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COMPANY REPORTS.
10.
HONGKONG TRAMWAY CO.
Good reference. Apply Box No. 316 c o "Hongkong Telegraph:"
The retiring directors are the Hun. Bir C. P. Chater and the Hon. Mr. La Chu Pak, who are eligible and
fer themselves for re-election.
The Auditors, Messrs. The report of the directors of the Bingham and Matthews, offer them- Hongkong Tramway Co. Ld. (uzorcives for re-election.
porated in the United Kingdom), {" -be submitted to the shareholders at the ordinary general meeting to be held at the Uces of Messrs. Jar- dize, Matheson & Co., Ltd. Wednesday, 14th April at noon
states:
Lowe
JOHN JOHNSTONE, Chairman.
NOTICES.
VICTOR
RECORDS.
NEW CONSIGNMENT
JUST ARRIVED
MOUTRIE'S.
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Our tip for "the Derby:
BINOCULARS
HUMPHREYS ESTATE Cɔ.
out of
on
The report of the directors of Humphreys Estate and Finance Company, Limited for the year end-
by LAZARUS
28. Queen's Road. Central,
The Directors submit herewith the g 31st December, for presentation audited Statement of Accounts for to shareholders at the ordinary the year ended 31st December, 1919. The gross pront for
the year amounts to £17,830 Cs. 3d. From this must be de
ducted the Deben- ture al Loan In terest
To, which should lo
added the
brought
forward
from the last Hal
acce Suret.
allowing for
0,706 124, 18 406, 100 m, 14.
after
Figa! blend of
1. G .
QUASH IN A
Making a balancu
!
Of this the terim
Dividend
of
fel for share, paid
25th Anest, DIA absorbed.....
The Directory now re
communi it Finnl
Dividend in 1916 - !
14. d. per dare... 2012 14,
2+1
jar
annual general meeting of the com- pany to be held at the Hongkong, Hotel, at noon on Wednesday, 15th February, is as follows:--Gentle
men,
:
The Directors now beg to submit to you their Repair and Statement of Arcounts for the year ending
ist Frecomber, 1919.
The Net Proft for that period, after deducting Directors' and General Managers remun ration
and including 87 250.97
brought forward from
inst arvount, amounts to 399.051.TO
Which de Directors res.
summerd
approprinted as follows; -- Pay a dividend of on
cents per share.
si
Carry Forward u J
Proft and Tova Ac-
Posting
€,094.70
INSURANCE DESELVE FUND.
The Company having ceased to rwrite any of its own fire risks the amount standing to credit this Fund viz: $215,153-40 is being transferred to Reserve Fund.
DIRECTORS.
Leaving
carried forward £7.115 94 34. Both the Balance Sheet and the Working and Profit and Lo Account have been converted int
Messis. A. 0. Lang and A. Forbes sterling (with the exception of having resigned the very Rev, Capital Additions and Depreciation, Father Robert and Mr. J. W. C. taken at the T.T. rate ca
Bounar were invited to join the 21st Decrruber, 1919, viz. 4s. 10d. Hoard. The Directors now are The jactal Hongkong Receipts and Messrs. J. Scott Harston, J. W. C. Working Expenses in the local Bonnar, W. L Pattenden, and very
Rev. Father Robert who, in currency are as follows:....
cordance with Rule No. 78 of the Company's Articles of Association,
Traffic and Miscel
1015
ac-
laneous Receipts 8755,050 9797,791 retire, but being eligible offer them-
Power Expenses,
Traffic Expenses,
Maintenance and
Repairs, and Gen-
selves for re-election.
AUDITORS
The accounts have been audited
by Messrs. H. Percy Smith, P.C.A,
eral Expenses ... 350,929 366,956) and C. Bernard Brown, A.C., whe
offer themselves for re-election.
Working Profit,
Hongkong....$404.731- 8431,533 -
The Debentures having been redeemed, the Debenture Re-
Reserve demption
(being the difference between. the par value of the debentures purchas
HENRY HUMPHREYS,
Chairman.
THE ZEEBRUGGE-MEMORIAL. An exhibition of models of designs submitted for the com- petition for the Zeebrugge
ed before the redemption, and the Memorial was opened recently price paid for same) amounting to at the premises of the Royal £11,224 106, 10d. is released, and has Institute of British Architects. been transferred to credit of Profit The winning entry was designed and Loss Alc. This transfer reby a Belgian architect, M... A. quires the sanction of the Company Dupont. It is a central column in General Meeting.
to be constructed in bronze, The Hon. Mr. David Landale dominated by a figure of St. George. This is in the middle of resigned his seat on the Board of the 5th May, 1919, and the Hon.& Casin limited on three sides by John Johnstone was invited to a steps. The side facing the sea is bounded by a wall, on which the vacancy Under Article No. 111|the names of the battleships Mr. Johnstine is now eligible for which took part in the action are re-election.
written.
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COMPANY MEETING*
THE BANK OF EAST.ASIA,LTD.. HONGKONG.
The first ordinary yearly meet. ing of the Bank of East Asia, Ltd. was held at 3 pm. on Saturday, at its registered Office, No. 2, Queen's Road, Central. Mr. Pong Wai Ting presided, and there were present Messrs. Chow Chou Son, Li Koon Chun, Fung Ping Shan, Kan Ying Po, Wong Yun Tong, P. K. Kwok, Mok Ching Kong, Ng Chang Luk, Chan Ching Shak (Directors), Kan Tong Po (Chief Manager). Li Tre Fong (Assistant Manager) and a number of Share- holders.
Mr. Kan Tong Po hay- ing read the notice convering the meeting, the Chairman said.- Gentlemen, you will notice from the accounts which have been in your hands for some time that the result of the Bank's working for the first year is most satisfactory. I will with your permission take them as read. The net profit for the year amounts to $370.268.69, with which it is proposed to deal as follows:-
To pay a dividend of 6 per cent, on the paid- up Capital of the Bank which will absorb
To paya Bonus to Direc- tors, Holders of Foun- Shares and
ders.
Staff
To write of Organiza-
tion Expenses
To Transfer to Re-
serve. Fund
To carry forward
.$120,000.00
NOTICES.
LANE, CRAWFORD & Co.
FOR THE
RACES
THE LATEST STYLES IN
SMART
MILLINERY
DRESSES COATS SIUES
LANE, CRAWFORD
& CO.
57,540.00
7,003.74
200,000.00 5,724.64
BY
Though the amount of profit would justify the declaration of a higher dividend, yet in order tɔ. place the Bank on a more solid basis, the Directors propose to create out of the profit a Reserve Fund of $200,000 which I trust will have the whole hearted sup- port of the shareholders. Besides its branch at Saigon, which was es- tablished a few months ago, and ts Shanghai Office, which will be opened shortly, the Directors pro-¡ pose to establish two other branches this year, one at Hai- phong and the other at Canton.
WATSON'S
APPOINTMENT.
DRY GINGER-ALE.
FRAGRANT, “AROMATIC, DRY.
Its "Dryness" is a feature which has helped to give this drink the popularity it so well deserves.
$1.25 Per Dozen.
75
Pints
Since the Bank was opened in A. S. WATSON &
January last year, the deposits have gradually increased unti
well over now they are
fcur million dollars. A Savings D9- partment will be established in the course of this year, and the question of the installation of safe- deposit boxes has had the serious consideration of the Directors. In view of the fact that the premises now occupied by the Bank are like- is to be reconstructed, the Direr- tors have recently acquired the premises next to the Netherlands India Commercial Bank known as Nos. 10 and 10A, Des Voeux Road Central, for the accommodation of the Head Office. The purcha will be completed some time this year, and the Bank will move in often certain alterations have
been made. I now propose that the report and accounts as cir- culated be adopted and that the balance at credit of Profit and Loss Account, viz. $370,208.68, be dealt with as proposed.
The adoption was unanimously arried on being seconded by Mr. Fok Fu Ting.
The three retiring Directors. Messrs. Fung Ping Shan, P. Kwok and Ng Chang Luk were re elected on the motion of Mr. Chow Shou Son, seconded by Mr. Li Koo Chun.
The retiring auditors; Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming, were re-elected nem, con, on the motion of Mr. Wong Yun Tong, seconded by Mr. Kan Ying Po.
GENERAL NEWS.
&
£15,100 FOR A BO K. High prices for rare old books were realised recently at Sothe- by's when the Britwell Court library was cold. Within 15 seconds the first lot, the only known copy of Barnes' Treatise on Fishing, 1520, was sold to Messrs. Quaritch for £1,70. The name of Mr. G. D. Smith was pur- heard prominently as chaser, and it generally signified that American collectors are intererested in the sale. Heber's collection of Elizabethan Broad- sides and Ballads caused quite a stir. The opining bid was £1,000, and by hundreds the offers up to £6,400. at which figure Mr. Smith beat Mr. Quaritch. Aix leaves of Caxton's'in the work "The Curial" went to Mr. Quaritch for £2,980. For the Shakespeare "Venus and Adonis and the "Passionate Pil- grim," there was an opening bid. of £2,000. When £15,000 had been called, Mr. G. B. Smith's offer remained unchallenged by Mr. Quaritch, and the hammer fell on a sum which is a record for an amount realised for a book at auction. ·
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