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Commercial.

74 Stanghal Freight Report.

The is hitte ouange to report in the boneward freight market regards the quantity of cargo

08.

Public Companies

HE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH THURSDAY, APRIL

Notices

HONGKONG ICE COMPANY ROYAL HONGKONG GOLF

LIMITED,

THE Thirty-Third Ordinary

Annual Meeting of Share-

CLUB.

Conditions one medal round .0 Te Transfer Books of the holes under handicap on Sunday

round

to be Ex Company will be closed from the or Monday:

26th instans to 6th prox, both nominated before starting,

By order days inclusive.

JARDINE, MATHESON

offering for export; If anything holders will be held at the Offices the market shows a slightly better of the General Managers at 12 Competitions will be held as under tone, write Menare Wheelook & noon on Monday, 6th April to during the Easter holidays ----- Co., Shanghai in their fortnightly receive a Statement of the Com Two cups (presented) open "to freight and coal circular. Since pany's Accounts to 31st Decem-Handicaps 10 and under and 11 last writing a meeting has been ber, 1013, and the Report of the and over respectively," held betwoan the representativen General Managers. of the China Homeward Fraight

the Conference and porter's Association on acoust of the continued opposition,

8 result

which of the rates a ve been reduced on The following articles, viz besus to 208., ground nuts with shells to 50a., without shells to -261, weeds, to 203. oils (bean, rape, cotton and wood) to 25 and orer (lead, sine, iron) to 15s, a ton; these rates oars into force on the NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS. $27th olto. We anticipate that before.very long soms reduction will be made in other articles of export.

General Managers.. Hongkong, 23rd Mar., 1914.

CHINA TRADERS' INSUR- ANCE CO., LTD.

OTICE is hereby given that the Forty-Eighth Ordinary Yearly Meeting of the Company will be held at its Head Office In view of these reduction No. & Queen's Buildings, Hong- exporters liope to be able to do akong, on Friday the 17th April, fair amount of basiboss in the 1914, at 12.15 p.m., for the purpose near future.

of receiving the report of the Directors together with the state Coastwiss-There is not veryments of account to 31st Decem- mach to report in this market, ber 1913. and of, declaring and although there are signs of Dividends &c. increasing activity whatever The Transfer Books of the cargo is offering is easily handled Company will be closed.from 7th by the regular liner-col April to the 17th April both days freights a o weak all round, inclusive. owing to the scarcity if -tocks at the various shipping porta and a congestion of the stooks at the ports of delivery.

Japan Cl-Oly a very small hand-to mouth business has been done with Chinese deulere daring the past two weeks, and they are unwilling to enter into any new contracts at present as they are afraid of the market declining

By order of the Board of

C.-H. P, HAY,

Acting Secretary Hongkong, 2nd April, 1914.

UNION INSURANCE- SOCIETY OF CANTON, LTD.

NOTICE TO SHAKEHOLDERS

''WONGKONG." GYMKHANA

OLUB.

THE First Gymkhana Meeting

Banks

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION,

Head Office do, Wail Suimet, New York- London Othe-jk, Bishopsgato, M.C.

BRANCH RS --

Bombay CAZUTER

Canton

Cabr

3. Colon.

Empire

Hongkong Hambo

Kobe

Gaostal and Surplus women - Gold #1,100,000 equal....... 212430,000

Banks

1914.

60 de

Exchange

T/T, Marks

Belling.

198

.1111/4

Demand Germany

1/115/16

TT. Tranna ... ***

1/1138

On Haiphong

1/11-3/8

On Saigun -...

Oa Bangkok

4 m/s. L/O “

1/11-5/8

83%

fm/s. L/O..............1/11-3/4

T/T... HONGKONG & SHANGHAI Demand.**** BANKING CORPORA= 50 d/s .......................

4 m/s 1/11 7/16 $15. 1000 T/T Shanghai... 7338 Private 30 d/s eight 8'hai ...74% T/TSingapore MERASA T/TJapan

...................................1443430d/s.S'ney & Melbourne1/117/3

.....................................144 30 d/e.San F'co & New York 48-

TION,

Paid-up Uapital

"Merlos

RESERVE WUNDS

Pagama

3. Paleing -

(San Francisco

Shanghal Yakaba

Sterling

T/T India

T/T Bombay

£1,300,000 at 2/-

Demand Bombay.145

4 m/s. Marka

T/T Caloutta

6.144944 m/s. Francs .........

2.49.

Demand Calcutta

Demand India

...145 ..145.

5 in/a. do

2.51

BarSilver, ready

26.15/16

Demand Manila....

....95

forward

.26 15/16

"$32.650,000

T/T. San F'ou & New York 4716 Demand, New York 17 T/T, Java

Gold Leaf per tael

.::53,70

..........................11712

Bank of England rates...3% Sovereign

..10.20

Subsidiary Coins.

·Opium Quotation.

Mar: 13

Discount per $100

Malwa, New

88,300 per po

E

EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI NESS transacted

$15,000,000

· CURRENT ACCOUNTS opmed "on" the "save","

DEPOSITS RECEIVED, deed fur:ons your LE

Bilver $17,650,000

4% DIE Kanam, or for shorter periods, at exter, vilch itsy be sacertálned in typlication, mon.

BILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED.

MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES Reserve Liability of

atada.

LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS granted Proprietors...: ..$15,000,000

on all ska principal cities in the World.

THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT UT available all over the World,

B..

COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT

issed.

COURT OF DIRECTORS.

PURCHASE and SALE of Stocks and Share Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Chairman Chinese...20 cts. pieces 812 1/8

W. L. Pattanden, Esq. Deputy Chinese...10

OFFREY WONG,

Manager.

of the Season will be held TRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and casbad. at Happy Valley on Saturday, the 11th April 1914, commencing at 3.30. p.m.

The Charge of Admission will be $1.00 for others than Members of the Hongkong Jockey Club or Gymkhana Club.

Queen's Road, Hongkong Hongkong, lat Nov. 1912

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK LIMITED.

Half Price.

Soldiers and Sailors in uniform Y

the

The Committee invite Ladies of Hongkong to be present Hongkong, 8th April 1914,

NOTICE.

JE have this day removed WE

our offices to No. 4 Les. Voux Road Central, Ground floor.

rokera

VERNON & SMYTH. Share & Gener Telephone No. 320 Hongkong st April, 1914. ¦

NOTICE.

OTICE is hereby given that the Forty-First Ordinary both here and in Japan oying to Yearly Meeting of the Society reduced consumption and heavy will be held at its Head Office, stocks on the spit; at the set No. 2 Queen's Building, Hong-legram Co. Ltd, has this day THE Office of Reuters To- time prices in apa contineng, on Friday the 17th April

1914 at Noon, for the purpose bees removed to No. 4 Des Voeux firm.

of receiving the report of the Road Central, Ground floor, Directory together with the

F. `SMYTH. statements of account to 31st

Agent

Cardiff Onal.-Quiet.

Fushun Coal. No special new but owing to shortness of stocks prices romain firm.

December 1913, and of declaring Hougkong, 1st April 1914.

Dividends &o.

Kailan Coal. A fair busines- |- The Transfer Books of the has been done in this commodity So lety will be closed from 7th during the past fortnight in April to the 17th April to both retail sales, and deliveries have days in lusive, been good, so that socks are slightly below the average.

Public Comp nies

THE GREEN ISLAND CEMENT CO., LTD.

THE TWENTY FIFTH OR-

DINARY ANNUAL

By Order of the Board.

C. H. P. HAY

Acting Secretary. Hongkong 2nd April 1914.

Notices

BANK HOLIDAYS.

EUROPEAN AGENCY.. WHOLESALE buying agen- cles undertaken för all British and Continental goods, including--

Books and Stationery, Boots, Shoes and Leather, Chemicals and Druggiste'

Sundries

China Earthenware and Glass

Ware,

Cycles, Motor Cars and Ac севногіен,

Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000. Paid-up Capital 30,000,000 Reserve Fund ...... 18,900,000

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA,

Branches

Antung Halan

Calcutta

⚫ hangchun

Dalicd

Fenetien

Harbin Hankow Honolulu Kobe

MisoeYara

Lond Lyons

Titogtan

Agencies at

Nagasaki

Newchwang

New York

Deaks" Pekla

San Francisco

Ryolan (Port

Arthur)

Shanghai

Tebing

Tintain

Tokyo.

Los Angeles Tsingina

Interest Allowed on Current Account.

obtained on application.

Deposts received for fived periods at rates to be BISHI ONO, Manager, Hongkong, 6th April, 1913;

CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.'

Chairman.

8. H. Dodwell, Esq.

Hongkong.20

0.8. Gubby, Esq. PH. Holyoak, Esq.

· Hongkong.10%

O. Landgraf, Esq.

F. Lieb, Esq.

J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shellim. H. A. Siebe, Esq. CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stabb. MANAGER. Shanghai-A. G, Stephen. London Bankers-London County and Westminster

Limited.

Hongkong-Interest Allowed.

$1236

$7-1/8

$8 5/8

% Malwa, Old

atna, New Patra, Old..

8,300

9.325 per che

9,200

Benares, New 9,030 Henares, Old......... 8.925

TO-DAY'S SHARE

S-SELLERS

STOCKS & PAID de Valor. BANKS

Hongkong & B’hai #125.

BA-SALES

REPORT.

B-BUYER!

CLOSING Q'T 105.

$81048.

N-NOW- ZAL

LAST DIVIDEND AND PATE

£2 & 5/-b. at ex 1/11.3/16 † equal to $23.29 for 14 year ending 31/12/13 $18 for 1912

Final of 1 p.c, making 2p.c. for 1912 *** Final of $20 making $50 for 1911 and Interim of $30 for 1912 ... Final of $12 msk. $15 for

1911 & Int, of $3 for 19131

MARINE INSURANCES, Cantons

North China

$50 3274

£5 T145

8.

Uniona

$100 $845

£50 $210

'FILE 'INSURANCES.

$20 $145

$10 for 1912

$50 $368

b.

$27 for 1912

825 $8

$1 for 1906

On Current Account at the rate Yangtzes

of 2 per cent per Annum on the daily balance

ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months. 2) per cent per

Annum...

For 6 months. 3 per cent.pe.

Annum.

For 12 months, 4 per cent per

Annum,

NJ STABB. Chief Manager

China Fires

Hongkong Fires

SHIPPING. China & Manila Douglas Steamship $50 834 Steamboats Indo-Chinas

(Preferred) (Deferred)

$2.50 for your ond′g30'61 3 Final of $1 for halft year ending 31'12′13. 16 p.o. for year 1912 on

preferred shares

Interim of 1/- making 2 for 1913 Coupen No. 21...

$15 $281

8.

£5 $69 88.

[18

"Shell" Transports £1

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

107/6

£11.

b.

"Star Ferry

$10 $47 ea. & L.

$1 on 100,000

REFINERIES.

China Sugare Luzon Sugars

MINING,

•

$100 $84 $100 $28

THE CHARTERED BANK OF THE Business of the above

INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND

Bank is conducted, by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on ap plication.

INTEREST on deposits is al- HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. lowed on the minimum monthly Chinese Engineerings £199/- Paid-up Capital ..£1,200,000 balances at $34 Per Cent per an- Reserve Fund..................£1,800,000 | num

Tronoha Reserve Liability of

Depositore may transfer at thoir:

£1 37/6 Raubs Proprietors.....£1,200,000 anon balances of $100 or more Ducks, WHARVES, & DOWNS.

to the Hongkong and Shanghai Kowloon Wharfs FOREIGN EXCHANGE And Bank to be placed on FIXED General Banking business trans-DEPOSIT of Por Cent, per EL.K. & W poa Docks 650 {870 acted

annem.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- For the Hongkong and Shang- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re-hai. Banking Corporation, at rates which will be quoted on ceived for 1 year or shorter periods NJ STABB, Chief Manager,

application.

AS. HEWETT,

Acting Manager.EUTSCH ASIATISCHE Drapery Millinery and Piece Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. 122

MEETING of SHAREHOLDIN accordance with ordinance

No. 5 of 1912 the EX-Goods,

ERS in the above Company will CHANGE BANKS will be be held at the Office of the Com-

eloved for Public Business pany, St. George's Building on FRIDAY, SATURDAY and Victoria, Hongkong, on TUES- MONDAY the 10th, 11th and DAY the 21st day of April, 1914,

13th inst.

at 11.3 o'clock am. for the pur-Hongkong. 7th April, 1914. pose of receiving a Statemen of Accounts and the Report of the Directore for the year ending 31st! December 1913,

The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be. CLOSED from SATURDAY the 17th day of April to TUESDAY the 21st day of April 1914, both days inclusive.

By Order of the Board of Directors, Hongkong, 6th April, 1914. THE CHINA BORNEO CO, LIMITED. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

KOWLOON CANTON

RAILWAY (British Section).

EASTER HOLIDAYS,

NOTICE

N

Fancy Goods and Perfumery, Hardware, Machinery and Metals,

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

etc., etc.

Commission 21% to 5%." Trade Discounts allowed. bpecial Quotations on Demand.

Notices

CHINA THE

PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

bamole Cases from £10 upwards, (Capital Paid up...$1,250,000.)

Consignments of Produce Sold on Account.

(Established 1814). 25,'ABCHURCH LARE, LONDON, EC. Cable Address: "Annuaire London

4.

Capital Fully

BANK.

Paid-up...8h. Taels 7,500,000 Head Office-Shanghai, Board of Directors-Berlin. Branches:

£1 $3.10 b

$50 683 5.

Shanghai Dooks T. 100 57) Hongkew Wharfs T. 100 T. 94. LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDINGS Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94

Hongkong Hotela $50. $125

Hongkong Lande $100 $110.88.

Humphreys Estates 210-88 Kowloon Lande

$30 844 Shanghai Lands T. 30

T. 90

$50 West Points

$67

Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8

COTTON MILIS,

Berlia Caloutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsin " Tainanfu Tsingtau Yokohama, LONDON BANKERS:

EwOB Messre. N. M. Rothschil & Sons.

Union of London and Smith's Shanghai Jottons

Bank, Limited.

Loans on Mortgage of House Pro-Tae perty, &o. Goods received on Storage.

Loans made on the Provident

System. (Rates and Particulara ou ap

plication).

The Office of

is hereby given that WILLIAM WILSON & SONS Advances made on Merchandise: an Additional Train will leave Kowloon for Sheung Shui (Fanling Golf Links) at 8.45 u.m. calling at Taipo at 9.15 a.m. and arriving at Sheung Shui, at 9.27 on Friday, Saturday and Monday the 10th, 11th and 13th instanti

By Order, of Shareholders of the above

H. P. WINSLOW. Company will be held at the Kowloon, 7th April, 1911. Company's Office, St. George's

THE Eleventh Yearly Meeting

a.m.

Building at Noon on Wednesday, FİRE INSURANCE ASSOCIA-

the 15th April, 1914 to receivo à

Statement of Accounts to the 31st

December, 1913 and the Report of

TION OF HONGKONG.

· EASTER HOLIDAYS.

NO

The General Manager and Con- NOTICE a hereby given that all FIRE INSURANCE

pulting Committee and to elect a Consulting Committee

(Auditor.

and OFFICES will be CLOSED for

the Transaction of Public Busi-

The Transfer Books of the ness on FRIDAY, SATURDAY Company will be closed from the and MONDAY, the 10th, 11th

1st April to 15th April, both days and 13th instant.

clusive.

THE CHINA-BORNEO

CO., LTD.

W. G. DARBY, General Manager.

MARTIN'S APIOL & STEEL H

SEISOPILLS

biztonada or Ladue niwaTE UND AS DOE OF Miesten kille ju the besme, no Duci ini khu Aras 120gs of say deregularity of the, Wyman K

·SOGNA HUẨN, AFI Chemiste asid Stoves unit Shaved Throughout the World, or, poes -tros din, BBEANZEN, Chemist, Sonshaington, Engi

Kistered o

By Order,

AR LOWE,“

Secretary. Hongkong, 8th April, 1914.

MARINE INSURANCE A890. RCIATION OF HONGKONG.

EASTER HOLIDAY [OTICE is hereby given that

ANCE OFFICES - "will", be

·CLOSED for the Transaction of | Publio Business on FRIDAY, SATURDAY and MONDAY the 10th, 11th and 13th instant, By Order

CSTAR LOWE,- Secretary. Hongkong Bib, April, 1914.

OWING to the increase of our

business, we have opened our China Dept.. next door, and keep the best class of goods obtainable,

Inspection solicited.

T. 50 T. 132

T117

190

8,

Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Laou Kung Mow

Agency.

112 Kung Yik Direction der Disconto Gesell- schaft.

Hongkong Cottons $10 $81

MISCELLANEOUS. Dresdner Bank,

China-Borneos $12 $11) INTEREST allowed on Current Light and Powers $101 Account. DEPOSITS received

$4.10 8: Do. (Spec. shares) 81 |

TRUSTED, EXECUTOR OF on terins which may be learned China Providents $104683

on application. Every description Dairy Farms 1 56: $361 - b. of Banking and Exchange busi Greon Islands $10 $62 ness transacted.

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

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

NIKKO & CO., Hongkong Hotel Building. PEA

MAN LOONG.

FIRST-OLASS PRESERVEST CINDER AND SOY MANUFACTURERS. Fastory at, Yaumati. OFFICE; No. 36, Des Vier Road, W Telephone No. 17 & E 12.

WE are the loading Manufacturers in this class of Goods. Our Fruit & Gingers are all fresh and of the first pick. Our Sup le prepared from the best quality of Bugar. We give our wagala.): attention to our bruisinges and waitary arrangementa,

USE. C. N.

AND QUARD AGAINST PLAQUE

CHINA COMMERCIAL

EAK TEAMWAY 00,

LIMISED...

TIME TABLE

∙WEEK DAYS...

3

Hongkong Electrics 310 144 bị

- MAX GUTSCHKE Hongkong Ices 825 8190 b. x div.

Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911.'

[? Hongkong Ropes $10 822

Langkets

Morning Post THE MERCANTILE BANK OF Peak Tramway

g. 10 T42

825 621

$10 $10

$1 93 ots.8.

INDIA, LIMITED.

Authorised Capital ma

Subscribed

Paid Up

Reserve Fund

Do. (new) 1,500,000 1,125,000 Hongkong Electric Trams8/6

562,500 go 465,000 Philippines

10 Max.

sy M

?

35 MIN.

30 Mut

MIR

5.00 111 Max.

*10 Mar

Bank of England. ́·London Joint Stock Baur,

Limited.

1.00 AM, bɔ, ' 10:00 AM.

1443 PM to 2.3 P.MI pag...to.

NIGHT CARS "'65% tomi nad 'g'r.3, 5-30 3.3, to $1.00 FIMI very half hour

25.00 PM-10 21.43 1.3,

very quarter ofanbour.

SUNDAYS:

1.00 .M. 20, 15.3o sim. Evang 13, Ni

11,45 A.K. 800 NOO

*1.00 PM: 10 -5.00, P+1) 1:1.00 2.M, 10. Los ir su

°8.09,2,36% 20.... 106,EM 13:00 13, ta

'NIGHT' CARA-25 on "Wode Dayal

SATURDAYS FERME

Extra Card (187 midnight. SPECIAL CARS.

Wy Axtar passant, at the Company'í Chov,

BANKERS:

$10 $5 H. Price & Co., Ld. $1058

Pre Boolete des ferred

Pulposet

$50 $20 Papierteries; paid dn Tonkin | up $50

Benefit $200

Interest allowed on Current As-Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20 T.150 counts at 2 per cent per annum Steam Laundry $584) b on Daily Balance and on Fixed United Asbestos) Deposits at rates which may be Oriental Agency,› $10 | 8034 b. ascertained on application.

United Asbestos? Founders Shares Union Waterboat

Weismann, LEL

A. R. LINTON

Manager.

THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Watson

Canzit be Beaten, if Equalled Willam Powell For Bread, Cakes, Confectionery meals with Wines & Liqueni

$10 $500

31020

$10330 $10-117.80

Desend brokers € De Vouse Rund Centre);

$2 on 10,000 shares ist issue 82.on 10,000

2nd

3rd

for year ending 30°4′13

$3 for 1912 $3 for 1897

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

share. Coupon No. 1 aos count year 10.6,127 16: Int. of 1/6 mak: 6/6s/c.1919 1/2 for 1909

$3.50 for year 1913 $3 for 1913

Tis. 3 for 1918

Interim of Tls 3 for 1913

Tis. 6 29*2*10

$7 on old shares, $3.50)

on new shares for year 311213

$314 for 12 year ending 31.12.13

50 cents for 1913 $2.80 for 1913

Interim of 5 p.o.for. "year ending 30'6'13 $2.25 for year ending 31.12.13

15 per cent. for 1910 Tls, 15 for year ending

31:10:13

Tis. 10 for year end-

ing 30'6'13 T.12foryearend'g:3112 Tis. 11 for year ending]

30°11′13

:50 cents 31.7.08

85 cents for 191%

20 cents for 1913

-- $130 for year end'g 31′′7:13

40 cents for 1911-

B1.60 per share for 1912

87 final making 89 for 1913 $2 for 1913

"[Interim of Tis. 1 mak-

ling Tis, 2 s/o 1913 - None

80 cents on fully paid)

sharea and 8 cents on $1 paid shares for year ending 30.4.13 MB465 Interim of lid, përshare.

for 1913:00 None

$1.50 for 1910

None

No dividend this year 50 ots. for year and’g 31.5.12

(20 per cent, per ordinary ⠀

share for year ended 31-5-1918

$1.25 per share för yéüz?

ending 81:12 1913

25 per cent. for year

ending 311

60 cents for 1919 km

-50 ots, yearending 6'30′13 WRIGHT AND HORNBY WANTE