1913-10-31 — Page 9

Commercial.

RUBBER SHARE MARKET.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH) FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1913.

recognition of the Republic by a gun somewhere handy. If he the Powers, and the activity re-seas a good chance he does not ported in South China, will give hesitate to fire, when a hasty on stimulation to the market, and glance has satisfied him that no Tientsin. will remain in its pro- gamekeeper is near be. And the Месяго. Zara and Leigh-sent inert condition until export dogs, too, that are used for herd-|

ing sheep ar cons or turkeys or Hunt's Mid-Weokly reports on trade is in fall swing. the Rubber Share Market and The following prices sie geess, do you think they do not list of quotations, dated Wednes- quoted:--

14

hunt? Why, their depredations day morning, October 1 states:- Blue Fieb, 100. Heugping T 110 are a continual bugbear to sporta

The price of Plantation Rub. Sun & Crow 200

109 men, To sum up the animal ber has shown some recovery Double Deor,'3-22

147 does not fear the presence of man. during the past week, and sbaren Fish, 42-2

173 It keeps at what it thinks in a values were favourably affected Cotton Pieco Goode:-Boingale distance, but it does not flee in sympathy, but the whole of right in the demand resson bullet after it, it dies very quickly, from him. When man sends a the improvement has not been small lots are daily

chung- kapt.

ing hands, but no transactions without hasing anticipated its The sows which comes to hand worth mentioning have been con fare. Is that ornel? And, to from Brazil abows that the posi- cluded. Money is tight, and al-arry the war into the enemy's tion of affairs there is decidedly though prospects for the future country, do women never connive oritical, and socording to the are not bad, the market is decided-at orgelty P Look at the pigeon'a lateat bull, tin issued by the ly dull, such as has never been desperate struggles under the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, witnessed since the time during presre of the fingers that Are it is difficult to estimate the Revolutionary War. Prices current crop. The collectors left follow :--

in April as usual for the rivers, Elephant, Drills. Tls. but in what numbers is uncertain, Dack.

are as

throttling it! Look at the lobster thrown alive into boiling water! }

Banks

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

ORPORATION.

Heal (Exces--do, Wall Street, News, Worki London Office:-14, Hadopagnia, BC

·BRANCHES.

Bombay

Calcutta Свидет

Calam Celot. Empire

Hongkon

Caplial and Surplus

NISSAN

Paid-up Capital .$15,000,00

Exchange

T/T,Marks

**4641/11 11/16 T/T. Franor 1/11 3/4 On Haiphong

Banks

Selling

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI T/T BANKING CORPORA

TION.

Demand 80 d/s 60 d/s 4 m/s

........ 1/11 18/16 On Saigon

................1/11 7/8 On Bangkok

Baying.

T/T

T/T Shanghai ......................................../34 m/s. L/O Singapore...............................04 8/8 4 m/s. P/P Private 30 d/s might S'hai 79 7/8 6 m/s. L/O

2/5/18-

..2/-7/16

2.112.

T/T Japan

T/T Bombay

Demand Bombay

T/T Calcutta

Demand Caloutta

Demand India *****

RESERVE FUNDS:

Kobe

Меліса

Venema

Paking

San Francisco

Shasthal

Storling

Yokotams

old $1,400,000

EVERY DESCRIPTION JE,BANKING BUSI

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on, the, magna

FOSITS REGARD, EL PR, which

sceartaised on apellation

'42 par sanum, or for skorije periods, as

MIAN NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED,

mada.

IL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCEE "LETTERS OF CREDIZ and DRAFIÍ, geniet.

the principal city to the work.

on

THE BANK'S CIRCULAR. LEITERS ord CARDIT wallabyul qver the World,

COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT FÜRCHASE mad. SALE of fucks and, Sharma TRAVELLERS CHICKS told and cubed.

GEORGE HO00, Manager.

"

9. Quaan's Road, Bongkeng

3.20

And the fly, the bothersome fly.

3.00

left to die a lingering death glued, 1st or 2

F

3.86

on 10 the paper hanging from the

JT

3,80

oiling. If it does carry all sorts

of

in

Dia-

reason why we should condemn

3.82

Rooster in Circle Butterfly mond,

and in consequence of money Lion," difficulties, the crop may be only Nine Dragons, Sheeting. three-quarters of last season's while the steady fall in rubber prices has so apat credit coÙ- ditions that it seems doubtful whether financial resources will be available to dispatch usual contingent of rubber collectors next year.

་

Some disappointment has been caused by the action of the directora of the Straite Settle menia (Bertam) Company in carrying forward over £15,000 of profits instead of making any final dividend distribution, but in view of the present position of

Dragon O, Double Fish,

*

11

THE

19

3.83 germs of disease, is that any YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

3 80 3.80

it ta die of starvation? I have: seen them still alive six hours. after being caught. And what about fishing! When a fish finds the hook in its jaws it jerka about, planges, struggles to get rid of the fearful thing. Every musule in its body comes into nation in ita,dasperate efforts to get clear. still Brought at lost to the surface & second ordeal meets it, the ordeal

Cotton:-During the current week new cotton wre arriving from the interior in small lots. It expected that more will be shipped next week.

Fr

Foreign exportors are holding themselves aloof, leaving Japanese merchants alone to cou- of anffocation. trol the market The abnormal price quoted here for some time seemed to have apurred ship their ossible speed produc-

to

Notices

FREE LECTURE

on

result in the reduction of price. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Tis. 21 is the price, now quoted.

Theatre Royal, NOVEMBER 10th, 1913

է.

'LIMITED.

to

Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 30,000,000 Paid-up Capital ...

18,550,000 Roserve Fund

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA."

Branchos Agencies at Antung-Hsien Bombay Calcutta

Changchun †Dairon

Fengtion

Harbin

Hankow" Honolulu Kobe

Liao-Yang London Lyons

Nagasaki Newchwang New York Osaka Pekin Ryoiun Port

(Arthur)

San Francisco

£1,500,000 at 3/

$15,000,000

Bilver 17,450,000

Resrove Liability of

Proprietors.....

.......................................................96 1/4 30 ds.8'ney & Melbourne.../-9/16

T/T India focista saciussu147 30 de San Foo & New York. 4BY

.....147 | 4 m/s. Marke..................

147-1/4 | 4 m/s. Franos

.147 1/4 Barðilver, ready

..147-1/4

forward

147 6 m/s. do

Demand Manila. ...............................................87 | Gold Leaf per inel T/T, San Fou & New York 477/8 Bank of England rate T/T. JAYA tukuta .119 5/8 | Sovereign

2.07-1/2

2.55

8.57

87.1/2

..277/16

1.53,20

****$32,450,000

Bubeldiary Coins.

Oplum Quotation.

$15,000,000

Discount per $100

Malwa, Now

COURT OF DIRECTORS. Jhinese...20 ots.plenes #8 %..

Malwa, OldTM

Oct 21. $4,600 por plo

4.700

89

Patna, New

Patna Old...

$634

Benares, New

887%

Benares, Old..

8. H. Dodwell, Esq.,—Chairman. Chinese...10 Hen. Mr. D. Landale. Deputy Hongkong.20

Chairman.

G. Friesland, Esq.

E. Goetz, Esq.

O. 8. Qubbay, Esq.

P. E. Holyoak, Esq.

G. H. Laurenz, Esq

W: L. Pattenden, "Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shallim, H. A. Siebs, Esq. OHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N, J. Stabb.

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

Hongkong.10

`S-SELLERS

Stocks & Pam be' Valor.

BANKS.

5,825 perche 5,700

* 5.525

5,350

SHARE REPORT

BA-SALE

B-HUVERS

LAYS DIVIDEND 'AND DATE.

£2 at ex 1/1196 equal to |

$20.31 for 1 year ending 30/6/19/

$18 for 1919

Final of 1 p.o, making

20 p.o. for 1911 Final of $20 making $50 for 1911 and Interim of $30 for 1912- Final of $18mak. $15 for

1911 & Int, of$5 for 1912)

$10 for 1911

CLOSING

Q

ས

$790 b.

Hongkong & B’bai #125

£80

MARINE INSURANCE‹, Cantons

$50

345

North China

£5 T137

Unions"

$100 $800 b,

Yangtzes

£50

$195

YIRE INSURANCES;

€20

8155 b.

850

8377) b.

$27 for 1911

HongkongInterest Allowed:

· On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent per Annum on the daily balanco

ON FIXED DEPOSITS.

For 3 months, 23 per cent. per

Annum.

For 6 months. 31 per cent. per

'Annum.

Chira Fires Hongkong Fires SHIPPING. China & Manilas $25 $74 b. Douglas Steamship $50 $33 8. Steamboats

Indo-Chinas

$15 $2814 b.

Shanghai

Tiebling

Tientsin

Tokyo

Los Angeles

For 12 months, 4 per cent. per

Annum.

(Preferred). (Deferred)

"Shell" Transports £1

£5 $89

103/6

£11

Star Ferry

$10 358

REFINERIES.

$100 $97 $100 $95

Interest. Allowed on Current

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

EISHI ONO

affairs, there is, of con.se, a good China dealers deal to be said for keeping on the

goods at all · · ultra-cantions side, and, as point- from the place of ed out in the company's report, tion. This is thought likely to this is not the time to be raising bring about overstocking of the money for fresh capital require market son, and ultimately to ments. A concern which can finance out of its own resources is, of course, in the strongest

Contrary to the good nes position. A distinotly satis

brought from Shanghai, where "factory feature of this company's report is the statement that, for splendid sales are daily conclad- the first three months of the business is almost at a sand-Lecturer.-

still here. Chinese merchants, ic Wm. R. Rathvon, C.8.B.,

Manager. current financial year, the "all':

Member of the Board of Hongkong, 30th Sept., 1913. [18 in" cost of production has been the endeavour of thinning out their

Mother brought down to 1/7, ne com slook are exerting themselves to Lectureship of The pared with nearly 2/- for the year dispose of the goods on their Charch. The First Church of THE CHARTERED BANK OF ending 31st March last. From hands at the lens murgin of pro-

.fit.. various other quaftere indications are appearing of the important Jaen cane the Japan Refinery an- Owing to the rise in price of economies which are being made

as the result of the slump in the Bat this will not affect the price nounced an advance of 'Y0.20. price of the raw material.

We had hoped to issue this loog ca the stock that dealers week the estimates of future have in their bande remains an. production of plantation rubber disposed of. Under the circum- bich we are preparing, as menuco, no new contracte are an- tioned in our report of last ticipated to be concluded in the Wednesday, but we regret that ear future-China Tribune. we have been unable to complete the 6gurea in time, and we must therefore defer their publication

until our next week's report."

Anglo-Malays offer at 8/7). 9/0

MERCIFUL SPORT,

at 5.30 pm.

Christ, Scientist,

Massachusetts.

G.

in Boston,

NOTICE.

IT IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that, on and after Monday, the 3rd, November, and until further notice the SUPPLY OF WATER to the Rider Main Die- tricts will be controlled by bring- |

INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA

N. J. STABB, Chief Manager

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK THE Business of the above

Bank is conducted by the Chins Sugare HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI Luzon Sugars BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on, ap- pliostion.

* INTEREST on deposits is al- lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3 Per Cent. per an-

Ľ

Incorporated by. Royal

Charter 1853.

Depositors may transfer at their HEAD OFFICE-LONDON.

option balances of $100 or more Pald-up Capital, .......... £1,200,000

to the Hongkong and Shanghai

Liability of Reserve Fund £1,700,000 Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT. at 4 Per Cent. per Proprietors £1,200,000

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Goneral Banking business trans- acted.

ing the Rider Maing into CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- operation and that water will be ed and, FIXED DEPOSITS re- turned on to each Rider Main | colved for 1 year or shorter periods" dally for two consecutive hours. at rates which will be quoted on Information as to the hours of application.

A. 8. HEWETT,

Acting Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912.

is bid for Ayer Kunings and 21 Gun Contrasted With Fishing, supply to any particular property

for Anglo-Ceylons." Bantongs

are obtainable around 18/6, and Batu Caves at 74. Bikama are

Rod.

may be obtained on application at the Offices of the Water One of the French papers has Authority or the Secretary for wanted at 2/0, and Brooklands at asked its female readers this Chinese Affairs or at the Ting 28. Bukit Rajibs have been

ggestion:

"Would

Wa Hospital. you marry a

W.CHATHAM.

Water Authority.THE

taken at 6.11-18 Consolidated man who shoots either pretty Malays offer at 8/10), Damansaraa birds that ly go gracefully, or

Public Works Department.

are wanted at 2.5-16, and Den- fine big bares whose coat is so Hongkong, 30th 1913. (994 nistowas at 17/0. 14 in bid for soft ?

Golden Hopes. Highlands were La Liberta takes up the cudgela purchased up to 2.9-32 by the on behalf of this species of sports. dealers who took money in'respect It neverts that no cruelty of a large "call" option. [ach at all is involved in shooting a Kenasths offer at 38 and Jugra partridge or a rabbit. "Death Lands, at 29/0. 4 is bid for comes unforeseen, speedily, de- Kapar Paras, Lauadrons have cisively. It is really the most been onquired for up to 1.5.16.desirable of all deaths. The and Langkat Sumatras have been creature is feeding in the wood or well absorbed around 30/0.. Ma in the open field without any layalama bave been active he presentiment of coming evil. The tween 20/0-21/0 Straits Bertam approach of a man or a dog puta have receded to 2/9, due to that on the alert. Instinct prom te passing of the final dividend fight; then a bullet stops it, and Sungei Kapars have been sold it lies motionless. All this takes and reacted to 6/9. 1.3-16 ie bid but a few moments. Nothing for Blagbrooks. Tandjongsare alle the animal that it is in dan- wanted at 2.3-16, Tebraus atger. Such a thing cannot enter. 1.5-18, and Tremelbye at 21,

its brain. Everything happens Tientsin Market Report. too quickly. For there to be any Tientsin. October 12 --

oruelty a longer preparation for death is necessary.

CN

You have to use a microscope to see disease germs, but small as they are, they have deadly power.

CN

THE POWERFUL DISINFECTANT

ja a safeguard against them. Use s solution of CN-one tablespoon-

washing floors and woodwork, for Blushing toilets and sinks, and for sprinkling on decaying matter. make the home healthful.

It will destroy germ life and

Colton Yarn (Japaness) Despite the continued dull de "The animal flees from man, it maad, a considerable quantity of in true, butnot from fear of man; 18 and 20 counts.wus imported simply because it has a wild, un Tecently, with the result that a tamed spirit, that loves freedom. stock hing again accumulated. The precance of man qua man Prices remain unchanged, but does not frighten game. Ploughful to the gallon of water-for they are nominal, no transaction men, harvestors, all the workers Javing materialized. Under the in the fielde, seem to be regarded ciroumstances, a decline is ex as harmless neighbours by the preted acon.

partridges, and the rabbits in the Owing, however, to the budden wood do not cease their gambole increase of demand in the in- when the woodcutters pase by. terior, together with the short-The sportsman knows this well ness of available stook, twisted enough. He often comes upon yarn, 426 is showing an unusually birds resting only a short distanos high prios. But it is powerless off a labourer,

to resuscitate the general situs A Bugbaar

Sasa Zaman ngepoy of money, bourer has nɔ rifle nor a dag. Ha

lifeless state is duel This is not because the la

Opinions are unanimous that the is a horn roscher and lasalways

1.

Notices

[22

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO, LTD.

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

"The Yellow Package with the

Gable Top THE CHINA COMMERCIAL

DUDDELLA STREET.

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

System.

(Bates and Particulars on ap-

plication),

annum.

MINING

Chinese Engineerings £1 (32/6 2146/5

DOCKA,, WHARYES, & G'DOTEK

$85 sa. & b.

Tronohs Rauba Kowloon Wharis 150 H.K.&W poa Dooks $30 { $771 b.

Hongkew WharfsT.,100 ||T.112) Shanghai Dooks T. 100 56

LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS

For the Hongkong and Shang-Anglo French Lands 'E.100 T.94 hal. Banking Corporation,

$125, NJ. STABB, Chief Manager. Hongkong Hotels $50 {

DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE

Capital Fully

BANK.

L$85

Hongkong Lands $100 Humphreys Estates $10 Kowloon Lands

Shanghai Lands, T. 30 West Points

8110

$9

1,80

$50 $72

Paid-up8h. Taels 7,500,00 Head Office-Shanghai, Board of Directors--Berlin. Branches: Berlin Calcutta Canton

Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8 Hamburg Hankow Kobe.

COTTON MILLA Peking Bingapore Tientsin

T. 50. T: 145 Ewos Tainanfu Tsingtau Yokohama.

LONDON BANKERS: Shanghai Cottons Mesurs, N. M. Rothschil & Sons. The Union of London and Smith's Laou Kung Mow

Kung Yik

G

2

$1 for 1906

$2.50 for year end'g30'6′13 Interim of $1 for half } year ending 30'6′18 · (8-p.o. for year 1912 on preferred shares

Final of 4 making 6/

for yearending 31'12'12

Int, of 1/- a/c. 1913

#2 on 10,000 shares lotissue $ on 10,000

$1 on 10,000

2nd

3rd

for year ending 30'4'13..

$9 for 1912

$3 for 1897

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

share. Convon No. 1 ao count year 30.6,18 | Int, of 166 1913: 1/2 for 1909

84.50 for rear 1912 #1 final dividend for

year 1911 20

Tin. 8 for 1912

Interim of Tim 3 for 1915

Tls, 6-29T10

$8 on old shares, $1.50)

on newshares for half

year 91'12-12

$314 for 4 year ending

30.6.137

50 cents for 1912

$2.80. for 1912.

Interim of 5 p.o. for

year ending 30'6'18 half $2 for year endin

30.6.13

15 per cent, for 1910

7.p.c. for year ending)

91.10'12

Tls, 10 for year end

ing 30'6'18 S

T.119

1105

11414

50 cents 31.7.08

85 cents for 1912

Bank Limited Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Hongkong Cottona $10 $9

MISCELLANEOUS, “Agenoy.

China-Borneos $1200 Direction der Discoute Gesell Light and Powers $101

schaft.

.

Do. (Spec. shares) 81} China Providents, $10 $9

$6.327

$10 07.10

$150

Dresdner Bank INTEREST allowed on Current Account DEPOSITS received Dairy Farma

Green Islands on terms which may be learned

$25 OF on application. Every description Hongkong Elootries $1094974

of Banking and Exchange busi Hongkong Toen

Hongkong Ropes $10 $28

The Office of. TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR

WILLS, ATTORNEY, &, Undertaken and Exnouted:

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managera. Hongkong, 19th March, 1008 32

PEAK TRAMWAY CO.

LIMITED,

THE TABLE

WEEK DAYS.

7.00 AM to 400 A. EVERY IN ŠEIM Loo to 1500 1,38,

3.5 to

NIGHT

- 510055M), "Every Thalf höst. TEKOČIMEISIELAS TIM), avery,quarter slamskojar,

BUNDAYA, A

200 AG) 1719yà àëm... Evewig Menj 12,45 4. 40) as Moon Ass Man

NIGHT CARS 'aa' on Wash Dayst

ness transacted...

R. TIMMERSCHEIDT,

Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911.

Langkats

12

Morning Post Peak Tramway

Do. (new)

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LIMITED. Authorised Capital

Subscribed

Paid Up:

Reserved Fund

BANKERS:

10 35

$25 $23 $10 $10.

$190 ote

Hongkong Electrio Trams9/- 8.

£1,500,000 ||

1125,000 Philippines $10 35- 562,500 EL. Price & Co. Ld. $10 $5 415,000 | Bum Prosa!

Boolote desferred

Pulpeset $50 201

Bank of England.

London Joint Stock Bank,

Limited. E

Papierteriespaidos.

da Tonkin-up $50

Benefit4200 Shanghai-Sumatras. T. 20 T.150 Steam Laundry 4685 |44|||| United Asbestos

R

Intereat allowed on Current Ac-Oriental Agency, $10 91 b. counts at 2 per cent per annum | Lad...........................................

on Daily Balance and on Fixed O Deposita at rates which may be ssportained on application.P

ARLINTON

United Asbestos Founders Sharon. Union Waterbost

Welsmann, LAT

Povrat

$10 4800

$10.417 1/2 6.

#810

$10.

70 cents for 1912

$1.30 for year end'g 31713) -40 cents for 191167

$160 per share for 1913:

$2 interim for 1913

$1 interim for 1913

Interim of Tis. 1 mak ing Te, 2 a/c 1913 None

80 cents on fully pald shares and 8 cents on $1paidshares for year ending 30.4.13.09. Finalof $5 pics making

po. for 1912 None N $1.50 for 1910

None

No dividend thus year,

50 ots for year end gö1.5.12.

20 per cent

share for ye 31-51912