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THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE

REGULAR AND FAST FREIGHT AND PASSENGER SERVICE.

LONDON SERVICE

BELLEROPHON 31st Mar.

PYRRHUS DEUCALION LYCAON.

(Direct)

London, Amsterdam & Antwerp London & Rotterdam

4th Apr. 9th Apr. London, Rotterdam & Hamburg 16th Apr. London, Rotterdam & Hamburg

LIVERPOOL

SERVICE

(Direct or via Continental Ports)

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

CONSIGNEES.

P. & D. S. S. CO.

STEAMERS FOR STRAITS. COLOMBO, AUSTRA- LIA, BOMBAY, ÉGYPT, MEDITERRANEAN PORTS & LONDON.

Through Bills of Lading issued for Batavia, Persian Gulf, Con- tontal, American and South African Porta.

ANTILOCHUS 6th Apr. M'lles, Havre, Liverpool & Glasgow. DEMODOCUS 20th Apr. Genoa, M'lles, Liverpool & Glasgow.

1st May Milles, Havre, Liverpool & Glasgow... TBUCER

PACIFIC SERVICE

(via Kobe and Yokohama)

TYNDAREUS 24th Apr Viotoris, Seattle & Vancouver

PROTESILAUS

15th May

NEW YORK SERVICE

EURYBATES IXION

PYRRHUS

MENTOR

MENTOR

TEIRESIAS

(via Suez or Panama)

5th Apr..

15th Apr.

via Suez vis Suer

PASSENGER SERVICE

SARPEDON.

For Freight and

4th Apr. for Singapore & London, 13th Apr. for Shanghai

7th May.for Singapors & London

25th June for Singapore & London

4th Aug. for Singapore, Marseilles & London Passage Rates and sil Information Apply to

BUTTERFIELD & SWIRE

THE STORE OF

(JOHN SWIRE & SONS, LTD.)

AGENTS.

NOTICE.

NIKKO

WHICH CONTAINS THE VERY BEST EXAMPLES

OF

JAPANESE ART BOTHE ANTIQUE AND MODERN,

THE COWIE HARBOUR COAL CO, LTD.

SILIMPOPON COAL

THE undersigned are prepared

to quote prices for best

Loal, trimmed into Bunters at

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THE Steamer "SOUDAN

Captain E. M. M. Collyer, carrying. His Majesty's Mails will be despatched from this port on or about FRIDAY, 30th March. 1923, at 1: a.m. taking Passengers and Cargo for the above Poris,

WEDNESDAY, MARCH

"THIS PROSPECTUS HAS BEEN DULY FILED WITH THA REGISTRAR OF COMPANIES.

The Subscription List will open on Saturday, the 24th day of March, 1923, and close on or before Saturday, the Sist day of March,' 1923.

:

HONGKONG. REALTY AND TRUST COMPANY, LIMITED.

Incorporated under the Companies Ordinances, 1911-1951,

Capital $2,000,000 divided into 200,000 shares of $10 each. Of the above skares 100,000 hava already been subscribed for cash by the Directors and their friends. On these $2.50 per sharę will be paid on 'application and the balance when called up on the same basis as the remaining capital.

In addition the Directors are allotting 30,000 shares credited as

fully paid up under the terms of the Option and subsequent corres pondence thereon referred to in paragraph (6) hereof.

The remaining 70,000 shares ranking equally with those already subscribed are now offered for public' subscription payable as to $2.50 per share on application. The balance dve on each share, viz, $7.50 will be called up on subsequent demand as and when further capital is required.

Silk and Valuable Cargo for Italy, France and London (under Any of the shares now offered to, the public which may not be arrangement) will be conveyed subscribed for will be allotted in such manner as the Directors shall by this Steamer proceeding to determine. Bombay and there transhipped to the on-carrying Steamer for Marseilles and London.

Parcels will be received at the Office until 3 P.M. the day before. sailing. The contents and value of all packages are required.

For further particulars, apply

MACKINNON, MACKENZIE

& CO.

Agents.

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for regular Suppies of cargo

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Steamers calling at Sebattik .or Sandakan exclusively for Bunkers are exempt from pay- ment of ordinary Port Charges. draft of water alongside the Company's Wharf Sebattik is 25 feet at low water Spring Tides. Charts of Cowie Bay (Sebattık Harbour) and ang

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DIRECTORS.

Jonx Scorr BARSTON, 1, Des Vanx Road Central, Hongkong,

Solicitor and Notary Public

Hon. Mr. CROW SHOC Sox, Bank of East Asia, Ltd, Des Vœux

Road Central, Hongkong, inofficial Member of the Legisla tive Council.

JAMES HARPER TAGGART, Managing Director, Hongkong Hotel

Co., Ltd, Powell's Building, Hongkong

The Very Rev. Father Leox Rostar, Procureur General des Mis

sions "Etrangeres, 1, Battery Path, Hongkong.

ARTHUR RYLANDS LOWE, 3, Queen's Road Central, Haogkong,

Chartered Accountant.

FRANK MALCOLM LANE CRAWFORD, Managing Director, Lane

Crawford, Ltd., Chater Road, Hongkong.

FUNG TAT HANG, Compradore, Hongkong Hotel, Hongkong PETER KINGSON Kwok, Bank of East Asia, Ltd, Des Yeux Road

Central, Hongkong, Merchant.

BANKERS. }

THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

AUDITORS.

LINSTEAD & DAVIS, Alexandra Building. Des Veux Road Central,

Victoria, Hongkong.

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SOLICITORS.

Messrs. DEACON, HARSTON & SHENTON, 1, Des Your Road Central,

Victoria, Hongkong.

REGISTERED OFFICE OF THE COMPANY. POWELL'S BUILDING (2nd floor), Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong.

SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY (pro tem). TA. BARRY, Powell's Building (2nd floor), Des Vaux Road

Central, Hongkong.

PROSPECTUS.

(a) This Company has been formed principally to acquire

parchase (under the terms of the Option and subsequent correspondence thereon hereinafter mentioned) from Lane Crawford Limited (whose Registered Office is situate at Ice House Street. Victoria, Hongkong) and develop by building thereon the land registered in the Land Office as Section' A of Marine Lot No. 7 and commonly known se "The Wiseman Site" situate in De Veux Road Central Hongkong. The purchase price of the land is $1,000,000, $300,000 of which will be satisfied by the issue to Lane Crawford Limited of 30,000 shares of the Company credit- ed as fully paid up. Of the remainder of the purchase price, $148,781.50 will be paid in cash, and the balance of $551,218.50 will be satisfed by the taking over by the Company from Lane Crawford Limited of the Mortgage (repayable on the 30th April, 1997) for that amount now subsisting on the property in favour of Lane Crawford Limited and carrying interest at 8% per annum.

In addition to the purchase price payable as above, the Company will, under the Option hereinafter mention- ed, pay the brokerage of one per cent, on the purchase price amounting to $10,000 which is referred to in para- graph (b) hereof, and also indemnify Lane Crawford Limited to the extent of $26,394.30 in respect of the Plans and Specifications referred to in paragraph (c) hereof.

GRANDA, CAN YOU EAT

NUTS?

The Option for the acquisition of such land bears date the 6th day of March 1923 and is made between Lane Crawford Limited as Vendors of the one part and Mr. W.E. L. Shenton, one of the partners in the firm of Deacon, Harston and Sherton the above mentioned Solicitors to the Company, as Trustee for the Company of the other part. A copy of this Option and the subsequent cor- respondence thereon can be inspected at the offices of the said Solicitors to the Company (No. 1 Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong) at any time during business hours. A copy of the Mortgage above referred to which bears date the 5th day of May 1922, and is for a term of Five years from that date can also be inspected at the same place and time..

There are no other Contracts relating to the land to be acquired by the Company.

On the land to be acquired as above by the Company it is proposed to erect a modern seven-storied building]

NO, TAG, I HAVE NO TEETH,

Safe Keeping

1923.

Fashion Exhibit

UNPACKED THIS-MORNING!

THE LATEST STYLES

LADIES'

IN

RAIN-COATS

AND MACKINTOSHËS,

MADELIENE PEARSON

Phone 2313.

(Next to Cafe Wiseman)

P. O. Box 530.

with a Basement, so as to afford accommodation for Stores, Shops, a Safe Deposit Vault and First class Office Rooms, particularly suitable to professional people. The Site is considered to be specially favourable for such a building, being in the centre of the business part of the City and close to the Hotels, Banks and Shipping Offices, etc.

(b) In respect of the above mentioned Option a brokerage of 1% on the purchase price of $1,000,000 amounting to $10,000 is payable by the Company to the Solicitors to the Company in respect of the sale of the land the subject of such Option.

(c) Under the last mentioned Option the Company are to de under the obligation of indemnifying Lane Crawford Limited to an extent not exceeding $26,304.30 in respect of the cost of certain Plans and Specifications prepared in 1922 in connection with the building which Lane Craw- ford Limited at the time proposed to erect on the said land.

(4) No other commission or promotion money will be paid by

the Company.

() The Company is to pay all preliminary expenses of and incident to the formation and ficating of the ́Company down to the time when it becomes entitled to commence business and also all costs and expenses in connection with the acquisition of the land and the Assignment- thereof to the Company, the estimated amount whereof is $20,000.

f) The minimum subscription on which the Directors may

proceed to allotment is seven shares.

(0) The Articles of Association provide that the qualification of a Director is to be the holding of 1,000 shares in the Company and that the remuneration of each of the Direc tors is to be $1,000 per annum.

(A) Directors are interested in the promotion of the Company .

as follows:

(1) As to Mr. Harston in respect of the brokerage men-

tioned in clause (b).

(2) As to Messrs. Taggart, Lowe, Crawford and Harston to the extent that they are Directors of Lane Crawford Limited who are the Vendors of the land to be acquiṛ- ed by the Company,

(3) As to Messrs. Taggart, Lowe and Harston to the extent that they are Directors in the Hongkong Hotel Company Limited who are Shareholders in Lane Crawford Limited.

(4) As to the Rev. Father Robert to the extent that he is a Director of the Dairy Farm, Ice and Cold Storage Company Limited who are Shareholders in Lane Crawford Limited, the Vendors aforesaid.

(5) As to all the Directors other than The Hon. Mr. Chow. Shou Son, Fung Tat Hang and Peter Kingson Kwok that they or some of them are Directors of other Companies with whom the Company may do business. (1) Copies of the Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Company can be inspected at the aforementioned offices of the Solicitors to the Company at any time during business hours.

( A copy of the Company's Memorandum of Association is annexed to the Prospectus and forms part of it.`. (4) Application for shares should be made upon the Form attached to the Prospectus, which should be detached therefrom and sent to the Company's Bankers (The Hong- kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) together with a remittance of $2.50 per share, the amount of the deposit.

Where no allotment is made, the deposit will be re turned in full,, and where the number of shares allotted is less than the number applied for, a proportionate amount of the deposit will be returned.

Prospectuses can be inspected, at and Forms of Application obtained from the Company's Bankers (The Hongkong. and Shanghai Backing Corporation) and at and from the; temporary offices of the Company in Powell's Building," (second floor), Des Vœux Road Central, Hongkong.. Dated the 23rd day of March 1923.

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