BANK S
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
50,000,000
Autborked Copilul.. Tecued and Pully Pudrup M. $20,090,000 Rear Funds -
Sterling.
Silver
2. 3.550,000
19,000, ong
Rezerve Liability of Propriators.... 920,000,000 HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG,
BOARD OF DIRECTORS :-
Hon. Mr. C. D. S. Markle, Chaluman,
Kon, Mo, J. J. Petazoan, Deputy Chatrasad,
W. H. Bell, E. T. Moure, Taq,
A. U. Compton, Eng. J. A. Pummer, „Eeq.
n. Landur Lowie, Eun. T. 11. R. Shaw, Esq.
Miekin, ag
A MOT
J. P. Warren. 1.4.
Chief Manager.
V. M. Grayburn. Esq.
BRANCHES:---
LONDON
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1855.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Paid-up Capital Reservo Fund
£3,000,000
.54,000,000
Reservo Liability of Pro-
prietors
£3,000,000
Agencies and Branches:
KUALA LUMPUR
KUCHINO
MADRAS
MANILA
MEDAN
NEW YORK
ALOR STAN
(Malay Sintes) AMBITBAD
ILA NOKOK
BATAVLA
BOMBAY CALCUTTA
CANTON
CAWNPORE
CEBU
COLOMBO
DAIREN (Dalay
Bouth Manchuria)
DELI
HAIPHONG
ILANDURO
JIANKOW
HAREN
(H. Manchuria)
HỒNG KONG
LAUSA
MALACOS
MANILA
15,000
(701
MAK (Jobars)
MUKDEN
SADASAKI
BANGKOK BATAVIA
1303624 Y
CALCUTTA
CANTON CUEFOO
COLOMBO
DAIREN
NEW YORK
PETRINO
PENANG
RANGIN
FOOCHOW HAIPHONO
HAMHUNG
SAIGON
HANKOW
PAN FRANCISCO
HARDIN
~HANGHAI
HONOKEW
TLOILO
43413
JOHTORE
Kel
KONDOS
KALA LUMPUR
SINGAPORE
KABAYA
SUSURI PATANI HENTAIS
T
TSINGTAO YOHAMA
Current Accounts pind Local Campnet and Fixed Deposite record for one tear or katter perbele in Local Curreary and Harling an tetine which will be quoted on appifcatlan.
Hong Kong, Fabiners. 1931.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Biore ad then wir Bank is roadurs-
ed by 25 KONI ASD SHAROBAI BASKING CORPORATION.
abtained an application.
Hluten many
FOR THE HOSOKONG ANTE SHANGHAI
BANKING COSPORA. ON,
V. M. GRAYBERN,
Chief Mangat.
flong Fu nil July. 1930,
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.
HEAD OFFICE:
96, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris.
Subscribed Capital Era. 72,000,000.00 Paid-Up Capital. Fra. 68,400,000,00 Reserve Funds ....Frs.102,000,000.00
TRANCHES: Bangkok Hong Kong Quinbon
Saigon Battambang lue
Shanghai
Ennhe
Fort-Bayard Caprete
Thanken
Fantas
Djibouti
Haiphong Peking
Pom-Penk
Tientsin Tourane Vinh
Hunkow
Hausf Pondicherry Yunnanfu
BANKERS:
KARACHI
RLANG
KOBE
HUALA KANGSAR
(Parak .M.B.)
PEKINO
PENANO
BANGDON
HAIGON
SEMARANG
HEREKBAN
HHANGRAIL
SINGAPORE
BBURADAYA
TAIPING (F,M.8.)
TAVOY
TIENTAIN
TOKYO
TONUKAU Ehuk+1)
THINOTAO
YOKOHAMA
ZAMBOANGA
tPaluppina Islands)
Foreign Exchange and Goperat Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix- ed Deposits received for 1 year or which will shorter periods at rates be quoted on application.
A. I FERGUSON,
Manager.
Hung Kong. 8th January, 1929.
THE NATIONAL CITY BANK
OF NEW YORK.
HEAD OFFICE: 55, Wall Street, New York,
Capital, Surplus and
Undivided Profits..U.S.$224,554,298
Branches in!--
ARGENTINE LONDON
BELGIUM
BRAZIL
CHILE
CHINA COLOMBIA
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.
(Established 1917.)
HEAD OFFICE SINGAPORE. Hong Kong Branch: 13, Queen's Rd. C.; Authorised Capital Straits $20,000,000 Issued Capital Paid-up Capital
Reserve Liabilities
of Shareholders. Surplus
8,000,000
Commerce and Finance
PIECE GOODS.
4,000,000 HEAVY REPLACING COST
WOOLLENS.
4,000,000 2,520,000
Branches, Agencies and Correspon- dents in the principal cities of the
world.
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
TAN ENG HOOI,
Manager.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY)
BANKERS.
Established 143.
MONDAY, APRIL 20, 1931.
!
U.S. OIL PLAN.
organs, bolled. After bailing they are placed in, a sack, in which they are left over night. Tho next
PRODUCTION ON BASIS OF morning they are put in a wicker. work basket, which is placed to
ACTUAL NEEDS. shallow sen-water, A man thon puts his foot in the basket, and
COMPANIES' APPROVAL, kneads the "trepang" till their outer white skin has all come off, which
Washington, Saturday. In this tin, or bamboo joint as tho takes about 15 minutes.
According to Tho
Mr. Wilbur, case may be, a plece of the bark of "trepang" are then boiled again. Secretary of the Interior, the "kiem" (Catylelobium sp.) is al After the second boiling they are specific plan for the stabilisation OF ways placed as it is said to keep the dried over a fire, when they are of the oil industry which envis
juice from turning sour. The con- ready for the market. The Chao ages crude production on the tainer is changed twice daily, at Nam sell the prepared "trepang" to basis of the actual needs of the about 6 a.m. and 4 ̊ p.m.
sub- At each a Chinese merchant, who advances industry, and which was time of changing the cut end of the them rico, tobacco and other committed by the Oil States Advisory inflorescence is freshened, a thin modities
harvest. Committee, has been approved in against their slice being taken off it with a sharp Virtually they seem to be kopt in a principle by oil companies in the knife. About the full of a stato of constant debt to him. Cotton Piece Goods and Fancy
petroleum tin, Le. four gallons, is Cotton Goods.
said to be obtained at the morning There is no new business to re-collection and half this amount at
Deliveries continue very the afternoon collection, port.
Such a The latest cotton prices to large amount of julée from one tree good. hand are those of the 16th instant seems incredible, but that was the viz. Middling American Spot 5,61d. estimate given by the owner of the Egyp Sakel. FGF Spot &70d.
garden. It is further said that one Woollens.
tree will go on yielding juice from the same inflorescence stump for 4 or months.
The reporta and prices are pub- shed as supplied by importers, and the General Chamber of Commerce cannot accept responsibility for the
accuracy thereof.
There is a fair amount of en- quiry but it is extremely difficult to get the enquiries into the order Gliders $80,000,000.
(411,500,000,) book. This particularly applies to Guilder 80,000,000 [25,007,170)
bulk lines. The dealers seem averse Gullar 40,058,000 (40,124,289)
Usig Sony Othon:~Il, Queno's Bond Oral
Autherland 'Capital
Palk-Tip Ospital me
Resorts Pund
Band Mon-AMSTERDAM* Esstaro (end villes :-BATAVIA.
to paying anything like the replas- ing cost for repeat business al- though in many cases they are buy-
The juice is boiled in a large iran pan ("kata"), on a built up Are- place. It is bolled till it begins to thicken, when it is poured into
INDIAN INCOME-TAX.
Council of State Accepts Viceroy's Recommendation,
New Delhi, Mar. 30.
United States, who accept, it as
"a good working, basis,"
་
Oklahoma City, Saturday.
Mr. Cicero Murray, Chairman of the above Committee, has pre- dicted that the uniform restric-
tion of oil production would affect ten producing States "by the Summer." He declared that the Committee were assured by The Council of State, after
a importers that 25 to 35 per cent. three hours' discussion, passed the of reduction of imports would be recom-continued as long as uniform re- Finance Bill in the form manded by the Governor-General striction was effective.--Router's
and voted down all amendments American Service. moved to it.
BEANCHES- Bandiermuin, Bandoang®, Bocaba ing new qualities on the same basis diameter, made from narrow string.had been badly served by his ad-:
Ciccit. Charlbon, Dumber, Djok
tkanghal. Singles
moulds. These moulds are simply rings, about 10 centimetres in jakarta, The Hague, Jaddas, Kobe, of price as in being asked for the about one centimetre wide, of the Ema Hadja, Makassar, Madar, old lines. It Palembang, Takalongan, Pepeng
can almost be said leaves of "to" (Pandanus sp.). Poarisen. llangnon, Bodthat little or nothing has been done These moulds
are placed on flat fulfilling a normal sentrays, when the thickened juice is ¡son's requirements.
poured into them. The resulting prices are showing rather an easier sugar cakes are made up into bundles of twenty-five, and wrapped tendency. The latest "tops" prices in the leaf-sheats of the areca palm. to hand are those of the 10th inst. These bundles are A. STOKSINK.
(Bumar).
Sourable, towards Singapore, Soerakarta (Solo), Tegal, Tillelap and Belaovenden
• Take adres have safe deposit boɛs to len London_Bokeru:-National Provmeisi Bust £52. Correspondents all over tow world
· Biakkig boinama si erary description tracted.
Acting Vannes,
Hong Kong. 1 Angyal. 1980.
----
THE BANK OF CHINA.
NEXICO
PANAMA
行銀國中
PERU
PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS
PORTO RICO
special charter of The National
STRAITS
REPUBLIC
BANK.
GUBA DOMINICAN
INDIA ITALY
JAPAN
SETTLEMENTS
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
Commercial and Travellers' Letters of Credit, Travellers' Cheques, Bills of Exchange and Cable Transfers bought and sold. Current accounta and Savings Bank accounts opened and Fixed Deposits in local and for- eign currencies taken at rates that may be ascertained on application to the Bank.
We are also able to offer our Cus- tomers the services of the Branches of the International Banking Corpora- tion in San Francisco and Spain and in Paris New York (France), S.A., and Nice.
IN FRANCE: Comptoir National en of he National City Bank of
d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; des Pays-Bas; Banque de Paris et Credit Industriel et Cummercial; So ciete Generale
IN LONDON: The National Provin cial & Union Bank of England, Ltd.: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris: Credit Lyonnais.
IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co.; French American Banking Cor- poration: Cearanty Trust Co. of New!
York.
Interest allowed on Current Ac counts and Fixed Deposits according to arrangements,
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transnared, Sale Deposit Boxes to fet.
A. LECOT,
Hong Kong, 1st May, 1929.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
LIMITED,
Established 1880.
ernment as an
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
Both Bradford and Continental
viz.,
Merinos 70s. average 27d. per lb. Merinas 648. average 25d. per lb. Merinos 60s. super 2344d, per lb. Crossbreda 588. Super Comeback {211⁄2d, per lb.
Another report states:
sold at the gardens for about 40 satangs each.
In Pang-nga the price varies, but a bundle can be bought for as low as 50 satungs,
At the garden visited a man and boy were working. They were tap- ping eight inflorescences Bix
on
£460,000 AWARD.
GRAMOPHONE CO.'S CLAIM AGAINST GERMANY.
Government. The
Many members regretted that well-meaning and outgoing Viceroy
visers and thought that the con- ference between the Assembly and Government members and the
The Anglo German Mixed lenders of both Houses should have been arranged before the Assembly Arbitral Tribunal have issued their recorded its vote on the income decision on the claim of the Gramo- tax proposals of the Government. phone Company, Limited, against supporting the Finance Bill because award, which is in favour of the All the speakers, however, joined in the German
of the over-riding consideration Gramophone Company, is estimated that the budget should be soundly to work out at a figure of about balanced.
£460,000. Sir Maneckjec Dadabhoy, Sir, The claim was heard from Janu- Akhbar Khan and a few others' ary 27 to February 6, and the de- urged that the British Government cision is signed by Dr. Helge and the Indian States be asked to Klaestad (President), Mr., Hober share the burden of India's military Hart, K.C. (British member), and Karl Roth (German expenditure. Sir Maneckjee ex- Dr. Friedrich
Benares and Cawnpore communal riots, the British strength of the Indian army should not be reduced, while others argued in favour of Indianisation as one of the surest ways of effecting retrenchment in military expenditure.
A fair amount of business in woollens has been settled since last trees, some of the trees having two inflorescences yielding at one time. Reorganised October 26, 1928, under reporting and orders for gaber- These two made about 130 cakes of Pressed his cpinion that, after the member).
Gov-dines, coatinga and suitings have
been settled. Some important lines sugar a day from the six trees. of Continental serges and Meltons fare also reported to have been sold, Subscribed Capital ....$25,000,000.00 Dealers seem to have decided to Paid-Up Capital .$24,710,200.00
purchase limited quantities in or- Reserve Funds
$ 3,820,503.82 der to obtain hipment. The amount of busineda offering is be low normal. Clearances have been on a smaller scale but local prices remain steady.
HEAD OFFICE: BHANGHAI
HONG KONG BRANCH: 4, Queen's Road Central,
Owing to our numerous branches in China and large connections in the ini- of the pertant commercial centres
*
SIAMESE CHOK.
T
Mr. E. Miller protested on be half of European trade against the heavy burdens of taxation, parti- cularly on transport, which he urged should get relief at the earliest possible moment.
On November 21 1916, the re- spondents ordered the liquidation of the' claimant's property situated in Germany. This property included the claimants' holding of the shares of the Deutsche Grammophon A.G., 45,999 original matrices sold to the Polyhonwerke A.G., a number of other original matrices, and two re- cording machines.
Preparing Trepang. Referring to a viait to Klawng Hin the report states: A party of Chao Nam, or Orang Laut, were camped on the beach. They had thirteen, or fourteen boats with them, each boat representing family. They were living in low huts, roofed with palm leaf. The palm leaf is cut to size and stitched
Imperial Oila Limited, Moirs in long strips, which are folded up
Limited. Bens Limited and other Sir Arthur McWatters asaured large firms in Halifax report sub- and carried away when camp is moved. These people were here the House that the increased level stantial growth in 1930 and several world, we are able to extend to our MINOR INDUSTRY OF THE TIN devoting themselves solely to fishing of income-tax would be removed are planning extensions clienta special facilities for domestic
for "trepang," which they caught in drag nets. Only one kind of We also handle the issue of Bonde
In the course of a report on a "trepang" is found here, that known and other Public Funds of the Chin- ese Government both at home and visit paid by the Botanical Section as "trepang putih." The method jof the Siamese Board of, Commer-¦ of preparation of this "trepang" [cial Development to the Provinces was slightly different from that in of Runawng, Takuapa, Pang-nga use by the Chao Nam at Kaw and Puket it is stated:
Adang, described in a previous re- commercial eatch of all kinds had a good year, with the crop In the evening, after dark, a port. The boats usually come in amounting to 492,963,400 pounds. somewhat under that of 1929 in small gillage, Panyi, at the mouth of from their fishing in the evening. In the 12 months of 1929 the catch volume but of better quality and THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. |the river, was reached. This The animals are then cut open, and, amounted to 497,762,000 pounds marketable at good prices in the
village is planted on a mud-flat at after clearing out their internal valued at $18,890,499,
and foreign banking and exchanges.
F. M¢Ð. COURTNEY,
Hong Kong, 20th February, 1831.
Manager.
abroad.
SHOU J. CHEN,
Hong Kong, 5th March, 1931.
THE
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,
INC.
Head Office: 65, Broadway, New York.
.U.S.$6,000.000 .U.S.$1,572,454 .U.S.$1,008,209
!
Manager.
Capital Surplus Rosurvea
Arusterdam ADAWID
Alba
Berlio
BRANCHES
Benc Glanyou Herson Hal Have
Nom
Suplen
Pru
Paris
Гольця
Riursite Bumbay
Juterlater
Brussela Loop sinee
Jerusale Lito Loudon
Teking Ferrag
Jesterdaza
Stamboul
Lugano
Luxor
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund
Yen 115,000,000
Head Office:-YOKOHAMA.
Branches and Agencies at:
Alexandria
Batavia Berlin
Bombay
Calcutta
Canton
Changchun
Manila Nagasaki
Nagoya
Newchwang
Peiping
New York Osaka
Rangoon Pergtien (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro
Dairen (Dalny)
Hamburg Hankow
Harbin
Hong Kong
Honolulu Kai Yuen Karachi
Kobe
London
Los Angeles.. Lyons
San Francisco
Seattle
Shangha
Singapore Soerabaya Sydney Tientsin Tokyo
Tsingtau
Interest allowed on Current Ac❘
counts.
Deposits received for fixed periods at rates to be obtained on application.
H, MORI,
Manager.
Hung, Kong, 11th April, 1981..
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Breed
Calra Calculia CLARM
Calambo
Canaan popl
Cupeabagsa Edinburg Florence ORDETA
Liverpool Lucario
Marseil Monte Carlo
Munich
Hinila
Aboutus
Millan
Shanghai Southampton Недорого 21, Mortis Talsiu Vist.be Vale
koba Zurb
Branches of American Express Company in Principal cities of Unit- ed States of America and Canada.
All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.
Perional handied.
investment, accounts
Established 1912.
B
Managor.
Beat Office-Hong Kong.
Authorised Capital (11.5. Currency) (11,000,000 Part-Up Capital
8,500,000 Beste Fund
LRG,000
STKUN.
PROVINCES.
the foot of a limestone pinnacle.
It is essentially a fishing village, its chief product being "kapi" (shrimp paste). A minor industry is the manufacture of sugar from "chok" Bangkok, New York and Ban' Francsson.||Arenga saccharifera). Some time was spent the next day in visiting the gardens where the "chok" Though these places are
Casa Shanghai, Haako,
CORRESPONDENTS
LONDON BANKERS -
The Lloyd's Bank, Limited,
to a pracipal rum of the World.
Foreign exchmore and backing business of
ry daveriptas irsavanted.
Safe Depo Bezen (varloza alxm) si a poorly rantel of from 5 to 40.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
grows.
called garders, the "chok" in them has all, apparently, grown up na- Įturally, and has not been planted. Chief Manager, Two of the gardens lie in a small
valley between two limestone peaks,! on an island called 'Kaw Kien. In
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa, Incorporated by Special Imperia! Charter, 1899.
this small valley, about a kilometre from Panyi, are two or three wells, the only fresh water to be found} near the village. The villagers have, therefore, to fetch all their] drinking water by boat, In the valley are two or three sheds, which are only occupied in the sugar- boiling season, from about Novem- FORMOSA ;-iran, Kay, Kinko, lung ber to April. The village possesses,
Makonj, Nanto, Shinchiku, Talcha, Tafaku, Takao, Tamani, Toen, Beita, "Talis. CHINA - Bhanghai, Hanior,
Bwatow, Canion.
Central Bank in Vormona.
Bank Notes od Avarage amouns .....Yen. £3,000,000 BRANCHES AND LOENOTES, JAPAN :---Tokyo, Yokohama, Hobs, Osaka,
In all, five "chok" gardens. In Amor, Foosbow, the
valley visited there are two OTHERS-Hong Kong Bingapore Bohay gardens, together containing about
Hemarang,
Halaria, Torbay, Jaloutta, London, New York, Dairen.
LONDON BANKERS 1
300 "chok" trees. The other three
The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travelers Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, The London County Westminster and Parr's Bank.gardens were stated to be smaller.
in addition, the world-wide services of its thoroughly equipped Travel De- partment.
Affiliated with
THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources..Over G$2,500,000,000
C. H. BENSON,
The Bank has Correspondente in all the principe Commersial Contone throughout the world.
E. NAGURA.
Manage. HONG KONG BRANCH:
* De Vorz Bood Central. Hong Kong, 1945 January, 1725
Each tree producoe only male in- florescences in the first place, the female appearing later, after the male flowers have fallen. The male| inflorescence yields a larger amount of juice, and with loss trouble, than the female. That this was ao," was
TELAAJUUL¶ÐURARARA22 ¶ (112) |2¢¶534®¶[ƒXƒ?¶¶130 evident from the large number of
female inflorescences that had been
General Manager. COASTWISE allowed to go on to the formation of
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Established 1918.
HEAD OFFICE:
10, Des Voeux Road, Central,
Cápital and Surplus
Total Resources
HONG KONG
over HL$ 8,000,000.00 dusul over H.$30,000,000.00.
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted,
Current and Fixed Deposit, Accounts, In local and for- elgu currencies opened for clients............
Savings Account and Safe Deposit Boxes, ⠀⠀ Branches and ́Agenefes all over the world.
KAN TONG PO,
Chist Manager.
by.
"ALGIE" BENNETT,
An interesting book of Cartoons depicting "Happenings" on the China Coast
PRICE $1.00.
Now on sale at:
BREWERS
WHITEAWAY, FAIDLAW EXCELSIOR BOOK STORE, and at the Publiškers
The Newspaper Enterprise, Lid. Baise China: Mail Building,
fruit, while po uncut male in- florescences were seen.
Before the inflorescence is tapped, it has to undergo a swaying treat- [ment, like that given in the case of the nipa palm Twice every day a man climbs the tree, and sways thei Inflorescence backwards and for- i wards, also hammers its stalk, con- tinuing this for half an hour or so at each visit. The treatment goes, on for from,10 to 30 days before-the inflorescence is cut. Fruiting in- florescences require a longer trent- ment than male inflorescences, and those with older flowers. After“, the swaying treatment is completed, the inflorescence is cut off, leaving the base of its stalk, about 1 metre in length attached to the trunk. On the cut end of the stalk an empty petroleum tin, or large baniboo Joint, la suspended to receive the Julce dripping from the cut surface.
J
In 1931. when the emergency which neces- The same applies, to a certain, ex- sitated it disappeared..
tent, to many of the smaller
сола
The coastal watera of British! Columbia yielded $11,885,561 to the fishermen of the province during the first eleven months of 1930, the
cerna.
A report of the Dominion Atlantic Railway Baya that the apple industry of Nova Scotia has
overseas markets.
I may rush from a dinner to a "Talkie" and later on to a dance. But-
I NEVER CHANGE FROM Gold Flake
WILLS'S
As.mild as a sun-kissed day
in June-as mellow as a rare old port-as sweet as a rich, ripe Honey Dew melon-Gold Flake for mine anywhere, anytime, always!!
GOLD FLAKE
CIGARETTES
AS GOOD AS GOLD
Wave Mügge sanoja (Edina pikaylahka, E.
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