THE
CHINA MAIL.
BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Aathered Ceplist 2 - 121,100,00 Faxed and Fully Paid-up. $30,004,904 Bimentva Punda 1--
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853.
THE KO HONG BANK, LTD.
(Established: 1917.) *
HEAD OFFICE:-SINGAPORE. Hong Kong Branch: 13, Queen's Ra. C.
haring TUIVAT
$10,000,0
I
Sezarna Kila? 18s at Piopriaton ... 300,000,000
M. Mr.
h.
HEAD TRICE: HONG KONA, ·
FOARD OF DIRECTORS:-
on. Mr. C. B. Ms.
Chairman.
Hon. Mr. . J. Punon,
Deputy Chairman,
4. Dall, C. F Pearce, og Compton, Exq. 2. A. Piemmar. E44.
B., Landar bewis. Pag. T. 1. R. Shaw, Esq.
shin. Kag.
J. Warren, Eng
Oklet Manager.
Y.-M. Orayburn, Esq.
LJONE
BRANCHES
ANDY
BANDEUR
BATAVIA
BOMBAT
DALCUTTI
CANTON
*PDO
COLOMBO DAMEN FOOCHOW
TAIPHONG
MAMOURG
KANKOW ELARDIN
HONGLEW
ILOILO
FUEL
JOHUR
KORR
SUWLOON
KAALA GEMPUR
MALACCA
MANILA
MUAR (ural
MURDER
NEW YORK
PRIPING
PENANG
BANDOON
SAIGON.
SEN FRANCIN
SANO
S.NO APH
60 BABAT&a
BUNDEI PATANI.
TIENTHIN
TOKYO
THING TAU YOKOHAMA
Current Acquale opened in Lonal Currinay
* File Deposits received for one your
smic periode la Love Currency vid Mooring * which will la qurtad va kopilestias,
Hong Kong, 245 Pebruary, 19DE.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The fueless of the bors Dank is conduct ed by the HONG KONG AND BRANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Bules may be
brained_on_ *NOKON AND BHANGHAI ·
FOR THE
BANKING CORPORATION.
V. N. ORAYBURN,
deng Kng, Bib July, 1980.
Cikini Muongst
THE BANK OF CHINA.
行錤國非
Reorganised October 26, 1928, under
special charter of The National Gov-
crnment as an
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK.
Subscribed Capital
....$25,000,000.00
Paid-Up Capital ......$24,710,200.00
Heserve Funds
Commerce and Finance
RUBBER 2,087,000 MALAYAN
LAST YEAR.
Authorised Capital Straits $20,000,000 Issued Capital....
་་
8,000,000
Paid-up Capital ...
4,000,000
Reserve Liabilition
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Paid-up Capital
af Shareholders. Surplus
4,000,000
Reserve Fund
Reserve Liability of Pro-
Arlotors
.£3,000,000' £4,000,000
..£3,000,000
Agencies and Branchen:
ALUI HTAB
KUCHING
MADNAN
AMRITHAN
BANOREX JIATAVIA BONDAY *CALUUTTA
CANTON DAWNPURE
CZBO
COLONDO DAIREN DELHI HAIPHON
HAMBURG
11ANEOW
HARBIN
IING KONG
MANILA
MEDAN
NEW YORK
PRPINS (Peking) PENANU
HANGOON
BAJOON
BEMARANO
ЗЕНКЫНАК
SUANDUA
SINGAPORE
SITLAWAN
Branches, Agencies and Correspon- dents in the principal citius of the world
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transactod.
TAN ENG HOOL,
Manager.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.
HEAD OFFICE:
96, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris.
GOUDABAYA
ILOILO
TAIPING
TIENTBIN
KARACHI
TOKYO
KLANG
TONGKAI Bhuts!)
TSINGTAO
KUALA KANGSAR
YOKOHAMA
Santon
KUALA LUMP
ZAMBOANGA
Djibout!
Foreign Exchange
and
General Fort Bayard
FOBE
Banking business transacted.
. Mengtzo
Peking Baiphong Current Accounts opened and Fix-aakow
Fanci ed Deposits received for one year or which will shorter periods at rates
he quoted on application...
Manager..
J. STUART,
Hong Kong, 17th August, 1031.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
HETHERLANDE TRADING HOCIETY:
ПАНКЕНА
Yablished 1894.
I
Nong Kong Us:-15, qusen's Bond Catal
Authored Cap.zi
Pald-Up Capital,
Racing Fund
Quitdues 100,000,000-
11,850,000. Guliders 80.000,00
(6,667,170) Guilders 40,838,000
Head Omon-AMSTERDAM” Eastern Head Omos:-DATA VIA. ANODERdjermanin, Dending", Bombay,
Calouste, Cheribor, Djember, Djok jukaria", The Begun", Jeddah, Kobe, Kota-itudja, Makuasar, Medan, Padang
Panang Palembang, Pakalongan, Pontiach,
Haugoo Bollerdam" Bax" kanghai, Hibolga (Nematik), Singapore Bourbis Boerakarta (Bolo}, Tegal, Villejup and Welterradio"
* lavet derden ve safe deposit boxes a lat. India Bankers-Maktous! Provincial Bank Ind. Correspondente ali over the world
Danking bualueen of ovary description transacted.
A, STOKEINE;"
av Kong, 18th August, 1080 ..$ 3,820,503.82
HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road Central.
Owing to our numerous branches in China and large connections in the im- portant commercial centres of the world, we are able to extend to our clients special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and exchanges.
We also handle the issue of Bonds and other Public Funds of the Chin- cse Government bath at home abroad.
SHOU J. CHEN,
Manager. Hong Kong, 5th March, 1031.
THE
Tientaln
Dr. Tempany's Reviews.
SOIL, FERTILISERS AND BUDDING
MONDAY,
COAL EXPORT.
International Congress
In London.
AUGUST 31, 1931.
Rugby, Saturday.
Conference
International
atimulated activity in this dirce- The tion, and many testates have now which will consider the general embarked upon experimental pro-
coal export trade position as it grammes of manuring. It is now
affects European coal producing generally recognised that the pro- countries will be held next month blen of manuring rubber is a specialised one differing from that of the majority of other raps
inasmuch m the amount of plant
food removed by the crop is pra tieally negligible, and manuring si In his report on agriculture in required rather as a stimulant to Malaya in the year 1980 the Direc-growth and as a means of replacing of Agriculture. Dr. . A.Kosses which have occurred in the. Tempany, states that the total areas past owing to defective soil man- under rubber in Britain at the end, agement than as a consequence of or the year was estimated to be continged cropping.
Stor
£2,937,670 acres.
very had
areas
in London.
Invitations sent by the Central Council of the British Coal Mining Industry, have been accepted by
German, French, Polish, and Bel-
gian interests.-British Wireless Service,
UNDER-PRODUCTION
Scientific Distribution Needed..
An emphatic denial that Britain} is suffering from "overproduction was given by Mr. J. Gibson Jarvie, the London banker, chairman of United Dominions Trust, when ad- dressing the Glasgow Rotary Club recently.
abscribed Capital Fr. 12,000,000.00 Fald-Up Capital...Frs. 88, 100,000.00 Leserve Funds ....Fra 102,000,000.00 BRANCHES:
Fertiliser Problems. Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon
Continued investigation has shown Sinn holdings were estimated to Saigon Battambang Hue Cantho
Shanghai have produced 215,089 tons out of the value of applying nitrogenous Nam-Dinh Singapore the total production of 151,864 tons, fertilisers on a number of catates, Numea Thanha The Dutch East Indies produced while on others evidence has ac- Papeete
Indicates that 270,000 tons, and Ceylon 75,000 tons.cumulated which Tourano Pnom
Penh Vịnh The estimated area of new plant-response to potash fertilisers. Is Pondichery Yunnanfu
obtained. ings in Malaya was 20,193, acres. BANKERS:
Throughout Malaya the larger
bear in Aa important fact to IN FRANCE: Comptoir National estates on the whole maintained the mind is that, in the first instance, 'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnala::| Sanque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; normal standard of upkeep through attention should be paid to medium
and arens which "The true remedy for the present Credit Industriel et Commercial; Scout the year, but especially during yielding areas theve Generale.
ter months some curtailment how initial signs of deterioration, amazing and inexcusabic, situation IN LONDON: The National Provin- fieldwork became, inevitable as Some
cannot be is not restricted production, but 11 & Union Bank of England, Ltd.: the result of the low price of rub-treated cecnomically, while on some stili more production, coupled with Comptoir Nationa! d'Escompte de
ber: staffs and labour forces were estates, increased Fields due, to deientific. and adequate distrod 2; Credit Lyonnais.
curtailed, salaries and labourers' manuring will be delayed till the tion," said Mr. Jarvie. "If we are wages were reduced, and tasks were vogelative characters of the trees to become prosperous again, we increased, with the entction of the especially foliage and bark renewal must speed up production, not cut Labour Department, while a con-have been improved.
it down; but we must create a siderable. number of Indian: In view of the availability of system of distribution which will had been repatriat-high yielding planting material, in- move goods when they are produced. labourers
to the end of the tarot is being taken in rejuvena- We must adapt the old economic year;, so far as is known notion and replanting of old rubber machine to meet the new needs, or estates had been abandoned, but areas, which show signs of marked evolve a new system altogether. semination of existing conditions decrease in field or on which root "There, it seems to me, is the Manager. inevitably lear to the elimina-disease is becoming the limiting real key-note of our troubles to- Enstor h the life of the trees or day. The means, of exchange our Lion of the weaker units.
Considerable economies in produc- the yield of latex.
system of exchange-has completely tion have been elfected and many Factory Practice Improving. broken down. Until we have eatab-
ntes have found it possible to re- Investigations, in
relation. tolished a system which is capable of duce their folb. cost of production estate factory practice have demon- dealing with the goods which the La 10-12 cents per lb. Straits cur-strated the possibility of increasing world can produce to-day, depres reacy. a figure which, however, the output of sheet rubber by the sion and dislocation will stay with leaves little or no margin. for pro-use of wide roll light machines and us. fits and allows nothing for improve-deep coagulating tanks.
On several estates venta.
IN NEW YORK: J. F. Morgan Co., French American Banking Cor pozacion; Guaranty Trust Co. of New
York.
Interest allowed on Current Ac
SOUAIS and Fixed Deposits according
0 arrangements.
Every description of Banking and Exchange Basiness, transacted. Safe Deposit Boxes to let.
A. BONNAUD,
Hong Kong, lat May, 1931.
THE NATIONAL CITY BANK' OF NEW YORK.
HEAD OFFICE: 55, Wall Street,, New York.
Capital, Surplus and
Undivided Pronts.U.S.$228,037,392
Branches in
ARGENTINE LONDON
Нависат
BELGIUM BRAZIL
CHILE
CHINA
COLOMBIA CUBA
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
INDIA
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,
INC.
Head Office: 65, Broadway, New York.
.:U.S.$0,000.000 :U.S.$1,572,484
. U.5.31,908,209 -
BRANCHES:-
'
Capital Surplus
Reserves
And
Autorde Antwory
Acha
Bela
Holi
arriis Bombar Breman Brunet Buenos Air Chirp Delegita
fean
Unc Glasgow Kayaca Hamburg Havre Interlaken Jerusalam Lido Looden Liverpool Lanerne Lugsto Luxor Marsell
Non Naples P1:24U Parts
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.. Established 1912.
Boad OBee-Hong Kong.
Authorised Capital (II.E. Ourrency: $11,000,000
Raid-Up Capital vanirannominatamamı Einesces Fund
DSENORES 1-
8,663,500 1,100,000
Cason, Banghal, Baskow, Bialow, Hango, Haw Tock wod San Frandace.
CORRESPONDENTI
LONDON BANKEX83—
The Lord's Back, Limited
・alilon of the World.
Ka stangs sad, banking' buelase
Worl
my kasoristim transacted.
Bata Depois Barse (1azione plase) as a jokely matal of from 5 to $10.
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Colantbo
Cozataulinople
Copenhagen Edinburgh Flo Gabata
Meals Carto
Manila
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Munich Montout Mlad
JANDE Peking I'laro Rotterdam Доста Bamboui Shachat Southampto Hinpaperi 131. Marita
Tirstela Vienna
Vy Yokohama Turton
Branches of American Express Company in Principal cities of Unit- ed States of America and Canada.
All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken
Fersonal investment handled:
accounts
ITALY JAPAN
MEXICO
PANAMA PERU PHILIPPINE
ISLANDS PORTO RICO STRAITS
SETTLEMENTS URUGUAY YANEZUELA
ed
up
Continued, attention
output Interest in Budded Rubber. equivalent to 1,200-1,300 lb. of dry has been rubber per hour has been obtained given by estates to the planting of with a light battery of three smooth high yielding clones' of budded rub-roll and one marking machine com- Ser. During the year importationpared with an average output of of budwood from the Netherlands 400-500 lb. per hour obtained in the East Indice was continued but the best factories. quantity imported was less than in 1929, result partly due to Snancial reasons and partly to the increasing production of budwood from estates' multiplication nurseries.
2
The handling of the coagulum from the coagulating tanks without preliminary hand rolling has been effected by means of suitable aluminium chutes.
has
Commercial and Travellers' Letters
An Investigation of tex The total area of budded rubber of Credit, Travellers' Cheques, Bills of Exchange and Cable Transfers the Straits Settlements and resulted in the isolation of alipin bought and sold. Current accounts Federated Malay. States at the pre-body which appears not only to be and Savings Bank accounts' opened and Fixed Deposits in local and for sent time is estimated to be 73,500 of importance in relation to rate. eign currencies taken at rates that res. It is known that large areas of vulcanisation but to be closely may be ascertained on application to in Kedah and Johore have been related to the important variability the Bank,
tomers the services of the Branches
od later. Several new clones
of
We are also able to offer our Cus-grafted: figures will be publish-in plasticity of plantation rubber. Investigations on the presence of great promise have also been dis-tine sand in intex and sheet, rubber covered and records of them are now have demonstrated the importance being kept by the Rubber Research of preliminary settling of latex and
careful straining in Institute.
Records of high yielding mother similar strainera Manager.trze on a number of estates have sleves.
continued and buddings. of beeh
of the International Banking Corpora- tion in San Francisco and Spain and also of The National City Bank of Now York (Franca), S.A. in Paris and Nico.
F. McD. COURTNEY,
Hong Kong, June 16, 1981.
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.
(TAIWAN GINKO.).
HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa.
Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899.
+
"box" or with Vertical
"More attention has been given to the means of exchange than to the goods, which the exchange was in- tended to represent. It is historic- time a new that ench ally true gold deposit is found trade pros- pers immediately. That means that industrial and commercial pros- perity are dependent almost entire- ly on the purely fortuitous dis- covery of a precious metal."
FACTORY DISCIPLINE IN RUSSIA.
Under a Decree of the Govern- ment of the. Soviet Union, workera
are made responsible for the main- tenance in good condition of the materials and working clothes on- trusted to them. Any worker, who is convicted by a joint committee of having lost, stolen, sold or de-
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PRIVATE HOTEL. Austin Road, Kowloon. (Facing the Kowloon Cricket Club. Four minutes from farry by bus.)
Suites of rooms (single and double), hot and cold water system, all modern sanitation, private. bathrooms attached.
EXCLUSIVE TABLE entirely under European management.
Hotel has a splendid aspect in one of the finest locations in Kowloon, away from noise, yet easily accessible. Tarms very moderate. ResorVR- tions by letter, or cable.
CLAREMONT
Tels.: 57380 & 57386 (Private). Telegraphic Add.: "Fern" H.K. Our motto is "SERVICE."
liberately or carelessly damaged ALEXANDER
undertaking, The INSTITUT
tools or working clothes must com-
disciplinary punishment or
may
A feature of the year has been pensate the ome of them have already been the large number of inquiries for management may also impose a DE BEAUTE made at the Rubber Research In-advice and asistance received by the stitute Experiment Station. It is Rubber Research Institute anticipated that a number of valu- respect, of various defects in raw able Malayan clones will be derived rubber. from these trees.
in
the worker. The com prosecute Pensation is recoverable by the management by a deduction from
Phone 25169. Pedder Building
(1st Floor)
Opposite Entrance to the worker's wages. This deduc- Hong Kong Hotel. Small Holdings.
tion may not exceed 25 per cent. of Lusirous Oil Permanent Hair Waves Numerous inquiries dealing with
Increasing interest; has continued the worker's earnings, and if other which are Large, Soft and Natural the technique of budding have been received by the Rubber Re- centre on the production of rab-deductions are being made at the Artistic Finger and Marcel Waves, Oil ber from small holdings. Data same time the total amount of all Treatment, Shampooing. Henna Pack! search Institute and dealt with, while advice is being freely sought collected by the Statistical Division deductions may not exceed 50 per (any eqlour), Hair Cutting and Mani- of the Department of Agriculture cent. of carpings. If a worker is stentious, Artistic Work by European cure for Ladies and Gentlemen. Con-- estates by and given to FORMOSA One, Bagh Karesko Lesions, suitability of the best known clones place the production on small hold- dismissed without having paid for Expert, Mr. Alexander.
Taka Tamsul, Tosa, Haito, Teo and their establishment either asings for the two yeans 1929-1990 at all the damage done, the manage- THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, of its thoroughly equipped Travel De Guía farin, Hankov, Amp
pure clones in Blocks or as mixed the following figures:
1929
-1930 LIMITED.
Bora plantings..
Calcutta,
F.M.S. 110,282 ton 110,206 tons
Chief Manager.
Established 1860.
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 .Yen 115,000,000
Reserve Fand
Elend Office:-YOKOHAMA.
Branches and Agenelen at:
Alexandria
Batavia
Berlin
Bambay
Calcutta
Denton
Changchun
Nagasaki
Nagoya
Newchwang
New York
Osaka
Parla
Peiping
Dairen (Dalny) Rangoon Fization. (Mulder) Bio de Janeiro
Hamburg Hankey Harbin
Hong Kong Honolulu
Kal Yuen Karach! Kobe
London
San Francisco Beattle Semarang Shangha Shimonosek! Singapore Soerabaya
Sydney Tientsin Tokya Tsingtau Interest allowed on Current Ac
Los Angeles
Manita
Deposits received for fxed periods
at rates to be obtained on application.
E MORI
Manager,
Roni Eong, 70 Ti 1981,
The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travelers Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world-wide services
partment
Affliated with THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources ..Over G$2,500,000,000
C. H. BENSON,
General Manager.
Coats) Bank in Formons. Bask-Norsed Average amount ...Xen. £5.000, (KAS BRANCHES AND AGENCIES: JAPAN:Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe, Osaka.
Yako Nanto, Bobiku, Taich, Tarati
Swatow, OTHERS-Bang
London, New York, Balen.
LONDON BANKERS:
Foochan,
Cominola Cantem kroughout the world.
I. KAGURA.'
HONO, KONO BRANCH:
8. Das Vaur Hood Can Bog Kong, h January, 1929
isnager.
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.inchen and higher.
Established 1918.
HEAD OFFICE:
on the
U.M:S..
38,770 ,, ap. $6,113
"
It will thus be seen that the pro- duction from holdings as yet shows no sign of diminishing.
to
ment may
CHARGES MODERATE. recover the balance of A VISIT WILL CONVINCE YOU. compensation through the courta in the ordinary way-Engineering.
Many estates are also now pre- S.S.
of single The Loudon County Wallisleer and Parr's Bak.pared to plant blocks
BOOT INDUSTRY WAGES, The Bank has Correspondente, in sil, the principal clones which have a sufficiently long record of tapping and which have not developed any defcets."
Consider- It is understood that owing to In view of the fact that mostable attention has been given to the the urgency of the position Judge plantens are now convinced of the value of budding, interest has also question of bark consumption on Drucquer, of the Northampton been taken in the high budding of all holdings and proposals put County Court Circuit, has accepted 2% to 4-year old stock and small forward for undertaking a regular the position of umpire to the areas have been budded at 18urvey in this respect. Preliminary Northampton Board of Conciliation observations conducted during and Arbitration associated with the the
. year appear
In-boot and shoe industry relative to. Silt Pitting And Budding, dicate that in the effort to the percentage over the minimum Interest In questiona of Boll obtain as large a yield as possible rate of wages to be fixed for excep management and systems of soil the rate of consumption on small tionally skilled operations. conservation has continued to ex- holdings may be considerably out- tend; present practice on the whole stripping the rate of bark renewal.
There Is no question that many" favours silt pitting and bunding
Some owners of small holdings combined with clean wending as the small holdings have been severely have dismissed, their tappers and most satisfactory system, as against tapped, while the general upkeep undertaken the work themselves. the establishment of cover crope has to some extent deteriorated. Many more have re-introduced the and the question has been raised as In places a certain number of the pernicious produce sharing system to whether the establishment of poorer holdings have remained whereby the tapper receives as pay heavy covers does not tend to untapped for a number of months; the larger share of the rubber ob diminish latex yields. The question on others tapping has only been tained and, in consequence, extracts is under investigation.
discontinued temporarily during ad every ounce he can, regardless of Interest in manuring has also verse weather conditions, during damage to the trees, Where wages tended to expand. The successful padi planting or harvesting opera have been paid the rate, given, has results obtained in Sumatra in rais-tlons, or during a period when the perforce been the lowest possible, ing latex yields by manuring have price of rubber was at its lowest.
Straits Times.
10, Des Voeux Road, Central. HONG KONG
Capital and Surplus
Total Resources
"
over H.$ 8,000,000.00 over II.$30,000,000.00 Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
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Current and 'Fixed Deposit Accounts in local and for- eign currencies, opened for clients.
Savings Account and Safe Deposit Boxes. Branches and Agencies all over the world.
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager. :
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