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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAP

EDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1913.

Banks

Exchange

on

PRICES

$35

to

$225

Commercial,

No matter how much For how little you want to pay for a Christmas gift, you won't get anything that will give so much pleasure as a Victor or a Victor Victrola.

There's one of these instruments at a price to suit every purse, and we'll arrange easy terms if desired.

PRICES

$35

to

Stop in any time and we'll gladly play any Victor music you want

$225

to hear.

MOUTRIE & Co., Ltd.

CHINESE COMPORADRES.

this

EXCLUSIVE DISTRIBUTERS.

Public Companies

THE CHINESE ENGINEER-

ING & MINING CO., LTD.

Payment of Final Dividend on Shares for the year ended 30th June, 1913.

Final Dividend of 4%, free

(Continued from Page 8.) Consul very energetically to re- form his views and measures,

Oar contemporary comments

the

THE Board having declared & gravity of language concerning a decision of lacome Tax, making a total of of the highest German Court, and 8% for the year ending 30th June, says it will certainly not I help 1913, Holders of Bearer Shares ful to Germans, and that is brings and Holders of Dividend War- out the sharp discord existing rants received from London on between the merchants and the account of Registored Shares, consulats, which goes far boyond will be paid their dividends on this particular legal case, The presenting No. 2 Coupon of the letter calls for the publication of Bearer Shares, and Dividend Warrants on Registered Shares,

The Hongkong and Shangbai

Banking Corporation. The Chartered Bank of In- dia, Australia and China. The Russo-Asiatic Bank. "The Banque Belge Four

l'Etranger, The payments will be made in either Dollars or Taels, as the Holder may wash, at the buying rate of exchange of the day.

Victor

His Master,Nence

Motices.

EUROPEAN AGENCY. WHOLESALE buying agen

cies undertaken for all British and Continental goods, including→

Books and Stationery, Boots, Shoes and Leather, Chemicals

Sundries

and Druggiete

China Earthenware and Glass-

ware,

Oyoles, Motor Cars and Ac- cessories,

Drapery Millinery and Piece Goods,

Fancy Goods and Perfumery, Hardware, Machinery and Metals,

:

Jewellery, Plate and Watches, Photographic & Optical Goode, Provisions and Oilmen's Stores,

etc., etc. Commission 2}% to 5 Trade Discounts allowed. Special Quotations on Demand. Sample Cases from £10 upwardsij Consignments of Produce bold on Account,

"INTERNATIONAL BANKING.

CORPORATION.

Hand O-66, Wall Street, New Yoch Sondon Office jó, Blahopegain, E,C

'BRAHUHES':-

Bombay

Calcette

Canto

Colon

“Empire

Houghou

Capital and Surplus

Demand!...

ONGKONG & SHANGHAI T/T

BANKING CORPORA-

TION

Razila

Mica

|Paid-up Capital

RESERVE FUNDS:

..$15,000,00

Pakist

-Bass Franceco

Sterling

Shanghal

Yokohama

. Gold - $7,000,000

· EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI NESS transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the monas SDEPOSITS RECEIVED, Good for one your a <% per annum, or for shorşur periosta, ac razas, whic may be contained on application.

KILLS NEGOTIATED #24 COLLECTED EMAILING TENEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFT5- granted ossil the principni cities in the World,

KIKE. LANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS: OF CREDIT Ma avaliable all over the World,

COMMERCIAL LETTERS - OF CREDIT

loomad.

FÜRCHASE and SALE of Stocks and Khares

sfacto

BRAVELLERS CRECES sold and combed.

GZORGE HOUGN

Manager

9, Queen's Road, Hongkon, Hongkong, int Nor, 1913.

THE

£1,500,000 at 21-***

$15,000,000

́Eilver ... 17,450,000-

$32,450,000

Rosrove Liability of

Proprietors...$15,000,000

Bolling.

Sa | T/T, Marke

1993

1/11 3/8. T/T. Francs ... ......................................2.4614 1/11 7/16: On Haiphong

30 de minuta n.1/11 1/2 On Saigon ..................3⁄4 % pm.

70. 60 địa danh on ilt 9/16 . On Bangkok [4:10/5/summ.......... m. 1/11 5/8

Buying TT Shanghai........................................73.1/2 m/s. LO....111 15/16 TT Singapore *** ********ippe

2/1/16 831/414 m/s, DIP Privato 30 die sight S'hal .....74 3/8 | 6 m/e. L/C «.........2/- 1/8

DB1/4**30d/a.S'hey&Melbourne2/# 3/16

T/T Japan

TT India

T/T Bombay.

Demand Bombay........

T/T Caloutta

Demand Calcutta

Demand Manila

Demand India.

14514 303/6,8an Foo & New York 48 18 145)2-4 m/s Marks .............20434. (2145)4 | 4 m/s. Franos ...........252-

145216 m/c do

.......254.

1454 BarSilver, ready, ..27 1/516 1451forward

95%

T/T. San Fc & New York 472 T/T. Jayant deer

Subsidiary Coinga

Discount per $100mineslod COURT OF DIRECTORS. Chinese...20 ats. pleass. $10 1/4% 8. H. Dodswell, Esq. Chairman. Chinese 10

$101 Hen. Mr. D. Landale. Deputy. Hongkong. 20

$7.34 Hongkong.10

19

1

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

LIMITED.

Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital ... 30,000,000 Reserve Fund........ 18,550,000

Head Office-YOKOHAMA,

Branches

Antung-Heien Bombay Calcutta Changchun Dairen Fengtien- Harbin Hankow.

Honolulu...

Kobo

Liao-Yang

London Lyons

Agencies at Nagasaki Newchwang

New York

Osaka

Pekin

Ryolun Port

Chairman,

G. Friesland, Esq.

E. Gloots, Esq.

C. B. Gubbay, Esq.

P. H. Holyoak, Esq.

G. H. Laurent, Esq. W. L. Pattenden, Esq. J. A. Phimimer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shellim, H. A.Babar Bag, CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong N, J. Stabb.

MANAGER. »

Shanghal A. G. Stephen. London Bankers-London County and Westminster Limited.

Hongkong Interest - Allowed.

On Current Account at the rate of & per cent per Annum on the daily balance

ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months. 21 per cent per

Annum

10

$10.

.27

Gold, Teat pertael...53.50 Bank of England rate 15%.

10.20

Oplum Quotation bered a poll was Nov 21.

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

4.900 Patos, New ..... 5,825 perghe Patna, Old...

| Malia, Old :

Benares, New........ 5,575

Benares, Old..

SHARE REPORT.

SanJULLERID OT ·SA-SALE

CLOSE

Stocks 'PAM UP VALUM.

BANKS.

Hongkong & S'hal #125"

MARINE INSURANCES, Cantons

North China

Unions

Yangtzes

$790 b.

€79/10

£5 T133

$100 8810

£50

$195

$20 161 Hongkong Fires $50 #380

-BIPPING,

FIRR INSURANCES, China Fires

China & Maniled$25 +9 b. Douglas Steamship $50 Steamboats

+90.. $15 ||[129]

B—BUYERİ

5,700

5,350

LAST DIVIDEND AND FATS!

*

£2 atex 1/16 equal to

920.31 for 1 onding 30/6/13

$18 for 19:2

year.

Final of 1 p.o. making

20 p.e. for 1912- Final of $20 making $50

for 1911 and Interim of $30 for 1912 Final of $12mak. $15 for] 1-1911 & Int, of$3 for 1912)

$10 for 1911

$27 for 1911

$1 for 1906

$2.50 for year end'g30:6′13 Interim of $1 for half year ending 30'6'13 [6, p.o. for year 1912 on

preferred sharea

(Arthur)

San Franciaop

Shanghai

Tiehling

Indo Chinas

Tiontain

(Preferred)

Tokyo

per

(Deferred)

t

Los Angeles

101/

For 12 months, 4 per cent per

Annum, DMMINA

Sholl "Transports £1

Interest Allowed on Current Account. Deposits received for fired perioda at rates to be obtained on application.

-EISHI ONO,

Manager. Hongkong, 30th Sept., 1913. [18

1

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND

CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1859.

For 6 months. 3 per cent

Annumath (AUDUP.

· N.JI STABB, Chief Manager

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK Star Forry __{ $10|45

THE Business of the shove Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SUANGUA BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on ap plication.

INTEREST on deposits in a lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3 Per Cent per an

nem..

Depositors may transfer at the HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. option balances of $100 or more Paid-up Capital £1,200,000 to the Hongkong and Shanghai Reserve Fund... £1,700,000 Bank to be placed on FIXED Reserve Ldability

of, do

DEPOSIT KI 4. Per Cent. per Proprietors £1,200,000 annum. FOREIGN EXCHANGE aid General Banking business trans- acted. "

all the material relating to the to either of the following Banks case, and whilst endoring this, at Shanghai or Tientsin the journal in question says a much more urgent necessity exista for a collration of the legal usages that obtain on the China coast by the Consular representa- tives of the Empire, presumably more particularly in relation to compradores. German merebants have already repeatedly asked for a second commercial expert. IA would be a good thing, says the writer, if a man with a legal and Kailang Mining Administration. K. A, J. CHOTIRMALL & CO. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. " || [22

commercial education were chosen in that capacity, who might en- deavour to bring nearer a solution of this difficult and important! question.

Cotton Cutlook.

GENERAL MANAGER,

Hongkong, 8th Decembor, 1913.

Notice

WILLIAM WILSON & SONS

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open ed and FIXED DEPOSITS ceived for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on

AB. HEWETT,

Acting Manager.

(Established 1814). 25, ABONURGH LANE, LONDON, E.o.application. Cable Address; "Annuaire, London.

SILK STORE

No. 37, Queen's Road Central. Ladies & Gentlemen

Notices

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE

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

For the Hongkong and Shang- hai. Banking Corporation,

NJ. STABB, Chief Manager

DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE

Ospital Fully

BANK.

Pald-up Sh. Taëls 7,500,00 Head Office-Shanghat. Board of Directors-Berlin. Branches: Berlin Calcutta Canton Homburg Hankow Koba Peking Singapore Tientsin Tsinanfu Telugtau Yokohama. LONDON. BANKERS: Messrs. N. M. Rothschil & Sons The Union of London and Smith's Bank, Limited.

We bag to bring to your kind notice THE that we are holding & GREAT CLEAR- ANGE SALE of all kinds of Indian Chinese

& Japanese Slik goods, sto. for one month only, Commencing from WE bave such pleasure in announcing to our 1st to Stat DECEMBER, 1913, which wa

are disposing of at exunt Loans on Mortgage of House ProDeutsche Bank (Berlin), London yoarly Stook and would like to draw perty, &o.

· your kind attention to the fact.

Goods received on Storage. AN INSPECTION KARNESTLY

Advances made on Merchandise: "SOLICITED..

Loans made on the Provident

System...

numerous patrons and customers that we have opened

A New SILK STORE

Queen's Road Central, Italy occupied by Mears. H. Ruttonier & Sons war displaying an entirely new, handsonse

məd gorgeous stock of

Silk Goods & Jewellery Ware of all descriptions in a variety of new, alegasi and. attractive designs and DLCETTE

The drop in exchange is copies most up-to-date style and fashion at the orga tainly advantageous to the local d cotton mills, says the N.-C. Daily Commodious Premises No. 38 & 40 News, as it eliminates to a great extent the force of" Indian and Japanese competition. On the other hand the drop in cotton 18 not a favourable factor, and the likelihood of the low rates tending to divert the supply of the raw material from the mills to the exporting countries is one not very remote. Unfortunately also, the local financial situation is such as to prevent the local millera taking advantage of the present opportunity to sell as much as pos

The stock includes a choice selection of

Turkish, Persian & India Silk, Carpets & Woollen Rugs

a chate and elegant patterns.

Prices specially cuốnced for sattner,

Cheapest store in the Colony. An early visit earnestly solicited.

D. CHELLARAM.

sible. Although the latter part of Anglong. 26th July, 1913.

the year has not been very pro-

pitious to the local mill yarn trade,

of taking

IN THE MATTER OF THE COMPANIES ORDINANCE,

1865 and

IN THE MATTER OF GEO. FENWICK & CO., LTD. (In Liquidation). NOTICE is hereby given in

all the cotton mills have certainly LESSONS IN CHINESE. has been conducted and the pro-

done very well. Following upon

(Rates and Particulars on ap

plication).

The Office of t TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF

WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c.

Undertaken and Executed.

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers. Hongkong, 19th March, 1908 82

EAK TRAMWAY CO.

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE! MANGWEEK DAYS. Ļ

At Agency, Direction der Disconto Gesell

schaft. Draadner Bank.

REFINERIES

China Sugars Luzon Sugara

MININO

·$100' 196 · $100 $33

Chinese Engineeringa £133 6 Tronohs Raube

43/

£134 DOCKS, WHARVES, & O'DOWNS

LANDS

Kowloon Wharfs, 50690 H.K. & Wpos Docks $50 ||674, Shanghai Docks T. 10041 Hongkow Wharfe T. 100.110 ROTELS & BUILDING Anglo French Lands T.100 1.94"-

$122 sa. Hongkong Hotels $50

186 Hongkong Lands. $100 $115

Humphreys Estates $10 Kowloon Landa **$30 145

1..91 Shanghai Lands T. 30

West Point

$50169

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

COTION MILES.

T. 50: T.146

T118 b

Dwos Shanghal Cottons" Laou Kung Mow Kung Yik Hongkong Cottons $109

MISCELLANEOUS. China-Borneos

$12 $9 Light and Powers $10 Do. (Spec. shares) $1 China Providents 1038142 6.

$6 127 $10 16

⠀ INTEREST allowed on Current Dairy Farms. Account DEPOSITS received Green Islande

on terms which may be learned Hongkong Electrics $10 146

$25 on application. Every description Hongkong Ices of Banking and Exchange busi-

Hongkong Ropes: $10 ness-transsoted. by qua), nam VÁS

Manager."

RTIMMERSCHEIDT, Langkats

8. 10 T32 Hongkong, 9th Oct, 191152 (2

Morning Post

$25 $22 Peak Tramway $10 $103

$190 cta b,

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LIMITED,

Authorised Japital Subscribed

Paid Up

zo Mue.

'7.00 Lié, to" Choo am, Eraar'is Mag

3.00 12/10 SOOO AM,

11.30 AM, 1, 1645 TMG

19 7.3. XY BAR, t 2:45 PMC219,"

·Ads rat. to.

* to 500 TIM

To t 3.00 F.M. 50

NIGHT CARS ARE DED

pursuance of Section 179 of the Companies Ordinance, 1865, that a gonoral meeting of the abovenamed Company will be PE held at the Offices of the Liquida- tors, No. 5 Queen's Road Central on Tuesday, the 6th day of Janu ary 1914, at 12 o'clock noon precisely for the purpose of hav- ing on account showing the manner in which the winding up

perty of the Company disposed of, the excellent report of the Inter- national Cotton Company, the MR. LI HON FAN, & Chinese laid before such meeting, and for graduste versed in litera-, the purpose of considering and Two Cotton Spinning and Manu- ture, has been a teacher to approving the proposed final facturing Company has certainly European officials and merchants, return of $3.50 per share on the done exceedingly well. A divi- in this Colony for over ten years. issued Capital, determining the dend of 15 per cent, after setting He has a good method of train-Liquidators' remuneration, hear apart Tie. 225,000 for reserves, ing Europeans to pass in the ing avy explanation that may be besides paying the preference Chiness examination, and is given by the Liquidators and also dividend and ample allowance possessed of a first rate certificate of determining by extraordinary for depreciation and other items, as a Chinese teacher. He has resolution the manner in which is higsly creditable to the also a good knowledge of Monda- the Books, Accounts and Doou- ments of the Company and of the management, Whatever may turn rin and Hakke, up in the future, our local mill Those who intend learning the Liquidators thereof shall be dis- Hongkong, the Fourth day of Tele- companies should all have built Chinese language are requested posed of

to write c/o Hongkong (

PERCY SMITH, SETH & FLEMING,

up reserves sufficient to weather graph office or direct to 37 December, 1913. whatever storms they may bare Hollywood Road, Lat floor. Hongkong, 89th Jag, 1918,

to encounter

£50 9.1 and igna; pyo ra. lợ

11.00 everyshall hour.

£2.00 Prto 11.4S PILA

„avery, quarter pijanbour,

800.53 10/30 am, Evaxy ag Men. - 10.30 4.12. 2011.00 AM, ∙11,45 AM, to 2000 Noo 300 Noon to 11.00-PM.

TO M

•700.7.1. to £10.P.M.)

NIGHT CARS as oor Wal

SATURDAYS.

Extra Carn 65%re 'inidnight..

WSPECIAL CARS.

* By Areningowest, at the Elenipaay'1/30-fión, -Alexandra „Bulldogų

Reserved Fund“: .......................

BANKERS:

£1,500,000 1,125,000 562,500 415,000

Bank of England. London Joint Block Bank, Limited,

Interent allowed on Current Ac- counts at 2 per rant per annum| on Daily Balange and on Fized Deposits at rated which may be ascertained on application

ARLINTON

THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Beaten, if Equalled, For Broad, Cakes, Confe: onery meale with Wines & Liquors, -

Do

Hongkong Electrio Trams 8/4

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

Pre- Booiste des { ferred

Pulpeset $50 | 320 Papiarterios f paid

Final of 4 making 6/- for yearending 31 12 12 Int of 1f- a/c. 1913

$2 on 10,0 shares Ist issue

8_on 1.0^0:"

$1,on 10:000

2nd

3rd

for year ending 304 13-

43 for 1912

$3 for 1897:

Interim of 3) p.c. 8 1/5d per share. Counon No. 1. ac- count year 10.6.12 Int. of 1/6 mak.6/6a/6, 19/3 1/2 for 1909

$4.50 for your 1912 $1 finsi dividend fort.

year 1911

Tis. 3 for 1912 Intérim of Tla 3 for

Ths. 6292710

$3 on old shares, $1.50' on new shares for half. year 31 12 12.06. $314 for year ending 30 6.13

50 cents for 1912 $2,80 for 1912".

Interim of 5p.c. for

year ending 30,613 half] 32: for year ending?

30.6.13

15 per cent, for 1910.

7 po, for year ending 131′1012,

Tla, 10 for year

Jing-30613ad-

69 cents 31.7:08

85 coats for 1912

70 cents for 1912"":

$1.30 for yearend'g $1'7′13. 40 conta for 1911

$1.60 per share for 1913/1

$3 interim for 1913

$1 interim for 913

Interim of Tls, 1 mak ing Tia. 2 a/c 1913 None

80 cents on fully, paid shares and 8 centeon

1 paidshares for year päding 304.13.

atorim of 10 per share

for 1913, None

67.

$1.50 for

None

Benefit $200

du Tonkin up $50

Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20 T.150 Steam Laundry United Asbestos)

Oriental Agency, $10 $916 Id ................................... United Asbestos Founders Shares Union Waterboat

Weismann, Ltd. Watson s William Powell

Corrected to bego, Bat. Dec 10 11

$10 1300

$10 $17 1/2 b.

$100 $1038

Cheveral brokers 9 De Vosus Bond Castral Das Talaguer, der am qué insť CHOOS

Fo dividend this year. 50 cts. för year end'g 31.5.12

20 per cunt per ordinary share for year ended 81-51912

$1 per share for year! ending 31 12 1912 2

25 per cent. for year Fonding 31′′NERA

60 cepta for 1918

40 cto, yearending 30°6′12: WRIGHT AND HORNBY; IMA Ig address Reciituda.fie