402
THE HONGKONG WEEKLY PRESS AND
a
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT.
$2,086.00 $ c. To written off cattle To written off buildings
1,334.00 To bad debts...
To director's and auditor's fees To balance....
business is essential, and should be con- sidered even before adding to reserve fund. Th loans on mortgage have undergone the usual annual scrutiny, and Messrs. Palmer and Turner's report on the properties shows that the advance in every instance continues to be amply secured. There is nothing further of interest to add, but before asking you to con- firm the report and accounts, I will be happy By balance from last year to give any further information that any be required.
There were no questions; and on the motion of the HAIRMAN, seconded by Mr. DANN, the report and accounts were confirmed.
The next business was the confirmation of the appointment to the Board of Directors of Messrs. Witkowski and Schübart, who succeed Messrs. E. Goetz and P. Sachse, the latter gentlemen having left the Colony on their retirement from the Board.
LA
Mr. SAUNDERS moved that the appointment be confirmed, and, this being seconded by Mr. WILCOX, the motion was carried.
Mr. DANN then moved, and Mr. WILCOX seconded, that Messrs. Raymond and Witkowski be re-elected as directors.
This was unanimously agreed to.
The re-election as auditors of Messrs. T. Arnold and H. U. Jeffries was moved by Mr. WHEELEY, ECanded by Mr. FULCHER, and carried unanimously.
I
The CHAIRMAN-That is all the business before the meeting, gentlemen. Thank you for your attendance. Dividend warrants will to ready to-morrow.
THE DAIRY FÁRM COMPANY, LIMITED
The following is the report which was pre sented to the shareholders at the fifth ordinary yearly meeting held at the Company's Depot, Wyndham Street, on the 16th November, at
noon -----
The directors herewith present to the share holders a statement of the company's accounts for the year ended 31st July, 1901.
The profit for the year (including $3,085.35, brought forward from last account) after writ ing off $3,400.00 for depreciation, providing for bad debts, and directors' and auditor's fees, amounts to $24,114.97, from which it is proposed to pay a dividend of one dollar and twenty five cents per share, absorbing $12,500; to transfer to reserve $8,000 and carry forward $3,914.97,
DIRECTORS.
Dr. Noble and Mr. Maitland retire by rotation, and being eligible offer themselves for re-election.
AUDITOR.
Mr. F. Henderson being absent, Mr. W. H. Gaskell has audited the accounts in his stead. Mr. F. Henderson offers himself for re-election at this meeting.
A. TILLETT,
Chairman.
Less dividend Reserve fund
$18,085.35 $10,000.00
5,000.00 15,000.00
Sundry bad debts recovered.. Transfer fees
Interest allowed by bank Balance of working account...
3,400,00
THE INTERPORT CRICKET
WEEK.
HONGKONG r. STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
"
The first day's match began on the 11th inst., Hongkong playing the Straits. At the last In terport matches Singapore carried everything before them, deleting in, turn Hongkong and Shanghai, and then, as the final exhibition of their prowesz. walking over a combined team of the two ports. The lesson has not been forgotten by Hongkong cricketers, if the assi daily with which they have practised for this year's festival can bi taken as a criterion. The result has been that the team selected to represent Hongkong was perhaps never stronger, and the Colony felt that, though the changes of victory must necessarily be un certain, they are at least in a position to make a good and creditable fight for it.
was
November 18, 1901
Mactaggart, His second ball Clifton Browne, Mackenne was bow manner that admitted of no sla 114.40 part of the defence. His medin 1,025.00 were almost without exception unprod 24,414.97 runs; both batsmen, however, occasionally
a fair hit off his fast balls. Voules was keeping $28,054.37 a careful wicket; Barkshire distinguished
himself very much at point. Clifton Browne“»,
once very narrowly missed by Green, When the game was an hour old, the score 3,083.35 standing at 34, Sharp relieved Mackenzie. A
14.20 few overs subsequently, Whitley took Mac 29.00
taggart's place and had his first ball snicked 495.53
to the boundary by Clifton Browne. This bats- 25,380.29
man had placed 27 runs to his credit when 328,954.37 he was cleverly caught at cover-point by Wright off Sharp. Hancock was joined at the wicket by Franklin. The partner- ship did not last long, thongh, for Hancock, when only 8 more runs had been added, was beaten by a yorker" from Sharp's end and retired for 19. Two good wickets down, 51 runs scored, and 80 minutes gone by the clock: so far, the advantage would appear to be with the Straits. Mackenzie now resumed bowling, replacing Whitley. The next few overs were not remarkable from the batsman's standpoint. The hitting improved, however; Franklin drew Mackenzie nicely round to log twice for 3, and Dyson had a clean hit to square-leg for 4 off Sharp. But Dyson was not showing him- self at home under Sharp's bowing, and when his score stood at 6 he was eleverly canght off that bowler by Whitley in the slips- a splendid catch. Gunner Gratrix filled the vacancy. Billings had meantime relieved Mackenzie of the bowling and opened with Gratrix showed his accustomed a mailen. steadiness. He made no mistakes, stole several Monday being a public holiday, in e-lobra. ruus, and had a fine drive for 4. Franklin was remarkably good stand, though tion of the King's Birthday anniversary, the making a
Smart fielding in the slips number of spectators that ordinarily would scoring slowly have ben present was considerably aug was on the whole beating his numerous cuts but mented. The wickets were to be pitched he occasionally got through. At the end of at ten o'clock, but long before that hour two hours' play the score stood at 75. Franklin He cosmopolitan crowd of hundreds of people, showed much greater ease afterwards. whose numbers were being continually added drew Billings round to leg for 3 and in the less than 10 rans ta the forencon advanced. lined the following over had no
asnick railings inclosing the Cricket Ground. The off Sharp-two boundaries and
Gratrix kept up the record public stand on the Queen's ton si was in the slips.
nickly filled, as was that on the opposite side with a splendid sharp cut to point for 4, con inted to score fairly rapidly. of the field reserved for members and their and lady friends. In the Pavilion every chair was Mackenzie again resumed bowling, relieving Gratrix had a splendid out in creupied, but the man who in ordinary eirenm. Sharp this time. stances would hav» turned away with manoyance the slips for 1 of Billings, and on changing at being unelle to find a cat simply locked round ends he slashed Mackenzie to the equare-leg for the first available place anywhere, and sat boundary, bringing the score up to the century down to watch each inciout of the game with and eliciting applause from the spectators. a sporisnan's eagernes Adjeinir the But alas! for the uncertainties of cricket, Favilion was the box for markers and press- next ball he was canght off the same bowler men, and next to this a tout erection under by Veules at wicket and retired after having a rapidly-compiled 20. The game which a couple of seare of spectators found ac- scorcil commodatioù. H. E. the Governor and party was noy arly two and a half hours old. were seated in a reserved corner not far from Sercombe Smith took Gratrix's place at the the stand in which the band of the 22nd Bom- wicket and opened with great care, but it was bay Infantry played at intervals throughout the not long before he got away a fine cut in the afternoon. Altogether, the scene on the cricket slips for & off Mackenzie, while Franklin con- ground on Monday was a truly holiday one, and tributed a 4 and a 3 in quick succession. Mactaggart now took over the bowling from Billings at the Bank end and in the first over was driven by Smith to the boundary. Smith was playing a careful, steady game. When the score had reached 124, Franklin was run out Smith had got away a short hit which was smartly fielded, sud as he did not respond to Franklin's call, the latter, who had run half- way up the pitch, was promptly stumped by Mactaggart before he could recover his ground. Smith could not with justice to himself liave, responded. The next to come to the wicket was Arthur, who drove Mactaggart's bowling twice to the leg boundary, but soon played the ball into his stumps when attempting to clear off the same bowler, and retired after having scored 10. When the tiffin bell rang the telegraph board indicated the following:-141-6-10,
a
as
The following are the accounts of the above the effect was heightened by tho lannerettes Company:-
Less not called up, $1.50 per
BALANCE-SHEET. 31st July, 1901. LIABILITIES.
To capital, 10,000 shares at $7.50
each
.share
$ c. 75,000.00
15,000.00
To reserve fund
To accounts payable
To dividend uncollected
To profit and loss
By cattle
ASSETS.
C.
203.20
0.
i
which ran alongside the railings at intervals of a few yards.
¡ Captain Dorehill won the loss and sent in Hancock and Clifton Browne, who faced the bowling of Mackenzie and Billings. Clifton Browne started the batting at the Bank end, off Mackenzie, whose first over, a maiden, was care- 60,000.00 fully negotiated. The next over by Billings was 5,000.00 similarly unproductive, and it was not until 5,736.51 ends had been again changed that Clifton Browne opened the scoring with a stolen single. Both 24,414.97 batsmen during the opening passages of the $95,354.68 game were judiciously careful-feeling their way, so to speak, and getting an odd run hers $ and there. The first double was made by Han- cock with a nice cut towards the Pavilion, and this he followed up by cutting Mackenzie
On the game being resumed after tiffin Dore- to point for 4. As was to be expected, scoring! was slow at the beginning. Nearly twenty hill joined Smith against the bowling of Whitley minutes' play had elapsed before 10 runs were and Mactaggart. The start was most inauspi- 8,000.72 registered on the telegraph board. As the clous for Hongkong: Dorohill was clean bowled 240.00 game got older, the batsmen evinced more with Mactaggart's first ball. Cox went in 522.40 confidence, though the runs continued to come next. He cut a ball handsomely to the 21,189.98 slowly, for the field were throwing away no for 4 but on a change of ends Kong and Shanghai Bank, deposit, 8,000.00 chances. The most notable hit during the clean bowled by Whitley Bir
9434.20 ensuing fifteen minutes' play was a square leg Smith at the wicket. Both 1,967,38 boundary by Hancock off Mackenzie. When as was to be desired in fad $95,354.68 the score stood at 19, and more than half an that had befallen the two la hour was gone Billings's place was taken by his innings, Bird had a most
Less written off
$27,066.00 2,066.00
25,000.00 By property-Farm lots 18, 19, 25 and 38 12,000.00 By buildings
$9,334.72 By less written off
1,334.00
and utensils
n bank and on hand......
counts receivable
:
9,000.00
ndar
Dow
was ned
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.