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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
$30,000,00
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HEAD OFFION: BONG KONG
TM. H. Bu, k
BOARD OF DIRECTORS |—
J. Pismm, Lay.
Calmin.
Hon. Mr. G. (19. Maçkin.
Depois Chalm
-A, H. Compton, K
8. Lander Lawia, Kaj.
12, kiekio, Baq,
WOY
TAPIOL
lion Ms. J. J. Paternen.
T. E, F, Moi
1. . . Mhaw, Hay.
J. P. Warren, Esq.
Under Manager.
V. M. Geapbozzi, Körg,
BRANCHES:--
LONDON
BANK OF THE CHARTERED
INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853, HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Paid-up Capital-
Reserve Fund
Reserve Liability of Proprie-
tora
£3,000,000
£4,000,000
.£3,000,000
Agencies and Branches:
ALOR STAM
{Melay Hi! AMRITSAR
BANGKOK ~BATAVIA DOLLBAT
DALGUTTA GANTON CAWSPORE .CEBU
COLOMBO DAIBEN (Dalay
South Menaburis?
DEL!!
HANKOW
(N. Manchuria)
HAIPHONG
HAMBURG
BARDIN
TONG KONG
LYONG
ILDILE
MILAGGA
WONWAY
·MANILA
KARACH
SLANG
CALOUTTA
M16 AR (Jatibe
KOBA
CANTON
KUALA BANOMAR
Persk (F.M.B.
KATAVIA
ASPOO 30%OKBO
JAUN TOCCHOW
KAMBURO MANTOW KARNIN
КОМОКАЕ
(LOILO
Ox
JUXORI
COWLOON
SVALA LEMFOR
MEKOEN
NAOMHARI
NEW YORK
ΓΕΙΡΙΚΗ
PENANG
BANDOON
SALOON
SAN FBANDIMOU
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORN
BÚURABAYA
IPON
KUALA LUMPUR
UCELINO
MADRAS, MANILA
MEDAN
NEW YORK
PEKING PRANO РЕСПАРАН RANDCON SAIGON SEMARANG RREMBAN BHANGHAI BINGAPORE SOUBADAYA
TAIPING
P.M.B. VIVOT
TIENTSIN.. TOKYO
TOXORA (Daukee, THINUTAO
YOKOHAMA
ZAMBOANGA
(Philippine Falada)
THE CHINA MAIL.
and
Commerce
Finance
DUTCH
THE ROYAL
PETROLEUM.CO.
Operations in Dutch East Indies.
The annual report of the Royal "Dutch Petroleum 'Co. states, inter alia, regarding its operations in the D.E.L.:
In Spetember, 1920, the People's Council passed Bills authorising _the_East_Indian Government to enter into several working agree
COTTON TRADE.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1930.
HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE.
APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.
Butcher Meat.
JAPANESE COMPETITION WITH | Beef Sirloin ........
LANCASHIRE.
A FALSE IMPRESSION.
Owing to the present condition of the Singapore market most of the European Importers and Chini- ese dealers have a false impression of the ability of Lancashire to meet Japanese competition. The follow- ing extracts from a letter to a re- presentative of a Lancashire plece goods firm from Mr. Barnard Ellin-
Foreign Exchange and General ments with the Batanische Petro-ger. C.B.E., a Director of Messrs. Banking business transacted.
which will
leum Maatschappij on the basis of Current Accounts opened and Fix-Article 5a of the Indian Mining Act ed Deposits received for 1 year or in respect of a number of fields in shorter periods at cater
Atjeh and Dependencies. Palem- be quoted on application.
bang, West Java, East Java, the Southern and Eastern Department of Borneo and the Moluccas.
The crude oil production amount ed to:-
RUNUSI PATANI SIMMERIN
A. H. FERGUSON,
Manager Hong Kong, 8tu. January, 1929.
TOKIO
TSINGTAO
ТОКОШАМА
mal Ane opened in Local Deersnos Fixed Deposita ered for one year of caraz parole in Local Currency and eling 24 walch will be quoted da applicatias
Bong Kong, 1st Apelt, 3000.
HONG KONG SAYINGS BANK.
Iks Business of the above Chaith le conduck-
NOONG KONG AND SHANGHAI
CORPORATION.
Jimad appontion.
Bules a ba
FOL THE HONG KONG HANGHAI MANKING CORPORATION.
V. AL BRAYHURN,
Lines Shaqaper.
teve Kus, 17th March, 1991, .
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V. INTERLANDS TRADING BOALETY) DANKEN.
Kong flow:-Il Queen'e Hood Central'
Lature Capital
Quikers 130,009,508- (18,400,000.)
Poli- pitai .............. Qukkan 20 000,006- Bare Fund Atillars 60,000,000
Has
F25,600,587.1
(£8,320,663.}
On:-(AMSTERDAM"). "
Easier Bead On:+1-BATAVIA.
BAXUS-Bandfarmaco Landong) Dombay,
Calcutta, Caribou, Diember, Djok Jakarta) The lingua"), Jeddah, Bode. How Badia, Makasar, Medan, Palang Palembang, Pekalongan, Pong
Rotterdam), Foglianak, Bargood,
Barang).
Shanghal (Bumaire, Singapore,
dibolga Forbess. More (Solo), Tagal, Tiliskjap and Weltevreden.")
* Phon, offices have sala dapčali bozne to lat. Sesden Bakkers-Halional Provincial Bank. Lik
Perpondenta sil over the world
"Banking business at every description trenenoted
A, STOKKINK,
Aet. Managghe
Hong Kong, 15th April, 1991
BANQUE DE L'INDO - CHINE.
HEAD OFFICE:
$6, Boulevard Haussman, Parla.'
THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.
Authorised Issued
Paid-up
Reserve
Established 1917.)
CAPITAL.
Liabilities
of Shareholders Surplus
Ellinger and-Co., Ltd., Manchester, and an expert on this question may help to correct this impression:-
The Japanese" Industry is con- structed in a way entirely different!
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the mill. They have no unemploy.
.
ment relief and consider stopping
1028.
work only as a last resort.
For
1029. Metric tone.
If they stop their labour returns Pig's Chitlings
Sumatra **** 1,133,068 758,224 to the countryside and gets marri-
Borneo (excl. Tarakan) .Straits $20,000,000
8,000,000 Tarakan 4,000,000 Javr
Ceram 4,000,000 2,526,000.I.A.M. ields, 148,872
HEAD OFFICE:-SINGAPORE. Branches, Agencies and Correspon- dents in the principa cities of the world.
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
TAN ENG. HOOI,
Manager.
THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, INU.
Head Office: 65, Broadway, New York.
Cupital Surplus Reserves
Juterhalen Jorisanten
.U.S.$3,000,000 U.S.31,872,454 U.S.$1,908,209
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BRANCHES:-
Amatertan
Athon.
tiem CollegeY Havu
farestane
The
Payme
Biarrit
Bless
Tree:
Brands
Bacon Alten
L'alca
Lil
Liverpool Irene
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Sattle Cello
Monells
Manich
Milan
Cannes
T'ulombo
Cotingalm
Loudon
Napler
P L'ore 1ining
Pertoo Futterdum fistra Starlet
Shaqui Southampton Angapore
Melan Tandy Vie Venco inkatiam Zurich
ed. Then the mill has to face ... 1,621,620 1,348,885 heavy expenses for recruiting and.
1,171,700 1,304,399 training new operatives,
620,988 455,086 (The majority of mill operatives 45,172 10.306 are of course females, and in Japan 64.646 the work, is welcome by women as a of earning a marriage
means
in their production costs, the share to be allotted to wages is much lower than ours and
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the share to be allotted to over- Sheep's Head & Foot .. head charges is much higher. In Britain, a manufacturer closes
his mill when he cannot sell his
Total....
4,746,426 3,971,045 dowry.)
Further, We have every reason to be con- fident that by continuing to work along rational lines we shall be able to maintain the increased pro- duction for a considerable period.
Drilling activilles on some of the Belds in respect of which contracts were concluded on the basis of Article Sa of the Indian Mining Act, have met with success.
Efforts were continued every. where towards increased efficiency, which was attained, ie, by laying down, on an extensive scale, motor transport roads to and on the oil fields, by means of which the neces sary materials and personnel can be transported more rapidly in motor vehicles. Similar progress way, made in the modernisation of the repair shops in the production centres.
For the transportation and treat ment of the increased crude oil pro duction it was necessary to extend still further the pipeline system, the storage capacity and the plants. Last year more than 400 kilometres of pipeline were lald, bringing the total up to almost 5,000 kilometres. }
The refining capacity was consi- of American Express Company in Brincipal cities of Unit-derably increased everywhere and
! States of America and Canada.
by the application of new inven tions the quality of the various pro- duets was improved.
indu Ebaberghe
Tionera
Branches
Montros
All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.
Personal
Subscribed Capital Frs. 72,000,000,00 Paid-Up Capital...F. 68,400,000.00 handled. Reserve Funds ....Fro.102,000,000.00
BRANCHES:
Hong Kong Quahoa
Bangkok
Battambang Hue
Gunthe
Moogize
Canton
Saigon Shanghei Nam ca si Apora
Djibouti Neumea Thinher
Fort-Bayard Papeete
Haiphong
Peking
Thuntain
Tourane
Hankow Faomi-p2b Vinh Hanoi Pondicherry Yuaranfu
BANKERS:
IN FRANCE: Comptoir Nationa! d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; Credit Industrial et Commercial; Be- clate Generala.
IN LONDON: The National Pro-
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11
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17
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cloth for the cost of the material Sucking Pigs, to order plus the wages, plus a small part Suet. Beef of what he allows for overhead. The same applies in Japan, but it Vesl must be remembered that the pro- portion of wages to overhead in Britain is 7 to 3, whereas in Japan, it is probably 5 to 5. This means that if a lump of cloth of 120 Barbel ... yarda costs 108. to weave, when the Bream
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Fisk &
manufacturer cannot get more than Canton Fresh Water WN* 7 shillings for weaving it he stops and loses 4s. 6d. per loom per week Carp (basis of production 11⁄2 lumps in Catist a 48 hour week). The Japanese Codish manufacturer finds it more profit Crabs ... able to go on working if he is re-Cattle Fish ceiving only 7 shillings a lump for Dab 10 shillings worth of work, and when his remuneration falls to 59. a lump he has then to consider whether it is not better to go on receiving less than his labour costa rather than stop work ́and lose his labour..
Daco
Dog Fish Seis, Conger
Fresh Water Yellow
"
Frogs "So it is easily understood that Garoupa the Japanese to-day are looking Gadgeon wildly for any cloth that will Ali Herrings their looms, use up the surplus of Halibut Large European Staff. Accounts The all-round expansion of our yarn they are spinning and give Labrus
industry necessarily resulted in work to their finishers. Someone Loach considerable increase in the says in Osaka 'There's a market for Lobsters number of our employees In Woven Sarongs in the Straits. Im-Mackerel 1929; on December 31, 1929 mediately some mill owner starts Monk Fish our turning out Woven Saronga. It will Mullet... thero
employed in installations in the Dutch East will give him enough money to pay Oysters Indies 3,147 Europeans and 57,434 his operatives If he is lucky, but he Parrot Finb natives, as against 2,045 Europeans, must go on as he is afraid to let the Perch and 47,600 natives on December labour go." He is driven to this Pike
The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travelera Cheque and Letters of Credit and, addition, the world-wide services of its thoroughly equipped Travel De
purtment.
Affiliated with
THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources ..Over G$2,500,000,000
were
| 31, 1928. In addition, there were 23,601 natives in the service of our contractors. N.I.A.M. Djjambi-
E. W. DUGGAN,
Manager.
Productions
Badjoebang
Fincial & Union Bank of England, THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD:
Ltd. Comptoir National d'Escompte
de Paris; Credit Lyonnais.
IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan Co.; French American Banking Cor.
poration; Guaranty Trust Co. of New York.
Interest allowed on Gurrent Ac- counts and Fixed Deposite according
arrangements.
Safe Deposit Boxer to let
A. LECOT,
Manager.
'Hong Kong, 1st May, 1929.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.
(TAIWAN GINKO)
HEAD OFFICE:-Talpeh, Formosa.
*
'Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1899.
Central Bara la Formoon; BankNora esad Average amount ...Yan, 4/5,000,000 SHARQUIES AND AUTHCIRA!
Oghal, * Bandow,
Fusion, Canton. | OTHEKE 1--Ü K Bemarang. Londen,
Danya, BonMY,
BANKEB
Betoeng.
Total
because the price of White Shirt- Placa
ings in China barely covers the cost Pomfret, White
of his Grey Cloth, and Black Satin Pomfret, Black Drills are selling for 8 son a yard Prawns over the cost of the yarn.
Ray
1929.
1929. Metric Tons. If they are not going to stop work Rock Flab 88,350 37,568 they will be forced to try their Roach 38,270. 26,622 hands on almost every cloth a loom Salmos
will manke; but our customers must Shark .126,620 64,190 realise that sales of these cloths 20Skate
Towards the end of the year per cent. below Lancashire's price Shrimpa under review there were six wells do not mean that we cannot com- Snapper.
Solex in production at Badjoebang, pro-pete with the Japanese.
24 hours.
Japanese
are
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Exploitation of the shallow wells losses. One of the largest Print Turtles--anali, fx. water
Exploration drilling on the Mele boeai, Tempino, Nenkanding and Kenali Asaam fields was likewise continued. Production in the
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dollars have been coined in the Party meeting, the Cabinet's rea- United States since 1928. The de- sons for dropping the controver- mand for the old "cart-wheel" (the sial Education Bill and the Con- silver dollar) is dying out,
sumers' Council Bill.
Every description of Banking, and į JAPAN:-Tokyo, Tokobams, Lock, Osaka. Exchange Business transacted. FOR MORA Giran, Kangra Keelong, at Betoang was continued. The
Walne. Mainie, sik Taka Talas, deep exploration boring reached at doors, and the largest Aniline
Tom
show, the end of the year a depth of 2,269 Black Works in the country has tising the Fair, and the services of from the United States. No allver when explaining at a Labour
metres.
gone into bankruptcy. Another the Trade Commissioners, the Com- Bocahaya
Calcutt
leading firm has declared a loss of mercial Diplomatic Offcore and the Yen 3,800,000 for the last half year, Consular Service will be available and the Japanese Importer of the for making the Fair known to trade best known White Shirting quailty buyers in all parts of the world. in China has closed down and is In view of the success of the last Fair it is anticipated that all Metric Tons, "New York reports selling of the available space will be taken up 22,240 400 cotton by the Japanese interests at an early date, and consequently The Well Bunk in the Boenjoe there. This may be the sign of no guarantee can be given that field was brought in in October, sexlous curtailment in Japan, which space will be avaliable in respect of 1929, with 180, cub, metres ofl par should relieve the position in your applications received later thao day; it has been temporarily shut markets."
Estabilahed 1880.
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund
on 111,500,000
Head Office:--YOKOHAMA
Batavia
Branches and Agencles at: Alexandria
„„Nagoya
Newchwing New York Osaka Peking
-Bombay
Fussos, Ayres Temporarily
Calcutta
Changchun
Rangoon Rio de Janeiro Balgon
· Daire' (Dalny) San Francisco
Fmagtien (Münden) Seattle
Kamburg
Harvin
Kobe
were 31 Bemarang
Shanghai
Shimanowki
Singapore Soerabays
| Bydsay By"
Tiantain
Tokyo Talianfu Zringtan Vladivostock
Temporarily closed)
The London County Wasimisaine and Pan's Bank. The Bank Corred in all the pd pal Commercial Castreld.
NAQUEL
HONG KONG BRANCH,
Manager.
* Youx Bond Centruč Hout Long, 1943 Zanzzy, 19
THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中
Keorganised October 20, 1928, under
special charter of The National Gov
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
Aroebaal fields-1929 1928, bankrupt.
in until the means of transporta-
tion are ready.
The crude oil production of Sara.
wak has again increased. In 1920
INDUSTRIES FAIR.
ernment of enfant amounted to 160,156 metric tons, GOVT. GRANT OF £25,000 FOR
Subscribed Capital ..$25,000,000.00 Paid-Up Capital .....$24,710,200.00
as against 751,002 metric tons in
1928.
ADVERTISING.
The Department of Overseas Trade announces that the British
Reserve Fanda !% ...5 8,820,508.82 THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. Industries Fais, 1981, will open as
HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI,
HONG KONG BRANCH;
4. Queen's Road Central.
Owing to our numerous branches in Chins and large connections in the important, commercial: centres of the world, we are able to extend to our ellents special facilities for domertle and foreign banking and exchanges allowed-on Carrunt Abwe also handle the fasue of Bonds and other Public Foods of the Chin- ase Government both at home; and Ebrosdre
Established · 1912.
usual in London and Birmingham on Monday, February 16, and will close on Friday February 27, In a letter to manufacturers, Sir Edward Crowe, the Comptroller- 1000 General, Department of Ovoracas
Trade, writes
Hord Offosi---Hong Kong,
Kuriharford Casțial (12. Odriney) Paid Up Ospital: samemsetting
Canion, Bhanghai,
$11,000,000 1,050,000
Bangkok, New York, and San Fran.
CURFAYUNDINIS
July 31, 1980. By the addition of two floors of the Empire Hall Olympia, which were not available last February, the exhibiting ares.. of the buildings is increased by 60,000 square feet to a total of *100,000.
OLD MAN SILVER.
IS HE FIGHTING A LOSING BATTLE 7
Poor old man Silver. Ho's fought with his competitor, Gold, for two thousand years and he's having a The London section of the Fair, hard time now to stay in the ring. which, as you are no doubt aware, Silver is at the lowest point ever, la organised by this department-reached about 872 cents An will again be held at Olympia, ounce, ne against $1.25 an ounce, at
All the buildings, Including the close of the war.
of the Empire Hall, will What's the trouble In a word; His discouraged sliver-raine owners
Should..China, the big silver country, adopt the gold exchange standard, recommended by Prof. Kemmerer, it would be the real knock-out blow.
Gold has had no easy time either. In 1920 it was worth only half as much as it was in 1910. Now, mea aured in commodities, gold is worth about.50 per cent more than it was in:1920,
Mr. MacDonald said that in the event of a contest the Govern→ ment should not be cumbered with legislative litter. It was better to have new, live measures in. prospect.
Replying to questions in the House of Commons, Mr. Mac- Donald said he hoped the session would end in July. He regretted that the Consumers' Council Bill But the case of aliver is different. (a price-fixing measure) and the It's like an opinion crying in a. School Age Bill (raising the leav storm. It may be fighting its lasting age to 15) must be postponed
big battle; although there are still to the autumn, some old guard silver champions, who try to believe that old man Silver will come back to his former glory
PREMIER'S HINT.
BRITISH ELECTION IN AUTUMN 2
Mr. R. D. Denman (Labour, Central Leeds. Has not a clear majority of the Labour members: written demanding the continua- tion of the session into August, to pass the delayed Bills? Can you guarantee that 14-year-old children will not come into the. labour market in April?EMEN
Mr. MacDonald said it was im- possible to obtain guarantees that the School Age Bill would be passed if the House sat until
London; June 25. Cara In Germany. The Prime Minister (Mr. It is stated that of 425,000 cars Vocarath And no demand for it. Nalther Ramsay MacDonald) hinted at a in Germany 100,000 are of foreign
ald, nor even general cleation in the autumn origin.
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