Hongkong, Canton & Macao Steamboat Company
The Hongkong Canton & Macao Steamboat Company was a British merchant shipping and maritime trading company founded in 1865 in the Crown colony of Hong Kong.
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Native name | 省港澳輪船公司 |
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| Company type | Private company limited by shares |
Traded as | HKCR No. 0000002 |
| Industry | Shipping, Transport, Freight, Merchant shipping |
| Founded | October 20, 1865 at Hong Kong |
| Founder | Douglas Lapraik, J. J. dos Remedios, A. E. Vaucher, Arthur Sassoon, R. Solomon, D. Ruttunjee, Bapoorjee Pallunjee Ranjee |
| Defunct | April 28, 1958 |
| Fate | Defunct |
| Headquarters | 20 Des Voeux Road Central, |
Area served | China trade |
Key people | Douglas Lapraik, She Tat-cheong, Percy Hobson Holyoak, A. O. Lang, Phineas Ryrie, Emanuel Raphael Belilios, William Keswick |
| Products | Ship Management, Ferry, Ocean liners, Property, Container ships, Packet boats |
| Total assets | $750,000 HKD (1865) |
| Total equity | 7,500 shares at $100 HKD each (1865) |
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