THE CHINA MAIL, DE
BANKS
CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA AUSTRALIA & CHINA
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund.
BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANG
BANKING CORPORATION
Authorised Capital
Issued and Fully-Paid-up
Sterling
$50,000,000.
20,000,000
Reserve Funds:-
LONDON
£6,500,000
6,000
Hong Kong Currency
Reserve 000 Reserve Liability of Proprie
tors
$10,000,000*
$20,000,000
,000
Work has been discontinued on the site of the Roman city of Uni- conium, at Wroxeter. Meanwhile, an appeal has been made for funds to continue, and extend work on the site One of the principal discoveries this year was the Roman "Baths" buildin g.. There seems some doubt whether the building was originally designed" as baths, but there is ample evidence of heating arrangements of the period. Photo shows visitors being shown The little squares were arranged to the newly excavated Roman baths.
The famous original Roman allow heat to percolate beneath the bath. wall is in background.
MALAYA'S NEW PORTUGUESE
TEXTILE
QUOTA PLAN
REQUIREMENTS ON IMPORTS
The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce has received a notification
Reserve Liability of Proprie
tors
Manchester Branch,
71, Mosley Street, Manchester Agencies and Branches:
Alor Star
feito.
ipot
Kazachi
Slang
Bombay
Kobe
Kamla Lumpur
Gadras
New York
Haiphong
Peiping
(Peking)
Fadang
· Campores Cebu Colombo Dalbi
Basbin: Gong Long
Bangoon
Saizon
Foreign Exchange and General Banking busines. transacted.
Currant Accounts opened and Fized Deposite received for one year or shorter perioda at. zates which will be quoted application.
cinis The Bank's Hand Offcs in. Landar undertakes.
business and Trustee and Executor.
of British Income Tax prerpaid, on recovery terms which may be sacertained at any of ita Agencies and Branches.
R. W. ROBERTS,
Hong Kong, 1st Ja
Manager.
1935,
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Profits
$18,000,000.00
$ 5,598,600.00)
$ 2,776,726.76
READ OFFICE HONG KONG 10, Des Faux Boad, Central.
London, To-day.
effect that from December 1, 1937, there Paid-up Capital Replying to Sir Percy Harris from the Consul for Portugal to the Authorised Capital (Labour, West Bethnal Green) is required for all goods exported to Reserve and Undivided in the House of Commons yester Portugal and to Portuguese Colonies a day regarding the new Malayan Declaration of Cargo which may be Spanish or Italian. After having been textile quotas, the Secretary for written in Portuguese, French, English, the Colonies, Mr. Ormsby Gore, signed by the shipper, it should be said the initiative came from the visaed by the Consular officer in the local government after the full-exporting country, even though est investigation.
Sir Percy asked whether it was merely the official majority which had approved it.
•
the goods may be transhipped in transit. However, in case the goods are origin- ally sent by overland route or by air, in order to be transferred in some port to proceed by sea, the declaration is to be visaed in the locality. where the transference takes place.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:- Hon. Sir Shou-son. Chow, Chairmans Li Koom Yun. Chua, Esq. P. E. Kral Eng Fong Tong Esq., Chan Ching Shek, Esq., Li Lan Sang, Esq., Wong Chu Son, Esq. and Ken Ying
o, Esq., Fung Fing Wah, Esq.
Amoy
Kan Trng Po, Esq., Chief Managem Li Tse Fong, Esq., Manager. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:-
Manila
Melbourne:
Seattle.
Batavia Bombay Calcutta
Haiphong Hankow Honolulu Kobe Kowloon London
Samarang
Shanghai
Saw York
Singapore
Sourat
Sydney
Tokyo
Mr. Ormsby Gore said it was
Declarations of cargo are required to presumably worked out by the Cus- toms, who have to deal with these state the value of the goods in the cur- Canson
rency of the country in which the de- claration is vissed, although it may fur- matters.
Replying to a supplementary ques-ther indicate, its corresponding value tion, Mr. Ormsby Gore did not think in any foreign currency..
would that the new arrangement increase prices.-Reuter.
New China Air Service
Changsha, To-day.
A new air service between Hunan and Hupeh province has been inaugurated here by the China National Aviation Cor- poration-Reuter" e
SCOULD
SO FAT SHE SCARCELY BREATHE
Relief After Losing 14 lbs.
The Declaration of cargo is to be written in triplicate, signed by the ship-! per, including the name of the ship, the name and address of the consignee, the quantity, marks, numbers, and nett weight of the goods and also their kind and origin, and port of ship- I'ment.
gross
Further information can be obtaineä from the office of the local Consul
XMAS TOYS FOR INSTITUTIONS
London, To-day-
The Queen yesterday afternoon
Every description of Banking and Exchang business manercted. Loans gated on approved
securities
Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposita received for one year or shorter periods in Local sud Foreign Currencies on teens which will be quoted an application..
Safe Deposit Boxes To Let.
EAN TUNG- PO,
Chief Manager."
THE WING ON BANK, L77AGOS
Head Office: Hong Kong- 26, Des Voeux Road, Central Authorised Capital $10,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: FONG FONG.
BOARD OF DIREGTORS.
G. Miskin, Esq.
Chairm
Hon. Mr. M. I. Johnson,
Deputy Charge
J. K. Bousfeld, Eng
A. E. Compton, Esq.,?
S.H. Dodwell, Esq.
B. Masson, Esq.**
F. S. Morrison, Ea Hon Mr. J. Fate
„TE. Pasros, IkQ««
A: L. Shield, Tas
Sir Vandeleur M. Grayburn,
Chiaf. Manager.
AMOY
BANGKOK
BATAVIA,
BOMBAN
CALCURITA
CANTON CHEFOU
COLOMBO DAIBEN
FOOCHOW HAIPHONG HAMBURG.
HANKOW HARBIN
HONGKEW ILOILO
IPOE
JOHOKE
1058
KOWLOON
BRÀNCIES:-
KUALA LUMPLB.
LONDON LYONS DEA LACCA MANILA.
MBAR. (SOLIRR)
YURK
PETRING.
PENASG
RANGOON
SAIGON
SAN FRANCISCO
SHAMES
ANGHAR
SINGAPORE
ト
SOURABAYA
SUNGEL PATANI
TEENTSIN
TOKYO TSINGTAO
YOKOHAMA
Current Accounts opened in Local Currency and Fixed Deposits received for one year or shorter. periods in. Local Cumanny and Stealing-oR LETTRE. which will be quoted an application.
ALSO up to date SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES various aitos TO LET
Hong Kong, 1st March, 1937.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK-
The Business of the above Bank is conduciai by the BONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANK ING CORPORATION Rules, may be obtained on appication.
FOR THE HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORFORATION.
V. M. GRAYBURN,
Chief" Manager.
Hong Kong, 1st March, 1987
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK
LIMITED
Established 1880.
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000
Yen 194,400,00 Reserve Fund
Head Office: YOKOHAMA
Branches and Agencies
Bangkok Alexandria
Batavia
Berlin: Bombay Calcutta Canton
Dairen (Dainy)
Motte
Nagasaki
Nagoya
New York
Osaka
Obern
Paris
Perging
Rio de Jeneïro
Fengtien (Mukden) Ear goon
Hamburg
Hankow
Harbin
Hong Kong "Honolula
Fisinking
LONDON BANKERS:-- Westminster Bank, Ltd. Foreign Exchange and every des-¡ Kazachi. cription of banking business transacted Kober
Current Accounts and Savings Ac-London Fixed Deposits re-ManilaTM
San Francisco
Seattle
Semarang Shanghai Singapor
Sourabaya
Sydney
Tientsin
Tokyo
Tsingtan
Yingkow
Interest allowed for Current As counts.
inspected an exhibition of toys and visited the India Office, where she games presented by the members of Government Departments for counts opened. application... ton distribution at Christmas to hospi-ceived at rates which will be quoted on Los Angeles
Trusteeship & Executorship under tals and institutions."
Her Majesty was received by the taken. Safe Deposit Boxes for hire
PHILIP GOCKCHIN,
Chief Manager "There are a number of different all- ments that are apt to arise in men and Marquess of Zealand and spent women when they become excessively more than an hour walking around fat. But if excess fat is reduced in the the exhibition of 24,000 toys and] right way, very often improved health games collected from the fifty Gov- follows as it did with this womans
"I used to have a great deal of fat ernment departments to be sent at that seemed to nearly stop me breath- Christmas to 300 different institu- ing, especially when I knelt down to do tions. British Wireless. any housework, or was walking up a
hill I would simply have to fight for
T
my breath for about 20 minutes But! PRICES FALL
now-that has all gone, thanks to
Kruschen. I have lost 14 lbs. in weight,
and am able to get about in comfort I feel so much better, and am so pleas ed to have lost some of the fat that was steadily gaining ground with me, and ruining my general health" (Miss) A K
There are six vital mineral salts Kruschen. These salts combat the cause of fat by assisting the interna organs to perform their functions perly to throw off each day thos waste products and poisons allowed to accumulate, will be by the body's chemistry
IN
BRITAIN
London, To-day.
NEW- ADVERTISEMENTS
NOTICE.
Applications are invited post of Foreman Engine Fitter,
The Board of Trade index of Chinese or Portuguese. Applicants wholesale prices in November was who should be able to speak and 19 per cent. lower than in Octo-read English must have served an ber. The decline followed the fall apprenticeship and have had con- of 0.5 per cent in October and siderable experience in running and slight falls in September and Au-care and maintenance of heavy gust, the aggregate decline over Steam Plant. For further particu- the four months being 27 per cent lars apply to the office of the Water
Authority, P.W.D. British Wireless.
Deposits received for fixed periods nt rates to be obtained on applications.
YKANO,
Mana Hong Kong, 11th September, 193
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