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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
HEAD UFFICE: HONGKONG.
Authorised: Capital ***......$50,000,000 fwand and Fully Paid up...$30,000,000- Reserve Fanda
Sterling.....£1,300,000 Silver.....835,500,000
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors................
$20,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORS:
G. M. Young, Esq.--Chairman. E. P. White, Ex-Deputy Chairman.
Hon Mr. A. 95, Lang
W. H.. Ball, Wi
6. M. berish En| Wakuitenkan__Y 1. H. Compton, Esq. A. Planner, He Jan. Mr. 1. HaljonkiT. O, Well, we
CHIEF MANAGER: A. H. BARLOW, Esq.
Masagor: Shangha!—G. H. STITT, Esq.
LONDON BANKERS. Westminster Baak, Ltd.
CURRENT "ACCOUNTS opened
SOCAL CURRENCY and FIXED DEPOSITE received for one year et horter periods in Local Curranty and Sterling on terms walch will be quoted
application,
Hongkong, 201b, May 1925.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG. 14; Dan Vs. Road Central, Hongkong.
Authorized Capital....$10,000,000 Paid-up Capitai Reserve Fund
5,000,000 1,000,000
DIRECTORS:
Hon. Mr. Chow Shou Son-Chairman, Fung Ping Shan: Mok Ching Kong Li Koon Chur
F. K. Kwok
Wong Yun Tong Huyuh Tal
Loans
Ng Ching Luk Kan Ying Po Fong Wa Ting Chan Ching Shok Every description of Banking and Axchange business transacted.
ranted on approved securities.
SAFE. DEPOSIT BOXES to let
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager. Hongkong, 18th February, 1925.
·司公理管業實法中
BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE
pour le
Commerce et L'Industrie (Incorporated in France).
5, Chater Road, Victoris, Hongkung.
BONGKONG SAVINGS BANE HEAD OFFICE: 74, Rue 90. Lazate,
BE hiinemä vesi tho thøvu Buick in F. vouducted by do. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI, JANKING COR PORATION. Bulse any by obtainaut on aculeation
INTHIEST on densite is onlenlated on the lowest, kuinnen during anch out- plated Culemine Mouth at 34 purjeant. por annum. Should there be no baler on sny day in a month no intarost will he clowdu for the touch.
Deposites by runder at thair aption "Halonen id $100 or were to the HONGKONG AS STANGIDAL BANK pa kowalumnad ok FIERIA DEPOSIT: at HURRENT KATES,
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For the Horenoon & HiranRMATI HAKKINS CORPORATION,
A. LI, BARLOW,
Chief Manager:
• Hau kong, 70 Jammery 1985.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.
BEAD OFFICE:
80, Boulevard Haussman, Paris.
Suscribed Capital
Copied
Paris.
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BRANCHES
Lyone Mirari Laiphong Honol Singitan ·'bientsin: Hongkong
تكييب
BANKERS: FRANCH Süniddo Bonerado, Banques Nationale de Credit, Banque de Faris et des Paya Ban. LINDOS - Mikond Bank hol NEW YOR➡ Jeving Bank Bolmakta
5 Tri Co
Every descriply of Banking and |Exchange Business Transmetall. "Corres,
apondents throughout the world.
A. ROLLIN Manager. Haighong Dee Desursion, 1945.
Fr. 72,000,000:00 THE CHARTERED BANK OF Fr. 88, Corend.00 INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Fr. 50,367,283.54
BRANCHES:
INCORPORATED BY ROYAL
CHARTER, 1858.
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£3,000,000
FRANCE Chiptoir National d'Escompte Arix Credit Lynnasis Banque de Paris Pag-R; Crslit Industrial of Commurein) Sainte Gezurado,
Reserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
FOREIGN EXCHANGE" and General Banking business transacted,
IN LONDON The National Provincish & Enten Bank of England, Lab: Comptoir National Escompte de Paris; Crell: Dyoriani
IN NEW YORK: JP Morgan Chor shorter period at rates which will be
French American Baking Corporation; Gnaranty Trust Co. of New Yärki
and
Tatres showed an On prent. Acroaïste mail Fixed gunita nccording to serengemery.
Begry moriptim of Barking and Exchange Busing
A. LECOT,
Manager. Hongkong. 11th December, 1925.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.
'NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.)
J
„Betanudsen 1814. HONGKONG BRanch KazamLumens: 1900,
Authorised Capital 13, 160,000,000 £12,600,0# Pald-Up Capital.G. 80.000.000 € 8,865,121: Reserve Fund,.-G... 10,238,361.4.1.711,408 Special Berrye, 22,200,000 £1,98
READ OFFICE:---Amsterdara. LASTERN HEAD OFFICE:-Batavis. BRANCHES:-
Bandarmalandring
Calcutta
Bombay Cheribon Djember
Djokjakaria "The Hayne
Max Bar Peleratang.
Cote-Baith
Padang
Paning
Rotterdam
Pontianak
Barang
Ulinija
Ringapor Boera ba tagal
3,upe Mndin
Pecalongan
Bangoon gbangh Berakarta (8)
Weltevreden
LONDON RANKEES:- National Provincial Bank, Ltd. Correspondents all over the world: BANKING BUSINESS OF EVERY
DESCRIPTION.
M. J. HERBSCHLEB,
Agent Hongkong, November 4, 1924.
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD.
Established 1380,
Capital (full paid-up) Yon-100,000,000
Reserve Fund
... Yan 82,500,000
Head Office:--YOKOHAMA.
Branches and Agencies at:
Batavia.
Bombay. Buenos AyrOS,
Calcutta.
Canton
Changchan „Dairan (Dalny).
Bankow.
Newchwang. New York
Ceaka.
Peking.
Rangoon.
Rio de Janeiro Saigon. Pongtien (Hakden). San Francisco.
amburg...
Beattle Bomarang. Shanghai Shimonovat. Singapore. Soerabaya. Mydney, Tientsin.
Harbin,
Sonolulu.
Kai Yaon Karachi. Koba.
London.
Manila.
Tainenfa
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for 1 year
quoted on application
A. H. FERGUSON, Managet. Hongkong, 15th April, 1925,
Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1899.
THE CHINA, MAIL.
COMMERCE AND FINANCE.
RUBBER.
Malaya Prosperg With Rubber
Boom and Price of Tin..
3-A limited nationalisation of the industry to be effected in For urder to secure quality. this purpose the Nippan Senryo Kaisha to be purchased by the Government at 8 million yen.
4-A "paper monopoly" to be effected and trading to be carried
on paper accounts.
5-A full monopoly to be:] carried out.
November 11-The annual re port just issued by the British Government on Malaya, supple-on mented by some later mail newa to hand, lays stress on the great increase in the overseas trade
The full committee approved of last year and this. In fact, the these five plans tentatively, but 1924 figures exceyded those of there is still a disagreement of 1923 by nearly £17,000,000, its || opinion. The Department of aggregate overseas exports and Commerce which emphasises imports totalling #188,000,000. self-supporting poligy in the in- In that year, during most of dustry, is in favour of the first which time rubber was at a very of the Ave, while the Foreign low price, țin, spices, and copra || Office is afraid that the first and exports shared the largest in-second schemes will bring objec- creases, and motor vehicles head-tions from the nations interested, ed the importa. The actual value though it is fully alive to the im- of rubber exporta. in 1924 was
portance of the policy advocated abou: £1.000,000, while tin was by the Commerce Slice. The valued at £13,500,000, as against decision rests with the Ministers 29,400,000 in 1923.
of Foreign Affairs, Finance, and Commerce and Industry among then, pending which these plans are being studied by the Bureau
Legislation..
Since December 31, the con-
tief higher prices for tin and The rubber boa have brought
remarkable increase in Matapa's already prosperous con- ditlen. As an example, in June of the current year, Importa | totalled a récord figure of $9,500,-
000 for the month.
Reverting to rubber, it is in teresting to note that the Dutch
East Indies sent 27,000 tons mori
C
- COMPANY REPORT.
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The report of the Hongkong and Canton Ice Manufacturing. Co., Ltd, for the period ending. July 31, 1925, is as follows:-
The profit for the year ending July 31, 1926, after writing off
to Singapore u 1924 than in the precising year, but rubber ex- ports from Malaya itself de$2,300.63 for depreciation and bad and Doubtful Debts amounted to Open and by †1,000 tons that year. The high prices for rubber this $2.394.60 which your Directors puut have naturally caused a
recommend deducting from the ige demand for labour than is gobis balance brought "forward Low at one obtainable, and it is from last year, thus reducing the feared that, whether the Stever-balance of $38.186.95.
SIE: Postrītion acheme be con- tinget beyond next spring er otherwise scurcity of labor will forely restrict the maximum outpute as far as Malaya is con- kerhed.
Retiring Directors.-Mr. A. S. D. Couslandi and Mr. Leung Yan-po retire by rotation but are eligible for re-election.
Audit, The accounts havė | been audited by Messrs. Percy
T. G. Weall Chairman.
WAGES IN KOBE.
in reguli, of restriction of out-Smith, Seth and Fleming who 20 oveven, is ronomy of burk offer themselves for re-election.
The report is signed. Areas of old trees... consumption. havily tapped in the past. have en rested, and the incentive to tap young rubbes has been re- moved. More conservative tap- ping systems, too, have been in- troduced in, practically al pro- ducing fields; The result is that there are now throughout all rub- ber archa in the colony excellent reserves of good tappable bark.
DYESTUFF. INDUSTRY.
Various Plas Considered.
A Rise for November,
The regular investigation by the Kobe Chamber of Commerce into some of the principal Kabe worker's scales, of wages for November, lust has been publish-- bed, the series showing a gradual upward tendency on an average. "The most marken advance in wages is seen in tatami makers In order to deal with the whose latest wage rate stands at dyestuff situation a joint com-Y3.80, increasing by 40 sen in mittee was appointed from comparison with the previous among the officials of the For- figure. eign. Home, Firiance. Army, Navy and Commerce Offices,
muck 13 ¥5,000,000,000 to. America, but Amdrica's annuall tose by fire is about one-fourth of Japan's lass. Cublessness: Is the chief cause of fires.
EXCHANGR
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Very often this is your arst thought when you receive a meataga to call up such and such a telephone number. You can find out easily from, the Telophone Handbook which gives the numbers in the numerical order. You simply turn the pages, and the number, and see who it is that has been calling you.
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HONGKONG MARKET PRODUCE.
Boof Sirloin
APPROXIMATE RETAIL
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1925. 1918. 1914.
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THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. whose duty it is mainly to in- vestigate and report on the re- (Taiwan Ginko.)
striction to be placed on the import of foreign dyes. Owing to the complexity of the pro-, blem, which has an important bearing on other nations largely producting dyes, no agreement of opinion was arrived at among the committee, tilt a sub-com-.
The highest daily wage is still mittee was elected representing enjoyed by stone-masons, who,
$4.30, the Comineree, Finance and For-average
followed by eign Offices. The sub-committeeáintera, Y4 or au, while the formulated Ave plans for the con- lower (have women workers) sideration of the full committee. are brick moulders and fisher- The plans elaborated by the sub-pan, about Y1.80,
Capital Subscribed. Zen 45,000,000 Capital (Paid-up) Yen 30,875,000 HEAD OFFICE:--Taipeh, Faraosa,
BRANCHES
་་
JAPAN:-Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe,
Onuka, FORMOSA! - Giran, Kagi, Karenko, Keolang, Eokoto, Nanto, Shin
Taichu,
Tainan, Takao, Tamaul, Toyen, Heitoh, Taitoli.
chiku
nghal,
Hankow, Amoy, committee the "Osaka Mainichi" |
Swatow, Canton Hongkong, Singapore, Socrabaya, Semarang, Batavia, Bombay, London, Now
York, Calcutta.
LONDON BANKERS: London County Westrainster and Parr's Bank.
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The Bank has Correspongunts in the Cours erein, shurin Tulas, Japan, IndoChina, Ham, India,
Casinos in the Ruropean Cendunt, Basin, Mar
Filippi talnadu, Jaru, Afrikka:
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understands to be:-
1-The restriction imposed on the German dyes, to be continued and extended to the materials supplied by different nations.
2-No extension to be made in the restriction, but the ad valorem tariff in force at present to be remodeled on a specific basis with a low to raising, the
Depot at rates which will be quoted on appilon.
erect allowed on Currant Accounts, And Scale:
T. TAKAGI,
Manager.
HONGKONG BRANCH:
, Des Vœux Road Central. Hongkong, ist November, 1926.
WAS RHEUMATIC TO HER
FINGER TIPS.
Los Angeles Lady Finds Cure In
Tonic Treatment with Dr....
Williams' Pink Pills,
FRENCH BONDS.
British Investors and Losses
London, November 5.-British holders of French war bonde have taken the unusual step of forming. a protective bondholders' com mittee, seeking means of preventi ing fresh losses through the con- tinued depreciation of the franë. During the war farge amounts of French bonds payable in francs were purchased by British in- vesturs through the recommenda- tion of the British Treasury..
The purchasers of these bonds have already lost three-fourths of their investment through the Even the wonderful climatu of franc depreciation, and it is felt California does pot nave people from in some quarters that the French. rhoumatism and other troubles due to Government is morally respon- impoverished blool,. ns. Mrs. Elisabeth sible for the losses, through its Wilson, of 1995 Ella avenue, Lofallure to take steps to end the Angeles, 2
found
a whie w from her own lipam sa
inflation. The committee now $60,000,300,00 "Exposure to dampicas while I was formed has fadued an invitation $18,278,800.00 in a run-dowa condition brought on to all holders of franc bonda to $8,629,425,24 rheumatism,"
Wilsen. Baye : Mrs "There were almost constant pains from join in making representations the tips of my age. to my shoulders. to both the French and British In addition to the sharp and shooting Governments, seeking an equit- pains there was van derable Inflammable settlement of the issues in- tion and awelling of the joints of my volved. hands. I didn't sleep well and became very nervous, My head ached a great deal and I was steadily losing strength. and appetite.
THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中
(Specially Authorised by Presidential
Mandate of the Republic of China on the 22nd of November, 1917). Authorised Capital. Pald-up Capital Reserve Fund
HEAD OFFICE: PEKING.
HONGKONG BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road Central Branches and Sub-branches all over China and Correspondents in Europe, America, and other parts of the world, London Bankers: The National Proria cial and. Union Bank of England, Ltd. The Guaranty Trust Company of New
York.
New York Bankers: --- The Irving
National Bank. The Equitable Trust Company of New
Interest allowed on Cuzzwat Ascounts and Fixed Depsaite Terms on applice tion
Every description of Banking Bad Loans granted on approved securities Special facilities for Home Exchange
BUYER PEL
Taingtan Nagasaki.
Viadrestock Nagoya, Chanterent allowed on Current Accounta
Deposits received for fixed perioda'ni | zake transacted. sites to be obtained on application.
0. ARIMA,
Mongkong, 11th Septazaler, 1918,
KR Manager,
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A Year's Losses/ scribed for me but they didn't help. One day happened to send. about Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and began to take
Every year as the tre season them. There was some inprovement in approaches, the Japanese Home two weeks. The pains were a little less Office publishes statistics of fres severe. I kept en taking the plile mit during the past year The figure oth entirely disappeared. I noticed tog that is appalling Houses burnt my nerves became stronger and my down numbered 27,824, the long appetite improved. I feel well now and of buildings alone aggregated owe my good health entirely to. Dr. Y74,000,000, or X200,000,000 in- Williams' Pink Pills
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can supply you with cluding furniture, cloth, and D. Willame Pink Bill For Pale other movable properties. People People, or post free $150 per boule burnt to death numbered 460 and
botas 18, from the Dr. Willagos Injured 1,700. Madlene Co., 80, Klangse Road, Ebang-Japan, says the dialisis an -Y200,000,000 to
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