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October 26, 1901.]
CHINA TRADERS' INSURANCE
Co., 1
LIMITED.
The following is the report for presentation to the shareholders at the Thirty-fifth Ordinary Meeting of the above Company, to be held on Tuesday, the 12th November, at noon -
The net premis am.unts to $1,380,796.37, and the working account shows a balance at credit of $514,805.07, which sam the directors re- commend be appropriated in the following
manner :-
A dividend of 16 per cent. to shareholders ($4 per share)
A dividend of 15 per cent. on con- tributions, payable to all con- tributors of business whether shareholders or not
To be carried to new account
DIRECTORS.
$ 96,000.00
125,000.00 293,805.07
$$14,805.07
Messrs. E. Goetz and P. Sachse retired from the Board on leaving the Colony; Messrs. P. Witkowski and H. Schübart accepted invita- tions from the directors to fill the vacancies, and their appointment will be submitted for the confirmation of shareholders.
Messrs. A. J. Raymond and P. Witkowski retire by rotation, and offer themselves for re- election.
AUDITORS.
The annexed accounts have been audited by Messrs. T. Arnold and H. U. Jeffries, who offer themselves for re-election.
Chairman.
A. HAUPT,
Hongkong, 22nd October, 1901.
The following are the accounts:-
STATEMENT OF ACCOUNT For the year ending 30th April, 1901.
Invested in mortgages of properties-
ASSETS.
Cash in hand
Fixed deposits with banks
In Hongkong ..
In Shanghai
In Melbourne
$610,000.00 133,287.66 3,500.00
Bonds of Chinese Imperial Government
loan, 1886, 136 bonds at Tls. 250-Tls. 34,000
Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Go-
down Co., Limited, debentures Shanghai Waterworks Co., Limited, de-
bentures
Shanghai and Hongkew Wharf Co., Ld.,
debentures...
London branch :-
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Cash in hand..
Indian Govt. securities
Consols
88,489.88 364,726 25 49.250.00
Fixed deposits with banks 300.000.00
Remittances in transitù.
8,000.00
Australasian branches :-
Cash in hand, in course of collection,
and on fixed deposit
Shanghai branch:~-
Cash in hand, in course of collection,
and on fixed deposit
Yokohama branch :--
Cash in hand, in course of collection!
and on fixed deposit
Interest accrued, but not yet payable Furniture at head office and branches Sundry debtors
Paid up $25 on 24,000 shares
LIABILITIES,
Capital subscribed....
$2,000,000.00
Reserve fund .. ·
Dividends outstanding
Exchange fnotuation account
Sundry creditors
Profit and loss account
To losses
WORKING ACCOUNT,
To charges, survey fees, &o
To directors' and auditors fees at head
office and branches To profit and loss account
$ c. 32,536.83
325,000.00
746,787.66
41, 101.80 150,000.00 5,479.45 50,273.97
810,166.13
134,936.70
64,936.88
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CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
3 C. ... 1,380,796.37
By premio, less re-insurances, return pre-`
mis and commissions By interest
By transfer fees
By amount brought forward from last
year
RESERVE FUND. Tq balance on 31st August, 1901 By balance on 31st August, 1900
100,:11.00
135.00
Tuesday, 22nd October.
IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.
347
255,862.61 BEFORE HIS HONOUR T. SERCOMBE SMITH
(ACTING PUISNE JUDGE). $1,737,005.01
SUPREME COURT.
Monday, 21st October.
$ V. 900,000.00
000,000.00
IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR A. G. WISE (ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE).
ARMED ROBBERY.
Twelve native fishermen were charged on four counts with armed robbery on the island of Po Toi on 14th September. They pleaded not guilty on all the counts.
The jury was as follows:-B. C. M. Johnston, H. A. Siebs, T. H. Jewitt, T. W. Hindmarsh, A. D. Barretto, L. A. Rose, and E. O. R Volbrecht.
The Hon. H. E. Pollock, K.C., Acting Attorney-General, who was instructed by Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor, stated the case to the jury. He said the robbery took place in a grocer's shop on the island of Po Toi somewhere between midnight on the 13th of September and the early morning of the 14th. Some of the robbers were armed with choppers, but if the jury was satisfied that the defendants were those who had actually committed the robbery, it would be justified in dealing in the matter as if all were armed with choppers. Others of the robbers carried torches. They put the occupants of the shop in fear of their lives, and stole certain property, some of which be- longed to the people in the shop and some to people who were in the habit of leaving articles there. The robbers afterwards escaped in a junk, but one was left behind, and he was ar- rested by a fisherman and taken back to the Here he grocer's shop which had been robbed. was kept until the arrival of the police, when he was taken into custody. The villagers carried the news of the robbery to Stanley, and from there a telephonic message was sent to the Central Police Station. Inspector Riley, of the Water Police, acting on orders, went off in a stean-launch to search for the junk in which the robbers escaped. He found it near the Lyeemun Pass at six o'clock on the morning of the 14th September, with nine of the de-
fendants on board. One of them throw a revolver into the water as the pinnace ap- proached. Four choppers and revolver arumuni- tion were found on the junk. The pinnace took the junk in tow, and on the way to Hong- kong some of the prisoners threw several things overboard. Inspector Riley then ordered them into the fore-part of the launch, and made them place their hands on the top of their heads. After the launch reached the wharf and the prisoners were removed to the Police Station, 28,860.85 a loaded revolver was found on the fore-deck of 9192.84 the pinnace, in the place where the prisoner had 5,216.63 stood, besides certain of the stolen articles. 13,099.82
Against the sixth and eighth defendants was $2,420,889.56 direct evidence of identification; the tenth defendant was the one who was left behind $
when his confederates escaped, and was arrested. The eleventh defendant was arrested on the 600,000.00 hills somewhere near Shankiwan, and was at 900,000.00 the time actually wearing a jacket which formed 5,668.48 part of the stolen property. With regard to the twelfth defendant, he had been identified 248,423.61 514,805.07 by one of the witnesses in the shop at the time of the robbery as having been implicated $2,420,889.56 therein.
C.
151,992.40
957,676.53
After hearing the evidence, the jury unani- c. mously found the prisoners guilty, and on the first count his Lordship sentenced them to 14 243,130.49 years' imprisonment each, with hard labour, and three whippings of 20 strokes each within the 21,392.92 first six months of their imprisonment; on 514,805.07 each of the second and third counts to 12 months' hard labour each, all the sentences to $1,737,005.01
run concurrently.
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ATTEMPTED BRIBERY OF A POLICE SERGEANT. Shiu Chak and Li Chan were charged on two counts-(1) offering a bribe to a public servant with a view to influence his conduct; and (2) offering a bribe to a public servant with a view to induce him to omit to do an act, con- trary to his duty.
They pleaded not guilty on both counts, and were defended by the Hon. Dr. Ho Kai, barrister-at-law (instructed by Mf. J. F. Reece). The prosecution was conducted by the Hon. H. E. Pollock, K.C., Acting Attorney. General (instructed by Mr. F. B. L. Bowley, Crown Solicitor).
The following jury was empanelled:-Messrs. H. E. Haggard, W. H. T. Davis, J. Allan, D. lark, M. B. Vieira, G. J. Sequiera, and H. Schoolbred.
The Acting Attorney-General, in opening the case, stated that the accused were charged with having, on the 25th September, offered to Lance-Sergeant William Smith of the Police Force, the sum of 820 with a view to influencing his conduct with reference to the removal of an unlawful obstruction in Bonbam Strand; also, with having offered him that bribe with a view to influencing him to omit to prosecute the defendants in respect of such unlawful obstruc- tion. While on duty at 4 p.m. at the junction of Bonham Strand and inglok Street, the complainant was accosted by the defendants, the first of whom was an accountant employed at- No. 17, Western Market, and the second a hawker. The latter took from underneath his jacket and showed to Sergeant Smith à white envelope, while his companion said, "If you allow these men five six piecee basket, I pay you good pidgin." Complainant replied that he would allow only two baskets to each man. There were a great many fruit-hawkers outside the market, and as the first defendant's shop was a wholesale fruit-shop and he was in the habit of selling fruit to the hawkers, and as the second defendant was a hawker of fruit, it would be to the advantage of both that the. hawkers should be allowed to have a greater namber of baskets than was ordinarily allowed. If there were five or six baskets allowed, there would be an obstruction of the thoroughfare. Upon hearing Sergeant Smith's refusal, the defendants invited him to go along Winglok Street. where, behind a latrine, the second defendant again took out the envelope and handed it to the complainant, who thereupon took hold of the two accused and marched them to the Central Police Office. He handed over the envelope to Inspector McNab, and it The de- was found to contain $20 in notes. fendants were accordingly charged with bribery and taken into custody.
Evidence was led, after hearing which the jary returned a verdict against the prisoners of guilty on both counts.
His Lordship sentenced them each to nine months' hard labour on each count, the sentences to run concurrently.
Wednesday, 23rd October,
IN ORIGINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR A. G. WISE. (ACTING CHIEF Justice).
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STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW YORK v. SAILING SHIP "HELEN A. WYMAN.' In this case the plaintiffs sued the defendant, Mr. D. A. Vanhorn, master of the sailing vessel Helen A. Wyman, for and on behalf of the owner of the vessel, as being liable for damage done to a cargo of kerosene oil, of which cargo the plaintiffs were the owners and consignees, during a voyage from New York to Chefoo. The damage to the cargo was alleged to be due to the action of the master of the sailing vessel in boring holes to permit of the escape of water which had been shipped during a storm, the boring of the said holes causing water to mix with the oil. The plaintiffs first
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