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FOUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE (Incorporated in France). Prince's Building, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong
HEAD OFFICE:
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*
Affiliated with THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK) Resources Over G.89,500,000,000
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LANE, FLEET STREET: E.C. 4, are pre shorter periods in LOCAL CURRENCY Special Working Capital, 50,000,000 TRE BO HONG BANK LTD.
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Addresses
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CAPITAL AND SURPLUS...
U.S. $4,500,000.
HEAD OFFICE:
. 18, PINE STREET,
NEW YORK.
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"PERSEUS"
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For
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Butterfield & Swire,
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CHARK NATIONAL BANK, NEW YORK, whose Total Resources are U.S.
$2,800,000,000.
D. M. PIGGAR,
Manager.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- -MAATSCHAFFIJ, N.V.
(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.)
BANKERS
Established 1821,
BRANCHES Paris Lyons
Marseilles Saigon . Haiphong Hanoi Tourone. Quinhon Thanh hoa Vinh Peiping Shanghai
Huo Pnom Penh Tientsin
Hong Kong
BANKENS: France: Société Générale, Banque Nationale de Crédit Banquo de Paris et des Pays Bas. London: Midland Bank, Ltd. New York: American Exchange Irving Trust Co., Banca Com- merciale Italiana
San Francisco: Bank of Italy.
the
Every description of Banking and
Exchange Business transacted. Correspondents throughout
World.
A. ROLLIN, - Manager. Hong Kong, let July, 1920.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE:- 18, Gracechurch Street, London,
Established 1917.) '.
RAD OFFICE :-SINGAPORE. HONG KONG OFFICE :~13, QUEEN'S RU. C.
#
P
OF
Authoreisod Capital....Straits $20,000,000 Isamod
$8,000,000 Paid-up
$4,000,000 Reserve Liabilition of
Bhareholdora
$4,000,000 Surplus
$2,500,000 Branches, Agencies and Corres- pondents in the principal cities of the world.
21
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. TAN ENG HOOI,
Manager.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-OHINE,
Head Office:, 00, Boulevard Hauzamaan, Paris. Subscribed Capital Fra.72,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital... Fra.68,400,000.00 Reservò Fund Frs. 102,000,000,00
BRANCHES: Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon Battambang Hus
Saigon Authorized Capital £3,000,000 | Curthe Mengtaz Shanghai Subscribed Capital.£1,000,000 Canton Paid-up Capital £1,050,000 Djibouti
. Nam Dinh Singapore Noumes Thanhoa Reserve Fund and Rest...£1.646,606 Fort Bayard Papacta Ticatsin Haiphong Peiping Tourate Hankow Phim Panh Vinh Hanoi Pondicherry Yuanaofu
E.C. 3.
BANEELO:
THE BANK OF ENGLAND
And
MIDLAND BANK, LTD.
HONG SONG OFFICE: 11, QUEEN'S ROAD Calcutta
CENTRAL
Authorised Capital
Batavia Bangkok Bombay Colombo Delhi Gallo
BRANCHED:
Karachi Madras Kota Bharu New York Kuala Krai Penang
(Kelantan) Port Louis. Kuala Lipis (Mauritius) (Pahang) Rangoon Kuala Gidrs. 150,000,000-
Shanghai (£12,500,000.) Hong Kong Lumpur Simla-
Howrah Paid-Up Capital...Gldra. 80,030,000-
Kuantan Singapore (£6,669,170.) Ipoh
(Pahang) Sourabaya Reserve Fund........Gldra. 40,015,000 Kandy
(£3,334,893.)
Head Ofcsi-Amsterdam.* Eastern Head Ofica:-Batavia. RELANÇUES:-Dandjermanin, Landoang. Bambay, Calcula, Cheriton, Djember, Djoxje karta, The Hague, Judiah, Kota, Hota Baja, Malancar, Rod Tai
dang, Palembang, Pekalongan, Pe nig. Postanak. Hangoon, Botter
and Waltevreden”.
dam" Sanarent, Shanghal, Bibolga (Sumatra) Eingapore, Boerabula, Hoerakarta (Polo, Tegal, Zilatjap 5`Tkan often kärr Beft Deposit Bram To Let..
London Bankare:- National Provincial Bank, Ltd.
Correspondents all over the world. Banking Business of every descrip-
tion trananetod.
A. STOKKINK,
Aoting Manager. Hong Kong, 18th May, 1930. [30
THE BANK OF. CANTON, LTD.
Head Office: Hong Koнo.
Hong Kong Currency. --AUTHORIZED-Capital...$11,000,000 --- PAID-UP CAPITAL..... 8,065,000 Ressava Fund 1,100,000 Branches:- CANTON, SHAWOWAT,
HANKOW, SWATOW, BANGKOK, NKW You and SAN FRANCISCO. London Bankers:- THE LLOYDS BANK, LTD. Correspondents
transected.
HONG KONG BRANCH: Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted.
Travellers Choques issued. Trustee and Executorships under.
taken.
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INTEREST allowed on Current A counts and Fixed Deposits at Rates that many be ascertained on appli- cation
C. L. SANDES,
Manager.
7, Queen's Rond Central,
Hong Kong, 12th Mar., 1931.
BANK OF CHINA.
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Reorganized October 28, 1928, under special charter of The National Government as an INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
BANK.
Subscribed Capital.....$25,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital $24,710,900.00 Reserve Funde $3,820,503.89
HEAD OFFICE:-SHANGHAI,
HONG KONG BRANCH;
4, Queen's Road Central.
BANKERS:
IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque de Paris et den Pays-Bas; Crédit Indus- trial et Commercial; Société | Générale.
IN LONDON: The National Provin. cial and Union Bank of Eng. land, Ltd.; Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Crédit Lyonnais.
IN NEW YORK: JP. 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 description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted. Safe Deposit Boxes to let.
A. LECOT,
Manager. -Hong Kong, Sud May, 1929. T3Z
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANE,
· LIMITED.
Capital (fully paid up)
Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund
..........Yen 116,000,000
HEAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA,
BRANCHES AND AGENDIES AT: Alexandria Honolulu Bio de
vi Kai Yuen
Changchun Datren
Karachi
Janpiro Rangoon
Herlin Bombay Calcutta Cautor
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Koba
Boerabaya
London
Gan Francisco Bomitia
Marilo Shanghai
Angeles Semarang
Singapore Nagoya (Mukdeo) Nowchwang Sydney New York
TicaLein Tokyo
Peiplog
Tsingtao
(Dalby) Nagasaki
Fangtien
Owing to our numerous branches. in China and large connections in the important commercial centres of Hamburg the world, we are able to extend to Hankow
Osaka
Interest allowed "on. Current Ac
all Principal Cities of the World.our clients special facilities for Harbin - Foreign Exchange and Banking domestic and foreign banking and Bong Kong
Business of every description (exchange.
...........We also handle-the-issue of Bonda counts------- Hafe Deposit Boxes (various sizes) and other Publio Funds of the at a Yearly Hostal of from 25 to Chinese Government both at home
and abroada ken LOOK
SHAN
SHOUJ CHEN, Manager.
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Manager.
Deposits received for Fixed Periods at rutes to be obtained on application
H. MORI, Manager, Hong Kong, April 11, 1931.
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OLUES.
-The first law-officer of the
Crown (hyphen). Introduction.
-Pallor due to ill-health, 11.-Olddons." 12.-Tackle by the üock. 13.This beheaded craftsman lives
antirely on fish.
15. These do the goose-step. 18-A province belonging to Prussia, notwithstanding the presence of a French articlé. 17-A molar tooth. 20,-Goddess of War,
97
25
10
13. In this to keep it authority is
necessary.
14.-Upset. 18.-Temporary.
10-This anaró still rumains its last past, whether the first part is in it, or not. 20.-The colour of thin clerical headgear denotes the rank of the wearer. 21-River of South America. 24.-Hg was subject to & Houyhn-
ham.
25. Plenty from a pattern,
The solution will be published on
22-Make her a bid for the land Monday.
(hidden).
23.-Spiteful.
25.-The best defenco-if sustain-
cd.
20.-A; sort of dog.
27. A tremendous blow.
28.-The owner of this may have
YESTERDAY'S SOLUTION.
FREDICAMENTS C
many notes in it, and yet be EDELO■■ZEBO far from wealthy (byphen). PERSPICUITY Q"N LUEEN K■ 8-UET
Down, 2.--This looks as though it might
guide a horse in there, 3.-If this fish wore a Wolahman
it might come close. 4.-Orals immunity from. 3.-Drop a lotter into an Indian river to discover some fare. houses and outbuildings. 6.Cattle (possessive). 7.-Observations about visible
signs..
8-Might describe, Squeers..
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