2
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Authorised Capital $50,000,000 fused and Folly Pald-up
$20,000,000
Fra Funda 1-**
Brazing,900,000
...$14,000,000
Berra Liability of Progristere 30,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: HONOKONO.
COURT OF DIRECTORA :----
A. H. Compton, Esq. Chalman,
K. 8. Draw, Esq. Deputy Chairman.
4. Mr. D. D, F. Baish. W. I. Boll. Eat. B. Lander Lewis, Bagi
C. O. 8. Heckle, #».
AMOT
W. L. Frilanden, Erg. J. A. Plummet, Esq.
T. 0. Well, Esq.
IL. P. White, Yaq,
Oldal Manager.
Hon. Mr. A. O. Ilyass.
BANOKOK❤
BATAVIA »
NOMBAY
CALOUTTA
CANTON
CHEROU COLOUNG DAIREK
POUCHON
ILAIPHONO
HONGKEW
BANKOW
HARBIN
ILOILO
POL
JORDRE
KOBE
KOWLOON
DRANCHES-
KUALA LUMPUN
LONDON LYONA MALACCA
- MANTEA
NOVELEN
NAGASAKI NEW YORK PEKINU
PENANG
RANGODK
SARGUN
PAN FRANCISCO
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORE SUURABAYA SUNGEL PATAN WESTMIN
TOKYO
TSINGTAO
TOKOHAMA
Our Apuis opened la Local Currey
and Fixed Deposita receved for one your or tortor periods in Local Currency sad sterileg no terms which will to quoted on appleton. Hong Kong, al January, suzu,
行銀商工法中
BANQUE FRANCO - CHINOISE pour le
Commerce et l'industrie
(Incorporated in France).
Prince's Buliding, Chater Road, Hong Kong.
HEAD OFFICE:
74, Rue St, Lazare, Paria, Capital fully paid up..Fra.60,000,000 Special working capital .Fre.50,000,000 Reserves
.Frs.22,319.000
ciale Italiana.
THE CHINA MAIL,
COMMERCE
MANCHESTER TRADE
RISE IN AMERICAN COTTON
SMALL YARN SALES
AND
FINANCE.
U.S. LABOUR
DEMAND FOR HIGHER SCHEDULE
TOO MANY IMPORTS
New
BRITISH TRAMS
4,700 MILLION. PASSENGER LAST YEAR
238 UNDERTAKINGS
of which
Tramway undertakings in Great Britain, states, a return 'issued by the Ministry of Transport for the year ending Doc. 81, 1927, for companies, and March 31, 1928; for BRANCHES!
local authorities, carried a total Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Saigon,
In their weekly review of Man- Haiphong, Hanol, Tourane, Qalahon,
York. Alarmed by the of 4,705,842,932 passengers. This Huệ, Thành-ham Vinh. Prom Panh.
chester Trade dated December 5, flood of foreign imports which, it is an increase of 5.51 per cent. Peking, Shanghai, Tientala, Hong
Messrs, Sir Jacob Behrens & Sons is claimed, has made thousands of compared with the year 1926-27. Kong
During the period covered by American write as follows:-
workers idle, the RANKERS: FRANCE:-Societo Generale, Banque There was a smart rise in Ameri- Federation of Labour, in confer the return there were 238 tram-
Nationale de Credit Banque do can cotton or Thursday last, when
ence at New Orleans, resolved to way undertakings, 167 Paris et des Pays Ba
Mid American "spot" touched petition the President-elect, Mr. were owned by local authorities. LONDON: Midland Bank, Ltd.
The route mileage worked amount- NEW YORK: American Exchange 11.09d. in Liverpool. Since then Hoover, to call a special session
a decrease of Irving Trust Co., Banca Commer-values have fallen daily, until yea of Congress to revise the tariff.ed to 2,514 miles,
forty miles compared with the berday the price was 40 points
For the past six months the or previous year, but car miles run SAN FRANCISCO:-Bank of Italy. lower. Profit taking by specula-
has ganisation
quietly been
were 896,554,545, an increase of Every description of Banking and tors and the uncertainty of what
gathering statistics to demonstrate
4.70 per cent. Cor- the Bureau Report due on Satur the increasing, inroads being made Exchange Business Transacted.
The total capital expenditure at day next will be, are held to be respondents throughout the world.
L. BERNIS, the chief causes of this drop. Yes-by Importations of foreign-made the end of the period under re- Manager, terday, however, New York rates merchandise on the American marview amounted to £99,918,760, au
ket. Taking only few articles, Hong Kong, 3rd August, 1928.
closed some 9 to 16 points up on the day, whilst Liverpool opens this the statistics show that in the morning 7 to 9 points up.
dany period 1920-1927 the value of im think that the upward tendency is ports has increased, despite the not justified and that the present protective tariff, as follows:
1920.
1927, outlook of cotton supplies does not warrant it. Egyptian staples, Booka & print- £3,000,000 after advancing until F. G. F.
ed matter £1,710,000 £2,032,000 £4,000,000! Sakel touched 19.40d. last week, Boots & shoes 158,000 1,200,000
(1922 £3,000,000, were back again yesterday at the Bricks
30,000 price of a week ago.
figures) ...
400,000 pared with a year ago, both Ameri- Clay products 3,141,000 4,748,000 can and Egyptian prices are hover- Electrical ing round about the same rates. The takings of American Sorts by Great Britain, America and the Continent this season are some 360,000 bales less than a year ago. each being behind, our decrease being to 61,000, whilst America has taken, 247,000 less, but the Contin- ent is only down 53,000 bales.
Yam
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Chater. 1859. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON. Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund... HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK. Reserve Liability of Proprie
The Business of the above Bankʻin conduci.
ed by the HOSOKONG AND SHANGHAI, BANKANU
CORPORATION
côtaloedd application.
FOR THE HONGKONG BANKING CORPORATION.
་
tors...
Agencies and Branches:
ALOE STAB
Bula may be
Malay States)
AMRITSAR
• KILANOVAL
Chal Manager.
A. C. LINES,
Log Houg. 15th September, 1977.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL
MAATSCHAPPIJ
(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOOLETY)
DANKKEN.
Established 18.
Hong Kong Dice:-11 Queen's Road Central.
Authorised Capital
Faid-Up Capital
Sopra und
sildars 150,000,000- (212,500,000,) (40,000,070.) Guidare 10,000,000- (23040)
Quilder 80,500,000
isa DAKISTERDAM') Excernom! Ofis :—BATAVIA. BRANCHES:-Unixconsin Bandong) BomDAY,
Coltulle, Cheribou, Jeddah, Djember, jokjakazie") The Hague'). Kobe, Kota Radje, Makassar, Madan, Pedang Palembang. Fakalongan, Petang Postions, Bao, ardatz 1, Bibolga Damjang), bhanghai,
Bates), Blagajane, Bourable,
(Bala), Tegal, Thing
Streda:s.
and
"Thoso ustices are safe deposit bocas to int
BANGKOK BATAVIA BOMBAY CALCUTTA CANTON CAWNPORE
CELU COLOMBO DELILI HAIPHONG HAMBURG
KUCHING
MADRAS
MANILA MEDAN NEW YORK PERINO
PENANG PESHAWAR HANUOON SAIGON BENARAND SEREMDAN SHANGHAI SINGAPORE SOUTLABAYA TAIPING (F.M.R.
ILANKOW
JARDIN
(N. Manabwis)
HỒNG KONG
TAVOY
ILOILO
TIENTSIN
TOKYO
Iron
KARACHI
XLANG
KOUZ
KUALA KANDSAE
Parak (F.1.8.3
KUALA LUMPUR Foreign
TONGKAT (Bhuket)
ТВІХОТДО
YOKOHAMA !
ZAMBOANGA
(Philippine Islands)
'.
Deposita received for 1 year or short- or periods at rates which will be quot ed on application.
A. H. FERGUSON,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 3rd April, 1929,
THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國屮
London Bankers-National 'rovinsial Bank Ltd. (Specially Authorised by Presidential
Correspondante mil dear the world
Deaking busume of vary daription trenzasied,
4. STEENBTRA.
Hong Kong, 29th August, 1928.
Matanger.
BANQUE DE L'INDO - CHINE.
HEAD OFFICE:
·HEAD OFFICEÀ
HONG KONG BRANCH:
When com-
:
The American Yarn market is decidedly slow. The spurt in price
machinery.
+
The total gross receipts were
increase of $1,808,255 in the year. 27,751,504 and the total working expenditure £21,948,147, leaving not receipts amounting to £5,808,- 957.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 3, 1929.
NEW YEAR ATTRACTION.
CHARLES MACDONA
Presenta THE
MACDONA PLAYERS
in plays by
BERNARD SHAW
Direct from the Kingsway, and Garrick Theatres, Londen.
THEATRE ROYAL HONG KONG
Commencing MONDAY, Jan. 7th at 9.15 p.m. FIRST WEEK ATTRACTIONS:
Monday, Jan. 7th
"PYGMALION"
Tuesday, Jan. 8th
"MAN AND SUPERMAN" Wednesday, Jan. 9th "CANDIDA"
Thursday, Jan. 10th "THE DOCTOR'S DILEMMA" Friday, Jan. 11th
"MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION"
Saturday, Jan. 12th "MRS. WARREN'S PROFESSION"
Monday, Jan. 14th
"YOU NEVER CAN TELL”.
Company under the management of Booking now open at MOUTRIE'S.
Charles Macdona.
PRICES: $4 reserved $2 and $1 unreserved
For the Area
and population of China.
THE
CHINA
YEAR
Consult
TRUSIS
YEAR BOOK
1927-8...
Obtainable at: KELLY & WALSH, LTD., HONG KONG,
PRICE $15.00.
HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE.
177,000 233,000 Fur felt hats 92,000 500,000 Straw hats 1,570,000 1,817,000 Glass products 2,845,000 6,124,000 China ....... 1;014,000 2,100,000
The
that federation - BAYS 114,000,000 foreign bricks came, Beef Sirloin here in ballast in 1927, represent- ing a loss of 100,000 working hours for American labourers. One Chi- cage skyscraper contains 4,000,000
· Thirty-five per], foreign bricks.
of the raw material on Thursday cent, of the wire-weavers here are last brought out a considerable
dles.
As regards the prospect of tariff revision, it is agreed that Ameri- can industry views the recent elec-} tions as a mandate to Congress to provide "real Republican Protec- tion." But although Mr. Hoover
APPROXIMATE
RETAIL PRICES.
Poultry.
249
65
30
26 - 20
Rutcher Meat.
Dec. 28, June, Juno,
1928. 1918. 1914.
Dec. 28, June, Juneų, 1928. 1918, 1914
Cls. Cie. Cta.
Cte. Cle. Cla
lb.
25
Prime Cut Cornes
**
24 12.
Chicken
25
28
12
lb. 65
#
34
28
-12
Capone, Small
50
J
34: Roast
28 24 *
Η
Capone, Large
55
·
Breas
20 20
18
Duck
40
+
Scop
24
20
18
Dovea
ench
20
#
Steak
28 24
Eggs, Hen (cooking)..
per doz, 38
26
Steak Sista Sausages
40 30 85
Eggy, Hen (fresh)
朝鮮
21
40
28
Fowls, Canton
Bullock's Brains
点错
A
"
Tongue, fish..
each 85 60.
Uu
#
Tongue, curnLU
60.
· Ti
Hood
$1.20
$1.2
11
Heart
lb.
$4
11.
14
"
Harp, Sell
21
20
IR
Feet
each 10
10
12
Klángy
15 10
12
Tall
H
20
**
*
Liver
"
24 19
14
Tripe
# d 4.
บ
-0%
Calycs' Hand & Foot $1.20 $1.00 $3.00 Hutton Chop
Exchange And General trade in most sorts of twist and out of work or on part time be Banking business transacted.
welt as well as single and twofold cause of the heavy Importations Fifty per Current Accounts opened and Fixed bundles. Since then with cotton of that commodity.
out of work, falling daily, the policy of "wait cent. of the membership of the and see" has been fairly prevalent Potters' Union are and may last until the weekend due to the large importations of pottery, and many Bureau Report is published. Most European salesmen' yesterday complained of American factories are closed.
Immediate Revision the lack of orders. Egyptian yarus
The same state of affairs, it is! are also in poor request. The re- cent rise and the fairly strong posi- asserted, applies to all the Ameri- tion of cotton supplies, tend to can industries which are obliged check buying, with the result that to meet foreign competition, and Mandate of the Republic of China sales are chiefly confined to small an immediate revision of the Tariff on the 22nd of November, 1917). lots for immediate use. These con Law is demanded.
|ditions, apply to all sorts of yarns Authorised Capitai $60,000,000.00 including single and twofold bun Paid-up. Capital
18,278,600.00 Roserve Fund
9,629,425,24
3
Cloth Cloth prices are stendy. The rise KING.
in prices continued until Friday last, and this brought out a good is an avowed Protectionist, it is deal of inquiry. Overseas, buyers believed that he will not encour 96, Boulevard Haussman, Paris.
4, Queen's Road Central. Branches and Sub-branches all over naturally fought against the ad- age the hopes of some people that Subscribed Capital. Fre. 72,000,000.00 Faid-Up Capital ....Frs. 08,400,000.00 China and Correspondents in Europe, vance, but a fair amount of busi- the tariff should be raised to a Reserve Funda.....Frs.102,000,000.00 America, and other parts of the world. nosa was undoubtedly booked. Since prohibitive level, and will require Provincial and Union Bank of England, then cotton has suffered a relapse, all the applicants for higher Pro- and our experiences are varied: tection to justify their claims. The Guaranty Trust Company of Some mills are still booking, as buy- Mr. Hoover, however, disagrees ers think that it is a favourable with the argument that a higher New York.
New York Bankers: The Irving time to operate, while others report American tariff will impoverish National Bank.
that there is nothing doing. The
and diminish foreign countries The Equitable Trust Company of
net result is that prices are steady. their ability to buy American pro- New York.
Heart... Current Ac-and while overseas buyers may per Interest allowed on
Kidneya counts and Fixed Deposits. Terms on haps be anxiously watching the ducts. There are the "invisible"
expenditures of Americans who' application..
course of the raw material, it is an
Liver 5 Every description of Banking Bust- undoubted fact that there is more travel, insurance, and cargo coats, Loans granted on approved recur. backbone in prices, and that the and Mr. Hoover has pointed out, Bucking Figs, to order.
·Banque do Paris et des Pays-Basj: Itlés.
position of spinners is greatly im- 65 per cent, of America's annual Bust, Beef Credit Industriol et Commercial; Special facilities for Home Ex-proved. As we have said above, imports are admitted free of duty are raw materials, the next Bureau Report may give because they SHOU J, CHEN,
Manager. a clue to the situation. Meanwhile and 6 or 7 per cent. of the duti- are luxuries which it appears unsafe to draw conclu- able articles slons from the present state of the Americans will purchase at any
price.
Bankers: The London
BRANCHES:
Bangkok Hanoi
Casthe Mengtze
Canton
Quinhon Battambang Hong Kong Saigon
Shanghai Nam-Diah Singapore
1Ltd.
Dijbouti
Noumen Tientsin
Fort-Bayard Papeete
Tourane
Haiphong
Peking
Vinh
Hankow
Prom-Penh Yunnanfy
Pondicherry
· BANKERS:
IN FRANCE: Comptoir National ness transacted." d'Escompte de Paris: Credit Lyonnais;
Bociate Generale.
IN LONDON: The National "Provin- cial & Union Bank of England, Ltd.; Comptoir National d'Escompte do
Paris; Credit Lyonnais.
IN NEW YORK; J. P. Morgan - &
change.
National
Co.; French American Banking Core THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. market g
poration; Guaranty Trast, Co. of New York.
Interest 'allowed on Current Ac counts and Fixed Deposits according, to arrangements.
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Safe Deposit Boxes to let
A. LECOT,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 28th Nov, 1928.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.
Established 1880.
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve fund ... Yen 102,500,000
Head Offen: YOKOHAMA,
Branches and 'Agencies, at:,,
Alexandria
Batavia Bombay
Buenos Ayres: Calcutta
Canton
Changchun
'Dairen (Dalny).
Newchwang
"New York
Osaka
Rio de Janeiro
Fengtien (Mukden) Seattle
Hamburg
Hankow
Harbin
Tong Kong
Honolulu
Kai Yuen
Karachi
Kobe
·London
Los Angeles Lyons
Nagarski
*Peking
Rangoon
Salgon San Francisco
Semarang
Shanghal Shimonoseki
Singapore Borabaya. Bydney
Tientsin
Tokyo
Talsanfu
Teington Vladivostok...
(Temporarily"
Established 1912.
Head Office: Hong Kong.,
Authorised Capțial (H.K. Curranty) ...$11,000,000 Pald Up Capital Bears Frind
8,064,300 150,000 BRANCHES 1— Canton, Shanghai, lankow," _Buzlow, Darskok, New York and Bau Prancisco.
LONDON BANKERS
The Bicyd's Bank Limited.
CORRESPONDENTA
In il principal cities of the World.
Foreign angs and banking busines of vacy ripilooted.
Bait Depot Boxer (Various a) tardy
rental of from la
LOOK' POONG SHAN;
Chicf Manager, Hong Kong, 19th February, 1927,
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
THE GREAT NORTHERN TELEGRAPH CO., LTD. OF DENMARK.
*
INDUSTRIES FAIR
ADVANCE CATALOGUE IN NINE LANGUAGES
London, Yesterday,
A special advance overseas edi. tion of the catalogue of the London
men ness
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Grose
Pigems, Canton
Holbow
Turkeyn, Cock
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Apples (California)
#
金山榨菜
22
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Par set 3
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Lemons (America)
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13
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Ib.
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24
Oranges (Canton)
Liver
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Posk Chop
16
26 29
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荔枝干5 ****
48
10
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Fies
86
18
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7
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Walnuts
46 26 15
Graper
16
*
10
20
18
4.6
26
20
76
牛羊钌仔
Pears (Canton)
Peanuta
Persimmorir, Large
Plantald
Pomelo, Siam
Artichokes Beans, Sprout
Mutton
Yeal
M
Bapenges
No. 1..
Long
Fish.
Bert Root
Ib. 88 16:
24
Bitter Squash
26 2013
20
10
16
38
10. 27
42
16: 27
LONDON BULLION
MORE GOLD RELEASED FOR
GERMANY
Barbel
Bream
Canton Frosth
Water Fish Carp Catfish
DISCOUNT RATES
Codiah
Crabs
The continued export of gold was Cuttle Fish section of the British Industries again one of the principal points of b Fair, which will be held in 1929, interest in Lombard-street on Dec-Dace
Dog Fish is now being issued to 10,000 busi-ember 4; Germany and an undis-
closed buyer together took $830,000 Eels, Conger in Europe, North
of the gold avallable in the bullion America, South Africa and the market, while, in addition, a further eastern coast of South America, | £320,000 of bar gold was taken out including all those buyers who have of the Bank of England-It was notified the British Department of understood on German account. Overseas Trade of their intention This" strady loss of gold helped to to attend the Fair:
keep discount rates steady in the Halibut
Fresh Water Yellow
Frogs Garoupa Gudgeon
Berringa
By his publishing feat, which has face of continued case in money. | Labrus· only been made possible owing to Brokers usually adhered to 4.5/16, the keenness of British manufac per cent as their rate, for threz Loneh burers to participate in the Fair, months" fine bank bills, with bus-Lobsters trade buyers in cities as far apartness sometimes reported at slightly Mackarel The following unclaimed tale as Constantinople, Capetown and under this level. A Continental Mork-Fish Arams are lying at the office of the Vancouver will be able to receive demand was in evidence at 44 per Mallet. Great Northern Telegraph Coma copy of the Fair catalogue before cent, and certain home banks were Oysters pany (Limited) of Denmark:-
Nusery, from Tokyo.
Tait, Hong Kong, Hotel, Shanghal
Tate, Repulse Bay Hotel, Shanghal
Selfi Kwatant Yusen, Tokyo.
commencing their voyage to Eng-bayars of January bills at 4 per Parrot Fish
cent. There was no sign of any Perch land,
"special" salling of bills. Money Piks
Pomfret, White Prawns
The catalogue, apart from con seemed quite an abundant an on Plnica from taiping descriptive entries of the Monday Loans for the night were Pomfret Black
exhibits of more than 1,200 British generally obtainable at from 8 per from manufacturers, embodies a com- cent down to 24 per cent in the plete cinssification of all those ex-morning, and some lenders finally from hibite by trades and indexes in accepted 24 per cent. The re-
ning languages, enabling foreign newal rate for day-to-day advances Rack buyers esally to trace the goods in other, then those carried on at a Bosca
Salmon which they are particularly fixed rate was generally 8 per cent. Interested.
The Bank rale la 44 per cent, Shark Enclosed with this catalogue Is to which it was reduced from 5 per Bate an advance list of some 700 firms cent, on April $192746 The banks exhibiting at the Birmi
deposit rate tion of the Feir, which takes place concurrently with the ndon: nee tion from Fabuary 18 to March 1British Wireless Service.
Razario, from Amoy. Captain Abercromby, Peninsula Hotel, from Shaughat,
closed):
Mr. V. W. Kao, Peninsula Hotel, Interest allowed on Current Ac from Dairen counts.
Deposits received for fixed periods Ling Long, from Osaka. at rates to be obtained on application,
Hong Kong, 11th Septembery: 1928.
Hon Lon
E. V. JESSEN.
3 par cont, and
the discount
崑肚 水 40=-444. 'A EDIGSE# DARogue:
24 12
86 28 26
Red
Vegetables, &e.
2 each 12
Jb.
12
2
Brinjals, Green
Cabbage, Chines
(Shanghai)
Cane Bhoots, bunch...
Cauliflower (Large)
(Medium)
**** each 15.
20
16 2
(Small)
中暢花
#
12
ав
23 18
В
26 20
Carrots
10
8 10
Celery, Chinese
31
10 10
86
16
Chillion, Drind
辣椒管
24
20
24 10
18
Red
紅辣椒:
24 10
46.
24 80
Green
10 8
64
-. 82
25
Carry Stuff, English
8 10
62
40
30
Cucumbers
.8 2
26 22 18
Carla
10
8.
-26: 18
28
Ginger, Young
..7
181 16
22 18
22
24 44.82 31
Horseradish; Shanghal. Indian Cora Lettuce Water Chestnuts
架膩材料
青菜干者
23 -20 28
24
18 2 18
2
Mandarin, NM.
Mushrooms, Fresh Okroen
62 16 22
125–14:
86 20
Onlose, Bombay
Green
26
29
80
80
Parsley
Potat
Swee
10 14