August 25,
1902.]
THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LD.
The report of the board of directors to be! presented at the ordinary meeting. of share. holders, to be held at the Company's Hotel, on the 27th inst., at noon, is as follows:
Gentlemen,The directors now beg to submit their report for the half-year ended the 30th June, 1902.
ACCOUNTS.
The profit on working account amounted to $116,370,94, as compared with $125,101.02 for corresponding period of 1901, being a decrease of $8,730.08.
The profit and loss account, including the sum of $377.49 brought forward from 31st December, 1901, shows a credit balance of $112.466.05, which your directors propose to apportion as follows:-
To pay a dividend of 12 per
eent. for the half year
CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.
PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT For the six mouths ending 30th June, 1902. Dr. To bad debts and refunds ..
To rutes
To interest on debentures ($225,000 at 3
jer cent.)
To fire insurance To Crown rent
'Ta directors' and auditors' fes To balance, to be appropriated as follows:-
To pay a dividend of 12 per
cent.
To write off furniture and
fixtures
To transfer to repairs and re-
newals account.
To transfer to reserve fund To write off steam-launch. To carry forward to new ac-
count
Cr.
53.15 2.832.38
€ 750.00 1,752.75 478.90
3.200.00
$72,000,00
10,000.00
10,000,00
5,000.00
1.000.00
14,466,45
112,466.05
$127,533.23
₹
By balance from 31st Dec., 1901... $94,477.49
Less dividend at 12
$72,000.00
To write off from value of
furniture and fixtures
10,000,00
To transfer to repairs and renewals-
account
10,000.00
per cent...... Less transferred to
$72,000.00
To add to reserve fund...
reserve fund
5.000.00
5,000.00
Less transferred to
To write off from value of
steam-launch
repairs and re-
1,000.00
To carry forward to new account 14,466.05
$112,466.05
DIRECTORS.
newals account.. 10,000,00 Less written off fur- niture & fixtures Less written off
steam-lanch
By rents of shops and offices,
new building...
Mr. W. Parfitt has been granted twelve. months leave of absence, and his place has been taken by Mr. W. Hutton Potts, whose appoint- By rents of shops and offices, old ment requires confirmation by shareholders.
Mr. E. Osborne retires by rotation, but offers himself for re-election.
AUDIT.
The accounts have been audited by Messrs. H. U. Jeffries and A. R. Lowe, who offer them- selves for re-election.
Edward OSBORNE,
Chairman.
Hongkong, 18th August, 1902.
The accounts are as follows:-
Capital-
BALANCE SHEET.
30th June, 1902.
LIABILITIES.
$ c.
12,000 shares at $50 each (fully paid up) 600.000.00
1,000 mortgage debentures
21.433.12
989.00
$ C.
anthorised, issued at $500
each
500,000.00
Less 550 ditto, not issued
275,000.00
225.000.00
Reserve fund..
95,000.00
Sundry creditors
Unclaimed dividends
Repairs and renewals account
2,879.24
Profit and loss account
112,466.03
$1,057,767.41
$
C.
ASSETS.
Land and buildings as per last report :--
Marine Lot No. 5 and remain. ing portion of Marine Lot No. 3
Remaining portion of Marine
Lot No. 7...
$
c.
372,045.00
368,108.20
Praya reclamation..
21,291,77
Furniture and fixtures as per
last report
Less written off, as recom-
mended in last report
Since added.
$98,427.61
5,000.00
$93,427.61 878.45
Stock of linen, crockery and glassware, &c. Stock of wines, provisions, household sun-
dries, and stationery Shares in public companies, as per last
report
Licenses attaching to half-year ending
31st December, 1902..
ing 31st December, 1902
Steam-1 unch
Fire insurance attaching to half-year end-
Leas written off, as recom-
mended in last report
Sundry debtors
$13,100.00
2,100.00
Hongkong and S'hai Banking Corporation Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corpor
ation, No. 2 account Cash in hand...
761,445.57
94,306.06
39,970.07
building
C.
5.000.00
2.100.00
94.100.00
377 49
$2.490.00
6.120.00
8.610.00
551.00
79.00
17.84
By dividends on shares ..
By scrip and transfer fees
By bad debts recovered
By transfer from suspense account.. By interest
By profit on hotel working account
438.33 1,088.63 116.370.94
$1-7.533.23
REPAIRS AND RENEWALS ACCOUNT
For the six months ending 30th June. 1902. Dr.
To payments on account of repairs and re-
newals..
To balance........
Cr.
By balance from 31st December. 1961... By transfer frein profit and loss account
as recommended in last report
SUPREME COURT.
Monday, 18th August.
、 c.
7.635.55 2,879.24
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the jury that on 25th June an old man pamel Chun Ou was left in charge of a stop whil the owner was away. Shortly after the old man had been left there, the pri oner ontered tle shop and gagged him with his bueue. Others in association with the prison r also entered and committed the robberyer The charge against the prisoner on the fi.st two counts would be spoken to by witnesses who would, he submitted, gire the jury special evidence of identification, to satisfy them that the prisoner was one of those engaged in the offences charged. With respect to the third count, he had pleaded guilty.
After evidence had been taken, the prisoner was found not guilty on the first and second counts, but was sentenced to five years' impri sonment with hard labour on the third.
/ SSAULT.
Li Cheung. Leung Fat, and Sit Fuk Lai were empanelled on a charge of assault with intent to rob, and assault causing bodily harm. They were convicted. The first-uamed was sentenced to two years' hard labour and the other two to eighteen months' hard labour each. THEFT OF A LETIER.
An Chak pleaded guilty to stealing a letter while employed in the Post Office and was sentenced to undergo impriscument for two years, with hard labour.
The Court adjourned.
Thursday, 21st August.
IN APPELLATE JURISDICTION.
BEFORE THEIR HONOURS W. MEIGH GOODMAN (Chief JusticE) AND A. G. WISE (PUISNE JUDGE).
CHAN CHI AND OTHERS. WILLIAM
MURISON.
In these two cases Chan Chi, Li Sung Chung, and Lai Yiu appealed against the judgment of tle Police Magistrate, delivered on 4th July, by which they were convicted of keeping a gaming-house and sentenced to heavy penalties, the ground of appeal being that the conviction was erroneous and the evidence did not warrant a conviction. Mr. E. B. Sharp, K.C., barrister- at-law (instructed by Mr. G. K. H. Brutton, $10.514.79 solicitor), appeared for the two first appellants; Mr. M. W. Slade, barrister-at-law (justructed by Mr. F. X, d'Almada e Castro, solicitor), for 514.79 the third defendant; and Hon. Sir Henry S.-
Berkeley, Attorney-General (instructed by Mr. 10,000.00
H. L. Deuuys, Crown Solicitor), appeared for $10,514.79
the respondent.
IN CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.
BEFORE HIS HONOUR W. MEIGH
GOLDMAN (CHIEF JUSTICE).
THE CALENDAR,
$ c.
The calendar was au exceedingly light one, there being only three cases, implicating five persons, down for hearing, one being a charge of assault and robbery, and the others attempted larceny and larceny respectively. The prosecu- tion in each case was conducted by Hon. Sir H. S. Berkeley, Attorney-General, instructed by Mr. H. L. Dennys. Crown Solicitor.
30.551.98 persons
7,033.81
429.47
1,752.75
LARCENY WITH MENACE.
Li Tsung (23) was charged with having on 25th June in company with certain other not in custody, first, committed robbery with violence in a dwelling-house, second, larceny with menace, and, third, with baving received stolen goods, the amount of money alleged to have been stolen being $2,912 besides certain articles of jewellery.
Ee pleaded not guilty on the first and second counts but guilty on the third.
The Attorney-General stated that he would 11,000.00 not press the first count.
67.905.99 42,106.05
989.00 276.66
The following jury was empanelled:-Mesers. J. Von Houten, A. A. Gutierrez, H. Arthur, N. F. Mithaiwalla, B. Clarke, A. Ahmed, and A. Moir.
The Attorney-General, in opening the case, $1,057,767.41 stated that the charges against the prisoner would be spoken to by witnesses who would tell
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The Attorney-General said he appeared for the Magistrate who gave the conviction in each of these cases, He appeared to support that conviction and oppose the motions that had been filed. Before his learned friends began, he desired to take [reliminary objections to the hearing of those motions at all. There was no more clearly established rule than that where a Statute gave the right of appeal the requirements of that Statute must be scrupul- It was also clearly ously observed. established rule that where a Statute conferred upon a Court jurisdiction to hear an appeal the requirements of that Statute must be strictly observed by the Court. Bearing these observations in mind he desir d to lay before the Court three preliminary objections to these motions being Leard at all. Two of these for which Mr. objections applied to what was called "leave to appeal by way of re-hearing Sharp appeared; and which assumed to be, which pretended to be-be used the word advisedly-an appeal on the question of law The third cbjection he had to and fact. make applied equally to Mr. Charp's motion and In the case of Chan Chi and to Mr. Slade's. Li Sung. the appellants asked for leave to appeal to the Full Court by way of re-hearing on the ground that the conviction was erroneous in point of law and fact and that the evidence did not warrant a conviction. In Mr. Slade's case, the appellant asked for a re-hearing ou the question of law. His first objection to Mr. Sharp's motion was that the Full Court had no power to entertain a motion for leave to appeal from the Magistrate, either on the question of law or on the question of fact. The Court could entertain a motion for re-hearing on a question of fact, they knew, but leave to appeal to the Full Court was to be granted by the
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