Government Notices affecting Trade. (a) The Colloid Wolfram Lamp Co., 45, Sharia Abdine, Cairo. Confalonieri, Antonio, 3, Sharia Abou el Sebaa, Cairo. Continental Caoutchoue and Guttapercha Co., 16, Rue Nubar Pasha, Cairo. Cotton Export Company, Soc. Anon., 1, Rue Cherif Pasha, Alexandria. Gasmotoren-Fabrik Deutz, 16, Rue Nubar Pasha, Cairo. (a) Egyptische Egrenier Fabriken, Alexandria. The Egyptian Lloyd, 21, Sharia Madabegh, Cairo. Flick, H. and C., St. Mark's Buildings, Alexandria. Soc. Anon. d'Electricité Ganz, 10, Rue Soliman Pasha, Cairo. Prima Fabbrica Birra di Graz, Soc. Anon., 1, Rue St. Mark, Alexandria. Geiger, W., and Co., 14, Rue el Chichini, Cairo. Hackh, Hugo, Sharia Emad el Dine, Cairo and Rue Cherif Pasha, Alexandria. Hess and Co., 15, Rue de France, Alexandria. Holz and Co., 9, Sharia Rouei, Cairo. Lepique, H., per Th. D. Kaiopoulos, Shebin el Quanater. Kirchmayer, Rudolf, and Co., 16, Rue Nubar Pasha, Cairo. Klink and Lauer, Rue el Mokattam, Port Said. (a) Knoll, Giuseppe, 9, Sharia el Bora, Cairo. Koenig and Jessenitzer, P.O.B. 1226, Cairo. (a) Kortenhaus and Hammerstein, P.O.B. 332, Alexandria. Kunzler and Co., 9, Rue Dessouki, Cairo. Landgrebe and Leisching, P.O.B. 307, Alexandria. (a) Lindemann, R. and O., 17, Rue Stamboul, Alexandria. Lion Ludwig, 2, Sharia el Bosta, Cairo. Meinecke, Georg, Rue Colmar, Suez. Mulhauser and Co., 127, Rue Abdel Moneim, Alexandria. (a) Orenstein and Koppel-Arthur Koppel, Société Anonyme, 4, Sharia el Manakh, Cairo. Pollack, Leopold and Co., 3, Sharia Manchaket el Kataba, Cairo. Protzman, Carl, c/o Thomas Bonorand, Fleming, Alexandria. (a) Riecken, George, 16, Rue Nebi Daniel, Alexandria. Sayegh and Sorer, 6, Rue Hamzawi, Cairo. Schneider and Rothacker, P.O.B. 357, Alexandria. Seeger Bros. and Co., 1, Rue Cherif Pasha, Alexandria. Société Anonyme pour la Fabrication des Cigarettes (Hadges Steaua Romana (Etoile Roumaine), P.O.B. 1161, Alexandria. Stobbe, Rudoph, G.M.B.H., 29, Rue Cherif Pasha. Government Notices affecting Trade. Stross, Bruder, Rue Mosquée el Cheikh Ibrahim Pasha, Galizenstein, Jacques, per Albert Tomich, 16, Sharia el Toch, S., per B. Press, P.Q.B. 1137, Cairo. Union Export Gesellschaft, M.B.H., 2, Rue Hoshe Issa, Cairo. The Upper Egypt Artesian Boring Co., A. Weber and Co., 20, Sharia Sheikh Abou el Sebaa, Cairo. Zuker, Leo, 10, Sharia Maghraby, Cairo. NOTE. The Deutsche Orient Bank, A.G., and the Egyptische Hypotheken Bank are licensed to carry on business in Egypt under the supervision of a Controller with instructions, the effect of which is to prevent these banks from undertaking new business. TRADE WITH CHINA AND SIAM. (C. 4,852.) The "London Gazette" of 11th February publishes further additions and corrections to the list of approved consignees in China, additional to the lists of approved consignees in China and Siam which were published in the Seventh Supplement to the "Gazette" of 21st December. The "Gazette" of 15th February publishes further additions to the list of approved in Siam. The issues of the "Gazette" referred to may be obtained, price 1s. 04d. each (post free), from Messrs. Wyman & Sons, Ltd., Fetter Lane, London, E.C. A copy of the corrected list of approved consignees in China and Siam may be consulted by British firms at the Commercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of Trade, 73, Basinghall Street, London, E.C. [N.B.-The white list of approved consignees in China does not apply to firms in Hong-Kong-see notice on p. 310 of the " Board of Trade Journal" of 3rd February, and also the issue of the " Journal " of 18th March, 1915, p. 777, regarding the winding-up of the trade affairs of enemy firms in Hong-Kong.] PARCEL POST TO MEXICO. Establishment of Service via France. The Postmaster-General notifies that parcels for Mexico will now be accepted for transmission via France. In view of existing conditions in Mexico the parcels will be forwarded at sender's risk. The limits of size are 2 feet in length, breadth or depth and 4 feet in length and girth combined. The rates of postage payable on parcels for Mexico forwarded via France are :— 8. d. 2 3 for a parcel not exceeding 3 lbs. in weight. 2 10 over 3 lbs. but not over 7 The Parcel Post from the United Kingdom to Mexico by direct steamer remains suspended. Government Notices affecting Trade. MAXIMUM PRICES FOR SULPHURIC ACID. The Ministry of Munitions make the following announcement :A notice was sent on 11th February from the Ministry of Munitions to all sulphuric acid makers and dealers fixing maximum prices for the sale of sulphuric acid. The maximum prices per ton for acid delivered into railway trucks, carts, or barges, at makers' works, are as follows: Class A. Arsenical acid Dearsenical acid ... 140 Degrees Twaddell. £ S. d. 3 0 0 3 15 0 144 168 (93%-95%H,SO,) 5 15 0 168 (93-95 H.SO) 6 0 0 Incidental charges are also to be regulated as follows: 1. When the acidmaker supplies the tank trucks he shall be entitled to make a further charge of not more than five shillings per ton for filling and hire of tank trucks. 2. When the acidmaker supplies the acid in his own drums he shall be entitled to make a further charge of not more than ten shillings per ton for filling and hire of drums. 3. When the acid is supplied in the acidmaker's own carboys he shall be entitled to make a further charge of one pound per ton for filling and hire of carboys. (When carboys are supplied by the purchaser, it is recommended that a charge of ten shillings per ton should be made by the acidmaker to cover the cost of filling.) These maximum prices came into force on 14th February. ENEMY COMPANIES AND CONTRACTS IN With reference to the notice on p. 97 of the "Board of Trade Journal" of 13th January relative to companies declared "enemy companies" under the Commonwealth Trading with the Enemy Act (1914), it is notified that H.M. Trade Commissioner in Australia has reported the names of further companies which have been declared by the Federal Attorney-General to fall within the category of enemy companies." A list of the companies which have been reported by Mr. Milne as having been declared to be "enemy companies" may be consulted by United Kingdom firms interested at the Commercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of Trade, 73, Basinghall Street, London, E.C. (C.I.B. 4,750.) FOREIGN GOVERNMENT NOTICES AFFECTING TRADE. PROPOSED TAX ON WAR PROFITS IN FRANCE. The "Journal Officiel " (Paris) of 3rd February publishes a supplement of parliamentary documents, among them being a Bill introduced into the Chamber of Deputies by the Minister of Finance, which provides, inter alia, for the imposition of a special tax on excess profits ("bénéfices exceptionnels"). The new tax will be a graduated one, and in order to calculate the tax the excess profit will be divided into sections assessed at different rates and the sum of these results will furnish the total contribution. Profits are assessed at 5 per cent. on the first 10,000 frs.; on the excess up to 50,000 frs. at 10 per cent.; on the portion exceeding 50,000 frs. and not exceeding 100,000 frs., 15 per cent.; on the portion exceeding 100,000 frs. and not exceeding 200,000 frs., 20 per cent.; on the portion exceeding 200,000 frs. and not exceeding 500,000 frs., 25 per cent. ; and on the portion in excess of 500,000 frs., 30 per cent. Thus a profit of 600,000 frs. will be taxed as follows:10,000 frs. at 5 per cent. ... 500 frs. 4,000 7,500 20.000 75,000 : . 600,000 frs. ... ... 30,000 137,000 frs. Thus the total tax payable on 600,000 frs. will be 137,000 frs., representing a mean rate of 22·83 per cent. Regarding this proposed tax, the War Bulletin dated 19th January, of the British Chamber of Commerce in Paris states that the tax will be payable by companies, traders, colliery proprietors, &c., and by persons not usually carrying on commercial transactions who have realised exceptional profits of any nature. The task of assessing these profits will be undertaken by a special commission. United Kingdom firms interested may consult the above-mentioned supplement to the "Journal Officiel " at the Commercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of Trade, 73, Basinghall Street, London, E.C. ENEMY FIRMS SEQUESTERED IN MADAGASCAR, AND SOCIETY ISLANDS. The issue of the "Journal Officiel " (Paris) of 1st February publishes lists of the names of German, Austrian or Hungarian firms in Madagascar and the Society Islands whose goods have been sequestered under the provisions of the Decree of 27th September, 1914, together with the name of the administrator appointed in each case. These lists refer to firms in the following towns, or districts:In Madagascar: Antananarivo, Tamatave, Vatomandry, Diego Suarez, Tulear, Mananjary, Fianarantsoa, Fort Dauphin, Majunga, Morondava, and Nossi-Bé. In Society Islands: Papeete. The lists may be consulted by United Kingdom firms interested at the Commercial Intelligence Branch of the Board of Trade, 73, Basinghall Street, London, E.C. TRADE CONDITIONS ABROAD. NEWFOUNDLAND. The Imperial Trade Correspondent at St. John's (Mr. H. W. Le Messurier) has forwarded a copy of the Report for 1915 of the Newfoundland Board of Trade (i.e., Chamber of Commerce), from which the following particulars. regarding trade conditions have been extracted : Probably no British Colony has suffered less through war conditions than has Newfoundland. The principal markets for shore cured fish, viz., Brazil, Spain, Italy and Portugal, have, fortunately, not been interfered with by war conditions. The closing of the Greek market from early November to 20th December caused certain injury, as Greece is one of the principal markets for soft-cured Labrador fish, but, the embargo being raised, it is hoped that that market will remain open while the balance of the catch is being realised. One effect of the war has been to advance the prices of codfish, herring and cod oil. With the exception of lobsters, which were largely marketed in Germany, the export trade of Newfoundland has so far suffered nothing, and in the production of pit props the Colony has found a valuable addition to its export trade. The Government permitted the export of pit props in 1915, and the resulting figures for the year are 69,454 cords, valued at 373,682 dols. (about £76,800). The prices paid by buyers, however, have been too low to give Newfoundland contractors any fair margin of profit, commensurate with the financial outlay and work involved. The cost of imports has of necessity been seriously increased, both by advance in prime cost and by increased transportation and insurance charges. The most serious aspect of the war conditions concerns the growing shortage of tonnage. This has now become a matter of grave anxiety, affecting both import and export trade, and applies to both steamers and sailing vessels. Two lines of steamships were withdrawn during the past season, and no less than seven of the locally-owned steamers have gone out of the trade. (C.I.B. 4,771.) CUBA.-H.M. Minister at Havana (Mr. S. Leech) reports that Cuba is at present enjoying unprecedented prosperity. Owing to the large and valuable sugar crop of 1915, new mills have been built and old ones greatly improved, and the positions of both mills and planters have been bettered by the liquidation of long-standing financial obligations. The prospects for the present crop are excellent, as weather conditions have been all that could be desired and prices continue high. The production of sugar for the present harvest is estimated at over 3,000,000 tons. (C. 4,656.) |