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ecial.

Copra Manufactories. Two Belgians have for some time been staying in Java with the object of buying coconuts and preparing for the establish- ment of nine large copra manu- factories. They are said to enjoy much Government support, and the authorities have placed a steamer at their disposal for a

PUBLIC COMPANIES

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1914.

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, NOTICE OF ORDINARY AND

EXTRAORDINARY MEETINGS.

36

ARTICLE 76.- General Meetings shall be held once inf every year, at such time and place in the Colony as may be prescribed by the Company in * General Meeting and if no such |" time or place is prosoribed, then "at such time and place as may be determined by the Court, and unless and until, otherwise prescribed or deter- mined as aforesaid a. Gon- eral Meeting shall be hold in the month of February in every year."

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. that the ORDINARY HALF-YEARLY MEETING of the. SHAREHOLDERS in this

44

AL

ARTICLE 77.-" The General

BANKS

INTRATIONAL BANKING

OTORPORATION.

EXCHANGE.

BANKS.

Selling

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

17434

IT HONGKONG & SHANGHAI Demand

BANKING CORPORA-30 d/s .......... i.

1/89%

Demand Germany175

1/0/7/16

T/T. Franns

2:13+

...1/814

On Haiphong,

TION.

60 dis

..1/8 9/16

On Saigon... 6 1/2.

4 m/s

...1/8.5/8

901

RESERVE FUNDS.

Private 30 d/s sight S.7556

1/9 3/8

Sterling y

Paname

Peking

San Frantiace

Shraphel

£1,500,000 at-2/---

$15,000,000.

Silver...$17,650,000

Gold By,800,000

·Hand Office:-60, Wall Street, New York, London (Aspe (~14, Bishopsgatu, E.C.

BRANCHES :~~~

Kube M Marka

Bombay Calcutta Canton

Cabe Colon Empire

Longsong Hankow

Capital and Surplus............

Vokobama

EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BURI NESS Emacted.

CURKENT ACCOUNTS opad on the terms.

DEPOSITS RECEIVED, 6zed for sur year at

trip to Madura, Bawean and Jorporation will be held at the Meetings mentioned in the last 4% per annum, or low shorter periods, at ratas, which

Kangeant

City Hall, Hongkong, on SATUR-}.. DAY, the 22nd day of Angust. Ordinary Meetings.

preceding Articloahall be called 1914, at Noon, for the purpose of. receiving the 'Report of the Court. of Directors together with a.. Statement of Accounts to 30th Juno, 1914, and for the confirma- tion of the election of Directors.

"Japanese Cotton, With reference to a recent notice relative to the formation of an association to encourage the export of Japanese cotton goods to Manchuria, the Acting British

THE REGISTER OF SHARES Consul at Dairen, Mr. B. Boulter,

of the Corporation will ba reports that the proposed grec- ment between the association and CLOSED from MONDAY, the 10th August, to SATURDAY, the the Railway Bureau for a special 2nd August. 1914, (both days rebate of freight has been inclusive) during which period abandoned owing to the intervenno transfer of Shares can he tion of the Japanese Government. registered.

Meeting. of the Shareholders in no Extraordinary

this Corporation will be held when the subjoined Resolutions w ll be proposed as Ex nordinary Resolutions

(1) That the Directors of the Hongkong std Shanghai Banking Corporation be and they are horoby requested and un horised by and on be half of the shareholders ef the Company to take the stops necessary to apply for the introduction of an Or dinance into the Legislative Council of the Colony of Hongkong supplemental to The Hongkong and Shanghai, Bank Ordinance 1866, and the enactment of the same by the Governor of Hong kong with the advice and consent of the Logislative Council thereof to effect the Amendment of Section 20 of The Hongkong and Shanghai, Bank Ordinance 1866, here- after set out with such inodifications (if any) as they may think fit and to accept such Ordinance if and when enacted.

ARTICLE 78-" All other General Meetings - shall be called Extraordinary Meet- inge,

;

2

(e) That Artiola 90 be altored by inserting and adopting after the word holding in line five thereof the words "or roprosenting by, proxy and by striking out at the end ofthosчid Article the words." present in person."

(1) That the following

words be added to Article 94: The Court may "from time to time pay 'to the Shareholders "such interim dividends

As appear to be just "ified by the. position of "the Company" (g) That La following

words be surek out of the first three and a balf lines of Article 174, namely, the words "Half-

*

your ending the 30th June and the 31st, "December, shall make a gene-ul Half-Yearly." and that the following words be adopted and substituted therefor **Year ending the 31st day Decoinber shall "make & General."

(h) That the word "Half" be struck out of the 18th line of Article 174 and also out of the 6th line of Article 175.

ained on application.

HALLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED. MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES

d

LETTERS OF CREDIT DRAFIS gramed as rill the principal cities in the World,

THE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT are available all over the Workt

COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT

Inamed.

PURCHASE and SALK of Stock S Bectad "GRAVELLEKS CHECKS sold and cashed,

ATORNE KOGO,

Manager:

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

YOKO

THE

OKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

LIMITED.

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

18,900,000

✓

11

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA:

Branch Antag-tin'en ito bay Valentia Changchure Dairen Fangtieu

22 Carbin

tra

Kabe

Yux

Lend.n

i.yans

Tingka

Agencies Sagatak .Newchwang New York

Osaka..

Pekin

Rypius (Part

Artling)

San Francisco

Shangbai

Tiebling

Tokyo

Los Angele

Tsingta

Interest Allowed on Cerras Accoun Deporti received for fired periods ar, racer to ha tained on application.

EISHIONO, Manager, Hongkong, 6th April, 1913. [18

Paid-up Capital .$15,000,000 T/T Shanghai 17434

T/T Singapore .............73 - T/T Japan

.83

T/T India.............12714 Demand India - .....12714 T/T Bombay...... .127 $32.650,000 Demand Bombay .127+ Reserve Liability

T/T Calcutta .1273 Proprietora..... 815,000,000 | Domand Calcutta 1979 COURT OF DIRECTORS. Demand Manila ......8334. Hon. Mr. D. Landals-Chairman. T/T. San F'cu & N.Y.413) W. L. Pattenden, Esq. Deputy Demand, New York 415%

Chairman,

T/T. Java ......... 10276

Subsidiary Coins. Discount per $100 : 0. Chinese...20 ots pieces $ #5 7/8

S. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. M. Edkins, Esq. 0.8. Gubbay, Esq. P.H. Holyoak, Esq.

C. Landgraf, Esq. F. Lieb, Esq.

J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hoa, Mr. I. Khalim. H. A: Biebs, Esq. Ad. Widmann. Esq.

4

CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stab

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

Hongkong-Interest Allowed:

Chinese ...10 Hongkong.20 Hongkong.10

!

$B

$2

$ 2 1/2

Nominal

On Bangkok ........

4. m/s. L/C

Buving.

4 m/s. D/P ................................ 1/9 1/2”-

5 m/e. L/O....1/9 3/4

30d/s,S'ney &M. 195/8

30 d/a.San F'cc&N;V:42,1/2 4 m/s. Marka ......1.83

4 m/s. Franos ............. §. 2.24. 5 in/a. ao..

Gold Leaf per teel...65.40 Sovereign

Bar Silver, ready

forward

Bank of England rate

11.65

Opium Quotations

July 17

Malwa, New $8,300 per p

Nominal.

No Quota.

Malwa, Old Patna, Now

T *****.. 6,300

9,325 por che

Renares, New

Patna, Old...ken 9,100

9,030

Bouares, Old......... 8.825

TO-DAY'S SHARE REPORT:

S-SELLERS< SA-SALES D-BUYERS N-NOMINAL

Steens A Pato ur Valur. BANKS,

CLODING Q'TION

($852) A

Hongkong & S'hai, $125

£84!-

MARINE INSURANCES, Cantons

$50

31714

North China

£5 T142 b.

$100 $795

On Current Account at the rate of 2 per cent per annum on the Unions dally balance

ON FIXED DEPOSITS.

For 3 months, 24 per cent per | Yangtze

annum.

For 6 months. '3 per cent po

annum.

For 12 months, 4 per cent per

annum.

A. G. STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

ΤΗ

FIRE INSURANCES; China Fires

BHIPPING.

£50 $194

$20 $155 Hongkong Fires $50 $398 China & Manilas

$25 $8 Douglas Steamship $50 $31 Steamboats Indo-Chines

$15 $2716 s.

(Preferred) £5 (Deferred)

"Shell" Transporta £1

"The proposed reduction of freight | AND NOTICE is hereby also rotea on certain classes of goods given that at the same place and over the Autung-Mukden section on the same day at Noon or so "of the South Manchurian Railway soon afterwards as the Ordinary came into force un 1st May, and Half-Yearly Meeting shall be

concluded the through rates from Japan to Mukden wore changed sim- altaneously. The through rate for cotton goods is now said to be 1 son per ton per mile irrespective of whether the con- @ignor is a member of the associa tion or not. The association has thus lost the preferential basis on which it was founded, but it is mid to have the intention of cos. tinuing the work of encouraging the export of Japanesu cotton goods to Manchuria. The South Manoharian Railway Company steadily opposed the proposed reduction of freight rates on the Antung-Mukden section of its line; finding opposition of no avail, it naked that similar re- ductions should be made on the Dairen-Mukden" and Yingkow section of the line, which request was refused by the JapanesO Railway Bureau. The South

30th day of June and " Mancinurian Railway Company is

be struck out of lines 4 not allowed to make any changen

and 5 f. Article 176 and that the word "once" be in the rates for goods arriving at, or dispatched from, Dairen or

apted and substituted

Depositors may transfer at their Chinese Engineerings "£137/6 for the word "twice in Yingkow without the consent of

the fourth line thereof.

option balances of $100 or more

EL 26/3 the Railway Bureau, but it may The following is the the amends !

(i) That the words" or the Proprietors..... £1,200,000 to the Hongkong and Shanghai Tronohe

£113 Bank to be placed on make changes in the local rates ment above referred to:-The

Ordinary Half-Yearly"

FIXED Rauba after reporting the alterations to deletion from Section 20.of the

and the words. as the

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and DEPOSIT. 4 per cent. per Kowloon Wharfe $50 $85 the Kwangtung Government: said Ordinance of the words,

case may be he struck General Banking business trans- annum,~ "To take and accept any lands,

For the Hongkong and Shang H.K.&Wpoa Docks $50 The company, accordingly, do

out of lines 10 and 11 of acted. "houses, or other real or personal oided to grant a special discount property in satisfaction, liquida.

Article 177.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-hai Banking Corporation,

Shanghai Docks T. 100 T. 55 b. on the rates for goods carried tion, or payment of any debt he passed by the required ma-ceived for 1 year or shorter periods Should the Second Resolutioned and FIXED DEPOSITS re-

Hongkow Wharfe T. 100 · T. 91. b. “ LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDING Bİ over the Dairen and Yingkow absolutely and bona fide pre-jority, it will be submitted for at rates which will be quoted on

Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94 linos equivalent to the reduc-viously due and owing to the cormation as a special Resolu- application.

H'kong Central E'tes $100 $103 `so. tions made on the . Antung." Company, and u'so to take any tion to a Second Extraordinary Makdon line and applying only" Mortgage or other dien or char Meeting which will be sub- go on real or personal property as a security for any monies. actat lly and bona fide pre: viously due to the Company or for which any person may have

(i) That the word “twice" and the words the

sequently convened.

By Order of the Court of

Directors. views between

A. G. STEPHEN, ongkong 21st July, 1913.

Acting Chief Manage

to the same classes of goare. It is evident that there is a conflict ..o! the South Manchurian Railway Company and the choseness rendered himself djable to the Government. The former supCompany, and to hold such ported by the Japanese merchantslands, horses and other reali in Dairen, is anxious that Dairen and personal property respec- should continue to be the centre" tively for such reasonable time of Japanese activity in Manchuria" as may be nece sary for selling and Mongolia, whilst the latter and disposing of and converting ss. " TINGSANC" (Wrecked) is trying to ransfer this centre to the same into money, and the Makden. Should the Chosanese

*** substitution

PUBLIC COMPANIES

GILMAN & Ca

Lloyd's Agents

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. Paid-up Capital £1,200,000 Reserve Fund..........£1,800,000. Reserve Liability of

Wm. DICKSON,

Manager.

$56

f80}~ .

H£11

$10 $46

RESINEKARS

$300 $77)

$100 $28

*Star Ferry

HE Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION Rules may be obtained on ap plication.

INTEREST on deposits is al-China Sugara lowed on the minimum monthly Luzon Sügars balances at $33 per cent. per an- num

A. G STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager,

Hongkong, 11th April, 1912.2 DEUTSCH ASIATISCHF

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.. Advances made on Merchandise: Loans made on the Provident

System.

BANK.

Capital Fully

Paid-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000

Head Office.--Shanghai. Board of Directors-Berlin.

Branches:

Calcutta Canton Berlin Hamburg Hankow Kobe Peking Singapore Tientsin Tsinanfu Tsingtau 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.

therefor of the SHIPPERS and Underwriters "following words "To take, interested in the cargo of Government accomplish its abac opt, enforce, release, realise, this steamer are requested to ject, the money spent on harbouri

:40 or deal with any security now communicate with the Under- and other developments at Dairen helt or which may hereafter be signed within three months from would be partly wasted, and the held by the Company, for any date. Japanese merchants there would monies owing or to become suffer heavily. On the other owing to the Company, or for hand the increased quantity of" any liabilities incurred or to be goods attracted to the overland" incurred towards or by the route from Japan would; of Course, add to the revenue of Chosen. The Acting Consul stat ed that particulars of the through rates from Japan had not beeo published in Dairen, but that from a table published in the local press it would appear that the Japanese and Chosenese rail- ways have taken advantage of the reductions over the Antung- Mukden line to raise their chargea over the other sections of the ronte.

Company by way of mortgage, THE HONGKONG, CANTON & (Rates and Particulars on ap-on torms which may be learned pledge, hypothecation, deposit MACÃO STEAMBOAT Co., Ltd.

NOTICE.

KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY.

the 4th

Commencing from August Night Express Trains will depart from Canton 'at '5.15 pm. "for Hongkong and from Kowloon at 12.5 a.m. for Canton" until further notice, and

By Order, THE ADMINISTRATION,

Chinese Section, Canton Kowloon R⚫ilway;

ROBERT BAKER, Acting Manager,

Britian Section." Kowloon Cant: n Railway, Hongkong, 4th August, 1914. M

kind of property or rights." or otherwise howsoever of every NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS (2) That the Deed of Settlement AN INTERIM DIVIDEND OF

of the Comp n be altered in manner following:-

FIFTY CENTS per share for the Six Months ending · 80th (b) Tharte fall wing words Juns, 1914 will be PAYABLE on bo struck out of lines two, FRIDAY 14th AUGUST, 1914, and three of Articles 56 on which date Dividend Warrants namely, the words "for not may be obtained on application at ex. eeding fifteen days the Company's Office before and seven days after The TRANSFER BOOKS of ovory ordinary Meeting", the Company will be CLOSED fron Tuesday 4th August to Fri- and that the follo⚫ing words be adopted and day 14th, August (both days in- substituted therofor; clusive), during which period no namely: during such Transfer of shares can be Kogi. time as the Court thinks tered.

fi, not excee ing in the By order of the Board of Direc whole thirty days in each tors,

year."

(b) That the following

plication).

The Office of

OF TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR

WILLS, ATTORNEY, &0;, Undertaken and Executed:

!

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managers, Hongkong, 19th March, 1998

Dresdner Bank. INTEREST allowed on Current Account. DEPOSITS received on application. Every description of Banking and Exchange busi- ness transacted.

MAX GUTSCHKE Manager. (2 Hongkong. 9th Oct. 1911.

MINING.

DOCKS, WHARVES, & GODOWNS.

Hongkong Hotels $50 $128 b.

Hongkong Lands $100-$116.

Humphreys Estates $10 $73

Kowloon Landa $30.844. Shanghai Landa T. 30 T. 92. b..

West Points

$50 $71

Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8

Ewos Shanghai Cottons

Laou Kung Mow

COTTON MILLS,

T. 50

T. 137

T. 123

T. 84

YT. 1214 b.

b.

Aung Yik Hongkong Cottons 10 87

MISCELLANEOUS. China-Borneog

$12 $11 Light and Powers $101 84.00 China Providente $108

Do. (Spec.shares) $1 Dairy Farms

..$6138

Green Islands $10 $6.60 b. Hongkong Electrics $10843 Hongkong Ices $25 $215 sa. Hongkong Ropes

$10 $25 Langkata

8.10 T48

$25 $29 b. $10

10 b.

190 ats. 8. $1

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LIMITED./

Morning Post Peak Tramway..

Do. (new)

Authorised Capital..........£1,500,000 EAK TRAMWAY CO

PR

ارم

...... 1,125,000 Hongkong Electric Tram 11/6

562,500 465,000 Philippines

LIMITED.

Fake Ta·MAN

Bubsoribed Paid Up Reserve Fund

ท

11

WEEK DAYS,

·400 am, Brine 13 Mat

BANKERS;

Вроде холо

(10,00 ax, to 11.00 AM) Ty-

Bank of England. London Joint Stock Baux, Limited.

JOHN ARNOLD,

11

15.3. 10

Aot ng Secretary.}

鲜

kaj Pak to "@5,00'226, -

孩

NIGHT CARE.

business transacted,

134 1001 and g TMĽ939 TM; to 2

words be struck out of Hongkong, 28th July, 1914.

the last line of Article 55, namely, after the Meeting "ad that the following words be adop ed ad substituted therefor, namely, "after the re-opening of the Register."

(0) Tht Articles :76,

and 78 be envelled, (d) That the following Articles be adopted and subat tuted for Articles 76, 77 and 78, namely

NOTICE.

STOCKBROKERY ASSOCIA” TION OF HONGKONG

The above Association will be o'osed, unt 1 further noti e from Saturday, 1st August, 1914.**. By Ordergenics.17. E.M. RAYMOND,

Boaretary,

日

#1 OG FM very kálf houtV

..21.00 F.M. 10:15 Pa

Avery quarter of an boner,

SUNDAYS

1.45 10 10.30, EVERY' 15 Min.

16.10 AM, TO 21,00 A MUSW 2015 Mari

12.3) 4.M. to shao Noos

Jasion Noan 18, 160 1967,

1,00 KM, 16-180 vat)

‚§.00 3,36, 10.

600

- 1300 2-16, 10, $30 F

H

10 M

·HIGHY 'CARS nece ́ ́ Week Dayni

BATUR

By Adrangement at the Company

Every description of Exchange

2: $1055 F. Prics & Co., Ld. #10 - 36

Pro-

Soolate des { ferred

Pulpeset

Papeteries

dn Tonkin

$50.1 (320 pald up. $50

Benefit $200 Shanghai-Sumatras T. 2 1.180

interest allowed on Current Ac-Steam Laundry: 35. 1500 counts at 2 per cent per annum United Asbeston)

on Daily Balance and on Fixed Oriental Agency,#1091 6. Deposits at rates which may be ascertained on appHcation:*

L

AR LINTON

Manager.

United Asboston'

Founders Sharenje

$10 1900

Union Waterboat

Walamann, Ltd.

$10 18 b

$10 #90'

$10 $74

THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Watson Cannabe Benton, if Equáiled. Wiliam Powell, Ltd., For Bread, Cares, Confectionery Oman 40 July and meals with Winos & Liquora.

LAST BEYIDEND AND PATEL

£2 & 5/- b. at ex 1/113/16)

equal to $23.29 for year ending 31/12/13

Final of $3 a/c 1912, In-l terim of $18 a/c 1913 Final of 1" p.o, making

20 p.c. for 1912

Final of $20 making $50) for 1912 and Interim of 630 for 1913 Final of $12 msk. $15 fort 19:2 & Int. of $3 for 1913)

$10 for 1912.

$27 for 1912

$1 for 1906,

$2.50 for year end'g306′13 Final of $1 for balf) year ending 31°12′15 /

% Interim afo 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 for year ending 30*4*13

$3 for 1912 $9 for 1897

Interim of 5 % Coupon No. 3" account of year end- ing 10.6.4,

Int. of 1/6 mak. 6/6 a/c.1913 1/2 for 1909

$3.50 for year 1913

03 for 1913.

Te 3 for 1912 Interim of Tis 3 for 1913 " Tis. 6 29*2*10

First year

$7 on old shares, $3.50)

on new shares for year 31*12:19 $314-for-14-year ending

30.6.14

.50 cents for 1913

$2.80 for 1913

Interim of 5 p.c.for year ending 30'6'13 $2.00 1 for 14 year ending! 30.6.14

15 per cent. for 1910)

Tls. 15 for year ending

31:10'13 :

Tla. 10 for year end

ing 30′6′′13,

T. 12 for year end'g 31-18 12 Tls. 1 for year ending

30°11′13

50 cents $1.7.08

$1.20 for 1918 :

70 cents for 1913;

$1.80 for year end'g 31,7'13 40 cents for 1911 $1.80 per share for 19'3 Interim of $2) a/c 1914

$2 for 1913

(Interim of Tle. 1 mak Jing Tia. 2 a/c 1913 None

80 cents on fully paid shares and 8 cents on $1 paid shares for year ending 304,14 K

Final of Gd, making 7d.

· per share for 1913, - None $1.50 for 1910

None

No dividend this year

35 ots. for year end'g 31.5.14

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

$1.25 per share for year) ending 3112:1913 187 25 per cent. for yearl

ending 31711

70 cents for 1913

1484%b50_ote. yearending 6.30,13