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COMMERCIAL

Rubber Earnings. Some of the lay papers are be coming alive to the foot that rubber plantation companies are earning double the profit with rubber at 36. per lb. to what they do with the commodity at Sa. per Ib, observes the L, and C. ExpreES. They are also beginning to point out that the price of shares bas not risen in like ratio to the advance in the price of the article.

Eren allowing for forward sales

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY

SHARE REPORT.

COMPARATIVE SHARE QUOTATIONS.

1-SEZLERS

SA-SALES

S

1914.

To-day's

Closing

STOCK.

cf Shares

Sumber Par Paid

Fahre IP

1914.

Highest

Lowest

Prieme

SO-DOW

1915. 1915.

Hisbasi LowUES,

Stace Since 2415 May, 16th May,

to po

Last Dividend

and Date

st, prices much below current fex div. $795

rates the earnings in most cases

will tell their tale when dividends

come to be declared.

Chinese Rice Association.

Banks..

K. & Sha Banking Corp. 120.000 8105 all

(£23/- at 5% bonus equal to $55 July. 700 Oct 8451 div. 790 c. div. 1. $25.14 for 16 year 31/12/15

8

225

[Final of $4 a/c 1913. Interim

of $18 a/c 1914. Final of 19) pe making

25 pc. for 1914 Final of $20 and bonus of $5 making $55 for 1913 and Interim of $30 for 1914 Final of $15 mak. $18 for 1913

& Int, of $ for 1914

be

$417

£180

Marine Insurances. Canton Ing. Offee, Ld... North China Ins. Co., Lâ..........

10.000 $250 50

10,000 £15 £5

$50 Dec. 305 Oct. 495

145 May 133 Jaz 180

$60

160

$975

$245

Union In Sty of Cton, Ld.

Yangtare Ins. Assoc. Ld.

12,400 $250, 100 8479 April 700 Oct $942

12,000 100 60

$855

2:0 April 19214 Jan

$161 $430.

Fire Insurances, China Fire Ins. Co., Ld. F'kong Fire Ins. Co. Ld.....

20,000 $00 20 8,000 $250 50

160 395

July 140 Feb. 368

Oct. 162 April 420

130

$9 for 1913

385

$2 for 1913

"

20,000 $50 all | 36 80,000 $15 all 99

Mar. 24 Nov, * 126

Jan. 22

45

Dec.

23

19

60,000 160,000

}

all 79

Jan. 50 Sept

183 96

b.

زیه

ឌ

$41 for year ending 30.6.15

Final of $100 for year ending 1 $1.12.15

For several years past, fasys the Rangoon Gazette), the Chinese rice merchants of Pansag and Singa-b pors have had in those places an organisation known as the rice guild which brought together all merchants in the rice trade in those places for the transaction b. of both business and pleasure. 3 These guilds have not only a club house, but a hostel attached where on out of town merchanta coming b. in to transact business, they could be housed and taken care of in the guild without any of the members having to disarrange his

housebold. [b. personal These guilds have proved so successful that a proposal to b. establish something similar ia Bangoon was faron-ably received. and some time ago the Straits |3. Rice Merchants' Association, Est- goon, came into existence. The members of this new avecciaton all have branches in Penang and Singapore, so they sat about gett- ing a clubhouse and hostel such as the guilds in Penang and Singa (b. póre have. The property at the 4nonhwest corner of Pagoda and B.

Simpson roads formerly used as the Government Normal School | 8. was through the instrumentality of Mr. Yeo Eng Byan, a member of the ræsociation, secuted.

d.d

Shipping.

$126 Douglas Steamship Co. La 19 Hong C&MSS. Co,12

$185

Indo-China ( Combined $136

Steam Naviga- Deferred $491 tion Co, LdPreferred

98-

Shell Tport & Tag Co. Ld 3,797,610 £1

$39 Star Ferry Company, Le.... 40,000 $30

al

49

Mar. 40

NOT.

40

32

$140

$39

Refineries. China S, Refining Co, Ld... Lazon S. Refining Co, Ld..........

20,000 #100 all 7,000 $iro al

961 31

Feb. 70 Jam

2

Nov. 140 Dec. 46

iii

$3 for 1912

274

$3 for 1897

Mining.

Kailan Mining Admin tion. 1,000,000 £1

섬

106 Feb. 70/- Sept 97/- div. 82)-

(6 pc, on p. s. &Jae onda for year 1914. a quoted az 9 pc,div in EX from 29.9.15. an interim div. of 6 pc. on the combined e. paid in London 23.3.15 quoted ex divan H.X.11245 Interim of 2-(Coupon No 25)

making 7/-for 1915 ($150 per share and bonus of 40 cents per share for year ending 30415

1916.

BANKS.

BANK OF ANTON LIMITED

HEAD OFFICE HONGKONG

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business Trans- acted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open-

BANKS

HONGKONG & SHANGHA

~BANKING CORPORA

TION

Paid-up Capital $15,000,000 RESERVE FINDS:

Stering

..

£1,500,000 at 24-

***$15,000,000

Silver $18,000,000

ed and FIXED DEPOSITS Re-Reserve Liability of ceived.

INTEREST ON FIXED

DEPOSITS:

For 3 Months 3% per annum

For 6 Months 4% per annum

For I Months 43% per annum LOOK FOON SHAN,

Chief Manager.

INCRE

NOTICES

CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE

CO., LTD.

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

Loans en Morgage of House Property, &a. Goods received on Storage

Adveness made en Merchandise. Loans made on the Provident System Caces and Particulars on application).

- TRISTER, EXELLTOR OF WILLS,

AMORNET, kr, Tadessäten and Executed

SHEWAN, TOMES & Că, General Managers.

NOTICE

Proprietors

$33.000,00€

„$15,000,000 $

COURT OF DIRECTORS.

Pacienden Zag, -Charen

>H. Doweli. Ing. Dupary - kúruna.

G. T. X. Edkin Bug.

C.

Gabby. Ex.

Boa, XL, F., Bayout

HAM, MOV, Lunchie,

1. A. Plummer, Sag. Tea. Ma M. Shellinn,

CHEF LANTER Boag tone. Nad Eg..

MANAGER

London Bankers-London County and

Westminster, Limitent

Hongkong-Laurent Alioured": Da Cament Accons at the race of t per zraz, per annuts on, the stally balanck

ON FILED DEPORTS

For 3 cards, per cent. per annum. For 6 monti, da per cent, PET ARLISLER, For in mouths, 4 per cent, per me,

N. J. STABB.

Chief Mana; OR,

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANI.

THE Eine of the above Bank is conducted by the ELSGLONG ANP SHANGHAI BANKIN

CORPORATION. Rates may be obtained on application, DILRES on deposits is allowed on the sit- imum monthly balances at Bjå per cent, per D

Depositors may transfer, at ibeir option.._bulances of $50 or more

the Hongkong and Shanghai

Bank to be placed on FRED DEPOSIe xe 4 per

COD. E' in 1970.

For the Hongkong and Shanghai Shaking Corpora tion,

N.J. STABB,

Chief Manager.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMIRMED.

Head Office 15, Gracechurch.

Street, London.

$1,500,000

1,325,00€

562,500

500,000

EAK TEAMWAY CO Authorised Capital .................

LIMITED.

PEAK

TIME TABLE.

Subscribed Paid Up

Reserve Fund

4:00. Trawy 29 Mar

10 MIL.

INOC AM be

· WEEK DAYS.

BANKERS:

The Bank of England,

BRANCHES

*he Loudon Toáre a sock Musik, Limited.

Bomber

Calcutta

Kanchi Kota Bhar Kuala Lumpu Mladins

Perang

80 9314

Tix. 616 for year ending 29.2.34

($2.50 for half year ending 13112.15

$ for year ending 31.12.15 35 cents for year 1915 $2 for 1915

[Dividend of 6 pc for 1 year

1 ending 30.6.15 $2.25 for half year ending 31.12.15 $7.00 for year ending 31.12,15...

Tis. 16 for year ending 31 10-15 184 Tla. 1.50 for year ending 301115

Ts. 12 for 1913

Dividend of Tis. for year

Jan 24 10 3.00 3.200

KIGEZ CAR5 au on West Dogs-

SATURDAYS

Past Chest w midnight.

APECIAL CARS

By Actual Dhe Company's Ollice

*

Du Terra Ford, Cerunt, "Season and punch kitais svailable for ret already full, renang at the time stated in the Company's metables, but not for spatial cars com

be obtained or application at the Company's Offer

No Sous ticket will be iad until permet the terhas made in Bank Notas or by Cheque of Comprador de reprcting Bank Karta

JOHN E. bUMÉERZYS & SOO

¿

MITSUBISHI GOSHI

Sandy

Manghai

Singapor

FONGKONG_BRANCE.

Every description of Banking and Exchange | business transacted

**Interest allowed on Garrest Accounts at e perzvuz, perantem on Day Balances, and on Finet Depos at rates which may be ascertained on applications.

C. CHAMPKIN,

Acting Manager

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA ASD CHINA

→wporated by Royal Charter Be

* BEAD OFFICE-----__ Paid-up Capital

Barve Fund.

Beve abdity of Proprieton £300,000

FOREIGN CHANGE and General Banting

Besides tradested. "CTEREST ACCOCSI opened and FIXED DEPO-ITS received for. I year or sharer perioda, an rate which will be quoted in application.

Wm. DICKSON,

Manager. Hongkong 11th April, 1912.

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

30/-

Raub Australian Gold Min-

@

all 41- Feb. 39/6 Dec.

33/6

30/

Interim of 1 sccount year

3.30

ing Co., Ldi...

Tronoh Mines Ltd.

35/-

Ural Caspians

200,000.. £1 all 3.10 Jan. 1.90 Nov. 160,000 £1 All 39/- Feb. 19/6 Nov: 32/6 796,666 LI all 56/6

21/3

411

37/6 1/-interim 1915

Docks, Wharves and

1 ending 30.6.15(Compan No. 5.) 316 1/2 for 1909

25/-b.1/-interim a/c 1935 paid 12.7.15

MIGHT CATS.

LG past anĚ, V PÁLÁ SND hike të

ILDO FOR: svag kall house

M

ze Max.

As Mana

BAŞ, HƏMİ

Colombo

5.00 130

Delhi

Grade

Hoogkong Howrah

Godowns &c

Car-

b.

$75

60,000: $50

penters were set to work on the sexrold$97 existing bangalow on the property 8. and it was completely remodelled (b. 65 and made into a building suitable b. for the association.

$93

90

B.K. & W.D. Co. Ide laDock& Ere Co.In Shai & Ekew W. Co, Ld

50,000 $50 35,700

ICO al

$6,000 t100 all

점명 삼성

59 3 *

Jam 73 Nov.

Jan. 53

Oct

July 50 Jan.

Dec.

824 Dec.

tands. Hotels and Bulldings.

میں

t. 94

:

The Financial Outlook. It is gratifying to find that so competect an authority on finance b. @aa Me. Edgar Crammond regardsb. the economic situation of the b British Empire with cheerful b. optimism. In an address recent-

b. ly delivered to the Institute of

b. Bankers he placed the national wealth in 1911 at ££8,000,000- 000, and the national income.jb. in 1915 at £4,035,000,000. b. This shown that WO are lb. very much better off than Gér-b. many who sccording to the Minister of Finance, Herr Hell- ferich, can boast of an income of only £2,100,000,000, Other Gar- Laman banking experte put it at a good deal low. Germany's in- come has not only diminished b. seriously during the war, but b. she has also had to spend a good deal more than Great Britain b up to date. Mr. Crammond (3

b.

$112

Anglo. French Lands H’rops Ecte to... Làm

man

18,000 1,101,100 20,000 $50

$102

$6.20

$40

1107

$87

S'kong Land Investment Co.j H'phreya Estate & F.Co.La Kloon Land & B’bg Co. Laj

henghai Lands................

50,000 $100 all

150,000 $10

$95

West Point Building Co., La ALong Central Estater

6,000 $20

78,000 1.50 12.400 $30

all 13 10,000 $100 JI

គុន ឌីន ៧ គួ

128

July 120 Dec.

Jap 7 Nov.

11734 July 198 Nov. 111 div. 108 534

02

45 14 Jan. 44 Feb.

98

Dec. 89 Oct.

June -66 Feb. 86-

T

$140

Cotton Mills.

Ero Cotton ST có Lợi 20 tấn sắt 118 July 125

$13

Kung Yik

73,00

71

Laon Kung Mow....

t. 91

hanghai Cottons_

16

Yangtazepoos ander oor,

175.00 1.5

Miscellaneous.

$104

China Borneo Company, La

€0,000 $1

S.

$4.70

bina Light & Power Co.,

Id

30.000 85

$10 $29

$10.10

$431 $180

is adjusting the upheaval in her foreign trade with remarkable b. celerity and ease, and he declines 15 entertain the pessimistic views. D "regarding financia! exhaustion.

On the contrary, he fearlessly | b. asserts that with the co-operation of the general public in the matter of domestic economy, we shall be able to finance a war of many years duration. There is ajh good deal of sound sense in this, 15. but domestic economy is nome the

6.20

1. 392

$10

b.

85 cts.

$4

*$5

$20

b.

$314

400310 $10

€0,000 $70 201

(Spec. 'shares) - hina Provt. L& M. Co. Ld Fairy Farm Company, Id. Green Island Cement Co. Ld) Bongkong Electric Co., Id Jongkong Ice Co., L Gongkong Tramway Co.Id 325,0 5/- Langkatsoma

is of opinion that Great Britain $32 Bongkang Rope Mfg. Co. Ld.) BAFID $10 ·

Peak Tramway Co., La (Oïà}} (New)

Philippines Ld. ----- ---- **

H. Price & Co, La..... Seciete des Pulpes et Papierteries du Tonkin Stear Laundr Con Làm

20,000 $10

Po

50,000 $1 195, (0 $10

40.000 73

1254211

200,000 10 all

204 00 $10

Do

$1.

ld

75,000 $10

8888 8 8 999.99893 3 3 3

8,000 t100 all 130 Feb 70 May 40,000 £50

May

10 all

14% Jaz. 11 Mat

135 Feb. 70 NOT 105

all 12

May 10 Dec.

ཨཊྛནྟིཏྭཱ ནཀྑུཾ ཝཐཱ ཀྟོ i༅ ནཱིཀྐaཏྟཾ ཙ ཐ

57

28

68%

$3.50 foryear 1914

SVELY CRISTAL of a boste

SUNDAYS

TEEM SE ANKAGE PRZY ĐÊOL I WON KYL-

$3 dividend for year 1914

TORTO AL DE

657 49 ex div. Tis. 3 for year ending 30.4.15

Tix. 5 for 1914

22.30 AM to sing Mock

500

M

vity

na Ma

94

108

6.10

40

101

70

100

135

b.. 80

90

1 ending 30 615

574

10

85 cents for 1914

4.90 July4

April

44

44 6% for year ending 28 .2.06

ย

9

Jan. 婴

NOT.

10.10

8.00

70 cts. For 1914

39

June 35

Aug.

34

49

€.90 Jan. 5

Jan. 36 23734 July 1744

Dec.

11

31 6.70

Nov 45

39

Dec: 190

184

all

25 June 22 3- July 7

€424 Mar. 28

111 Jen. $14 June 10

"Apz.. 431 Feb. Dec.

25

·674

42

4.80

3634

93 cte. Jan. 75 cts. Dec. $1

9.. 20 cts.

70 cts.on fully paid shares and

LONDON MANILA.

PANAMA

PEKING.

SAN F CISCO. SHANGHAL HONGKONG. SINGAPORE KOBE,

YOKOHAMA

None

all

$13

$63

Union Water-boat Co. La Watson and Co., Idom

'

90,CCC $10 all

less needed, and it is not likely to

$52

be secured by means of lectures to the working classes by highly- | b. malaried Ministers who dian

William Fowell, Limited. 21.000 $7

$29

S. C. Morning Post...

all

6,000 $25 all 30

12,000 $10

33,200 $50

20 20.00 $5 all 5.00 June 4 For 33 3.00 27.723 $18 all 124 Feb. 17 Jen. 18 16

April 6.90 Dec. 6.90 xdiv. 61 516 Jan. 16 Dec. 7 -516

* June

5

$1150 for 1910

20

None

div. 60 cts, for 1914

92

Dec.

29

29

لرحیم

Share and Geners) Brokers

full pay and dine on turtle soup at the Mansion House. All the-waste against which our Cabinet Ministera bave 30 eloquently inveighed continues practically

unchecked, bile szemy countries are doing their best by restrictive measures

compel economy.

Even

they cannot do ecough counteract the tremendous isparity in national resources. It ought to be more thoroughly anderstood that economy is not only needed in order to streng then our finances for the prose- whion of the war, but it is also sied to secure or position the war, when, we may d upon it, the war of arms will give pisos to a trade carcely less bitter and extex-

Englishman.

WRIGHT & HORNBY,

T/T

$1.25 for year ending 31.725 50 cts for 1914,

$2.00 per share for 1914 Interim of $2 account 1915 Interim for yearending20.6.15 $10% for 1914

Interim of Tls, 1 making Tls, 21

a/c 1913

7 cts, on $1 paid shares for year ending 30.4.15 ·

25. cts. for year ending 31-5*15

$1.00, per share for year end- 1ing 31.12.1915

(50 cts, on old shares and 25 cts, on new year shares for year ending 30.6.14 $1.50 for 1914

6, Des Yaux Road Central, Tel address, Rectitude.

CORRECTED TO BOON. FEB. 23 1916,

ANY SUBSEQUENT ALTERATIONS WILL BE FOUND IN UP TO THE MINUTE SNARE MARKET NEWS." THE TELEGRAPH DOES BOT HOLD STSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY OF THE ABOVE QUOTATIONS.

SELLING.

1/11 1/8 1/11-3/16

1/11 3/8. -.1/11 7/16-

73 32

De mande, 30 afs 60 d/s...

TIT Shanghai... T/T Singapore T/T India... 143 TT Japan

91.

Demand India.1434 T/T Ban Fco & NY. 45 78 TT JATA coprose103.„;

T/T Francs...

Demand Paris

EXCHANGE.

T/T Marks...TERS

Nom 2,691

70

BUYING.

4 m/s. L/C.......1/11 7,8

4 m/s. D/P one

2-18 30 d/s. S'ney & M2 1/8

30 ds. San F*co & N.L. 47 36

4 m/s. Marks. NO

4 m's. France...230"

6 m/s Franca. 285 1/2

Demand Germany... Demand, New York 46 TT Bombay

Demand Bomber...1434 T/T Calcutta

Demand Caloutte 143 34 Demand Manila

92 4

Demand Singapore 82

On Eziphone

On Saigon

On Bangkok

3 1⁄4 prem

296

Feb. 23rd.

Sovereign o

$10.30 Gold Leaf per oz....$57,60 Bar Silver per oz....27

SUBSIDIARY COINS.

Discount paz $100-

Chinese... 20 ct. pieces 18 14% Chinese. 10.

KWAISHA.

(MITSUBISHI CO.)

COAL LEPARTMENT,

J

SOLE PROPRIETORS OF

·TAKASIMA, OCHL, MUTABE, YOSHL- HOTAKI, KAMAZUTA, SAYO, SHIBREW, BIBAI and KAMIYAMADA Collieries. AGENTS FOE

SAKITO AND OYUBARI COALS. -

CORPORATION

HEAD OFFICE:

60, Wall Street, New York. LONDON OFFICE- 36, Bishopsgate, E.C.

BRANCHES :-

BOMBAY. CALCUTTA. CANTON. CEBU. COLON.

HEAD OFFICE-MARUNOU- HANKOW.

CHI. 1OKYO.

BRANCH OFFICES --NAGASAKI MOJL KARATSU WAKAMATSU,

OTARY. HUEORAN, HAKODATE CAPITAL FAID-UP $3,250 000 KOBE USAKA, KURE, TOKYO, YOKO RESERVE FURDS 4210,000 HAMA, NAGOYA, TSURUGA LON DON:SHANGHAI, HONGKONG, HAK-

KOW.PEKING and CANTON. Cable Address for above:

"IWASAKI,"

Codes: A, AB.C. 5th Ed., West-

em Union. AGENCIES

(U.S. Gold) $7,460,000

All kinds of FOREIGN & LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS. transacted.

N. 8. MARSHALL

Manager.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS CHINKIANG-Messrs, GEAR- received at rates to be ascertain ING & Co. MANILA-Messrs ed on application. MACONDRAY & Co., SINGA- FORE KessTS, BORNEO Co.: LTD, GLASGOW-Messrs. A. B. BROWN, MCFARLANE & Co. LTD.

For Particular, apply to K. KATO,

Manager. No. 2, Pedder Street, Hongkong.

THERAPION/leading

CERES

BLOOD PORNOR, ZIDNET, BLADDEL. UNCHARY DESMENA, DISCHARGER, TLADIES, FILES, SEXDSTAKER SPORTAS. PRELL BOOMLAZ TO DE, LE-CLING PARIS DEPOT: 12, KUR GAITUZJONĀ, A CORE HOW TORE DEPOT 12, MEDISAN KE TRY KEW DRAGRI ĮTABYALZITORILOR PL TO TALE FOR YOU!

THERAPIONE

AND

SEE THAT ZRÁDR MARINO WORD "RELATION IN ON

THE ALEXANDRA CAFE 162% Cannot be Beaten, if Equaled

Hongkong 20 ctal pieces 836% for Bread, Cakes, Confectionery Hongkong 10

and meals with Misas AZTRA

THR

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK.

LIMITED. Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital ... 38,000,000 Reserve Fand

20,000,000

*

Head Office.-YOKOHAMA,

Bennchen. Amang-Hsiao

Bomber Calcuts

Changchen

Agencies at Nazmaki

25ew York Ovaka

Pebre Byciah Us San Franciaco

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