Commercial
he exception of a patch in the neighbourhood of Cairo appears to baconfined to the Sinai Peninsula. The petroleum deposits occur en- tirely on the eastern and western
shores of the Gulf of Suez, on the
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1914.
10 SAIL
DOLLAR STEAMSHIP LINE.
for SAN
Proposed sailings FRANCISCO & SAN PEDRO.
on or about DOLLAR"
18th July. Connection made with Salt
Y. M. SMITH,
Manager.
3, Queen's Building
PUBLIC COMPANIES
Shell Transports-Thirty-Five Per Cent. Dividend,te
western shore of the Red Sea, and on islands washed by these waters. The report of the "Shell" Transport and Trading Company, The general structure of the oil. Limited, submitted to the meeting field is that of parallel anticlinal on June 22, states that, including and synolinal folds with axis s.s." BESSIE the balance, 6205,193 brought north-west and south east.. forward from 1912, there is a Geologiste inoline to the opinion credit to the profit and loss so that the field is a portion of the Lake Railway at San Pedro for count for the year to December main anticline which runs from OVERLAND points. For rates, 31, of £1,840,383, Deducting Galicia and Roumania, through spaco and further particulars
apply to management, legal and other Turkey and Egypt, and outcrops THE ROBERT DOLLAR CO., expenses and depreciation on again in Burma. The similarity securities, which in all amount to in analysis of the oils of all these £48,123, there remains £1,800,- countries lends favour to the Tel. 79%. 250 to be carried to the balance theory, while, iu addition, the sheet From this amount prefer geological features of the Am- ence dividende (absorbing £81. erican petrological areas are of 250), and interim dividenda a different character to those of (absorbing £377,350) have al- the other countries just used. rosdy been paid. After payment This, also, is at least 6 partial ex of the dividends distributed and planation of the difference in the transfer to reservo account qualition of the oil produced by bereinafter provided for, there the two widely separated beds, remains a balance of £1,338,160. The Egyptian petroleum does not from which the directors recem necessarily originate in the mend that a further and fiunt Sedimentary gortes, but risen dividend for the year 1913 of 5e. | through them and is 10:0 per share be paid on the 7th prox-frequently observed in them. It Hongkong 23rd. June, 1914. imo (making 35 per cent. for the is in this field that any consider year), leaving a sum of £326,664 able faulting in the layers of to be carried forward. The divid geological strain occurs, and it is. ord is paid free of income tax, mostly found on the eastern sicpe which is charged at the rate of 1× 24. in the £. The amount provided for. depreciation for the year 1913
"
5.5. "TINCSANC" (Wresked) SHIE
HIPPERS and Underwriters interested in. the cargo of this steamer are requested to communicate with the Under-
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Selling
1921
1/109/16
109
TION!
60 dis
m/s......
Paid-up Capital ......
$15,000,000 | T/T Shanghai
Kobe
Alation
RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling
Private 30 dis sight 8'hoi 75141 4 m/s. EdQ T/T Singapore
Palong
San Franciice
Shanghel
£1,500,000 at 2/
$15,000,000
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TT India
Vakoama
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1/10-5/8 · T/T; Franna. 110 11/16 On Haiphons 110 11/16 Da Solgun.. 1/10-34On Bangkok
.74 3/8
8034 | 4 m/s. U/P ............d/11 1/16 9214, 16 m/s, L/O
.1/11 1/8 -14034 | 300/s.8°ney & Melbournel/11 3/16
14130 d/s.San F'cc & Yew York 4634. 1409 - 14 m/s. Marks
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8136
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"DEPOSITS, RECEIVED, fredd for ona year at
we ascertained on application EX per annum, of los aborter periods, as inter, which
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1: TORNE MEAN,
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THE
signed within three months from YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
date.
GILMAN & Co.
Lloyd's Agents.
NOTICES,
(of older Plutonic rooks this slope | ASSOCIACAO PORTUGUEZA being almost inviably steeper 'DE SOCCORROS MUTUOS. than the western ona. The
CIRCULAR.
PÁTOKIU –
LIMITED.
#s
Established 1880. · Authorised Capital Yan 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital 30,000,000 Reserve Fund........ 18,900,000 |
Head Offico,-YOKOHAMA,
Branches
Antung-Hsien
Agencies at Sagakaki
Newchwanz New York
Oraka
Felin
Ryolun (Part
DOUAY
Calcutta
Changchun
Dairen Fangrien
11
Arthur)
Hankow
San Francace
Domnula
Shanghai
Καλα
Tiebling
B
Lao-Yam
Tloutsin
Tokyo
Lyons Tsinglau
Tangtai.
A pedido de un grupo de tho Socios, a Assemblea Geral dosta
Salno Luiz de Cams, do Club Lusitano, fica addiada para n Quinta feira, 23 do corrente. no
by the Anglo-Saxon and Bata structure of the oil zone itself is afsche companies is £118,000 that of a number of parallel Depreciation again having been anticlines and synclines amply provided for by the various productive wells being gen- Associaro conveenda para subsidiary companies, the direct- érally® confined
10 one of proxima Quinta feiray, 9 de Julho ors do not deem it necessary to the anticlines, those parallel de 1914, as 6 horas da tarde no appropriate out of the year's pro- to it, though often shewing oil, fits any considerable amount to sot necessarily yielding produc reserve, but in order to bring this ing weile. The anticline forma.
mesma local e a mesma hora. up to the round eum of £3,000,000 tion is particularly to be
Todas as alteracceso propostas hase allocated £3,162 to that observed at Yemaa, in the vicinityque qualquer membro da nosa purpose. The costs of drilling of which the principal oil welle Communidade julgar de con- sad of geological surveys have, are to be found. The Yemsa veniericia para e melhoramento as uanal, beso charged to working bendland is obviously the remains dos Estatutos, poderão ser en expenses. A further sum of three of an anticline which has been vindas ao signatario desta, ate o million two. hundred and sixty badly eroded by the sea. The dia 20 do corrente, na certeza de thousand guilders bas during the direction of the anticline, les hos sera dada a maxima con- year bean added by the Batnafsche betweon
and sideracao. west-north-west
F. I. de V. SOARES, Secretario.
NOTICE.
ESTATE LD.
MONDAY 13th inst.
Los Angeles
fuserest Allowed on Curry Account. Depouts received for fixed perioda at rates so be tained on applicator
BISHIONO, Manager,
(18 Hongkong, 6th April, 1915.
Silver ...$17,650,000
$38,650,000 | Demand Bombay
T/T Calcutt
.141 4 m/e. Pranos.........
140348 n/e. do
141
Reservo Liability of
Proprietors...$15,000,000 Demand Calcutta
COURT OF DIREUTORS. Demand Manila'.... ................9934 Hon. Mr. D. Landale-Chairman, T/T. San Feú & New York 4534 W. J. Pattenden, Esq. Deputy Demand, New York ..............16
Chairman.es
8. H. Dodwell, Esq.
GT, M. Edkins, Esq.
C, 8. Gubbay, Esq.
P. H. Holyoak, Esq.
C. Landgraf, Esq.
F. Liob, Esq.
J. A. Plummer, Eag. Hon. Mr. E. Shellim. H. A. Stebe, Esq. Ad. Widmann, Esq.
CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stabh
ACTING MANAGER. Shanghai-J, D. Smart. London Bankere-London County and Westminster · Limited.
BarSilver, ready
forward.
.
..26
Gold Leaf par tael ......55.201 Bank of England'rate Sovereign
⠀⠀ Opium Quotations.
3%
T/T. Java
...........1136
10.50
Subsidiary Coins: Discount por $100: Chinese...20 ots: picbas $11 1/4
May 14
Malwa, New
$8,200 per p
Malwa, Old
8,300
Chinese...10
$11.7/8
Patna, Now
9.325 per che
Hongkong.20 Hongkong.10.
#01/2
Patne, Old.
9,200
Benares, New
9,050
#97/8 Bésareo, Old.................... 8.925
TO-DAY'S SHARE REPORT.
S-SELLERS SA-SALES D-DUYERI N-NOMINAL
· Stocks'à FÀID EF VALUR.
BANKS..
Hongkong & Shaf:$125 ·
North China
Hongkong-Interest Allowed!
On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent per annum on the Unions dally 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,
A. G. STEPHEN, Aoting Chief Manager.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANKİ
THE CHARTERED BANK OF
INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND THE conducted by the
CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853,
acted.
NOTICES
Business of the above
'HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION
Rules may be obtained on ap plication.
1
num.
Bonem.
મ
Manager, DEUTSCH ASIATISCHE
Capital Fully
BANK.
CLOBINS
TION
(6835 8. &
Lust devidead and vSTRA
£2 & 5/- b. at ex 1/13/16)
oqual to $33,29 for
year ending 31/12/13 <7%
Final of $3 &/o.1912, In- uterim of $18 a/c 1913 Final of 1 p.o, making
p.c. for 1912] Final of $20 making $50) for 1912. and Interim of $30 for 1913 Final of $12 msk. $15 for
19.2&Ink of $3 for 1913)
$10 for 1912.
MARINE INSURANCE"," Cantons
$50 310
£5 T140
$100 $780.
£50 8194
FIRE INSURANCESI
$20 $154 $50 $392)
627 for 1912.
Yangtazes
China Fires!! Hongkong Fires
SHIPPING China & Manilas 825 8 Douglas Steamship 650 831 Steambosta Indo-Chinas
$15 $261
(Preferred) (Deferred).
£5860
"Bhell" Transports £1
199/-
£11
Star Ferry
$10 $15
REFINERIES. !
$100 $79 $100 $28
HINING
£130-
to the insurance fund, which now north-weat, and is approximately
HEAD OFFICE.-LONDON. INTEREST on deposits is al- China Sugars amoints to 9,260,000 guilders, parallel to, and between, the Hongkong, 6 de julho de 1914
Paid-up Capital ....£1,200,000 lowed on the minimum monthly Luzon Sugars.- equal to about 8780,000. Reports const rango of Zeit, and the next
Reserve Fund............£1,800,000 balances at $35 per cent per an- received from the Anglo-Saxon western range of Um Esh. The
Reserve Liability - of ju Petroleum Compony, Limited, direction (or atriko) can be THE HONGKONG CENTRAL
Proprietors....£1,200,000 Depositors may transfer at their Chinese Engineerings £137/6 option balances of $100 or more and the Balaafsche Petroleum followed for over fifteen miles in
Tronohs FOREIGN EXCHANGE and to the Hongkong and Shanghai Raubs
£183 Maatschappij justify the payment a northerly trend. The anticline, OTICE is hereby given that General Banking business trans- Bank to be placed on FIXED DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS on account of this year of an however, sinks below the big of Shareholders of this Company the Statutory Meeting
DEPOSIT. 4 per cent. per Kowloon Wharfs ||50| | 82}|||-bit interim dividend of is. per share plain farther on its northerly
CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-
b. (ie., at the rate of 10 por cent. course. On the eastern side of will be held at the Offices of the ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- For the Hongkong and Shang-
H.K.&W pos Books $50 $60 per annum), which will also be Temsa head the structure is not General Managers at NOON onceived for 1 year or shorter periode hai Banking Corporation, Shanghai Dooks T. 100 T. 60 b. modo on the 7th proximo. Many macked at the surface and bas
at rates which will be quoted on
A G. STEPHEN, Hongkow Wharfs T. 100 T. 91 b. By Order, shareholders having expressed only been ascertained by boring.
application.
Acting Chief Manager. LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDING A. SHELTON HOOPER,
Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94 the wish to have the dividend This took place, originally,
Wm. DICKSON. Secretary to The Hong-
H'kong Central D'tes $100 $100.; b.. more equally distributed between through uncovered sulphur work
kong Laud Investment Hongkong. 11th April 1912. January and July, it is not in ings and the oil obtained from a
& Agency Company, Ld.
Hongkong Hotels $50 $125 tended in future to continue the well driven to the north of these
General Managers. - payment of interim dividends in in a drift, was found to be of a Hongk ng. 6th July, 1914.-
Hongkong Lands $100 $116 July. In January, 1916, the light brown colour through which why lo interim divident for 1915 a steady stream of gae was rising. SOUTH CHINA MORNING will be paid, and the final only in large amount of secrecy Jaly of that year, and this practice surrounds the working of the Ited will be continued.
Sea Oil Fields, and the statements Capital Expenditures Invested by that the British Admiralty China Morning Post, Ld., have
the S.M.R. Co.
intends to establish an immense this day declared an INTERIM The aggregate capital expendi fuel-oil depot in the vicinity, and DIVIDEND at the rate of 8 per tures invested by the S.M.R. Co that the Egyptian Government is cont. for the half year ended 28th since the Company's establish- to construct a line from Suez February 1914, of One Dollar per Loans made on the Provident The Union of London and Smith'WOR ment late in 1908 up to March down the Gulf to serve this, bave share. 31st, 1914, amounted to Yen done nothing to lift the vein. · DIVIDEND WARRANTS miny 188,488,443, particularized as That the deposit is likely to be of be obtained an application at the under:
Office of the Company on and Yon 72.273,033 great value is, however, known, after Thursday, the 9th July. Railway.......
and has been proved. Indian 12,254,065 and Eastern Engineering.)`' ` Collieries...
10,976,388 10,556, 20
Land... the
Harbour
Buildings
0,777,043
Workshope
6,085,664
Vessela 49 306 449 128
4,899,418
Hlectricity
4,747,894
Hotelsmi
Gas
Public works
u
CONSIGNEES.
TOYO, KISEN KAIHA, SS." SHINYO MARU”. 1,618,537 From SAN FRANCISCO, vis 1,297,5% HONOLULU, JAPAN PORTS.
·AND, MANILA. 4,023,367
Total. Yen 138,188,443,
Red Sea Oil Fields.
POST, LIMITED:-
NOTICE.
The Directora of the South
The Transfer Books of the Company will be closed from the 7th to the 9th instant; both days inclusive.
GEO.T. LLOYD. Secretary, Hongkong, July 3rd, 1914.
The above named Steamer hav-MR. ing arrived. Consignees of cargo
noon
NOTICE.
MAN LOONG.
Charles Alexander Hooper has this day been are hereby noticed to send in their admitted a partner in our Firm Geologists are agreed that Bills of Lading for countersigna- which will continue to be carried ture, and to take immediate on under the name of Johnson, Egypt may be primarily divided delivery of cargo from alongside. Stokes and Master. geologically into two groups, of
JOHNSON, STOKES Cargo remaining undelivered rock formations, a simple and on July 7th at
& MASTER. complex. The former have been will be landed at Consignees Hongkong, 1st July, 1914. clasified as sedimentary beda risk, and, caponse and delivery dating from recent times back to must then be taken from the the Cretaceous age. The latter for Company's Godown. We a great system of Metamorphic No Fire Insurance whatever
FIRST.OLARS' PREZERVES..DINGER and Orystalline rocks, of all ages, will be effected,
AND SOY MANUFACTURERS. !! comprising the Red Ses bills and No claim will be recognised
Factory et Yaumati plate after the Goods have left the OFFICE; No. 35, Des Vount Road, W. the mineral belta Of these two. Steamer or Godown, and all Goods Telephone No. 177 & K. 12, the wore modern beds cover the remaining undelivered on July WE are the leading Manufacturers in moro ancient with extreme 14th-at 5 pm, in the the after- this close of Goods. Our Frall & regularity, showing that they noon will be subject to rent and Gingers are all freak, and of the first plak Our Brup prepared from the best have not been dubicol to violent landing charges, de quality of Bugar:: We give our special earth movements, in which caseAll chafed and otherwise dam- attention to our business and sanitary There would have been bending, aged Cargo to be left on board arrangementazte ideerijden breaking and contortion of the or in the Godown and examina Grust, during which the lower tich of to be held on July 15th
at 10 a.mioni 20 punte ayaq beds would have been thrown up All Claims must be filed The Later Improvement Pa forming outorope at plaoss on the
on or
AMERICAN DENTISTRY
PORCELAIN, FILLINGS.
Lasting Workman
before July 21st, Operations. Ao charge surface. At the same time, otherwise they will not be Food moderate, Diploma, however, over very small areas an recognised.
intermediate series is found,
monily of low carboniferous
8 MORIMOTO: LON
formation. This serine, with Hongkong, July 4th, 1914.
THE CHINA PROVIDENT. LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.
Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000 Head Office-Shanghai.
Humphreys Estates $10 – $731⁄2 Board of Directors-Berlin.
Kowloon Lands · $30 841 Branches: 4
Shanghai Lands T. 30 T. 92 Berlin Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe'
West Pointe $50.973 Loans on Mortgage of House Pro-Peking Singapore Tientsin porty, &c.
Teinanfu Tsingtau Yokohama. Manlle M'pole Hotel P.10 F.8. Goods received on Storage, PO, LONDON BANKERS: Advances made on Merchandise: Messrs. N. M. Rothschil & Bone.
(Capital, Faid up...$1,250,000.)"
---
System. (Rates, and Particulars on ap
plication).
The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &o, Undertaken and Executed.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.
General Managers. ⠀⠀ Hongkong, 19th March. 1908
PEAK
EAK TRAMWAY CO;
LIMITED
TABLE.
A WEEK DAYS.
7.00 AM to Logan, Evaxy is Max, 1,00 am; to “Xood and 15:00 Maa to – BLOD BIL: Foto ng Man
1945 7.M. to. «Ì 115 BM.
·B-55 RAMKI IN TO A SMI
NIGHT, CARS. T
1.5.1 sed oma ono zaklo
721.00 EM every half hours
--| 36.00. V„M.) to $145 = 16#'
every quarter of an bite,
* SUNDAYBOYNE
(1,45 2,3, 10° 10:30 Aim. EvaRY AS MUE
10:30 AM to ... ZL,ODĽA ILAUSK
18.60 Hops to,100,136) 3.00 3.22 ke 18.00 BM); STC to
·ED MIN.
75000 106:10 Kao kad, 120 Ming NIGHT. CARB. as, en. Week Dayak
ARTSATURDAYS
Extra Cartas midnight
APECIAL CARE":
Ey Arrangement" sa'the Company's '03¢k,'
de Des. Youtin Boat?) 865
SINGON & CO.
3
2
COTTON :KILLS.
T. 50 T. 130
T110 b
(T. 81
T. 111
Bank, Limited. Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Agency. Direction der Disconto Gosoll-
"schaft. Dresdner Bank. INTEREST allowed on Current
DEPOSITS received China-Bornéos Account. on terms which may be learned on application. Every description of Banking and Exchange busi ness transacted.
MAX GUTSCHKE
Manager. Hongkong, 9th Oct., 1911.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.
Shanghai Cottons,
Laou Kung Mow Kung Yik Hongkong Cottone $10 - $731⁄2
MISCELLANEOUS, ? V
$12 811 Light and Powers $1014
Do. (Spec. shares)$11 China Providente $108) Dairy Farms $638 Green Islands $10 36 WA 40b Hongkong Electrios $10 * Hongkong Ices $25 $200 Hongkong Ropes $10 $25 Langkats
8.10 T48
$25 $29
Morning Post Peak Tramway
Authorised Capital Subscribed:
£1,500,000
$10 $99 sa.
$190 ots. 9,
Reserve Fund
Paid Up
VAS BANKERS?,
Do, (new) 1125,000 Hongkong Electric Trams 13/6
582,500 465,000 Philippines
Bank of England. London Joint Stock Hant, Limited
Interest allowed on Current Ac counts at 2 per cent per annum or Daily Balance and on, Fixed Deposits at rates which may be
Lou applicationí d
PLINTON Manager.
Bokterr
107 Broad: Cakes, Cont and mesls with Wine".
$10 $5
H. Price &c Co., La. $107:56 HARE
Pre-
Boclete. den | ferrod
Pulpeset 650 $20 Papeteries-paid.
du Tonkin
up 850 kee Benefit $200 Shanghai-Bumstras T. 20 L150 Steam Laundry 55 United Asbestos
Oriental Agency, $10 3911⁄2 b. Lax
United Asbestos -Founders Bharos)
$10 $50012
Union Waterboat $10 $18
Whismann, Ltd::s
490
$7.85
Powell, Ltd
$1 for 1806
$2.50 for year and g 30'6:13 Final of $1 for half
year ending 31 12 13 (3% Interim a/c year OD preferred shares. A
1913
Final of 5-making 7 for 1913 Coupon -No. 22.
$1.70 per share" and bonus" of 30 cents per share for year ending 304032
$3 for 1912 $3 for 1897
Interim of 5 % Coupon No.
3 amount of your end- ing 30.8.14,
Int. of 1/5 mak. 6/6a/o. 19 3.
1/2 for 1909 WIN,
$3.50 for year 1913
$3 for 1913.
Tls. 3 for 1912
· Interim of Tls 3 for 1913 ·
Tla. 6,29'2 10
First year
$7 on old shares, $3,50)
on now shares for year 311313-
$316 for 14 year ending 31.12.13 REA 50 cents for 1913 $2,80 for 1913 ) Aug Interim of 5 p.o: for yearending 30'6:13 $2.25 for year ending] 31.12.13
15 per cent. for 1910. Tle. 15 for year ending ending 311013, pa se Tle. 10 for year; end-
ing 30'6'13 A T.12foryear end'g31'12′12: Tla. 14 for year ending?
30,11'13
*50 cents 31.7.08
$1.20 for 1913
70 cents for 1913
81.30 for year end'g 31′′7′13:
40 cents for 1911
$1.80 per share for 1913 Interim of $28 66 19143
32 for 1913
Interim of Tis. 1 „mak- Ung Tle. 2 a/c 1913 None
80 cents on fully paid?
shares and 8 cents on $1 paid shares for year ending 30.4.14
Final of 6d, making 7d. awper share for 1913.
$1.50 for 1910
None
No dividend this year 50 ot. for year end'g 31.5.12
(20 per cent, por ordinary share for year ended -31′51912
EUR · Rent/ÃO
$125 per share for year)
ending 3112'1913
$5 per cent. for your Vending 3171173BER
70 cents for 1913.
50 ct yearending 6.30.18.
FERRING AND MÖRBYN as the
Tácy of the above queisilane
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