Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION,
Authorised spilakasan $88,808,88 | Loved and Fully Paid-up
90,008,008 Kamery Fundame
Blocking
monzoomem # 1,800,000
Beserve Liability of Propelotusi ........... $36,008,500
HEAD OFFICE, NONG KONG.
DOARD OF DIRECTORS 1——
T. X. Parca, Mag.
Chairman.
T. IL-E. Bhan, Esq.
W. I. Isell, Kaq.
Depely Obama
5. It. Dodwell. Fuq.
A. Compton, Eng.
Bob Mr. 4.0.8. Harkie.
A, Minida. Bag.
Bon. Mr. J. J. Paternon.
J. A. Flummer, Hag.
1. N. Murphy, Kaq..
Acting Chist Manager.
BEANCRIS:~
LONDON
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
| Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1858.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Resorte 'Liability of Pro
prietors
AVOR STAR
BANGKOK BATAVIA BOMBAY CALOUTTA CAMINOW CAWAPORE CERU
NAKILA
MEDAY..
XEW YORK
LYOXE
MALACCA
MANILA
MUAB (Johor)
KUNDEN
KEW FOLK
ΓΕΙΡΙΚΟ
AMRITSAR
DOLOXBO
DELHI
HAIPTONO
HAMBURG
HAMEDY
HARBI
SINGAPORE SITIAWAN
HOUBABATA
TAIMING
TIENTSI
EXCHANGES.
THE CHINA MAIE.
Commerce and Finance
TO-DAY'S QUOTATIONS,
T.T.
|H.K. STOCK EXCHANGE Opening Daily Official Q'tions,
May 15, 1933.
LOCAL COMPANY
REPORT
Union Insurance Society Of Canton Ltd.
£2 A SHARE DIVIDEND
MONDAY, MAY 15, 1933.
WHEAT STOCKS IN UNITED STATES.
Stabilisation Office Activities.
Washington.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
NOTICE.
T IS HEREBY NOTIFIED that P.W.D. Road Work will start on
According to the announcement made, by the President of the United in connection with the annual States Farm Board, the wheat, on meeting of the Union Insurance term at the disposal of the office Society of Canton, Ltd., to be held for the stabilisation of cereal prices the Repulse Bay Road on the 16th. on May 26, the annual report amounted on March 31 to 11,911,000 May Motor Vehicles must pro- |states:-
bushels, as against 30,391,000 ceed with the utmost caution.. The Directors submit to the bushels on March 7, and 257,000,000 Baysales Now shareholders the report, accounts bushels recorded in June 1931.
The President adds in his an
that as soon as the
and balance sheet of the Society
for the year 1932, including there-nouncement in the transactions of its affilist-stabilisation office has obtained the ased companies." As forecast by results aimed at, it will cease to
...£3,000,000 ..£8,000,000
£3,000,000 On London-
Agencies and Branches:
On demand
4 months' sight
ZUCHING
1/444 1/4. 1/4
VADBAR
Credits 4
months'
STOCK
ers er
sight
1/512
On New York
FELPING (Paking!
FENANG
On demand
26% N.
Banke
AANGOON
Credits 60 days!
H.R. Bank.
BASOOM
SEMARANG
sight
NOM
(Lon. Reg.) £
SKRENBAN
BILA NOKAI
On Paris-
Chartered Bankin
(196
нога комо
HOLA
On demand Credits 4
sight
580
Mercantile BK., A&BL) ---
243
months'
ef
.**
620
Bank of East Asia...$108
*
KARACHI
TONGKAH (Phuket)
On India-
KLANG
T301710
T.T.
8944
Amer. O. Fin, C.M.$) Ch. Fin. Cor. O. S.$.
190
KUALA LUMPUR
KAMBOANGA
On demand-
8934
**
P. 5.
15.4. 18.00
General On Shangbai--
On demand
Ensurances
109
On Kabe-
110/2
534 N.
On Singapore--
On demand .......
58
Canton Ins Union 10........ China Underwriters $| .--- China Fire, Ins......... H:K. Fire Io. .....$550 International Anice.S.S
√627
1620
4.75
On Batavia-
On demand .......
5736
On demand
59
On Bangkok-
HOK
TOKOHAMA
Shanghal
On demand ..... 1371⁄4 Sovereigns bank buy-
Shipping
Douglases $ H.K. Steamboat.....$ fado-China (Pref.).....$ (Del.)...$
*
voted
remains
E. D. C. WOLFE. Inspector General of Police. Hong Kong. 13th May, 1933.
(1918). LTD.
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
N
that on WEDNESDAY, 17th instant, the Supply of Electricity will be interrupted at 7 am to the area bounded by Nelson Street, the Kowloon-Canton Railway, Soy Street and Nathan Road.
The supply will be restored by p.m.
SHARE MARKET.
Investment issues continue to
5
13) Chairman in his speech at the last function, and concludes by stating THE CHINA LIGHT & POWER CO.
that out of originally ordinary yearly meeting of share-
G$500,000,000 there holders, the form of account has been altered, and following the balance of G$38,000,000, unual practice in Great Britain the Society has issued: a.consolidated Įbalance sheet in addition to a bal ance sheet drawn up in the method required by the Companies Act, 1929. This has necessitated the showing of various funds and re-prove attractive, and there would serves in a different manner from seem to be plenty of funde about 1.86 heretofore, and your Board are for investment in that section..
satisfied that the new method is Lights and Cements shaded off the best that could be adopted. slightly this morning. but both
be enquired You will notice that the Auditors continue to state in their report that they are Hotels, on the other hand, showed
$7.15 cash
* § 82, 2*
8,665.000 1,104,0),M
ing rate
1/4% Bar silver per oz..... 18% Bar Silver in Kong
Shells (Bearer)nic#{-} .a Union Waterboats ...$
115
Kong
Nom.
Benkow, Bangkok,
Copper Csab
Nominal
Kailan Mining Ad, $/-
Copper Cents
1% prem
Miniar
Benguets
دو
Raubs
AKOY
BANGKO
BATAVIA
DONDAY
CALOUTTA
OLATON
CERFOO
COLONDO
DAIREN
FOOCHOW
HAIPHONG
BAHEURO
HANKOW
RABUIN
BONGKEW
HORO
IPOK
JOHOR
КОВЕ
KOWLOON
KUALA LUMPUR
TEXAND
NGOON
BATOON
BAN FRANCIB00
BILANGIZAT
ВІКОДРОВИ
BOURABAYA
TIENTS
TUKTO
BUNGEI PATANI
TLINGTAO TOKOHAMA
Current Acounte opted to Looal Currency and Fixed Depodle melted for one pane
short perinda in Local Garray and Mackag an inema which will be quoted on appistanica. Hong Kong, 24th April, 1933.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Backboot of the shera Bank la vendarted
ay the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI, MANK- IN CORPORATION. Bale may be shiečbe 10 oppilastien
FOR THE HONOTONG AND KLANGHAI SAXHING CORPORATION.
N. MURPHY..
Acting Chiel Manager, Hong Kong, 24th April, 1988.
OVERSEA-CHINESE BANKING. CORPORATION, LTD. (Incorporated in the Straits Settlement) SUCCESSORS TO
The Ho Hong Bank, Ltd.
The Chinese Commercial Bank, Lid. The Oversen-Chinese Bank, Ltd.
Head Office:-Singapore.
Hong Kong Branch:-11, Queen's Ed. C.
Authorised Capital:-
Straits $40,000,000,00.
Paid-up Capital:-
Strafts $10,000,000.00,
Branches and Agencies in the prinel- cipal cities of the world.
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
Chan Kek Hal
Manager.
Foreign
Exchange and Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fiz- ed Deposits received for one year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
A. BREARLET,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 17th November, 1982.
On demand
On Manila-
On demand
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. On Saigon-
Established 1912.
Head Office:-Hoog Kong.
Axikorian Caplial (13.K. Currenty) ...$1,000.006 Paid-Up Caplial emer Love Fund
Casion
BBASCHRA 1-
and Ba Francisco, LONDON BANKERS :-- The Lloyd's Bank, Limited. CORRESPONDENTS
In all principal diin of the World.
Fesign Exchange sal booking business of avy description "transacted.
"Pila Dapodi Bones (verione visai) at a yosely rowd of from 63 to $10.
LOOK POONG BHAN,
Chief Mansger,
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Head Office: Hong Kong. No. 10, Des Voeux Road Central. Established: 1018.
Authorised Capital |Paid-up Capital
Reserve and Undivided
Profita
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. Canton
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1899.
Bate of Native In-
terest
3%% pa. Chinese Sub.. Coin ... 31% dis. Hong Kong Sub. Coln par.
NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
A.O.F.C. Quotations.
Langkata (Single) 3.F G'hui Explorations 5.3] ***
Loan.........S.
Venezuela G.-Fiekis $ Benguet Explorations $} Desks, Wharves,
Godowns, d H.K. & K. Wharves HK. & W. Ducks $
S. Ch. Motors (A)$} ('("B") $)
Ch. Providents (old) $
(new) *Hongkew
New York, Saturday, Dow Jones Averages.
Last To-day's Changes, N. Engineerings ...S. 'Aver. Aver.
Shanghai Docks...S.3} 82.14 88.85 1.20 down, an 30 Industrials
87.31 36.88 43 down Lands, Hotsis & 28.67 27.00 77 down
* Buildings.
20 Rails $10,000,000.00 20 Utilities
40 Bonds ..
81.00 81.00 unchanged.K. & S. Hola 15 5,598,600.00
Messrs E. A Pierce & Co. Report: H.K. Lands The market continues to act well. We
Branches and Agencies:-
San Francisco
expect more pronounced strength in Shanghai Landa S.$...
rails. Perhaps we will have the cul- M'politan Landi S.... Įmination
of the present rise some tumphreys wh time towarda the next week-end. H.K. Realis} Wheat: The market is narrow. Front-Aus Realtics "A" MS **- taking caused a decline but pressure
**D" MS ---
Was hat heavy and Cotton: a rather active tone prevails, Chinese Exter195 with feverish underwaves of buying Clins Realtics ...S.$ and selling. The sentiment fo more China Debentures S.$ two-sided. Silver: Valuga declined in
London on Commission House selling.
May rather
freely but it is hard to secure bids Ewa Carson S.$.... for "spol" silver.
Last To-day's Shanghai Caton 5.3 Price
Prie Zung Sings S.
Wing On Textile 5.$...
Peiping
Penang
Kangoos
Saigon
2,312,000.00
was
well absorbed.
Banka are offering for
**
Cotton Mill.
44
I
90/8
11
0.80
after.
THE HONG KONG JOCKEY
|:CLUB.
satisfied that the allocations made a little firmness being, bid up to ENTRY FORMS
are in order.
Marine Business. Marine. The 1931 Account has been closed and the profit of £77,474.6.2 carried to Profit and
Loss Account.
to
- The nett premiums of the year 1932 amounted to. £903,117.6.11 and claims and
expenses £499,165.5.5. The balance carried forward, including the additional reserve, amounts to £645,150.7.4.. Fire Insurance. Fire. The nett premiums Sela. amounted to £025,894.8.9 and tha losses to £346,264.2.10. After tak- ing into account commission, ex- [penses of management, and Fire Brigade fees and adjusting the re- serve for unexpired risks there is ja credit balance of £5,181.1.1 which| has been carried to Profit and Loss) Account.
TH
$20
10
30
8.96
1.40
1990
199
Yaumati Ferry
China Ligi (old)*$19
IEEE
19.10
ཟེ་ཚ་གླ་པསྒE
The Fund fncluding the addi- tional reserve, now amounts to £356,786.9.10,
Accident and General, The nett premiums amounted to] | £224,470.7.0 and the claims to £104,021.9.8. After taking into account Commission and Expenses of Management. the profit of £28,178,18.11. has been carried to Profit and Loss Account.
Sales.
Union Insurances $527,4/530. Benguet. Explorations 33 cts. Hong Kong Trams- $21.85/22. Telephones $28.
Govt. Loans 31⁄2% Prem.
Buyers.
Bank of East Asia $98. H. K. Fire Insurances $250. Benguet Consolidateds $251⁄4. H.K. & K. Wharves $130. Providenta old) $9.90, Hotels $7.10.-
HL. K. Realties $7%. Chinese Estates $95. Hong Kong Trams $21.60. China Lights (old) $11.90. H. K. Electrics $72. Cements (old) $0. Cements (new) $1.40. Dairy Farms $27. Watsons $9.40. Constructions (old). 82.70. H.K. Govt. Loans 2% Prem.
Sellers.
Providents (old) $4, Hotels $7.20.
China Lights (new) $11%,
RAFT PROGRAMMES and for the Seventh Extra Race Meeting, to be held on SATURDAY, 27th May, 1933 (weather permitting) may be obtained at the Secretary's Office, the Club House, Happy Valley, the Hong Kong, Club, the Sports Club, and the Stables, Village Road.
Entries CLOSE at 12 o'clock NOON on THURSDAY, 18th May, 1938.
By Order,
C. B. BROWN,
Secretary,
Hong Kong, 15th May, 1933.
GENERAL NOTICES.
NOTICE.
IN THE MATTER of the Companies Ordinance No. 58 of 1911 and
IN THE MATTER of the St. Francis Hotel, Limited
(In Voluntary Líquidation).
IN
TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that all persons having claims against the above Company and who have not yet sent in par-
The Fund at the end of the year, GIRL PREDICTS OWN ticulars of same to the Liquidators Including the additional reserve.
(amounts to £138,404.10.0. -
*
(187
Dividend. The Directors recom-
DEATH.
mend a dividend of £2 per share, Passes At Appointed
payable on May 26, 1933.
... 14
Contributory Bonus-The Direc
105
tors recommend a bonus of 20 per:
+r
.... EA
[95
1933.
Hour,
Milan.
and all persons who have sent notice of their claims and have re- ceived notice of rejection of such
claims are required to forward formal proof of their debts and claims to the undersigned, Liquida- tora on or before the 26th day of
cent to contributors of contribu- "I am sure that I will die the May, 1938, or in default thereof tory premium, payable on May 26, moment that I am 20 years of they will be excluded from the benefit of any distribution made. age," a young girl, Pierina Mar- Profit and Loss Account. The chese of Biella, told her parents before such debts or claims are amount at the credit of the Proft in 1928. The prophecy of her proved. 16.99 and Logs Account after providing own death has come true, on her
Amoy Batavia Bombay
Calcutta
Haiphong
Beattlo
Hankow
Honolula
Semarang
HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa.
Kobe
Shanghai Singapore
Kowloon
Sourabaya
London
Swatow
Manila
Bydney
Melbourne
Taiboku
Nagasak New York Osaka Faris
Tientsin
Air Reduction
73
70
Tokyo
Vancouver
Allied Chemical & Dye 97% American Can
95%
Public Utilities.
8234
81%
Yokohama
American Smelling
27%
1.K. Tramways ..$31,50
81.60
100%
.105
100
Peak Trams (old) ...3
ALL
and
Aubura
American Tobacco. "B" 81% Anaconda Copper Mining 12 ...
BO
.. (now)...$
...
12%
Star Ferries
51
we. 137
201
Borden Co. Canadian Pacifie
34%
13
59%
(+
(new)...
194
H.K. Electrica
Macao #
48
024
Sandakan Lights .... 72x HK. Teht,
is
23
19
ING.
General Motors
€723%
Gillette Safety
Int. Harvester
134 85%
LIMITED.
Read Office:-65, Broadway. New York.
Int.. Tel. & Tel.
Established 1858.
Ospital Burping Reserves
Liggelt & Myers
Loew's Ino,
Montgomery
Int. Harvester (Pref.)100% 102
(bid)... (bid) 1312 ... 834 .319
60%
Industrials. Malabon Sugars Calds Macg 0; $.1
P
184
22
核
Capital (fully paid-ny) Ten 100,000,000 Yen. 119,750,000 Eeserve Fund.
23%-20%
BRANCHES
Oden! Donk in Formoen.
Bant-Notes imaal. Average amouni .....Iss. 68,000,000
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES: JAPAN--Tokyo, Yokohama, Jobs, Cesks. FORMOSA-Diron, Ragha
Correspondents in all principal cities American Tel. & Tel
Keslang Making, Janie Blachlice, Talciu, Talana, Taking Tameel, Toon, Badia, Ille
"Ponchow, of the World. Hankow, Amo?, Bwalew, anion. OTHEM-ing Long Fingapore, Borsbaya, Bearing Balari, Bombay, London, Yew
York, re
LONDON BAKKERS,
Beeslays Bank, Indy Lords Book, Lii Midland Bank, Ltd., Wondzineber Bank, Ind.
The Band at Corvosprodanie in all the pelasipal Commercial Coniens throughout the world. L. KAGURA
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4. Den Van Rood Gastrul
Bmt Long Ducumber 1, 1905.
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
Every descriptios of Banking Exchange business transacted. Loans grated on approved securities.
Safe Deposit Boxes To Lat
J. I. Case
ated Gas of N.Y. 54%%xd 52
Druga,
Motors Inc.
Du Pont de
de Nemours
Electric Bond & Share General
Eastman Kodak
neral Electric
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, General Foods
Head Offs)-TOKOHAMA,
inches and Agencies at:
焼
vwchwang
Bombay
'Dairan (Daizy).
[ew?York:
ties (Makdon) Rangoon
Mankow
Rio de Janeiro: Ban Francisco
HoaLo:
Honoinin virinking
Kal-Tuan .Karachi
"London
Los Angeles
*Manila
allows
Deposits repužjad
: rabas to be olizined
Hong Kong, 11th March, 1923.
KAN TONG PO,
Chief Manager,
THE
U.8.$8,000,000,00 .1.8.$1,833.382.04 *0.8.$1,458,116.78
National Biscuit
Pacific Gas & Electric.. Pennsylvania Rly... 24% 74%
24% Radio Con la Mod 29127281
35 .85
Sears
Stan, Oil Co. of N. 3,
Socony-Vacuum Corpn. 10% Union Carbide & Carbon 85% Union Pacific ALLT 87 United States Stool 4914 Wartinghouse E. & M. 38-**
CANTON BUREAU OF INFORMATION:
China Buses 5.8
S'poreTractions{0.}/{
(P.)
Canton loc
Cerenu (xxx.)
· (old),
(new)
Stores, de
Dairy Farmi
86% 472%
(Continued from Pogo-1), With the view to encouraging and
ons Der A Wings Lane Crawforda" Mackintosh:
Stricenes
W Powells
Wing On 61,F
Branches of American Expesar Com- pany in Principal cities of United promoting foreign trade relations, 11.K. Aumenta Btates of America and Canada. a monthly Bulletin may be lasued Ch. Entitaimenti
classes of Commercial Banking by the Burean in the near future. C. Enterpris
Tourists and visitors are welooms United Thean
setious unda
to apply for Information, and advice
regard to sight seeing
local
in the
for the dividend and contributory twentieth birthday, - bonus for the year 1982, amounts A few days before her birthday to £705,005.10.9.
she caught a chill which doctors Directors. Since the last gen-diagnosed as a harmless cold. eral meeting Mr. J. A. Plummer, But in spite of their insistance Mr. L. J. Davies, Mr. J. P. Warren that she was in excellent health,{ and Mr. W. H. Bell resigned from the girl asked to be taken to the the Board, and Mr. K. S. Morri-hospital on the morning of her son, Hon. Mr. C. G. B. Mackie, Mr. birthday.
JOHN FLEMING, C.A.
A. RITCHIE, C.A. Joint Liquidators,
c/o Lowe, Bingham & Matthews, Mercantile Bank Building, 7 Queen's Road Central.
Hong Kong, 12th May, 1933.
S. H. Dodwell and Mr. C. Blaker Although doctors examined her COMPANY MEETINGS have joined the Board. In ac frequently and found no ailment, cordance with the Articles of As-the girl died on the exact hour soetation Mr. J. Owen Hughes, and she had predicted Reuter. Mr. T. A. Mitchell retire but offer themselves for re-election.
BANK OF ENGLAND'S GOLD PURCHASES.
No Indication Of Return To Gold Standard.
London
According to an article published
on April 5 by the “Financial
Times," authoritative circles in the
SAFETY FIRST !:
THE CANTON INSURANCE OFFICE LIMITED.
NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS.
THE FIFTY-SECOND ORDIN-
Safeguard Your Valuables TAY GENERAL MEETING of
and Jewelleries,
Deposit. them in a Vault
that is really en FIRE PROOF BURGLARPROOF DAMP PROOF!
Shareholders will be held at the Offices of the undersigned on THURSDAY, the 25th May 1988, at [Noon, for the purpose of receiving the Report of the General Agents, together with a statement of Ac- counts for the year ended the 31st. December 1982
The Yollowing Resolutions will
City Nject the hypothesis that the SAFE DEPOSIT VAULT Also be submitted to the Masting:
210 recent parchases of gold effected by UK) (1)" "That as from the 1st day of
located on the Mezzanine Floor of 300 the Bank of England could be re Our New building is Specially
garded as an indication that Great
Britain may shortly return to the Constructed to provide wall of
these Important Qualities 18 Gold Standard,
You may obtain a Safe Deposit They emphasise, the paper say Box in this most up
Vault (2)
for your own
that such a step la impossible! ht
the country's trade Moderate Rental
His unfavourable “and time donal problemas still
very
Inspection Cordially: Inviteds
THE NATIONAL. COMMERCIAL SAVINGS BANK.
· January · 1988: the - emunera” ion of the Consulting Commit
the be increased from $16,000 to: $24,000 per annum."- Thaf as from the lst day of January | 1988; the remunera- thon of the "Auditors Le raised" from: $1,250 to $1,500 per gn= num for. Bach, Flem
The SHARE REGISTER and TRANSFER BOOKS will be CLOS ED from the 11th to the 25th Kay |1983, both daya Inclusiya-ha
JARDINE, MATHESON
Agenta