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CHINA FIRE INSURANCE

COMPANY, LIMITED.

The report for presentation to the share- holders at the thirty-eighth ordinary meeting to be held at the Company's offices cu Thursday | March 7th, at noon, reads :-

The Directors have now the pleasure to sub. mit their annual report and statement of the Company's accounts made up to 31st December last.

1905-The bulan-

ce at credit of working-count

as per last report

was

Add premia siuce

:

Dividend for 19 5 Losses outstanding

sundries

Working account, 1:06:

Balance at credit

Tash at bankers

Fixed deposits at bank“ : } H'kong & Shai Bankg.

Corporation

Chartered Bank of LA &C. Mercantile Bank of India,

Limited

International

S 178.544.83 3},tt. 0

March 4, 1907.|

REPAIRS AND RENEWALS ACCOUNT For the six months ending 31st December, 1906. Dr.

To payment on accennt of repairs and renewals during the half-year ending 31st December, 19 6

To balance

By premium account:

--

PROFIT AND LOSS ACCOUNT. Statement of Accounts for the year 19 6,

Premiums after deduction of гр.

insurances

372.741.5

Consalting Committee's fe, s

By interest account :

An utors fona

$15,675.94

Amount at credit, including int rest due

Interest

3.399.18

on deposits and investments. &c

145.447.07

Charges

By transfer fee account :

Cr.

$19.973.12

$ $19,475.12

Amount at credit

119 28

Am unt written off as depreciation for 1966-41.027.37 Balance

(.

$518,308.10

$19.75.12

BALANCE SHEET, 31st December, 1906,

LIABILITIES.

Capital account

Re-erve fund

Profit on working account ... Rubi and

Extra reserve fund

Zafira

, Investment fluctuation account

Accounts payable - -

CHINA OVERLAND TRADE REPORT.

147

*

C.

2.250.***

400.00

9,835.03

669.78

:7,365.57

$31,546,75

*

C.

↓·1, 00 00

Balance brought forward from 196 Exchange

、 C. 6.563.45

8.88

1,00-10

32 4449.85 346.5

74.974.42

$81,546.73

$160,000

BALANCE SHEET.

and

LIABILITIES.

$

C.

52,531 37

Authorised capital

214,231 37

30,000 shares at 8 5. cach $750,000.00

Issued and fully taid

362 98 465

2000 -harpe at 22% mách

1

650,000,00

Calls on shares forfeited now belonging to

$2.291,307.72

the company

160,00

ASSETS.

R C.

Reserve fun i

6,000.00

11.89 1.59

Underwriting account

30,976.29

Sundry Creditor.

23.235.04

Company's bankers

132,998.69

Balance of pr sfit and loss account

27,365.57

$975,735.50

ASSETS.

C.

$344,098.98

Corporation

received

20,427.28

Investment-

$367,526.26

ι

Deduct claims paid

in 1906

Chinese Imp. Govt. F.

Bond

70,939 49.

H'kong Club debentures

33.300.00

$ 81,070.05

Deduct return pie-

Hongkong Hotel Co., Id..

debentures

50,600.00

mia, &c., &c.

15,025.16

S'hai. Land Investment

Balance of profit

It is

prop.

sed to apportion this sum

1 6,09 21

$261,431.05 as fol.

Co., Ld, debentures S'hai. Waterworks Co..

49.877.40

Li.

debentures

8.172.22 Shares in Puble Companios 1:9.115.50

Value of Amoy buoy and

mooring

311.7-4.91

Less depreciation

225854

158,50

2.100.00

Loans un mortgage:

fows:-

Dividend of $6 and

Chi properties in Hongkong 1,511,300,00

in properties on Shameen.

Value of stores on hawi

3.738.56

Le-- depreciation

338.56

3,$0.00

bonus of $2 per

share on 20,000 shares

Canton

Furniture account :

$160,000.00

Office furniture, &c.

Accounts receivable :-

5,000,00

50.000.00

....

1,564,300.00

Value of end on hand

1,037.50

Proportion of premium on current policies 24,844,03

813.10

Sundry dohtore

Outstanding freight 1906

Premia due from agencies, interest duo

on deposits and investments, &c ..... 89,021.21

Cash

36,810,71

41,130,30

2,262.93

$875,735.50

Banking

25.000,00

Value of steamers Rubi and

Zafira

700,000.00

253,54181

less depreciation

$1,000.00 750,000.00

Value of Hongkong buoy and

mooring

Less depreciation

2.029.95

129 85

1,900.00

Vaine of Manila busy and

mooring

Les depreciation

6,300.46 100.46

5,9 10,00

To add to inrest- ment fluctuation account

To add to extra re-

serve fund, which

will then atand at $320,449.65... Bonus to office staff

91,961,63

5,469.42

$261,431,65

1906. The balance at credit of working account at the close of this year was $352,980,65 which is a satisfactory increase compared with the previous report.

DIRECTORS.

Messrs. E. Shellim, R. Shewan and H. W. Slade resigned their sats on leaving the Colony and Messrs. D. M. Nissim, A. Bebington and G. Balloch were appointed to fill the vacancies.¦ On the return of Mr. R Shewan, Mr. A. Ba bington resigued and the former gentleman was invited to rejoin the board. These appoint- ments will require the confirmation of share. holders.

Messrs. A. G. Wood aud E. Goetz retire by rotation, and, being eligible, offer themselves for re-election.

AUDITORS.

Messrs. W. Hutton Potls and A. R. Lowe bare audited the anuered accounts and offer themselves for re-election.

A HAUFT.

Chairman.

WORKING ACCOUNT, 14 January to 31-t

$2,206,307,72

CHINA & MANILA STEAMSHIP

COMPANY LIMITED.

The report for presentation to the share. bolders at the twenty-fourth ordinary reneral meeting to be held at the office of the general managers on Wednesday March 13th at 11 o'clock a.m., reads:

Annexed we beg to submit to shareholders the usual annual statement of Accounts for the year ending 31st December 1906,

The profit is $27,365 57, which it is proposed to appropriate as follows, viz :--

To place to reserve fund

To pay a dividend of $1 per

share

+

To carry forward to the credit of

next year's account

11

$1,400 00

26,000.00

365.57 ran regular

The S. S. Rubi"a d'Zafiro ly and very satisfactorily throughout the year, but both passengers and cargo ware much scarcer than before. Our gross income shows very heavy falling off and it has only been by exercising the strictest economy and cutting down xpenses that we are able to show a sa plus.

Cosulting Committee. Mr. D. E. Brown resigned on leaving the Colony, and Dr. J W. Noble was invited to take his place on the Consulting Committee In accordance with the Articles of Association Messrs. N. A. Sieht.

H. P. White, A V. Apear and Dr. W. Noble retire, but for them-elves for re-election.

December, 1996. Dr.

S

To charges account ·--

Rent, salaries, legal and surveyors" fees. taxes, stamps, stationery &c. 544,153,0 Directors and auditors fees 7.40 600

To commissión account

Agents comunissions

51.553.1 J

ESSENG

To exchange account --

Difference in exchange

To losses account 19k.

laims after deduction of re-insurances

38,187 26

To amount written uff

Furniture account....

Jo balance

64082

10 00 562,99465

$18,308,10

to

Auditors. The Accounts hare been audited by Mesare. W H. Potts and A O'D Gourlie, the lette having been asked

All the Vacancy cinsel by the death of Mr. T Arnold M»care. W. H. Potts and O'D. Gourdin, are recommended for re-el-ation

SHEWAN Tʊmes & Co. General Managers.

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:

SHANGHAI GAS COMPANY, LD.

REPORT FOs 1906.

The directors, in presenting the annual report and statement of accounts for 1906 have pleasure in congratulating the shareholders on the continued prosperity of the Company's business. The profit on working account for the year amounts to Tls. 215,615 44 which sum has been transferred to profit and loss account. The net profit, after prov ding for payment of interest on debiutares and bad and doubifal debts, is Tik. 202,361.14

The balance at credit of proft and loss account, after crediting the account with Tls. 6,692.97 carried forward after appropriation of profits of the previous year and deducting the amount of interim dividend at the rate of seven per cent (Tlk. 56,00009) paid on July 25th last, amounts to Tis. 152,454.11, of which sum

recommend appropriation

the directors follows:-

year

To pay a final dividend for the

1906 on 16,000 old shares at seren per cent (making fourteen pr ceat for the year', 'Tis 3,50 per share

, pay dividend on new shares (two

imontis at fourteen per caut

per aanum: 7,954 at Thu. 1.15 per share

MA

Tia. 56,000,00

9,147.10

par a bonus for the year on 16,000 old sbare at the rate of Tls. 1.34 per share

$4000.00

1,988,50

pay a bons for two months on 7.904 new shares, Tla. ". 3 per Abare

write of for deprecia.

"

tios of land and build- ings

Tls 3,541.81

write off for deprecia- tiɔo of manufacturing and distributing plant 49,328.62

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