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Commercial.

Tampico Oil Trade Stagnant. Tampico, July 6, (via Laredo, Tex., Jaly 7)-More, oil tank steamers were reported idle here -day than in many months. his is partly due to low prices oil, which make exportation hly profitable, and partly as a test, it was said, against the on of Constitutionalists, who! ve continued to exact the tax intended to be applied to dredg ing, notil the Panuco River's mouth has so filled up as to render difficult the passage of deep-laden steamers. Develop- ment and construction work in the

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, AUGUNT 14.

NOTICE

ANNOUNCEMENT,

THE LIVERPOOL & LONDON & CLOBE

INSURANCE CO., LTD.

Assets £ 13,833,482: 12: 4d,

HE Management of the Company's Representation in Hong- Tong has from to-day been taken over by me and the interests the Company will thus be entirely under British control.

PUBLIC COMPANIES

Panuco oil fields is reported at a | Hongkang, 10th August, 1914. standstill. The companies were Baid to be preparing to recall their employees and suspend all work not necessary, in caring for! the storage, of the present output of the welle. Lack of confidence in the situation is given as the cause. The visit of Gen. Car- ranza, which originally was set for to-day, apparently has been indefinitely postponed."

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, NOTICE OF ORDINARY AND

EXTRAORDINARY MEETINGS.

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the ORDINARY

July Rubber Outputs.

Messrs. Ilbert and Co., Ltd. Shanghai, secretaries of the Gula- HALF-YEARLY MEETING of Kalampong Rubber Estates, Ltd., the SHAREHOLDERS in this inform us that they are in receipt Corporation will be held at the of the following telegram from City Hall, Hongkong, on SATUR- DAY, the 22nd day of August, their Pensng agenis!--

1914, at Noon, for the purpose of Output of dry rub

receiving the Report of the Courtj ber during July... 88,564 lbs, of Directors together with a Statement of Accounts to 30th 78 220 June, 1914. und for the confirma- ...144 743 nuts. tion of the election of Directors.

THE REGISTER OF SHARES Rainfall

34 inches.

Corporation will be We are informed by Mesera, of the J. A. Wattie and Co., Ltd., that CLOSED from MONDAY, the 10th August, to SATURDAY, the the estimated outputs of dry 22nd August, 1914, (both days rabber for the month of July inclusive) during which period from the undermentioned estates no transfer of Shares can be were as follow:

registered. Tebong Rubber and

Shipped to London

in July

Coconute

AND NOTICE is hereby also Tapioca Estate, Ltd. 28,800 lbs, given that at the same place and Chompedak Rubber

and Gambier Estate Ltd.

6,743,

on the same day at Noon or so soon afterwards as the Ordinary Half-Yearly Meeting shall be concluded Un Extraordinary The general agent of the Meeting of the Shareholders in Maatschappij tot Miju-Beach-en this Corporation will be held Landbouwexploitatio in Langkat when the subjoined Resolutions as received a telegram from the will be proposed as Extraordinary banager in Sumatra that the Resolutions:- stimated output of dry rubber or the month of July is 18,282.

PUBLIC COMPANIES

„s. " TINGSANG" (Wrecked)

HIPPERS and Underwriters: interested in the cargo. of is steamer are requested to ommunicate with the Under- gned within three months from

to.

i.

GILMAN & Co.

Lloyd's Agents

HE HONGKONG, CANTON & AÇAO STEAMBOAT Co., Ltd. OTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS N INTERIM DIVIDEND OF FIFTY CENTS. per share the Six Monthe ending 30th ne, 1914 will be PAYABLE on RIDAY, 14th AUGUST, 1914, which date Dividend Warrants y be obtained on application at

Company's Office.

H. S. PLAYFAIR.

exceeding fifteen

days

BANKS

BANKS

Solling INTERNATIONAL BANKING HANKING CORPORA-30 d/1/103

I/T 1/10 ONGKONG & SHANGHAI Demand...

CORPORATION.

Hind Office-6o, Wall Street, New York, Londra Offeringć. DlabopsgaiN EG

BRANCHES.-

Bombay

.. Calcutta

Caston

Cab

Colon

Empire Hougona Henke

Capital and Surplua

TION.

Paid-up Capital

Kabe

Maala

RESERVE FUNDS:

Sterling

Pektas.

San Francisco

£1,400,000 ak, 21-*** $15,000,000

Silver..$17,650,000

Mexico

Stanghal

Yokohama

Gold 100,000

ده بعد الاتية :

EVERY DESCRIPTION OF DANKİNG BUSI NESS DETRÍ,

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the -min

·DEPOSITS RECEIVED, £ved for one year at ax per annum, or for shorter pariods, at rates which may be ascertainad on application.

BIALS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED: NATL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES

KITTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS, ĮTINGJ en all the principal cities in the World.

THE BANKS CIRCULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT are avaliado all over the World..

hrund

COMMERCIAL LETTERS, OP CRÉDIT ***PURCHASE and SALE. of Stochi sa "Shwet sected.

ORAVELLERS CHECKS såld and cribed.

GEORGE HOOG,

Manager. Queen's Road, Hongkong ||

before and seven days after Hongkong, 1st Nov. 1912 every ordinary Meeting": and that the following words be adopted and

THE

aubstituted therefor; YOK

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

namely:

"during, such time as the Court thinks fit; not exceeding in the whole thirty days in each

year."

(b) That

the following words be atrack out of the last line of Article 56, namely, "after the Meeting

and that the following

bo words adopted and substituted therofor, namely, "after the re-opening of the Register."

(c) That Articles 76, and 78 be cancelled. (d) That the following Articles be adopted and substituted for Articles 76, 77 and 78, namely

LIMITED.

Established 1880.

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

當写

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA.

Branches Antagaten.

Boubay CALCULIA

Changchun

Daire Fengtian Harbin

Kobe

Lao-Yang Landon

Lyons

Tiingiau

Naga/45

Newchwang New York

Dashn

Pekla

Ryolan (Peri

Arthur)

San Franci

Shanghai

Tiebling

Treatin

Tokyo

Los Angeles

Tsingtau

Interest Allowed an Current Account.

Deposita received for fixed perlode at rates to be mined on application.

EISHIONO, Manager.

ARTICLE" 76. General Hongkong, 6th April, 1913.

"

Meetings shall be held on ce in

"

every year, it such time and:

"

44

•

h

44

(1) That the Directors of the..

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation be and

they are hereby requested and authorised by and on be- half of the shareholders of the Company to take thie steps 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 Legislative Council thereof to effect the amendment of Section 20 of The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Ordinance 1866, hero-| after set out with Buch modifications (if any) as they may think fit and to ́accept such Ordinance if and when enacted.

The following is the the umend- ment above referred to:-The 'deletion from Section 20 of the The TRANSFER BOOKS. of said Ordinance of the words, Company will be CLOSED To take and accept any lands, myTuesday 4th August to Fri-houses, or other real or personal

14th August (both days in

sive), during which period- no

nsfer of Shares can be Regis

3d.

By order of the Board of Direc

JOHN ARNOLD,

Acting Secretary,

ngkng, 28th July, 1914.

NOTICES

PEAK CLUB.

+1

"

property in satisfaction, liquida-

tion, or payment of any dobt absolutely and bona fide pre- viously due and owing to tho. Company, and also to take any "Mortgage or other lien or char-

LI

**

ge on real or personal property as a security for any monies: actually and bona fide pre~! "viously due to the Company or "for which any person may have

HE Band will play as usual in the grounds on Saturday at next, 15th instant. Iwata ction of music will be per-1"

in the BI Room.

ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE...

gkong. August 12th, 1914..

TO PARENTS,

"

place in the Colony as may be

1/10.5/16

9.560 da 1/10 7/16

4 m/s .............................1/10 1/2· · $15,000,000 D/D Shanghai......75

Private 30 d/a.sight

D/D Singapore se

DD Japan

T/T India

Demand India

$32.850.000

in ......139 T/T Bombay... Demand Bombay 139 T/T Calcutta.

Reserva Liability Tumma's

Proprietors..........$15,000,000 | Demand Calcutta'

Demand Manila...91

COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landale.-Chairman,T/T: San F'ou & NAY. W. J. Pattenden, Esq. Deputy Demand, New York 454

Chairman.

8. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. MEdkins, Esq.

O, S. Gubbay, Eaq."

P. H. Holyoak, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shellim.

CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong-N. J. Stabb

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

Hongkong Interest Allowed:

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

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

annum.

...

For 6 months, 3 per cent pe

annum,

For 12 montas, 4 per cent per

annum.

A. G, STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

(18

TE

D/D. Jave

112

Subsidiary Coins.

Discount per $100. Chinese...20 ofs. pieces $11

Chinese...10 Hongkong.20 Hongkong.10

Nom.

Markadequ

Demand Germany...Nom. D/D. Fraun

On Eaigiong b bi On Saigonköző 1/2 (Kg)

On Bangkok '.........

m/s. L/O

Buying

2241/11 1/4.

3 m/s. D/P...................1/11 9/3

6 m/s. L/C.1/11-5/8 30d/s.S'ney &M. 111 1/2 30d/s.San F'cc&N.Y, 4'm/s. Marke udut

4 m/a: France...............

6 m/s. do

Gold Leaf per tael $58.40 Sovereign

10.40 Nom

BarSilver, ready' .2636-

forward

Bank of England rato

Oplura Quotations.

July 17

$8,300 per p

$300

Nom

9,325 per obe

Malwa, New":

Malwa, Old

$12

Patna, New

$735

·Patne, Old..

9;100

381/4

Benares; New ...... 9,050

Benares, Old:

***.. 8,825

TO-DAY'S SHARE REPORT.

B-SELLERS 'BA-SALES

Eroces & Pain on Valos. ¡

THANKS.

Hongkong, & S'hai #125 < | MARINE INSURANCES. Cantons

CLOSING 'Q'TION.

B-BUYERS N-NOMINAL

$852) Nominal.

North China

£84

$50 31714 £5 T142

Unions

$100 $735.

Yangtazes

£50 $194

prescribed by the Company in THE CHARTERED BANK OF HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI"

General Meeting and if no such

time or place is prescribed, then

at such time and place a8

Court, and unless and until may be determined by the otherwise prescribed or deter- Gan- mined as aforesaid a

INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON.

eral Meeting shall be hold in the Paid-up Capital

month of February in cvery year.".

Reserve Fund... Reserve Liability....`of

£1,200,000 £1,800,000

HE Business of the above. Bank is conducted by the

BANKING "CORPORATION

Rules may be obtained on ap plication.

FIRE INSURANCESI China Fires.

$20 $155 Hongkong Fires

$50 $398 SHIPPING. China & Manilas" $25 $9) Douglas Steamship $50 $31 Steamboats

$15 62716 Indo-Chinas

£5 $56

(Preferred) (Deferred) Shell" Transports £1

"Star Ferry**

£11

$10 $46

REFINERIES.

$100 $77

$100 $28

INTEREST on déposits in al- lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3 per cent. "per an-China Sugars Luzon Bugars

MINING

atm

Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong and Shanghai Chinese Engineerings £137/6 Bank to be placed on FIXED Proprietors... ...£1,200,000 DEPOSIT t.*

per cent. per

For the Hongkong and Shang- hai Banking Corporation,

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans- acted.

ARTICLE 77. The. General "Meetings mentioned in the last preceding Articlo shall be called Ordinary Meetings."" General Meetings shall be ARTICLE 78. All other

called Extraordinary Meeted and FIXED DEPOSITS re- ceived for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.

41

ings,

(6) That Article 90 be "altored by inserting and adopting after the word "holding" in line five

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-

Wm. DICKSON.

Manager.

thereof the words "or Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. (2 representing by proxy' and by, striking out at the end of tbe said Article the words

present in person."

#

(F) That the following

NOTICES

annum.

A. G. STEPHEN, Acting Chief, Manager.

EUTSCH ASIATISCHE

Capital Fully

BANK.

Pald-up...Sh. Taels 7,500,000 Head Office.-Shanghai. Board of Directors---Berlin."

Branches: Berlin Caloutta Canton PROVIDENT | Hamburg Hankow Koba LOAN AND MORTGAGE

Peking. Singapore Tientsin CO., LTD.

Tainanfu Teingtau Yokohama'.

words he added to Article THE · CHINA

94: The Court may

such interim dividends

'from time to time pay

to

the

Shareholders

L

as appear to be just- "ified by the position of

'the Com? ****."

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

following

(g) That t

A

words be struck out of Loans on Mortgage of House Pro- the first three and a half

porty, &c.

lines of Article 174 Goods received on Storage.

namely, the words "Half-

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

(h) That the word" Half" be struck out of the 18th line of Article 174 and also out of the 8th line. of Article 175.

川

Tronohs

£1 26/3 Raubs

£1. $3 DOCES, WHARVES, & GODOWNS Kowloon Wharfs: $50 $85) H.K.&W pos Docks $50 {$63. Shanghai Docke T. 100 T. 55 Hongkew Wharfe T. 100 T, 91- LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDING Bİ Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94 H'kong Central E'tes $100 $103 Hongkong Hotels 850 6128 Hongkong Lands $100 $116 Humphreys Estates $10 $73 Kowloon Lands 830 $44 Shanghai Lands T. 30 T. 22

West Points

$50 971

Manila M'pole Hotel P.10

T. 50 Ewos

İP. 8

COTTON KILLS.

137 !T, 123

(T. 84

T. 121⁄4

LONDON BANKERS: - Messrs. N. M. Rothschil & Bona. The Union of London and Smith's Shanghai Cottone

Bank, Limited. Deutsche Bank (Berlin), London Agency. Direction der Disconto Gesell eobaft. Dresdner Bank. INTEREST allowed on Current Account. DEPOSITS received (Rates and Particulars on ap-on terms which may be learned on application. Every description of Banking and Exchange bust- Of nese transacted, bu

| Advances made on Merchar·lise:

Loans made on the Provident

System:

plication).

The Office of TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR

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

MAX GUTSCHKE Manager. 12

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. Hongkong, 9th Ook, 1911.

General Managers.

Hongkong, 18th March. 1908

¡EAK TRAMWAY '0:0 LIMITED.

(1) That the word "twice" PR.

and the words *the 30th day of June and 4

THE TABLE.

WEEK DAYS.

1,00 m36, 10%. 1oo am.. Every 15 MIN. 3.00 AM. LO): 10.00 A.ME.. IRAU AM, to 31:00 AM 11.30 AM, 10, 22:45 YNĄ

rendered himself liable to the Company, and to hold such lands, houses und other real and personal property respec- tively for such reasonable time as may be necorsary for selling and disposing of and converting the same into money," and the **substituticu therefor of "the following words:"To take, ac.ept, enforce, relosos, realise, or deal with any security now "hold or which may hereafter be "held by the Company, for any monies owing or to becomo owing to the Company, or for any liabilities incurred or to be incurred towards or by the Should the Becond Résolution Company by way of mortgage, be passed by the required ma pledge, hypothecation, depohlt jority, it will be submitted for or otherwise howsoever of every confirmation as a special Resolu kind of property or rights."

tion to a Becond. Extraordinary

be struck out of lines and 5 of Article 176 and that the word."once." be adopted and substituted for the word "twice" in a to the fourth line thereof,

I JOSEPH'S COLLEGE,

A MACAO.C ›ARD, Lodging & Education]" at most moderate terms." uguese. Chiness, French. ets. plete commercial course in oh Opens 1st: September

RECTOREMAN LAA

our Retail further

(1) That the words "or the Ordinary Half-Yearly" and the words as the case may be " be struck out of lines 10 and 11 of Article 177

(2) That the Deed of Bottlement Meeting which will be sub-

of the Company, be altered in sequently convited manner following: By Order of the Court of (a).That the following words Directors,

be struck out of lines, from A. G. STEPHEN,

hrpo of 1010s 56, Acting Chief Manager namely, the words for not Hongkong 31st July, 10132

5:00 7.3

| NIGHT CARS, 8.50 P.M1 and 4 Bazgan va

1,29.00 UČILI, Kvey Yilf hours,

[avory quarter, of an hour,

SUNDAYS

·MIN

15 Ma

- 14h Am 10, 20.30 a/w?" Event is Mast,

11:30 AM to :: 18,00 Nom

MISCELLANEOUS,

Laou Kung Mow Kung Yik Hongkong Cottons $10 $72

$11 China-Borneos $12 Light and Powers $101 $4.30

Do. (Spec, shares) $15 Chine Providents $10 $8 Dairy Farms

$6 $38 Green Islanda $10 $6.60

$43 Hongkong Electrics $10. – Hongkong Ices $25 $215 Hongkong Ropes Langkate

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF Morning Fost:

Peak Tramway INDIA, LIMITED.

$10-$25

8. 10 T. 48-

$25 $29

$10 $10

Do (now) $190 ots 1,125,000 Hongkong Electric Trams 11/6

562,500 465,000 Philippines

Authorised Japital. £1,500,000 Subsoribed

Paid Up"

Reserve Fund.

*BANKERS:

Bank of England. London' Jokit Stool Baur, Limited.

Every description of Exchange business transacted.

Interest allowed on Current Ac counts at 2 per cent per annum on Dally Balance and on Fixed Depósite at rates which may be ascertained on application.

ARLINTON

Manager.

$10

H. Price & Co., Ld. $1056

Pro Bootete desferred “Pulpesete 450

1320. Papeteries paid du Tonkin'

up "$50 Benefit $200 Shanghal-Sumatras T. 20, Steam Laundry \$5 United Asbestos)

Oriental Agency, $10 $914 b.. Ld. A

T:150

$10 $300

United Asbestos

Founders Shares } Union Waterboat $10

fsmann, Ltd. $10

$10

Powell Ltd.

LAST DIVIDEND AND FATE

£2 & 5/-b. at ex 1/1 3/16).

equal to $23,29 for 16} year ending 31/12/13

Final of $3 a/c 1912, In-1 terim of $18 n/a 1918 Final of 10 p.c, making

20 p.o. for 1912

Final of $20 making $50 for 1912 and Interim of $30 for 1913

Final of $12 mak; $15 forl 1912 & Int of $3 for 19131

$10 for 1912-

$27 for 1912

· $1o for 1906 ·

$2.50 for year end'g:30°6′19 Final of $1 for half) year ending 3112′19 3% Interim a/o' year 1913 OD preferred

shares

Final of 5 making

7 for 1913 Coupon No. 22.

$1.70 per sbare and bonus. of 30 cents per share for. year ending 30'4′′13

$3 for 1912 83 for 1897

Interim of 5% Coupon No. 1.3 account of year end

ing 10.6.14.

Int. of 1/6 mak.676a/o.1913' 1/2 for 1909

$3.50 for year 1913

$3 for 1913...

Tis. 3 for 1912 Interim of Tis 3 for 1913

Tle. 6 29'2'10

First year

$7 on old shares, $3.50)

on new abares for year 31'12'13

$314 for 14 year ending 30.6.14.

50 cents for 1913- $2.80 for 1913

Interim of 5 p.o. for

year ending 30'5'13 $2,00 for 4 year ending) "30.6.14

15 per cent, for 1910" Tis. 15 for year ending).

31'10'13

Tis. 10 for year and

ing 30'6'13

T. 12 for year end'g 31'12'12 Tla. 1 for year er ding?

30:11*13

30 cents 31.7.08`

$1.20 for 1913

70 cents for 1913

$1.30 for year end'g 31′7′′13. 40 cents for 1911

$1.80 per share for 1913 Interim of $2 a 1914

82 for 1913:

fInterim of Tle. 1 mak fing Tis, 2 n/a 1918 None

80 cents on

fully paid) shares and 8 dents on

$1paid shares for year ending 30.4347W (A6 Final of 6d. making d. per share for 1913, None $1.50 for 1910

None

No dividend this year 35 cts, for year end g 31.5.14

20 per cent, per ordinary share for year ended '31'51912

$1.25 per share for year? *Tending 31121919 Ag

15 per cent, for year

**** ending 317′11

70 centa of 1919) 14:50 ats. yearending 6.3019-