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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Austorford Capital......
-----50,000,000
Tavond- und Fully old up $30,000,000 Monte Fula
Vieng
0,000,000
BUT.....14,000,000
Souto Liability of Tropelator 20,300,0
、 HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
SUARD OF DIRECTORS:
Chairtane
J. A. Plutter, Esq.
Dapaty Choir,
D. D. P. Balb, E.
4. H. Compton, Esq.
K. T. Jaksaan, F4.
8. Landar Lamlı, Esq.
*AMOY
BAROKOK
BATAVIA
BOMBAT
CALCUTTA
DANTON
CHKPOO
COLOMBO
DAUBEN
POUCHOW
BALLONG
HANBURG
HANKOW
HARDUIN
ORUKE W
12010
JOHORE
KOUZ
KOWLOON
W. In Prissodes. Mog.
7. B. Pearce, Esq.
T. . . haw, Baq.
J. P. Warren, Esq.
Chias Manager.
Hoo. Mr. L. O. lignon,
BRANCHES --
KUALA LUMPON
LONDON LYONS MALACOA MANILA
MOUEDEN
NAGASAKI
NEW YORK
PRITING
PENAKO
RANGOON
BAIGUS
BAN FRANCIACO
MILANOTIAT
SINGAPORE
SCUBADAYA
SENGER PATANI TIENTSIN
TOKYO
INGTAO VOKOHAMA
Current Accunts opened is: Local Currency and Dapuntia end the use your or akosine proricale is Escal Curerary and Sterling warm which will be quoted on appalesman, Hung noia, la Nuachter, 199,
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Bure of the boy. Back is voulust by the BUNG KONG AND SHANGH BANKING CORPORATION, Rules may be abisited on application.
Fua rưa TUNG BƯNG • SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
A. . HYNES,
Chue! Mausger
Kang Yang, 18th September, 127.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL
MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY)
BANKERS,
Established 1821.
Glow Kong Offse:- Queen's Road Central. Autored Capital Gulder £50,000,000- faid-ig Caplial em Quilla 9,
Rentre Pund
F.)
(3)
Aland 0ßen zo[AMSTERDAM"). Liisi Qoe-HATAVIA,
#BANCUES:~Gaudensin Hoog) Bombay,
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1859. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON, Paid-up Capital
..£3,000,000 £4,000,000
Reserve Fund
Reserve Liability of Proprie-
tors
.£3,000,000
Agencies and Branches:
ALOR STAR
KUALA LUMPUR
(Malay Batan)
KUCHING
AMITHAIS
KADRAU
HANOKOK
MANILA
XEDAN
NEW YORK
PEKING'
TENAND
DATAVIA BOMBAY CALCUTTA DANTON CAWHPORE
CEBU
COLOMBO
DAIREN (Doing =
South Manchuria)
DELHI
HAIPHONG
NAMBURO
HANKOW
HARDIN
(X. Manchuria)
HỒNG ONL
IIILO
IPOI
KARACHI
KLANO
KOBS
KUALA KANGSAR
Park (7.3.8.)
PESTIAWAN JUNDDON
SAIGON
SEMATIANO
› HEREMDAN
BRANQUAL SINGAPORE KOURABAYA
;
TAIPINI
IP.M.9.) NAVOY TENTAIN TOKYO TONOKAH (link) THINUTAO
YOXGITAMA ZAMBOANUA
(Philipples Islanda)
Fereign Exchange and General Banking businers transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix. ed Deposits received for 1 year of shorter periods at rates which will
e quoted on application.
A. II. FERGUSON,
Manager, Hong Kong, 8th January, 1020.
THE HU HUNG BANK, LTD.
Authorised Issued
Paid-up
(Established 1917.)
CAPITAL.
Keserve Liabilities
Sharebolders
Surplus
THE
CHINA MAIL,
COMMERCE
AND FINANCE.
LIFE INSURANCE IN U. K. TEA EXPORTS
JAPAN
TO RUSSIA
SH
Gift
FOR THE WORLD
CONTRACTS SHOW APPRECIABLE EFFECT OF THE MANCHURIAN
INCREASE OVER LAST YEAR
"BIG FIVE" COMPANIES
Tokyo-Life insurance contracts at the end of June fer 42 companies amounted to Y7,007,000,000, showing an increase of Y400,000,000 over the half year before and also that of more than Y700,000,000 over the same period of last year, according to the Japan Life Insurance Society.
дере
DISPUTE
TRADE FIGURES ·
London, Yesterday.
In the House of Commons to-day, Mr. William Graham stated that the data at present available was insuf- ficient to show the effects of the Russo- Chinese dispute on imports of tea to Russia.
Restriction Favoured
Trade statistics of the United King- More than 50 per cent. of this increase goes to the "Big Five" insurance don showed that for the three months companies, that is, the Nippon, Chi- from August to October, 1929, ro- yoda, Maiji, First Mutual and Tel-
exports to Russia of tea Imported by koku. The combined contracts of
the United Kingdom from British India those five companies at the end of
and Ceylon were substantially greater the first six months of this year than for the corresponding period of totalled. Y3,254,000,000, showing a gain of Y271,000,000 over the year 1928 or 1927. To the contrary, the In- before. Like the bunching of moneydian and Ceylon trade Agures showed deposits in large
and trust for the three months from July to banks companies, that of contracts in large September, 1920, that exports from insurance companies is becoming India and Ceylon to Russia were sub- more pronounced then ever. Details
sequently below the corresponding of the contract holdings by these big period of 1928. Ave companies at the end of June in -$20,000,000 | ****
8,000,000 comparison with those at the end of
The 'Financial Times" gives pro December last year follows: 4,000,000
minence to proposals for the restric. End of 4,000,000 Companies
Jung
tion of ten production, which it says have been 2,219,000
(In thousand yen.)
"officially recommended," 788.147 706,367 and favoured by the Indian and Ceylon 450,140 426,073 groups in Mincing Lane. The question €78,353 631,009 of Java and Sumatra support, however, C37,398 677,973 remains unsettled. The "Financial 700,535
642,003 Times" correspondent in Amsterdam quotes "De Telegraaf" for the view .3,254,764 2,983,268 of Dutch growers that a plan of pick. The amount of contracts of various ing only better quality feaves is pre- kinds of life insurance at the end of ferable to an artificial restriction July and new contracts got during scheme. A writer in this newspaper is the same period follow, according to
of opinion that there is not much the Ministry of Commerce and Indus-
chance of the Dutch producers join- try:
ing the British scheme, the more so as the cost of production of the Dutel Indian tea plantations
the lowest in the world.
HEAD OFFICES:—SINGAPORE. Nippon Life Branches, Agencies and Correspon- Teikoke Life dents in the principal cities of the Meiji Life
First Mutual
world.
Every description of Banking and Chiyoda Life Exchange business transacted.
TAN ENG HOOL,
Manager. Hong Kong, 16th May, 1929.
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.
(TAIWAN GINKO)
HEAD OFFICE:-Taipuh, Formosa. Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1899.
Central Bank in Fortola,
Life
Total
Bank Notes sed &rarse stitics Yea, 45,000,000 Military conscrip
BRANCHES AND ADENCIES:
JAPAN :—Tokyo, Jokobema, Roba, Úraka, FORMONA:-biran Kagi. Karsako,
Makonɛ. Nanto, Yhinchiku, Talebu, Talaam, Fire Takao, Jamaul, Town, Haito, Taito,
| QEIINA 1-ithangbst," Eluukow, Atnoy, Woochow
OUER-long Hong
Semarang, Prinzia, Bombay. London, New York, Dairan.
LONDON BANKEAS:
End of Dec.
Kinds of New insurance Month-end contracta contracts (In thousand yen.)
97,599 0,540,028
Opinion of Estates
Colombo, Yesterday. 12,846 546,450 The schemic for restriction of the 8,703 104,700 tea output is generally favoured here, .2,085,727 29,793,695 but growers in Ceylon are not willing to commit themselves without an assur- ance that at least 76 per cent. of the estates in all countries concerned join the scheme.--Reuter.
-
tion Hung. Accident
M.rine transpor-
tation
1,068,801
2,232,207 302 0.202 312
4,742 6,798 14,303 7,153
$9.
Socaba Fidelity
Calculi
Boiler Automobile Theft Glass
O, bariton, Djember, Dok (char) The Lingam'), Judah. Kobe, Kola-Badja, Linzessar, Medan, Padang Bisabung, Pekalongan, Panag. Fontina, Ilaagons, Kottiedam'), The Bank has Correpondente in all the pela Bamanda). Skaughai, Sibolga (Bumatre), blogspor, Barba, cipal Commercial Contess throughout the world.
The London County Wesimizater and Part's Bank.
Boralaria (Solo), Tegal, Tinting and Waliordan,)
? Then offom katu solo deposit boxes to let London Denker:-National Provinsial Bank Li
Correspondate all over sba world
Banking business at vary description anɛbwd.
P. . XLIXILD
hang Koog, Tith Mag,' 1929.
Manager.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.
HEAD OFFICE:
96, Roulevard Hausamad. Paris.
Subscribed Capital.Frs. 72,000,000,00 Pald-Up Capital...Fra. 08,400,000.00 Reserve Funds ....Fra102,000,000.00
Bangkok Battambang Huc
BRANCHES:
Hong Kong Quinton
Saigon Mongtze Shanghai Nam-Dink Singapore Neumea
Canton
Djiboaci
Fort-Bayard Paposte
Usiphong Peking
Hankow
Hanoi
Thanhea
Tientsia Tourana Pnam Penh Vinh Pondichasry Yunnanfu BANKERS:
IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; Credit Industrial et Commercial; So- ciete Generale.
K. NAGURA,
Manager.
ĮUONG KONG DRANCH:
22 Voux Hond Central, Houg Boog, 19th January, 19
446 11 Deposit by 42 life insurance com- panies at the end of June totalled Y223,494,000, declining Y11,861,000 from the half year before, advances Y299,472,000, increasing Y16,868,000, ¥80,007,000 also increasing Y2,460.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. securities holdings, Y749,310,000 gain
Established 1912.
Head Office-Hong Kong.
Authorisad Capital (11,8, Currency) ...$11,000,000 Paid Up Capital . Best
Fund.....
BRANCHES Cuatou, Shanghai,
B60,000
Hankow, Bwalow, Bangkok, New York and San Francisco.
LONDON BANKERS:-
The Lord's Bank Limited, Corrapondente in alt piincipal silles of the
World
Formigo szobange and banking bustness of very description "Imonade).
Pals Derouit Bezzen (various sizes) at a yourly rental of from 35 to $40,
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Chief Manager, Hong Kong, 19th February, 1927.
THE BANK OF CHINA. 行跟腰中
ing Y53,180,000 and real estate of Y80,007,000 also increasing ¥2,469,000, making a total of Y1,852,284,000, ad- vancing Y60,152,000.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.
HEAD OFFICE
13. Gracechures Btreet, London, E. 0.8.
Authorised Capital
Subscribed Capital Paid-up Capital
£5,000,000
1,800,000 1,050,000
Reserve Fund and Rest 1,012,047 BANKERS:
The Bank et England & Miland Bank, Lid. ORANCHES,
.
Bargaok Ipesh Belatia Kandy Bombay
Karach Caloutla Kuts bar
New York Fount
Tort in (Mauriga)
Rotala Krai
Red Bul
Kuala Lumpur
Madra
Specially Authorised by Presidential Callonia
Mandate of the Re-ublic of Chian on the 22nd of November, 1917) IN LONDON: The National Pro- vincial & Union Bank of England Paid-up Capital
Authorised Capital....$60,000,000.00 Ltd: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paria; Crodit Lyonnais.
Reserve Fund
IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Ca; French American Banking Gor- poration; Guaranty Trust Co. of New York.
Interest allowed on Currant Ac- counts and Fired nosits according to arrangementa,
18,278,000,00 9,029,426.24
HEAD OFFICE: PEKING.
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road Central Branches and Bub-branches all over
China and Correspondents in Europe,
Every description of Banking and America and other parts of the world.
Exchange Business transacted.
Bale Deposit Boxes to int.
A. LECOT,
Manager.
Hong Kong. 1st May, 1929.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED.
Established 1880.
Capital (fully paid-up) Tan 100,000,000 Eeserve Fund
Yen 108,500,000
Head Ofte:-YOKOHAMA.
Branches and Agoncles at: Alexandria
Batavia Bombay.
BUSKOR Ayres (Temporarily closed). Calcutta
Canton
Changshan
Dairen (Dalny),
Nagoya Nowchwang
Now York'
Osaka
Peking
Rangoon
Rio de Janeiro Saigon
San Francisco
Fengtien (Mukden) Seattle
Hamburg
London Bankers: The National Provincial and Union Bank of Eng land, Ltd.
The Guaranty Trust Company of New York.
New York Bankers:-The Irving National Bank.
New
The Equitable Trust Company of
York. Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts and Fixed Deposits. Terms on application.
Every description of Banking Busi- ness transacted.
Loans granted on approved secur Itlen.', :)
Special facilities for Home Ex- change.
SHOU J. CHEN,
Manager.
Shangha Dubl
Shut GREA
Hlogspoes Hong Kong Khaptan (Pahang) Fourabaya Kawish
HONG KONG BRANCH, Every dmcription of Banking and Exchanęs bustness traċid
Travellers Cheques issued.
Trustee and Execatorships under- taken
INTEREST allowed on Current Ananta
·Fland Baposta at Hates that ossy be securtained on application.
C. EL C. HARDES,
Queen's Road Centrel,
Hong Kong, 1st November, 1929.
STEEL OUTPUT
Belgian 10 Per Cent. Reduction
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Brussels, Yesterday, CORPORAL'S BURIAL
The Committee of the International Steel Cartel has decided to reduce the production of anmanufactured steel in
December by ten per cent. Reuter's Royal Marine Accorded
Naval Honours
American Service.
Amalgamation Scheme
New York, Yesterday,
The Bethlehem Steel Corporation,
The 'funeral of Corporal following in the footsteps of its rival, Reginald Francie Swallow, R.M., the United States Steel Corporation,
has entered into a big amalgamation of H.M.S. "Berwick," whose death schemo whereby it extend its opera. Was
yesterday's
reported in
tions to the far west of Amerlen. It "China Mall," took place at the is acquiring the property and asseta
of the Pacific Coast Steel Company, Protestant Cemetery, Happy Val- and the Southern California Iron and lay, last evening.
Steel Company. The steel ingat capa: The deceased was accorded full city is 380,000 tons annually-Reu- ter's American Service.
SHANSI LOAN
1
To Be Issued in January,
Naval honours, the cortege includ-
ing detachments of the Navy and Marines, some officers of both units of the Senior Service being also present.
The burial service was conduct-
at 8 Per Cent. Interested by the Rev. C. Payne, R.N., of
Nanking, Nov. 15,
H.M.S. "Berwick," and after the coffin had been interred, three According to the regulations gov. volleys were red over the grave erning the issue of the Shanel Pro- and the "Last Post" was sounded vincial Loan of twenty-four million by buglers of the deceased's ship. dollars ($24,000,000) for currency re- habilitation In Shanxi which have heen. passed by the Legislative Yuan
List of Wreaths
upon the recommendation of the The many floral tributes which Ministry of Finance, the new loan will were inid on the grave included be issued on January 1, 1980, st. 98, those from "Betty" and "Violet," (Continued at foot of next Column Captain and Ocers. H.M.S.. "Ber-
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THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD. HARRY FONG, Dentist,
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG,
-20, Des Voeux Road Centrai, – Hong Kong"
Authorised Capital:
Paid-up Capital.. Reserve
at floor, No. 74, Queen's Road Central Tel. Central No. 1255.
$10,000,000 5,000,000 1,500,000 ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:--
Hankow
Harbin
Hede Kong
Honolulu
KaiYuen
Kobe
Semarang Shangha! Shimorovak! Singapore Boerabaya Sydney Tientsin Tokyo
Rativis Bombay
London
Karicht
Los Angeler
Melbourne. San Francisco Nagasaki Seattle
Calcutta New York Semarang Canton Osaka Singapore Haiphong Paris
Sourabaya
Honolulu Feiping Hydiwy
Kobe
Ponang Taipeh Kowloon Rangoon Tientaln Landon
Tokyo.
cities of the world.;
ery description:
grant
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THE GLOBE FOOK CHEONG
· ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO., LD.
72, Queen's Road, Central. Tel 0.8270.
ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.
8. BAILEY & CO., LTD.,
Kowloon Bay.
New Work & Hapalrator D
Bole Agents, for Kelvin Motora,
wick," 54 C.P.O. Mcss, H.M.S. "Berwick," Gunroom Officers,
H.M.S. "Berwick," Petty Officers, 1. H.M.S. "Berwick,” 8.P.O.'s Mess, Stokers, H.M.S. "Berwick," W.RA's, HM.S. "Berwick," Social Club, H.M.S. "Berwick," Communi-. cations, H.M.S. "Berwick," Chlef THE NEWSPAPER ENTER Stokers and Mechaniclana, 55
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HAIR DRESSERS & BOOKSELLEKS Royal Marine Detachment, H.M.S.
LEE YEE,
Ladies' and Gentlemen's
Hair Dressers & Booksellera, No. 12, D'Aguilar Street.
(opposite Queen's Theatre)
OPTICIAN.
"Barwick," Royal Marine Detach- ment, H.MS. "Cornwall," Royal Mariné Detachment, H.M.S. "Kent." Royal Marinés Old Com -rades' Association, Royal Marine Detachment. H.M.S. "Tamer" and the Hotel, Savoy.
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FORGED NOTES
な
Foki Charged With Uttering $100.
3A, Wyndham Street
ber of $10 and $5 notes, and two- silver coins, and a copper. There were no $100 notes, witness deckar- ed, amongst these bills.
After handing him the money at 2.30 p.m., accused again went out with a list of debtors,, it being his The case against Cheung Ching-† duty to remind there latter of their ahan, a fokl of the Lee Fung Hang commitments. It was what he was firm, charged with the unlawful out the second time; that the Shiu in denominations of $5, $10, $50, possession and uttering of aix On Wing people came in, with the THE HONG KONG OPTICAL CO. $100, $1,000 and 310,000 and will bear forged $100 notes of the Chartered assertion that they had received
per cent intersat per annum. The loan will be secured on the re
Bank was resumed before Mr. A, W. forged Chartered Bank notes from vense accruing from the wine and G. H. Grantham at the Central the secused.. Tobacco Tax, the Stamp Tax, the Magistracy yesterday afternoon,” Consolidated Halled Tobacco Tax and when following further evidence, the Salt Tax of the Province of Shan- the case was further adjourned until
Phone 2032
68, Queen's Road Centra
WONG PO ACHIN
A Sinking Fund Committed to be Friday afternoon,
composed of representatives from Leung Tak-chat, the manager of the Shanal Provinola Government, the Lee Fung Hang, said that out the Shanal General, Chamber of Com
merce,, and the varimiş Tax Bureau of the balance of 63,500 he raVO. concerned will be appointed for the accused to pay to various customers, custody of the amortization fund noceived a Balance of $126.21 The entire loan, according to the r Fulations, will be redeemed from upon his return that amount Being made up of two 356 notes, a hume
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