1914-09-17 — Page 11

Commercial

General Trade and Finance,

London, Aug, T.

The dircators of the Bank of England at their meeting on the

THE HONGKONG, TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1914,

PUBLIC COMPANIES

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG,

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. In the matter of the Companies

Ordinance 1911 V

and

In the matter of the Hongkong

6th inst. reduced their rate of dis-Fire Insurance Co., Ltd... oount from 10 per cent., at which

OʻNOTICES ARVA

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

NOTICE OF EXTRAORDIN-

"ARY MEETING.

x

BANKS

INTERSATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION.

Head Office Inday Wall Street, New York. London Office Jugó, Babopugnis,KO

BRANCHES

Beraber Calculia

Canton

Colom

· Kumpiré

Kobe Manila

· San Francisco Shanghai

+) H[nakaw. Capital and Saiplús mieli Gold $7,800,000 - EYKRY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUSI CURKENT ACCOUNTS ppened on the noun) DEPOSITS RECEIVED. Bad for eyes per aum, for shorter perioda, at rise, which may be en applicatione.

BILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED. THE HALL and TULKURAPHIC MEMITTANCES LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS granted

EDED Ark Avadan ali sver the World. to placipal cities is the World.

*BANKS CIRCULAR LETTERS, OF COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT "EURCHASE 2 SALE as Sticks and Shares

ected

stomped S

BANKS

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI гут

'Selling

1/4

Demand T/9/18/16:

.1/974.

60 dia.......1/9 15/18 14 m/s SSWU3/10807:

T/T Shanghai 76

BANKING CORPORA-

TION." Paid-up Capital1201...$15,000,000 RESERVE FUNDS: Sterling madam, *** £1,500,000 at: 2h+ **** ??■*$15,000,000. Silver...$18,000,000

1,000,000

Reserve Liability of

Proprietorshi --COURT OF DIRECTORS,JA Hon. Mr. D. Landalo, ~ Chairman, Deputy

Chairman...

| Private 30 d/s sight!!!

T/T Singapore, Kar T/T Japan

SERIES 89

136 136

T/T India Demand India

T/T Bombay..... $15,000,000

Demand Bombay....196)á T/T Calouttagavad Demand Galoutta 1961⁄44 Domand Manila 89. T/T: San Foo & N.Y3496 Demand, New York 4476th T/T. Java

B. H. Dodwell, Esq. G.T. M.Edking, Esq.

0, 8. Gubbay, Esq

P. H. Holyoak, Esq.

Plummer, Esq.

J.

it was fixed on 1st inst., to 8 per OTICE is hereby given that a Petition was on the 20th cent. It is certainly without pre.

OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN INO cedent that a change in the Bank day of August, 1914, presented to

that an EXTRAOR-NESS transact rate should take place on a Bank the Supreme Court of Hongkong Holiday. We have bad not only by the above named Company to DINARY MEETING of the

CUTIEL. in this

W. J Pattenden, Esq. confirm an alteration of the said SHAREHOLDERS one Bank Holiday this week, Company's objects proposed to be Corporation will be held at the which would have been the effected by a Special Resolution City Hall, Hongkong, on Batur- normal one for the arst Monday of the Company unanimously day, the 19th day of September, in August, but an Act of Parlia- passed at an. Extraordinary 1914, at Noon, when the sub- Mooting: of the joined rezolution, which was ment declared that three more General daye would be Bank Holidays. Baid Company held on the passed at the Extraordinary]; Business other than banking has 4th day of June 1914 and sub- Meeting of the Shareholders in been proceeding in a way, though gently unanimously confirmed this Corporation hold on the far from normally. Today the at an Extraordinary General 22nd day of August, 1914, will bo banks have re-opened. British Mooting of the aid Company submitted for confirmation as a

held on the 30th day of June 1914 | Special Resolution :— finance has been mobilised, as and which Resolution runa as well as the Navy and the Army, follows:-- After the financial and commer dial disturbance of the week, the pablie may consider what has actually happened. What with the collapse of the Continental Bourses, the closing of our own Stock Exchange, a Bauk rato up to 10 per cent, a

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moratorium

"That the provisions of the "Company's Memorandum of „“Association" with respect to "i w objects be altered so as "to read as in the Print signed | by the Chairman of the "Identification."

Meeting for the purposes of

said

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 Artiole "56.

BRAVELLERS CHECKS sold and cashed,

NARMARSHALL, Manager.

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

THE

namely, the words "for not YOKOHALIMITED.

JOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

exceeding fifteen days before and seven days after every ordinary Meeting" and that the following

'Bubstituted

Established 1880.

Hon, ME Shellim. CHIEF MANAGER: Hoagrong NY J. Stał by ACTING MANAGER. - Shanghai-J. D. Smart. London Bäakers-London County and Westminster Limited.

Hongkong Interest Allowed:

Chi Chinese

109

NGE.

Demand Germa T/T. Frank.. On Haiphong

On Saigon... -

| On Bangkok istaisai,

4 m/n, W/O

Buying

Nom.

...1/1056

4 m/s. D/P................1/1034 6 m/s: L/C...........1/11 30d/e8ney &M, >1/1076 - 30d/Ban-Ber&N ¥.463/8

4 m/s. Marka í

4 m/s. France«,^

6 m/s 30

Gold Leaf per tael. $56.80.. Sovereign ***

10.90 Nom Barsilver, ready .....24 1/4

forward

Bank of England rate: -

SUBSIDIARY 'COINS."

Discount per 8100: 15

20 cts, pieces $15 3/4

$17

Hongkong.20 ote. pieces Hongkong.10

TO-DAY'S SHARE REPORT.

US-SELLERS,

STOCKS & PAID OY VALON. BANKS.

JA-ALES

ALL CLOSER OYIN

8-BUYERI

852) Nominal

On Current Account at the rate Hongkong & S'hai $125R of 2 percent per annum on the

daily balance-f

ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months. 23 per cent per Cantons

annum.

words he adopted and Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 For 6 months, 3 per cent per

therefor

30,000,000 annum. ∙18,900,000 | For 12 months, i per cent per Unione

namely: "during auch

time as the Court thinks fit, not exceeding in the whole thirty days in each year."

(b) That the following

words be struck out of the last line of Article. 56, namely, after the Meeting and that the ba following words adopted and substituted therefor, namely, "after the re-opening of the Register."

And notire is further given that in partial operation, four con- the said Petition is directed to be tinuous "Bank Holidaye," mer hoard before His Honour Mr. cantile transactions in abeyance, Henry Hessy Johnston Gompertz 6ommerce apparently paralysed. Acting. Chief Justice of the said shipping held up for want of Court on Wednesday the 21st day the insurance en the strength of of October 1914 at 10.30 o'clock which bankers usually finance the in the forenoot and any person bills drawn against the good, interested in the said Company

-Creditor whether as

policy joint stock banks of unimpeach holder or otherwise desirous able solvency declining to pay to oppose the making of an out gold and sending customere order for the confi mation of to Threadneedle-street for ohange the

alte ation under for Bank of England notes, and a the above Ordinance should general difficulty among the appear at the time of bearing by public in obtaining petty cash himself or his Counsel for the for everyday expenses with this purpose and a copy of the said

(o) That Articles 76, 77 utterly incomprehensible state of Petition will be furnished to any

and 78 be cancelled. things before them, most people such person requiring the same

(d) .That the following may have well wondered how by the undersigned the Company's

Articles be adopted and they stood. They are now fold Solicitors on payment of the re-

substituted for Articles how they stand, and despite tem gulated charge for the same.

76, 77 and 78, namely porary pressure and inconveni-

ARTICLE 76. General ence, may await the development

Meetings shall be held once in of the crisis with confidence.

every year, at such time and Among the measures enacted to

place in the Colony, as may be prescribed by the Company in ease the financial position is the

General Meeting and if no such issue of notes of 1 and 10, con-

time or place is prescribed, then vertible into gold at the Bank of

44 at such time and place às England, which are issued to-day.

may be determined by the Postal orders will be made legal

"Court, and unless and until tender on the same term?, The THE ORDINARY GENERAL.

otherwise prescribed or deter banka are to be given power to MEETING OF SHAREHOLD-"mined as aforesaid a Gen- disallow the withdrawal of RS in the above Company will

eral Meeting shall be held in the exceptional sums of gold for be held at the Company's fices, bonding. Cash will be available on Saturay the 26th of Septem- for wages, salaries, and the normal bar, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the cash requirements of daily life. General Managers, together wih" The new one-pound note is a a Statement of Acounts to 30th emall, appro'entious document June, 1914. size 6 in. by 2.1/2 in-printed The RANSFER BOKS will on white water-marked paper be CLOSED from the 12 h to the bearing the in oription:" These 28th f September, bath days notes are a legal tender for inclusive,

a payment of any amount, Issued

by the Lorda Commistionera of

"1"

Dated the 21st day of August, 1914. DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON

& HARSTON,..

1, Des Vœux Road, Central,"

Hongkong.

Solicitors for the Company. DOUGLAS STEAMSHIP CO., LIMIT. D.

DOUGLAS LAPRAIK & Co.,

General Managers.

Bis Majesty's Treasury, under Hongkong, 5th September, 1914.

NOTICES

MAN LOONG.

FIRST-CLASS PRESERVES, DINGE

· AND SDY. MANUFACTURERS..

Factory at Yaumati

OFFICE; No. 36, Des Voux Road, W Telephone No. 177 & K. 12.

authority of Act of Parliament," This is followed by the value, printed right across the face of the note, together with a portrait of the King and the signature of the Scoretary to the Treasury, John Bradbury. Respecting tho moratorium, the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the 6th inst, naked leave to introduce a Bill in the House of Commons to give WE are the loading Manufacturers in legislative effect to the prorosale gingers are all fresh and of the first plak for a moratorium in regard to Our Syrup is prepared from the best contracts made before Aug. 4, quality of Sugar. We give our special and it was proposed that the attention to our business and sanitary moratórium should come to an end on Sopt. 4, subject, of course, to further consideration, The moratorium would not apply to Auch payments as wages, salaries,

this class of Goods Our Fruit &

arreraremenİN.

SINGON & CO.

Established A. D. 1880.

RON. STEEL METAL and HARD

WARE MERCHANTS. Wholesale and Retail Ironmongers, Pig Iron and Foundry Coke Importers. General Store keepers and Shipchandlers, Nos. 35 and 37, Hing Loong Street, (2nd Btrost weat of Central Market) Telephone No. 515.

o The Bill went through all stages and was passed. At a meeting of the leading accepting boosas of London it was decided that all acceptances due 4b, 5th, 6 h, and 7th inst, should be cor- sidered for purposes of re

AMERICAN DENTISTRY acceptance under the Proclama- tion that bad been made:s due on

·PORCELAIN · FILLINGS, Aug. 7 All such bille as are then

The Latest Improvements toward reaccepted will therefore mature Lasting Workmanship and Pataloss for payment on September 7, no Operations. No charge for examinations.

farther days of grace being taken

into consideration. It was also

Fees moderato. Diploma. Tokio,

Dr. T. YAMASAKI,

34, Queen's Road Central

(Corber of Flower Street.):

decided that the date of maturity Telephone 62.5

of such re-accepted billa must

be mentioned on the face of the

diag

bill at the time of reacceptance.MARTIN'S

The London bankers are not go« ing to be the only suffere a from the monetary breakdown. It will be even more distressing, for the foreign banka Icoated here. especially the German and Austrian ones. They will be preolically out of Laaiuese while the war Inats. Lach appears to le their own view of the case, as Aç KYPİBİ days post they have

(0)55.captain only tend

SAPIOL &STEPK

A Fressh Ramady İsrail Longmaris Schoenenda-hf, Lukas Kirays keep a pOR, AN CREATEANNIE HEN SHE Joga, sợ thus on the dent

a cf my Lizwcularity of Ties kystros

Greek,hamos žiekranąt

Maly dose may be adrefalutabed/Frame whe

MARTIN'S

SPIOLO TEL

ILLS

10

month of February in every year."

Paid-up Capital ... Reserve Fund

"

17

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA.

Branches Antung-Halau Blau bay... Calcutta Changchun Daire

Jangtira Harble BENICAR

Kobe

Kino-Yang

Lond.

Lyons

Theguu

Osaka

£84/-

INÉMARINE INSURANCES,

North China

$50 $174 £5T142

}

$100 $795

annum.

A. G. STEPHEN. Acting Chlef Manager,

Yangtezes

China Fires

£50

$194

FIRE INSURANCESI

820 $155

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK Hongkong Fires 850 8398

Agencies at

: Nagzuki

Nawchwan

-New York

Ryalan (Port

THE

*Tokyo **

Arbur)...

San Prayında Shanghai

Talias

TELE

Los Angeles Tsingtau

Interest Allowed on Current Account, Deposita received for Exed periods ni mates to de almed kraama246) M

EISHI ONO, Manager, Hongkong, 6th April, 1913.

SKIFFING.

China & Manilas 825 $81 Douglas Steamship $50 831. 'HE Business of the above

"Bank is conducted by the Steamboats HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI Indo-Chinss

BANKING CORPORATION (Preferred)

Rules may be obtained on ap

(Deferred) plication.

$1582796

£5 $56

80/-

(18

INTEREST on deposite is 'al-. lowed on the minimum monthly balances at $3 per cent. per an- nume

'Shell " Transports £1

2

$10-846

REFINERIES VAN

$100 $77) $100 $28

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

Depositors may transfer at their "Star Farry option balances of $100 or more

to the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank to be placed on FIXED China Sugars DEPOSIT at 4 per cent. per Luzon Sugars

ANDLI

For the Hongkong and Shang- haf Banking Corporation,

AG STEPHEN, Acting Chief Manager.

MINING.

Chinese, Engineerings £1 37/6

Tronohe Raubs

£126/3

DOCKS, WHARVES, & GODOWNS

Kowloon Wharfs $50 $85 Proprietors .....£1,200,000 THE MERCANTILE BANK OF FA

H.K&W poa Dooke $50 $69 INDIA, LIMITED. FOREIGN EXCHANGE and

Shanghai Docks T. 100 T. 55 General Banking business trans-

Hongkew Wharfa T. 100 T. 91, LANDS, HOTELS. BUILDINGS ARTICLE 77,-" The General zoted. Meetings mentioned in the last

Authorised Tapital:£1,500,000 Anglo French Lands T-100 T.94 CURRENT ACCOUNTS open Subscribed preceding Article shall be called sd and FIXED DEPOSITS re

.....1,125,000 H'kong Central E'tes $100 $103 Ordinary Meetings."

562,500 ceived for 1 year or shorter periods Paid Up

Reserve Fund ARTICLE 78. All other at rates which will be quoted on General Meetings shall be application. called Extraordinary Meet-

Wm, DICKSON; ings.

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

"

(e) That Article 90 be altered by inserting and adopting after the word **holding" in line five the roof the words "or representing by proxy. and by striking out at PE

}

the end oftheesid Article the words present in person." (That

the following words beaded to Article 94: The Court may from time to time pay .".to the Shareholders auch interim dividends 88 appear to be just- "ified by the prsition of

the Company."

(f) That the following

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

year ending the 30th June, and the 31st "December, shall make a general Half-Yearly." and that the following words bo adopted and subtituted therefor "Yoar ending the 31st day of December ahall make a General."

b) That the word "Half"

be struck out of the 18th, line of Article 174 and also out of the 6th line of Article 175.

That the word "twice"

"the and the words 30th day of June and" be struck out of lines 4 and 5 f Article 176 and that the word once be adopted and substituted for the word "twice" in the fourth line thereof. (i) That the words or the

Ordinary Half-Yearly and the words

as the

NOTICES.

FAK TRAMWAY CO

LIMITED.

TIME TAB).

WKEK DAYS.

LOAN. EVEN IS MIN

7:00 AM to 500 ml, to' 10:00 &.M: 10.00 AM, 10–11.99 AM/ 11.30 AM to 1.45 1.5. 12.45 730) 10

TAS PE, 10

1:45 7:26 to

8.15 1-30) 133 F36, 10 * 5.00 19. 1:00 PM 10

NIGHT CARS

10 11.

15 Mon

TS MAN.

Lisa rimi'nad's EMI DAD PM, ED 95.00 FIMI, every hall baser

every quarter of an hour,

SUNDAYS

"

#

BANKERS:

465,000 Hongkong Hotels $50 $128

Bank of England. London Joint Btook baus,

---Hongkong Lands $100 $116

Limited

Every description of Exchange business transacted....

Interest allowed on Current Ac

Humphreys Estates $10: $73 Kowloon Lands

$30844 Shanghai Laude T. 30 T. 92 West Pointe

$50 #71 Manila M'pole Hotel P.10 P. 8

Ewon

WOATING

counts at 2 per cent per annum Shanghai Cottons on Daily Balance and on Fixed

COTTON MILLS,

T. 50 T. 137

T. 123

T. 84

T. 124

·1811-

Deposits at rates which may be Laou Kung Mow ascertained on application.

Kung Yik

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

Loans on Mortgage of House Pro perty, &c.

Hongkong Cottons "$10 BERISCELLANEOUS...

China-Borneos 812 Light and Powern $101 84.90

Do. Spec.shares) $1 China Providents

A. R. LINTON

Manager.

15.MIN.

#4

to 351

*

..$5 M

NOT CE.

Dalry Farms

THE

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

Green Islands

238 $8

66.50 $10 Hongkong Electrios $10 $43

$25 $215 Hongkong Icos

$25 Hongkong Ropes $10 Langkats

$10/$83

10 T. 48

Morning Fost

$25

$29

за Мам

$5 MIN.

Peak Tramway

30

M

5.00 PRÍ

7.00 1.

Tag: Mate

ia Min.

"

System.

TO MIN.

(Rates and Particulars on ap

Do. (now) Hongkong Electric Tran

90

plication). Se

A: The Office of...

Philippines

$10

WILLS, ATTORNEY, &

Undertaken and Exeanted.

SHEWAN, TOMES & CO.. General Managers. Hongkong, 12th Marah, 1903,

7,43 4,5, 10– 1930 £3, Erkar zy Mot.. 10:30 AM, 10 11.00 AM. 11:50 M; La 18.00 NOOM

1-00 Ft to 4.09 Facto 6,00 3, 20

MIGHT CARS ar on Wask Days

SATURDAYS

Eaton Cara sa 'midnight.

PECIAL CARE

By, Arrangement at the Company's fides,

Alexsuden » Buildings,

· Des Voeux Rond

NOTICE:

Goods received on Storage. Advances made on Merchandise: Loans made on the Provident

TRUSTER, EXECUTOR OF HErce & Co., Ld. $10 16

OPIUM QUOTATIONS.

Malwa, New Malwa, Old Laina, New

HF Compagnie des Messager- Patna, Old

ies Mar times be to inform Benares, New

care may be be struck the public that during the present | Baraços, Old out of linea 10 and 11 of hosti ities in Europe, their Mail

Article 177 TUEAZEN

By Order of the Court of Directors, NE HUWA, GUSTEPHEN.

Acting Chief Manage Hongyong it A rust, 1914

July 17 8,800 per p 8,300 9,325 per 9,100) 19.050-5

8,125

Brexicers will not olla Bong

kong ebanghai, Kobe and

THE ALE Yokohamsthe last port of cal Cannot be

DRA

Haiphong until forbeer! For Bread, Cakes, Confect

andments with Wines & Cie

$20

200

T150

Pre Socfete des forted

PulpesetUNGE 50 Papeteries paldi, dn Tonkin up: $50 Benefit Shanghai-Sumatras T. 20, Steam Laundry $515 United Asbestos

Oriental-Agen $10 $94.

kutoa

$10

$300

$10

$181

830

ใ

IN-NOMINAL

£8 & 5-bat ex 1/11-3/16) equal to $33.89 for 1 year ending 31/12/13-

Final of $3 a/o 1912, In-1 terim of $18 a/c 1913 Final of 10 p.c, making

20 pc. for 1918 19 Final of 820 making 850)

for 1912 and Interim ** of $30 for 191340,727)

Final of $12 mak. $15 fort. 1912&Int,of83. for1913]"

$10 for 1912 $27 for 1912

$1 for 1906

$2.50 for year upd'g306*13 Final of 61för half) year ending 31′12′′19 ] 13% Interim s/o year

1913 on preferred shares ng Malaya Final of 5 making 7/- for 1913. Coupon No. 22,

41.70 per share and bonus of 50 cents per share for

ending 30°4'13.

89 for 1912

$9 for 1897

Interim of 5% Coupon No. 3 acbonnt of year end- *ing 30,614,9

Int of 1/6 mak. 6/6 a/c, 19:5 1/2 for 1909

$9.50 for year 1913

$3 for 1913

Tle: 9 for 1912

Interim of Tiz 3 for. 1913

Tla. 6 29'2'10

First year

17 on old ebares, #3:50)

on new shares for year 31'12-13 YEA

$314 for 14 year ending

30 6.14

50 cents for 1913 $2.80 for 1913

Interim of 5 p.s.for. year ending 30′5′13 $2.00 ) for 14 year ending .30.614

15 per cent for 1910 Tis. 15 for year,

311013.

ending

Tie 10 for year end-

ing 30'6'13

T.12 foryear end'g31'12'12

Tle, 14 for year er ting) *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 t”) a/c_1914

$2 for 1913

Interim of The 1 mak- ing The. 2nfo 1913 None

80 cents on fully paid)

shares and 8 conts on $1 paidshares for year ending 30.4.3417 Final of 6d, making 73d/ per share for 1913.

$1.50 for 1910

No digidend this year 35 cta, for year end gå1,5.14

120 per ornk por ordinary share for year ended 3151912

$1.25 per share for year? cending 3112 1913 429

25. por dents.

adi

rear

317

6.80.13