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The Salgon Pepper Trade. In the course of a report on the trade of Havre for the year 19 3, the British Consul-General there. staten:-Saigon Llack pepper as regarde quality equals Tolli cherry, and would only be worth the same price in the world's market, but owing to its being admitted with privilege duty (to the extent of 2,500 Tons black and white, which is estimated to be ore year's Trenchconsumption) of 1.208 per 100 kilos., ns "com. pared with f312 per 100 kike. on foreign sorte, the French growers profit on the d.ff rice on the first cost in bond. Sigon white would compare in the same way with Singapore white. Statis tics show the improvement io this trade at Havre, which must De classified under two distinct beadinge :-

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1914,

NOTICES

BREWER & CO.

-X:0:-

·PUBLIC COMPANIES (Y

THE HONGKONG ELECTRIC CO., LTD. - NOTICE.

Pedder Street. (Adjoining Hongkong Hotel Main Entrance) NOT

Telephone No, 696.

THROUGH INDIA AND BURMAH

WITH PEN AND BRUSH,

by A. Hugh Fasher ANNALS AND ANTIQUITIES OF

RAJASTHAN.

THE

by Jamen Tod, In 2 Volumes

LIFE OR LEGEND, OF · GAUDAMA,

by Lord W. Gascoyne Cosil... WITH THE EMPRESS DOWAGER

OF CHINA,

$30,00

THE LOST TRIBES,

by George A. Birmingham... THE HOUSE OF MANMON,

by Fred M. Walto...

8.00 THE CRACKSWOMAN, by Carlton Dawo

THE WHIP.

by the Right Rev P. Bigandet CHANGING CHINA,

6.60

550

by Richard Parker. LETTERS TO CAROLINE, by Elinor Glyn

6.00

LADY URSULA'S HUSBAND,

by Florence Warden...

LALADE'S LOVERS,

by George A. Birmingham,..

6.00!

THE RED WALL,

by Frank Savile.....

600.

by Katharine A: Carl........ TWO YEARS IN THE FORBIDDEN

CITY,

by the Princess der Ling.... AMERICA AND THE AMERICANS, by Dr, Wa Ting Fung,

1.75.

NOTICES

Selling

SURCHARGED STAMPS-

T/T

..1,9 3/8 WAR SOUVENIRS.

Demand, 1/9 7/16 IMPERIAL INDIAN RELIEF 30 dia. 1/0 1/2

FUND..

EXCHANGE.

TT. Marks .......

Demand Germany...

Nom,

T/T. Franc..........a

On Haiphong

Nom,

On Saigon

Ta

On Banskok nên Ban

Buying.

4 m/s. D/P........1/10 1/8

4 mln. L/O

...1'10

**** 761.

884

.13494

6 m/s. L/C.........1/1036 30d/s,S'ney &M,

110

135

30 dle.San F'cc&N.Y.4594

4 m/s. Marks a

4 m/s. Francs

MYSORE & COORG BRANCH, 60 8/81/9 9/16 OTICE is hereby given that President Lt.-Col Bir H DALY, TT Shanghai 76b2

Scrip Certificates for 13

*K.C.I.E., C.S.I.

Private 30 d/s sight Shares issued as undor:-

The Committee of the above T/T Singapore 11th March 1889 37296/0 27th May 1890 17058/9. 23504. branch have decided to issue Japan ..... 27th June 1896 17719/21, 19154. Souvenir Stamps of the value of T/T India

Rupee One, Annas Four and Demand India *21947/8. in the name of Joao A. Da Luz Anose Two in ornnection with T/T Bombay....

Demand Bombay ...135. 175 (Deceased) of Hongkong, have the above Fund,

The stamps adopted uro, by T/T Calcutta been lost, and should the same 1.75 not be produced before the 13th permission of I. II. The Ma- Demand Calcutta

proximo, new Serip Certificates barajah, the Mysore General Demand Manila.... 88

with the T/T. San Fcu & N.Y.43]. 1.75 will be issued in favour of the stamps suroharged

said Jono A. Da Luz (deceased, words Imperial Indian Relier Demand, New York 43 7/8 1.73 and no transaction tak ng place Fund

under Scrip Certificates issued on the above-mentioned dates will 173 be recognised by the Company.

GIBB, LIVINGSTON & Co., 1.50

Agelts. Hongk ng. 28th Septembar, 1914.

1.50

THE DAIRY FARM CO., LTD. NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS

MAKE IT A HABIT---USE REGULARLY. THE EIGHTEENTH OR-

(1) The French domestic trade, which is almost entirely Berred with the Saigon product, which ia admitted on privilege duty of Perfect sanitation being so necessary for health, disinfection is f.208 per 100 kilos. This pre- imperative. Make a practice of using IZAL every day—just s cludes foreign-grown peppers little, diluted with water-pouring it down drains, sinks and w.c.'s entering into French consumption and sprinkling it in dustbins or other harbours of filth. Get IZAL with the exception of a little white pepper from Java and Singapore.

(2) Foreign peppers, compris ing Tellicherry, Alleppy (British) India), Singapore, and Java, are practically all re-exported, chilly. to the United States of America and to North and South Europe.

Havre with its vast warehouse accommodation carries large atceke in years of large crepiand low prices, which was the case in 1010 12, when considerable surples supplies which could not be held in the Eist fornd their way here to bold, and in 191213, owing to decreased prodaolion, have been distributed to the world's consumers. A regular export trade has been estai Lähed, competing a good de. 1 with London and the Netherlands. There is very little likelihood of

ZAL

$1ZAL

TRIUMPH OF

CONCENTRATION,

TT. Java

135

108

6 m/s. qu

Gold Leaf pet tael.. $57.20 Sovereign"

11.10 Nom

BarSilver, ready ... 24-1/3

forward

Bank of England rate

SUBSIDIARY COINS: Discount per $100:

They are of no value beyond that of serving as a Souvenir of the Great War now raging in Europe and as receipts for on-Jhinese...20 uta. pieces $17 1/8 tribution of small amount, and, Chinese...10 as all stamps issued have to be accounted for, purchasers of them ran rest assured that every anna aubsoribed in this way will reach its pr per destination.

Apply to

B. O. REYNOLDS, Residency Road, Bangalore. Bangalore, 31st August 1914.

NOTICE.

ין

DINARY YEARLY MEETING of Shareholders in the above Company will be held at the Company's Town Offi.. Lower Albert Road, Hongkong, because it positively kills disease on Saturday, 10th October, 1914 germs, stops infection and instantly at 12.15 p.m. for. the purpose of presenting the Report of the removes bad smells. IZAL- the guaranteed disinfectant Direc ora and Statement of Ac-wishing to form a branch in Hon kong are requested to send of unrivalled strength-is the oneer counts to 31st July, 1914.

their rames and addrestos to modern high power germicide.

PATRIOTIC," co "Hongkong Telegraph."

Officially adopted throughout the British Empire.

Mixes equally well with salt, brackish or fresh water. Write for Free Booklets—"Practical

Disinfection

and

"Rules of Health," One Gallon of IZAL makes 400 gallons of efficient disinfecting fluid.. AGENTS:

W. R. LOXLEY & CO., YORK BUILDINGS.

THE TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company will be LLOSED from 1st to 10th October, 1914 both days inclusive.

By order

M MANUK,

Sesrotary.

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF HONGKONG,

ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.

In the matter of the Companies Ordinance 1911 and

THE OVER-STAS CLUB. Any members of the above

WE

NOTIUE,

$18

BANKS

INTERUATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION.

Heads, Wall Street. New York London Office;=jd, Blɩbopsgate, L.G.

BRANCHES :-

Bambay

Kabe

Calcurta

Mabila

Canton

Myrica

Coba

Peking

San Francisco Shanghal Yokohama

Caton Emple

Hongkong

Capital and Surplussens Gold (3,1300,000

...mmunity EVERY DESCRIPTION OF BANKING BUS! NESS transacted.

"CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the maoni

DEPOSITS RECEIVED, 6xed for one yeRY AT 4% per anuum, or for aborter periods, ut cntos, which may be xained on application.

BILLS NEGOTIATED and COLLECTED MAIL and TELEGRAPHIC REMITTANCES made.

COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF CREDIT PURCHASE and SALE of Stocks an Shares

TRAVELLERS CHECKS; old and cashed:

E have sold to Dinshaw

Sorabjee Paowalla the LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS praniad

on all the pricipalckies in the World, stock in trade of the grocery1HE BANK'S CIRCULAR LETTERS OF business carr ed on by us at No. CREDIT are available all over the World, 14 Quesu's Road Central. Mr. Paowal a will carry on the busi- ness of a grocer and provision merchant at No. 14 Queen's Road Central under the name of Rut- to jes & Company, on the same line as hitherto done by us and our esteemed customers are kind- ly requested to extend to the NOTICE is hereby given that purchases the same support at

a Petition was on the 20thratronage that they have accord- day of August, 1914, presented toed to us during the past so many the Supreme Court of Hongkong years.

In the matter of the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.

NOTICE.

d

anything but very moderate vide for the work of relief. Thns The direct trade of Germany with by the above named Company to The Wine & Spirit business imports of foreign-grown peppers the heart of the people will be her colonies, which in 1806 confirm an alteration of the said will be carried on by us as before to this market for some time to settled and the market price for amounted to only m.11,000,000, Company's objects proposed to be at No. 12.Queen's Roat Ceutral.

H.RUTTONJEE & SON. come, but the operation of foodstuffs will be kept down. now far exceeds m.100,000,000. effected by a Special Resolution importing and holding as in 191 The meane deviced is an excellent The manifestation of progress in of the Company unanimously Hongrong, 1st Cotuber, 1914.

Extraordinary: 12 will be repeated again as soon one, and should the various the German colonies, says the passed at an

General Meeting of the as Eastern production overlapa districts be instructed to raise authority we have quoted, is only said Company held on the consumption and an outlet his to foods for the purchase there will one chapter out of the general 4th day of June 1914 and sub- I. the undersigned HORMUS- be found for surplus expplies. be no doubt that the corn ring of manifestation of German enter sequently unanimously confirmed JEE RUTTONJEE, hereby give The increased stock of Laigon-rice will be avoided, The short-prise in foreign countries, ́end' at an Extraordinary General, cotice that the partnership for- Corprivilege duty pepper has age or los incurred by the particularly over the seas. Their Meeting of the aid Company merly existing between myself been brought about by surplus purchase and resale can be made commercial, manufacturing, and held on the 30th day of June 1914 and Jehangir H. Ruttonjee under supplies over and above the 2,500 up at the end, when the work of agricultural undertakings, aand, which Resolution runs as tons admitted into the country relief is over. Therefore this though rooted in a foreign soll, on frivilege duty, and which if Ministry can see no reason why are an important support for required for Frenol consumption large funde should be allotted Germany's position in the world's would have to pay the higher for this purpose, as $150,000 business. This is especially true Bole of duty, and in consequence have already been raised by the of the works of civilisation on the is used for export trade. Thie Finance Bureau for the purpcse. grandest coale which German pepper competea largely with Peking Gazette. British grown Tellicherry and Alleppy. A good deal of this pepper is used in the "Bush decorticating trade, and finds its way to London.

The Tapioca Trade."

A British consular repal on

the commerce of Havre note that

at one time practically the whole

of the French trade in (apjoe was

supplied from Singapore and Penang, but of late years Java has considerably increased in yield, with improved quality.

Supply of Rice for Cheking

enterprise and German capital

Germany's Overseas Trade. have oreated in the course of "the"

follows:-

"That the provisions of the "Company's Memorandum of Association with respect to is object be altered ao as "to read as in the Frint signed "by the Chairman of the Meeting for the purposes of "identification.” .

the style of H. Rattorjee & Son was dissolved on the 27th day of) Jure, 1918 and that my interest and responsibility in the future dealings of that firm ceased on that date.

I further give notice that I have this day revoked all powers of attorney heretofore given by ma to my son the said Jehangir H.

It may be pointed out that if past few decades in non-Europe And notice is further given that Ruttonjee and that the said England is already suffering fiem cuntries-the great electrical the said Petition is directed to be Jehangir H. Ruttobjee has rio the upheaval in its early stages, undertakings, irrigation systems, heard before His Honour Mr. authority to sign my name.

Dated the 2nd day of October, there can be no question whatever and especially railways, which-Henry Hessy Johnston Gompertz that Germany is a still greater like the Baghdad Railway and the Acting Chief Justice of the said 1914.

Court on Wednesday the 21st day sufferer. Through the action of Shantung Railway-open

UP of October 1914 at 10.30 o'clock

With reference to the above

our fleet, our trade with other anew, under German dir ction, in the forenoon and any person advertisement notice is hereby than European countries is con extensive regions and develop interested in the said Company Even that the business of H. tinuing, though"possibly zot at them into sourors of supply for whether

Ruttonjee & Son has been carried 29 Creditor policy the same rate that existed a month the import trade and into markels holder or otherwise desirous ago; but matters in this respect for exports-London and China to or poss the making of an are improving. Late figures of Exp: css.

.total

trade are Germany's wanting: bat an idea of ite

Tabooed.

"

1.

4+

order for the confirmation of the Baid alteration under

N. S. MARSHALL Manager. Queen's Road, Hongkong Hongkong, Lat Nov. 1912 ·

THE OKOHAMA SPECIE BANK

YOKOHALIMITED.

Hongkong.20 ets, plecos #1216 Hongkong-10

$123

BANKS

Nom.

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING, CORPORA-

TION.

Paid-up Capital .........$15,000,000 RESERVE FUNDS:

Sterling

£1,500,000 at 2-

$15,000,000 Silver ...$18,000,000

$33.000,000 Reserve. Liability, of "A

Proprietors...$15,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS. Hon. Mr. D. Landale. Chairman, W. 1. Pattenden, Esq. Deputy

Chairman.

S. H. Dodwell, Esq. G. T. M. Edkina, Esq.

C. S. Gubbay, Esq.

P. H. Holyoak, Esq.

J. A. Plummer, Esq. Hon. Mr. E. Skellim. CHIEF MANAGER: Hongkong--N. J. Stabh ACTING MANAGER. | Bhanghai-J. D. Smart. London Bankers-London County and Westminster Limited.

Hongkong-Interest Allowed:

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

ON FIXED DEPOSITS. For 3 months. 24 per cent, per

anrium.

Established 1880.

Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 For 6 months, 31 per cent. nar

30,000,000 Paid-up Capital

“snnum." Reserve Fund

18,900,000 | For 12 months, 4 por cont. 'por

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA.

Broches Aujung-Heis Boy

Calesita Chungchun

Daire

- Fanglion Harbin

Kobe

Li Yang Lead a

Lyons

Tinglad

Agencies ai Nagasaki

Newchwang

New York

Ouka

Pelle Ryclub (Port Arthur) San Frajauca Shanchal

Tidleg

Thuin

Tokyo

Los Angeles Tangtan

Interest Allowed on Current Account. Deposits received for Gand perleda at iales to be alt on application.

EISHI ONO, Man ager. [18 Henglong, 6th April, 1913.

THE CHARTERED BANK

INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND

CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter 1853.

OF

annum,

A. G. STEPHEN Acting Chief Manager.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

THE Business of the above

Bank is conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORFORATION.

Rules may be obtained on ap plication.

INTEREST on deposits is al- lowed on the minimum monthly, balancee at 133 per cent. per an- [num.

Depositors may transfer at their option balances of $100 or more- to the Hongkong and Shangħat Bank to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT 4- per cent, per annum.

For the Hongkong and Shang. hai Banking Corporation,

AĞ STEPHEN Acting Chief Manager.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

by nie Jehangir Hormurjee Ruttonjee alone since the 27th HEAD OFFICE.-LONDON.

ine 1913, the date of dissolution Paid-up Capital ..... .£1,200,000 of partnership between myself Reserve Fund...

£1,800,000 the above Ordinance should and Hormusjee Ruttonjee.

Reserve Liability of Dated 5th October, 1914.

Proprietors £1,200,000 appear at the time of hearing by

J. H. RUTTONJEE. himself or his Counsel for the

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and purpose and a copy of the said Petition will be furnished to any

General Banking business trans- acted.

Authorised Japital.....£1,500,000 - CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-Subscribed

DEACON, LOOKER, DEACON

"ነ & HARSTON,

1, Des Voeux Road, Central,

* Hongkong,

SINGON & CO.

Established A, D. 1880,

WARE MERCHANTS. Wholesale ceived for 1

Wm. DICKSON.

Honorana, 11th. Annil, 1912.

and Retail Ironmongers, Pig Iron and at rates which will be quoted on Foundry Coke Importers. GeneralStore-application. keepers and Shipchandlers, No. 55 und 37, Hing Loong Street, (2nd Street wort of Caniral Marketi Telephons Nn. $15.

EAK TRAMWAY U0

LIMITED.

Solicitors for the Company. PEAR

NOTICES

NOTICE.

TIME TABLE:

WEEX DAYE. 5.00 AM, ta 5.00 AM, EVERY 15 MIN. AM, to 20:00 Á 17- 20 MIN.

£3.00 A. M. 10.00 AM, to

NOTICE,

Manager.

1:2

THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE

'CO., LTD. y

Fund

DANIES

1,125,000

JAKKER 362,500

BANKERS:

465,000

Bank of England. London Joint Stock Baur, Limited.

Every description of Exchange business transacted,

Interest allowed on Current A- {counts at 2 per cent, per annum on Daily Balance and on Fixed Deposits at rates which may be ascertained on application.

The Chinese Ministry of magnitude may be gained All French and English words Finance has submitted a peti- from the fact that her imports have disappeared from shop fronts tion to the President to the during 10:2 13 had a sterling in Berlin and it is considered un: effect that a petition was value of £578,005,000, while her patriotic, even to use them is snch person requiring the same received from the Governor of ex poris daring the same 12 months conversation. Among the banned by the undersigned the Company's Chekiang stating that on account were valued at £481,210,000 words formerly in common ute Solicitors on payment of the re-RON, STEEL, METAL and HARD.ed and F1 year or shorter periods Reserve F of the drought it is expected that This gives a total of imports and may be mentiorel robes," gulated charge for the same," there will be a bad harves, In exports of something approrching *manteaux, *** tailor-made," Dated the 21st day of August, the year of good harvest this pro- ci,110,000,000, equal to say, an "manique,'

English clothing" 1914. vince has also to depend upon average during that period of and similar trade expressions. neighbouring provinces for the something like £00,000,000 ster Salary of Chinese Magistrates. supply of rice, and in view of the ling per month. These colossu! As shown by recent Mandales coming disaster it is important figura will offer some idea of the the Government has paid special that more supply should be asko 1 manger in which Germany must attention to the Magistrates of for. Therefore the Chiết of the suffer in the event of the war being the county. As they are officials Finance Bureau has been instract- andely prolonged. It may be in close contact with the 18ple, ed to raise a loan of $160,000 mentioned that during 1912 Gend their responsibility to locally and sond reliable men to many took over 240,000.000 protect the districts and to serue purchase rice from the neighbour-worth of British produce, while, peace and order for the people, ing provinces to supply the want on the other hand, she exported their actions have therefore grest THE Companie des Messager- in Mar times be to inform of the people, The Magistrates to this contry in the same year ell, at upon the general admini-the public that during the present of the varions districts should over £70,000,000 worth, so that ration of the Government. The heati itie in Europe, their Mall raise funde locally to purchase the complete cessation of business Government is of opinion that it Seamers will not call at Hong-

Kobe rice from the men sent to the with this county alone in a very is uõjust to give them so small a kong, Shanghai, neighbouring provir.cee for same, serious item in the economic life salary and expect so much from Yokohams-the last port of ca'l to be resold to the people, so that of Germany. According to hem. Inthelcelcficial sysum, being Haiphong, until further thero, will be no peasibility of recent work by a great German which was promulgated sometime notice. cornering of rice by the wickedcoremist Germany'e a lonialgo the monthly salary of a merchants. However, $110,000 Empire now embraces an area of Magistrate is only between $240 are insufficient for such purposes, 2,000,000 square kil metres, ridend $310. Therefore instructions therefore it is requested thatalarge a therefore but five times as have been issued to the Ministry The Laicat Improvements toward sum of money be allotted for this large us the Ge.man Empire, of Interior to the effect that the Lasting Workmanship and Painless purpose, etc. As the drought in The native population may be temporary local official system Operations. No charge for examination Chekiang is sure to result in a estimated at more than 11,000, with regard to the Falary of Fees moderate Diploms. Zodo shortage of the supply of food-000, the white population Magistrates should be revised and stuffs of the people, it is important exceeds 27,000, whereas it was that higher rates ahould be to take up measures now to pro- not quite 10,000 ten years ago. allowed them.Prieing Gazelle

and

AMERICAN DENTISTRY

PORCELAIN FILLINGS,

Dr.T. YAMASAKI

34, Queen's Road Central re Corner of Flower Street.) Telephone 62. /.-1

+45

10

145 7. 10

#

19 MIN,

15 Mt.

-10 MINI

15 Pin 1025 9.00 15:00 8.36, to

NIGHT CARE.. 1.st .M; and, « EMA DAS Y30, 20 II DO Fevɩy half hour), (

11.bor. TENIS & MANAGE" every charter of an

KEUNDAYS", ZNAN

7,45 am. Voʻ-10-30 am. Every 13 Min.

13. AM. 1.19.00 Not

5.00 20:

K. Mr.

as Mete

3. 100 7.26 to 2 Bus 1 Ma,

$:00 1,36, in NIGHT CARS M on Wesk Day

SATURDAYS

Latin Cay at-30 "widnight. ZUPÉCIAL CANS

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

Loans on Mortgage of House Fro perty, &o.

Goods received on Storage.

Advances made on Merchandise: | Maiwa, New.... Loans made on the Provident Malwa, Old ****

atna, New MICH

System.thePr

R. LINTON

Manager

OPIUM QUOTATIONS.

**Sept. 14

18.300 par p

8,300

325 per ce 9,200.

9,050 8,625

(Rates and Particulars on ap- Patus, Old Matz

plication), od traged

The Office of TRUSTEE EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &co., Undertaken and Executed.: 14 SHEWAN TOMES & Co.

General Managers. Hongkong, 19th March, 1908

Bonares, New Bepater. Ola

THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Beaten, if Equalled. For Bread, Cakes, Confectionery. and incals with Wings & Liquors