Authorised Japital,

Subsoribed

Paid Up

Reserved Fund:

50 PM and mat, p30 Pat, in

11,001ČMA, every half hour.

15.00 to $1.45-7.3.

overy quarter of ambour. BUNDAYS.

זן

MIN. THE MERCANTILE BANK OF Soolete des ferred

31.830 | [$20 Pulpeset Papierteries i pald· du Tonkin

$50 £1,500,000

Benefit 8200 1,135,000 | Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20 T.150

562,500 Steam Laundry $594b. 365,000 United Asbestos)

3.00 AM 10 10:30 AM, ETære og Min.

10.30 AM. 19 13,00 AM

11.5 A.. to 100 No

13.00-Noom 10, 1.00 PM.

BANKERS:

Bank of England.

Limited.

Oriental Agency, $10 $914 b.

15 MIN.

11

To Mix.

London Joint Stock Bank,

3.00 3.M; Lo 5.00 M

I

IS MIN

6.00

10 MIN,

7.00 PM.

5+

15 Max.

3.10.

H

za itn.

United Asbestos

Founders Shares] Union Waterboat

$10 $300

$10 $17

Welamann, Ltd.

5.00 F., Lo

·800 ¥3, 10 7.00 .M. to "NIGHT CARS on Wale Dayı”,

***... SATURDAYS.

KafriCare "atfjen "imidnight. SPECIAL CARS.

·By Arrangement ki„the Company's Office

Alamadın Bolldings Du... Your Rand:

Interest allowed on Current Ac

counts at 2 per cent per annum

on Dally Balance and on Fixed Watson Deposits at rates which may be William Powell ascertained on application,PA

A. R. LINTON'

$1030 $10.8794

$11

- Corrected to taga pin. Ang. 13° 28**

B-DUYERS

· LAST, ZIVVERZEND AND DATE.

£2/5/- at ex 2-3 equal to

$21.71 for ending 31/12/12

year

$18 for 1913 Final of 10 p.o. making 20 p.o. for 1911 *. Final of $20 making $50) for 1911 and Interim of $30 for 1932 Final of $12 mak. $15 forl

1911 & Int, of $3 for 1912),

$10 for 1911- $27 for 1911

*$1 for 1906

$1.50 for year end'g 30'6'12- Dividend of $1 for half

year ending 31*12*12

(6 p.c. for years 1912 and

1912 on

preferred shares

Final of 2/- making 20%

for year ending 31*12'11

Int, of 1/- a/c. 1912 $2 on 10,000 shares 1st issue

$2 on 10,000

$1 on 10,000

"2

2nd

i. 3rd

for year ending 30'4'13

$3 for 1912

$3 for 1897

Interim of 3 p.o. 8 2/5d par share, Couvon No. 1 ao¬ count year 10.6.1. Int. of /6 a 1913 1/2 for 1909

$4.50 for year 1912- $1 final dividend for

year 1911

Tla. 3 for 1912

Jor

Final of Tle. 4 making

Tis 7 for 1912

Tls, 6 29'2'10

$3 on old shares, 91.50)

on new shares for half year 31*12*12

$314 for

.30.6.13

year endi

50 cents for 1912 $2,80 for 1912

5p.c.for half to 30°6′12) & final of 6 p.o. making 11.p.o, for 1912

82 for

30.6.12

year ending

15 per cent, for 1910

ending}

7 p.o, for year ending)

31.10.12

50 cents 31.7.08

85 cents for 1918

70 cents for 1912 $1.25 for year end'g 31'712 40 cents for 1911

$1.60 per share for 1912 · Final of $8 making $101 ..for 1912

$1 interim & final of $11 $2 for 1912

Tle. 1 account 1913

None

80 cents on fully paid) shares and 8 cents on $1 paid shares for year ending 80.4.13

Final of $5 p.e. making) masa/ 71/p.c. for 1912.

None

$1:50 for 1910

None

No dividend this year

50 ots. for year ond'g 31.5.1

120

per cent. per ordinary

share for year ended *31*5:1912

$1 per share for year ending 31*12*1913):

25 percent for year

ending 317:110: 60 cents for 1912

) ota, yearending 306 19 WRIGHT AND HORNBY, e me