· BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI *BANKING CORPORATION.
Katkarland Capital
Tarsed and Fully Fald-up
Camere Funds L
Sterilag £1,500,000
11,005,900
$40.000.000 10,000,000
Memoria Liability of Propriators com@30,000,000
HRAD OFFICE, HONGKONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS — Hoa, Mr. J. J, Palerson.
Costruose.
T, B. Fence, Esq Deputy Chairman,
1. Mr. W. R. De
1. I. Compión, Esq.
M. Z. Jaca, Esq. ★ Miskia, Bog.
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- BATAVIA
BOMBAY
JAZCUTIA
DANTON QBEVOO DOLOMBO
DAIDEN POOCHOW
ILAIPILONG
BANDURO
ELANKOW
HARDIN
HONDERW
ILOILO
[POSI
Jouons
COME
KOWLOOK
J. A. Macomer. Eve
1.6 Bar, Kıs
J. F. Warras, K
V. M. Omybaro, Eng.
Chiot Stanague.
BRA NOITER:
KUALA LUMPUR
LONDON
LIOND
MALACOA
KANILA
MUAR (Johort)
HUKBEN
NEW VOSK
FELFING
PEKANU
BANGOGY
RAIGUN
BAN FRANCISCO
SHANGHAI
RINGAMLE
BOUBABAYA
ВИКОВІ РАТАН
TIRKTSIN
THINGSAG
TOKIU
TOROBAMA
Cerent Amount opened in Local Öszrendy and Fixed Deposita received for con year t aborter periods in Local Gurmący wod billing en terms which will be quoted on application. Bong Kong, th April, 100%
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Beelzone të the shore Bank je neodusul ĐI VÀO HUNG TUNG AND BEANDER) ĐÀN. KO CORPORATION. Beis may be ableland
paulon
YOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHA2
RING OORPORATION.
9. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief Manage. Hong Kong, a7th Februszy, 1933,
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
Established 1912.
Head Office: Hong Kong.
Authorized Capital (H.K. Cormory) ......$11,900.000 Paid-Up Capital on 0,968,2ND Bouazri Fund some pens. 1,180,000
BRANCHES --
Chanian, Shanghai, Haakow, Ulangkok,
and Han Francisum
LONDON DANKANS |--
The Gayl's Ilank, Limited.
CORRESPONDENTS
Ta në principal elties of the World.
Toraja pichanga nod tasking businem of
Sala Depoífi Bones (variona sinne) si a poorly
ten a from $3 to $40.
LOOK POONG SHAN;
"Chief Manager.
THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中
Reorganised October 26, 1928, under
special charter of The National Gor- erniment as a
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK.
..$24,71- 200.00 ..$ 3,820,003.82
Bubscribed Capital ...$25,000,000.00
Paid-Up Capital
Reservo Funds.
HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAL
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 'exchangen.
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA,
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1863.
HEAD OFFICE; LONDON.
Pald-up Capital Reserve Fund
THE CHINA MAIL.
THE HO HONG BANK, LTD,
(Established 1917)
HEAD OFFICE:—SINGAPORE. LOCAL BRANCH:-/
13, Queen's Road Central
#
8,000,000 4,000,000
Authorised Capital Streite $20,000,000 Issued Capital..... Paid-up Capital .... Reserve Liabilition of
Shareholders
Commerce and Finance
4,000,000 NEW YORK STOCK
BRANCHES and AGENCIES is the principal cities of the world. .£3,000,000
Every description of Banking and £8,000,000 Exchange business transacted,
CHUA KEH 'HAI, ‚£3,000,000
Reservo Liability of Pro-
prietors
Agencies and Branches:
ALOR STAR
AMRITSAR
BANGKOK
BATAVIA BUMUAT CALOUTTA CANTON CAWMPORE CEDU COLOMBO DELHI
BAMBURO
.
KUCHIKO
MADRAS
MAKILA
XEDAN
NEW YORK
TEUINO (Paking) PENAND
BANGIOON
REMARANG
BERENBAN
BRANOHAL
SINGAPORE
SITIAWAN
BOURABAYA
HAIPHONG
ДАНКОЙ
ПАЕВТЫ
FUNG FONG
ILOILO
ΤΑΙΡΙΝΟ
KARACHI
SLANG
КОРЕ
KUALA LUMPUR
IPUL
Foreign
TIENTSIN
TOXOKAHI (Dhukat
TUNGTAO
YOKOHAMA
ZINBUANUA
Exchange and
Banking business transacted.
General
Current Accounts opened and Fix- ed Deposita received for one year, cr shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
A.. BREARLEY,
Manager. Hong Kong, 17th November, 1932.
THE BANK OF TAIWAN,
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
Manager.
THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL & SAVINGS BANK, LTD. Established 1921.
Authorized Capital ...$ 5.000.000 Paid-up Capital ..................$ 2,574,100 Reserve Fund ..# 210,000 Total Resources ......$18,500,000 HEAD OFFICE: 144-150, Des Voeux Road, Central, BRANCHES: Canton, Shanghai, Tientsin, Hankow, Domestic Correspondents at all prin- cipal Cities in China.
FOREIGN BANKERS:
London: Midland Bank, Ltd. New York: Irving Trust Co.
& Union Trust Co.
EXCHANGE.
EXCHANGES.
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS.
A. O. F. C. Quotations. On London-
New York, Yesterday.
Last To-day's
Avor. Aver. Changa 30 Industrials .56.53 60.58 3.05 up
20 Ralla......24.69
20 Utilities ...26.59 140_Bonds *170,74
·Messrs. E.A. Pierce & Co. Ro-
T.T.
port:-The strength this afternoon | On Paris— | demonstrates the real meaning of the resistance given by railroad issues during the past week. For the first time in a long while ac-On India-
T.T. tivity incrassed on the "up side" and we would say that technics) On demand factors are favourable. Business On Shanghai---- done: 1,100,000 shares.
On demand
1/3
On demand
1/3%
4 months' sight
... 1/4
Credits 4 months'
sight
1/4%
26.81
2.221
On New York-
up
20.70 70.83
1.11 up :09 op
On-demand
21%
Credits 60 days'
sight ...
+221⁄4
On demand
542%
Credits 4 months'
aight
582
872
87%
76
Last To-day's
On, Kobe---
San Francisco: Wells Fargo Bank,
Price Price
ྃ་
On demand
1031⁄2
Singapore:
Chinese
Commercial Air Reduction
102%
$ 54% 20% 53 107%
On Manila-
On demand
421⁄4
On Singapore--
On demand
57
584
-52
On Batavia---
8%
*On demand
52%
ย
46
20
24%
น
On Saigon-
1234
18%
On demand.
541⁄4
14%
18%
On Bangkok---
57%
On, demand
140%
3312 81%
30%
Sovereigns Bank buy-
52%
6214
ing rate
-1/4%
17%
-10%
Bar Silver per oz.
17 11/16
14%
1622
16%
Bar Silver in Hong
215% 22%
2247
Nominal
12% 13%
10% 17%
Copper Cash
Nominal
20
20%
21%
Copper Cents
1% prem.
AL
Rate of Native In-
to
09
terest...
21%
23%
Chinese Sub. Colu
12% 19% 36
2014
........... 52. Allied Chemical & Dyo 71% Bank, Ltd.
FOREIGN EXCHANGE & BANK- American Can
4944
ING BUSINESS of every description American Tel. & Tel.
American Tob. "B"
transacted
Current and Savings Accounts open-Anaconda Copper Mining 7% ed and Fixed Deposits received on
Auburn LTD.torms which will be quoted on applica Borden Co.
Hon.
HEAD OFFICE:-Talpek, Formoss.
Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1899.
Central Boat Is Formon Bank Nolos iused Average amount ...Yan. 48,000,000 BRANCHES AND AGENCIES. JAPAN 1-Tokya Yokohama, Kobe, Das. FORMOSA ;-Gilman, Bagh Harenko,
Xmlung. Makong, Nanto, Shinobiku, Taichu, Tatzea, Takso, Tamaul, Toen, its fallo CHIRA :---Elanghai, ow, Amoy, Prochow,
Stow, CRATON,
OTHERS |--Rong Kong Singapore, Surabaya, Bemarso, Dataria, Bombay, London, New
York, DON BANKERB Barclays Bank, Ltd.. Lloyds Bank, Ltd. Midland Bank, Li, Wamloster Bank, IM,
The Bank has Correspondansa las all the principal Comercial Onciens throughout the world. L. NAQUBS,
HONO BOND DHANCHI:
3. Des Vaur Bad Contrai Hong Kong, Drownsber 3, 1981, ✓
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-
MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
(NETHERLAKES TRADING BOĢIETT)
DANEERS.
Katabilubed (894
Long Boug Offen;-17, Qinva's Road Central
Authorized Capital .£. 150,000,000 Pald-Up Capital Roserves
.f.: 80,080,000)
.L. 20,015,000)
Head O-AMSTERDAM“.
Lasters Eload Odor/~BATAVIA,
| Donathan 1---Bandjarmasin,
Bandosag*. Bombay, Calzatia, Churibon, Djember, Djck- [skarte") The Bogun", Hiddah. Kobe, Hai Dover, - Medan, Palambang, ka longan, Prang, Bangoon, Rotterdam", Bemarsog“, Abanghai, Bingsport, Boern bal Boerakarta (Solo), Tegal, Tilinijap| and Waiterreden","
* These offen have Bale Deposit Dozes to Lee.
LONDON BANKERS:——
NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK ·YIDA
Certepondents all over the world. Backlog Darl sam of stary description texameotud. |-
Manager.
A. STOKRINE, Hong Kong, 21st June, 1982
THE
We also handle the issue of Bonda AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, and other Public Funds of the Chin-
4 Government both at home and abroad.
SHOU J. CHEN,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 5th March, 1991.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED,
Established 1980.
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund
INC.
Read Offer: 55, Broadway. New York.
Capital
Surplus
Réserves
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES :
to let at a yearly rental from $8.00) to $22.50.
WONG KWOK-SITUEN.
Chlef Manager.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF
INDIA, LTD.
HEAD OFFICE:
15, Gritechurch Street, London; 2.0A
Authorised Capital ....£3,000,000 Subscribed Capital 1,800,000 1,050,000 Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund & Beat . 1,217,927 DANKERD;
The Bank of England à Midland Bank, I»),
Delaf
BLANDEES.
Įpok
Shanghal
Himla
Canadian Pacific
Motors
Silented Gas of N.Y, 55
DUKE,
-2136
Du Pont de Nemours
man Kodak ........... DU Electric Bond & Share General Electric
General Foods General Motors Gilletto Safety Internat. Harvester Internat. Tel & Tel. Liggett & Myers "B"
Loew's Inc.
Loew's Inc. ...
Wolfemery Ward
Biscuit
D
Pacific Gas & Eletric. 27% 28
Kong
8%% pa.
29%% dis. Hong Kong Sub. Coln Par.
Pennsylvania. Raflway
-184
LONDON EXCHANGES.
Radio
Corp
536
Standard Co. of NJ, 29
Sears Roebuck... 18%
19%
3034
London, Yesterday.
Bangkod
Радат.
Batavia
Kandy
Pora Louis
oceny Vacuum Corp,
7%
Paris
Donday
Karach
(Mariluk
Oklonite
Kota Bharu
Rangoon
Union Carbide & Carbon 29 Union Pacific pa
2414
82
69%
New York
3,20
Celomba
!Kuala Liple
Kuala Lumper
Quila
Kuantan (Pakang) Singapore
Houg Kong
.Madela
Brutabaga
United States. Steel... 80% Westinghouse E. & M., 24%
'ox dividend.
334
Montreal
3.777%
26
Brussels
23.10%
Geneva
Howrah
New York
Amsterdam
16.67% 7.96%
Milan
63%
Berlin
1345
StockholmTM
18.20%
Copenhagen
Oslo
19.19% 19%
KONG KONG BRANUR,
Every desalpina of Banking and Exchangs bust LONDON: STOCK EXCHANGE.
de transacted. Travaller Chaquine Levued.”.
Trustee and Executorships under (Through Swan, Culbertson & Fritz.) takenteeta
INTEDEST allowed - on Current Anonicis, and vi
دم
Landon, Yesterday.
Picad Deposita et Baton that may in arowana: The Stock Exchange ruled very
nagpistos.
qulet but the tendency, generally, Mazago was firmer.
J. B.. ROSS,
Hong Kong, 7th April, 1982.
3. Queen's Bond Central.
NEW
BRUNSWICK
RECORDS
Just Arrived
at
Burmah Oll Anglo-Persian Oll Mexican Eagle Royal Dutch
Coats
Daily Mall Trust
Imaporial Chemical Mapor
Imperial Tobacco
Guinness
Mistillers
Electric
Electric
"List
- Musical tri-
dustries
Turner & Nowall' Unilever Winkars Woolworth Ford. Motors Tanlon Rabber Chartered Tondon Tin Barma Corn. Anglo-Dutch
Internat.
Price :69/4% 81/3-
Vionna
Today's Price
Prague Helsingfors
- Madrid
Lisbon
Athens
7/44
7/8
..$18
#184
46/
Bucharest {* - Belgrade
Rio
88/1038/9
40/8 34/3 34/0 23/74 24/0 95/96/76 80/9 81/-
54/-
40/2 39/0
ti:
12/0
12/- 22/5 22/8
31/- 0/9
6/7
20/0
21/
71/8
21/-
18/44-18/714 15/10% 15/10%
8/0
8/9
30/1% 10/8
10/14 30/~
211% $194
--$104
Nickel Hydro Electric ..9%
81214
Brazilian Traction ..12 Infernate Holdings, >^3-1%% "Shell" Transport & Trad. Ord. (Bear-
48/9
49/45 Courtnulds
80/8. 30/0 Internat. Ten Stores 29/74 20/0
28/20127/62. Pinchin Johnson, 287— *, Pekin Syndicate.
TSANG FOOK PIANO rend
Telephone 24648.
U.S.$8,000,000.00 .U.8.$1,899-8$2.04 U.8.81,458,110.78
COMPANY
Ice House Street.
BRANCHES
Ameledám Lasc Albaan
Ganes
Натода
Nies Supke
Pirms
Ten 117,800,000) £;.
Bartle
Harry N
FRANCE
Biarrita.
Head Ofen-YOKOHAMA.
Branches and Agencies at:
· Bombay -
Bremen
Bevonalo
Interfakes Jatrabah LABO Lond
Palplas
Kaloring
Botterda
Beca
Bimboul
Nagasaki
Lugano
· Batavia
Nagoya
8. Mority
Bombay
Newchwang New York
Monte Curls Manila
Montreux
Alexandria
Berlin
Calcutta
Canton
Changchun
Daizen (Dalny).
Pelping Rangoon Fengden (Makden) Rio de Janeiro Hamburg
San Francisco Seattle
Kankow
Harbin
Hong Kong: Honelalu
Robe
London
"LiAngeles
Manilla
Singapore
Scersbags Bydney Tientsin Tokyo Tsingtan
Calry Caloníán Genom Colombo
Bough phon Bingapor
Then lade Vienna
Edinburgh,
Vanies Foreact
Yokohama Cheers
Branches of American Expre Com- pany in Principal cities of United States of America and Canada.
All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.
Personal Investment accounts handled
The Company offers to intendiag Travelers the use of its travelers Cheques") and Letters of Credit and,
YOU
are invited to Inspect our CHRISTMAS BAZAAR.
Fine Assortment of
EUROPEAN TOYS
at moderate prices
27 Nom.
108%
2272
89.1
1054.
·ច · 546 23712 51⁄2 Buenos Aires Nominal Montevideo
80 Nominal Bombay
1/6 13/64 Shanghai.. ··1/9 1/16.
1/8 15/64 Hong Kong. Yokohama
-1/9/ Silver Spot
17.8/16 Silver Forward 17 7/16 War Loan
97% -British Wireless Service,
SHARE MARKET.
The official summary of the Stock Exchange issued yesterday:—
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1932.
·ARMED CHINESE ROB WOMAN.
Take Money, Jewels Worth $503.
HOSPITALS MAY LOSE RADIUM.
Careless Handling Costly Loss.
PATIENTS SUFFER
Three Chiese men, armed with three butcher's knives, broke into the first floor of 41. Battery Street, Yaumati, shortly after 4 o'clock this morning. Two of the intruders
Radium, the dearest substance had their faced bound with hand-in the world, coating from £13,000 kerchiefs.
to £16,000 a gramme, and the bape They bound and gagged Mrs. of cancer sufferers, is being lost Lam Yeung-aze and other occupants through breaches of the Radium of the floor, and decamped with Regulations. jewellery and money to the total Įvalue of $603.
They remained on for about two hours, they fled,
This revelation is contained in the report for 1931-32 of the the premises National Radium Trust and
after which Radium Commission.
DECISION OF POWERS
NOT FINAL.
(Continued from Page 1.)' Both the Far Eastern situation and the difficulty experienced in
Avoidable accidents, involving loss of or damage to radium, are stated to have occurred at Liver- pool, Edinburgh and Glasgow.
"In considering thesc occur- rences individually the Committee has been forced to the conclusion that they have been in most cases the direct result of serious
Europe in agreeing to arms reduce breaches of the radium regula
tions." tions were cited as reasons for
Of the Liverpool centre, the re- javoiding further reductions in the
United port states: "A large amount of military forces of the
radium was recently lost owing to States,
America's preparatory programme
a disregard of the most element-
of land defense at prosent is inade-ary precautions. quate, said General MacArthur.
Wants Increase.
"The Commission specially da plores an occurrence of this kind, His recommendations to Secretary mine its confidence in the local or which is not only apt to under- of War Hurley included congres-:
sional action to increase the regular ganisation, but may even necessit- army to 14,000 officers and 165,000 ate a raising of the rates of In- federal finances surance throughout the national
centres."
men as Boon 08
permit..
The army's strength as of last June 80, the end of the fiscal year,
Patients Suffer.
It is emphasised that when a
was 12,180 officers and 119,888 en- considerable quantity of radium is lost or damaged, several months listed men.
The chief of staff recommended may elapse before it can be replac also the provisions of additional ed, and the treatment of patients funds for the accumulation of may be seriously delayed. reasonable amounts of specialised Regarding the cost of insuring equipment, particularly for anti-national radium, the Commission aircraft units. Regarding the fail-
"It is unreasonable to expect Jure of the Geneva disarmament con-
ference to reach a definite result that the underwriters.can continue prior to its recess in July, Gen. to charge a low rate of premium,. If losses on the present scale tón- MacArthur said:
tinue."
states:——
Sentiment Felt.
After consultation with the un- "Unquestionably there has crys-derwriters, the Commission has tallised among Important elements decided that "if it should appear. of our citizenry a strong sentiment that any centre has incurred losses of opposition to further weakening of or damage to radium which are of American military strength unclearly the result of carelessness less it is accompanied by sweeping or non-observanes of the approved and drastic cuts, in the armies of vidles, that hospital may, at the diss~- other nations."
cretion of the Commission, be re Touching on the Sino-Japanese moved from the list of national Warfare at Shanghai last Winter, centres, which have been accorded Gen. MacArthur said the incident the privilege of the specially lov centred an unusual amount of in rate of premium hitherto granted, terest in the American army and and for insurance purposes, be owing to this and through It a placed upon the same footing as series of conditions and circum hospitals which pay the normal statices of worldwide import rose. commercial rata premium."
1
NEW VICTIMS OF KIDNAPPERS.
"The tense situation in the Far East which for some weeks in the past Winter flamed into open hos tilities emphasised again the un trustworthiness of treaties as com- plete safeguards of International China is not the only country treaties," he commented.
where kidnappers are active at pre-
"This, supported by the general sent. Two striking cases come to appreciation of the potentialties of light recently one in Europe, and the the Sino-Japanese difficulty for other in South America. They aro widespread disaster, gave rise to a Spain. A French grocer has been feeling of apprehension in a portion decoyed to Spain. The kidnap- of our population and was reflected pers are sending messages to In expressions of anxious concern
his wife demanding money.. as to the adequacy of our defensive Argentina.A rich landowner and structure."
his friend were captured by armed bandits. The landowner Is held to ransom, One of the Argentinians is con- gratulating himself that he is not an excessively rich man, for to his modest purse apparently he owes a state of freedom as briskly return-
BRITAIN AND FRANCE TALK
ON WORLD. DEBT.
(Continued from Page t.)
"The hoctic excitement of Mon- day cooled on considerably this morning, and "the specula-
The British Government la ex- tiva larues would seem, for the tremely anxious that the work done 20/116. 1/741/7present at all events, to be stabilia at Lausanne in devising a settle
ed, Lights and Cements: being ment of reparations should not be steady round about $14 and $10.80, disturbed. The recent British note | respectively, by
to the United States pointed out, In the larger Issues, Wharves however, that "It was in the nature had a Bet-back, having been dealt in at $145.
Raster
DOLLAR SLOWLY GAINS GROUND.
Recovering Losses Steadily.
The local dollar is. steadily re- gaining lost ground, having gain- ed % on yesterday a quotation of 11/8% to stand at 1/81⁄2 to-day.
Silver prices advanced a to |17-11/16 from yesterday's rate of 17-9/16, while the forward price gained 1/16, being quoted at 171⁄2%; The pound Improved slightly, the London on New York cross rate being quoted; at 0-G23.201⁄4 as against LOSS York on Lond
The New
Leted Kyas
terday at G39,20%
med 1/16
to 5 G$8,20-5/16, 2
ostage Stamps,
GRACA & CO. Dealers In Toys,
Interest allowed on Current Ac, addition, the world-wide ervices Religious Goods, Garden Seeds Deposits received for fixed periods of its thoroughly equipped Travel Des rates to be obtained on application partment.
YNDHAM P.O. Box No 620. HONG KONG
IWA DUGGAN,
fremain in took until
Manage
Sales.
Union Insurancas, $520, Wharves, $145
Hong Kong Trams, 120.20, China Lights (New); $13.80.
Hong Kong Bank, $1,650. Canton Insurances, $1,250, Upion Insurances, $515. Underwriters, 12%.43 Douglases, $26. Venz Goldfields, 84.20. Bonguet Explorations, 23 conts. Hotele (Old); $10.102
HK Réalties, $8
Hong Kong Trams, $20.20. Star Ferries,
Cements (Combined), $10.50, Dairy Farios, 328145200 B. Ind. G3 Bonds 69 per cent, Government, Loans, $2% Prem
Bâlers.:
of things inevitable that the Lau sanne settlement was provizional and that its completion was de-i
LOANS TO CHINESE
FARMERS.
Relief Measure In Rural Areas.
Nanking, Nov. 21.
pendent upon a satisfactory settle The Agricultural Finance Com-
ment in respect of debts for which
the creditor powers themselves mittee of the Ministry of Industry were liable to the United States hold its first meeting yesterday.to Government."
It is emphasised that the An- glo-French conversations on this aspect of the question do not in any way imply a united
* front, on the war debts issue,
discuss measures for relief of the acute conditions in rural areas. Among the proposals submitted was one calling for the appropriation of 10 per cent, of the capital of State and private banks or 10 per cent.
It is expected that Premier Mac- of their total deposits, for the Donald will return to Geneva and organisation of an Independent In- ́ the Chancellor to London, to-mor- stitution which will lesue loans to row night,
farmers during the present crisis, Asked in the House of Commons A sub-committer of five was then whether the French Government appointed had Indicated any intention as
the Instalment of Ita Britain due next Mar
cellor polated
it was arran
{ payment!
suspended
force
14:10:
or until it had ratify it
British
Harreres (10%
set in, the
fate to-day
pieces of
hot to poor Wireless Ser clothing for t
farrive, from: Canton