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BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE (Incorporated in France). Prince's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong.
HEAD OFFICE!
74, Bus St. Lazare, Paris.
Frs.
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Capital, fully paid-up ..., 60,000,000
22,319,000 Reserves
All classes of Commercial Bank ing Transactions undertaken."
Personal investment handled,
33
accounta
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Affiliated with THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources ...... Over G.82,500,000,000
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15th Apr., For Port Baid, Marsellies, London,
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Rotterdam and Hamburg.
LIVERPOOL SERVICE.
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EQUITABLE EASTERN BANK. ING CORPORATION,
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS-- U.S. 84,500,000.
HEAD OFFICE:
18, PINE STIKET,
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:
Au American Bank offering complete Foreign Banking Borvice in the principal Markets of the world. Interest Rates on Application.
This Bank is entirely owned by Tus CHARE NATIONAL BANK, NEW YORK, whose Total Resources are 1,8, $3,800,000,000.
D. M. BIGGAR
28]
Manager.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPLI, N.V.
-~-(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.)
BANKERS
Established 1824. -
HONG KONG OFFICE: 11, QUEEN'S ROAD
CENTRAL
Authorised Capital
BRANCHES :- Paris
Marseilles Lyons Saigon. Haiphong Hanoi Tourans Quinhon
Thanh hoVinh Peiping Shanghai
Hong Kong
Huo Pnom Ponh Tientsin
BANKERS: France: Société Générale, Banque Nationale de Crédit Banque de Paris et des Pays Bus London: Midland Bank, Ltd. Now York: American Exchange Irving Trust Co., Banca Com- merciale Italiano.
!
San Francisco: Bank of Italy.
Every description of Banking and
Exchange Business transacted. Correspondents throughout the
World.
A. ROLLIN,
Manager.. Hong Kong, 1st July, 1820,
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF
INDIA, LIMITED,
HEAD OFFIER : →→
15, Gracechurch Street, London, E.C. 3.
Established 1817.)
HEAD OFFICE¡—SINGAPOBE. · Husa Kosa Orrick :—13, QUEEN's Ro. C.“
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CLUES.
Across 1.-Partiality is transformed to prophecy by the removal of
snall French article. -Sindbad's Old Man' of the
Bea, for lostance. 10-Moan-like the man in the
Bfrqct.
11-Turn little horse doctor
round.
12-A kind of los 12-Had this wonhon no 12, it
would be of very little uso. 14. Many a woman and many an
old sailor does this 17.-This one is continually find
ing fault in grango. 19-What owners of small agiling craft du to their masts before varnishing them. 21.What Shakespearean sharap tar maye, Full fathom five thy father lies &
Authorclsed Capital....Straits $20,000,000 Issued
$8,000,000 $4,000,000 22
| Paid-up
Reserva Liabilition of
Bharoholders
| Surplus -
#
$4,000,000
treeless plain of Russia. 24.-This dwelling is particularly
doggy.
Little things that may be mitor.
7.This is nast.
8. A ruler of the sees. 9-You won't get through if it's
this.
13.
14-The inhabitant of this dwel- ling is pretty sure to have a
13-Did I omit anything other than has hoon mentioned? (hidden).
16.-le sylton. 18.This get for your car-il you
lika alich things 20-The money in the present. 83-Wendoring 25-Those appreciate a good dig --if means work for them. 97.-Come out and see a fruit. 28In America this offce is a
chest of drawers.
-This assembly is supposed to
be most welcome in May, 31-It's very evident that this,
sounds flighty.
$2,620,000. 24, Lach of these has its own - The solution will be published-to-
"little Mary."
Branches, Agencies and Corres pondents in the principal sities of the world.
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. TAN ENG HOOI,
Manager.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-OHINE,
Hoad Office:
$0, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris.
Subscribed Capital Fra.72,000,000.00) Paid-up Capital... Frs.08,400,000.00 Beserve Fund....Fr.102,000,000.00
BRANCHES: Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon
Saigon Battambang Huo Authorized Capital£3,000,000 Cantho Mengtst Shanghai
Nam Dinh Singapors Subscribed Capital £1,800,000 Canton Paid-up Capital
.....£1,050,000 Djibouti Noumea Thanhoa Reserve Fund and Rest....£1,046,500 Fort Bayard Papects Tiontain Haiphong Feiping YouraDo Hankow Puon-Panh_Vinh Hanoi
Batavia
BANKERS:
TI BANK OF ENGLAND and
MIDLAND BANK,--IDA-
BRANCHES:
Karachi Madras Bangkok Kota Bharu New York Bombay Kuala Krai Penang Calcutta
(Kelantan) Port Louis Colombo Kuala Lipia (Mauritius) Delhi
(Pahang) Rangoon Gallo Kuala Shanghai Hong Kong Lumpur Sigla Howrah Kuantan Bingapore (Pahang) Sourabaya Kandy
Gidrs. 150,000,000– (£19,800,000.)
(20,609,170.) Reserve Fund........Gidra. 40,075.000- (£3,334,553.).
Paid-Up Capital...Oldra. 80,030,000 Ipoh
HONG KONG BRANCH: Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Travellers Cheques issued. Trustee and Ezecutorships undere taken.
INTERIAT allowed on Current Ao- counts and Fixed Deposits at Bates that may be ascertained on appli-
C. L. SANDES,
Manager. 7, Queen's Road Central,
Hong Kong, 19th Mar, 1931. [29
Head Office-Amsterdam. Eastern Head Office:-Batxyla. BRANCHES Bandjarmada, Bandeeng”, Bocobay, Cattle, Oberibon, Djember, Djakja karta', The Higum, Hiddah, Kele, Kata-Kadja Makamar, Medan, dang, Palembang, Pekalongas, P nang, Pontianak Hangoon, Better dam", Bemarang, Shanghai, Sibelga
Blagapos, Baraba (Sumatra), BOLERKARA (855), Tegal, Kikarjaycation. and Weiberreden"." *These are havi Baft Deposit Bover To Lets
London Bankers:-- National Provincial Bank, Ltd. | Correspondents all over the world. Banking Business of evory descrip
tion transacted.
A. STOKKINE;-
Acting Manager. Hong Kong, 18th May, 1830. [30
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
-HEAD-OFFICE-HONG-KONG.———-~-
BANK OF CHINA.
Reorganized October 28, 1928, under: special charter of The Nationsf Government as an INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK.
Subscribed Capital.....$25,000,000.09 Paid-up Capital....$24,710,200.00 Reserve Funds $3,820,503.82
HEAD Ornes:-SHARDHAL
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road Central..
Pondicherry Yunnanfu
новодны
BANKERS:
IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque do Paria et des Pays-Bas Crédit Indus- trial et Commercial; Société Générale.
IN LONDON: The National Provid- cial and Union Bank of Eng- land, Ltd.; Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Crédit Lyonnais.
IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co.; French-American Banking Corporation; Guaranty Trusty Co., of New York.
Interest allowed on Current Ac counts and Fixed Deposits accord- ing to arrangement.
Every doscription of Banking and Exchange Business transacted, Safe Deposit Boxes to let.
A. LECOT,
Manager, Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1929.
TER YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK,
NO TAMITED
Capital (fully paid up) Prve Fund Yep £15,000,000
Yen 100,000,000,
HEAD OFFICS: YOKOHAMA
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES AT:
Rio do
Janeiro
Rangoon
Batavis Berlin
Boubay
Cheutta Capton
Kal Yuca Karachi
Kobe London San Francisco
Baltia BroNJE V Changchpp Los. Appolos Bow-ang- Dairen
Manila' Bhabal
Bhimonosek (Dalny) Nagasaki /
Singapore!
Soprabaya
Alexandela - Honolulu Hong Kong Currency. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL...$11,000,000 PAID-UP CAPITAL
8,065,600 RISKEYE FUN 1,100,000. Branches--
HANIOW, CANTON, SHANGHAI,
BWATOW, BANGKOK, New YORK and BAN FRANCISCO, London, Bankers... THE LLOYDS BANK, LTD. forrespondenta
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all Principal Cities of the World. Foreign Exchange and Banking Business of every description transacted.
Safe Deposit Boxes. (värious sizea) at a Yearly Rental of from 5 to
LOOK POONG SHAN,
840.
971
-Manager.--
Owing to our numerous branchés pongtion •Nagoya
Tokyo
in China and large connections in (Mukden). Newchwang Bydney the important commercial centres of Hamburg New York Tiontala the world, we are able to extend to Hankow Osaka
Tsingtao our clients special facilities for urbla Peiping domestic and foreign banking and Hong Kong
Intorost allowed on Current An- exchange.
We also handle the issue of Bonds counts. and other Publio Funds of the Deposits received for Fixed be obtained on Chinese Gorerampat both at home Periods at rates to
application. and abroad.
SHOU J. CHEN,
H. MORI, Manager. | Mabagar
Hong Kong, April 11, 1931.
29.-Reverse this for a group of ... South Pacific islands. ---- 31.Anything may turn on this. 32-Only half an apology, but of
equal value,"
morrow.
33-This sircus is opon all the SATURDAY'S SOLUTION.
year round in London.
34.-The refuge of, the shuffler, 06-An elephant trying to thread needle while wearing box- ing gloves might exemplify
this.
Dowa.
HALLUCKFATION
MONARCH
81 LEAT 48 I, E 0 0 0 0 PLUMEN"-TV PDPT FIA NYMS DE E [NE D ́E 2-This is very axhqusting until UYDOING "MYN HEE B
aking loses his head-when-▪▪▪▪▪ it becomes his sport.
3. Although rather more than a
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ARDUOUS MADEIRA
debt that is really all that it MOTOTEN O IKET PIGHYMESH 4.-What is the word of which ✪D N__D_A__B_E the following are anagrams NIGGARD A BUTTED enlist, inlets, silent?
5.-If a man pats this round his ___*__*__L
neck nowadays, it is under à different name.
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