mmercial
Japan's Trade with Chlas. Taking advantage of the pre- sent state of war, tho Japanese Government, in view of extending Japan's trade in China, instructed
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER [6, 1914,
HOLLAND'S EFFECTIVE
BARRIER.
Water as a Means of Defence,
NOTICES
HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
NOTICE OF EXTRAORDIN- ARY MEETING.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an EXTRAOR- DINARY MEETING of
tha SHAREHOLDERS in 'this
BANKS
CORPORATION,
BANKS
INTERNATIONAL BANKING HONGKONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPORAT
TION. Paid-up Capital ........$15,000,000 30 d/s 1/958 RESERVE FUNDS :
Heed Obe:do, Wall Btreet, Nuw York, Ladow Office: 16 Bishopsgate, EC.
EXCHANGE.
T/T, Marks Nom, Demand Germany.
Selling
...1/9
Demand
.1/9 9/16
60 dis.......1/9 11/16-
BRANCHES :-
Sterling
4 m/s
....1/94
Bombay Calcutta
Koba
Bikalia
Marico
£1,500,000 at 21-
-- $15,000,000
| T/T Shanghai.....176
|Private 30 d/s sight
Pekar
Silver ...$18,000,000
San Francisco
Saxatil
$33.000,000 T/T India
T/T Singapore .................7678 T/T Japan
83
13434
Reserve Liability
Proprietors
of."
$15,000,000 T/r Bynbay.....
Canion
Cabe
Colga
Espira
Hongkong
Capital nad Samples
Yokocam
Gold 97,200,000 equal....kijelo,« ** EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI NK53 transacted.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the noun.
terms
It is well known that Holland the Consul-General in Hongkong is protected from inundation by to investigate the import trade in the son by an elaborate system of that locality. According to the dykes. These are very substan. Oanka Araki, the Consul General tial. Many of them ordinarily telegraphically answered to the carry road tree and along some following effect:-Among in- of them los ailway run. The porte, Hongkong's neighbouring tapping of tiedekes is recognised Corporation will be held at the districts demand obiefly beer and as a methefopping ievasion City Hall, Hongkong, on Satur mozo paper, while bard earthen Daring thisar with France in day, the 19th day of September, wares, oned
articles, hats, 1072, Witling III. Prince of 1914, at Noon, when the sub-de electrical appliances, machinery Orange, founi himself without an joined resolution, which Was of simple make, glassware, lamps, adequate army for defence against Meeting of the Shareholders in at the Extraordinary toys, soaps,atationery and celluloid invasi E persuaded his manufactures, come next. The countryment open the dykrend day of August, 1914, will be deced
Corporation held on the
Consul-General informed
vasion stopped.
равной
this
That the Deed of Settlement:
of the Company be altered in manner following :- (a) That the following words. be "struck out of lines two and three of Article 56, namely, the words "for not Dxceeding
DEPOSITS RECEIVED), find fox ona yuu!! per sanum, or for shorter perioda, at rates, which
y be macariained
ed on application, BILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED. MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC: REMITTANCES LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS grasınd on all the principal cities is the World.
THE LANA'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF
OOMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT PURCHASE and SALE of Stock Share
TRAVELLEKS CHECKS sold and cashed.
CREDIT a avaliable all over the World
isamad.
Изоков ново Manager.
Queen's Road, Hongkong Hongkong, 1st Nov. 1912
THE
Demand India " ......13416
COURT OF DIRECTORS. Demand Bombay...1344 Hon. Mr. D. Landale, Chairman, T/T Calcutta
J. Pattenden, Esq.- Deputy
W.
..Chairman,
9. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. M. Edkins, Esq.
C. S. Gubbay, Esq.
P. H. Holyoak, Esq. J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Shallim. 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
fifteen days YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK of 2 per cent per annum. on the
the It was "a bere sacrifice, The submitted for confirmation as a Government that it would be country was fooled and the in-Special Resolution advisable to build up the market at this opportunity, in case the Since that time the dykes have present state of war should last boan greatly extended, and locked; long which would soon cause the canals constructi
It is now present stocks in China to run possible to gather the populace, out. He said that Chinese mer-into the dry area and flood the chante hold fair etcoks at present, fep land against an advancing. but that their purchasing power army. The troops can be 83 has declined owing to the atrin-posted as to keep open the chau- geney of the money market. The uols of food supply, and little Consul General concluded
by immediate privation would · bo saying that owing to the present suffered by the people surrounded high prices ruling, it would by the waters. be no easy matter to on a large scale for the time being However, when once a start was made, matters would right them selves when the war was over.
Jeal
Овнев
The foodstalke would be brought into the dry reservation by train along the dyke tops. Of course, the loding of the fertile lands means the loss of crops, and at least a postponement of the following year's agripal- tural operations.
PUBLIC COMPANIES
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG,
!
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. In the matter of the Companies
Ordinance 191 and
Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.
NOTICE is hereby given that
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before and seven days after overy ordinary Meeting" .. and that the following words, be adopted and substituted therefor; .. namely: during such time as the Court thinks fit not exceeding in the whole thirty days in each year."
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(b) That the following words be struck out of the last line of Article 56, namely, after the Meeting and that the following words re adopted and substituted thorofor, namely, "after the re-opening of the Register."
(c) That Articles 76, 77
and 78 be cancelled. (d), That the following Articles be adopted and substituted for Articles 76, 77 and 78, namely ARTICLE 76," General Meetings shail be held once in every year, at such time and
LIMITED.
daily balance.
ON FIXED DEPOSITS.. For 3 months. 2 per cent. per
annum:
For 6 months. 3 per cent per
Demand Caloutta...1343%
Demand Manila.....88
T/T. San F'ou & N.Y4976 Demand, New York 44 TIT: Java
T/T. Francs
On Haiphops,."
On Saigon...
On Bangkok
4 m/h, 1/0
Buving.
Nom/
86
...1/1036
4 m/s. D/P, *....1/1032 6 m/s. L/C..........1/10 3/4 30d/s.S'ney &M. "11056 30 d/s.San Fer&N.Y.45 7/8 4 m/s. Marks
4 m/s. Frands
6
/a. au
Gold Leaf pertael. $56.80 Sovereign
11.05 Nom
BarSilver. ready ...23-15/16
forward
Bank of England rate
SUBSIDIARY COINS. Discount per $100:
Ohineee...20 ota.pieces $16 1/2 Hongkong.20 Chinese...10.
Hongkong.10
་
$18
#11 #11
TO-DAY'S SHARE REPORT.
S-SELLERS
Stock) & Pato op Valoz
RANKS.
BA-CALES
CLOSSMO
Hongkong a Shai 3125?
Established 1880.
Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 30,000,000 Faid-up Capital ... Reserve Fund...... 18,900,000 For 12 months, 4 per cant per Unione
12
Head Offico.-YOKOHAMA,
Branches
Antang-alan Bombay Calcutta Changebun Dairen
Fangtion,
Harbin
!...
Kobe
Liao-Yang Landin
-you
Tringlas
الحرة
אפודים
B-NUYEK
8852) Nomian!
R-NOMIAL
LAST OLVIDEO AND SATEL
£2 & 5/-b.at ex i/1! 3/16) equal to $23.29 for 34 year ending 31/12/13"
Final of $3 a/c 1912. In-1 terim of $18 al/o 1913 Final of 1 p.o, making
20p.c. for 1912 Final of $20 making 850 | for 1912 and Interim of $30 for 1913 Final of $12 mak. $15 for l 19.2&Introf83 for 1913/
MARINE INSURANCE (,
Cantona
North Chins
£84/-
$50 91716
£5 ¡T142
annum.
$100 $795
knum,
1
►
A. G. STEPHEN.
Agencies at
Nagsuk
Newchwang
New York
Osaka
Pokia
Ryolun (Pors
Arthur]
THE
Los Angeles Tingiau
"Acting Chief Manager, Yaugtszes
TIRE INSURANCES. China Fires HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK Hongkong Fires SHIPPING. China & Manilas Douglas Steamship $50 THE Business or the above
Bank is conducted by the Steamboate HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI Indo-Chinas " BANKING CORPORATION
£50 $194
$20 $155 6508398
627 for 1912
$25 $31 $31 615 $2756
BL for 1906
(Preferred)
£5 $56
80/-
S15 Pregnan
Shan
Tinhling.
Tientsin
Tokyo
Interest Allowed on Current Account.! Deposits received for fixed pariusli al'vaten to be Rules may bo obtaine·l on ap
ained a
+
(Deferred) plication.
INTEREST on deposite is al-"Shell" Transporte £t 118lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3 per cent. por an- num.
EISHI ONO, Manager. Hongkong, 6th April, 1913.
THE_CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
*Star Ferry"
REFINERIES.
$10 for 1912
$2.50 for year end'g 30°6′13 Final of $1 for halft year onding 311213 ( (3% Interim ala year oo preferred
1913 "shares
Final of 5 making 7/- for 1913 Couped No. 22.
$1.70 per share and bonus
of 30 cents per share for
$10 846
1877)
$3 for 1912
Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more to the Hongkong- and Shanghai Bank to be placed on FIXED China Sugars 8100 DEPOSIT 4 F
$100 $28 per cent. per Luzon Sugars annum.
"I
For the Hongkong and Shang- hai Banking Corporation,
A. G. STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager.
Salmon Canneries in Japan. Accompanied by the general advance in the price of canned articles, the price of tinned salmon, shows a marked rise. containing 4 dozen one-pound tins of red salmon which usually fetch Y13, since the outbreak of war have been fetching Y35. The price of white salmon which ia tinaed chiefly for domestic use has risen from Y4,50 to between Y8 and Y10 per case, Ae some In the matter of the Hongkong of the salmon & inneries in Japan! stopped work this year, there will be, it is said, a decrease of pro-
Petition was on the 20th" duction by 25 per cent, as comday of August, 1914, presented to pared with last year. There are the Supreme Court of Hongkong several conneries in Japan, name by the abova named Company to" ly, Messrs. Danby and Company, confirm an alteration of the said |-- the Russo-Japanese Fishing Com-Company's objects proposed to be pany, and others, which will can effected by a Special Resolution for the present year 10,000 koku of the Company unanimously
Extraordinary |" of red salmon und 15,000 koku of passed at
Meeting of the white asimon. Last your 800,000 General. koku were put up in cans.
A said Company held on the"
4th day of June 1914 and sub- ARTICLE 77. The General though the price has been raised sequently unanimously confirmed Meetings mentioned in the last and the prospective output hasnt, an Esta onary General" preceding Articlo shall he called CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- Authorised Japital. dearessed, the home market, it is Meeting of the said Company" Ordinary Meetings,"
ed and FIXED DEPOSITS re- Subsoribad reported, will not suffer from held on the 3006 day of June 1914 ARTICLE 78.Alt other veived for 1 year or shorter periods Paid Up scaroity of the tinned articles, as and which Rosulition runs as General Meetings shall be at rates which will be quoted on Reserve Fund 6,000 kaka of last year's stock fullows:-
Extraordinary Meet-application.. are still on hand.
"That the provisions of the "ings.
Wm. DICKSON. "Company's Memorandum of "Association with respect to is object be altered so as "Lo ront as in the Print signed. "by the Chairman of the "Meeting for the purposes of | "identification."
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Kobe and Osaka Money Market. Now that the war has assumed daoh vast dimensions anxiety rules on the Kobe, money market and bankers are vory cautious in making advances. Owing to the And notice is further given that fact that bills of exchange are the said Potition is directed to be hard to negotiate foreign trade heard before His Honour, Mr. circles are in great need of funds Henry Hessy Johnston Gompertz and most merchaols are rapidly Acting Chief Justice of the said withdrawing their deposita with Court on Wednesday the 21st day
of October 1914 at 10.30 o'clock l
ILS
banke. Such being the case, the in the forenoon and any person bank rate is inclined to advance. interested in the said Company As compared with the end of the whether Creditor policy preceding week, the rate has holder, or otherwise desirous advanced by half a rio, standing to opposs the making of an at 2.3 sen at the lowost, On the order for the confirmation of Osaka money market, money was the said ...loration under extremely tight. In addition to the above the cautious attitude of bankers appear at the time of hearing by most transactions are for cash. himself or his Counsel for the Therefore, the demand for funds purpose and a copy of the said Petition will be furnished to any
Ordinance should
in very keen, but money is scarce, such person requiring the same
by the undersigned the Company's Solicitors on payment of the re- gulated charge for the same.
with the result that the back rate is abnormally high, the rate standing at 2.3 sen at the lowest The week-end accounts drawn op by the Osaka Branch of the Bank 1914.
Dated the 21st day of August,
of Japan show that deposits were | DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON
1488,000 and advances Y20,894, 000 on Saturday. As compared with the preceding week, deposits show a decrease of Y3,404,000 and advances show an increase of Y7,552,000,-Kobe Herald.
& HARSTON,
1, Des Voix Road, Central,
Hongkong, Solicitora for the Company,
DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO.. LIMITAD.
THE ORDINARY GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLD- Notice to Mariners,'
FRS in the above Company will Shanghai District. Teurg-be held at the Company's Uficos. ming Oroming. Notice is given on Saturday the 26th of Septem- that on or about the 11th September, at Noon, for the purpose of ber the West Spit Gas-lighted receiving the Report of the General Managers, together with
Baoy will be shifted 6,5 cableea Statement of Accounts to 30th 8.51 E. (magnetio) from its June, 1914. present position, when it will be The TRANSFER BOOKS will in 44 feet of water at Low Water bo CLOSED from the 12 h to the of Spring Tides. The depth of 26th of September, both "days water at the North-eastern end of inclusivo. the Crossing has decreased to 16 DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co., feet at Low Water of Spring Hongkong, 5th September, 1914.
General Managers. Tides.
J
place in the Colony as may be prescribed by the Company in General Meeting and if no such time or place is prescribed, then at such time and place as may be determined by the Court, and unless and until therwise prescribed or dater minod as aforesaid a Gen eral Meeting shall be held in the month of February in every your."
* called
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.
HEAD OFFICE-LONDON. Paid-up Capital £1,200,000 Reserve Fund... :£1,800,000 Reserve Liability of
Proprietors .....£1,200,000 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF
INDIA, LIMITED, FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business trans- aoted.
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..
Manager.
altered by inserting and Hongkong, 11th April, 1912. Į 2
(e) That Article 90 bo
adopting after the word
'holding" in line five
thereof the words ori
representing by proxy
and by striking out at the end ofthesaid Article P the words "present in person," (1) That the following words be added to Article 34:"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."
LL
(x) That the tollowing words be struck out of the first three and a half lines of Article 174, 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 "Yoar ending the 31st "day of December shall
make a General," (b) That the word “Half " bo struck out of the 18th line of Article 174 and also out of the 6th line of Article 175.
'64
(i) That the word "twice"
and the words
the
30th day of June and " be struck out of lines and 5 of Article 176 and that the word "once" bel adopted and substituted! for the word "twice" în the fourth line thereof, (That the words "or the Ordinary Half-Yearly”, and the words "as the case may be be struck
NOTICES.
I.
K
TRAMWAY LIMITED
7.00 4.M. to 1.00 4.M. to 12,00 AM, 15 31.30 AM. to $ 7.M to JAS 13. to 1:45 FM, to #35 .. to 500
WEIK DAYS.
Loo.. Evany 15 Minu
10:00 AM 11.00 AM. 20.45 PM. 1.II P.M. 3.45.-M.
JO MIX.
+
15 MIN.
11
IS MIN.
TA MIN.
鯉
5.00 PM:
1 Mix.
.
M, Lo
3.30 P.M.
"
1. P.MC
NIGHT CARS.
10 MINI
1.30 km and g mat, gan huk, to 11.00 PM) ovary half hour
11.00 P.M. 10 11.45 7 M. every quarter of an hour.
SUNDAYS
7,46 AM 102 10:30 am. Evuzu „10530 kuak, to ' 11,00 AM, - H 11:50 AM to 11.00 Npow
13 Min. » TO MINI
15 Mix.
1.00 PM) o 1.00 PM) 5.00 F.. to 0.00 8.1 6.00 P., Lo 3.00 7.31.
2100 PM, 30
LI
ду Маме
4t
16
15 Ma
4.ro ..
10 Мяд
NIGHT CARS 14, on. Wook Days.
SATURDAYS
Extra Car at Is 'midnight.
PECIAL CARS
Hy Arrangement at the Company's Omes.
Alarundem « Retidings,
Des Voeur Road
NOTICE.
IF
*
BANKERS:
MINING,
Chinese Engineeringe £137/6
Tronobs
Raubs
£1 26/3 £1. $3
DOCKS, WHARVES, A GODOWNS
Kowloon Wharfs $50 $85
ELK. & W'poa Docks 550863 Shanghai Dooke T. 100 T. 55 Hongkew Wharfs T. 100 T. 91 LANDS, HOTELS & BUILDING S
£1,500,000 Anglo French Lands T.100 T.94 1,125,000 H'kong Central E'tes $100 $103
562,500
465,000 Hongkong Hotels $50 $128
Bank of England. London Joint Stock bar. Limited.
Every description of Exchange business transacted.
Intereat allowed on Current Ac- counte at 2 per cent per annum on Daily Balance and on Fixed Deposits at rates which may be sacertained on application,
THE
A. R. LINTON
Manager.
NOTICE.
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
$50 971
Hongkong Lands $100 $116 Humphreya Estates $10 $71 Kowloon Landa $30 $44 Shanghai Lauds T. 30 T. 92
West Points Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. &
IT. 137 Ewos
T. 123 Shanghai Cottons
T. 84 Laou Kung Mow Kung Yik Hongkong Cottons $10
MISCELLANEOUS. China-Borneos
$12 Light and. Powers $10) 84.90
COTTON MILLS,
T. 50
Langkato
11
T. 1234
F
$714
$11
Do. (Spec. shares) $1/
China Providents
$10
$8
Dairy Farme
$6
(638
Green Islands
$10
$6,00
Hongkong Electrica $10
$43
Hongkong Ices
$25
(8215
Hongkong Ropes
810
$25
10
T. 48
Morning Post
$25 $29
Peak Tramway
$10
$10
Do. (new)
$1
90 cts.
Philippines
(Rates, and Particulara. on ap-Hongkong Electric Trams 11/6
System.
plication).
The Office of
$10-$5
OF H. Price & Co., Ld. $10 $6.
11
TRUSTEE, EXECUTOR
WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c., Undertaken and Executed.
SHEWAN, TOMES & Co. General Managora." Hongkong, 19th March, 1908
Malwa, New Malwa, Old ⚫stna, New *HE Companie des Messagor Patna, Old.
TH
Pre
Bociete des ferred
Pulpeset
Papeteries...
du Tonkin
$50
1820
paid
up $50 Benefit $200
Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20.150
Steam Laundry $55
United Asbestos]
Oriental Agency, $10. 8912h. Ld.
year ending 30°4′13
$3 for 1897
Interim of 5% Coupon No.. 3 Booount of year end.. ing 10.6.14.
Int.of 1/6 mak. 6/6a/o. 19:3
1/2 for 1909
$3.50 for year 1913
$3 for 1913
Tle. 3 for 1912
Interim of Tls 3 for 1913
Tls. 6 29'2*10
First your
$7 on old shares, $3.50)
од new shares for
year 31*12*13
$34 for year ending 30 6.14
50 cants for 1913 $2.80 for 1913
Interim of 5 p.a. for
year ending 30°5'13 $2,00 for 14 year ending 30.6 14
15 per cent. for 1910-
Tis. 15 for year ending
31°10'33:
Tie. 10 for "year end.
ing 30'6'13
T. 12 for year end'g 31′12'12
Tls. 1 for year er ling)
30*11*13
50 cents 31.7.08
$1.20 for 1913
70 cents för 1913
$1:30 for year end'g 31'7'13 10 cents for 1911
$1.80 per share for 1918" Interim of 12) a/c 1914
$2 for 1913
Interim of The. 1 mak- Hng Tls. 2 a/o 1913. None
80 cents on fully" paid】
shares and 8 cents on $1 paid shares for year
ending 30.4.34
Final of Gd, making Tid.' per share for 1913,
None...
$1.50 for 1910
Nono
No dividend this year
35 cts, for year end'g 91.5.14
(20 per cent. per ordinary abare for year ended 31'5'1912
9,050
*
OPIUM QUOTATIONS.
July 17 $8,300 per p
8,300 9,325 per cheUnited Asbestos? 9,100
Founders Shareaf Union Waterboat
Weismann, Ltd. Watson William Powell, Ltd.
$10
$300
$18
$10
$10 $30
$10 $711⁄2
$81.9
25 per cent. for year
A
Corrected in izm. July 16, 1914
ion Maritimes bey, to inform Benares, New out of lines 10 and 11 of the publle that during the present Beaares, Old......... 8,825 Article 177.
hostilities in Europe, their Mail
By Order of the Court of S'ermem will not call at Hong- Directors.
'.
I
A. G. STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager. Hongkong 24th August, 1914
and kong, Shanghai, Kobe
THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Yokohama-the last port of cal Cannot be Beaten, if Equalled. being Haiphong, until further For Bread, Cakes, Confectionery notice."
and meals with Wines & Liquors.
$1.25 per share for year!
ending 3112 1913
ending 31711
70 cents for 1913
50 ots. yearending 6.30.13.
WRIGHT AND HORNBY km (10
General brokas 6 Des Voeur Road Central, Tal, address Rectitude,
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