BANKS
CONGKONG & SHANGHAI
BANKING OURPORATION.
THE CHIN
KOWLOON CANTON RAILWAY.
TIME TABLE
PROPKINTONS +0100
£8,000,000
PAIE-OF CAPITALmaoine
HAVE FUND
Sterling
|| £1,50UDUD® 2}+- $18,000,000) |
Silver
Kowloon
19.45 0.50 7.49 0.40 11.25 9.00 3.00 3.15 8.00
Canton
... 17,850,000-
if
-839,880,000
Hung Hun Yau Ma Ti-
14:0
`9.44 11,20 2,043
6.50
0.50 11.30 2:09
58.07
Shula, Chan 8,05710.02 $11,95 2.85 430 6.19 6:20 Sheung Shui- 8.19
LABILITY
$18,000,000
Sha Tin Tai Po
1.10
10.00 11.48 2.10
1.15 7.93
10.10.12.09 2.33
$5,33)
5:10 8.31
| Tai Po Market –
Fun Liny
7.07
10.24 12.08 2:37
50
7.30- --- 101,34 12.10 2.40
1+30
5.58
10.37 19:00 2.60 — 101
· Hung Ho Kowloon
Fan Ling BIB TaiFoMarket 8,20 Tai Po 2 8,32 Sha Tin
Yau Ma T9 - 8:56 0.02
90
"TE88" 3,16 451
19.01 3 4.87
8,4k
19.14 3:38 5.10
· 19.27-3,49 4.25
19,31 3,33 1.27
Count or DiaECTOSA.
1oo. Mr D. Landale-Chairman,
W. L. Fattenden, Esq.-Deputy Chairman.
S. EL. Dodwell, Erq. 1 F. Liob, E. O.T. M. Edkins, J. A. Plammer, Esq. 0.3. Gabbay, Esq. Hou. Mr K. Shellita. P. H Holyoak. Méz.| H. A. Slaba, Eng. C. Landgraf, Esq. }ad, Widmann, Esq. CHURE MAXIGEN
Fongkong-N. J, STABI.
ACTING MANAGER: shanghai-J. D. SMART.
»London Bankaas-London. Codkry ND WESTMINSTER BANK, LIMITED.
'HorexONG-ÎNTEREST"ALLOWED.
Jn Current Account at the rate of Two 'per cost per annum on the daily balance.
On Fiano Darosrts --
For 3 months 2 por sent per annum.
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A. G. STEPHEN,
Maling Mg Manager,
Tiongkong. May 14, 1914.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK,
THE business of the shova Bank is con-
THE
ducted by the HONGKONG AND
SHANG TAI BANKING
CORPORA.
TION. Ralo way be obtalusd on ap. plication.
the
Shoung Shei
Shum Chun Gunton
1.40 744 8.97 11.00 19.27 2.54 3,45 0,00 8.80 6,00 11.30 5.00-- - 0:43
Gulf Train-Sundays. Only. "Kowloon 8.45 Zal Po 9.16 Sheung Shui 9.27
Sha Tau Kok Branch,
0.00 10.49 12.34 3,56 5,30 6,54 7.06 10.35
Will call at Sheung Shui on notion being given to
Station Mastor, Kowloon,
Sha Tau Kok Branch.
IN
Fan Ling
OUT Dep. 6.05 8.20 She The Kok Arr, 7.00 5.15
19.80 3.20
1.95
4.15
Sha Tau Kok Dop 7.10 +1.25
G.15 Fan Ling ATT. 8.10 10.25 * 245 ·8:15
BANKS
ANDEL
NEDERLANDSCHE HA MAATS OP
(AATSCHAPPIJ.
(NETHERLANDS Taaniga SoorevY).
AUTHORREL
LUTHOR PID-E
GLEITAL
ESTABLATED 184.
(s. 50,000,000 ~ (£5,000,000-) .......£. 50,000,000)=(£ 4,160,000.-) RAY.... 8,259,188,- 687,830.)
Fin
HEAD OFFICE—AMATIRDAM. Branches at The Hague
HEAD AGENCY-BATAVIA,
Aranchas at
POSTIANAK, RANGOON. SAMARANG,
BANDJERVASIN, INTERÈST on deposios is allowed on | BaspornG,
CHERIKON ulalmam
monthly balances
3 PER CENT, per annum Depositor. DB-a,
- may transfar as their option balances of $100 ar more be the HONGKONG AND APANGHAI BANK, to be placed on "FIXED DEPOSIT at 4 PER CENT, por
מטותי
For the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
A. G. STEPHEN, Acting Chef Manager.
Hgkong, May 14, 1914.
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THE OHARTERED BANK OF INDIA,
AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA,
LYCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHANTIS, 1863, HEAD OFFICE, LONDON.
...£1,200,000 ...£1,850,000
J
PAID-UT CAPITAL Reave FUND
Reezayı Lianzury or Pro-
PAZZ TÓNLI
...£1,200,000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business transactod.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for 1 year or horbar periods at rates which will be quoted
*pplication.
A. 9. HEWETT,
Acting M wager. Hongkong, March 31, 1914.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF NDIA, LIMITED
Authorisea Capital...
Subscribed
*
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**
Paid-up Reserve Fund...
*** ***
BANKERS.
20
DJORJAKARTA. Κατά MAKAHAR, MELLS,
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Rotterdam
SJANGEAL
SINGAPORE, SORRADAIA, SOLLAKATA (Solo) TANIJONG-BALBI, Thai The Got (Deli), TRA
doc.
"STRONG DRINK.
relatior to the actual mount consumed. or spent by thúga, who drink, bocuse largo muations of this population consume The manual statement of alsoais cond spund nothing. There are children, nption in the United Kingdom, soluntary, abstainees, and the inmates of |plied by Mr. George B. Wilson, under
Varicos institution-ylums, the title of the National Drink
guala, Bill,
con shows a rise of 5,128,000 in the esti workhousus, and other-who are
led expenditura last year over that puisory abstainers. The lowered ou 1913. The aggregate is calculated sumption may be due to the withdrawal of a certain number of oxcessive drinkers lave Been £168,691,0, equivalent to 12s. 6d. per head of the population,
·compared with 43 10s. 98. in 2012, Those figures are enculated from the quintities consumed according to the official returns. The quantity of spirits inevased by 1,267,000 gallons, that of boer by 1,002,000 stundan barrds, and
that of wine by 191,000 gallons. Those
facts oled more scârm the constant connection between the state of trade and the consumption of alcóbolbie “drink.
Both have been going up since 1900,
when consumptlob reached its iowast point and was estimated at leas than ess. per haul. The rise since then uments to nearly 3. 6d. per bead. "A similar rise and full in correspondence
I
through modern legiation and methods of treatment; but tuo are not numerous cough to make much izpauszon on the national aggregate. The real chango, is a movement towards the more modersta
of drink, and it is general. It will be notioal thus all threo kinds of liquor
copied in the returns share in the fail. Taking the comparative figures given by Mr. Winon for 1874 and 1913 wo End that beer, which is the staple rink of the working cilesos in England, ia lower by nearly 20 per cent, spirita by nearly 50 per cent, and wine by more. than 30 per cent. Tue rise and fall of
trade narurally suku offers mainly the poorer classes. The well-to-ce, wie can always afford to buy what drick they want, are hardly touched by it, except that perhaps raluer more festivity, involving the consumption at expensive wine, goes on in prosperous times. Thus in the recuns rise beer is the largest item, while wine shows only a trifling. In- crease. But perhaps the most significant pcroise is that of spirits. In spite of the high price, due to the enormous duty, the consumption shows a larger proportional increase than that of beer. fa means, among other things, groat
PADANO PALEMBANG,
with the stato of trade is regularly ex PEKALOSAN
BETONG PENANG,
hibited in previous periods. The broad TULATEAP, WALTSVARSEN.
lesson taught by the statistics, says Correspondents at Bonibas, Colonix, The Times, is the part played by oppor. Badias, Pondicherry, Oulentta, Bangkok,tunity in regard to the habit af drink. igos, Haiphong Honol Amny, Yokning. When money is plentiful the nation bamk, Kobe, Methods, Sydney, New drinks incre; when money is seared it York, San Francisco,
drinks loss. That is LONDON BANTEER :-The Union of
say, a large sec and Smiths Bank, Limited,
tion of the people drink when they car odaa The Bank bays and solla and recalves for afford it and refrain when they can not. collection Bills of Exchange, los latters This factor still make itself felt throgul ents in the kast, on the Continent, in Orest which are electing a great general and credit on the Branches and ourroepond all the other indiences and conditions
Britain, America, and Australia, and eras. sets ranking business of every description. Progressive alteration in the habits of prosperity in Scotland.
this people and have already completely changed the standard of conduct in re- On Ourrent Accounts % por Annum eagard to drinking. The recent Increase
haianos. e Fixed Depoelta 12 months 4
both of consumption and of drunkennoss per Amium
Do.
does not mean an interruption of that 3 month $ De. process or a reuction against it, but an 1. G. J. WIJNBERG,
aveillation within it. When the facts are Acting Agent. rightly understood there is nothing in them to discourage the hope and belied in advancing national, sobriety, which are seldom
INTEREST ALLOWED,
6 months
Do. Do.
Hongkong. May 14. 1914.
Co
THE MERCANTILE MARINE.
This is a song of the British Tar
But I have you understapil That I don't refer to the ha-de-dih
Who guards the Fatherland; Nor to the Jully good-fellow kind
Yuk Ps
Sirloin Octom
Imanages-Ngan Chuang
Zullock's Bratz pa Kiow
Tongue trosh, 1
corned-Bam Nga:
B-Nga Tan Harga Sam" Hump, Balt-Ngan Bla
Ngan Kark
Yia
Tail-Ngun Mal
Liver, Ngau Kor-
Tripe (undressed) Ngan, To Calve Hand & Feat-Ngw Batton Chop,-Yeung Pei Kwad
Pars
"
Pork,
דיי
Leg-Young P
Shoulder,-Young Star Chitlinge Chu Chong
Brains-Chu Know
Feet, Chu Kark
Fourt,-Cbu Sam Kidrioys,Chu Tia
Livar,--Chu Con
Chop,-Chu Pai Kwat...
Leg, Chu Pei
-Fat or Lard,—-Cou Yao:
Chu Trap Pig's Fry...
Head and Fee-Yeung Tan Ear
Heart Yong Sugo
Kidneys,--Yeung Yis Liver,--Young Com
Sucking Pige, Torder-One n Snet, Beef-Sang Ngao Yan
Matton, Sang Yeang Yan Vest-Ngan Chai Y
Sausage-Ngan Chai Uhaung....
Poultry.
Chicken---Bal Chai..... Capone, Large, mall,-Bin Kat Duces-Ap
Dovna, Pan Kat. Eggs, Hen-Kai Tan Fowls, Canten-Kal
..
Hainan,-Hol Nan Ocose,-Ngot Kal·
INTERNATIONAL RANKING have fouzal genseal neceptones in rebent u hoe en www, bo puido such, Yel Geese, Wild S'hai, Shang-h- 1o Ngo pa
years.
The mistake ustally made in this mat ter is to take too short a view, No
low kind
Of the Mercantile Marize.
HEAD OFTOR: 50, Wall Street, New York.ound conclusions can be drawn from The Leacar from India's coral strand, LONDO OFFICE: 96, Bishopegate, EC. rie records of single years or 201
The treacherous Cingalse, periods. They only lead to alternate The speaking Malay from Rubber-land,, fallacies. For many years the fallacy. And to alaud-eyed, Chinee.
BRANOLIES:
Bombay
Uslcutta,
Kobu. Manila,
·Canton
Mexico.
Cebu,
Panama.
Peking,
Colon.
Empire.
Hongkong Hanko,
£1,500,000 UAFIZAL AND EX
1,125,000 662,500 485,000
BANK OF ENGLAND. LONDON' Jour Stock Bank, LixITKJ.
INTEREST allowed on Current Accounts 1 x 2 per cent, par anaam on Daily Balance and on Fiv, d Doncalta ab rates which may be ascertatusu ya sppuration.
A R. LINTON.
Manager. Hongkong, July 1 1919.
322
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE
BANE, LTD.
ESTARIHED 1880.
AUTHORISED „Carızal.......Ten $8,000,090.00 |
FAIR-UP CAPITAL 19
FZSKEVÍ FUND
*** 20,000,000,00 18,800,000.00
HEAD OFFICE-YOKOHAMA
BRAXORM AND ÅGETUIES AT
(DAY
LTORI
NAGRANI
NEWORWANG
Naw Your
ORARA
BroJUN(Pous ARTHUR)
SAY FRAXONCO
BHANGHAJ
Sen Fraud eco Shanghai. Кокобата,
$7,200,000 Equal... £1,180,000 EVERY. DESCRIPTION OF BANK. ING BUSINESS transactod, -
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened on the
usual terms.
DEPOSITS RECEIVED, fixed for one year at 4, por annam or for ahorter periods, stratos which may be ascertained on application.
of a progressive increase of intemporance The African Black, the silent Hindoo, was generally held and stoutly main The Arst small and meet,
ned. The are ardent advocates of Aro all to be found among the crow. drastic legislation vehemently and even Of the Moreantile Marino. ungrily denied the existence of any in-
not
They're ousted the breed of former days Who knew how to play the game, in Who carried the Flag thro' the world's
highways (?)
And made Old England's famo; They're been put aside by own who
Are miserly and mess, and replaced by the shoddy mongrel crow
In the Mercantile blamine...
Geb busy John Bull my worthy friend
Or take this tip from c
Mask Deer, Wong Keng Hare, Shanghai-Ta Chai Partridge, Che Khoo Pheasant,-Shan Kai' Pigeons, Canton.--Pak Kup
Hoiboy-Hol How Fak Kop Quall,-Um-Chun
Rica Birds, Wo Na Cheur.
Halpe-Sa-Choy
Turkeys Cock-Fbor Kal Kung
** "
Hou Wild Ducks, S'hai,-Shang-hut Bai Ap Tel Sai Ap Chai,
Wild Ducks Ca ton-Sang-Shing Sul Az
Barbel-Ka Tūno Bream,--Fin Tu
Canton Fresh Water Fish, Carp,- Is
veut long after it had been stab fished by abundant and incontrovertible ovidence. Then the case became too strong and the boot was transferred to the other leg. Improvement was unly admitted; it was over rated, and the falling consumption during the last long and deep depression of trade was greeted with short-sighted exultation. Now that it has in dus course given place BILLS NEGOTIATED & COLLECTED to a'reverse movement the opposite mis- MAILS and TELEGRAPHIS REMIT-take is likely to reappear. We are glad TANOES made.
to see that Mr. Wilson avoids it. He It won't be long till you soothe and LETTERS OF CREDIT and DRAFTS | Doâns out, that though the comsinaption Of Britain's supremacy... granted on all the principal cities in the has roccatly rison it is still much lower
·World, **
than in previous periods of correspond. ing prosperity. The table is gives com paring the years 1874, 1609, and 1918 at oach of these periods of good trade is very striking and if a term of years
convincing. Reduced to a graphic form be taken the comparison is still more
ind exhibited by curvos on a chart the statisties show ups and downs in accord ance with the state of trade, but both sented the King's gold medal at the Royal Dog Fiabe Tie To Se within a much larger general movement Naval College, Dartmouth, to Chief Cadet downwards, so that each high-water and Captain David A Dickson, the solected low-water mark is lower than its pre-salot of the passing-out terr. decessor. A rise of 38. ed." per head in
THE BANE 9 OLROULAR LETTERS OF CREDIT are available all over the 'World.
COMMERCIAL LETTERS OF ORE DIT isaned.
PURCHASE and SALE of Stocks and Shares effected.
TRAVELLERS OHHOKS sold and cached,
GEO. HOOG,
Manager No. 9, Quiven a Roma, Hongkong, October 21, 1913,
NOTICE
You'll wake from your everlasting sleep
To look on a change of soone, No British ships upon the deep,
No Mercantile Manino.
A. G. HILL inShipping and Engineering.
Oodila
Crabe-B
Outtle Fish, Mak Ya
Dab Se Mang Tu
Admiral Sir Reginald Henderson pro Dace, Wong Mai Tan
the estimated expenditure during the AD act of benevolence met with nu last four years may seem a considerable mkward result rocontly, step backwards when taken by Hack
Near the Marble Archa man of but it looks very small when we realize artissa type got into an
HIGH-CLASS PRINTING that to reach the level of 1899 az adang a longish thin parcel
BOOK
DONE AT
BINDING.
THE "CHINA MAIL" OFFICE:
BOOKS & PAMPHLETS A SPECIALTY
Munal 194, Bd. would be nondel, and the circus, he jumped
it would then still by 10s, below ting his parool.
loval of 1874 We may go further and 6097
point out that the highwater mack
today several shillings, bole
water mark
"other
Kela t
each
20
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生芋油| 牛 肉
生
4:0
海鮮
Mung Yang
| (California)-Kam San Puig (Cheloo)Ta Chun Ping Ehe
Smalle Kal Tung:
Castrelo
Fan Lal Chi.
Bananas, fragrant, Centon,-Ban Khiza
Heung Chiu
anazine, (bridos), Mačno,
Chestate, Chi
China,
americ
Kam 8an Ning Moon)
Lichees Dried,-*-*-
Frosh-
Limos, (Saigon)Bai Kang Ning Mosay
Mango, Manila,bai Sang Mong
Manguterus-San Chuk The
Orangos, (Canton)
Oranges Sweet
Pears, (American)-Kam San Shoot :
(Canton), Dooking-Ba Lay Peanuts, -Fi Sang me
Persimmons Large-Hung Chis. Pineapples, Istquality,Poon
2nd-Chang-tang Paw Law
Plantain, Tai Chen
Plums, Swatów, Hung Lali Pamelo, Sisu--Chim Lo Yau:
Shanghai-La Kwat
Walnuts-Hop Tuo
Green-Sang Hop Two
Water Melon,Kom San Sai Ki
(China) Nal Kwa
Urapes-Sang Fo Tai T
Vegetables xe..
Artichokes, Shanghai,-Sheang-hot A
Chi Chouk,
Beans, (French), Mamo. --Uh Moen
-17
(French), Shanghal-Sheang As
Sprouty-A Cho
Long-Tan Ko"
Best Root, Hung Chof Ban Brinjala, GreenChing Than
Red-Hung Kar
Choy
Cabbage, Chinese, com, Cabbage Red, Hung Im Choy Cabbage, Shanghai--Yeh Chol
we Shoots, banch, Kav Sham Caulifoer, Large size -- Tai Tsh Cho Ex
Medium alze,-Cheung Yeh Cho Smail Sai Yen Chol Fa Carrots,Ham Shan-
Celery, Chinese,-Tong Kas Uncl
r
En tah-Young
Chillion Vrion,-Gon Lat Chin
Bed-Hung Bar
Green, Ching La Chin
Curry Stof, English-Kar Ley Che
Cucumbers, Ching á ya
Bitter Squash
Garlic,Que Tan
Ginger, you
km
old-Lo Keung
Horse Radish, BB
Indian Com-Bak Mai
Lika
Lettuce,Yeung Sang Chel Water Chesnute
Mandarin-Kwal
Blushrooms,
Minsk Melon,
igions, Bom
Ma Ti
Che