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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
khorland Cup
$89,001,909
Grain Fully Taid up $20,000, ADA Serve Funda
eling........
9,000),DEJ
ver.........$14,000,000
Kairo Lability ul Properetues. 20,000, GOU
HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS;—
W. II, Bell, - Saq- Chal:men
J. A. Plummer, Taq.
Deputy Chalaman.
D. P. Beith, Her.
.. Compton, Raq.
M. T. Teknos, Esq.
R. Lace Lawis, Eaq,
AXOY
BANGKOK
BATAVIA
BOMBAY
CALGUTTA
CANTON
COLOMBO
DAIBEN
FOOD HOW
ΠΑΙΡΕΩΝΟ HAMBURG HANEDW
SARDIN
UONGEEW
1LORO
SPOEL
ZOLORE
נבתן
KOWLOON
W. L. Pittenden, Esq.
T. E. Pero, Esq.
..khaw, Ken.
J. F. Warto, Eng.
Chios Manngut.
Elom, Mr. 8. G. Brann.
BHANCHES-
KUALA LUMPUR
LONDON LYONS
MALACOA
MANILA
SIQUEDEN
NAGASAKI
NEW YORK
PEIPINO
PENAXO
BASGOON
FAIGON
BAN FRANCIHOO
BUANGHAI
SINGAPORE
ROURABAYA
HUNGER PATANI TIESTAIN
TOKYO
THINGTAO YOHOJAMA
Qurrent couple opened in Local Cursury and Tisod Deposits incaired for one year or skogse perioda la Loral Currency and Arling storm which will se quoted on application. Hong Hoa). 1924, Nerelle lost, 1972),
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Busine of the abore Eerk te dondur
by the HAND KONG AND BUANGHAI BANKINO DU
Thale may be
plained on
FOR THE 1ONG KONG ▲ SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
3. O, HYNES
Chill Manage
long Kang. 18th September, 1987.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL - MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETI)
DANKRIS
Estabilabad 1824. Hong Kong Om Queen's Boad Central Authorized Capital
Quilder 150,000,000. (412.800,000) Dail-Op Capital .................lers 80,000,000
(£1,380,637.) ................ Gallders 40,000,000 CTA Fund
(£3,828,330.)
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON. Paid-up Capita}
Rearve Fund
..£3,000,000 £4,000,000
Reserve Liability of Proprie-
..£3,000,000
Agencies and Branches:
KUALA LUMPUR
tors
ALOB STAU
AMBITRAR
BANGKOK BATAVIA
KEBAY
CALOUTTA
DANTON
DAWNPORE DBBC
COLOMBO
DAYDEN (Paing
South Manchuria) XLHI
HAIPHONO
HAMBURG
HANKOW
HARDIN
[N. Manchuria
11,CULO
TONG YONE✈
КАНАСЦІ
KLANO
IPOL
KUALA KANOSAB Perak (P...)
KUCHO
MADRAS
MANILA
MEDAN
NEW YORK
PERING
PUNANI TEBITAWAR RANGGUN
SALOON
SEMARAND
SELENDAN
NILANOBAL SINGAPORE HOURAHA YA TAIPING
(P.3.5.)
YAYOY
TIENTSIN
TOKYO
TONULAR (Dhulei) THING TAG
YOUDHIANA
ZAMBOANDA
(Pallippine Islanda)
Foreign Exchange and General Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix- ed Deposits received for 1 year or which will shorter periods at rates be quoted an application.
A. H. FERGUSON,
Manager. Hong Kong, 8th January, 1929.
THE HO HONG BANK, LTD. (Established 1917.)
Authorised Issued Paid-up
CAPITAL.
THE CHINA MAIL,
COMMERCE
AND
-FINANCE.
COMPANY MEETING INDIA'S SLACK TIME
|Industrial & Commercial Sir G. Schuster Explains'
Bank
The 19th annual meeting of the Industrial and Commercial Bank, Ltd. was hold yesterday. Amongst those present were Ho. U-ming (Chairman), Messrs. T. K. Lin (General Manager), T. T. Cheng, Wong Ngai-tong. Wong Joy-yu (Directors).
The Deflation
Bombay, Yesterday.
Mer- A delegation of the India chants Chamber to-day waited on Sir George Schuster, Finance Member of the Viceroy's Council. They complain- ed that the financial situation of India had not improved, and deflations this year totalled twenty crores of rupees
The report of the Board of Direc-(£15,000,000). tors and the accounts audited by Perey Smith, Soth and Fleming, were adopted.
The Chairman said, inter alia, that he was glad to inform shareholders that the Bank had been doing very the last closing of ac- well since counts on July 1. He also explained the policy decided by the directors whereby it was hoped that the re- serves would be increased early.
Referring to the new building in Queen's Road Central, the Chairman said that its valua was put down .$20,000,000
at cost price instead of at market 8,000,000 value, which would, of course, be 4,000,000 higher.
Messrs. Ho U-ming, Ip Wing-cho, 4,000,000 Wong Ngai-tong and Chan Man- 2,210,000
chung were re-elected directors and Mr. T. II. Mai, formerly General Manager, was appointed to the Board
Reserve Liabilities of
Shareholders Surplus
HEAD OFFICES:-SINGAPORE. Branches, Agencies and Correspon- dents in the principal cities of the world.
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
TAN ENG HOOL,
Manager, Hong Kong, 15th May, 1929,
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.
(TAIWAN GINKO)
HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1899.
Central Bank in Formosa Bank Notee layed. Ararage amount Ÿen, 45,000,000 BRANCHES AND AUKNOLES: JAPAN-Toyo, Tokobama, ote, wala. FORMOSA-Glan Bagh, Karenko
Takao, chliu Taleh, Tainan,
Town, Helio, Talk. CHINA :—Bacabal, Hankom, Amoy, Foochow
Swalow, Canto OTHERS-Hong Kong.
I :-(AMSTERDAM'). Kalan Dead. Omes:-BATAVIA, BRANCHES 1—Badia Bandoeng) Bombey. Calovis, Cheribos, Diamber, Dick Jakarta) The finque'). Jeddah Kobe, Kola-Badja, akmenar, Malas, Pulang Pekaian, Fesser. Falambang. Pontianal, Kangoon, Rotterdam) The Loudon County Water and Farr'e Bank,
"I Thane odo
bamaraz),
bolg
Borzabal,
Shanghal, (Bumstei), Singapors, Bosakaris (Bolo Teas, Tillating and Wellevreden.")
safe deposit boxes to let London Bankers ---Nazional Proricals) Bank L. Correspondale all over the world Banking business of story description trenched.
P. M. ELDRIK
tion Gong, sich May, 1970.
•
Kanager.
BANQUE DE L'INDO - CHINE,
HEAD OFFICE:
96, Boulevard Haussman, Karls. Bubscribed Capital Fra. 72,000,000.00 Pald-Up Capital...Frs. 08,400,000.00 Reserve Funda F
..Fra.102,000,000.00
BRANCHES: Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon
Saigon Shanghai Nam-Diah Singapore
Thankes Tientalo
Moogtze
Battambang Hue
Cathe
Canton
Djibout!
Neumea
Fort-Bayard Papeete
Haiphong Peking Tourana Eantow Phom-Penh Vinh
Pondicherry Yunnanfu DANKERS:
Hanoi
IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Eacompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais: Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas Credit Industriel at Commercial; So- clate Generale.
Blog, Bozabaya. bemarang, Batalla, – Bozbey, Calostia, Lendon,
New York, Dalc LONDON DANZERU:
The Bank bas Correepondents in all the pria- cipal Commercial Centers throughout the world,
K. NAGURA
Waager.
HONG KONG BRANCH:
1, Voux Food Central, Hoo Kong, 1th January, 1929.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
Estabilshod 1912.
Head Office Hong Kong.
Authorised Capital (ELE. Currency)...$11,100,000 Paid Up Capital .........................
Reserve Fund PAPA YANG
ЗВАХСЯЕН:
0.004,200
800,000
Canton. Nhanghai, Hankow. Bwslow. Bangkok, New York and San Francisco.
LONDON DANKERS—
The Lloyd's Bank Limited. Carraspondents in all principal citim of the World,
Forstyn bangs and backing bustness of every description "irassolei.
Safe Deposit Boxes (various alsoa) si s yourły rectal of from $5 to $40.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Chief Manager, Hong Kong, 19th February, 1927.
THE BANK OF CHINA.
行銀國
IN LONDON: The National Pro- vincial 4 Union Bank of England, Ltd; Comptoir National d'Escompte Authorised Capital
Paid-up Capital
de Paris; Credit Lyonnais,
of Directors.
Fleming were re-appointed auditors. Messrs, Percy Smith, Seth and
RUBBER PRICES
Stocks in the United Kingdom at last week-end were 70,290 tons, which is an increase of 1,799 Lons over the previous week's total.
market The commodity still holds steady, both buyers and sellers continuing to hold The result, however, la to tem. perarily stiffer buyers' prices, which were quoted follows:
ន Opening Closing
27/
30
share
December
21/ January-March. 201 April-June
Needless to
AAY, the market is very inactive and there is no buying interest anywhere, spart from covering outstanding commitments
speculative
stacks. Prices of most counters are purely nominal and make ac caracy in quotations a most dim. cult matter, buying and selling being merely a matter of nego tiation between parties concern- ed.
GOLD EXPORTS
Sir George Schuster said it was unfair to take only what had been done during the slack season. They must also include the preceding months, when currency expanded. Thus, the net contraction since November 30, 1028, was £12,000,000 including a hid- den contraction against silver sales.
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this connection, he announced, that in view of public criticism of the practice the hidden contraction against ailver sales was discontinued December 1 last-Reuter.
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IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Reserve Fund Co.; French American Banking Car poration; Guaranty Trust Co. of New Tork.
www.
Interest allowed on 'Current Ac- counts and Fixed Denosits according to_arrangements.
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted.
Safe Deposit Boxes to let.
A. LECOT,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 1st May, 1929.
HEAD OFFICE: PEKING.
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4, Queen's Bond Central Branchen and Sub-branches all over China and Correspondents in Europe, America and other parts of the world.
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.
The Equitable Trust Company of
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, | New York
LIMITED.
Established 1880.
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Basarve Fund .......Yen 108,500,000
Hond-Oos-YOKOHAMA,
Branches and Agencies at:-
Alexandria
Batavis Bombay Войнов Дуги
(Temporarily
Changchun
Nagoya
Newchwang New York Osaka Peking Kangoon Rio de Janeiro. Balgon
Dairen (Dalay) Ban Franciaco Sangiles (Makdan) Beattle
Hamburg
Hankow
Hardia
Toral Bont
Interest allowed on Current Ac. counts and Fixed Deposits. Terms on application.
Every description of Banking Busi Dess transacted.
iti
Loans granted on approved secur».
Special facilities for Home. Ex- change."
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DAWN ASSHETON England's World Famed Operatic Coloratura Soprano
and
LASZLO SCHWARTZ Eminent Hungarian Violinist-Composer
at
REPULSE BAY HOTEL Saturday, December 21st HONG KONG HOTEL Boxing Day, December 26th
and
PENINSULA HOTEL Friday, December 27th.
Tables for the above may now be
at any of our Hotels.
FARHANGH
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1929.
JUST IN TIME FOR CHRISTMAS!
We are now fixing
a
GAS FIRES at NEW LOW
SCHEDULE RATE OF $5.00 ONLY
(In houses already connected to our mains).. Hire terms-$5.00 per annum
(also on sale, cash or instalments).
SEND YOUR ORDER TO-DAY.
USE THIS SPACE (cut out and hand in or post to any of our addresses).
PLEASE FIX A GAS FIRE ON ABOVE TERMS.
(FIXING CHARGE $5.00, HIRE $5.00 PER ANNUM).
Name
Address
THE HONG KONG & CHINA GAS COMPANY, LTD, West Point, Hong Kong, and Jordan Road, Kowloon.
Central Showroom — Ice House Street. Telephone Central 47
LATEST NOVELTIES
BEST QUALITY
PRICES
Bar Pins
Dinner Rings
Wrist Watches
etc., etc.
VERY MODERATE
DAZZLING in their beauty, age-
long in durability, Jewellery gifts are unsurpassed as Christmas offeringa. Our select stock is variously priced, enabling you to choose the desired item at a figure in accord with your gift-giving budget.
Necklaces Bracelets Ear-Rings Lavallieres etc., etc.
J. ULLMANN & CO.
Established 1860 JEWELLERS and WATCH MANUFACTURERS. CHATER ROAD
HONG KONG
also at Paris, Shanghai, Tientsin, Peking.
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72 Queen's Road, Central, Tal C:8270,
ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.
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Call Fing Agents for Kelvin Motors
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