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COMMERCIAL.

Rabber Prices.

The F. M. B. Gustoms, valds. placed on rubber of the highest grade, for the period Sept, 1-7, în 2u 4d, and the export duty as- -nessed "on`a price of $120° per

pikul for all grades.

Iron and Steel.

THE HONGKONG IT

RAPH, MONDAY,

CAPTURED COLONEL'S" FRANCE'S NEED OF COAL.

DIARY.

Bavarian Losses.

Official Statement.

M. Weins, the French Dirsotor of Mines, asya that in consequence

GERMANY AND THE "BARALONG.”

The Zeppella Threat. -

BER: 11

HONGKONG SHARE REPORT.

£-SELLIES; SA=BALES; R-BUYERS; N.—NOMINAL.

OFFICIAL. PRICES.

BANKS,

-FIRE INSURANCES.

SHIPPING

$585

1016.

*BANKS.T

BANK OF CANTON

LIMITED.

BANKS

HONGKONG & SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORA

TION,

HEAD OFFICE HONGKONG, Paid-up Capital -$15,000,000

RESERVE FUNDS:

Sterling

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business Trans- acted..

CURRENT ACCOUNTS open- ed and FIXED DEPOSITB Re- ceived.

INTEREST ON FIXED

DEPOSITS:"

b MARINE INSURANCES.

#750

1.

$400 t. 155 The

$920 1. 6x 78 $267}

For 1 Months 3% per annum

$154

For 6 Months 4% per annum

For 12 Months 41% per annum

$136

$221.

b.

$127

$46

109/-

$87

REFINERIES.

$110

MINING

Steamboats

Berlin, August 14th.--The Sir Douglas Heig, in his dir- of the invasion the constaption German Government has trans- patch of July 17, gave extracta from a number of captured docu- of coal in France his fallen from mitted to the Reichstag White ments which showed that the 16th 60 million tons to 42 million tons Book about the Berslong case, Banks Bavarian Infantry Regiment bad per annum. For the same reason containing official German and London, Augart 3. Messrs. enfered severaly in the first two production has fallen from 40 British decomnts The final Cantons

"The German North Chinas Price Waterhouse and Co. have wake of the Same cffentire,million tons to about 19 million. report says: inned their sacertainment of the Theofficer commanding this regi. There is therefore a deficit of Government, in reply to the Unions average not selling prices per ton ment, Colonel Bedail, was taken about 23 million tons. German British declaration about the Yangtares, of iron manufactured by those prisoner on July 13, and the and Belgian sources of supply Garmata memorandum of January firms associated with the Board of fallowing entries in his diary not being now closed to France, the 10th, 1918, on the Barnlong case China Fires Conciliation and Arbitration for only confirm the extracts quoted is obliged to come to Great has decided that, on account of H. K. Fires b. the Manufactured Iron and Stes! by Bir Douglas Haig, but provide Britain to ask her to make up the British Goverment's revalt Trade of the North of England Art-hand account of the enemy's the daficit. As the exporting attitude, it was imposible to for the two months ended June experiences ander our artillery from Great Britain to France be- continue the negotiations. At the Douglases 30th last. The following in," fet :-*

form the wae was about 10 million me time, it was suconneed that Indos (Del.) statement of the different o'samou

The diary begins, so far as the tone per annum an additional 13 reprisale will be taken, corres-Indos (Pref.)

Shells of iron sold, with the average net Somme oparations are concerned, million tons are now required. Įponding to the provocation."

It was further said that the Ferries pelling prios of each, as compared on Jane 30. A few days later France has made the maximum with the quantities and prices for Colonel Bedall sembled the effort possible compatible with German Gov.rament" of ourse the previous two months-Rails, battalion commanders and ax. military needs for all men under declined to return the crimes Sugars

plained. the situation to them. 35 are at the front. The working committed by British seamen by ons His speech appears in fall in the day has been increased from similar reprisale, as, for instance, diary, and we quote the follow. eight to nine hours in some the shooting of British prioners

collieries ahilts have been doubl- of war, but German airships will Kailans ing from it :-

ed. The recult has been that, here convinced the British nation With an overwhelming super iority of artillery the Eng although the best miners are that Germany is able not to let fish have maintained for at the front, the production go unstoned the oraclties per-ra eight days · su

of the French mines in the petrated by the cfficers of the internally

1 ton, 16 owls., 2 gra, at 12. 4 11.170 per ton, sa against dewts. 14 lbs., at #14 6 10.420 per ton: plates, 1,023 ton, 1 cwt., 1 gr.. 22 ĺbs., at £10 18. 10.83d per son, as sgaiast 1,130 tons. 12 cwb. 10 8.68d per ton; bars, 7.233 tone, 6 data, at 412 24. 11.73d per ton se against 6,635 tons, 8 cwts., lbs., at £11 1413.53d per ton ; sud angles, 215 tons, 1816, at 111 1.403 per ton, saagainst 533 tous,

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NOTICE."

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t, 150 t. 14,35 t. 100 t. 51

$8 $4:75

$8,90

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MISCELLANEOUS.

n.

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Dairy Farms sa. $11 & 401

Green Islands

violent bombardment, and this is uninvaded territory is being Baralong. II, formerly, the un- GODOWNS, &C. part with gane of the heaviest / maintained at the pre-war stand- | avoidable danger of civilinde wa H. K. Wharves s calibre (28cm.) and with naval

At the recent conference particularly considered when as-Kowloon Docks b. & Bs. $130 gas. This was directed on our with British representatives being Zeppelins for military pur- S'hai Docks 8 exts., 3 qr., 81b.st £10 138 5. trenches, our second and third asked them to take every opport poses, such regard will no longer H'kew Wharves a t.84) 10 per ton; a total of 8 473 tonn, lines, our billets, and on the unity they had of impreming bold good, in face of the Bara- LANDS, HOTELS owls., 12 lbs., at 611 17 554d villages. It has set fire to and upon the miners of Great Britain long murder.

"Since then, the arm of the Centrals per ton, as against 8,299 tone, 10 blasted into ruins almost all the the tremendous strain which has ents, 3 qr, 24 lbs., at £ll 9 hamleis behind our first line been put upon France by the airships has been need againes H.K. Hotels 6.57d per ton. It will be observed far back as 16-20 km. [10 to 13 shortage of coal, a material quite British within the limits of the Land Invest. that rails are about £2 28 per ton miles).

us ascential as munitions for the law of nations, without any other | H'phreys Est. cheaper, plates about 7s per ton The troops who had so far held winning of the war, and the hope regard. In every airship which Kloon Lands lower, bare about 8 8d pex top the lines south of Mamets and of the French people that the thrown destructive bombe on Lon- S'hai Lands dearer, and angles about 74 8d south of Montauban (Prosmans, British miners will not be behind don or other defended towns, of West Points per son more. The average price among them Regiment No. their French confreres in main-such as contain establishments of in advanced about 8s. In accord had sustained severe lowes from taining the production at the military character Britain shall Ewos

with the sliding scale the intense enemy bombardment, maximum possible amount. The remember the Baralong case."-Kung Yiks b. arrangement there will be which had been maintained for colliery-owners of France offered, | Ostasiatischer Lloyd. advance of 34 per ton on pad many days without a pause, se far back at July, 1915, to £x} dling and 21 per cent, on all and for the most part, were standard prices at limits satisfac other forge and mill wages to take already abot ta

pieces. Lory to the Government, which effect from to-day. Since the war While on the German side the only meant a moderate advance started wages have been advanced Erst line on such part of the 2nd on the prices raling before the by 58 per ton on paddling and Army front as was subjected to 50 per cent. on all other forge and the stick was held by only fire mill wages, the average price of divisions, with 2-3 divisione in manufactured iron having risen reserve, socording to socounte from £6 13 1.91d per ton to the received, on the front Mongby-battle ' that he obtained the present figure, an increase of Rage 22-25 divisions had been

necessary consent, and retired concentrated for an attack on his force to new positions.. 8 Darrow front, eobsloned

July 7.-The English once Mr. McKenna. raplying to U. Waterboats considerable depth. The again let of gas. Bazentin-le- question by Mr. A. Williamson, Watsons necessary artillery and infantry Grand and the positions of the said that a British company Wm. Powells reinforcements were

to some 16th Regiment were subjected to under the title of the British-Morning Posts b. extent concentrated towards the end of June. Under these gir lively bombardment on the Italian Corporation. Ltd., with a evening of the 8th inst,, which capital of £1,000,000, had been has completely wrecked them. formed to promote the joint The attack which started in the coonomic interests of this country BENJAMIN & POTTS. afternoon of July 6 near Con- and Italy. There was no public Share and General Brokers, talmaison was continued without issue, the capital having been sub- Princes Building. on July 7 the line se pierced as the banks. There would be six a panse and with varying success; scribed privately, chiefly amongst

Tel. address: Broker. fer as Jontalmaison: 14 companies British directors. The British Gov of the 3rd Guard Division were ernment agreed to contribute to

EXCHANGE. ordered to counter-attack, coming the company by way of subsidy from the direction of Martinpaich daring its first ten years a sum of and Flers, and advancing south-£50,000 annually, or the equival

BELLING. ent of 5 per cent, upon its paid Demand

T/T

about £5 41 4d:

Burma's Crops. The summary of the first fore-s cast of the cotton crop in Barma for the year 1916-17, etaten:- The area under cotton in the ten chief cotton-growing districts is estimated at 203,718 sores, EDİ increase of 17,892 acres as com» pared with the area actually cul- tivated last year (1915-16), and a

decrease of 24,359 acres on the area estimated in the correspond ing forecaet of 1916-10. All districts except Proms and My- ingyan share in the decrease, Saga- ing accounting for 11,351 acres of the total reduction, The de- ficient early rains have canced. * shrinkage of 6,805 sores in Thayetmya and of 3,175 acres in

attributes the smaller ares sou this year to the bad cotton mirkət

cumstances there was

■ very berry task awaiting us.

The position became even more oritical, because it afterwards came out that the 8th Bavarian

Reterre Regiment, which on the morning of July 1 was thrown into Montauban, had been com- pletely destroyed.

West on Cɔɔlalmaison.

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British-Italian Banking Com-

pany.

b. H. K. Electrics 8. | H. K. Ice Co.,

Ropes

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n.

D.

$9.70 $54 $150

-$33

London, August 1. In the House of Commons, to- day.

Trams, Low Levein. Trams, Peak, old b. Trams, Peak new b. Laundries

$7.55

$9,60

cents .80

b.

$81

a.

$17,00

b.

$634

$9,60

$12

.

CORRECTED TO NOON MONDAY

SEPTEMBER 11, 1918,

2/1 13/16

2/2

70 2

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BUYING.

2/2 9/16 2/2 11/16 2/2 13/16 2/2 13/16

isoo New York

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Nom.

De Vore Road, Central,

"Sasson and pitch tickets available for all cars Fot already full, running at the tow viated lɛ time Company's dime tables, but not for special care. Cas be obtainad on application at the Compary's Offic No Season ticket will be istutsed nasil pes ment these for has been made in Brok Botas or by Chaque va Compradors order representing Bank Kota.*

JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & CO.

THE CHINA PROVIDENT LOAN AND MORTGAGE CO., LTD.

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

Loans us Mortgage of Louis Property &c. Gooda received on Storage

Advances made on Merchandise. Loans made on the Provident System. (Rates and Particulary on applicatio

The Office

TRUSTEL ELE UTOR OF WILLS, ATTORNEY, &c, Undertakes and Exsenied.

SHEWAN, TOMES & 06.. General Managem.

MITSUBISHI COSHI

KWAISHA.

(MITSUBISHI 00.) COAL DEPARTMENT.

SOLE PROPRIETORS OF TAKASIMA. OCHI, MUTABE, KISH- IDAKE, YOSHINOTANI, HOJO, NAMA- ZUTA, SAYO, KANADA, SKINNEW, KAMIYAMADA, SIBAY and OYUBARI

Calliertas.

Agent for SAKITO OGAL

HEAD OFFICE:-

MARUNOUCHI, TOKYO,

MOJI,

|

£1,500,000 at 2-5

815,000,000 Bilter...$18,000,000

$33 000,008

Reserve Liability of

Proprietors...$15,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS.

T. I Fattenden Loc. Controns.

F. Hi Dodda Bag, Depoty vibalemas

G. T. X. Bona Bog

Hoo, Mr. P., Bolyoak.

Hom, Mr. 17. Landals

j. A. Passwort, Zas

400, Mr. Boellim

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Hongkong-N. 3. Babby #nq;

MIXAGER Shanghai, G. Stephan, Zag," Kondos Baakam--Londoo Ovunty and

Wasimire, Limited.

ILong Long-Lotrust Allowed?

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shnan on the dally bedenor.

ON FIXED DIPOLITVE. For 3 months; 28 per cent, per annum. For & mouth, të per nent, par MULTI- For in monta

per cent. DET KAROLINA,

N. J. STABB.

Chief Manager.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

THE Barines of the above Bank is nonducted by the HONGKONG A USHANGHAI BARKING CORPORATION. Rules may be obtained on applicnilem INTEREST on deposits is allowed on the mis- iranim monbly balance at 3 per cent. par a

Depositors may far, at their option, baianom of Bade of. Moen as the Hongkong, and Samve Bank to be placed os FIXED DEFOUNT DE po

1. KARM.

For the Hongkong and fihanghai Banking Corpers- ción.

N. J. STABB,

Chief Manager.-

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA

Incorporated by Royal Charter 2050-

XEAD OFFICE-LONDON,

Paid-up Capital, mono-pakt, 100.000

Beverve Fundam inuuuummoisia

300,000

Reserve Liability of Proprietors

FORMIGN: RICHANGE and thenwal Bankdos

business transacted. CURRENT ACCOUNTS ape and KEE DEPOSITE received for 1 year shorter periods, st

entes which will be quosed on application.

T. C. DOWNING,

Manager Hongkong, 11th April, 1912.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.

Head Office 15, Gracechurch.

Street, London. Authorised Japital....... Subscribed

Paid Up Reserve Fund

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BANKERS: The Bank of England,

£1,500,000

1,125,000

582,500 550,00

The London Joint Stock Bank, Limism. FRANCHES --

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HONGKONG BRANCH.

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transact

lateres allowed on Current AccounÈS AT DET ONL per anuum on Dally Balances, and où Fixed Depoall is rates which may be ascertained on application

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INTERNATIONAL BANKING

CORPORATION.

HEAD OFFICE:

So, Wall St., New York

LONDON OFFICE A

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BRANCH OFFICES :-NAGASAKI | CAPITAL PAID UP

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Cable Address: "IWASAKI," Codes: Al, A.BC. 5th Ed., West- ern Union, and Bentley's. AGENCIES:-. CHINKIANG-Mesara. GEAR- ING & Co., MANILA-Mossrs. MACONDRAY & Co., SINGA- PORE Mesare. BORNEO CO. LTD, GLASGOW-Messrs. A. R. BROWN, MOFARLANE & Co., LTD,

Of 3,500 men, only 500 aur vivora remained, and these are for the most part men who had not taken part in the battle, plus

At 10 p.m. Bazsatin le-Grand up capital if less than $1,000,000. 30 dis...2/1.78. | two regimental officers and a few

stragglers who turned up on the was subire:ed to half an hour's The company agreed to pay to the 60 d/s. the Lower Chindwin. Magwe following day. All the rest are This was of unprecedented vio-dividend above a cumulative one T/T Shanghai....

surprise fire by enemy's artillery. Government amounts equal to any 4 m/s................... 2/2 1/16 dead, wounded, or missing; only lence and destroyed the village to of 5 per cent, the company slee T Singapore a small fraction fell into the ench an extent that there is establishing & reserve fund to T/T Japan of last year. In districts for which

100 a conventional forecast is pre Regimental Staff and the battalion be seen there now. -

enemy's hande sa prisoners. The nothing but a heap of bricks to repay the subsidy. Parliament T/T Indis

*****...... 1594 pared, it is estimated that the

would be scked to give covering Demand, Indis

****.. 160 ares under cotton is some 4,000 staffs have all been captured in

July 10.-There their dug-outs.

was very authority in the next Government T/T San Francis- sores. In five districts sowings

co & New York heavy fighting in the Mamels War Obligations Bill Thore TT Java.****** The 6th Barerian Becerra Regi: Wood in which No. 1 section of would also be established a com- T/T Marks ......Nom.

1234 were begun at the normal time, mant is said to have surrendered the machine-gun company of pany under the style of the Com: T/T France........3.00 and in three districts they were owing to the compiste shortage the 16th Regiment soffared the pagate Itals Britannica under Demand, Faris ......3.01 Late. Standing drops on the of ammunition, which had all exceptionally great loss, by Italian law with capital of whole are reported to be doing been expended, but maintained direct hit, of 15 men and one £400,000, one-half of which is to well. The summary of the first forecast of the groundnut in Baran beroid resistance until the last

platoon commander killed and 12 be taken by the British-Italian

4 m/s. L/C 4 m/s. D/P ma for the year 1916-17 states: moment. Theas dirty English men wounded.

Corporation, Led, and the other 6 m/s. L/C Towards evening a furious half by the Credits Italiano and 30 ale. Bydney & The area under groundnut in the are said to have alain theas brave Seven principal groundnut-pro- the look of ammunition rendered This lasted the entire might until directors would be British; the 30 de San Franc people without mercy, although straggle began in Mamets Wood. their friends. Three of the nine Melbourneur ducing districts is estimated at them all but defenceless, and the morning. The 3rd Battalion two companies would work in 237,610 sores, that is 20,368 although by signals they showed of the 16th Regiment and the 2nd close collaboration, but the sub- sores below the ares estimated of their readiness to surrender. the corresponding date last year,

Battalion of the Lehr Regimentsidy of the Government would 4 m/s. France ......3.12 14 These days-July 1 and 2- and a decrease of 1,938 sores Su

remain for the benefit of the

6 malu. France ......3.17 M compared with the area actually visas and out heavy losses. But arrived from the recruit battalion object of the two companies Demand, New York. 51

were very hard for the 18th Bava. were heavily engaged.

To-day a draft of 300 men British company exclusively. The Demand, Germany oultivated last year. Five of the the men carried out their duties Fach battalion received 100 men waa seven distriota report a shrickage bravely, not minding death or

the development

TIT Bombay ...... in area; one district attributes wounds, and maintained their re- to make up for losses.

the economic relations between TT Caloutts

Demand, Bombay... 160 this to the bad prices obtained palation as 16th Bavarians and Bisentia-le-Grand was repeat Britain and Italy, and the pro-Demand, Calcutta... 160 for the crop last year which is as heroes, I greatly rejoiced over edly shelled to-day, but during motion of undertakings in the Demand, Manila... 1011 couraged extended sowings, while the achievements of the regiment,

the night less so than usual. commercial and industrial fold Demand, Singapore. 91 53 the unfavourable early sine re which met with the unstinted intense and methodical shelling banking and Basacial operations, On Saigon

July 11-During the day very in. Laly, They would carry out On Haiphong... tarded operations in the other praise of all our superiors and am of the regimental sector from 9 which did not necessarily fall On Bangkok ................. 11 districts, The Pakokku (and Bagaing districts, however, show proud to command such a fine

a.m. till late evening by gans of within the strict definition of Sovereign regiment.

Colonel Bedell complains of the heavy calibre, including banking as understood in this Gold Leaf, per ox... 59.80

28cm Barentin-le-Grandsuffered country (Cheers.) do pot furnish regalar forecasts, nerve Division which was to have man and devastation which oanno. Mekenas said be did not know non-appearance of the 12th Berribly, and is to-day's rosne' of Replying to question, Mr. the area is asti mated to aggregate supported two of his battalions be improred upon. 5,500 acres. In thres districts in an attack in the early morning The 3rd Battalion of the 16th for this step, but the Government whether there was a precedent sowings were commenced at the of Jaly 3, and that it was only Regiment found the situation thought it was desirable to pro- hinese 20 cta, pisces 1154% dis. THE ALEXANDRA CAFE normal time and in three districts when he declared that his entire rida Mamelz Wood to be very mote such an arrangement, and Chinese...10 sowings were late. The condition

promines wall,

increases of 5,991 and 1,194 moren respectively. In districts which

of

4 m/s. Marks

For Particulars, apply to-

K. KATO,

Manager, No, 2, Pedder Street, Hongkong.

G.NLLUVM

prem

14% prem

1.20 Nom.

Bar Silver, per oz...... 32.9/16

SUBSIDIARY COINS.

DISCQUET PER $100₫

„1132% dia. Cannot be Beaten, if Equalled.

134%prem. and wesls with Wines & Lievers,

at manding crops on the whole regiment would be lost if pornfavourable, and suffered nevere-that it might well constitute a Hongkong 20 ets. pieces 11 prem, for Bread, Cakes, Contepicnery

mission was going to be withheld ly in consequenos. from me to break off thin costly

precedent in itself. (Cheers,) Hongkong10

......$5,250,000 $5,628,000

$6,878,000-

U.S. GOLD

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All binds of FOREIGN & LOCAL BANKING CURRENT ACCOUNTS opesad and FIXED DEPOSITS received at races to be ascertained on application.

2. S. MARSHALL,

Manager.

Hongkong, 1st June, 1916.

THE

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LIMITED.

Established 1880. Authorised Capital Yen 48,000,000 Paid-up Capital ... 30,000,000 Reserve Fund **... 20,100,000

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