504 HONGKONG HIGH-LEVEL TRAM-
WAYS CO., LIMITED.
The following is the report for presentation to the shareholders at the sixteenth ordinary general meeting, to be held at the Company's Registered Offices, 38 and 40, Queen's Road Central, on Thursday, the 27th day of Decem- ber, 1900, at twelve o'clock, noon :-
We beg to lay before you the report and statement of accounts for the year ending 30th November, 1900.
The traffle receipts for the twelve months, together with transfer fees, amount to $73,737.05. After paying interest and all running expenses and making provision for auditors' fees, there remains a net profit on the year's working of $23,242.10, which, added to $2,369.67 carried forward from last year, gives a sum of $30,611.77 available for appropriation. Your General Managers and Consulting Committee recom- mend that a dividend of $14 per share be paid to shareholders, absorbing 817,500, and that $10,000 be carried to the Permanent. Reserve Fund, leaving $3,111.77 to be carried forward to new account.
CONSULTING COMMITTEE.
On the departure of Mr. J. Orange from the Colony in April last, Mr. R. K. Leigh was invited to fill the vacancy, and accepted a seat on the Board. In accordance with Rule 15 of the Company's Articles of Association, the pre- sent members, Messrs. C. Ewens, B. K. Leigh and C. W. Dickson retire, but being eligible offer themselves for re-election.
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
SUPREME.COURT.
Saturday, 15th December.
IN SUMMABy JurisdictION.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR T. SERCOMBE SMITH (ACTING Puisne Judge).
BATHURST V. WATKINS.
[December 22, 1900,
THE CASE AGAINST BERNARD JORUS, The Attorney-General mid there was the case against Bernard Jorus. It was the first case in the calendar. His learned friend Mr. Slade appeared for the defence. He thought they would have enough business to keep them all day and that it might be said that the case would not be taken that day. He could not say much more at present, but he would release his learned friend until to-morrow and release the man from being here to-day.
The Chief Justice-Can I take it to-morrow
morning P
will
In this case Harry Bathurst, of Victoria View, master mariner, was the plaintiff and G
The Attorney-General-Subject to the state A. Watkins, manager of Watkins Limited, was the defendant. The following were the particu. of business. We can hardly tell how the cases
go to-day. lars of the claim:-(1) For victualling the
CAUGHT RED-HANDED. defendant on board the transport Hailoong
Case No. 5, in which Chan Chin was charged from 23rd June to 6th July, 26 ls. 4d. with housebreaking with intent to commit a For victualling the Chinese servant of the felony, was taken next. This prisoner is impli defendant on board the Hailoong from the
In this particular case he 23rd June to the 29th July, 827-75. (3) cated in other cases.
pleaded guilty. For the supply of refreshments to the defen- dant on board the Hailoong $18.86. (4) For the use of chart room by the defendant on board the Hailoong, $50. Total $159-91.
Mr. M. J. D. Stephens appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Grist for the defendant.
Mr. Stephens explained that since ten o'clock the previous day the defendant's solicitor had written him a letter making certain pro- posals for settlement, and had paid into court $36-50. He was not able to see his client until that morning about a quarter to ten. He had to go into figures, and it was almost ten o'clock when he came over to the court, and he was unable to see the defen- In the absence of Mr. Fullerton Henderson dant's solicitor, Mr. Grist. Since then another from the colony, his place has been taken by little sum had been added, and he had promised Mr. W. H. Gaskell, who has, in conjunction to withdraw the suit. It was rather late when with Mr. W. Hutton Potts, audited the ac- he came in to see the Registrar about withdraw- counts. Mr. Henderson and Mr. Potts offering it. The Registrar told him that the case themselves for re-election.
AUDITORS.
JOHN D. HUMPHREYS & SON, General Managers. Hongkong 18th December, 1900.
BALANCE SHEET FOR THE YEAR ENDING 30TH NOVEMBER, 1900.
LIABILITIES.
$
0.
Capital account:-1,250 shares of $100 each.
fully paid up.
125,000.00
Permanent reserve fund
5,000.00
Unclaimed dividenda
580.00
Local and general liabilities.
8,853.89
Profit and loss:--Brought forward $2,369.67 Do. For current year 28,242.10
was to come on. He now applied for permis- sion to withdraw the case, on the understanding that he received the sum of $5 more towards the servant's victualling and 85:50 more towards the costs. Mr. Grist had given him an undertaking
to that effect:
Mr. Grist-Yes, that is so. The suit was accordingly withdrawn.
Tuesday, 18th December.
CRIMINAL SESSIONS.
80,611.77 BEFORE HIS HONOUR SIR JOHN CARRINGTM
TON, C.M.G. (CHIEF JUSTICE). $170,045.66
$ 0.
125,000.00
The criminal sessions opened yesterday morn- ing, the following being the calendar:-
1. Bernard Jorus-defilement of a girl be- tween 12 and 16 years of ́age.
2. Pailwan Khan.
13,388.48
3. Chan Chiu-(1) housebreaking; (2) receiving 21,766.87
125.00 | stolen goods.
159.50 2,070.50
ABSETS.
Permanent way, concession, and deed of
grant
Stations, Crown leaseholds, and buildings (Inland lots 1,317, 1,332, 1,333, 1,334, 1,835, 1,353, and R. B. lot 86)
Bolling stock
Furniture account
Coals and stores in hand
Accounts receivable
Cash in H. and S. Bank
$6,134.05
Cash and compradore's orders in
hand
1,401.28
7,535.81
$170,045.66
PROFIT AND LOS ACCOUNT. Dr.
To salaries and wages
To charges
To coals and stores.
To interest
To rates, Crown rent, and fire insurance
To godown and station rent
$2,100.00
Less sundry rents received
607.50
To maintenance and repairs
To General Managers' and auditors' fees. To officè rent and clerks' salaries, &c. To balance
Cr.
By amount brought forward from last year By transfer fees By traffic receipts for the year to data
4. Chan Chiu, Tang Wing, and Chari Kwan -(1) housebreaking; (2) receiving stolen goods. 5. Chan Chiu-housebreaking with intent to commit a felony.
6. Chan Chiu, Tang Wing, and Chan Kwan —(1) housebreaking; (2) receiving stolen goods. 7. Chan Chin, Tang Wing, and Chan Kwan —(1) burglary; (2) receiving stolen goods,
8. Chan Kwan, Tang Wing.
$ c. 17,474.79 9. Liu Ng-being a member of an unlawful
5,208.18 society. 7,505.33 8,627.84 1,019.30 1,017.01
EVIDENCE UNSATISFACTORY.
The Attorney-General said he must ask that the sentence might be postponed. There were several other cases against this man.
The Chief Justice-Do you propose to take them now ?
The Attorney-General-Yes; I propose to take case No 4 in the calendar, in which this man, another man, and a woman are implicated. He added that this man had pleaded guilty to breaking into a house at No. 2, Aberdeen Street, with intent to commit a felony on the 18th November, this being the day after a successful robbery had been committed at the same place. In consequence of the robbery on the 17th the cook hid himself in the house the following day, and in this way caught the prisoner on his breaking in.
ROBBERY IN ABERDEEN STREET.
The fourth case was then taken, Chan Chiu, Tang Wing, and Chan Kwan being charged with (1) housebreaking and (2) receiving stolen goods. The first prisoner pleaded guilty on the first count and not guilty on the second, the second prisoner pleaded guilty on the second count and not guilty on the first, and the third prisoner pleaded not guilty on both counts.
The jurors were Messrs. Luis Carlos do Rozario, Thomas Stafford, A. 8. Gubbay, L. E. Ozorio, W. T. Shewan, M. Fujise, and A. F. Osmund.
The Chief Justice-Mr. Attorney-General, with regard to the first and second prisoners, do you propose to go on against them on the other count?
The Attorney-General-I am afraid it is in- cumbent upon me to proceed against the
woman.
The Chief Justice-Then we will go on generally.
The Attorney-General-I am afraid so. Con- tinuing he said these prisoners stood charged on an indictment which had two counts in it- firstly with breaking into a house and stealing property, and secondly with receiving stolen property. The premises which were broken into were at No. 2, Aberdeen Street, and were occupied by a man named Chan Yu Ping. This man happened to go away on business for a few days and he left the place in charge of a boy. The boy was a careful boy but he had to leave the premises to go down to the office on certain days, but before he went he always looked up the premises. On the 12th November he left the house locked up at nine o'clock in the morning. When he returned at In regard to the Indian Pailwan Khan (who twelve o'clock he found that one of the two had been committed for trial on an abominable locks which has been on the door was still there but that it had been opened by a pick-look. The offence) the Attorney-General (the Hon. W.
other lock had been broken off. He found that Meigh Goodman, Q.C.) said he had had an op. 1,492.50
portunity, since the Magistrate committed the a leather box belonging to his master, which 1,350.00
case for trial of making further enquiries into contained a considerable number of goods, 1,800.00
it, and he had come to the conclusion that the had been stolen. Some goods belonging to a 30,611.77
evidence was of that character that he could female servant named Au Kan, who had $76,106.72 not ask a jury to convict. Therefore he had not gone to Macao, had also been taken away. filed an indictment against the man and did At that time there was no trace of who The cook, how- not propose to do so. Therefore probably had done the mischief. 2,369.67
He thought, that his Lordship would allow the man to go Heever, was fairly smart. 73,733,05 might say in regard to this matter that he had as the thief had left a few things behind made careful enquiries, and had come to the he might return for them. The cook accord- $76,108.72 conclusion that the evidence was not satis ingly locked up the premises on the 18th inst factory. He thought it quite right of the Ma- and hid himself inside. Presently the first pri- gistrate to commit the man for trial. He was soner cáme and picked one of the locks, broke the other, and came inside. He was rather not reflecting in the least upon the Magistrate.
surprised to find the cook waiting for him. He tried to get away, running downstairs as fast as he could. The cook followed and
4.00
The only case of communicable disease noti- fied as occurring in the Colony last week was one of small-pox, outside the limits of the City of Victoria.
The man was socordingly informed that the Attorney-General did not propose to make an indictment against him and he was discharged,
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