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J. P. Warren, Esq. Chief Manager
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81, Morfis
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Tiontela,
Juteriaken
Now
21
BOURABAYA
Calcutta Jerusalem
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Venion
Сводо
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Yokohama
OOLONDO
KUCHING
Colombo
Preng
Zurich
22
23
DAIEKN
MADRAS
Perfor
DELI!
MANILA
HAIPHONG
HAZBIN
MEDAN NEW YORK PRIPING PERANO.
TOKOHAMA
ZAMBOANGA
Kaudhuria)
14
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Personal handled.
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A. H. FERGUSON, Manager. Hong Kong, 18th March, 1931. [30
BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE POUR LE COMMERCE ET L'INDUSTRIE (Incorporated in France). Prince's Building, Chater. Road, Victoria, Hong Kong.
HEAD OFFICE:
74, Rae St. Lazare, Paris.
Frs. Capital, fully paid-up ... 50,000,000
22,319,000
The Company offers to intending travellers the use of its "Travelera Chequer" and Letters of Credit and, in addition, the world wide services of its thoroughly equipped Travel Department.
Affiliated with THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources .....
Over G.$2,800,000,000
C. H. BENSON,
General Manager.
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OLUES..
This enables a man to make hie mark, and, more recently,
a woman.
9.-Hold by a down. 10.Thou coveredat it with the
doop like as with a-". 11.The most antisfactory account
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is this.
8.-These lions have a ragged
look.. 13-Students of this sort still retain some of the high spirits of Bob Sawyer.
18-His Joan, though perhaps no
azint, contents him.
17.--. for a bight, L for a light (of Russia), M for a gato (of remembrance); choose which you will.
+
19-and 20 down. Here is what
is neccesary. 23-Name of Italian painters and
shorter periods in LOCAL, CURRENCY Special Working Capital. 50,000,000 THE HO HONG BANK, LTD. | 15.-Islands held by England for musicians. and STERLING on terms which will Reserves be quoted on application,
Hong Kong, 25th Feb., 1931.
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HONG KONG BAVINGS BANK.
THE
Business of the above Bank is conducted by the HONG KONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Rules may be ob tained on application.
For the Hoxɑ Konɑ & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION, V. M, GRAYBURN,
Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 10th July, 1000, .... (2
EQUITABLE EASTERN BANK. ING CORPORATION,
CAPITAL AND SURPLUS- U.S. $4,500,000.
HEAD OFFICE:
18, PINE STARËT,
NEW YORK.
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11, Ice House Street. This Bank is entirely owned by TER
BLUE FUNNEL
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/REGULAR AND FAST PASSENGER SERVICES |
FREIGHT AND
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"PERSEUS”)
"AENEAS"
29th Apr,, For Fort Said, Mare., Casablanca,
London, Rotterdam and Hamburg. 12th May, For Port Sall, Marseilles, London, Rotterdam, 'burg, & Glasgow,
LIVERPOOL SERVICE.
,"ELPENOR" 20th May, For Port Said, Genos, Havre,
Liverpool and Glagow. "THESEUN" 2nd June, For Port Said, Havre,
Liverpool and Glasgow. PACIFIC SERVICE (1⁄2 ROBE & YOKOHAMA) "TYNDÁRED3" 2nd May, For Victoria, Vancouver de Seattle, PROTESILAU8" 99th May, For Victoria, Vancouver de Seattle.
INWARD SERVICE.
Dus
"SARPEDOŃ" 1st May, For 8'hai,, Teingtao, Taku & Dalny.
MENESTHEU9" 5th May, From New York.
PASSENGER SERVICE
Bailu
For
"SABPEDOS" 2nd May, Shanghai, Tringtao, Taka & Dalny. "AENDAS" 12th May, Singapore, Marseilles & London.
All cargo steamer with limited parasuger sooorimodation
at specially reduced faros.
For freight, pamage rates and information apply to tha unlermentioned,
"All bodkings are mbijout to the provisions of the Company Bill of Lading..
Butterfield & Swire,
(100. Agents,
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CHABE NATIONAL BANK, NEW YORK, whose Total Resources sro U.S. $2,800,000,000.
D. M. BIGGAR,
Manager.
NEDERLANDSOKE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ; N.V.
(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY,}
BANKERS
Established 1824.
HỒNG KÔNG DFFICE: 11, QUEBN'S BOAD CENTRAL
Authorised Capital
BRANCHEN:-
Paris Lyons Marseilles Saigon Haiphong Hanoi
Huc Tourane Quinhon Thanh hoaVinh Pnom Penh
Tientsin. Peiping Shanghai
Hong Kong
BANKERS: France: Société Générale, Banque
Nationale de Crédit Banque "de" Paris et des Pays Bas Lendon: Midland Bank, Ltd. .... New York: American Exchange
Irving Trust Co., Banca Com mercialo Italiana, San Francisco: Bank of Italy.
Every description of Banking and
Exchange Business transacted. Correspondents throughout the
World.
A. ROLLIN,
Manager. Hong Kong, 1st July, 1920.
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.
HEAD OFFICE:→→
Established 1917.)
HEAD OFFICE:--SINGAPORE. HONG KONG OFICK ;-13, QUEEN's RD. C.
Paid-up Rotorva Liabilitios of Shareholders...... Surplus.
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Authorised Capital....Straita $20,000,000 lasuod
$8,000,000 $4,000,000
$4,000,000 $2,520,000
Branches, Agencies and Corree- pondents in the principal citica of the world.
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
TAN ENG HOOI,
Manager.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE, Head Office: 90, Boulevard Hausmann, Paris. Subscribed Capital Frs.72,000,000.00 | Paid-up Capital... Fra.68,400,000.00 Reservo Fund....Frs. 102,000,000.00
BRANCHED: 15, Gracechurch Street, London,
E.C. 3.
Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon Battambang Huo Saigon Authorized Capital .... £3,000,000 Canthe Mengtsz Shanghai Subscribed Capital ........£1,800,000 Canton Nam Dinh Singapore Paid-up Capital £1,050,000 Djibouti Noumea Thinboa Reserve Fund and Rest....£1,048,500 | Fort Bayard Papeete
Tientsin Haiphong Peiping Tourane Hankow Pnom Penh Vinh Hanoi Pondicherry Yunnanfu
BANKERS:
The Bank of England
Bataria
and
MIDLAND BANK, LTD.
BRANCHES:
Karachi Madrns Bangkok Kota Bharu New York Bombay Kuala Krai Penang Calcutta (Kelantan) Port Louis Colombo Kuala Lipia (Mauritius) Delhi
(Pahang) Rangoon Kaala Bhanghai Gidrs. 150,000,000- Galle
(219,500,000.) Hong Kong Lumpur Simla
Howrab Kuantan Bingapore Paid-Up Capital...Gldre. 80,030,000–
(£8,880,170.) Ipoh
(Pahang) Sourabaya Reserve Fund........Gidra. 40,016,000 Kandy
(£3,334,583.)
HONG KONG BRANCH: Every description of Banking and Exchange Business, transnoted. Travellers Choques issued. Trustee and Executorships under- taken.
Head Ofce:-Amsterdam.* Eastern Head Office:-Batavin. BRANQUES; Bandfarmsalo, Bandoung®.. Bombay,
Calcutta, Oberibon, Djember, Djokja karta,The Hague”, Jiddah, koor, Kota Radja, Mukamar, Modan, Pa dang Palembang, Prkalongan, P nang, Pontianak, Hangoon, Rotter dam Samaran, Bisaoghal, Bibolga (Bumatra), Bingapor Boers soezakaria (Bolo Tegal, Tilatjecation. and Wellarreden These offers have Baft Bazarit Bound To Let
London Bankers:-- National Provineint Bank, Ltd. ·
Correspondents all over the world. Banking Business of every descrip-
tion transacted.
A STOKKINE,
Acting Manager. (30 Hong Kong, 18th May, 1930.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
Hong Kong Currency: ÁUTHORIZED CAPITAL...811,000,000 PALD-UP CAPITAL *****
8,005,000 RESERVE FUN 1,100,000
Branches:-
CANTON, SHANGHAI, HANKOW, BWATOW, BANGKOK, NEW Yonk and SAN FRANCISCO. London Bankers :- THE LLOYDS BANE, LTD. Correspondents
all Principal Cities of the World. Foreign Exchange and Banking Business of every description transacted...
Safe Deposit Boxes (various sizes
at a Yearly Reatal of. from 85 to
"LOOK" POONG SHAN,
640
971
Manager,
INTEREST allowed on Current Ac counts and Fixed Deposits at Rates that may be ascertained on appli-
C. L. SANDES,
Manager. 7, Queen's Road Central,
Hong Kong, 12th Mar., 1031,-
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BANK OF CHINA.
Reorganized October 20, 1928, under special charter of The National Government as an INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
DANK.
Subscribed Capital......$25,000,000,00
Reserve Funds
BANKERS:
IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Crodit Lyonnais; Banque do Parin et des 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: 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 description of Banking and Exchango Business transacted."
Safe Deposit Boxes to let.
A. LECOT,
Manager. Hong Kong, 2nd May, 1929. 132
THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANE,
-
LIMITED.
Capital (fully paid up)
Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund... Ken 115,000,000
HLAD OFFICE: YOKOHAMA,
BRANCHES AND 'ÁGENOIZE AT:
To do
Janeiro Rangoon Boerabays Han Francisco Bestdo Changchan Los Angeles Bemarang Dairon
Paid-up Capital.$24,710,200.00 "Alärandris Honolulu
$3,820,503.82
Batavia Berlin Bombay
Kai Yuen
Karachi Kobe L
Calcutta London
Cantos
Lyons!
HEAD OFFICE : -- BUANGHAI,
HONG KONG BRANCH:
4, Queen's Road Central,
Manila (Dalny)
Nagasaki Fangtion Nagoya____
(Mukden) Newchwang Bydney
Owing to our numerous branches in China and large connections" in the important commercial centres of Hamburg. New York the world, we are able to extend to ankow Osaka our clients, special facilities for Barbla domestic and foreign banking and Hong Kong exchange..
We also handle the issue of Bouds and other Publio Funds of the Chinese Government both at home. and abroad
SHOU JOHEN, Manager.
Shangbai Phimonoseki Bingapore Tienlain Tokyo
Tsingtao
- Poipiog Interost allowed on Current Ac counts,
Deposita recaired for Fixed Periods at take to be obtained on application.pptatt
II. MORI, Manager, Hong Kong, April 11, 1031.
25.-Phanician goddess, contain- ing anything but füish. - 20-Viewpoint of a century ago, with a future aspect to an old Roman. 27-Mark Antony acoffed
at
Octavius for holding his sword like a this.
12-To alter his age or gender.
thus plenses no man. 14-Revolting New World term
for food (rev.). 10.--To this this, soo 20 across.
about fifty years in the last contury, 20.-Counterpart of supply. 21.-A system which lacks only an eighth of an armed body.. 22.-The hill in not hard to climb. I believe you'd do it in an hour" (hidden.) E4.-Many would have all nations 31,
do this.
32.-Town of Piedmont noted for 26This and about is a restless a kind of "bubbly."
person;, this and 10 across is The solution will be published
to-morrow..... any old contrivance, .28.-In a competent manner.
98,-Dressing improves it; 26.-This in short. 33.-"But, when the blast of war
sounds in your ears, Thon-the action
tiger."?
34.-Name of a
*on
The solution will be published to-
.morrow,
of the SATURDAY'S SOLUTION.
character inICHARDONAS PIC
Twelfth Night" which is not
the list of dramatis ! ■09■ EXORS LE persone,
LIMIT ONE OR VDE 35.-The story of the Good SamariEIA ANDORT A
ton is a down of this.
Down.com
1.-Must follow e.g.
DEČ O KUMO M ̧IN.O..U.S ПОПОТПРAN ЦЕПИЕ
2.-These relations are constant- A L FRED' L EENNED ly bothering Mr. Henderson.WANUNUK BEE MANY B 3.-Old contributions to a mon-8TAR VEA YARROW
arch's finan008.
4.-Proverbially the guest to wel■LI
como,
ANN LIK LEGIST 8" ALLEGED B-French without thanks, 10TP_N_U■O B 6.-Two steps, and he gets the CORFU E S VISTA
strawberry leavca...
7.-"Tho' repeated air of sad-OL LOCKE■ 1 ■ 6 ■ F poet had the power to save EDDAT NEAREST the Athenian walls from ruin baro,"
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