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GENERAL

Germany Balids

* Submarines,

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, APRIL 13,

SHIPPING

the

NEWS.

1917.

HONGKONG SHARE REPORT.

& SELLERS; BA-BALES; B.-BUYERS; N.-NOMINAL.

Unions

OFFICIAL PRICES.

BANKS

The majority of the ports have leads for ocean-going steamers, Bonavar to Cochin are open road-

backwaters at the mouth of ons or two rivers in which shallow draft lighters or country boats an shelter. Honavar and Brazilian Admiral's" lavention. Brasilien Navy has invented for Venkatapar about four and a half

Mangalore are ports of this type. Banks Vice-Adminl Guimaraes of the Mr. Richarde, visited Shirali, or storme, a musthod that is a notable away with the impression that it North Chinas pouring oil apen the water in miles north of Bhatkal and came advance upon the methods hither is not nearly 80 promising & Yangtszes

in use. The efficacy of a thing. film of oil in breaking the force Bhatkel and Hon var there is a of waves has been well-known Modenh war, which appears to her H. K. Fires

Half way between

FIRE INSURANCES. place called Hardeshvar or China Fires ever since Admiral Cloue of the

1887, The multitude of torpedo backwarter here, but there in Steamboats Franch Navy sanounced it to

facilities for the acnstraction of a baie, motor boats, trawlers and y Feninele jutting out nearly Indos (Del.) the Aademis des Sciences in big outer harbour, There is no Douglases other email oralt with which the

half a mile into the

Indos (Pref.) Entente Allies are patrolling their

with rocks south-went oate and watching for enemy

of Shells it and Hawking Reef

about Ferries submarines has made it more than

a mile north of it A railway

building of cubmarines on Cracay has adapted to the backs as well as advantages to Bangkok now for a deck passage standardised principle bae draw-. The fare charged from Swatow

The Coolie Trade, - building of U. bout the same The latter are only for is twelve dollars; and from kind of workshop methode as are country that has to meet an Bangkok twenty ticals per head employed by the manufacturers of cheap- American motor cars, rebers above any other consider-

emergency which calls for gum is paid. marks an Exchange, Paris and prcoesses are duplicated met that. It dosa not produce the ation, and wants them quickly at culously with the object of beat type of submarine, as design facilitating quick constraction. In a manner of speaking, submar be done than by what is best to must be roled rather by what can ines are "chopped out" like ready do, and that mesne limitations made clothing or cheap furniture which may prove handicaps. Bat, in an Esst End factory. It is by this drawback notwithstanding following thie practice that Ger- Germany has greatly improved many has obtained enough U boats to make her latest piratical ber U-basin.

constructional details of -outbaret a thing of serious boats,

The latest U portent. This is how her system are much larger than their pre- is well known, of building them in orgici ed. A decemore. Ore sometimes so standard pattern of U bent has them described as submersible been designed. Each separate craisers. part of it is made in gasatities by may be regarded a scourate Whether that descript- firms who devote themselves to this task only. Some construct & understands by

or not depende upon wast one given section of the hull or a criser. There is no evideze

submersible portion of the fitting or the that Germany has yet seat out U machinery. Whatever may be the task allotted to's factory, it con-

the

apply this name. But this must

ever necessary to improve the methods of spreading the cil, amall cannon that can be moved

very

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking Business Transacted

INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS:

For 3 Months 3% per annum. For 6 Months 4% per annum

BANKS HONGKONG & SHANGFAI BANKING CORPOFA

TION.

Paid-up Capital.........415,000,000 RESERVE FUNDS:

Sterling

£1,500,000 at 27.

-$15,000,000 Süver $18,500,000

$33 530,000

Reserve Liability of

Proprietom...$15,000,0% 0 COURT OF DIRECTORS.

S. I: Dodrell, Bog,-Chaleunge, J. A. Pham, Bed, Depury Castro Hon Mr. C. & AD, Bikica, g C., Gabbar, Rag. K. Mr.F. My EV. D. PAT, W. La excrendan maqu— Chairman. Kr. K. BhatipMAS

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Bonglong-N. J. Simba, Beje,

Shangialud, G. Susplus, Zet London Manis-London County and Wower, Laised,

Hongton--Le barves Allowed!

Os Current Accounts at the rabe of 2 por cond

on the daily balanca.

b. MARINE INSURANCES. Cantons

$705

h

$975

H. n,

t. 150

$210

1. ex 73 $235

b. $165 1-8 $9321

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$86 $18

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For 12 Months 41% per annum LOOK POON SHAN; ·

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Chief Manager.

b..

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REFINERIES.

a.

b.

$114 $82

NOTICES.

MINING

SEL-

NOTICE.

b.

B.

t. 17 $2.25 27/6

n.

281-

$813

from Shimoga to Mardeshvar Sugars wold be a little longer than a Malabons boats to which a naval men would | Admiral Guimaraes has devised # Homvar is the nethernmost port Kallans centrates all its attention on that not be taken as implying that about easily and installed any: | the Hysore Darbar. There in Raubs

railway from Shimoga to Bhatkal. which is worth consideration by Langkats fraction of the vessel and under- hr ander-water craft are to be whers on a ship. This fires a takes no other part of it, with the lightly regarded. Quite the projectile which is nothing but a the Survey of India mapa it is Urais reault that the workmen, being other

large backwater and from Tronohs way about, So much glass bottle nine inches long and clear that we can rob a railway} always employed in making one has their displacement been nearly three inches in diameter. from Shimoga "via" Jog and! thing have become expert at their task and ableto do it expeditiously.

filled with sawdust Boaked in Gercoppa to a terminus on Essar H. K. Wharves b. The various parts thus produced capable of a wide radius of sotion/animal or vegetable oil-fish is od spit, just south of the mouth Kowloon Docks b.&. $124

DOCKS. WHARVES, GODOWNS, &C." sre sent to one of the shipyards | supplies can keep the sea for a cannon by a charge of about sa Hontvar backwaterona be dredg

and by husbanding their fuel the best. This is shot from the of the Houavar backwater. If the Shai Docke

"

and there bolted together by ELLIS of men

whore whole lime is given to "assembling" the portions of hull and machinery which other men have made. The building yard employees merely "Eew together" a garment that has been cat out elsewhere. "A abmarine built at Kiel" really mesos a sabesrine fat together there. Possibly 30 different est-

increased

that

they

870

long time. Moreover, they

ounce and a half of powder. It can be aimed with great precision posssss high speed (high for to fall just where it will do most be judged by standarde diferent good.--Exchange. aabmarine, which, of course, must from those applied to surface ships), and they can dive very those carried by some destroyers quickly, Gunequal in power to are now being mounted in them. These weapons are placed on

Slam Steam Packet Co., Ltd.

hhlders in the shore Company The annual meeting of shire took place last month at Bangkok. a Dr. T. Heyward Hays presided,

ablishmente ip as many different disappearing monating; that is, and there were also present: Mangalore and Malpe both have Kung Yiks

to для

PEAK TRAMWAY CO.

LIMITED.

TIME TABLE.

TOO AM. to 8:00 K. C 10:00 am to 15.30 x 1 18.567.3. 10

MOO M

10.00

11.3 M

15:45 P.X.

15 J

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13.00 1. every half hour. 12.00 PM to 32.60.10

every quarter of an hour, BUNDAYS:

11.00 AM to 1800 Noon to

4.30 T.K. to 6.00. to LG TIL O

10.30 1:00 1200 Noon

100 г... 6.50 7.

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6.00 TJ

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EVERY 1 MIN.

10 MI

18 Mix.

30 MIN.

10 Min.

10 MIS

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10 MIN.

XIGITA CARS on Work Days

SATURDAYE:

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15 M.

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$102

b.

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$6,25

$39

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to

COTTON MILLS.

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t, 191

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SPECIAL CARE

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$4.75

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ed cheaply it is worthy of con sideration by the Mysore Darbar Centrals

AND BUILDINGS. ae a site for a harbour of the H. K. Hotels inner type: Perhaps the Darbar Land Invest. might be allowed to lesee a s

so Mr. Richarda to be much more Kastkod epit. Eonirar appears West Points mile of land on or near

• Equate; H'phreys Est.

the Kloon Lands

Shai Lands worthy of consideration than Bhatkal as a port for Mysore. Ewos are raised from the interior of W. Duncan, Mr. J. Aitchison, their advocates who put forward (Shai Cottoni parte of the country were each the boat when required and Mr. Cowan Newlands, Mr. J.D. the claims of either place to be Yangtszepoos responsible for their little piece lonered again when she direa. Powell, Mr. A. Wishart, Mr. the principal port of the South of her, in the manufacture of which they had specialised The advant-

Over the gun emplacement is an J. Reith, and Nai Lert, with Caners District and of the Mysore Borneos age of such a system as this the gun and forms a strong, Chairman said: I should like claim that its geographical posit-Providents

armured hatch which lifts with Mr. A: Carson, Secretary. The State. The advocates of Mangalore China Light & P. b. in speeding up construction will be obvione to anyone acquainted and its crew while the weapon ie cae or two items of interest which for the produce of Mysore, and Green Islands

protective hood above the gen

your attention to ion makes it a astoral outlet Dairy Farms with shipbuilding. By it a dozen in action. As the gans lowers, so do not appear in the accounts be they point out to tile mak HK. Electrics b. boats can be turned out for every this batch automatically sinks fore you. one that could be constructed by back until it falls into place again from Working Account is only already established at Mangalore Steel Foundries

Our carry forward ing and coffee caring works HK. Ice Co, the usual methods which entrust as a part of the hall. Their ticals 42,420 a yard with the building of a torpedcez ere mostly short range 52,447 last year and still our importe. The advocates at Malpe Trams, Peak, old n. against sicala and the amount of its exports and Trams, Low Level n.

Ropes complete boat and make no pro- vision for the standardising of reasons loaded with a very ex- Treffiercosiple were some 30,000 point toits facilities for construct-Trams, Peak, new IL parts so that they can easily be rangeenables them tocarry a mach 1915. During the past two paratively small cost. The con- U. Waterboats

Shortness of sicale more than they were in ing a good barbour at a com- Laundries plosive charge. duplicated. This practice of andardising her submarines would be able to do if they new steel motor launches to our Mysore with the West Onset has Win. Powells

more powerful war head than they years we have added several struction of railways to connect Watsons helpa Germany immensely, in another way that were engined to travel a longer, fiset

and have considerably been cader consideration for Morning Posts ie distance.

On their boat shaped extended our field of activity. many years. The lines which her as rapid constraction. A bowels fitted calter designed to We have the satisfaction of seeing have been surveyed or suggested} enabis the boat so shear its way car new building scheme justified up to date include one from her new U bosts being of the through any obstacle it may en- by incressed

CORRECTED TO NOON FRIDAY one type, crews can be changed counter. They are equipped also | Against this, however, is the Shimoga to Bhatkal. It is one of!

trafic retures,

APRIL 13, 1917, from one vessel to another with for mine laying and, in fact in-encrmous riee in the price of elert from Shimoga or some

BENJAMIN & POTTS, clade this among their regalar fuel-both wood sad oil. The other station on

&veral feasible lines which can Share and General Brokers, activities. With a view to enable average price of kerosine is so exactly like the old one that the better to reaist attack, they roughly 2/20 ticals per tin in ways, and terminste at Kalpe or

Princes Building. the Shimoge they have left, that no "shaking are built with two halle, one cat. 1214, 2/35 in 1916 and 3/24 Bona var. This line is now being WAB branch of the Mysore State Rail-

Tel. address: Broker. period is necessary to side the other, somewhat like a in 1916, so you can see where saireyed by the Government of enable the officers and men to steel cylinder enclosed in the hall our profile have gone. Added Mysore.

to this the price of stores that the Darbar will soon decide Mr. Richards hopes

quite

85 important

to

out any lose of eliciency. The new submarine to which they go

down

17

U

get used to their craft. Nor of a bost. And living conditions do the advantages end here. for their crews are better than In the Baltic, Germany, has they were in the earlier type of asts bed a cohool for training boat. Bobassine crews If she had varying types of U bost one at least of each kind would have to be "tied up" for instructional

dalice, and the officers and men taught to handle one class could

But 88

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Newchwang Shipping. During the quarter ended in December 1916 the total number

It je

EXCHANGE.

BELLING.

*****....... 2/44

TIT

30 dis.

Nom. 10 4

1091⁄4

Nom.

·

56

co & New York

possible Shi-

T/T JAV&...... 137 T/T Marks... Nom. T/T France... 3.21

BUYING.

4 m/s. L/C

4 m/s. D/P 6 m/s. L/C 30 ds. Sydney &Į

Melbourne 30 dia. Ban Frano-) isco& New York!

2/5 1/16 2/5 3/16 2/5 5/10 2/5 5/16

5734

and repairs have also gone up in that they must abandon all hope mand............. 2/4 3/16 the same proportion. It may be of making a good harbour at asked why have we not increased Bhatkal. Perhaps they will then 60 dia. our fares. Well, our directors examine the possibilities of the feel rather reluctant to do this, tine from the Bonnemer.dadam, T/T Shanghai.....

2/414 We have made a small increase through Jog and Gersopps to TT Bingapore

4/8... 2/4 9/16 on some of our runs but generally Honavar. It should be clearly TIT Japan speaking fares are still at pre anderstood that no lins in the IT India and tonasge of vessels which war rates. We have not asked gimcan group will de mach Demand, India... Nom. not be transferred directly to entered and cleared at New. the Siamere public to pay the good to the Bombay Presidency T/T San Francis another and sent right off to sea. chwang was 214 vessels of 214.310 loss the great war is causing as, or the Madras Presidency or

a result of having tone which was a decrease of 13 and we feel that this is our Goorg standardised her boats the need vesselsand 35,277 tons, compared best policy. We are in a posit that ase only one or two for instruct with the December quarter is ion to pay the same dividend as moge group may be more advant-Demand, Paris... 5.2114 ional

purposes. They are 1915. The percentages of the last year and under the circum- ageous to the Mysore State than

a line in the sufficiert to traia

Crews of different flags were 28.6 British, stances must feel satisfied but any other, but he has not yet got whole Astilla,

the 46.4 Japanese, 200 Chinese and we hope that when the war is suficient data about the cost and complements passed throughthim | 7,0 Dalch and Russito, can be passed directly to the

over and prices return to normal traffic prospects of any line to Bay craft commissioned for active

we shall be able to recommend whether this is so or not. The . Black List for Japanese service as these are completed.

the payment of larger dividends. Government of Mysore have now Shipowners. Standardised training thus follows

I now more the edoption of the big staff of railway officers The charior party concluded accounts and the recommend- including an agent and chief apon standardised construction, by the M. Y. K. for the e..ation of the directors for distribut and enables Germany to get the Teacho Mara, owned by Mr. E. ion of profits and after the res maximum of work out of her Oguma, Hokkaido, gave rise to a clation has been seconded, I will ineer for tailway survey and a engineer, a superintending, on- naderes fotilla. It is this question in the Charterere Union. snawer any questions.

4 m/s. Marks 247100 Nom. methonmal way of going about Mr. Og han sarned him-

4 m/s. France... traffic manager. Those thres

3.33 the basinem which has enabled, self an unenviable reputation for

officers should consider which is Demand, Germany..

6 m/s. Franos"...... $.38 her to make her submarine many questionable practices, Bat

the beat of the many lizes in the Demand, New York. 5614 mecame at last a very real ons, the charter party had been signed G. Richards, Engineer-in-Chief, stions and data for consideration TT Calcutta.....

Shimoga group. The agent should T/T Bombay Maroh Mr. then submit their recommend-Demand, Bombay... Nom. Germany has not always had before the Union definitely black. Mysore and West Coast Railway of the Mysore Darbar and its con-

organised listed the shipowner under a Survey, ways in the course of an ulting engineer. When we have Demand, Singapore. 100% on this well thought out cloud. Moreover the N.Y.K. had exhaustive note on the Mysore to got to that stage we can decide on Haiphong...... 3% plar. Its adoption coincided chartered the ship without the West Coast Bailway projects if the best line in the Shimogs On Saigon

Demand, Calcutta... Nom. Demand, Manila with her decision to devote her knowledge of what a reputation and scheme for a port for this group in s good as the Busan On Bangkok

112 naval energies mainly to sob the abipowner bore. Mr. Katsuda, State: The ports on the west | Margalore fins. Bis present Bover

8.40 Nom. maripo, warlara. Having made who interceded with the Union cost of India, which are nonreat opinion is that the boat line in Gold Lest, par o... 48.40

................. 21% prem. up, hot hind for the action, she gave a pledge that the forums of ito. Coorg sed adjacent part of the Salmogs group runs through Bar Silver, per os....

6514 bagy methodically preparing to the charier party would be road Brisiah Burritory, are Tirthalli to Malpe,; bus that nee makellan eloutire as posible faithfully observed, and thus the Mangalore and Beypore and the line in the Shimoga groep cas when the time came to stari- charter party was approved of by other porte between those two, beat the Hassan-Mangalore lies when she was quite ready. Gar the the Union. The Union has but porte north of Mangalore and if we take into account; noi înly many's requirements diller so under scheme the preparation of a south of the Beyporn here Baan, the interons of Mynaan bai kiso

SUBSIDIARY COINS, much from them of other Fowen bleak list in order to clarify the proposed by the Columnents of the interests of Coorg and the be case would Minted atmosphere of the charts British India' and chiynorn, de adjacens parts of the British to thou, This market--Exobangs.

present all Went Clonet poris from

her rats float

be

Port for Mysore. Bangalors,

territory

(PER $100.3

prim.

Extra Cari. Midniglat.

the Company's Office. AisaasArs Buildings Der Fox Gions

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THE MERCANTILE BANK (F INDIA, LIMITED.

Hand, Office 135, Gracechurch.

Stræet, London,

Authorised Capital ...... £1,500,000 Subscribed

H

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Paid Up Reserve Fund

M

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Turough lus close affiliatios with The National City Bank of New York, the Bank is as or the Services of the Breaches of that fuscitation in Cube South America, and alsowbars, nam

BAHIA BUENOS AIRES, GENOA, HAVANA MONTEVIDEO, SANTIAGO DE CUBA KANTOR,

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All kinds of FOREIGN & LOCAL BANKING BUSINESS Uneacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opined and FIXER DEPOSITS Nceived at rate to be sacertained us application,

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Hongkong, 26th September, 1916,

THE CO. YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED.

K. KATO, Manager, Jongkong, No. 2. Paddar Street,

MARTIN'S

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

21,300,000

H

Head Office.--YOKOHAMA,