HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

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HEAD OFFICE, HONGXONO

COURT OF DIRECTORN-

Hon, air, F, 41, M. Bertovil, Chairma

Mon. Me, A, 11, Tenga

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BRANCHES.

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LONDON

LYON

MARIA MANILA

VADANARI

SEW YORK

PEKINDL

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RANGOON

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG.

10, Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong.

BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-

THE CHINA MAIL.

COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

Authorised Capital

Paid-Up Capital

Rosarve Fund

$10,000,000 5,000,000 1,200,000

Batavia

Bombay

Melburne Vi

- Franolo Bear in

Calcutta

·Canton

Yair York

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Beginning

Shanghai

DAIRY FARM "CO.

Singapure.

Peking

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Tripel

Tin

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In

principal

Halphong P'urly

Homalum

Kabe

Kowinor

Colon Saigon

"Correspondenta

ties of the world. Every description of Banking an Exchange businesss transactod. Loans granted on approved securities..

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES to lot.

KAN TONG PO

Chief Manager

Hongkong, 22nd May, 1028,

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"

BANQUE FRANCO-CHINGISE

MAN FRANCISCO

HALOGEN

SHANGHAI

SINDA PORE

MOPRANAYA

SANOTICE PATANO

TIES PSES

KNA PSINUBAC TOKOBAMA

(TCO Annis ours-E My Anant CurEEDIN Payrollon na zuded for on Von de

or larm which will be quantech coi spalikuw

Bungkuang, 27th May, teen,

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

pour le

Commerce et L'Industrie (Incorporated In Prince).

5. Chater Road, Victorin. Hongkong.

HEAD OFFICE: 74, Rue St. Lazare, Para

Captial

Frs 20.000.000,- Romstred

Few £1,100,00U- Special Working Capital Pm 30.01 0:054,-

Paris

BRANCHES! Lyona

Buy of velho chover and bl Elmeten me the HONGKONG AND SPANAHAN BANKING CULPOI WPTON. It may abkinek an appliestion.

Salgon

Haiphong

Feking

Shanghai

Cunton

Hongkong

FOR THE HONDENDO A PILARPHLAD HÄNKANDE CORPORABON

A. H. Barlow.

BANKERS:

Chief Manngum.

Bengkong, 27th Mar 19an,

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE:

06, Boulevard Haussman, Paris. Subscribed Capital. Frs. 72,000,000.00 .... Fr. 88,400,000.00 Paid-Up Capital

... Fra: 50,667,280,54 Reserve Fund

BRANCHES. Hanois

Bank sok

Bamban

Canton

Dijbout!

Hongkong

Munguzo Noumer

Fort-Baykrif Papeete

Haiphon Fuking Hankow

Pondicherry! Shiver

Shanghai Kimpor Tintin SALICILA Punya Prom

Yanaf BANKERS: IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris, Credit Lyonnais Banque de Paris at des Pays-Baa; Credit Industrial et Commercial; Societe Generale.

.

IN LONDON: The National Pro- Fincial & Union Bank of England, Lid; Comptoir National d'Escompte do Paris; Credit Lyonnais,

IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co.; French American Banking Corporn- tion; Guaranty Trust Co. of New York,

Interest allowed on Current Accounta and Fixed Deposits according to arrangement..

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted.

A. LECOT,

Manager, Hengkong, 11th December, 1928.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL

MAATSCHAPPIJ..

· { NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.)

Established 1824. Hongkong Branch Established 1906.

Authorised (“hpital @ 150,000 000 213 500,000 Paid-Up Capital... ( 80,109,9:0 £ 1,68 67 Reserve Fan.....G21, 47IMO £ $150,778 Spools" Reservo...{} #0000338

HEAD OFFICE:--Amatorda.. EASTERN. HEAD OFFICE:-Batavia. BRANCHES:-

Bandermain Ban

Calcutta Dickjakarta

Kota Ki

Pulang

Panac

Rotterin

Гада

Cheriton

The Hague

ז מטקסס

Puorahang

Pontinink

ang Hombea,

+

Bornby

Identher

Koba

Man Fomiongon

Ranyoo

Shunghal

Soerakarta/Sol ). Wolterredon

LONDON BANKERS:-

National Provincial Bank, Ltd. Correspondunta all over the world BANKING BUSINESS OF EVERY

DESCRIPTION..

J, C. MAASSEN,

Acting Manager. Hongkong, 3rd August, 1926.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,

LIMITED.

-Established 1880.

Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000

Reserve fund:

Marseilles Eunoi Tientsin

FRANCE-Societe Genernio, Banque Nationale do Credit, Banque de Paris at das Pays Bas

LONDON-Midland Bank Ltd.

REPORT FOR ANNUAL MEETING.

LAST YEAR'S PROFIT.

The report for presentation to the 30th yearly meeting of the Dairy Farm, Ice & Cold Storage Co., Ltd., on September 25 (at noon) reads:

The proft for the year after writing of $111.399:51 for de- preciation, placing $7,281,47 to reserve against Bad and Doubt- ful Debts and providing for directors and auditors' fees,. amounts to $205,809.25 which includes the sum of $13,887.01 brought forward

from last Year's account. It is proposed to deal with the above balance of $205,809.25 as follows:-

15

CHINA LIGHTS.

FINAL CALL ON NEW SHARES POSTPONED.

CHINA-BURMA TRADE IN 1925.

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 17. 1926.

HONGKONG TIDE

1,200 plouls in the higher counts being of othor provenance, pria- elpally Japan. The Burma pur-

The tide-table given below has The value of Tengyuah (Tha chasing price of raw cotton fluctuat- been obtained by aid of the Tide

nd in an incalculable"

manner predicting Maching, which- nan) import from Burma-Hk. Tis. 8,701,200 exceeded

throughout the year, so that some oludes 40 componentë, for the better „that of the previous year, by Hk.tradera made profits, whereas others prediction of tides from the r Tis. 1,258,800. The importation of lost money. The increased impor-sult of the analysis of the tida) cotton yarn increased by 9,800tation is due more to less com- observations, taken at the Kaulung piculs as compared with the figures petition from other buyers in tidal observatory under the direc for the previous year and raw, cot. Burma than to increased power of tion of Dr. Dobörek during the ton also increased to the extent of consumption in this district. - years: 1887, 1888, and 1889.

The times and heights are given Inward Transit Trade. 2,800 picula. As remarked in last

for Kaulung; but they may be used year's report the normal course la The value of the inward tran for the Victori. Naval yard and for one of these twq staples to in-sit trade-Hk. Tis. 508,000-was Aberdeen, the differences boing crease as the other decreases, and less than that of the previous very small It is officially announced that tho vice versa, says Mr. H. G. Fletcher.. year by Hk. Tia. 652,000. anal call of $3 per share, on the Acting Commissioner of Customs was only a little more than half new shares of the China Light & for Tengyush in his 1925 Report: that of the previously lowest year Power Co. (1918) Ltd. has been but this year followed the previous 1923. This was due to the institu again deferred till March 1, 1927 one, in providing an exception to tion by the Likin Bureau on August (instead of October 1, 1926). the rule, though both increased this 1 of the issue of the equivalent, of year, whereas both decreased last award transit passes at a rate less ¡one. The stimulus for yarn this than ours for goods transited to the year was the Burma purchasing interior of this provinco. Such price, which steadily decreased documents are to be valid for 12 throughout the year, but that did months and art to free gooda cover- not profit the speculators, for the ed by them from further likin and PL 17 demand from the interior was woak, other taxes in the Interior of this and the decreased purchasing price province. "On cotton yarn

theB

18 m 5 99 forced former importers to sacrifice Bureau charged $1.80 (paper)90s. 10 8 A

The postponement of call is due to conditions prevailing at present..

CHINA TRADE.."

British Criticism Could Have

Been More Föreible."

HONGKONG MARKET

APPROXIMATE RETAIL

It

That China is slipping back (anys their holdings for no profit or at $1.80 (silver) per load of 135 eat- the "China Press") into the "deep-a loss, in preference to boing left ties. This works out at $0.96 (ail est state of barbariam it has ever to hold the baby. These conditionsver) per 100 cattles: this office reached" that the potentialities of got worse towards the end of the charges a tranzit pass due per 100 business in textiles of all kinds in year, and during the last two cattles of Hk. T. 1-some China are encrmous and that Great months of It all sales were conduct- $1.70 (silver). The result was that To add to fire and

Britain should be doing "ten times led at a loss. typhoon Insurance

Practically all the Fund ...........$ 5,000.00 as much trade as it is doing" are yarn imported is Indian, only some (Continued on Page 8.) Curry forward 200,809:26 some of the impressions this coun- Directors. The Rev. Father try gave Mr. K. D. Stewart who few Robert. having left the Colony passed through Shanghal a during the year resigned his months ago on his way to and from seat on the directorate. The the Tarif Conference in Peking Hen. Dr. W. V. M. Koch and Mr. where he represented the Manches- B. Montagne Ede were invited to ter Chamber of Commerce of which fill the vacancies on the Board i he is a director as well as the hon. Retiring Directors.--Mr. T.G, secretary of Its China and Far East Weall and Mr. A. S. D. Cousland, section.

Mr. Stewart informs the London. retire by rotation but being eligible offer themselves for repress that the conference has not had any definite result so far, but election.

that it has been the means of re- moving a good many mlaconcep- tions."

And he might have added more conferences-or that a few something similar to this apparent- ly "very successful Hine-will be needed to remove many more "mis- this conceptions" before trade in country comes into something ap- preaching its own.

Audit. The annexed accounts NEW YORK:-Irving Bank Columbia have been audited by Messrs. Percy Smith, Seth and Fleming who offer themselves for re- election.

Trust Co.

Every description of Barking and Exchange Business Transacted. Corra spondents throughout the world.

A. ROLLIN

Manager Hongkong, 1st December, 1925.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA," AUSTRALIA & CHINA:

Items noticed in the accounts

are--

Balance of Working "Account $898,651.19 w

+Er

It is evident that Mr. Stewart did not anticipate the military activity of the so far, ever-victorious Chang Kai-shek, for he informs the

Depreciation comprises:-$37,- 681.24 on Buildings and Property: $56.532.29 on Ice Plant and Machinery: launches, lighters and vehicles, Financial Times" that just at pre- $6,160.46 on furniture and fit-ent (a month ago) "there are two

Incorporated by Royal Chater, 1858.tings.

HEAD. OFFICE: LONDON. Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund.. Reserve Liability of Proprie-

tors***

$11,025.52: on

Profit for the year ended July £3,000,000

31, 1926, is $191,922.24. £4,000,000

Assets stand at $3.347.747.85 £3,000,000 of which the bigger items are |:Cattle $203,766.40; buildings and

Agencies and Branchen.

ALOR STAR AMIOTRAR BANDHOR BAPAVIA HOMBAY CALCUTTA CASTON CAWNFORE

COLOMBO DELHI HAIPHON BAMBENG HANKOW SONGKONG 110110 120

KARACHI

KLANG

KODK

KUALA LUMPUR KUCHINA

MADRAS

MANILA

ARDAN

NEW YORK PKK 145 PENANG PESHAWAR 11:47 10F RANGOGN SARIDS

HRMARAND SERRAIBAN SHANGHAI SINGAPORE HOURABAYA TAIPING

(F.M.8) TAVOY TIKASIN TOKY

TSINGTAO

ХОКОНАМА ZAMBOANGA

Philippe intel

Foreign Exchange and General Bank- ing business transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fixed Deposits received for year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.

A. H. FERGUSON. Manager. Hongkong, 1st August, 1926.

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. (TAIWAN GINKO.)

"

Incorporated by Special imperial Charter, 1899,

Capital Subscribed .Zen 48,000,000 |Capital (Paid-up).. Yan 89,376,000

HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosu.

BRANCHEA:

i.

Yokchama, Koba,

LONDON BANKERS:

London County Westminster and

Parr's Bank...

cases where there is A certain amount of Internal peace around Shanghai and the other int China) One in the provinces South Manchuria."

Beef Sirloin

اور

- Roust

Breast Soup

Steak

Suzanger

Bullock's Brains

Butcher Meat,

Tongue, corned-4

Feet

property $959,000; ice plant and to retain its totain amount of in- Mutton Chop. machinery $619,500; stocks onternal peace" remains to be seen, hand $721,049.81; accounts re- especially as the war clouds are ceivable $341,239,29; share in-again already threatening this great vestments $394,782.06 (against trade pulse of China. Mr. Stewart, Pig's Chitlings market value of $501,150).

The auditors' report reads:--

We report that we have audited the above Balance Sheet

however, admits that here we suffer from "unstable equilibrium" and that he would be a bold man who would "prophesy that the present state of peace would last for an indefinite period."

Braina

». Foot,

F

Fry

Head

R

Heart

Kidneys

Liver

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11

the

ture

must not be considered to coincide The times of high-and low-water with the toes of slack-wator and change DI current,

September 17 to 23, 1926.

HIGH WATER LOWER WATE

Standard

Standard E Times

Time

1.0:7 034 44.

DATI

Sept..

7:19 4.3 7.0

8 JUL

9:0 4.3 1.861.8

94,0 81.3

Mon.. 10 m 7977.7 m 1 16 3.

862.46 a 1.2.

3.32 a

Tree 28319.83 12 3.0 Wud. 89 m. 1477 m2 * * 3

10 11 Thurs 13. m 10 18 74 10 30 8.4

31.8.1.3

(m 3.5) 19

4. 34419

PRODUCE.

PRICES.

Poultry.

Sept. 8 June, June, 1026. 1918 191

Cts.. Ct. Ste

Eggs. Hon (cooking)..

th

each-

por doz, 80-

##b

Turkeys. Cock”....

火猫

Almonds Apples California)

Cocoannis

བམྦཱ བ བནྟིཾ པར འཚོམྦཱ འ ར

DÖKSENSA HEBESUES

Fruits.

80.

31

30.

80

21

23

85" 25

20

75

24

45

24

24

50

each 55

2

each

pair

15

.15.

17

褟梯

የያ

.......

each 12

lb.

金山檸種 each

#D.'

新會甜機

ת

៩ ពន់ អ អ ២៥ ឌ ៩ ៨៩ឌ | i | | |,

866-56EARS

TIBBIT -55.IS.

Sopt. 8 June, June,

1928, 1918 1914.

Cia. Cha. Cla..

Chicken

Jb.

56

- 12. 15.

32.

12.

Capons, Small

Prima Cut 'Corned

50

32

12

牛肉

Capona, Large

80

12

#

*

Duck

40

#4 #

32

22.

77

4.

28

20" 18

Dover

28

18

1

牛肉操

82

22

Eggs, Hon (fresh) Fowls, Canton

新鮮蛋

Steak Sirloin

4

45

85

40:

20

per sat 16.

12

Fowle, Bainan Geese

15:

Tongue, fresh

each: 70:

60

·Pigeons," Canton

Holbow

J

Hand..

5-$1.20

-$1.20

Turkeys, Hen

Heart

1b. 22:1 13 14

Snipe

Hump, Salt

n

98

18

each 10,

12

Kidneys.

16. "10" 12

Tail

80.

22

Pheasant Quall Partridger

Liver

Ib.

24

Tripe

B

14 T

How long Shanghai will continue

Calves' Head & Fost.

平蠔

set $1.20 $1.00 $1.00

48. 20

Leg

48

Shoulder Baddie

45

垫鞍

45

24

"

For set -8

ib.

20

Bananas (bride's)

28

18

Carambols

#

20.

each 13

10

Lemons, China

Lemons (America)

18

8

Lichens, Dzied

Ib. 48

24

Oranges (Canton)

###

88

29

Н

Oranges

12

おす

38.

Pears (Canton)

Loin Fat or Lard

44:

70.

*

15

"

Peanuta

*

#

28

Persimmons, Large ...

22

70-

Plantain

H

Bach 14

7

Puraelo, Siam

each 15

#

18.

10

Walnuts

Ib. 12

#

60

25

Grapes

40

22

32

18

Mutton

#

羊油

55 26

24

4 #

19

Sausages

40

20

Fish.

80.

20 10

18. 16.

80

18 · 27.

82

12 9

55 20 25

-24 23 26

··28

16

2

80

23 16

黃皂

24 10 9

中轉型

-14 10

8

40- 16 28 10 18 26 80 9082 26 80

Carrots Celery, Chinese Chillies, Dried

15.

12

10

# # T

20 25

Red

16

18 16

40 BO

Green Curry Stuff, English

8

10

8

Cucumbers

Garlic

40 18 23

38 22

18 £224-

Horseradis

Indian

Lobsters Mackeral Mo

26

Cetace

Water

Mushrooms,

clared that "at present" the civil Sheep's Hoad & Feet.. per ret 35 wars make trade "exceedingly dim- cult." Had he said that such wars were simply asphyxiating trade in

Heart

Kidneys

" Liver'

with the books and vouchers of

It might have been fairer to Bri- the company in Hong Kong and tish traders out here had this Pork Chop with the audited returns from "home" representative of theirs Log / Shanghai and in our opinion been little stronger in his such balance sheet is properly marks, and especially when he de- drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of "the company's affairs on the 31st July, 1926, according to the beat of our information and the general, he would have been much Sucking Pigs, to order. #b. 25 explanations given to us and as nearer the whole truth and not have Sust, Reef shown by the books of the comlet himself alip into making what pany and the audited returns many foreign business men inv from Shanghai. We have seen Shanghai and in China generally the deeds of the properides and will consider a half truth, which, le the share certificates and have about one of the worst things that obtained all the information should be associated with an ex- and explanations we have repression of the conditions of China. quired.

THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中

trade to-day, especially when we Barbel ara hearing so much of China's re-Brasm, cuperative powers in this direction, Canton Fresh and ad nauseam at that.

Water Fish.

Fresh Water: Yallow

Penang, September 4. · Mr. Stewart declares that "Inter-Carp Messrs. Paterson, Simons & Co..vention is out of the question, and Catfish JAPAN-Tokyo,

Osaka.

Ltd. Renang, inform us that they that it is "feared that even good Codfish FORMOSA; Giran, Kagi, Karenko, have received a cable from the advice will not be welcomed until Craba

Keelung Makong Nanto, Shin- Secretaries of the above Company the rival military factions have Cattle Fish Taichu, Tainan, Takao, informing them that an Interim settled their differences and re Dab TOBD

Hefto, Taito

Dividend of 15 per cent. for the duced the suspicions. of foreignera Dace CHINA:

A-Shanghal, Hankow, Amoy,

year ending March 31, 1927, has that exist!! Foochow, Swatow, Canton.

Dog Fish OTHERS; - Hongkong, Singapore, been declared, payable on the 6th

Soerabaya, Semarang, Batavia, instant..

Was net, Mr. Stewart here long Eals, Conger Bombay, London, New York;

enough to be informed by old Calcutta.

"Chinn hands" and even stúdenta of China history that Chinese rival || Frogs militarists never settle their argu Garoupa ments, but keep in existence the Gudgeon vicious circle of warfare, and bri Harrings chacia Tinging, Japan, lode-China, Siam, India (Specially Authorised by Presidential harm to China. Also that they will Labrus gandage that has done so much Hallbat Jalatest allowed an Current Acepants, and 2x4} Mandate of the. Repablic of China continue to do so until strong setlon Loach

on the 22nd of November, 1917). Authorised Capital $60,000,000.00 8 taken in this country by local Paid-up Capital

$18,278,800.00 people who will do more than mouth. Reserve Fund

$9,629,425.24 alleged patriotism and encourage

the local lawless in their anta gonisme against fančted wrongs; Mallet manufacturd insults, and distorted | Oys conceptions of normal incidents, Parrot like the unfortunate, but very Parch natural affair

on the Japanese Pike freighter when a Chinese hawker Pla London Bankers The National Provin- met his death. A

The Bank la Corcompondeats in the Octal Contree in the European Ountinent, Rain, NY.

Yen 89,600,000 Philippine (andi, Java, Arisen, de k

Head Office:-YOKOHAMA...

Branches and Agencies at:

Batavia,

Bombay.

Buenos Ayrea.

Calcutta.

Canton.

Changchun

Newchwang.

New York

Osaka.

Peking.

Rangoon.

Dairen (Dalny). Fengtien (Mukden). San

Hamburg.

Hankow

Honolulu.

Ka! Yuen.

Karachi.

Kobe,

London Los Angeles. Lyons.

Xanila

Nagasaki. Nagoya,

Rio de Janeiro, Salgón,

Francisco. Seattle. Semarang. Shanghai. Shimonozuki. Singapore, Boerabaya,

Sydney. Tientsin.

Tokyo. Teinenfu.

Interest allowed on Current Accounts. Deposits received for fixed periods at rates to Le obtained on application.

GARIMA

Hong Kong, 11th September, 1928.

Depolls at ntee: which will be quoted an applica

Feby

T. TAKAGI

HONGKONG BRANCH:

Manager.

8, Des Voeux Road' Contrali Hongkong, 7th May, 1923.

THE BANK OF CANTON, LIMITED.

Head Office-Hongkong.

XSTABLISHED 1919.

Authorised Opital,

Paid Up Capital

lver Rome Puzzl

BRANCUES:-).

£1,200,000

LIGT RES $700,000

tv Ön 100, Bushgani, Jankow, Swatne, Bangkok, New York and Baal Framefuo, Corpondents In a Principal cities of 17:4 Ward, Send A LES

„DONDON BANKERSTAAN

The Loyds Bank LimitedE

- Brary" doserpina: of banklag kusinaaa" Sensumeted

Bais Teposit Boxed in variona ainoa, to; de feb from 0 to 40-20, FORTly,

LOOK POON SHAN,

HEAD OFFICE;" FEKING.

„HONGKONG BRANCH

4. Quem's Road Central Branches and Sub-branches all over China and Correspondents in Europa,

America, and other parts of the "world."

cial and Union Bank of England, Ltd. Here is good and concrets In- The Guaranty Trust Company of Newtance of how labour in Shanghat

Yorkshir

New York Bankaran Tap

National Bank di bali tekin has to suffer, and how trade is

stifed by the Red agitators whom

The Equitable Trust Company of Now the officials allow to exist for all

York

Interest

allowed on Current Accounts. and Fixed Deposits. Terms on appice tion

Every description of Banking B hostrankeatedpok

BS Loans granted on approved securi

Epazini facilities for Home Exchange

DARTSUTEE PE

their official utterances of taking. steps to put an end to thei

Therefore, a little opinion bờth Héte, and countries like Britain wou

with the

that

24 18 18 362218.

20

18

Long

Vegetables, &c.

Artichokes Beans, Sprout.

Best Root

Bitter Squash Brinjala, Green

Red

Cabbage, Chinese

(Shanghai). Cane Shoots, bunch Cauliflower (Large)

«C. (Mediuma

(Small):

Ginger, Young

Parsley

Green

Onions, Bombay

| Shanghai

Potato, Berset

Pumpl Raitisk

* lb.

8.

15

8

10

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