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THE HONGKONG TRAMWAY COMPANY, LIMITED.

DETAILED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR LAST YEAR'S WORKING.

Yesterday we published the Directors' report of the Hongkong Tramway Company, Ltd, for the year ended December 31, 1915 Below will be found the detailed Enancial statements showing the year's receipts and expenditure:

Balance Sheet, 31st December, 1915. The rate of Exchange is taken at Is. 113. per dollar. 1914

$ i d.

To Capital-

81.250 0.0

Liabilities.

Authorised and Issued:- 325,000 Shares of 5s each „Five pr cent. Mortgage Debentures Charged upon the undertaking and all property of the Company (part of an suthorised inve of £205,000)

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MARCH 3 1915.

1914.

+ 1. d.

Profit and Loss Account.

89171 S To Debenture Interest

17,022 6 1

#25,939 79%

15,604 13

1915.

$

8,125 0 0

last year Les Amount written off cost of Temway Undertaking Less Final Dividend for year ended 31st December, 1914, at the rate of 10 per cent, per annum, paid 23rd June 1915, free of Income Tax

0 0 .000%

HONGKONG SHARE REPORT-

OFFICIAL PRICES.

Banks.

BANKS.

BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.

HEAD OFFICE HONGKONG

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business Trans- acted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITS Re eeived.

INTEREST ON FIXED

DEPOSITS:

For 3 Months 3% per annum.

1915

$

Balance as per Balance Sheet.ne

}}

8,758 15 0 18,070 17 4

£26,829 12 4

—EELLERS; SA-SALES; B-BUYZST

A-NOMICAL

By Balance brought forward from

3

17,022 16 3

Banks

$190 £71/10/-

Marine Insurances.

Cantons North Chinas Calons 8,195 0 0 Tangises

b.

До

$420 L182

$980

bi ex TS $240.

10.325 0 0

Fire LasaraNCOS.

81,250 0

7,479 13 3

18,459 14 6

$25,939 7 9

6,897 8 1

China Fires HK. Fires.

I

I

$168 $410

Less Working Account Profitas per

Statement

Shipping.

19,932 6 3

Douglases Steamboats Indos (Com)

$199 $IS

$186

£28 859 12

Indos (Def) Indos (Pref) She

SIST

$49

96/6

$39

Refineries.

Do

$141

THE

b.

$40

Mining.

Kablars

B

༥,

3,50

271-

34/-

1177,800 0 0

Les purchased and can-

celled in year 1915

177 800 0 0

4,500 0 0.

-173,300 0 0 Debentars Redemption Reserts Acocant (difference between par Tale of Debéntares purchased 2,199 10 10 and price paid for same).....

„Creditors-

3,109 15 10

2,597 12 3 London

1,857 19 11 Hongkong

1,976 11 T 2,855 1 3

„Profit and Loss Account as per

17.022 6 1 Statement...

#282.727 9 1

4,831 12 10

18,070 17 4

250,582 6 0;

Assets.

By Tramway Undertaking-

As per Accouni, 31st December, 1914 240,2845 £

Lese Amount written off in secord-

ance with Resolation passed at General Meeting of 23rd Jana

1915

2,000 0.0

The Abstracts.

Appended to the accounts are detailed abstracts specifying Ferries the expenditure ander various headings, and giving comparative figures for 1914 and 1915

The biggest item ander Power Expenses (Abstract A) is for Lautais Sugars fael, the cost of which was 2,015 17. 31, as compared with £2,335 8x. 3d. in 1914. Salaries and wages are represented by £928 7. 7d.. against $853 la. 6d. in 1914.

Under Trafic Expenses (Abstract B), the Chief items are -- Baubs Hotormen and conductors, 2,801 18a, 01, (£2,772 3. 6d. in Tropicas 1914); trafic superin tendence, $857 14 24. (628 6 51 Cras in 1914); ticket check, £585 13s. Id. (£5520.1ld. in 1914).

Docks, Wharves, GodawaS, &C. The two largest items for Maintenance and Repairs (Abstract C) | HL. K. Wharves are--Cars and their electrical equipment, $3,411 is. 5d. as against | Docks, Old 4,790 12 14, in 1914; and track and roadway, £2,280 a 14, Docks. Jew compared with £2,528 5s. 10d.

Under General Expenses (Abertract D) the biggest sums are Management and sta, £3,326 132, 3d., against 22,519. 04. 3d. în 1914; agency fees, £1,66214a 25. against £1,244 10. 7d; directors, fees, £1,300 (no corresponding figure for 1914.)

COMMERCIAL.

The Todo-Ceylon Railway.

Sir R. W. Gilias, the President!

Shai Docks

Ekew Wharves

0 of the Railway Board, has, in the British Clothes Made to Resist Evos

impasse which has taken place in

German Spikes.

b. ex div. $72

GOTS

$OT

For 6 Months 4% per annum

For Is Months 4% per annum

LOOK, POON SHAN,

Chief Manager.

NOTICES.

CHINA PROVIDENT

LOAN AND MORTGAGE

CO. LTDA

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

Loans on Mortgage of House Property, Se Goods receivni on 25 Advances male g

Loans made on the Prowndest kycem,

kates and Farticulars on appúča, kun 2 ||

The Dice of 18STER ELUTOR OF WILLS, ATTORAŁY, se, Undertaken and Executed

SHEWAN, TOMES & LO. General Managers.

NOTICE

PEAK TRAMWAY CO,

.LIMITED-

TIME TABLE

NAK DAYS.

1.00 Auth, 10 LOG AZ -Every 13, 2013,

2000 A

*

#

ya Ma

H

MIGHT CARS.

130 hat and p Puku do

SOM FÖR very hill homes

53.

b.

t. 65

2.

÷ 93

Lands, Hotels and Buildings H. Hotels

b.

$112

Anglo F. Lands •

t 94

Land Invest

h

$102

H'phreys Est

$62

Eloon Lands

BARBED-WIRE BEATEN. S'hai Lazds.

$972

b.

307

West Points Centrals

*

$87

sa. &#. $100

Cotton Mil

+

b.

Kang Tiky Lau K. Mows Shai Cottons

b.

$140 8.131

Aset PIL, 20

5.00 YOU

500 TUBE 20

190 3.90

Miscellaneous.

evely Cestour of me bac

SUNDAYS

S

$10,35 $4,70

znego dna. Zvaar sy Man

10170

X 10 13.30 AM, 4 - Noom

b.

$9.30

$400 2401

23 M

5:00 to

b.

$294

* Mann

vo Min

b.

$10.40

W 7

b

$49

$180

$39

$6

$10

cents 85 19

pine Tobacco.

$4

b:

$151

b.

16.85

b.

An ingenious invention by Mr. Tangiszepoos George Lynch, the well-known war correspondent, is just now interesting the British, Russian, French, and Italisa War Offices.

Borzecs

238,264 5 8

6,625 8

231,638 17 8 the Indo-Ceylon' connections, a veritable Gordian knot to loose, 7 bat we can rely on the aptitude 5,163 0

of the Railway Board President 236,801 18 3 to solve difficult probleme; and we have no doubt he will solve 1,122 16 6 the Indo-Ceylon one. We lea. 21,263 10 10 that in all probability passenger traffic will be suspended at the 4 end of the carrear month till such 2 time as the Railway Board comes

to a satisfactory settlement with into gauntlets, leggings, waist- Ropes

Lees Depreciation at Exchange 2/-

Add Expenditure during 1915–A:

Exchange 71-

240,264 5 8

Cash at Bankers and in hand-

30,210 12 3 London

2,876 14 6 Songkong

980 0 0 Investments at cost

22,388 7 10,853 19

***

Debtors and Payments in Adva:com 709 9 10 London 213 10 3 Hongkong →→

125 6

7,234 12 11

238 3 8

$282,727 9 1

+

Stock of Stores, Tickets and Coal in Hongkong, as per Investory

signed by General Manager Goods in Transit from London to Hongkong

7,576 7 2,459 18 £280,562 6

DAVED LAND ALE Directors.

WE. ROBERTS,

C. P. CHATER.

Auditors' Report.

China Light&P. Providents.

It consists of khaki clothing and Dairy Farms equipment made of cotton wool Green Islands specially treated to remiss the HK. Electrics German barbed wire. Made K. Ice Co.,

purchased many thousands of Laundries articles for the use of the men at Waterboats

the frout

b.

મ

3, 1918,

1 the C. G. Lack of co-ordination be- costs, grestcoats, and sleeping Trans, Low Level 358 11 9tween the 5. I. E. and the C. G. bage, the material has already Trans. Peak, old b. B. has been an unsatisfactory and Flanders, and as the result Langkats.

had a successful try-out in France Trans, Peck, now

b 483 17 10 lestare in the history of the con- of the tests, the War Office have

nection, while the apparent want of confidence in the undertaking 0 on the Ceylon side, which has been revealed from the published

Watsons* 5 correspondence ie the prime particularly atrocious design- Morning Posts

The German barbed wire is of W Powells factor in the unsatisfactory ar- 0 rangements that have marked literally bristling with sharp

pointe-but, armed with M. CORRECTED TO NOON MONDAY,MAR, the connection from ita Tery inception. It is well known that Lynch's gauntlets, a soldier can Secretary the Manager of the little-Site:

tackle is freely without the Railway in Ceylon is an autocrat slightest risk of laceration. A on his own system, but any in-sleeping-bag made of the same We report that we have examined the Accounts of the Heng Bexibility he might practise in material thrown over any number kong Tramway Company Limited for the year ended 31st December his particular sphere should of strands of barbed wire forms a surely be suppressed when the safe cushion over which it is We have obtained all the information and explanations we werking of his system has to be quite easy to climb the enemy required, and in our opinion, the shove Balance Sheet is properly co-ordinated with a railway which entanglements without risk of the drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of is entirely outside his control lightest injury. the Company's affairs according to the beat of our information and Indian Engineering. the explanations given to us, and as shown by the Books of the Company.

1915.

LOWE, BINGHAM & MATTHEWS,

Hongkong, 1st March 1916.

1914. £

#. d.

3,309 10 11

Auditors.

Working Account.

To Power Expenses (Abstract A)

5,324 4 0

#

Traffic Expenses (

B)

9:626 8713

2 9.

5 5

H

General Expenses

26,973 ལྤ་ །

#

6,530 10

237 18

4

33,741 11:5 18,459 14 B

£52,201 5.11 1914 £.

Maintenance & Repairs („

D

D)

Total Working Expenses Depreciation of Track, Rolling Stock, Cables, Power Plant, sto. Royalty Payable to Hongkong Government, 5%.on Working Profit

Balance carried down

8. c.

By Traffic Receipts 54,847 16 4

5053 1 0 Lesa Loss on Sabaidiary Coinage

49,794 15 4

1323 4 6 1,078 6 1

52.2015 11

By Other Receipts:--

London Hongkong

1915.

$

A Japanese Venture in the Philippines.

A

WRIGHT & HORNBY, Share and General Brokers 6. Des Vœux Road Central Tel address, Rectilude.

two-inch thick cushion suitable for use by sirmen will T/T.... resist a Wables-Fosbery ballet Demand fired at a distance of 25 yards. 30 dis...

EXCHANGE.

SELLING.

1/11 3/16 1/11/

109

2.70

BUYING.

Says the Manila Bulletin of

.1/11 5/16- February 26.-Another import The sleeping-baga, when 60 dis...

-1/11 7/16 -1/11 14 ant transfer of agricultural lands folded, and the waistcoats go, farm/8...

73% a-Japanese corporation desirous in the direction of resisting TT Shanghai.

T/T SingaporƏm

82 14 of securing holdings in the Philip shrapnel.

T/T Japaniment 91 pinea is foreshadowed in an option, The leggings, made of the same

T/T Indie DOT DOT HOT WHE

143*3⁄41⁄4/4 granted by Dr. A. A. Addison of material, pass a very severe test. Demand India... * 144 Lucens, Tayabas, to Yamasaki Protected with these one Can T/T San F'co &N.Y. 46.

of Eitroshima, safely kneel upon a cor spiked T/T Java momm.. and Company £

Japan, for the purchase of the ith steel points much sharper T/T Marks Nom 3,024-15 10

Cotton T/T Francs 5,677 07 Tayabas haciendas owned by the than the ordinary mail.

P450,000, at

Dr. wool, antreated, of itself farms a Demand Paris 70 % former 7295 2 10

Addison's holdings involved in great protection, but the special 9,336 18 10 the deal are all in the immediate processes employed during the 25,333 18 1 vicinity of Lucens, Tayabas, and course of manufacture by Mr. comprise 33 separate parcels on Lynch makes it impossible to which there are at present some pierce the material. Demonstra 6,625 3 0

149,000 bearing coconut trees. tions of its use are being given The Japanese firm has been in by Mr. Lynch at his offices, at 1,028 17 1 negotiation with Dr. Addison for 28-30, Charing Crowe. The goods some time past, and a few days for the British War Office are 32.986 3 2 go made an offer for the purchase being manufactured in London

of the haciendas which was no and Eusais, after testing, Eas quite sufficient to induce the ordered consignmente now in doctor to part with his properties. course of delivery. He made the corporation a counter-proposition, however, and

19,932 6.3

£52,918 9 5 1915.

£. #. d.

56,539 1 1

the ixtter yesterday signed the

Judgement with Costs.

4 m'a L/C............I/U 15/16 2- 1/16 m/s. D/P 6 m's. L/C ----2-3/16 30 ds. Sney & M-2 3/16 30 de San Fco & N.I. 4 4 m/s. Marks Nom 4 ms. Francs.....281 6 m/s. Francs......... 2.86 Demand Germany...

Demand, New York, 46% TIT Bombay Demand Bombay ...144 TIT Calcutta vuotonan Demand Calcutta 144 Demand Manila. 92 Demand Singapore 8t 14

documents, giving it an option on Last week, at Y. Supreme On Baigua 3

Or Haiphong - 3 14% prem the property at the owner's figure. Court, Shanghai, Messrs. A. S. Or Bangkok

79 34

5,175 14 11

In connection with the recent Watson & Co. sued Mrs. M. Sovereign. $10.25 51,363 6 2

sugar estate sale to Japanese Alliston to recover the sum of Gold Leaf per o$57 00 645 11 interests and other reports of im- $112.20 balance due for goods Bar Silver per oz. 909 12 1 peading sales of agricultural supplied. Mr. H. Bronett ap

lands to prospective purchasers peared for the plaintiffs and in from Nippon, the news of the the absence of the defendat, 1,555 3 3

probable Tayabas deal assumes judgement was entered against

her with coste, 52,918 9.5pecial importance.

SUBSIDIARY COINS.

Discount per $100 Chinese... 20 ese pieces 18 38% Chinese 40 Hongkong 21 esa, pieces 8 Hongkong 10

18 36%

16

7:00 P

* 7.3. NIGHT CAKES 2 S

SATURDAYS

Burs Car

SPECIAL CARS

zar

By Arrangemers at the Compnay'< • Ste

Toes Rose", Central.

"Sexson and pantà 'tickets available for all do.

BANKS

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORA

TION

Paid-up Capital. RESERVE FUNDS:

Frering

* £1,500,000 at 21-

=$15,000,000

...$15,000,0/8

Silver $18,000,000,

Reserve Liability of

Proprietors...

$33,000,000

$15,000, 9

COURT OF DIRECTORS

W. L. To trenden Nag-Chairuna,

2. Dowel Roy Depaty - kainnas.

G.I. X. Xi dag.

1. Wobbar ENG.

Hon. Xz T. Hayok

Hon, Mr. Landale

3. A. Flammen, Kaga

Bon. Mr. & belim

CHLEY MANAGER

Hong Kong, J. Stadà, Exe.

SKAGER Shanghain, G. Stephen, Z. Loodus Bakers-London County and

· Testminster, Ligniteet

Hongkong-Interest Allowed!

On Current Accent as the tabs of #per orat. yeyo annam on the daily balance

ON FIND DEPOSITS.

For 3.math

For 6 month For

#per cent, per a

per cent per anar months, 4 per cent per annum.

N. J. STABB.

Chief Manager.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANI. TI: Jusiness of the above ask is conducted by the HONGKONG A- ~ -HANGHAI BANKING FORPORATION. Ruies may be obtained on application.

TEREST on deposits in allowed on the wire imum monthly Salances at $34 per cent, per adults

„Debositors may transfer, at their option, delaseem for more to the Hongkong and Shangnał Bank to be placed on PD DEPOSIT «Es per cel petiça,

For the Mongkong and Shangbai Banking Carpet 1300,

N.J. STABB

Chief Manage L.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

Head Office 15, Gracechurch

Street, London.

Authorised Capital ...........F1,500,000 Subscribed Paid Up Reserve Ennd

M

BANKETS:

1,125,00€

569,500 500,00€

The London Toentzanek Bank, Limited

Berr have Calcaga

Ceibo

Delhi

Gabe

The Bank of England.

BRANCHE.

Honghoar

Howiad

Kandy

Kameni

Kota Bharu Kanlı Lampa

Madras

Penang Rangoon

Singapore.

zhanghai

FO`CKOG BRANDY.

Every description of Banking and Exchange Benitesa Vibracted.

Interest allowed on Current Accounts at 9 per cent, DEF ALLEM An Daily Baiamcel, and on Fixed Depos at rates which may be ascertained an application.

Q. CHAMPKIN,

Acting Manaser,

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AESTRALIA AND CHINA,

For already mi, vansing at the time saved, in the Company's me tables. Yet not for special com caludonąj

be obamned on application at the Company's Of No Season ticker will be issued until pffsent the

fotheatres made in Ezak Dicres of act

Compradore order representing Rank.

JOHN D. BUMPEREYS & SI

MITSUBISHI COSHI

KWAISHA.

(ITSUBISHI DOJ

COAL DEPARTMENT,

Lecomposed by Rayal & barter 1555

HEAD OFFICE-LONDON,"

Paid-up fapital.

Leserve Fund

Resive day of Proprie,300,000

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General

business trazeszed

apting

CURRENT AGLOCITA opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for 1 year or sorter periods,, at mates which will be quoted on application,

Wm. DICKSON,

Manager. Hongkong, 11th April, 1912.

INTERNATIONAL BATES &

CORPORATION.

HEAD OFFICE:

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

BRANCHES

ROMBAT:

SOLE PROPRIETORS OF TAKASIMA, OCHI, MUTABE, YOSHI- KOTAKI, NAMAZUTA, SAYO, SHIR NEW,

BIBAI and KAMIYAMADA Collieries- CALCUTTA.

AGENTS FOR

SAKITO AND OYUBARI COALS.

CANTON.

CEGU.

A COLON

LONDON.

MANILA

PANAMA.

PEKING.

SAN FCISCO.

HEAD OFFICE: MARUNOU. HANKOW SHANGEAL

HONGKONG. SINGAPORE KOBE

CHI, TOKYO.

YOKOHAMA

(U.S. Gold) 97,460,000

All kinds of FOREIGN & LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS transacted.

BRANCH OFFICES :-NAGASAKI. MOJI, KARATSU, WAKAMATSU, GTAEU. MURORAN, BAKODATE, CAPITAL PAID-UP $3,250,000 KOBE, OSAKA, KURE, TOKYO,YOKO RESERVE FUNDS 4,210,000 HAMA, NAGOYA, TSURUGA, LOK DON.SHANGHAL HONGKONG. HAN-} ZOW, PEKING and CANTON. Cable Address for above:

"IWASAKI," Codes: A1, A.B.C. 5th Ed. West- ern Union. AGENCIES:-- CHINKIANG-Messrs. GEAR- ING & Co. MANILA—Mesars, MACONDRAY & Co., SINGA- PORE - Messrs, BORNEO Co LTD, GLASGOW-Mess72. A. R. BROWN, MCFARLANE & Co. LTD.

For Particulars, apply to- K. KATO,

Maneger. No. 2, Pedder Street, Hongkong

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SEE THAT TRADE MARKS WORD "PUNZATORI ISDN SEIZ.GOVT.KLAMY AFFIXED TO ALL GENTÈME PACKETS.

THE ALEXANDRA CAFE Cannot be Benten, if. Equalled for Bread, Cakes, Confectionery and meals with Wine & Liquor

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed, and FIXED DE FOSITS received at rates to be ascertain- ed on application.

N. S. MARSHALL

Manager

THE

JOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK.

Yo

LIMITED.

Established 1880.

Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund

#

30,000,000 20,000,000

Head Office.--YOKOHAMA

Branches AttungeBain Zobey Calcets

·Changcham

Jungtin

Badcom

Honchala

Lao-Tang

Sydney

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Canica

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Shanghai

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EISHI ONO, Manager