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COMMERCIAL.

THE "HONGKONG TELEGRAPH FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1913.

Companies

HONGKONG HOTEL COM-

somewhat hesitating market for Jublic fair to good, medjum Indians, and the wook's sales have recorded a The Trade of Salgon før 1yia,

perceptibly easier tendency in prioos for these grades, more The district of Bis Majesty's noticeable on whole leaf shan Consul at Saigon embraces the broken. There is an abundance whole of French Indo-China, but tea coming within the range of the present report only deals with 9d. to 15d, per lb. Good to fine

been as follows :--

poor.

1910,

1911.

1919.

PANY, LIMITED.

NOTICE is hereby given" that

an Extraordinary General

Banks

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION.

Hold Onion1–60, Wali Screst, New York. loadios Ofios tongs, Bishopsgila, E.,C,

BRANCHES.-

Calcutta Caston

Know

Musica

Sua Francisco Shanghal

299 Yokohama dumą, ad0,000 (Dokt)

ARING BUSI

· Capital and Reserv

About NERF and m ĐEVERY DESCRIPTION OF I

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opend on the atom, DEPOSITS KECEIVED, fxed for one year ni for shorter periods; at maten; which

VADA COLLECTED, Ž MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES

Lerma

* Tour mál the principal sities in the Worldh

THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF

10s. The Company shall pay dividend, in respect of

ieved.

acted.

■RÄVELLEKS

Ty

CHECKS sold and cashed.

GEORGE HOJO, Manager.

4.

9, Queen's Road, Hongkong

1919

any existing or new shares of the Company, Hongkong, ist Nov., 1912

in proportion to the

smount paid up on éách

share where a larger:

THE

the tra le of the port of Saigon in lead remain firm, but the market Cochin-China. The value of the closes with an undercurrent of total foreign trade of the port of cusiness for common Indian tea. Meeting of the Hongkong Hotel Saigon for the last three years has While imports and stocks of all Company, Limited will be held at tea are below the average of re- the premises of that Company, cent years, deliveries are above Pedder Street, Victoria, in the and continue, good Chins, Colony of Hongkong, on Satur Imports £5.586,935 £5,275,020 £3,055.563 Sunda, with 1,368 pkgs. sad day, the fourth day of Octoberved on oppilation Exports 7,062.148 5,038,910 4,738275 0,108 pkgs, in transit. There have 1915, át 12 o'clock noon when the Totul...£12,629,084 £10,313,919, £9,791840 been no public sales this week sub-joined resolution will be proETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTO granted

Privately: The market remains:

posed The decrease in value is due to very quiet, although a

"That the following new Article CREDIT be all over the World few be inserted in the Comparis's rice crops in two consecutive Keemuas over la. per lb have Articles of Association after Arti-PURCHASE and SALE of Blocks and Shares COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT sears The same cause contri- attracted some inquiry. A few cle 10 thereof:- buted to the difficulties in which small contracts have passet for two large allied Chinees firms of common to fair Moning Tom 51 old standing found themselves into 6d. per lb. Buyers are operating May. 1912, and in which several principally for immediate require of the European hout va in Saigon ments, Java: Offerings during were considerably interested. A the week 2,400 pkgs., against renult. of the crisis has 6,117 pkgs, last year. Total from been a restriction of credit January 1 to date 150,457 pkg- all round, and particularly againat 136,300 pkgs, last year As regards advances to Chineze. There was

Should the above Resolution be The former too easy manner in quantity on offer this week au passed by the required majority which the Chinese rice millers the sales passed with spirit. The it will be submitted for confrma- And merchants obtained advances market was decidedly firmer all tion as a Special Resolution to a from the banks for the purchase round, and better class teas were second Extraordinary Meeting of paddy and other produce from fully til. per lb, dearer than last which will be subsequently con- natives up country has now pract week. Plainer Broken Pekoes ically ceased, and the banks will told freely and advances were ber, 1913.

Dated this 22nd day of Septém- generally only advance against sometimes recorded, while clean paduce on its arrival. In view leaf Pekces were wanted and can

By order of the Board of of the fact that Coobin-China is be quoted rather dearer. Among A French Colony governed by he highest averages were! French officials, and containing Goalpara, 10s ; Windoe, 9.1-8d.; a population of several thousand Titgarne. 851.; Sangiang and French people with comparatively Budjong Sokks, 311. The average few other Europeens, it is natural for the whole sales on Garden THE HONGKONG TIMBER that there should be a large de

mand for French gcode. France bas about 40 or 50 per cent. of

a rather smalle

Account is 81, per lb., cumpared

with 71. per lb. a year ago.

Mesare. Lloyd, Matheson, and

the total import. This does not Carritt report concerning China mean, however, that Europe is in TeaQuotations in the private

vehed.

No

amount is paid up on YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, some shares than on "others"

LIMITED.

Established 1880.

Authorised Capital Yon 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital...

"30,000,000 Reserve Fund...... 18,200,000

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA,

Branches Antung-Hsien Bombay Directors, Calcutta

J. H. TAGGART,

Act ng Secretary.

COMPANY,

Changchun Dairen Fengtien Harbin Hankow Honolulu

Kobe

Agencies at Nagasaki Newchwang New York Osaka

·Pekin Ryolun Port

San Francisco

(Arthur)

Shanghai

Tiehling

Liso Yang London Lyona

Tientsin

Tokyo

.Los Angeles

EÍSHI ONO,

Interest Allowed on Current · a position to compete for the other market remain unaltered. There JOTICE is hereby given that

"Account. 50 or 60 per cent. Much of the is, however rather less doing theme, the undersigned under the the business carried on: by

Deposits received for fixed total import consists of the natural last few days in fine grades of style of the Hongkong Timber perioda at rates to be obtained on products of the neighbouring Monings, but in teas for prics a Company will en and after the

application. countries which it is impossible good many contracts have been lat day of October, 19.3 be trans for the Wertosa notions to sup: pot through at cheap rates. Green forred to Messrs. Meichers & Co. Hongkong, 31st Mar., 1913. ply, and of articles of purely Tea: A considerable business is free from all debt and other liabilities. All e editors and native nes manufactured in China, in progress in Green Teas of others are hereby requested to THE CHARTERED BANK OF in the production of which early every grade, the exception send in their claims to me on or Europe can hardly hope to com- being Foong Me 26, which at before the 30th day of September,

present are rather neg'cötel..

Grandchild for Raja Brooke,

Public Auction.

pate. Amongat such articles are animal products from Hongkong (meat, live shoop, edible birds' nests, raw silk, &o ); fi uite, seede and vegetables from Chias and the Straits; opium from India and China, hemp, Chiness, ailk goods, Chinese medicine and

The Rani Mu a of Saraw.ik drage, fire-prackers and joss (the Hon. Mrs CV Broka) gave sticks, Obinece polt ry, shoes birth to a daughter at 18, Davies and paper, Chinese vermicelli, street, W., on September 2. grass matting, and numerous (ther items, which added together form a very considerable propor- tion of the total import. Again, to arrive at an idea of the pro- portion of the import trade left open to the enterprise of European manufacturers it would be neces sary to eliminate the value of the gunny bage from British India (average for the three years about TIONS of the letting by Public £240,000 per annum), of the Auction Sale, to be held on Mon- kerosene oil from the United day, the 39th day of Sept., 1913, States and Netherlands India at 3 p.m., at the Offices of the faverage £133,000), of the gold Public Works Department, by leaf (average $221,000), and of Order of His Excellency the other similar special articles. I Officer Administering the deduction wore made of all these ment, of Onis Lots for Govern items it would be seen that Land at Fife Street Mong Kok, "France's share in the goode cap-tem

in the Colony of Hongkong, for a of 75 years, with the able of being applied by Europe option of renewal at a Crown is indeed overwhelming, and may Rent to be fixed by the Surveyor probably be regarded as equival of His Majesty the King, for one ent to éboat 90 per cant. Thus, further term of 75 years, in 1912, of the value of woollen

PARTICULARS AND CONDI.

Boundary Measurements. (Approximate)

goods imported 84 per cent was PARTICULARS OF THE LOT. French, of machinery 87 per cent, iron and steel about the same, of liquors 90 per cent., of cotton piece goods over 96 per cent, of cement 97 per cent., and of motor cars 100 per cent.

Rubbar ap- pears in the customs returns

the of exportato

amount

of 96 tons, valued at £17,211. There are now about | 170.000 acres of rubber estates in Cochin-China,' of which some 32,000 acres are planted with - about 4,000,000 trees. The ex- ceptionally long dry-888son of -1911-12 was rather a severe trial

} No. of Sare

Registry No.

LOCALITY.

ม

feat

[eel.

[feel frat

PE

Annual Real

1913.

Dated this 25th day of Septem- ter, "1913

THOMAS W..KYDD.

Alexandra Buildinga.

The business of the. Hongkong Timber Company carried on by and Mr. T. W. KYDD will on after the ist day of October 1913, be carried on by us the under signed under the style of Messrs. MELCHERS

Manage

INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND

CHINA."

Incorporated by Royal, Charter 1859.

(18

Banks

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI Demand

BANKING

OTION.

Paid-up Capital

CORPORA-80 d/u]

Belling.

Exchange

T/T: Marks T/T. Franca 3/16 Un Haiphong).

On Saigon.

205

39.d/s.8'ney & Melbourne 2/- 15/16

2179) 190d/s.Bản I co& New York 1998

T/T Shanghai

T/T Singapore

T/T Japan

T/T India,

Demand Bombay

T/T Calcutta Demand Caloutta... Demand India' .............. Demand Manila

149)|| BarSilver. reatly

149 3/4 forward

98 3/4 Gold Leaf per tääl rk 48 3/4 Bank of England rate

121 3/4 Sovereign

Opium Quotation.

Fot. 60 d/a

5/16 On Bangkok,

4 m/s

$6

Buying,

$15,000.00

1991 4 m/s. L/C....

12/11/16

2/19/16

RESERVE FUNDS

Private 30 d/s eight B'ha

3566 m/s. L/04

****

979

Sterling

£1,500,0

T/T Bombay

:14916] 4 m/s, Marka

1494 m/s. Francs"

259

148 6 m/s. do

261

:28.7/16

$15,000,000

.28 34

32,80

Silver

T/T. San Fc & New T/T. Java

$9,90

$32.450,000

Proprietors Reserve Liability of

Subsidiary Coins. Discount pe

per $100 $15,000,000 Chinese...20 ots pieces $84% COURT OF DIRECTORS.

Chinese ...10

Aug 15.

Malwa, New

$3,350 perpics

Malwa, Old

3,500

Patoa, Now

4,305 perobe..

·8336

Patna, Old..

4,250.

Benares, Now

4,200

Hongkong.10

38 18

Benares, Old...".

4,000

8, H. Dodwell, Esq.-Chairman. Hongkong,20 Hon. Mr. D. Landale-Deputy

Chairman,

G. Friesland, Esq." 0,8 Gubbay, Esq. P.H. Holyoak, Esq.

G. K. Laurens, Esq

F. Lieb, Esq.

W. L. Pattenden, Esq., J. A Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shellim, H. A. Stebe, Esq.

· CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stabb,

MANAGER. Shanghai A. G, Stephen. London Bankers-London County and Westminster Limited.

Hongkong Interest Allowed

On Uurrent Account at the rate of & per cent per Annum on the daily-balance.

ON FIXED DEPOSITS.

For 3-months, 2 per cent per

Angum.

SHARE REPORT.

S—SELLERS AN

Stocks & PAID UP VALUE."

BANKS

Hongkong & S'hai $125 <

BA-LASE

CLOSING

$790

£80: 10:0 $50- 8224

MARINE INSURANCE", Cantone

North China

Uniona

Yangtzee

£5 T137) b.

$100 $786

China Fires Hongkong Fires

· FIRE INSURANCES.

£50 191

E-BUYERS

LAST DIVIDEND AND DATE.

£2 at ex 1/1156 equal to $20.31 for 16 year ending 30/6/15

* $18 for 1919

Final of 1p.o, making

$45

20 p.o. for 1911 Final of $20 making $50 for 1911 and Interim of $80 for 1912 Final of $12 mak. $15 for

1911 & Int, of$3 for 1912)

$10 for 1911

$20 $149

$50 $367 b.

$27 for 1911

SHIPPING China & Manilas. $25 38) Douglas Steamship $50 835 Steamboats Indo-Chinas

"

$15 $286

For 6 months, 3 per cent

per

Annum.

For 12 months, 4 per cent per

Annum, d

(Preferred) (Deferred)

Shell" Transports £1

£5 679

107/- b.

€11

Star Ferry

$10 15732. b."

REFINERIES.

$100 195 $100 35

N. J. STABB, Chief Manager

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK THE Business of the above China Sugare Bank is conducted by the Luzon Sugars HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION

Rules may be obtained on ap- plication. A

DATA, MINING.

Chinese Engineerings £132/6

Raubs

£155- £113.10.

INTEREST on deposits is al. Tronohe lowed on the minimum monthly DOCKS, WHARVES & U'DOWNE balanase at $3. Per Cent per an- Kowloon Wharfe $50 890

Bum

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. :- Depositore may transfer at their H.K. & W pon Docks $50 678 b. Paid-up Capital

£1,200,000 option: balances of $100 or more Shanghai Dooks T. 100 58 Reserve Fund.........£1,700,000 to the Hongkong and Shanghai Hongkow Wharfa T. 100 1.106 Reserve Liabilityof

Bank to be placed on FIXED Proprietors £1,200,000 DEPOSIT 4 Per Cent, per LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDING

Гардит.

Anglo French Lande T.100 0.94 125 FOREIGN EXCHANGE and For the Bongkong and Shang- General Banking business trans- hai. Banking Corporation, Hongkong Hotals $50

$90 N.J. STABB, Chief Manager, acted."

$£13 Hongkong Lands". $100

ן

· CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- & COMPANY TIMBER DEPARTMENT.

Dated this 25th. Sept., 1913. ceived for 1 year or shorter periods

'MELCHERS & CO.

Queen's Buildings.application.

ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE Humphreya Estates $10 $94 b.

Notices

at rates which will be quoted on

A'S. HEWETT;

Acting Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. [28

SPECIAL SALE OF WORK THE

IN AID OF THE

ORPHANS AND THE HOME

FOR THE DESTITUTE.

Notices

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.) Loans on Mortgage of House Pro- porty, &c.

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

System.

plication).

OF

The Superioress and Sisters of (Rates and Particulars on ap- the Italian Convent have the honour to announce that their

Annual Sale of Needlework, comprising Ladies' and Children's dresses, embroideries, table covers, handkerchiefs

and a variety of artioles suitable for presente, will be held at the Con-

vent on the

22nd to 27th inst, inclusive, commencing each day at 10 a.m. A. Special Feature of this year's | Sale will be a Children's Stall on which will be displayed a fine as- sortment of Sweets and Oboco- lates specially selected from the Manufacturers in Switzerland. This Stall is certain to delight the little ones. Charming little

to the young trees, but the dam Public Companies packets of confectionery can be

age reported is on the whole less

then might have been expected.

la a few years' time the export of HONGKONG & CHINA GAB

rubber ought to show a very con-

siderable increase

London Tea Report, u be Meserr, W. J. and H. Them Bon's Weekly Circular, daté August 29, advices

good

demand prevails, and importers continue to enjoy excellent resul from

but the high level of valne seems to be influencing

COMPANY, LTD.

NOTICE.

The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR

WILLS, ATTORNEY, &0., Undertaken and Executed.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers.

32 Hongkong; 19th March, 1908

PEAK TRAMWAY CC

BULIMITED.

TIME TABLE. § WEEK DAYS.G

1.00 A.4. 10. 2.00AM. EVRY '15 ATIN,

‚'20.90 a.m; 10; 15:00, AMINE 15.30 AM. 10 18.45 FM/AM WAS P.M. in 3.5 #ɔR. 133 7.M. ( 145 256

5.00 PM, 10

19-Men 19. M

75.2 IN.

PINES JERES HIM, TO MIN, NIGHT CARS. Land -M4,"p.ge"?at, to' 11.0019th) "averyskalf hour.

erary quarter of aborrece

SUNDAYS. 400 AM to 10:30 A.M., BY:

(12,65 mm, to: 18.00 Noor

had for five cents each. Be<| sides these, there will also be a large range of bonbons, all done up in fancy and dainty boxes of attractive design. Every one of these boxes is moderately priced.

The Superioress and Sisters beg 1030 to 11,00 to solicit the patronage of a. generous community to aid 10 and from October 1st. 1918, work of providing for the main the price of Gas to the tenanos of the large number of Public will be reduced to $2.50 par Orphans at the Convent and its 1,000 Cubic Feet.

outlying branches..". By Order of the Directors,

J. MŒCUBBIN, Acting Local Secretary and. Resident Engierer,

N

ITALIAN CONVENT. 28. Caine Road,

Sept 1913.

Hongkong

-7:00 7., to

NIGHT

73 AILE*

K-Days:

Capital Fully

BANK.

Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,00 Head Office-Shanghai. Board of Directors-Berlin. Branches:..

Berlin

· $30 $46. Kowloon Lande

Shanghai Lande T, 30 FT. 91

West Points

$50 $72 B.

Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8 .. MAN, COTTON HILLS. Ewos

·T, 50 T, 138 b. T. 110 b.

197 4131

Caloutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore-Tientsin Tsinanfu Tsingtau Yokohama. Shanghai Cottons

LONDON BANKERS: Messrs. N. M. Rothschil & Sons. The Union of London and Smith's Bank, Limited. Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London

"Agency,

Direction der Disconto Gesell- schaft.

Dresdner Bank

Laou Kung Mow Kang Yik Hongkong Cottons $10 $9ź China-Borneos $12 $91 Light and Powers $101 Do. (Spec.shares) $1} China Providents $1088 60 aa, Dairy Farma $6 628

MAN ISCELLANEOUS,

$10 $6

INTEREST allowed on Current Green Islands Account. DEPOSITS received Hongkong Electrics $10 841 on terms which may be learned Hongkong Ioes on application. Every description

$25

172 B

of Banking and Exchange bus! Hongkong Ropes $10 $23 neas transacted.

Langkate

R. TIMMERSCHEIDT,

Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911.

12

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

$25

$10 $94 sa

$1 90 ote.

Morning-Post Peak Tramway

Do.(new) Hongkong Electrio Trams 9/68. £1,500,000 Philippines

$10 435 1,125,000 H. Pride & Co., Ld. $10

1562,500 000

Pre 415,000 Soolate desferred

Pulpeset $50 $20" Papierteriespaid

INDIA, LIMITED, Authorised spital. Subscribed

Paid Up

Reserved Fund

BANKERS: Bank of England. London Joint Stock Bank Limited.

Interest allowed on Current Ac counts at 2 per cent per annung on Daily Balance and on Fired Deposi

at rates, which may be Bourtained on application,

LAB LINTONĮ,

For Bre

du Tonkin up $50,

Benefit200 Shanghai-Sumatrak T420 T150 Staam Laundry ---35-140 United Asbestos

Oriental Agency, / 810/8914 b.

ARRANGE

United Asbestos 110 $300

Founders Shares.

$17 1/2:5

$101

$1 for 1906

$1.50 for year end'g 30'6'12 Dividend of $1 for half year ending 31′1272 6 p.o. for years 1912 and 1912 on preferred shares

(Final of 4/- making 6f- for yearending 31'12'12

Int, of 1/- a/c. 1913

"

$2 on 10,000 shares Jatissue $2 on 10,000- 2nd Bi on 10,000 3rd for year ending 30'4'13

13 for 1912

*$3 for 1897.

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

ahare. Counon No. 1, ao count year 10.6.12 *Int. of 7/6 a 1913

1/2 for 1909**

$4.50 for year 1912

$1 'final dividend

year 1911

for}

Interim of Tls 3 for 10 fra

· Tla. 3 for 1912..

Tis. 6 29°2:10

$3 on old shares, $1.50)

on newshares for half> year 31-12-12

8814 for year ending

30 6.13%

50 cents for 1912

$2.80 for 1912

5p. o. for half to 39′6′′12)

& final of 6 p.o. making

11 p.o, for 1912

$2 for year ending 30.6.12

15 per cent. for 1910 7pio, for year ending

31.10 12 TIE. 10 for half year end year end- ing 30'6 19

50 cents 31.7.08

'85 conte for 1912

70 cents for 1912

$1.25 for year end'g 31'7′12

40 cents for 1911

61.60 per share for 1912.

$2 interim for 1913 81.interim for 1913.

Tls. I account 1913

None

80 conta on fully paid

shares and 8 cents:on. $1 paid shares for year anding 304.13 Final of $5 p... making

4.7p.c: for 1912. None S

$1.50 for 1910

None:

No dividend this year 50 cts. for year end g 31.5.1

20 per cent per ordinary" hare for year ended

'5'1912)

$1 per