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RUBBER SHARE REPORT.

STERLING SHARES.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 1916. *

(PRICES BY MAIL From SINGAPORE Dated "January 14th, 1916)

Nem. Value.

£

Buyers-

Sellers-

Allagar

1/104

1 Anglo-Java

19-

146

Anglo-Malay

10%-

11/5

Aver Kunion

18:6

135

Batang Malaka

1,9

Batu Caves

230; nom

1 Batu ga

57/6

- Bekob

£

1 Bukit Kajang

2- Bakit Mertajam

£

1 Bekit Rajsh

41 42

£

Bukit Selangor

Bakit Sembawang-

1 Castlefield

2- Chersonese

Chimpul 13 p.a.

- Cicely Ord.

Prei

2-Consolidated Malay

1 Damansara

"Dennnistown

1 Duff

- Edinbur

-Galang Besar

1 Golconda

1 Hajeop

*- Heawod

1ighlands & L'lands

3- Jasin

Kamuang Perak

1 Kapar Para

1 Kepitivalla

2/-Kamboh

Kota Ting

1 Kula Lumpur

2- Labu (FMS)

1 Lanadroz

1 Langed

1 Ledbury

* Lincei Ord.

- London Asiatic.

ง

*

£

£

1 Lumut

Malacca Pref.

Ond.

Malayalam

Merlimau

1 Mount Austin

1 Norcanal

- Padang Jawa

Paraling

1 Pegoh

2- Perak

1 Permas

2- Port Dickson ukatpf

£

1 Rembla Pref.

1 Rembia Ordy.

9 R. Est. of Knap

£

1 Seafeld

2/- Selangor

3

1 R. Invest Plan: Trust 17/6-på

1.Sendayan

1 Seremban

4316

38.6

42:6

19.6

82.6

24

4,3

16-

19/6

31.9

10-

4/2

2010

1.6

18%

21/6

-17,6

201

1 Sialang

46

Singapore Para

1/10

-Singapore United

2/-Straits S. Bertam

2- Sumatra Para

1 Sungei Chob

Sungei Kapar

1 Sungel Erian Pre

و

813 42/0

1 Tebrau

42/0

2- United Serdang

9/9

£

1 United Sua Betong

27/6

United Sumatra

4:0

- United Temiang

17

2) Valdor

1/5

2- Vallambrosa

15:5 4/3

*- Yam Seng

DOLLAR SHARES.

$

1 Alor Gajah

10 Ayer Hitan

1 Ajer Kuning

Ayer Molek

Sayer Panas

1 Balrownie

10 Bukit Timah

WHITEAWAY'S

NEW CURTAINS AND GRETOUNES.

LOOSE COVERS, MADE TO ORDER FROM $4.75-

Fit guaranteed. many designs to Choose from, fast ColourTS. Pattern book on Application..

GLAZED

CHINTZ

Fog Loose Covers, many good designs Width 36 inches. Special Price 35 cents. This is well worth 65 cents për yard.

MADRAS MUSLIN

NOTTINGHAN

LACE

CURTAINS.

Design exact to

illustration. In “

White or Eerd

Strong wearing,

double mesh.

Length 37 yards

Price 14.75

and many other design from $2.00 up to

$13.50 a pair.

For Short Curtains with a 9-inch frill, and loops attached fr

threading through rod r tape. In White or Earu.

Width 27 inches.

Price 70 cents per Fard.

VITRAGE

NETS

For French Windows, Width about 27 inches. Finished on both sides. In White. Ivory, or Ecru.

Price 65 cents Per Yari,

WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW & Co., LTD.

20, DES VEUX ROAD, HONGKONG.

NOTICES.

THE WEST POINT BUILDING

CO., LIMITED.

NOTICES.

THE HONGKONG LAND

INVESTMENT AND AGENCY

COMPANY, LIMITED. Notice is hereby given that the Twenty-eighth Ordinary Meeting of Shareholders in this Company will be held at the Oices of Messrs. Jardine Matheson & Co.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN than the TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING ofSHAREHOLDERS in this Company will be held at Ltd. on Tuesday 1st February the Offices of Messrs. Jardine,

1916 at noon. for the purpose

NOTICES,

THE HONGKONG ROPE MANUFACTURING

GO., LTD.

ESTABLISHED 1883

MANUFACTURERS OF

PURE MANILA ROPE

S STRAND

to 15" CIRCUMFERENCE

GABLE LAID

3" to 15" CIRCUMFERENCE

4 STRAND 3" to 10". CIRCUMFERENCE

Oil Drilling Cables of any size up to 3,000 feet in length. Prices, Samples and full particulas will be forwarded on application

SHEWAN TOMES & CO. General Managers.

North British & Mercantile Yorkshire

Insurance Company.

in which are vested the shares of THE OCEAN MARINE INSURANCE CO. LTD.

and

THE RAILWAY PASSENGERS AS-

SURANCE COMPANY."

(TOTAL FUNDS AT 31st

42.970.967

DECEMBER 1914)

-Authoritized Capital-£5,000,000

Subscribed Capital – £STONO .

5.9.437.500

Paid-up Capital IL-Fire Fanda -- III.-Life and Annuity Funda. 17567.390

Staking Fund Accocti

Reverze Fire Branch -

£43,970,367

381555

Life and Annnity Branches - - - - 2 151,553 Marine Department

Other Receipts - - - -

$2,940

The Accumulative Furce of the var- lers Bacher are separasely, love sted and by Act of Parliament, are set aside to meet the claime under the, respective Departments of the Company's banness.

Insurance

Co., Ltd.

ESTABLISHED 1884.

The Undersigned AGENTS for

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the above Company are prepar

to ACCEPT RISKS &gaisto

FIRE at Current Rates.

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SHEWAN TOMES & CO,

AGENTS.

AN IDEAL DRINK FOR

SUMMER MONTHS

WHITEWAY'S

CYDER

SWEET OR DRY.

As supplied to all the leading London Hotels and Clubs, such as the Savoy, Claridge's, the Berkeley, Trocadero, Eyde Park,

Automobile,

Royal

Raleigh and Conservative Clubs.

SOLE AGENTS:

H. RUTTONJEE & SON,

WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS.

Matheson & Company, lamited, of receiving the Report of Direc- THE HONGKONG & WHAM-

zors together with Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December 1915. The Register of

POA DOCK Co., Ltd

NOTICE.

on ICE DAI, LẠI February |1916 at 113) am, for the purpose of receiving the Report of Direc tors together with a Statement of shares of the Company will be Accounts for the year ending 31st closed from Thursday 20th Jan- taken up sad paid for the New 01 Shareholders who have December, 1915,

The REGISTER of SHARES Hay to Tuesday is: February Shares offered to them can ob- of the Company will be CLOSED 1916 (both days inclusive, dur- tain the Certificates therefor on the Zuth 18 which period no Transfer of application as Company's Office from THURSDAY

Shares can be Registered. to TUESDAY

in Hongkong on and after the January

(both February, 1915.

days inclusive), during which period

By Orden RM. Dyst. no Transfer of Shares can

Chief Manager,

By Order of the Board,

of Directors.

Ist

MOWBRAY, S. NORTHCOTE Acting Secretary to the Hongkong Land Investment &

Agency Co., Limited. General Agents for the West Point Building Co., Limited. Hongkong. 13th January, 1916.

NOTICE.

325

$,50

26,00

30.00

1,15

1,25

·2.10

9.5

9,00

3,50

5,00

6.00

be Registered

14.00

16,00

1 Buti: K. B.

-0.83

0,90

1 Bakit Katil

0.77%

0.87%

1 Bukit Jelotong

0.65

0,75

5 Changkat Serdang

8,50

0.00

1 Glenealy

1,80

1.40

5 Haytor

7,50

8.00

10 Indragiti

10.00

11.00

1 Jeram Kuantan

1.25

1.45

1 Jimsh

0.822

1.92

5 Kelemak

4.25

4,75

2 Kempas

5.00

5.30

3 Lunas

4.50

4.75

1 Malaka Pinda

2.00

9.95

2 Malakof

4.10

4,25

1 Mandai Tekong

0.70

0,85

5 Mergui

3.10

3,50

2 New Serendah

2,80

3,00

Nyalas

4.80

5.10

5. Раўн

16.00

17,00

1 Pantai

1.50

1,65

10 Pulau Bulang $8.50 pd.

2,00

8,00

1 Penggor

0.70

0.80

5 Radella

14.00

11,00

2 Sandycr:ft

9,00

10.00

1 Sembrong

0.17

*0.25

→ Sungei Bagan

2,00

2,50

1 Tambalak

0:65

0.934

15.50

16.25

5 Teluk Anson

2.50

10.25

2 Trafalgar

0.95

3.10

1 Uin Pandan

0.55

1 United Malacca

3.70

0,65. 1,25

WRIGHT & HORNBY,

10 Tapah

Skare and General Brokers 6. Des Voeux Road Central,

Tel, address, Rectitude.

THE TELEGRAPH BAES. MJT. HOLD ITSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF

THE ABOVE QUOTATIONS.

THE HONG KONG LAND RECLAMATI ›N COMPANY

LIMITED.

¦ 13th instant,

By Order of the Board of DirectorS. MOWEBAY'S. NORTHCOTE,

Acting Secretary... Hongkong, 13th January, 19.6:

▸

NOTICE

THE HONGKONG CENTRAL ESTATE LIMITED.

CONSIGNEES. NOTICE TO CONSIGNEES OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANY, LTD. AND CHINA MUTUAL STEAM NAVIGATION CO. LTD. Consignees per Co's Steamer

COMMERCIAL.

Wolfram,

It was pointed out as early as September by a trade journ=} thai-Bar- & which first began to mîne wolfram în 1910, is how the largest producer of tangsten ore in the word. Ta retu as pab- lished in September showed that |the outlarn in Barms was nearly **

three thousand tons, or twice te mount;roduce by the Unïtai States, which standa next on the List.

Ever since Sir Harcourt Butler came to Burma he beg rat

himse'f out to bring about a1 increase in the output in this valashle mineral. His recent tour in the wolfram area, his speech to the members of the Chamber of Misen at Taroy, and the gab. sequent steps taken in the placing n special duty of various oficials, such as Mr. W. B. Brander, Mr. J. P. Hardiman, and Mr. C. E Wollaston is resulting in a speed- ing up of the outpat. Handreds of coolies have been recruited froma. Behar and Orians, Mr. Hardiman's mision to Sagapore, Penang, and other Straits staticus with the object of securing Chinese work- ers has also been successful; and Tavoy as the hub of the industry is hamming with ectivity.

Duff Development.

Once again the Duf Davelop ment Company shows a balance on the wrong side of its accounta the total income from all sources for the year ended 31st December last amounting to only £43,900, whereas the working expenses, including depreciation, esc, totall- ed L61,400. There was thas a net loss of £17,500, which cam- pares with a loss of £22,500 in the previous year. The amount of gold recovered realised £3,- 600; as compared with £3,400, bat it is impossible to tall from the report whether the dredg ing operations were conducted at a profit or not. The Company's main interests are now in its rabber estates the output for 1914 being 285,500 pounds. I will be at least two years, how- ever, before the greater part of its planted ares comes into bear- ing, and in the meantime econ- omy in working is the most important consideration since the debit balance amounts to £40,000, while the auditors significantly comment on the fact that no depreciation has been written off dredgers, baldinga ör machinery at the rubber estat69, -Fincial Times.

•

The Increase in Wheat Production,

Interesting information regard- the resources of the Empire is given in a Blue-book containing & memorandum and tables pre- pared by the Dominions Royal Commission on the food and raw material requirements of the United Kingdom. With regard to wheat, it shows that the percent-10- KNIGHT COMPANION

age of total imports received from are hereby notified that the Cargo the Empire rose from 29-3 per cent. will be discharged into Holt's in the period 1901-5, to 69-4 per Wharf, Kowloon, where it will he cent in the three years ended 1913. at Consignee's risk. The Cargo This large increase was, of CONTRE, will be ready for delivery from mainly due to Canada, As to

Godown on and after 20th Jan,

Optional cargo will be landed, future supplies figures are given unless notice has been given prior which stow that while in Ear THE HONGKONG & WHAM-' to steamer's arrival.

opean and extra-European coun- POA DOCK Co., Ltd.

All broken. chafed, and damag tries the increase in the wheat- Shareholders desirous of maked goods are to be left in the growing area is poceeding at Godowns, where they will be practically the same rate as the ing inquiries in respect of the de-enture issue should apply to Friday between the hours of 45 British Empire the wheat area is examined on any Tuesday of increase in population, in the the Company's office in Hongkong.!

a.m. and npo.

R. M. DYER.

Chief Manager

NOTICE

rent.

All Claims against the Steamer must be presented to the ander signed on or before the 9th Feb or they will not be recognised

No Fire Insurance will be ef-

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN All applications for debeatures No claims will be admitted developing far more rapidly, so that the SECOND ORDINARY must be sent in before the 29th after the goods have left the that the Empire, as a whole, is MEETING of SHAREHOL February 1916.

steamer's Godown, and all Goods becoming more self supporting. Forms may be had on applica remaining undelivered after the The total production of wheat DERS in this Company will be held at the Offices of Messrs. tion.

25th January will be subj ct to within the Empire, which was Jardine. Matheson & Company,

22,500,000cwt in 1901, had Limited.on Tues:ay.1st February

risen to 392,700,000cwi, in 1911, 19 6, at 11.45 am. for the pur

an increase of 75 per cent. pose of receiving the Report of

in Directors together with the State- NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN ment of Accounts for the year that the FIFTEENTH ORDIN- ending 31st December 1915. ARY MEETING of SHARE- THE REGISTER of SHARES TELE HOLDERS in this Company will of the Company will be CLOSED be held at the Offices of Messrs. from THURSDAY 20th January Jardine Matheson & Co. Ltd. on to TUESDAY 1st February, 1916 Tuesday 1st February, 1916. at both days inclusive), during 12.15 pin for th purpose of which period no Transfer receiving the Report of the Dir Shares can be Registered ectors together with a Statement By Order of the Board of Accounts for the year ending

3 si December 1915

of Directors.

of

The Hongkong Central Estate,

Ltd. The REGISTER of SHARES of the Company wille CLOSED MOWBRAY 5. NORTHCOTE,

Acting Secretary tó from THURSDAY 20th- Jäb. to. TUESDAY 1st February 1916

The General Managers, (both days inclusive), during Hon kong 13th, January 1916. which period no Transfer of j Shares can be Registered

By order of the Board of Directors E BRUCE SHEPHERD,

Acting Secretary. Hongkong 13th Janna y, 1916.

CHEBINA

PROVIDENT fected. LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

(Capital Paid tip $1,250,000.) Loans on Mortgage of House Pro- perty, &c

Goods received an Storaga. Advances made on Merchandies: Loans made on the Provident

System:

(Rates and Particulars on ap

plication).

The Office of TRUSTEE EXECUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c Undertaken and Executed.

BEEWAN TOMES & CO

-- General Manageries and meals with wines & Liquor.- Hongkoog, 19th March, 1690

THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Beaten, if Equally. fr Bread, Cakes, Confectionerd

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE.

Agants. Hongkong, 19th January, 1916.

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Givos Imtant E. “If

Normader what, your, resy way Derana may be suðurfing somewhether

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FAKED 13.

CURE FORE

ASTHMA

the same period. the what area increased by 45.5 per cent, whereas the percentage of population rose by only 6.8 per cent. With regard to meat, only in the case of pork, bacon, and ham have the supplies from the Diminions shown a tendency. to decline. But the Canadian ez- port trade has materially decreas-- ed of late youre, in fact Canada now imports mutton-from New Zealand for her own consumption. All the Dominions have in recent years devoted special attention to the increased production of fruitf Statistics are given which inci cate that, in general, the proda cers of the United Kingdom havo In recent years held their own the production of food supplies, Times.