HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Authorized Ospital......... 180,000,000 Isosad nad Fully Paid-up ............. END,L#0,006 Kisseste Funds Som
Sterling.....£1,000,000 KÜTUS KAASTI..... $18,806,000
Baners Liability of Proprietor ... 7400,000,000
HEAD VYPIOK: HÓISKOKO
COUNT OF DIUKOTOBJ- Boa. Mr. 17, G., Bernant. Chaina,
A. B. Compton, Esq. **** Deputy" Únáleman.
W. ft. Ball, Kaq.
2. B. Brown Fai,
4. Macgowan, Kaq.
C. (1. 2. Machlo, Hat.
W. Li Pattanden, Raq.
↑, d. Waall, Kec.
1. P. White, E.
Untal Manage
Hou, Mr. A. Q. Hynet.
AMOT
BANGKOK
BATAVIA
BUMBAI
CALUSITA
CANTON
JULEPOO
COLONEG
DAIKIN
FOOONGW
HAIPHONG
HAMBURO
HANKOW
BABRIN
HONGEKW
ILOILO
trou
РОДСВЕ
KOLE
KUALA
LUMPUS
BRANCHE:-
LONDON
LYONS
MALADDA
MANILA
HOUKDEN
NAGANAKI
KEW YORK
PXKING
PENAND
BANQUOS
HAIGON
BAN WHANOID00
SHANGAZ
SINGAPORE
SOURABAYA
BUNGEI PATANI TIENTUIN
TOKYO
THINUTAO
YOKOHAMA
Current Acente opened in Loosi Durrency and Fixed Deposita received for one your DE kurter periodata Local Currency and Alerting on seras which will be quoted on applALE UZA,
Hong Kong, 13th Koplatuber, 19ZY,
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
The wines of the abore Bark took danted by the HONGKONG AND HUANQUAI BANKING DORPULLATION. Belə may be. abiained on application.
FOR THE HONGKONG & HILANGIDAE BANKING CORPORATION,
4. G. Kyne,
Okist Manage
Hongkong, 13th September, 1927,
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.
HEAD OFFICE:
B0, Boulevard Haussman, Paris.
Subscribed Capital...Fra.72,000,000.00.
Pald-Up Capital Reserve Fund
Hangkok
.Frs.68,400,000.00 .Fra.89,884,619,10 |
BRANCHES: Honol Battambang Hong Kong Canthe
Mengtze
Cuntos Nam Dinh
Dijbeuti Noumeo
Fort-Bayard Papeete
Haiphong
F'oking
Hankow Foom-Ponh
BANKERS:
行銀商工烘中
BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE pour le
Commerce et L'Industrio (Incorporated in France),
5, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong.
HEAD OFFICE: 74, Ruo 81. Lazaro, Paris.
LOCAL SHARES.
Capital fully paid up....Frs.40,000,000 | Special working capital.Frs.50,000,000 FLUCTUATIONS DURING THE Reserven
BRANCHES:
„Fri.13,270,000
Parla
Saigon Peking
Lyans Marseilles Haiphong Kunoi
Tientsin
gkong Pnon Ponb
BANKERS:
FRANCE:--Soclete Generale, Banque Nationale de Credit, Banque de Paria ot dos Paya Bas. LONDON: Midland Bank Ltd. NEW YORK-Irving Bank Columbia
Trust Co.
WEEK.
Messrs. Moxon and Taylor, share and general brokers, in their weekly share report dated October 14, state:-
}
There has been a little more activity in our market during the past week and a fair amount of business was transacted. At the close the undertone'is steady.
Shanghai market continues quiet, The following are the principal
alterations since last week:--
Banks: Underwent a slight de- Coreline and after business done at $1,1421⁄2/46 close with buyers and sellers at $1,135.
Unions: Changed hands £292.
China Fires---Åre firmer with buyers at $215.
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business Transacted. respondents throughout the world.
A. BOLLIN,
Manager. Hong Kong, 21st April, 1927. ·.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
at quotations.
at
Hong Kong Fires:-Are wanted Douglases: Are unchanged. Star Ferries:Are quiet at quo- tations.
Hong Kong Tugs:-Have sellers £9,000,000 ..£4,000,000 at $1.95.
Incorporated by Royal Chator, -1853. HEAD OFFICE; LONDON.
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund.. Roserve Liability of Proprio-
tors
£3,000,000
Agencies and Branches:
ALOE STAR
[hiplay Staton)
AMRITSAR
HANGKOK
BATAVIA HONRAY VALOUTTA CANTON DAWNPORN OKBU COLOMBO DELHI HAIPHONG HAMBURG MANKOW HONG KON ILOILO
KARACHI
KLANG
KUBK
KUALA KANGSAR
Pacak, (V.MB) EVALA LUMPUR KUCHING
MADBAS
MANILA MEDAN NEW YORK PEKING PENANO FKBHAWAR PUKET BANGOON HAIQON SEMARANG SKBKUBAN SHANGHAI SINGAPORE HOUBABAYA TAIPING
TIENTSIN
TOKYO THINGTAO
(Philippine islanda)
Foreign Exchange and Genorat Bank- Pondicherrying business transacted. Saigen Shanghai Singapore
Tientsin
Tourane Yunnanfa
IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonania; Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas Credit Industrial et Commercial; Societe Generale.
IN LONDON: The National Pro vincial & Union Bank of England, Ltd.; Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais.
Current Accounts opened and Fixed Deposits received for 1 your or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
J. R. GEORGE,
Manager. Hong Kong, 7th March, 1927.
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.
(TAIWAN GINKO).
HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa.
Incorporated by Special Imperiul Charter, 1899,
Central Bank in Formosa. issued
IN NEW YORK; J. P. Morgan & Co.; French American Banklag Cor-Bank-Notes poration; Guaranty Trust Co. of New Average amount Yen 45,000,000 York.
Hong Kong Lands: Came to business at $66.
still
Princes Building:-Are wanted at $110.
Humphreya Estates-Are quiet with no business reported.
Hong Kong Trama:-Have buyera at $20.10 salca having been effected at this price.
Electrics: Changed $52%.
Wharves:-Continue
hands
at
frm and after sales at $116 now have buyers at $1161⁄2 and more would be paid for any shares offering.
Landon Quotations of the 12th inst.:-Banks £120,10/-; Indos De- ferred £5; Shells £4.8.9 all middle prices.
Exchange: The demand selling rate on London is 1/11 11/16; and the T./T. on Shanghai is Tls. 78%
Next Settlement Day is Tuesday, October 25, 1927.
SUGAR PRICES.
PHILIPPINES PRODUCT'S
GOOD PROSPECTS.
THE CHINA MAIL,
COMMERCE
AND
FINANCE.
CHINESE MONEY.
TANGLE REACHES, NEW PEAK.
BUSINESS WOMEN.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1927.
holders in the American Telephone and Telegraph Company These women own 4,000,000, shares of
HONG KONG TIDE. The tide table given below ha
INCREASING NUMBER PROFIT.stock, now worth $170 a share as been obtained by aid of the Tide
·ING IN WALL STREET. compared with $140 last year. In predicting Machine, which in addition $80,000,000 was paid in cludea 40 components for the bet dividends, Hence the year's proft tar prediction of tidos, from the to women from the one company result of the analysis of the tidal) was something like $150,000,000, observations, taken at the That figure represents the combined Kaulung tidal observatory under fortunes won by Vanderbilt, Gould and Astor.
The
New York, Oct. 1. More women each year are tak ing increasing profits from Wall
Street.
Pennsylvania
the direction of Dr. Doberck dur- The financial gaina made by the
Raliroad's | ing the years 1887, 1889, & 1889. feminine investors in a single com-cont. of Its abareholders are women. for Kaulung; but they may be latest reports say that 50.38 per The times and heights are given pay last year equalled the total In 1907, a panic year, the number used for the Victoria Naval yard wealth amassed by such famous of women holders in Pennsylvania and Aberdeen, the differences figures as Commodore Cornelius market did not act as a deterrent.
stock was 26,471. The bearlah being very small. Peking, Sept. 27.... China's tangled money situation, Vanderbilt, Jay Gould and John By 1917 the figure had increased to always beyond the understanding Jacob Astor.
49.482. Then came the World War of any but the long experienced, has
with its series of fluctuations. The achieved a new record of demorall- There are more
number Increased until it is now sation in recent weeks following the holders than men in several large put at. 71,179.
The Southern Pacific Railroad decline of the southern nationalist corporations. movement in the Yangtze river
also reported more women, stock- valley.
easily holders than men. A few of the The country to-day is flooded with frightened as men in times of do- companies polled said they had all kinds of paper and metal money, pression-they retain their hold-noticed no increase among women much of it of little if any value, and inga hopefully awaiting the pen minority.-United Press.
stockholders but they were in. a October there are no real indications of any dulum's swing that once more will organised effort at stabilisation,
women
And women are not, as
The Wuhan area of the Yangtsze boost their profits. valley, according to reporta here,
is flooded with Bank of China, Han-
stock
Such a trend in modern business
water must not be considered to The times of high-and low-
coincide with the times of slack. water and change of current, the two phenomena being quite distinct.
Oct. 15 to 21, 1927.
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HELPS OVER HARD PLACES. kow, notes and other military and was revealed by the Wall Street semi-military · Issues, which are Journal, which copyrighted an ́arti--
Diluted with a little sweatened water, guaranteed by little more than the cle based on statistics gathered Chamberlain's Colle and Diarrhoea paper upon which they are printed. from scares of corporations whose home is aay to take and almost Wed. 19 The notes, printed by an American stocks are Hated on the New York stomach pains, cramps and intestinal: Instantly eases suddon and intense company, are as artistic as any in circulation in China and worth Stock Exchange.
Maorders. A mother is perfectly safe Thurs 20 m à 13. 0.5 0 in giving it for those stomach aches whatever any money changer may
A million dividend cheques were
.7 69 65 so Inseparable from childhood.
Sold Fri 18 16 choose to pay for them.
mafled this year to women stock-i and recommended everywhere.
Provincial notes, copper notes, "big money," "little money," south- ern notes, nothern notes, notes printed by sectional warlords, copper cash of the days of the Em- pire, Mexican dollars, Hong Kong trade dollara, silver Yuan and a scattering of Japanese yen, foreign bank notes and many other kinda of money all tend to make the currency situation of China one of the great puzzles of the world.
HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE,
1
APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.
Butcher Meat.
牛烤靶
Prime Cut
Corned
Roast
Breast
The Chinese themselves, how ever, accustomed for years to deal ing in all kinds of moneys with an Beef Sirloin eye to their value with relation to the bar silver market, manage, to, do business in all this walter of cur- rency and seldom are mistaken In the value of any kind of currency they may accept and most of them are willing to give at least some thing in exchange for any kind of money shown, them,
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Steak Sirloin Sanuger
Heart
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1987. 1918, 1924.
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Capona, Large
Duck
Davea
Eggs, Hen (cooking)..
Eggs, Hen (frenb)
Fowls, Canton
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Turkeys, Cock. Turkeys, Hen
Pheasant
輝 肉麵
each 55
30
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28 28
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28 24 22
24 20 19
26 20 18
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China for years has been one of Ballock's Brains the world's greatest consumers of) silver and the ordinary Chinese! seems to prefer a silver coin, to any other kind of money, even gold. The result is that, in times of troubles, silver dollars often go to a premium as they prefer to hoard them rather than rlak any of the 1,001 kinds of paper money which may be thrown their way.
Silver stocks in Shanghai at the close of the second quarter of 1927, according to the Chinese Economic Calven' Head
" Leg..
et weight used in Was a decrease of
Shoulder Baddie
H
One of the most important de- velopments which may suddenly boost the price of Philippine sugar in the world market, is the decision of the planters of Cuba endorsing the proposal of President Machado Bulletin, were estimated at an equí- Mutton Chop to limit the production of Cubanį valentad 16,171,000 taelo-the
Sto. Domingo has also standz sugar. agreed with Cuba to regulate its China. sugar output. New York sugar 12,367,200 thels over the preceding Pig's Chitlings Interest allowed ou Current Accounts | JAPAN:—Takyo, Yokohama, Kobe, prices immediately went up when quarter. and Fixed Deposits according to arrangementa.
FORMOSA-Giran, Kagi, Karenko, these decisions were published ac
Keelung, Makong, Nanto, Shin-cording to a communication receiv- chiku, Taichu, Tainan, Takao, ed at the bureau of commerce and
industry. Tamsul Toen, Helto, Taito.
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Safe Deposit Boxes to lat.
CH. LEM,
Manager, Hong Kong, 20th February, 1927.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.
INETHERLANDS (TRADING SOCIETY)
MANKENA
Established 10.
Hong Kong DMəs:—11 Qaven't soad Central
Authorised Capital ................................ Guliders 1.50,000,000
(£1,000,000) Pald-Up Capital .............. Guildən Blu2),(1000- (£4,406,179) Rosserrį Fund ... Cáldom si,Dv2,000- HSAA ONOS:--AMSTELDARA" Eastern Head OCON-BASAVIA, BRANCHES ;--Baadjammasla, Bandoeng), Bour
bay, Galousia, Oberlbon, dali; Djemter, Djokjukasta“), The Kabe, Kota, Kindja,
KOKAAKT, Medan, Padang
Postianak, Hangovu, Betterdam'. Kanakang), Bhanghal, Bibelgi Boot Boera (ilumaira)) karta: (dóto ), Topal, Tillstjap and Walterreden.")"
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:
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IN
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Kidneys
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Silver movements In China often are governed by political condi- tions, and the disturbed situation in Shanghai resulted in the disap- CHINA: Shanghai, Hankow, Amoy, The Cuban Congress, it is said, will pearance of some $30,000,000 in Foochow, Swatow, Canton pass the bill restricting the produc-} ellver coin during the quarter end- OTHERS: Hong Kong, Singapore, ton of Cuban sugar. The proposal ing July 1-largely caused by
Soerabaya, Semarang, Batavia, recently advocated by Presiderit great exodus of Chinese who carried Bombay, Calcutta, London, New Machado would sat a maximum their money in silver coin along Pork Chop York, Dairen.
yearly production of 4,000,000 tops with them.
Even in North China, where Gen- of Cuban sugar. At present the production has a maximum limit of eralissimo Chang Teo-lin is in ren- about 4,800,000 tons. The first resonably firm control, no effort The Bank has Cornepominats in the Commercial striction was made several years under way to straighten out the Centros la the European Geatinent, Benin, Man- shuria, Tsingtao, Japan, Indo-Chinn, Sam, lotingo in view of the fall of sugar tangled money situation and it ap Paluppias Islande, Java, Africa, U.3.A., Anata, prices due to the overproduction of pears China must go on for years Interest allowed on Current Accounts, and Cuban sugar. President Machado weltering in a maze of all kinds of Fixed Deposits at ralos which will be quoted an ordered the restriction of produc- money. United Press. appleston Deposita in Yen can be accepted
LONDON BANKERS:
The London County Westminster and Parr's Bank.
eta,
J. THARA,
Manager. HONG KONG BRANCH:
9, Des Voeux Road Central. Hong Kong, 22nd September, 1927.
THE BANK OF CHINA, 行銀國中
Salambang, Pekalongas, Pana (Specially Authorised by Presidential
Mandate of the Republic of China on the 22nd of November, 3017),
$60,000,000.00. 18,278,000,00 9,620,425.24
7 Thaos cffons kayo amin deposit Dozen La lat.
Loaden Bankers?--National Provincial Bank Ltd.
Dorrespondeate all over the world
Banking trainees of every
description transected.
6. STEENSTRA
fagkong. *bj July, -1927;
Manager:
Authorised Capital
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund...
HEAD OFFICE; PEKING..
HONG KONG BRANCH:
À, Queen's Road Central,
Branches and Sub-branches all over
tion by setting a quota for cach plantation, beyond which they can- not put more sugar.
This restriction, however, PVALK found ineffective as the prices still continued to go down. The latest proposal of President Machado. is calculated to save the price of Cuban eugar.
With Sto. Domingo reported to have also agreed to restriction, ・it] is expected that unusual rise in price for the next season would be felt In the market. Sto.. Domingo produces from 200,000 to 300,000 tons a year. The Philippines pro- duces about 500,000 tons.
LATEST DIVIDENDS,
Mossra, Carroll Bros,, have been China and Correspondents in Europe, advised of the following dividends
on rubber and mining shares:→→→ ...Dividends. Bukit Jelotongs Sungai Bagans
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, America, and other parts of the world.
LIMITED.
Established 1880.
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve fund ...... Yen 98,500,000
Head Ofice>-YOKOHAMA.-・
Branches Agender it: Nowchwang. New York.
Peking Rangoon... Rio de Janeiro. Saigon, J San Francisco.
Alexandria. Batavia Bombay. Buenos Ayres, **Calcutta.
Carton Changchun Dalton (Dalny).
Fangtien (Munden). Seattle,
"Hamburg.
Hankow,
Harbin
Bong Kong
Honoluin,
Kalyvena Karachi.
· Kobe.
(Los Angeles
Semarang Shanghai Shimanosaldi.
London Bankers:--The National Pro- vincial 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 York!
Interest allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposits. Terms on applica- tion
Every description of Banking Bual- ness transacted,
making
Jimah's
making
Kinta Tin Mines
*Final.
Int.
Loans granted on approved securities, THE
Special facilities for Rome Exchange. MAKER SHOU J. CHEN,
Manager.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
Established 19120002 "Head OfferHong Kong
Authorised Ceaita) (ECK, OBITSB07).. Pall: Up Capilað vinna vänsehau
PANTA BRANCHES 2-
Bangkok, Jew, CORRAL BAN
Sofa The Lord's Bask
9% 10%
25%
10%
20%
-3/4
MERCANTILE BANK
INDIA, LTD.
[HRAD'OPZIOET
15; Ciraosahurch Street, London, 11:0, £ Authorised. Capital
Subscribed Capital. Paid-up Capfinl Reserve Fund'and rest
KANKEBE
VALUABLE DEPOSITS FOUND
- NEAR SAMARKAND.
46
BEFERBEE BE
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Persimmons, Large
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Fumelo,, Stam
Grapes
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#
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Samarkand, Oct. 4.
Barbel
A new oil field has been brought Bream
in to the east of this city, at Shorsu Canton Fresh in Uzencistan.
Water Fish.
Exploration of the field began last January, when a small well was Carp bored which produces 25 tons of oil Catfish Codfish per day, according to reports.
Further drilling has opened a Grabs gusher at a depth of 168 fest. Geo- Cattle Fish logists probing the new oil territory Dab. declared it promises to be a valu-Dace able field. United Press.
TEA MARKET.
Dog Fish Eels, Conger
b
Fresh Water
ww Yellow Frogs
The Tea Brokers' Association of Garoups London, in their market report dat Gudgeon ed September 9, state: Java and Herring Sumatra-Demand continued ac- Halibut tive; but in sympathy with Wednes- Labrus day's Indian auction there was Lonch some irregularity in quotations. Lobsters Plain liquoring and poor descrip Mackerel OF tions were occasionally caster, but Monk Fish for all good liquoring to finest, par Mullet cels competition was keen and rates Oysters
Parrot often ruled dearer. China-Over- "'land samples of fine Souchongs have.
Pere Pike
| been shown during the week, and
sales made from 2. 7d. to 8a. per Pale lb. A moderata: trade has been For done in siftings and fannings from 60 to 10d pár lbiu
CUBAN SU
BALES
海鮮
PRE ARE RE
€ 225€ INDE
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Long
Red Cabbage, Chinese
(Shanghai)
Cane Shoots, bunch Cauliflower (Large)
Carrots
(Medium)
(Small)
Celery, Chinese
翻轉盝花
·Chillies, Dried
Bed
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Green
Curry Stuff, English
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Old
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