30mm sepreamer, 1896.
To Premia, loss Re-insurances, 1" Interest received and acorn Exchange, Transfer fees, By Losses paid and outstanding....351,500.00 Charges paid and scerned '57,000.00 Commissions—do., 79,000.00 3 Balance, 1,380, At Bankers,..10,307,313.286 11,687,712.169 Investments in Public Securities 8,835,331.046 Bills discounted, loans, "ad-
Bills receivable and other sums due to the bank Bullion and foreign money Bank premises, properties, furniture, ete.
33,049,754.658 beata i ToL To Current Ex-Interests, ete...
1,203,865.116 To Am off for Officials'
Remuneration To Reserve Fund. To Reserve for Equalisation of Dividends "ce. To Reserve for New Hongkong, 30th September, 1896.
Tanpise, MatmEsox & Ca., val Agents, Canton Insurance Office, Limited, To Dividend—Yen 7.50 per share for30,000 Old:
$2, although the entertainment may be, as Friday's was, one of unusual excellence, the theatre is, to put it gently, not crowded, There was a good house, however,' the performance being under the auspices of the A.D.C., and given in honour of the Japan cricket team, for whom the boxes were reserved, and it was a house that thoroughly enjoyed the excellent fare provided.
orchestra space was occupied by the Town Band in white uniform with 4 ties, under the leadership of the ular and talented amateur, Mr. V. de Meyer, who was heartily applauded when he took the conductor's seat, and who again showed himself eminently' competent to direct the band and the singing, making his instrumentalists follow accurately, no' easy task, the fanciful times in which some of the ' singers indulged. 'The minstrels themselves, "black, but comely," comprised twelve singers, with Mr. Wynne as interlocutor—and a' very capable and audible interlocutor he was—seated in the middle, and ten little nigger boys—the historical' number—in the front row. In the right-hand corner were two bones-men, Mesers. Birdie and Hathaway; in the left_hand two tambourine-men, Messrs. G. L. U. Potts and Rapp—the last a debutant, and a most performing as well as promising one. Of each of these four men it is only fair to say with Rosaline merrier man Within the limit of becoming mirth I never spent an hour's talk withal."
Better end men" we have rarely, if ever, seen in Shanghai. After a short overture by the troupe, the powers of the vocalists were shown in the opening chorus "Excelsior," the solo parts in which were beautifully taken by. Mr. Gorby, Mr. Duam, and Master Wynne. In this the Dboys' voices were heard with splendid effect, and if, after this, a serious attempt is not made to get a boys' choir for the Cathedral, a great, opportanity will be missed. Mr. Rapp's comic song Don't forget dar's a wedding to-night," was capitally given, and the A.D.C. is to be congratulated on the acquisition. Mr. Duam is a favourite in Shanghai, and he was in capital voce, ea that "The Cricket on the Hearth". was greatly enjoyed. Mr.
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