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Commercial.

Rubber Promise and

Performance.

OF

DANGER OF DIRTY MONEY.

Colas Which May Disseminate

Disease.

THE HONGKONG, TELESKAPH,

PUBLIC COMPANIES

NOTICE.

THE WEST POINT BUILDING Company Limited.

By order of the Board of

BANKS

MONDAY, JULY 27, LULL,

INTER.ATIONAL BANKING

·CORPORATION.

Hand Office, "Will Sirast, New York London Ofici?-16, Bishopsgate, K.C

BRANCHES :-

Bombay Chientia

**CROTON

Cobe Colon

Empire

Новиот

Hankow

Capital and Surplus

BANKS

F/T

Selling

EXCHANGE.

T/T, Marks ...............???

·Demand Germany

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI Demand 1/9 7/16 T/T. Trann

BANKING CORPORA-30 d/s

TION.

50 dia.................................1/9:1/2 '4 m/s mimo vis...........1/9 9/16 $15,000,000 T/T Shanghai..................74 3/4

Kabe

Faid-up Capital ..... RESERVE FUNDS:

34 anita

Mexico

Paking

San Franciaco

Shanghal

Урарбати

Gold $7,900,000 equal Zielony EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI NESS transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the "run

may be ascertainad on aplicațios,

BILLS NEGOTIATED COLLECTED.

Mada

LETTERS OF CREDIT DRAFTS granted on all the principal thilas in the World

THE-LANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT are availabæ mil over Use World.

COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT PURCHASE and SALE of Blocks an Shares

RAVELLERS CHECKS sold and casbúð.

17 YORGE HOOG,

Manager.

Queen's Road, Hongkong Hongkong, 1st Nov. 1912

Daring the course of the three

The risk to health of allowing years which have elapsed since The last International Rubber dirty money, to circulate freely DAn Interlui Dividend of Two Exhibition at the Royal Agricul was alladed to in a letter in the dollars per share for the six tural Hall at Lelington, the position bome Press on June 4 complain- months ending 30th June, 1914 will be payable on Tuesday 28th of the rubber industry has undering of "filthy" money being July on which date Dividend."DEPOSITS RECEIVED, Ized for one year si

certain London gone no very startling changes, issued from but it has become possible to banks. The writer, a doctor, ad- Warrants may be obtained. oni per us, or for shorter periods, at zales, which

application at the Company's

MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES joffice. estimate with greater accuracy vocates the use of a steriliser at

The Transfer Books of the the effect upon the trade of the all banke, believing that such a

Company will be closed froin Introduction of cal:iyated rubber precaution is decessary. upon a vast and steadily increas-

Ia a letter to the Tim, "M.D" Tuesday the 21st July to Tuesday

the 28th July (both days inclu ing Beale, says the Times. If we states that he received from hissive) during which period no turn to the prospectus of any back £5 in silver in such a "dis- transfer of Shares can be regist typical rubber company in the gustingly filthy condition" that ered. early part of 1910, when promoters he had to bail it with odd before were so busily engaged in attract he could handle it. This, he Directora.. ing the attention of the investing adde, is not the first nor the public to estates.

admirably twenty-first time this has hap- adapted to the growth of rubber"

pened, and in one bank, patronia- in every part of the Malay Penised by Billingegate firms, I have sula, we invariably find that, with

many times been unpleasantly the area, already planted, and conscious of the source of much about to be planted in future of the silver... years, the annual produce of the

He suggests that all silver paid raw material is shown in a steadily in aver the counter should pass ascending scale, while the prices through a steriliser. "A gaa aro set forth in an inverse ratio, tap, a Bunsen burner, and a large which generally drops to about 2s. 6d. por lb, at the end of a long requirements; and I feel certain term of years, No attempt was that a number of communicable made in these piping times to ex-diseases would every year be INVESTMENT & plain how the enormous increase avoided thereby." The desira.) in rubber, shown in the forecast, bility of precautions is emphasier was to be disposed of; it seemed ad by the knowledge that practi sufficient to allow for this matter cally all infectious diseases are

Is

eaucepan

would.

41

answer all

41

A. SHELTON HOOPER Secretary to the HONG KONG LAND INVEST MENT & AGENCY Company, Limited. General Agents for the WEST POINT BUILDING Company Limited, Hongkong, 14th July, 1914,

Yo

THE

VOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK LIMITED.

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

18,900,000 Reserve Fund......

11

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA.

NOTICE.

fi

THE HONGKONG LAND AGENCY

Aung Hlen

Company, Limited.

An Interim Dividend of Three

Brascher

Hombay CWCELIA

Changchun

Dairen

Fengslen

Harbin

42-4

Kobe Iles-Yang

...Loadin Lyons

Agencies as Nagasak U

Nowchwang

New York

Pekia

Rydyn (Port

Arthur)

San Francisco

Skanphal

Telling

Tientsin

Tokyo..

Los Angelna Tsingtan

Tsingta Interest Allowed us Corrent Accdunt. Deposita received for fixed periods at rates to be

ined on application....

Sterling

£1,500,000-at 20- $15,000,000 Bilver$17,050,000

1/8 1/2

On Haiphong On Saigon On Bangkok

p.m

....................

Buying.

Private 30 d/s sight S'haf 75964 m/s. L/O

*******1/9 19/16 T/T Singapore...................................76164 m/s. DP ........1/9_15/16 T/T Japan

....................................8746 m/s. L/01/10.4 T/T India

........................ .........................13330d/s.Shey & Melbourne1/10 1/16 - Demand India

.193 30d/e.San Feo & New York dif T/T Bombay.......................

1384 m/s. Marks ...............1.87 $32,650,000 Demand Bombay ́ind 133944 m/s. France

T/T Caloutta Reserve Liability. ́o

1932 |6 mm Gạ Proprietors......

$15,000,000 | Demand Galoutta... ..13334 Bar Silver, ready COURT OF DIRECTORS, Demand Manila........... 87 Hon. Mr. D. Landale-Chairman, T/T. San Feu & New York 4396 W. I. Fattenden, Esq. Deputy Demand, New York...43 1/2

T/T, Jaya Chairman.

8. H. Dodwell, Esq. G.T. M. Edkins, Esq.

O, 8. Gubbay, Esq.

F. H. Holyoak, Esq.

C. Landgraf, Esq.

F. Lieb, Esq.

J. A. Plummer," Esq. Hon, Mr. M Shallim. H. A. Stebit, Esq. Ad. Widmann, Esq.

CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N, J. Stabh

ACTING MANAGER. Shanghai-J, D. Smart. London Bankers-London County and Westminster Limited.

Hongkong-Interest Allowed:

On Current Account at the rate

1073%

...Subkidiary Coins. Discount per $100 : Chinese...20 ata. pieces $11 1/16- Chinese...10 · Hongkong.2017 Hongkong.10

$1174 $ 9 3/8 93/4

forward Gold Leaf per tael Bank of England rate Sovereign

429. ...31.

24 7/16

.24 9/16

Opium Quotations.

July 17 Malwa, Now.........$8,300 per p Malwa, Old ........ 8,300 & Patna, News 9,325 per cher Patna, Old K.: 8,100% Benares, New... 9,050.

Benares, Qld...... 8.825

TO-DAY'S SHARE REPORT.

S-SELLERS ·SA SALES U-DUYERS N-NOMINAL,

STOCKS & Pail or Valur.

BANKS.

CLORING QTION

Hongkong & S'hai $125

MARINE INSURANCE4, - Cantons North China

855

£83/10

8.

of 2 per cent. per annum on the Uniona daily balance.

J

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

annum.

For 6 months: 3 per cent. pa.

annum.

For 12 months, 4 per cent, per

$50 31716 6. £5 T141 b.

$100 $795

£50 $194

· FIRE INSURANCESI

SHIPPING.

b..

5,8 -

Yangtazes

annum,

A. G. STEPHEN, Aoting Chief Manager.

China Fires Hongkong Fires China & Manilas $25 Douglas Steamship. 850 $31 Steamboate Indo-Chinas

(Preferred) £5 $56 (Deferred)

"Shell" Transporta ži

$20 $155

$50 $9

b.

$15 62814b

185/

£11

b.

"Star Ferry"

{ $10 $46

REFINERIES.

$100 $771

EISHIONO, Manager. HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK Hongkong, 6th April, 1913.

(18

THE CHARTERED BANK OF THE Business, of the above

INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND

CHINA...

Incorporated by Royal. Charter 1853.

Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI CORPORATION. BANKING

Rules may be obtained on ap plication.

in the fall in price. Thus we find communicable by means of dirty and half Dollars per share for the on one estate the rubber valued in asins-typhoid; scarlet fever. Six months onding 30th June, 1914 1911 at 63. 6d. per Ib., in 1912 at measles, diphtheria, and the reat will be payable on Tuesday 28th 58. 8d., in 1913 at 4s. 6d. and Au a fast, however, a very small July on which date Dividend) thereafter dropping steadily by proportion, indeed, can be traced Warrants may be obtained on 6d. per annum to 38. Gd, per lb. to this cause.

application at the Company's by which time the weight of

Generally speaking," obsery office. rubber harvested was to be 30 ed a medical man to

The Transfer: Books of the a Presa times that grown in 1911.

representative, the dirates Company, will he closed from this particular instance it seemed are attributable to other causen, Tuesday the 21st July to Tues "impossible to imagine rubber at and at any rate it would be day the 28th July (both days inclusive) during which period anything less than 3a. 8d. per lb., diflicult to prove that the germe no transfer of shares can be

the cost of out of which

wore picked up through the registered. collecting and marketing was handling of money. Coins should

By order of "the Board taken 19. Od. par ibbe kept clean always, for they Directors. (a very usual amcunt in those might become a very dangerous

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. A. SHELTON HOOPER,

.........£1,200,000 days), leaving a net revenue of 2

Paid-up Capital Senzotury. source of infection."

Reserve Fund... £1,800,000 m Hongkong 14th July, 1914. ́

Depositora may transfer at their Chinese Engineerings £137/6 Reserve Liability of

£1,200,000 option balances of $100 or more

Tronoha

£130/- Proprietors

to the Hongkong and Shanghai

EL $3 Raubs FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Bank to be placed on FIXED DOCKS, WHARVES, & GODOWNI.

per cent. per Kowloon Wharfe 350 $85) General Banking business trans- DEPOSITË SA soted.

For the Hongkong and Shang- HK. & W poa Docks $50 863 sa. Shanghai Dooka T. 100 T. 55 b. Hongkow Wharts T. 100. T. 91 b. LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDING Anglo Fronoh Lands T.100 T.94 H'kong-Central-Etes $100 $102-b

at

NOT CEF,

of

per lb. to the fortunate planter. It is understood that precau No wonder that the promise of 80 tions are already taken in most, rer cent, per annum at ce if not all, banks whore money is prices proved a tempting bait to likely to be handed in in an objec- the public at large, and that the tionable condition. The manager ccffers of the promotera were of a well-known London book: filled to overflowing. For rome informed a representative that BAZAAR IN AID OF FLOOD reason or other, as we have shown on previous occasions, the man facturer did not at first tako kindly to the cultivated rubber,

THE Committee solicit the aid 'as he failed to find in it certain

"We have to be careful," he of the Public, and will be of the qualities to which he was accustomed in the wild said, "as much for our own sakes pleased to receive gifts of articles

as for the cake of our clients and of any description for the above.

considerable care was exercised in order to secure that all money sent out again should be quite clean.

RELIEF FUND.

LAU CHU PAK,

Chairman. Chinese Chamber of Commerce,

32. Des Vœux Road Central.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-

INTEREST on deposits is al China Sugars lowed on the minimum monthly | Luzon Sugars balances at $3 per cent. per an-

annum.

AG. STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager.

ed and FIXED DEPOSITS Thai Banking Corporation, ceived for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.

Wm. DICKSON.

Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. ... [ 2

HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB. THE

products from the Amazon.

the public. In our own once, for and consequently "fine Para"

example, we make a practies of maintain to still continued

boiling dirty coins in some the pride of place, shown in a value of nearly a shilling a pound specially-prepared chemical solu more than the best qualities of tion, which removes the dirt rabber from the Straits Settle- and all possible danger of infection. I have no doubt mente and Ceylon. As more and more of the cultivated rubber that other banks similarly placed do the same. In some districts a came on the market, values

aiderable proportion of dirty SUBSCRIPTION GRIFFINS; declined, until the minimum price of the prospectus of 2s. 6d. money is renaived at intervele, and it is impossible to permit this

NOTICES

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

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

MINING.

$100 $28

EUTSCH ASIATISCHT Hongkong Hotels $50 $127 b.

DED

BANK.

Capital Fally

Paid-up.sh. Taels 7,500,000 Head Office-Shanghai. Board of Directors-Berlin. Branches: Berlin Calcutta Canton Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsin Tainanfu. Teingtau Yokohama,

LONDON BANKERS: Messrs. N. M. Rothschil & Sons. The Union of London and Smith's! Bank, Limited. Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Agency. Direction der Disconto Gesell schaft,

Hongkong Lands $100 $118 b.

b. | Humphreys Estates $10 $71 $30 $44 Kowloon Lands Shanghai Lands T. 30 T. 92 b.

West Pointe $50 $73 b.

Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8

COLTON MILLS.

b

Ewos

T. 50 T. 137 b. T. 117 b. Shanghai Cottons

T. 83 h.. Laon Kung Mow

IT. 1234 6. Kung Yik Hongheng Cottons $10.7 China-Borneos $12 $11 INTEREST allowed on Current Light and Powers $101490

Do. (Spec. shares) 81 kg Account. DEPOSITS received China Providents $10 $8 (Rates and Particulara on BP on terms which may be learned Dairy Farms G. H. POTTS.

86 $38

per lb. was reached many yet to go out to customers. If banks before the maximum output of

held at the Jockey Club that flattering estimate was reach- were not careful they would A Meeting of Mentors will be ed. Therrapon rubber producers quickly lose a good deal of their began ab, u a year ago to consider business. Business men would office on Friday, 31st July at 5 seriously wit might be possible go somewhere else, for it is no o'clock p.m. to arrange about the to obtain better prices, and to credit to them if their choques Subscription Griffins for next prove to the minufacturer that it are paid in coins which are was all a matter of old-fashioned unclean. Therefore, for that, if for no other reason, as far as prejudice to prefer Para to plantation, and to seek how it possible bank managers see that Hongkong. 24th July, 1914. might be possible to induce him the dirty money is not rent out to

to give, if anything, mare for "emoked sheet" and "pale crepe" than for the highly prized wild rubber from South America. There can be no possible doubt that

their customers."

year's Race Meeting.

Acting Clerk of the Course,

CANTON KOWLOON RAILWAY.

Through traffic between Hong- kong and Canton will be resumed

Loans on Mortgage of House Pro- perty, &c. Goods received on Storage. Advances made on Merchandise:

Loane made on the Provident

System.

plication),

The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR

WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c., Undertaken and Executed:

OF

Dresdner Bank.

211SCELLANEOUS.

on application. Every description Green Islande

$10 $6.15 of Banking and Exchange busi- Hongkong Electrics $10 643 ness transacted, "Adagi

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers;

MAX GUTSCHER Hongkong Ices

Manager,

Hongkong Ropes Hongkong, 9th Oa£, 1911.

Langkat.

$25 $200 b..

$10

825

8. 10

T.

484 b.

Hongkong, 19th March, 1908

3

$25 $29

b.

$10 $10

b.

the serua decline in the price of some of the older estator is far rabber has been a blessing in too crowded. In circumstancza diegnies to many of the producers, Bach ae these it may not ba and that the effect of this decline ressible to bring down the cost on Saturday the 25th instant by PE

has been to bring about certain to the above figure, but it is quite much-needed economies on the able to expost that an out rubber estate. As was shown by lay of la, on the cost of produc a correspondent on June. 16, in tion and sketing will yield á You of the mor estimate for very good profit on rubber sold at collecting marketing of 28. 20: per 1b, and that pridee way od a lb., it seems possible on a fall further without reducing the well-managed property to reduce grower to his last trenches. The theell in coat to 8.76d. perlb., Keynote of the present exhibition and un somo large plantations the search for feiner u recest figures tend to confirm rubber,und in this dicotion this forecast. There is no doubt manufacturers and others will that during the boom period, lazul well to bestir themselma. Itubbor was bought excessive prices, roads and rubber floore, rabber ini taat for too high a value was playgrounds for our often placed on immature trees, ohildren, and even rubber welke planted more closely than was in cur gardens need not be far! ady. hle, Practical experience distant, and if cheap rubber will has town that a spacing of bring us these luxuries no stone 20420hat is approximately 100 should be left unturned to direct Toonto the Horia the beet for public attention to such possi autobield, and the planting on bilities.)

all trains will the exceptions of the train due to have Kowloon at 12.45 a.m. and the trair due t leave Canton at 6 15 p.m. "Ly Order,

1

THE ADMINISTRATION,

Chinees. Section, Canton Kowloon Railway.

ROBERT BAKER, ·

Acting Manager, ** British Section, Kowloon Canton Railway. ongkong, in July, 1914,

NOTICE

"HE Undersigned will not be responsible for any DEBTS. contracted by his wife, AME LLA AUGUSTA, this date anhenceforth

GAS L. 8. ALVES,

27, rane Terrace Hongkong, +Fu}y f9149

EAK TRAMWAY Co.

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

WEEK DAYS."

7:00 4:36, to

8.00 A.M. Evany 95 Min." 10.00 kib 11.00-16

3D

16,20 AM, 17 · 19645° 7.MİL

"

2,33 1,16, LO.

F

HIS MI 14

to Mani

to

5.00 234

25 MIG

·3.00 F

100

NIGHT CÁPS/"

-higa ama and, g rask, sayo rat, ta

SE DO TĚNÝ ́ Erny ball boun

17.00 FM-10-11–6 #

STREY QUASION, OL sa bout,'

SUNDAYS

7,45 am. 'to. 10.10 AM. Every, 34; Ken 10:47 AM, 10 15,00 AM 53

'TIB "AM 10 7000 Noow

N

SE BAND'

10 Mo

11.00 Noon 10-100 FM),

1.3.60 MMI TO...« 5:00 Zim 6.00 1.0 5.00 to Les pat to... 200 PINI

NIGHT, CAMS as on Wack Days ó

SATURDAYS

CARA

fly Arrangement at the Company's Ofseig

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF Morning Post

Peek Tramway. INDIA, LIMITED. Authorised Japital ......£1,500,000

Subsoribed: M

Pald

Reserve Fund....

"BANKERS.

Do." (new) $1 (90 cts. s. 14125,000

Hongkong Electric Trama12/-. 562,500 465,000 Philippines

Bank of England. London Joint Stook Baik, Limited

Every description of Exchange business transacted.

$10 35

Ef, Price &Co., Ld. $10 $6

Fre- Bociete das ferred

Palposot 350 ($20 Papeteries paid du Tonkin

up $50

Benefit $200 Rhanghai-Sumatras T. 20-T.150, Interest allowed on Current Ac-Steam Laundry $5 25 counts at 2 per cent per annum United Asbestos)

on Daily Balance and on Fitou Oriental Agency, $10 $91 b. Deposits at rates which may be Ld...................................... ascertained on application, N

A. R. LINTON United AsbestosĮ

$10 $300 Founders Sharea] for Manager.

Union Waterboat

$10 $18

Wiemann, Ltd. $10 830 Watson

810716 William Powell, Ltd.

THE ALEXAND

Fay Bread CaFás

and meals with Wines & Liquors

Late dividend AND DATEL

£2 & 5/- b. at ex 1/11 9/16]

equal to $28:39 for 16 year ending 31/12/13

Final of 83 a/c 1912, In terim of $18 a/c 1913 Final of 10 p.o, making

20 pic. for 1912 Final of $20 making §50)

for 1912 and Interim of $30 for 1913

Final of $12 mak. $15 for

1912 & Int, of$3 for 10131

$10 for 1912. 827 for 1912

$1 for 1906

$2.50 for year end'g30'6'13 Final of $1 for half

year ending 31'12'13 (3 % Interim alo year

1913 on preferred. shares

(Final of 5/- making 7/ for 1913 Coupen No. 22.

$1.70 per share and bonus

of 30 cents per share year ending 30'4:13

$3 for 1912

$3 for 1897

Interim of 5% Coupon No.

3 account of year end- ing 30.6 4

"Int. of 1/6 tak.6/6 a/ó,19: 3.

1/2 for 1909

$3.50 for year 1913

$3 for 1913

Tls. 3 for 1912.

Interim of Tis 3 for 1913

Tls. 6 29′2:10 -First-year-

$7 on 'old shares,:#3:50)

on new shares for

year 31'12-13

$314 for 14 year ending 31.12.13

50 cents for 1913:

$2.80 for 1913

Interim of 5 p.c.for

'year ending 30°6′15 32,25 T

for year ending. 31.12.13

15 per cent. for 1910.

Tis. 15 for year ending

31*10*13

Tis. 10 for year end.

ing 30 6:13 T.12foryearend'g31'12'1£ Tis, 1 for year ending

30*11*13

30 centa 31.7.08

$1.20 for 1913

reading}

70 cents for 1913

$1.30 for year and'g 31'713- 40 cents for:19117

$1.80 per share for 19132 Interim of $23 sc 1914

$2 for 1913

fInterim of Tls. 1 mak- ting Tle, 2 a/c 1918 Nome

80 cents or full paid shares and 8 cents on $1 paidshares for year ending 30.4.14

Final of 6d. making 7d. per share for 1913, None

$1.50 for 1910

None

No dividend this year. 35ta, for year end 51,534

(20 per cent, per ordinary

share for your ended: 31-5-1912

$1.25 per share for year

ending 31 12 1913

25 per cent. for year? ending 3171120 30 cents for 1913!

60 uter your endlik 6.30.13 WRIGHT AND HORNBY, AM

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