PRESIDENT LINER
Sailing's
ROUND THE WORLD SERVICE
NEW YORK & BOSTON
via Manila-Singapore-Penang-Colombo-Bombay—Suez- Port Said Alexandria-Naples Genoa & Marseilles
"S.S. PRESIDENT ADAMS" Sails Sunday, April 17th. 8.00 A.M.
SAN FRANCISCO & LOS ANGELES
Via Kobe and Yokohama
S.S. PRESIDENT COOLIDGE Sails Saturday, Mar. 4th.-9.00 P.M. S.S. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND Sails Saturday, Mar. 26th.-Noon.
SEATTLE AND VICTORIA
Via Kobe & Yokohama
S.S. PRESIDENT GRANT Sails Friday, Feb. 25th. 4.00 P.M. DULLAR STEAMSHIP LINES AMERICAN MAIL LINE
12, Pedder Street.
THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 16, 1938.
LOCAL DOLLAR
The demand rate on the Hong
LOCAL SHARE
MARKET
Kong. dollar this morning was
1/278.
Following is the list of changes and
morning:
"Spot" silver was quoted in enquiries in local share quotations this London yesterday at 20-1/16 forward at 19-11/16.
and
The London on New York rate was quoted at £U.S.$5.0265 and the New York on London rate at £U.S.$5.03-1/8.
Singapore Raw Rubber
Messrs. H. B. Joseph and Co., have received the following quota- tions in Straits Currency for Raw Rubber:
Feb./March 23% Up % b. April/June 24% Up 3%.b. July/Sept. 24% Up % b.
Market: Steady.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.
HEAD OFFICE:
15, Gracechurch Street, London, E.C.B.
Authorised Capital
Subscribed Capital
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund & Rest
BANKERS:
.£3,000,000
1,800,000
1,050,000
1,247,830
The Bank of England & Midland Bank, Ltd.
BRANCHES:
Ipoh
Kaantan
Kandy
Bangkok
Bombay
Calcutta
Colocabo
Kuala Lipis
Hong Lear
Kuala Lumpur
Howrah
Delhi
Galla
Barachi Kota Bharu
Kuala Trengganu
Madras
New York
Penang
Shanghai
Rangoon
Simla
Singapore
HONG KONG BRANCH.
Every desoription of Banking and Exchange business transacted, ・・
Travellers Cheques issued.
TRUSTEE AND EXECUTORSHIP UNDERTAKEN.
Local
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in Currency and FIXED DEPOSITS received in Local Currency, STERLING & U.8, DOLLARS о termas that may be ascertained application.
D. BENSON,
Manager.
on
·BANKS. Hong Kong Bank $1505 b., $1525 s.,
$1500 sa. c.d.
... INSURANCES Union Ins. $505 sa.
China Underwriters $1.40 b.
SHIPPING
Douglases $60 b.
Union Waterboats $9.30 b.
DOCKS, WHARVES, GODOWNS.
ETC.
H. K. and K. Wharves $118. sa. H. K. and W. Docks $28.90 Providents (Old) $2.55 b., $2.55/60
sa.
Providents (New) 65 cts. a.
MINING
Antamoks Ps. 64 sa.
Atoks Ps. .28% sa.. Baguio Gold Ps. .24 sa. Benguet Consol, Ps. 9.90 sa. Coco Grove Ps. .68 an. Consolidated Mines Fs. Demonstrations Ps. .43 sa. I. X. L. Ps. .74 sa. Paracale Gumaus Ps. .28 sa. San Mauricio Ps. .72 sa. Suyoc Consol. Ps. 21 sa. United Paracales Ps. .55 sa.
sa.
sa.
LANDS, HOTELS & BLDGS. H. K. and. S. Hotels $6.30 sa. H. K. Lands $33/331⁄4 sa.
PUBLIC UTILITIES
H. K. Tramways $15.20/25 sa. Peak Trams (Old) $6% b. Peak Trams (New) $3 s. Yaumati Ferries $24% b.
China Lights (Old) $10.70 b., $10.80
́s., $10.85 sa.
China Lights (New) $7.45 b.
H. K. Electrics $56 b., $561⁄4 ŝa. Macao Electrics $19 b.
***INDUSTRIALS.
Cements $14.10 b., $144 s., $14.15
Ba.
H. K. Ropes $4 b..
STORES, &C.
Dairy Farms $25.20 b. Watsons $5.40 b.-
Wm. Powell, Ltd. 65 cts. s.
MISCELLANEOUS
Entertainments $64 b. Constructions $1% b.:
H. K. Govt. 4% Loan 2% pm. b. Marsmans Inv. (H.K.) .s/- 5/- b.r
5/- sa.
CROSS-WORD PUZZLE
HALLWAY
2
3
14
Empress
Kong
Leave
Arrive
Feb. 23 Feb. 25 Feb. 27
Canada, Mar. 8 Mar. 10 Russia Mar 18 Mar 20 Mar. 22
oaki Kobe
Leave Leave
3 DAYS
GoEMPRESS to America, Europe
Hong Shang- Naga-
10 DAYS
12
5 DAYS
1415 16
18
21
22
25
126
29
33
Yoko..
hama
Leave
Honoluin
Leave
Van- couver
36 37
Victoria Arrivė
22.
47
Mar. 1 Mar. 3
Mar 13 Mar. 15
Mar. 24 Mar. 26
Mar. 12
51.
52
Mar. 22
Mar, 27
Apr. 4
32
16
45
146
17 Days HONG KONG to VANCOUVER By DIRECT EXPRESS ROUTE FROM YOKOHAMA 18 DAYS VIA HONOLULU, PARADISE OF THE PACIFIC
Air-conditioned equipment carried on Trans-Continental-Trains. Frequent Canadian Pacific Atlantic sailings from Montreal and Quebec, down the smooth St. Lawrence Seaway, to Europe.
SAILING TO MANILA Empress of Russia on March 10th. Information and rates from,
Canadian Pacific
Union Building
SPANS THE WORLD
Telephone 20752
58
60
HORIZONTAL
1-Agitates
5-Falls to hit---
~9–Little inland lalands
11-Boy's name. 12-Plan
13-A beverage (pl.) 14-Mischievous chlid 17-Performed 19-Pronoun 21-A condiment 23-Excite
24–Besting place
25-Rub. oùt.
27-House additionTM 28-Chief: actors
29-Gaze fixedly
31-Irons.
43-Recline
88-Father
38-8ploes collectively 39-Weird
42-Wasted
43-Money (Rom. Antiq.) 48-V-shaped place for
splitting 7-Girl's name
Tear sounder
59.
HORIZONTAL (Cont.) |
VERTICAL ́(Cont.)
19-Listen
50-Portuguese coln(pl.)|18-Young cow 51-Uneven
52-Drank alcoholle: 20-Corn-spikes........
beverages habitually 22-Feminine of tsar 54-Steamships (abbr) |24-Gulder 55-To put a burden on[26–Construct
56-Sallora
68-Pleted out
59 Glido
60-Glides on Ice 61-8aves
VERTICAL
1-Voyage at sea 2-Knock
3-Egyptian river. 4-Small piece of 5-Affray 6-Angered „7-Streete (abbr.):
B-Pastimes“. 10-Not fresh 11-Armed conflats #6-Defaces. 16-Plet
28-Cover. scatteringly 30-A compass point
(abbr.)
82-To lash 34-Snared 36-Moved rapidly 37-To be awaiting 38-Sharp, shrill cry 140-Date in Roman
calendar 41-Defensive armor |42-8lants
rack|44-Becomes obstructéch
with sediment |46-Compositions
48-The lateral pařta 49-A river-duck (pl.) |62–Selze
58-Fall In drops. 65-Allow.
67-Mineral spring-