342
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
By London charges, 1st January to 31st
December, 1895
Less—
Amount brought forward from
below
Amount transferred to liability
account
261,759.57
Tls. 36,635.34
36,635.34
By Hongkong charges, 1st January to 31st
December, 1895
By Yokohama charges, 1st January to 31st
December, 1895
To-working account, 1895:--
Amount brought forward from below.....
460,203.10
To liability account for 1894 and previous
years
26,307.92
By exchange account
To dividends uncollected
208.12
(Ex. 28. 114d. per Tael) Tlɛ. 1,581,789.56
Cr.
By cash on current and deposit accounts in
Shanghai
By.Chinese Imperial Government loan of
1886 (E. issue)
By Shanghai Municipal loan of 1888
By Shanghai Municipal loan of 1890
Tie.
152,910.48
40,000.00 81,200.00 15,000.00
By Shanghai Municipal loan of 1891
By Shanghai Municipal loan of 1894
By Shanghai Municipal loan of 1895.
By Shanghai Land Investment Co.'s 6 per
cent. debentures
By Shanghai Waterworks Co.'s 5 per cent.
debentures
By mortgage on property in Shanghai By land and premises-Head office, Shanghai By London freehold premises ....... By London branch-Balance, viz. :—
Cash at Bankers and on de-
posit
£7,192 17 3 Short loans on security 10,000 00 India Government securities 27,992 15 7 Colonial Government bonds 26,123 7 4 City of London 31 per cent.
bonds Chinese 6 per cent. gold
4,948 18 11
loan of 1895
5,291 3 4
Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincoln Railway
per
cent. pref. stock
Delhi Linballa Kalka Rail-
way ordinary stock
3,213 17 0
4,322 0 0 H.H. Nizam Railway 4 per
cent, mortgage debentures 5,102 10 0 Illinois Central Railroad 4
per cent, gold bonds 5,087 11 0 Furniture account-London
and Manchester Premia outstanding, bills receivable, policy stamps and drafts, etc. in course collection....
Les-Due to sundries
500 0 0
12,546 17 8
£118,321 17 11 2,063 14 11
8,634.40 15,000.00 18,500.00
55,000.00
9,600.00 13,000.00 50,000.00 258,978.11
By directors' and auditors' fees
By income tax
7
By losses and claime paid
By depreciation furniture accopat
By repairs to head office premises
By balance carried forward
73,280.99
12,738.43
[April 23, 18961.
efficient. I hope you will all hold on. It would be a very good thing to establish scouts.e I should have five native scouts who could carry messages quickly from the low levels to the hills 7,700.58 where the commanders of the different sections 6,400.00 were; no doubt these scouts would prove very
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useful if they were wanted. You did your work 67,317.69 well indeed quite as well as I could have anticipated. Now, Captain McCallum, if you 1,366.50 ask me to distribute the prizes I shall be very
happy to do so.
407.52
10,383.17 460,203.10
Taels 1,114,817:93
HONGKONG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
ANNUAL INSPECTION,
very
Major-General Black added-Be sure you "handsel" the cup.
The gun stars were then presented to the remainder of the battalion-Gunners Deas, Curran, White, Gilchrist, Hand, Moller, and
Major-General Black then handed to Ser- geant Lowrie the Challenge Cup won by the 5th detachment in the 64 pounder competition, 1896, and also a battery cup for himself. In giving Sargeant Lowrie this last oup the General said-This is a very fine cup indeed. It will be handed down to your family and I On the afternoon of the 15th April H.E the
am sure they will be proud of it in years to Governor and H.E. Major-General Black held
come. Why, you won't be able to carry them both. the annual inspection of the Hongkong Volun-Sergeant Lowrie replied that he would get teer Corps on the Parade Ground. Colonel someone to help him. O'Gorman, D.A.A.G.. Captain Sterling, A.D.C. to the Governor, and Captain Loveband, the General's A.D.C., were also in attendance. Both the Field Battery and Maxim Gun Corps were un- der the command of Major Pemberton, the Field Battery being in charge of Captain McCallum and the Maxim in charge of Captain Adamson, The others officers present were Surgeon Lieute- nant Stedman, Lieutenants Machell and Chap- man (Field Battery). Surgeon Lieutenant Low- son and Lieutenant Osborne (Maxims). Alto- gether fifty-three officers and men of the Field Battery, twenty-two of the Maxim Gun Com. pany, and fourteen Signallers assembled on the ground. They were put through a course of field manoeuvring which occupied nearly an hour and then they returned to head quarters, where the prizes were distributed. In addressing the of ficers and men
Major General Black said-Major Pember- ton, Captain McCallum, Captain Adamson, officers and men of the Hongkong Volunteer Artillery, in the old days when Volunteers were inspected there was a good deal of butter laid on. It was the fashion of the day for the Volunteers to be coaxed and patted on the back, but now it is no longer the custom for fish to be eaten with sauce and it would be a sort of insult to men to bespatter them with praise and pay them elaborate compliments. But still, there is nothing like telling you the truth when you have done well, and it is just as well to tell you you have done badly if 7,158.53 do not deserve praise. Since I came here I have 14,162.48
seen you work on two days on the hill; one of the days was when you had to fire at targets at Sandy Bay, and there is no doubt that the work was very well done. The guns were brought into positions of very considerable dif- ficulty over very rocky ground and the work was very well done and the firing was also very good, especially the firing of the seven pounders, (Ex. 28. 114d. per Tl.) Tls. 1,581, 789.76 | The firing of the Maxims, however, was not so
By Hongkong branch, balance
By Yokohama branch, balance
By Singapore branch, balance
£116,258.30
By furniture at head office, Hongkong,
Yokohama, and Singapore-branches
785,970.59 38,839.66
3,667.74
By sundry debtors—Premia, etc. outstanding at head office and agencies Less-Due to sundries
Tls. 67,795.43 1,627.96
84,167.57
WORKING ACCOUNT, 1894. Dr.
To balance carried forward
#
Cr.
--Tls. 261,759.57
T. 261,759.57
By return and re-insurance premia, 1st Janu-
ary to 31st December, 1895.
By sundry charges and income tax
By losses and claims paid
To net premia, 1st January to 31st Decem-
TIs.
29,948.09 2,193.60 229,617.88
Tis. 261,759.57
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you
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very good, but I do not know whether it would have been particularly pleasant to have stood near the targets fired at. Of course you had to heave some very heavy things and I heard one or two of the men say that it
hard work. Of course
it was
very hard work and it was a pity the men had to hanl the guns into the positions themselves. It would have been better if they had brought coolies for that work, as the men would then have been fresh. Far better have coolies, although of course you would have to work the guns yourselves in time of need and in that case you would not want untrained men with you. The ground you had drill on to-day is very uneven and the seven pounders did not lend themselves to lining up. I just forget the exact phrase, but the ground was very difficult to get over. The manoeuvring was very well done and you certainly got your guns in very good position, and that is a long way towards winning a fight. You did very well, but there are so few of you. You are good looking lot of men, Tls.
80 few. I have written to the Governor suggesting certain things and I 13,405.77 have been talking to men who had been in the Corps as well as to men who are in now 11,914.07
and I have gathered from them that if ever they were wanted they would come back again. 2,518.33
That shows a very good spirit indeed, but I 34,245.16 hope none of you will leave when you become
WORKING Account, 1895. Dr.
ber, 1895
To interest ...
To transfer and certificate fees
To profit on London investments realised To investment fluctuation account tranz-
ferred
Tis.
1,035,502.66 56,072.95 102.00 12,384.17
10,756.15
Taols 1,114,817.93
Cr.
By agency commissions 1st January to
31st December, 1895
By agency charges, 1st January to 31st
December, 1895
By general charges, 1st January to 31st
December, 1895...
By head office charges, 1st January to 31st
December, 1895
B
you are
but
Stewart.
The proceedings then terminated.
THE RIFLE BRIGADE SPORTS.
The annual athletic meeting promoted by the Rifle Brigade was held at the Happy Valley on Monday (13th April) in capital weather and before a very large assembly, including His Excellency the Governor, Sir William Robinson. The Bri gade contains many exceptionally good athletes and consequently the sport provided was parti- cularly interesting and enjoyable. The Brigade band was in attendance during the afternoon and played many excellent selections and it should also be mentioned that admirable arrangements had been made by the officers of the Brigade for the supply of refreshments to the invited guests. The following were the officials:-
PRESIDENT AND REFEREE.-Lient. Col. C H. B. Norcott.
COMMITTEE. Capt. W. V. Eccles, Capt. A. G. Ferguson, Lient. R. Alexander, Lient CE W. C. Knox, Lieut. G. Paley, Lient. L. Hooy (Hon. Sec.)
SUB-COMMITTEE.-Sergt. Major W. Mor rish, Quarter-Master Sergeant W. Hoggatt, Colour-Sergeant J. Finney, Colour-Sergeant H. Lacey.
CRICKET BALL.
Acting Corporal Sherman, 96 yards Private Claridge, Private Perrow,
HIGH JUMP.
90 yards 89 yards
Private Cronin, 4 ft. 11 in. Private Emery, 4 ft. 11 in. Private Pain, 4ft. 9 in.
VETERANS' RACE.
Sergeant Tyre... Sergeant Jones Private Higginson
100 YARDS RACE, Acting Corporal Hall Private Richardson... Private Cull
Time-10 secs.
SERGEANTS' RACE, 220 YARDS Sergeant Jones..... Sergeant Ryan...
DRILL ORDER, 300 YARDS Private Thistlewood Private Goreham Private Watson
Time-42 secs.
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HURDLE RACE, 120 YARDS Private Brown... Private Hatchwell Private Walters
Time 16 secs.
220 YARDS::OPËN RACE
Acting Corporal Hall Private Ryder... Private Green'.
Time-22 secs.
FIL
CHILDREN'S HANDICAP
R. Peachy... P. Morrish
R. Layfield
A. Cox M. Peachy...
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