1913-10-17 — Page 9

Commeccial

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states that the balance t credit

Cotton in Korea The total ares of land on which cotton has been raised in Korea

THE HONGKUNG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1913.

Public - Companies

CUINA LIGHT AND│: POWER CO., LTD.

THE TWELFTH ORDINARY

ANNUAL MEETING of

North China Insurance Co., Ld.this year is 14.000, che (about)

35,000 acres). The weather has THE been very favourable for colton The report of the directors for are the planting, and the con- the your ended June 30, 1913ition of the orop is very satisfao tory, Poking has been already wasted, and the new cotton SHAREHOLDERS in the Com- is expected to come on the Mokpo pany will be held at the Office of market early next month,

| the Company, St. George's Bulld- ings No. 6 Connaught Road, Victoria, on SATURDAY 18th October 1913 at NOON. for the purpose of receiving a Statement

Japanese Government Bonds, It's announced by the Japan

Finance Department that the

Banks

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION

Hand Qlice :-8o, Wall Street, Naw York. London Discs 1-3ð, Uishopsgate, K,C.

BRANCHES :-

Bombay

Calcutta

Caston

Caba

Calon

Empire

Hoogk

Hankow

Shanghai Yokokawa"

Capital and teete jaman@7,000,000 (Œuid] ~ EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI NESS transacte

CURRENT ACCOUNTSoposed o5, lỆN TIẾN

Banks

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI T/T

BANKING CORPORA Demand

TION.

Storling

T/T Jepan

T/T Bombay

Solling,

Exchange

T/T, Marks

TT. Francs 16 Haiphong 1/8 On Baigon ........

.953

jm.

30'd/s

60 d/s

1/4 On Bangkok

Paid-up Capital

$15,000,00

4 m/s

1-3/8

Buying.

Kobe ..Manila

Mexico.

T/T Shanghai

[17236 [4, m/s. LƒO

.2/-5/8

RESERVE FUNDS:

T/T Singapore

85 1/24 m/s. D/P

...2/-3/4

Yeanm

Private 30 d/e sight S'hai

73166 m/s. L/C

27-13/16

PRIDE

Na Fracca

971430d/.8'ney & Melbourne 9/7/8

T/T India

.148) | 30đ/c. San F'oo & New York, 195

.1484 | 4 m/s. Marks

810

Demand Bombay'

149 4 m/s. Francs

26814

1483 6 m/s. 'do

.2601

Demand' Aloutta

149 BarBilver. ready

Demand India

149

forward

Demand Manila

.98' 1/4

Gold Leaf per taal

T/T. San Feu & New York. 48 g

T/T. Jaya........

181 1/8

Bank of England rate Sovereign

Subsidiary Colne.

$32.450,000

Discount per $100

Malwa, Now

..$15,000,000

Malwa, Old

Faina, New

........... 4.305 parche.

Patna, Old

4,250

Benares, New Home

4,200

of the 1912 necunt is Tis 212, 530 40 and, after deducting an interin dividend of 10 per cent aggregating Tia, 36 711 30 paid on May 1st, there remains a sum of Tle. 1758.9:10 which the diréators. recommend should be appropriater in the following Special 5'per coul hands would (of Accounts and the Repor. of renum, or forshorter perioda, at raisi, welch

the General Managers for the esteraleet of applets LLECTED Year ending 31st July, 1913 and electing a Consulting Committee de and Auditors.

next.

impossible for the Goverment

"DEPOSITS RECEIVED, ha»d, for one year, s

HILLS MALL and TELEGRAPHIC, REMITTANCER

"LETTERS OF CKEDIT and DRAFTS gránted en all the principaleitisa in the World. ofREDIT arm avaliable all over the World.

The TRANSFER BOOKS the Company will be CLOSED WEDNESDAY the 45th

PANY LTD..

COM-

NOTICE is hereby givin that

muuner: Bon dividend of 10 bruder med to the suurt of per cont. one paid-up capital, Y20,000,000 at the end of Nv.

*mber

The Japanese making 20 per cent. for the year; a bonus, of 15 per cent, uprc. furnnta, in cotamenting upon contributory premium; £10, 110, note that in the past the

Government "has desired to re- frum transferred sterling, prve, bringing that fund up to 2150 deem a cution of the annual until SATURDAY: 18th October 000 and the hilance to hamunt (Ÿ.50,000,000) to be re-1913, both daya idclusive.

deemed during the season when | transferred to underwriting re-

SHEWAN TUMES & CO. General Mangers. sarve ccount, closing the actmatismoney is badly wanted by the for 1912. The balance at credit public, but it has been absolutely of working comnt of 1913 to June 30 auraits to.T: 250 087 to earry out its intention with HONGKONG HOTEL 77. The company's investments ising Exchequer billa, and "so have been written down to the redemption as not been eff. market values as a June 30- lastet. A large surplus has been carried over from the national Anglo-Japanese Trade. accounts for last year, which has The British Arting Cousoleonbled the Government to ra General, reporting on the Kohadeem the boude this year, district of Japan, sive: Phuny be thought by some more total frith else in the importaveuble to redeem the bonds in trad runel, ta et5,492,518. Drsnber, but intareston nation: or almost half of the total, an inal bouds in paid by the month erence of $1,720 260 as compared if the hands are redeemed with 1911. Abhough there was even arly in. December, internet an increase in general iron ini-must be paid for a whole month, ports, there was on the whole whereas it releemed at the end decreos of imports from the "U. November "interest for .one ited Kingdom-which to alle mith amounting to about £5.351.433-10 the Vilua or Y300,000-will be saved. The 8408,201. Most of thed win Bing special 5 per cont. which now trade in coiton goods belongs to outstand at Y.232,323,070, sill the United Kingdom

The redeemed to the amount of Impris from Australia roso by £250 305 120.000.000. The annual The brick dem n for wood and itinurk (T210.000) of die "old | lead-ore was responsible for this.bps," which are outstanding resulta."

4Y1,975,500, will be redecol at an opportune time,

From British India and the Straits Setylenta imparts rose from £7,500.873 to £9,471 817, owing to the largo, quantoy of pig-iron, Indian cotton and rice required in Japan. The pig-iron imported from India smented to 28,518 tons,, valued at $94,183. Imports from Hongkong diini-h- ed slightly, while Canada.shower! & certain increase.

The share of the United States in the import travle rose from £3,823,538 to 0.203,103. Raw cotton importation brenght about this result. Kerosene oil showed

L

:

THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTER OF DOMMERCIAL LETTEMS OF CREDIT PURCHASE and SALE of Singka and Sharne

TRAVELLERS CHRCKS sold and cubet, 1

GROROZ HUGO, Maunger.

, Qaven's Road, Hongkong Bong. In Nov., 1912

THE

LIMITED.

19

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

Established 1880.

1

£1,500,000 at 2-

$15,000,000 Silver 17,450,000

Réaorvo Liability of

Proprietora

T/T Calcutta

· COURT OF DIRECTORS. Chinese...20 cts. pieces 58 1/18 %

S. H. Dodwell, Esq.,-Chairman. Chinese...10 10+ $83,8 Hon. Mr. D. Landale. Deputy Hongkang.20

an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Hongkong Hotel Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 - Com any, Limited will be held at Paid-up Capital 30,000,000 18,550,000 the penises of that Company, | Reserve Fund ................. I

Pedder Stroot, Victoria in the Colony of Hongkong, on Savar Head Office.-YOKOHAMA. day, the.wenty-fifth day of Oct, 1911, at 12 o'clock noon when the Branches sub-joined resolution will be pro- Antung-Haien posud

Bombay

September 'Rubber Returns. Singapore Vaitel.-15.500 the. Bukit Sembawang —15,100lb-, Serangoon.-2,000 lbs. Ayer Tawah.-7,028 lbs Bruas-Perak.—1 00; lbs.) Barnam Perak -1 828 16. Cicely-24,411 HIM. Chomor-United; -7,504 lbs. Geneals,-7,500 The Lower-Perak.-2,000 lbs. Ratnut-14,944 ha, Trolak

10,071 tbs.

Malaka Pinda,-15,000 The Mandai-Tekong (Singapore) →

(liny--10:287 lbs

a doorcaso Chinese import f3137 lbs. off by £74,595 Imports from Germany recorded a rise from £2.822,033 to 23'001 396.

Exports to a purtá of the Bei- tish Empiro'exceeded the figures for 1911 by 21,067,647, more than half of this being attributed to the increased value of experts to the United Kingdom-in the main copper, silk bandkerchief- | also contributing a shore. Ex- ports to British India and Straits

Sungei Duri-4,908 1. Alma. 8,600 lb-, Shanghai Kicbang40191. Sungei Bagan.-5000 The Kata Bahru,18,224 lb.- Bukit Teh Allang -4,309 lbs. Kinta Kellos—11,000 lbs. "Pelepál Valley (Johore)) 4,750 Tbs...

Kota Tinggi (Johore).-3.625 Siginting (Negri Sembilan).-.

Settlements largely matches, 2,050 lbs. copper, gluss and under wear Clovelly-2008 164,

increased by 134,420 and tr Burmalı Development.-1,344 Hongkong principally in cotton | Iha.

sloths and yarns by £290,037 United Malaga, -8,000 1hg The trade with Australia and

Durian. Sabatang. Angust

Canada showed a fair inoroase. 1.520 lbs., September 1,176-1bá,

Emerald.7,938 lb, eight

Coasting freights, as well se

**That the following_new "rti- | Calcutta ele be ms rted in the Company's Changchun Articles of ssociation after Arti- Dairen cle 10 thereof

Fengtion ia. The Company shall pay Harbin

dividend, in respect of Hankow any existing or now Honolulu "shares of the Company, Kobe

in propor ion to the Liao-Yang · amount paid up on each | London share where a larger Lycus

tuount is paid up on some shares than on "others."

Should the above Resolution be passed by the required majority it will be submitted for confirma tion as a Special Resolution to a socond Extraordinary Meeting

which will be subsequently con-

vened,

19:30

Daled this 14th day of October.

y order of the Board of

Directors. J. H. TAGGART,

Acting Secretary,

NOTICE.

P

Agencies at Nagasaki Nowobwang Now York... Osaka Pokin

Ryolun Port

(Arthur)

San Francisco Shanghai "Tiebling 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, 30th Sept., 1913, 18

THE CHARTERED BANK

INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.

OF

E. Goetz, Esq

P. H. Holyoak, Esq.

Hongkong.10

$616

∙1812

Opium Quotation.

Aug. 15.

$9,350 perpic

3,500

Benaros, Old......... 4,000

SHARE REPORT.

BBUYERS

ATT DIVIDEND AND MATE

Chairman.

G. Friesland, Esq..

C. S. Gubbay, Esq,

3-SELLERS

G. R. Laurenz, Esq.

STOCKER & PAid Up Valor,

BANKS."

SA-SALE

CLOSING

Q

W. L. Pattonden, Esq,

Hongkong"& S'hai $125

MARINE INSURANCES, Cantons

$790 s.

£79

$50

345

$18 for 102.

£5 T137 b.

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. 2 per cent per For 6 months. 3 per cent par

Annum.

Annum

For 12 months, 4 per cent per

Annum.

N.J STABB. Chief Manager

North China

Unione

Yangtzes

$100 $786 b,

FIRE INSURANCES. China Fires Hongkong Fires

£50 $195

b. 820 $153 $50 $370 b.

SHIPPING. China & Manila $25 188 5. Douglas Steamship $50 $33) s. Steamboats

$15 $2816.b.

Indo-Chinas

تو لیمو

(Preferred) £5 $88 8, (Deferred)

"Shell Transports £1

198/- Ven

Star Ferry"

{

$10. 65792 b.

REFINERIES,

$100 $96

$100 $35

MINING,"

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

Rules may be obtained on ap- Chinese Engineerings £1 32/6 plication.

£1 50/ INTEREST on deposits is al-Tronobe

£1 $5.10 lowed on the minimum monthly Raube balances at $3 Per Cent. per anKowloon Wharfe $50 $89

DOCES, WHARVES, & GʻDOWNS.

num.

annum

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and, General Banking business trans-bai

VOTICF is borchy given that

a meeting of the share holders of the EADWATER MINING COMPANY (Inc.) will be held at the Hongkong Hotel

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- on Wednesday, October 22nd, ated and FIXED DEPOSITS re-

acted.

For the Hongkong and Shang-

N.J. STABB, Chief Manager.

Banking Corporation,

pam,t consider the POSITION ('ceived for 1 year or shorter periods)EUTSCH ASIATISCHE

of the Company andi & FUTURE at rates which will be quoted on

By order. Hongkong, 8th October, 1913.

HEAD OFFICE.-LONDON. Depositors may transfer at their H.K. & W poa Docks $50 - $79' na. Paid-up Capital .........£1,200,000 option balances of $100 or more Shanghai Dooku, T. 100 ke b; Reserve Fund.........£1,700,000 to the Hongkong and Shanghai Hongkew Wharfs T. 100 T.109

FIXED Reserve Liability of

Bank to be placed on Proprietors... .....£1,200,000 DEPOSIT 4 Per Gent, per LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS

Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94 (+$125 Hongkong Hotels $50

$90 $110 Hongkong Lands $100

Humphreys Estates $10 - $914 Kowloon Lands. $30 $45. b.

Shanghai Lands T. 30 T. 91

: $50 $72 West Points

Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8

COTTON HILLS,

T. 50

application.

A. S. HEWETT,

Acting Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. 122

Notice

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.

THE

NOTICE.

Notice-

CO., LTD.

Capital Fully

BANK.

Paid-up...8h. Taels 7,500,00 Head Office.Shanghai. Board of Directora Berlin. Branches:

Berlin Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe. CHINA PROVIDENT || Peking.` Singapore Tientsiq.

Taipanfu Tsingtau Yokohama. LOAN AND MORTGAGE.

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

Ewos Shanghai Cottons,

Laou Kung Mow Kung Yik Hongkong Cottons $10 $9

China-Borneos $12

"HISCELLANEOUS.

B

b.

£2 at ex 1/19% equal to yest

$20.81 for 16 ending 30/6/13

Final of 1 p.d. making

2p.o. for 1911

Final of $20 making $50- for 1911 and Interim j of $30 for 1912 Final of $12mak. $15 for

1911 & Int, of$3 for 1912 J

$10 for 1911

$27 for 1911

$1 for 1906

$2.50 for year end'g 30′0'18 Interim of $1 for half year ending 30'6'13 16 p.o. for year 1912 on preferred shares

Final of making 6/ for yearending 31°19′12 Int, of 1/- a/c. 1919

$2 on 10,000 shares ist issue

2nd 3rd,

$ on 10,000,

$1 on 10,000

for year ending 30*4*13

$3 for 1912

$3 for 1897

Interim of 3 p.o. 8 2/5d per. share. Coupon No. 1 ao-

count year. 30.6.12 1913

Int. of 2/6 a

1/2 for 1909

$4.30 for year 1912

$1 final" dividend för

year 1911

Tla. 3 for 1912

Interim of Tis 3 for 1913

Tis. 6 29'2*10

$3 on old shares, $1.50)

on newshares for half

year 31*12*12

half

$34 for year ending

30 6.13"

50 cents for 1912

$2.80 for 1912

Interim of 5 p.o. for year ending 30′6′′18 half- 32 for 14 year endin 30.6.13

15 per cent. for 1910

7 p.c. for year ending}

31°10'12

Tla. 10 for year end-1

ing 30'6'13

T.147

¡T. 123 b,

105

144

50 cents 31.7.08

b.

85 cents for 191z-

8,

70 cents for 1912

$6 827 $10 $694

80,

$1.60 per share for 1912

$25 $150 s.

$2 interim for 1913"

$1 interim for 1913 ·

D. (Spec. shares) $1

(Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.) Loane on Mortgage of House Pro- HE HALF YEARLY MEET- most freights to foreign connmonths 54,480 lbs.

ING OF MEMBERS will be Gods received on Storage.

party, &c. tries, were bigher in 1911

Henrietta, -5.739 lbs., com- held on WEDNESDAY, the 29th Advances made on Merchandise:, Direction der Disconto Gemeli. Light and Fowers $101 than in the previous year, pany's year to dato 34'360 lb.

October Next, af 12 o'clock, noon, Loans made oo the Provident Freight to India, however, were Sungei Matsug-5,600 lbs..

at the Offices of the Jockey Club,

System. brought down very low by company's year to date 25,228 the keen competition between theba. Nippon Yusen Kaisha and the Anglo-Jahore - 13.028 lbs. ; British India Storm Navigation total to date 67,561, Jbs.; cor- Company. The cost of tonnage responding period last year advanced considerably, and 27,454 lbs. number of steamers were pur chased by Jepunere steamshia

owners at enhanced prices, and

Child's 200 Wasp Stings. An eighteen months-old boy

such purchases are continuing named Burt, of Nether Wallop. 1913. The steamers acquired in-

Hampshire, has been admitted to

cluded also large ones for foreign the Salisbury Infirmary in a trading and charters were effecti by Japanese companies for this serione condition through being purpose at remunerative rate, stung with wasps.

The child

The heavy duty of 15 yen per ton was found in a field covered with on vessele imported into Japan wasps and was stong in 200

places.

led to not a few of the steamera which were bought being regis tered at Dairen in preference to Japan: The number of British steamers transferred at Koba.10 the Japanese dag in 1912 was 11, with a tonnage of 23,004 tops.

Over 441,000 tons more ship-

Notice

NOTICE.

ping of all nationalties entered THE INSTITUTION OF EN- the port of Kobe in 1912 than in GINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS

OF HONGKONG!

SCIENTIFIC SESSION,

on the Ground Floor of the Hong-(Rates and Particulare on.aps kong Club Annexe. Chater Road plication).

By Order,

T. F. HOUGH, Clo k of the Course. Hongkong, 15th Oct., 913. (960

NOTICE.

FOR SALE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY.

ти

BRITISH CONCESSION, Shameen, Canton. 'WO LOT, Nos. 79 and 80, fronting on the Canal Road, cach with a frontage of Ninety Feet on the Road, and with a depth of 140 1/3 feet, together with the Buildings erected there" on. The Lots will b- Sold either separately or together. This property will be put up for Sale at Public Auction on the Premises, Commorcing at 11.00 am, on THURSDAY, the 39th of Ối to- ber. 19.3, if not sold privately before that date. The Under-

1911, whilst the number of ships, increased by 76. There wAB AD inorease of 42 vesicla, with a ton- imge of 157,935 tone, in the CRAGA Paper will be rend at the Ins-signed reserve the right to reject titute on TUESDAY. thell bide if no acceptable bids are

on

of British steam vessels entering 21st inst.. at 9.00 pm. by J. S. offorod. Part es interested may Kobe, Japanese vessels increased GANDER Esq. (member) obtain particulars-from-. by 85, with a tonnage of 185,480Oil Fuel for Marine Boilers" The China Baptist Publication

Society, - tone) Gorman by 10, with a ton. Chairman J. McCUBBIN Esq.. jaga of 78,050 tons.

Provident."

Tung Shan, Canton, China..

OF

ychaft.

China Providents $10 $9 Dresdner Bank. INTEREST allowed on Current Dairy Farms Account. DEPOSITS received Green Islands The Office of

on terms which may be learned Hongkong Electrica $10 $44 b. TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR

on application. Every description Hongkong loes WILLS, ATTORNEY, &o.of Banking and Exchange busiHongkong Ropes: $10 823

Undertaken and Executed.

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

P

KAK TRAMWAY.CO, LIMITED.

FEMA *

WEEK DAYS.

7.00 4.34, to

1.00 A3 EVENT 15 Mix, 1,00 AM to 10:00 30.

10,00A.M. La 11.00 AM.

↓1 10 A-3, 10, 11.45 PM, 19.45 PM. Lo

32

R. TIMMERSCHEIDT, Langkats

Manager, Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911. 12 | Morning Post

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LIMITED. Authorised Capital ......£1,500,00

..... 1,125,000

562.50 415,00

Bubauribed

10 MIN.

15 Mi

Paid Up

Reserved Fund

I

10 TK.

15 MIN.

10 IM.

133 PM, KO 1.45 2.3. 8.33.2.3. *.157.M. 15 500 F 1.00 PM, LO

NIGHT CARS. 1,39.6"and"q". 1O

Liverysbalf hour

#1,00%,M40 11–45 7,M. ̧

evary quarter pílanikaus, SUNDAYS.

8,00, 10:30 AM. Even TJ MIN. to go Aše, to 11.00 AM

1-19.00. Nook—

BANKERS:

Bank of England. Loudon Joint Stock Bank, Limited.

Peak Tramway

g. 10 T33 &,"

$25 $22 $10 $1014'.

Do. (new). $1 90 ata. Hongkong Electric Tramë9/- a.

Philippines

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

Pre Societe des 1-ferred

$50 $20 Pulpeset Papierteries paid du Tonkin

up $50 Benefit $200 Shanghai-Sumatras T, 20T150, Stoam Laundry

$5 $4 United Asbestos}

Oriental Agency,>$10 $914 b. Ld.

10 SEIN,

1.4%

'F1-SIM,

to 1.00 Pa

1:00 PM. to 4.00 to 6 DO

90., to

o F.M

I

17

11.

fol

10

7.00 TI

*

Is M

!

Interest allowaTon Current As- counts at 2 per nant per annu'n on Daily Balance and on Fixed United Deposits at rates which may be assortained on application..

12.00

7.00 7.4, to 8.30 P.M. is so bira,

NIGHT CARS as on Weak Days:

SATURDAYS.

Extra Cama? midnighty;"

SPECIAL CARS.

·By, Arras zamant at the Company'COMlos,

Alaxandra · Beildings,

AR LINTONO

THE ALEXANDRA, CAFE Cannot be Beaten, if Equalled, For Bread, Cakoa; Confenfionery. meals with Wines & Liquers

Asbestos Founders Shares),

Union Waterboat

Weismann, Ltd.

Watson William Powell

$10 $300

$10 $17 1/2 b.

$10830

$10 - $8 ***

Concand sa inga pa Ock, 16; 1983,

$1.30 for year end'g 91713

40 cents for 1911

Interim of Tls. 1 mak" ling Tle, 2 s/o 1913 None

80 cents on fully paid)

shares and 8 cents on $1 paid shares for year i ending 30.4.13

Final of 85 p.. making

7 p.. for 1912 None RTAMEN $1.50 for 1910

Nons

No dividend thus yest,

·50 cts. for year end‍g 31,312

(20 per cent. per ordinary share for year ended 31-51912

$1 per share for year

ending 31*121913

25 per cent. for year)

ending 31711 200

60 cents for 1912

40 ota, year ending 30°6′13 WRIGHT AND HORNBY, furs and

General brokers & De Voeux Road Central Tal, sidress Rentitialize The Telegraph dons nos hold Sigelf vergessities, way of the abova quitasloné)