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Commercial,

STRAITS PLANTATIONS.

REPORTS,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1913

line and agree to same sound

sohome, he could not help think- ing that it would be a move in the right direction, be it a cap- tral selling agency or a minimum. selling price. Undoubtedly there.

SWIMMING.

Another Record for Hatfield,

Jack Hatfield, the grandest was difficulties, but he did not swimmer England has ever pro- The report of the Straits Plan- think they were insuperable; dased, has added another record tations, Limited, states that the and he felt sanguine that sooner to his name, and effaced Sidney number of coconuts harvested in or later some plon would be Battersby's quarter mile Sea- the year to June 30 was 2,904, evolved which would put the salt-combe figures by two seconds, 230 agninal 2,401,688 in the pre-ing question on a sounder basis. vious year; 782 tons of copra were manufactured at a cost of 14 89. 3d, per ton Lo.b. Teluk Anson. The average net price

Ting Ki Tia Mines. realised for the expra, after de-

The output from the Ting Kil ducting freight, insurance, land- Tin Mines, Limited, during ing and all sales charges, was October was pls. 123.08 made up £ 193, 21' per ton. The crop as follow: plant ore ple, 100, For the year 1013-14 is estimated tribute ore pls. 23.08. The

Banks

Hand Oca-60 Wall Street, New York London Paice36, Blahopsgaon, Zuker

BRANCHES :-

...*Bombay Chicotta

CABLER

Exchange

*$15,000.00"| T/T Shanghai..............................3073)8:4 m/s. L/O

Banks

Selling.

T/T. Marks

202

INTERNATIONAL BANKING CORPORATION.

T/T HONGKONG & SHANGHAI Demand

DANKING CORPORA-20 da

TION.

**********.1/11 11/16 T/T. Francs

4916.

1/11 3/4n Haiphong :

pm.

60 d/s

................................ 1/11 13/16 Un Saigon.....

1/11 7/8 On Bangkok

pm.

4 an/sk

'Buying.

Paid-up Capital

5/16

Kobe

T/T Singapore

84 1/2 4 m/s. D/P

Mexico

RESERVE #UNDS:

| Private 30 d/s sight S'hai-

74.6 m/s. L/C

....2/-7/16 19.1/2

Peking!!!

T/T Japan

Francisca

Sterling

..147 30 d/s. San F'co & New York, 1891

.147 m/s. Marks

.2.070

£1,500,000'at 2/

1473444 m/s. France

.147 6 m/s. do'

2.57

Silver

* $15,000,000

17,450,000

.14734 || BarSilver, ready

14734

forward

27.1/2

....53.10

.5%

$10.05

Cab.

Colon

11salim.

NBS tracted,

Va Yokohama.

Gold : #yana,se

and only just failing to bea

Capland Swede Beaurepaire's world's record of 5min. 23ees.writes The Diver EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKINU ULSI in the Sporting Chronicle of CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the afuma October 11. His achievCEROSITY RECEIVED, and for one your at menta are no great surprise to that, or for shorter periods, us rates, wich selsut few who possess acquaint AEDAH COLLECTANG sacs with the work done 18 LETTERS OF CREDIT 10 DRAFTS privato, but which, for obvious the World reasons, could not be made public. CREDIT CT relish all over the World

batadartaimed on application* MAIL A TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES

THE BANK'S CIRCULAR BETTERS or

Resrove Liability of

$32.450,000

T/T India.

T/T Bombay

Demand Bombay

T/T Caloutta

Demand Calcutta

Deniand, India.

Demand Marilla

.961⁄44 | 30 d/s. S'noy & Melbourne...2/-9/16

9634 Gold Leaf por tel

T/T. San Fc & New York. 4778 Bank of England rate T/T: Java

Subsidiary Coins.. Discount per $100

Sovorelgnik

Oct. 24.

at 3,500,000 nuts. The orop of manager reporta as regards the Early in the year Mr. Tom HaOMMERCIAL LETTERS OF GREDE Proprietors.......$15,000,000 | Chinese 20 ets.pigces $9 1/16% Malwa, Old (4,700)

rabber harveste 1 for the year working of the plant as follow amounted to 42.120 lbs. against "Ground sluiced for month of a crop of 18,007 lbs. for the pro- October of good quality but of vious year. The cast par lb. f.o. b. clayey nature making a shortage Teluk Ancon was 18. 6.71d. per in yardage; mine hoking well lb, and the average nei prico re- have proved ground payable for alised wai 2. 007d. The crop six chains wide in face," and for the year 1013-14 is estimated as to the tribata working

:

feld intimated that his son. hadRCHASE and SALE of Stock and Shares envious

Руса

on

.

the 300

yards, 440 yards, and 500 80 that his yards records,

#RAVELLERS CHRCES and and cubed.

GEORGE HOJA...

Manager.

9, Queen's Road, Hongkon

only failure to gain this laudable Hongkong, 1st Nor., 1919 ambition is the 300 yards English record he having created fresh world's figures for this distance.

THE

19

. at 50,000 lbs. The tress are reas follows:-Tributors ·¤uable Many would like to see him have YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

A

estatos

ported are showing ratisfactory to lift all karang this month. growth and the

Expect next month'a output being in good order, somewhat better." but, owing to the exceptionally wat weather, the cost of upkeep has been heavy. At June 30, 1912, the labour force was 782,

October Rubber Returns. of which 680 were Tamils, and at June 30, 1013, it had been Tambalak.-2,831 lbs. increased to 000, of which 702 Pemas-6,800 lbs.

were Tamils. Recruiting expenses Majedlo (Jobore).-3280 lbs. were heavy, owing to the large Lendu.-G,250 lbs. furnover in the labour force. Krubong (Malneca) -5,200 lbs. The net profit for the year Rembia.-10,31.5 lbs. amount to £7,000 to which has to Stathmoro -6,008-lbs.

be added the amount brought Mount Ausin (Jobré).—31,100 forward £1 371, making together

lbs.

Parit-Bruas (M*iny) Rubber,

£8,431. The directora recom- Tanjong, Olnk.-14,780 The. mend the payment of a dividend Pabang.-11,223 lbs. of 7 per cent, less-tax, on both Balgownie.-20.770 lbs. clagens of shares, absorbing Lauadron.-93,004 lbs. £6,125 leaving to be carried for- Ledbury. 33,044 lbs. word £2,300. Further capital is Cluny 10.401 ths. necessary in order to pay off the Senawang-21,051 lbs. existing debentures; and to bring Sandycroft.-11,724 lbe, the immature area into, bearing. Batu Anam.-3,048 lbs. The directors are considering bow Bita Villane.-2,345 Jbs.

Pengkalan Darian.-5,454 lbs. this.can best be raised,

Tanah Merah.-1,010 the.. Bate.-1,002 lbs. Semambu-5,086 lbs. Prosiding on October 8. over Cheng.-10,865 lbs. the second ordinary general meet-Sungala.-2,200 lbs. iag of the. Parit-Bruss (Malay) Kakub.-5,705 lbs. Rubber Company, Limited, held Sungei Dari-5,150 lbs. at Salisbury House, Mr J. Cool Kota Bahru.-19.050 lbs. G. McFerran (the chairman of Alma.-9,250 lbs. the company said that laat year Bukit Tob Alang.-4,770 the. he was able to report that 240 Shanghai Klabang 5.112 lb. asres had been planted, while.to- Kinta Kellas-12.350 be. day they had 350 acres planted Dominion. 18,473 lbs. and 420 acres felled and ready for Goodbeart-1,001 lba. burning. He was disappointed Serendah.-7,504 lbs.; to date that they had not got on faster, and he had hoped that their plant- ed area would have renabod 500 atree by now. The reason they Sodensk-6,879 lbs.; total for had not got on faster was the financial year ending October shortness of funds, and it was. 31 45,850 lbs. therefore necessary to curtail Tapsh.-12,100-lbs, making their programme. During the total for ten months of current financial year. - A further

financial year of 107,595 lbs. 1,835 shorea

issued Malaka Pinda,-15,000 lbs. privately, and there remained on Jimah-3,383,lba. balance calls. due amounting to Malaoca Babbar Plantations.- £3,533. The amount was not 226,400 lbs.

were

another attempt at the 300 yarde under U.S.A conditions, becaure

LIMITED.

Established 1880.

+

it is felt that Hatfeld is easily Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 30,000,000 capable of the fest. "It would be Paid-up Capital a brilliant wind-up for the year, Reserve Fund... 18,550,000 wherein he has found his greatest

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA disappointment in the failure to anner the whole series of A.S.A.

Branches Agencies at

Nagasaki

free style championships. Again, Antung-Hsien I heartily extend congratulations Bombay. to the Middlesbrough youth on Calcutta his groat performances.

Tram on Fire," An L.0.0. tramcar travelling along Victoria Embankment re cently caught fire when close to Blackfriars Bridge. The aid of fire brigade had to to enlisted, and several fire-engines and es- capes arrived. The fire was caused by fusing, and caused much excitement.

Public Companies

HONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA, STEAM FISHERIES.Co., Ltd. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS THE

THIRD ANNUAL MEETING OF SHARE HOLDERS will be held at the offices of the undersigned, No. 4, Queen's Buildings, Victoria, Hongkong, on Tuesday, the 18th November, 1913, at NOON.

Newchwang

New York Osaka

Pokin

Ryolun Port

(Arthur)

San Francisco

Shanghai

Tiebling

Tientsin

Tokyo

Los Angeles

Changchun Dairen Féngtien Harbin Hankow Honolulu Kobe Liao-Yang London Lyona

Interest Allowed on Current Account. Deposita received for fired periods at rates to be obtained on application.

EISHI ONO,

Manager. Hongkong 30th Sept. 1919. [18

COURT OF DIRECTORS,'

B. H. Dodwell, Esq. Chairman. Chinese...10'- Hen, M. D. Laudale Deputy Henglong20

Chairman."

Hongkong.10

G. Friesland, Esq.

E. Goetz,-Eaq.

C. B. Gubbay, Esq.

P. H: Holyoak, Esq.

G. R. Laurenz, Esq.

W. L. Pattonilon, Esq,

J. A-Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shellim, H. A. Siebs, Esq. CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong N. J. Stabby.

MANAGER. "Shanghai –A.G, Stephen," London Bankers London

County and Westminster*

Limited.

Hongkong-Interest Allowed:

On Uurront Account at the rate of 2 per cont. por Annum on the daily balance

FIXED DEPOSITS.

For 3 months. 24 per cent por

. Annum. For 6 months., 3 per cent

Annum.

per

For 12 months, 4 per cent per

Anaum,

N. J. STABB, Chief Manager

THE CHARTERED BANK OF

INDIA, AUSTRALIA ANDplication.

CHINA

Incorporated by: Royal Charter 1859.

Opium Quotation

Malwa, New..............$4,600 perplo:

Patna, Now, Patna, Old..... Benares, New

194

5,825 perche

5,700

$634

5,545

19

Botafos, Old,..::

5,350

SHAKE REPORT."

S-SULLERS

1*1Stocks & PAID OP Valur.

BANKS.

Hongkong & Shal $125

MARINE INSURANCEA Cantone

North China,

B-RUVERS:

1997 Dividend AND 'ATE.

£2atex 1156 equal to $20,31 for 14 year ending 30/6/13

$18 for 19:2

Final of 1 pc, making

SAYSALE

CLINA Q TOMA $7.00 b.

$50 340

£5 T133

$100 #810

b.

: £50 $195

FIRE INSURANCES. China Fires

$20 $160

$50 $380

$27 for 1911

Unions

Yangtzos.

Hongkong Fires SHIPPING.

China & Manilas $25 48 Douglas Steamship $50 #30 Steamboats Indo-Chinas

$15 82816

(Preferred) £5 186 (Deferred)

102/- "Shell" Transporta £1

£11

£5.

"Star Ferry

$10 44

b.

2

REFINERIES.

$100 $94 $100 $33

£13.40 s2.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK THE Business of the above

Bank is conducted by the China Sugare HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI Luzon Sugara

MINING. BANKING CORPORATION.

Rules may be obtained on ap-Chinese Engineeringe £130, 22 £1 243/6 INTEREST on deposits is al-Tronoha lowed on the minimum monthly Raubs E balances at $3 Per Cent per an- DOCKS, WHARVES, &G'DOWNS

Kowloon Wharfe $50 6874 Depositors may transfer at their H.K.&W.pos Docks 650 { $77). HEAD OFFICE-LONDON.

option balances of $100 or more Paid-up Capital £1,200,000 to the Hongkong and Shanghai Shanghai Docks T. 100, 56 Reserve Fund... £1,700,000 Bank to be placed on FIXED Hongkow Wharfe T. 100". T. 112. s Reserve Liability of

DEPOSIT 4 Per Cent. per Proprietors....£1,200,000 annum

For the Bongkong and Shang- The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be CLOSED FOREIGN EXCHANGE and hai. Banking Corporation;

N.J. STABB, Chief Manager. from the 11th to the 18th Novem- General Banking: business trans-

acted. R. E. of Krian-22,370 lbs. ; tober, 1913, both days inclusive.

BRADLEY & Co., Ltd.

General Managers.ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE Hongkong, 4th November, 1919. ceived for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.

AS. HEWETT,

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

64,550 lbs.

date 171,239 Iba.

HONGKONG & SOUTH CHINA STEAM FISHERIES Co., Ltd. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. MOTICE is hereby given. that

an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Company will be held on Tuesday the 18th day of November, 1913, at 12.15 o'clok p.m. at 4, Queen's Buildings, Hongkong, Victoria, when the following subjoined Resolution will be proposed as an ordinary Resolution:-

Sungei Buaya (Sumatra)-16,

208 lbs., total to date four mon the 50,357 lba, Khota Tampan 7,008 lbs, making

a total.ror the financials year" commencing January 31, 1913, of 51, 676 lbs. Ugando-7,791 lbs., lbs., pre- viously 50,021 lbs., tofal 58,712

Jbi

Extra-

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-

Notices

THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD, (Capital Paid up..$1,250,000.) Loans on Mortgage of House Pro- perty, &c.

Goods received on Storage.. **It is resolved that the Capital Advances made on Merchandise; of the Company be reduced

Loans made on the Provident from $150,000.00 to $90,000.00 by

System. reducing the par value of the (Rates and Particulars on ap

plication).

The Office of

shares from $10 to $6 each."

Should the above Resolution

Bafficient to bring their area into S. 8 (Bartom)-41,000 lbs. bearing, and they therefore de-inch Keneth-21,000 lbs. cided to make an issue of aiz per Glenshiel:-17,00 lbs. cent. convertible debentures, and Kajang -4,050 lbs: they hoped that all the share- boldora, would support the issue and so enable them to proceed rapidly with the development. Those whose opinions were off value informed them that there was a great fature for the well- managed rubber plantations in the middle east. They were not in tending to plunge into a big plan- ting programme, because that would not be a wise course to take at the prerent moment, but the board was most anxious to get be tween 500 and 600 acres planted na quickly as possible; as it was very difficult to produce rubber pleted for a service of Japanese at a moderate cost on smaller vessels, to Manchester, and other ares. He was advised by their ports on the West coast of Eng visiting agent, Mr. Bastow, who land, a service that has been was on a visit to England, that hitherto untouched by these 3 number of their trees would vessels. Nothing bas yet been of November, 1913, reach the tapping stage next made public as to the vessels that spring, but, in view of the price will be employed on the ran bat of rubber to-day, it would not, of it is assumed that they will Be

purely ongo ships: course," "pay to start fapping them. It was, however, confidently pre- The Bombay Crisis. dicted that they would be top The Times Bombay correspon ing about 15,000 treos early in dent telegraphs that a well-know 1015. As to the present state of share broker there. ie insolvent, plantation rubler, bis opinion and that as many other brokers was that the sale of affairs was are involved, further failures ap- net quite so bad as some people pear likely. The Press relataito, painted it; indeed, there were the prerent position is the worst those who thought that the low origia which has been known there price of rubber might be a bless for many years. Rauter's cor log in disguise. At the same respondent states that the shares time he did not think that "the market has been closed owing to "present system of selling rubber the severe fall in prices. The wae figood one, and if only..all failure is paid t the companies would come into, £160,000,

be passed by the requisite ma- TRUSTEE EXECUTOR OF jority it will be submitted for WILLS, ATTORNEY 800 confirmation as a Special Resolu-

*: Undertaken and Executed. tion to a further Extraordinary

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Meeting and such Meet

General Managers. ing will be held on the 4th day of Hongkong, 19th Marob, 1908. 32 New Japanese Service December, 1913 at the same time Arrangemenfe are being com-and place for the purpose of con-

sidering and if thought fit can firming such Resolution as a Special Resolution accordingly.

BRADLEY & Co., Ltd., General Managers.

Dated Hongkong the 4th day

EAK TRAMWAY CO, LIMITED..

7.00

TIME TABLE

Capital Fully

BANK.

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

Branches:: Berlin

Caloutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsin

LANDS HOTELS & BUILDINGE

$85

Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94 !

#1125 Hongkong Hotels $50 Hongkong Lands $100111 Humphreys Estates $10 (69 Kowloon Lands $30545 Shanghai Lands T:30 T. 94

waweke under West Points $50 871

!!

Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8.

COTTON MILLS,

· 2 pc. for 1912 (7)

Final of $20 making $50,

for 1911 and Interim of $30 for 1912

Final of $12mak, $15 foil · 19!1 & Intof$3 för 1918J

$10 for 1911

$1 for 1906

$2.50 for year end'g 30'6'13 Interim of $1 for half? year onding 30'6'13'

po. for year 1912 on preferred shares

(Final of 4 making - for yearending31*12′12

Int, of 1/- a/c. 1913

· 92 on 10,000 shares 1st issue

$2 on 1,000

2nd

$1 on 10,000 ....; 3rd · for year ending 30413

$3 for 1912.J

$3 for 1897

Intorim of 3 p.c, 8'2/5d por share. Counon No. 1 ao* count year 10.6.12... Int of 1/6 mak.g/6ale. 1913. 1/2 for 1909

$4.50 for year 1912 $1 final dividend for for "year 1911

Tls.'3 for 1912 Interim of Tis 3 for 1913

Tia. 6 29:2:10

$3 an old shares, $1.50) on new aliares for half year 31*12*12.

$314 for 12 year ending

.30 6.13

1.

b.

Ewos yra T: 50. T. 144 b.

Tainanfu Tsingtau Yokohama. Shanghai Cottons

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

Laou Kung Mow Kung Yik

50 cents for 1912

$2.80 for 1912

Interim of 5 p.c.for

your ending 30'6*13 half' 82 for 14 year ending 90.6.13

15 per cent. for 1010

po, for year end

ending

31'10'12

Tis. 10 for year end

ing 30:6:13

T.118 b.

(106)

1474 b.

Hongkong Cottons $10 $9

MISCELLANEOUS.

$12 $92 China-Borneos

$5 Direction der Disconto Gesell-Light and Powera - $10)

Do. (Spec. shares) $1 schaft."

China Providents $10 $0 INTEREST allowed on Current Dairy Farms

50 conts 31.7.08

b.

85 cents for 1912

70 cents for 1912-

$61627 b. !! $10 (673

Agency.

Dresdner Bank.

Account DEPOSITS received Green Islands

on terms which may be learned Hongkong Electrics $10 $445 b. of Banking and Exchange busi-

Hongkong Ropes application. Every description Hongkong Ices ness transacted

-R TIMMERSCHEIDT, Langka's

Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911.

12 Morning Post

Peak Tramway.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LIMITED. Authorised Capital Bubsoribed

WEEK DAYS..

10

Blodhst. Brany 15 Mot;

og As, to 20.00 AM.

to

30

Paid Up

Beserved Fund...

15. MEN.

Notice

5-00 30

NIGHT CARS.

ነበርና

wavery lar

hour, ze kter

Maakso 70ldy

US NILUVI

LOO NOON

10 AM.

Is Max

10 MIN

•3.00 F.N, to 9.05

•NIGHT,"CARS tu?" Wok Days:

SATURDAYS.

"ai, "u" midnight. TAL CARBG

M

825 $150 $10 5221

b.

g. 10 T300.

$25. $22 $10 $104 8.

Do (now) 81 90 ctu.b.

Hongkong Electric Trams 8/6 $1085 125,000 Philippines 1562,500 H. Price & Cos Lt. $10 180.

Pre 415,000

Bociate desferred

Pulpaset V85020 Papiertories paid du Tonkin up $50

Benefit) $200 Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20 T.150 Steam Laundry $5 $3). United Asbestos

BANKERS: Bank of England. London Joint Stock Bank,"

Limited.

Interest allowed on Current Ap-1 Oriental Agency, $10 1201 counts at 2 per cent, per annum L. ).

or Daily Balanod and on Fixõi United Asbestos Deposits at rates which may be Founders Shares $10 1300 asportained on application.

ARLINTON Union Waterboat $10 $17.1/2.b. "

Weismann, Ltd. 61030 Watson William Powell

THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot bo. Beaten, if Equalled, For Bread, Cakes, Confectioners peale with Wines & Liquera,

$10 13734 b 301 Cotected 10,1 No 14 Mart,

$1.30 for your end'g 31"

40 conts for 1911.

$1.60 per share for 1917.

42 interima for 1913

$1 interim for 1913

Interim of Tis. 1 mak fing Tis, None.

2a/o 1913

80 cents on fully paid)

sharos and 8 cents on 81 paid shares for year

ending 30.4.13

Intérim of 1. per share!

for 1913.7

None

$1,50 for 1910

None

No dividend this year 50 ots: for year end g 81.5.12

(20 per cent per ordinary share for year ended 31'5'1912

$1 per share for year tending 31'12 1912 |

25 per cent for year

ending 31,711

60 cents for 1912.

140 ole. year ending 306-13- WRIGHT AND HORNBY, TIM & 16.

General brakers & Da Vonux Rond Central Tal, address Rectituds

The Telegraph door ont jail item! végporsiyle for any of fat khare queksilopyi