THURSDAYA
BROSSARD, MOPIN & CO
Telegraphic Address—“BROSSARD
Telephone-2568.
CIVIL ENGINEERS,
ARCHITECTS and SURVEYORS,
King's Building,
HONGKONG.
Codes, A.B.C., 5th, A.Z. Francais, Bentley's, Omnibus, and... Private.
Agencies SAIGON, SINGAPORE, HAIPHONG, PEKIN & TIENTSIN.
REINFORCED CONCRETE WORKS:
Road and Railway Bridges, Bunds, Wharves, Weirs, Retaining Walls, Dams, Industrial Buildings, Towers, Tanks, Godowns, Frameworks, Cul- verts, Vaults, Floors, Rocfs, Piles hollow and full, all lengths and sizes," Solos and Foundation pläts forms, Chimneys, Poles for support- ing Telegraph and. Telephone lines and carrying Electric Light and Power.
COMMISSION, IMPORT & EXPORT:
Industrial materials for railways,
factories, mines, iron, steel, pipes, angle bars, steel joists,
-iron
sheets. motors and Fichet's fire-
proof safes
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REINFORCED CONCRETE IS ABSOLUTELY FIRE PROOF AND OFFERS SUBSTANTIAE": RESISTANCE TO EARTHQUAKE SHOCK.
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MARINE CONSTRUCTION:
Lighters (river and les) up to 1,000 Hulks, Ferry Boats in steel, wood and reinforced concrete- -
tons.
Sea going ships in reinforced con- crete, and wood. Steamers and Sailing vessels up to any tonnage.
IRON WORK:
Frame work, machine tools, boilers, and industrial installations.
"PUBLICIANDIPRIVATE WORKS: Private and Public Buildings, Fac- tories, Godowns Tunnels, Found- ations in bad ground, by pressed air, Walls, Drains, Sewers, Churches Hotels and Hospitals.
"RAILWAY, FEBRY" BOAT-SINGAPORE, JOBORZ,
M. M. Brossard, Mopin and Co., shall be pleased to study all technical and industrial questions and are prepared to supply specifications and plans on every kind of metallic or reinforced concrete construction which may be required." Address as above or to their agents Wm. C. JACK & Co., Ltd., 14, Des Voeux Road, Central.
Reinforced Concrete SPECIALISTS.
COMMERCIAL NEWS.
Yorkshire Trade with South
and Central America..
IA
large market centre for THE GOLD CURRENCY wolframore ie Waicbow, and there
is little doubt that much of the ore mined in this district reaches that place. With the develop-
NOTES.
ment of the Wabas and Kityang Regulation not to be Enforced. fields, Swatow's importance as s market incresses, as it is the natural port of export for these districte.
com-
EXCHANGE.
LIBEL BY AN AUTHOR.
Justification Plea Withdrawn.
T/T *
30 dla....
60 dis.....
s
Demand
SELLING.
3.64 3/6 7/16 3/6 9/16.
3/6 11/16
3/6 13/16
Nom.
15416
4.80
TIT JA.............. 164 T/T Marks... Nom. T/T Francs... Demand, Paris 48034 4 m/s. L/C............ 3/756 3/74 4 m/s. D/P.....
BUYING.
6 m/s. L/C........... 318
so d/s. Sydney &1.3.8 30 d/s. San Franc-1
Melbourne
-8534
isco &New York
Nom **** 4.9715
5.0212
BANKS
BANK OF CANTON,
LIMITED,
EHAD OFFICE, HONGKONG
JOREIGN EXCHANGE and Hauoral Banking- Busines -Fransspted-
INTEREST ON FIXED DEPOSITS:
For 3 Months 3% per annum. ̧*
For Months 4% per annum.
· For 12 Months 41% per annum LOOK POON SHAN,
Chief Manager,
BANKS
HONGKONG SHANGHAI
BANKING CORPOR
TION
Paid-up Capital $15,000 800 RESERVE FUNDS:
Sterling
£1,500,000 ät 22°
$15,000,000 Silver=$19,500,000
$24.500.000
Reserve Liability of
Proprietors ca ,000,000
COURT OF DIRECTORE How: Ma P. Selva) — CzzaĪTI KL. 3. 3. Edkins, Eng.-Deputy Chairmen &B. Dodwell, Deq., La Parteners. Whet CK. Gadder, Ka.
Hoa, M. Landales Pro: Mr. £. Stallon EV. D. Part, Elo...)
Bongkar - N. Stable Bus
IMARANER AN Shanghaiek, G. Sexpban, Bag, in
-London Bankers-Lordes. Opera
Bank And Parry Bark Limited,
Hongkong-Interest Allowed 1-
De Current Accounts at the rape of a per-
- annum us the duly balanes,
ON FIXED DEPOSITI
For 1 months, Jj par cett par sBAZINĮ For 6 months, lå per cent, per unasau ort months, 4; per cent. DIE HELENA
N. J. STABB,
Chief Manag
FANQUE INËUSTRIELLE HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK
DE CHINE...
Subscribed Capital Frazes 45,000,00 Paid up
72,300,000, (36 of the Capita), Le. Frar ca 15,000,000 subscribed by the Gerssment cỗ the Chinese Bepublic.)
Chairman of the Foard of Directors André Berthelot. General Manager - AK Farzotta.
HEAD OFFICE:
74 Bus Saint Lazare, FARIS.
BRANCHES ;-
SHANGHAI TIENTSIN
HONGKONG
Ε
PERING
SAIGON HAIPHONG YUNNANFOU
BANKERS; FRANCE Seciété Général pour favoriser le Developpement du Com-- merce et de Tudustils en France LONDON...London County, & Wat
minster Back, Ltd.
NEW YORK.Redmond & Co. Correspondents in the chief commercial centres of the world
Telegraphic Addrem: CHIBANKIND,
Interest on Current Accounts and Fixed Deporits in Local Currency and, in Gold. Terms on syplication.
Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
Special facilities for French exchange.
M. ROUET DE JOURNEL,
Manager.
HONGKONG BRANCH,
Queen's Building,
5. Chater Road.
Tel 2440.
THE CHINESE MERCHANTS
BANK LIMITED. “
--HEAD OFFICE,,
19. Queen's Road, Central Hongkong
General Banking Business trar sacted...
Current Deposit and Savings: Bank accounts opened.
THE Brice of the above Bank la procacaod i the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI ZATKING
CORPORATION.""
· Rules may be obrated as applicatur INTEREST on deposim, is allowed on the même Int nthly balsacea at Był per cans. · por ZELEN. Depositars may tratasser at their option, islanos» of $200 or more so the Hongkong and Shangh Bank to be placed, on, FIXKD DEPOSIT
For the Hongkong and Buangbai Banizing Ducporn.
CREL DI LURER
N. J. STABB.
Chief Managęce
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter 1588.
#BAD 'OFFICE-LOKDON. PAID-UP CAPITAL RESERVE FUNDA RESERVE LIABILITY OF...”
PROPRIETORS
£1,200,000
FOREIGN EXCHANGE and Fammal Bayling CURRENT ACCOUSES opened and PEKME DEPOSITE Tceived for 3 yake or shorter 1 kod rates which will be quoted on appileation.
T. C. DOWNING,
►
Manager Hongkong, 11th April, 1912
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LIMITED.
Head Office 15, Graceobaroi Street, Londoni Authorised Capital Lum £1,500,000. Eubscribed
Paid Up at an Reserve Fund
BANKERA
The Bank of England,
1,125,000
$62,58€TM 650,000
The London Jalat Stock Fark, Limitad BRANCHE je
Bombay
Calcetin
Colombo
Delhi Galle
Rewish
Kardy
Port Leats (markkina.)
Karachi
Kota Bbars
Kuala Lump
Madras
Penang
Rangoo
Shangha
-*HONGKONG BRANCH.
Fixed Deposits received and interest allowed at rates which may be ascertained on applica-siness transacted. tion.
KWOK MAN FIT. Chief. Manager.
NOTICES.
PEAK TRAMWAY CO., LTD,
TIME TABLE,
WEEK DAYS.
9.00 630, kot 1000 4.29. 1400-
10.30.
A mutual arrangement has been entered into between the Angle
When Mr. Justice Darling South American Bank, Ltd, and
According to foreign and Chiu- resumed the bearing recently of the West Yorkshire Bank, Ltd.,
ese financial experts the regals the case in which Henry Murray TIT Shanghai... whereby each will not se the
The Natural Indigo ladustry,
tions for the issue of gold (58), suthor, was charged with T/T Singapore 152 sgent of the other. It is hoped
With the cutting off of the currency patescannot be enforced pablishing a defamatory libel on T/T Japan by this mesne to place at the
Demand, India ...... Nom. disposal of manufacturers and applies of synthetic indigo from are the Peking Daily Leader Sir William F. Marwood, Joint T/T India
Nom
T/T San Francis-1 84 merchants the combined facilities Germany since the outbreak of of August 7. The reason is simple. Permanent Secretary to the Board
co & New York of these two institutions in con- war, the naturel indigo industry When there is no adequate reserve of Trade, the defendant's counsel, nection with forcing the woollen has come into its own, and the these notes cannot be treated as Mr. Patrick Hastings, said the trade of West Yorkshire, both in cultivation of the crop has concurrency notee. It is reported that plea of net gailty and justifica- the import of the raw materialsiderably increased. While the the Government also sckowledge tion would be withdrawn. - →
The libele complained of were from Americs and export of the total area under this crop in 1914 that these regalations cannot manufactured article. The West 15 was only 18,400 acres, in e-enforced for the time being. contained in open letters address
to 353,100 At the meeting bald iPad to public men, and the attacks Yorkshire Bank will be in direct 1915-16 it one
to 756,400 the President's office the fins were said to haze been made communication with the brancher and in 1916-17 and correspondents of the Anglo-elative sad absolute, cecured in regulations were not to be put because of the Board of Trade's South American Bank at attitude towards Mr. A. W. principal points, in South and the Madras Presidency and in the into effect at once but they insist-Gattie's scheme for preventing Central Americs, and will con United Province, where the ined on having them promulgated railway congestion by means of
4 m/s. Marke sequently be sabled to receive dustry ie mainly in the hands of for the special purpose of reform central clesting-house.
Mr. Hastings said that for about 4 m/s. Francs for collection shipping documente mall boldera and the dye manning the currency system. They on the same terms and conditions faclared is of an inferior quality also stated that when the 2nd ten years the defendant had 6 mis. Francs 68 arply at the head cfice, in In Bibst, where a superior type of Reorgenvation Loan was made a devoted all his time and interest Demand, Germany- London, and ales to make advances dye is menufsorored, mainly in certain Power offered to draw up and the whole of his income and Demand, New York. 841%
TT Bombay in the customary manner. Equal large factories the increase of regulation for us if we did not do money to farther this scheme. Demand, Bombay Nom ly in respect of advances ou raw ares in 1916-17 was about 33 par so ourselves. As to the appoint. Since the case was in the poliser Calouste materials from South Americs to cent, as compared with 1915 16 mens of the Director General for court circumstances had enabled Demand, Calcutta Nom England, leporters will be able The yield of indigo incressed from the Carrenor Barean it will no bim to my that everything he had Demand, Manila 169 to transact their business direct in 55.100 out in 1915 18 to 95,500 be announced for some time to ought had been accomplished. Demand, Singapore. 152
The President of the Board of On Haiphong Halifax, Bradford, or any towne Św. in 1918 17, Madras contribu-come. where the West Yorkshire Banting two-thirds of the "total" The following detailed report Trade had made two statements On Saigon
prodaction. Both the screage giren by a local news agency in the House." Ltd., bas branches.
The Jadge:-I presume you Wolfram Ore Near Swatow, sad output in 1918 17 were, about the origin of the promulga-| Wolfram ore is being found in however, only half of what they Ition of the regulations governing lare enggesting that the libels
wten in 1897, the districts of Bailong, Lateng.r
the the issue of gold currency notes have obanged the attitude of Sic Po-one, Kityang, and Wahos, synthetic indigo came into the may be interesting to our readers. Albert Stanley ?
Some reports have it that these Counsel:-Oh, no; of course Baya Mr. M. S. Myers, US market. The forecast for 1917.18 Consal in Swatow, in a report pate the acreage at 690,600 and regulations were drafted by Mr. not. to Washington. At first it the catpat at 87,800 out. The Nishihara, This is not correct. The Jadge: That must be was found in small quantities future of the indigo industry de Indeed Nishihars did submit a thoroughly understood.
Mr. Justice Darling said that here and there on the suriser penda, first, on the provision of memorandum to the Chinese of the ground, but recently good and sufficients mount of seed; athorities in which he made two there was no doubt the defendant Canton its existence in vein deposits has secondly, on an increase in the anggestions namely; to adopt a bad written s most abominable been established. The Wabo atpat of green leaf per sores gold standard and to adopt the and inexcusable libel upon Sir district (old name Chenglok) sbirdly, on improvement in same unit as that of the Japanese W. Marwood and several other Bishop Admits Women Workers. appears to contain the largest manufacture; fourthly, currency. After the expression of people. Had the ples of justifics. deposits of this, mineral. A organisation in marketing; and ach opinions by Mr. Nishihara tion been persisted in and the Thirty trained women who about fifthly, on the elimination of the much opposition was raised by jury found the defendent guilty have been approved by the group of villegeeTM
Murray would have gone to go Diocese Board of Women Tanglingheis, among which are practice of adulteration. The pro certain officials. Chin-lung and Ho-tung, is the blem of seed supply for Bihar Just at this juncture the Group for some time. He read in the Workers were admitted by the principal centre of production.has continued to receive the atten- Backe demanded to know our letters that the defendant was
Biship of London at St. Paul's This particular area is said tion of the Botanical Section
plans for carrency reform. Thus Buffering from that. kind of wer lo cover 6 or 7 square miles and et Puss. The authorities have}
answered the Bishop's questign. it is here that the ore is found in come to the resolution that the means to justify the wishes of menie which effected a consider recently. As erch knelt ard Mr. Nishihara on the one hand able number of persone. It was whether she desired to serve 8 an large veins, being combined with type of plant selected must be of and a reply to the request of the obvious that some people, O suthorised worker in the diccess | THE CHINA gas' crystals. It is claimed rapidly growing, early flowering four Group Banke on the cther, perhaps to long-continued that over 2,000 boothe have busby form, with a large propor- the Government came to dret military operations and the she was handed a certificate, teen erected as shelter for tion of the lateral roots com these regulations.
the people who have flocked paratively near the surface be
there in sosrch of black cause experience has shown that gold, es it is commonly called by this type of plant successfully
„the natives. The arga in about withstands the monsoon in Bihar.
Every 15 min
15 min
10`` $230
to 100
to 11.00
11.50
to 12:30)
30 min
10
AUTONO
14% prem 1 % prem. 4334 5.60
min
Ermudaya gely Saturday's only
15 mi
34 min
1.00
4.00
On Bangkok Sovereign Gold Leaf, per oz. 43.60 Bar Silver, per oz... 49 14
SUBSIDIARY COINS.
DISCOUNT PER ́ ̈ $100 ::
H'rong 50 cte, sub,
10
On train which they put Everyone, bad...
at their senses to achie
| did thingy which they would
do in ordinary timen. --He
50 miles northwate from Hopo, La Madras the question centres in 1916, and is being kind of come to the comelason thi the head of small craft navigs the replacing of the Samatrana Deperimental farme. If the Jave defendant like people he had tion in the Kilyang River, plant by the Java variety. A variety can be accerfally grown in thst court as offering from Obor centres of production small quantity of esed of the latin Madras, it will not only give a trzy condition of mind which Heili in Wahua district ter variety was obtained by the an incressed yield, but also forms for him to do criminal and foolin And Taiyong in Kityspg district Local Agricultural Department in a source of seed supply for Bihar,
$100 and
PAL
$1% prem 744% dis
NIGHT CAES.
Every description of Banking and Enchanct
· Interest allowed on Current Accounts 'at's par con pez aaram on Delly Balances, and on Thud Fem as rutus which may be ascertained or applicatio
C. CHAMPKIN,
Acting Manager.
INTERNATIONAL BANKING
CORPORATION.
HEAD OFFICE NATIONAL CIST BANK:
ETILDING.
* M, Wall Street, Sew York, CAPITAL AND SUBPLUS, US $5,5/0,000 ENLIVIDED Paority
$1,713,409.00 HTS Green, President and General Manager. Losper.017:02. 26. Bieboyazste, ECs Ara BAN FRANCIACO Orice: 3 Montgomery Street PAD EASTERN BRANCHER: CHINA: SLOuzbai, Peking. Tiemido, Hanker
Hongkong, Canton, V
JAPAN Yokohama, Koba
PHILIPPINES: Yuna Cebu
STRAITS SETTLEMENTH: Singapore: DUTCH EAST INDIES; BURYia, Soerabaya,
WEST INDIAN AND SENTHAL)-
AMERICAN BRANCHES: REPUBLIC OF PANAMA Panama, Colom REPUBLIC. OP. COLOMBIA: Yadallis. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Banto Domingo, Baxi Pedro de Macorís. Bantiago, Puerto Plata,
4.10 p.m., 2.30 p.m., 10.69 pm 11.00 pm. addition to our wn Rrarche, by reason
1130 pm and 11,45 pm. SATURDAYS. EXTRA CAES..
1.30 p.m. and 12.00 midnight. SUNDAYS.
to 30.30 'a' Every 35. n to ITI0 to 19.00 ON
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8.50 pm 830 p.m. 10.00 pm 11.00 pm
11.20 p.m. and 11.45 p...
SPECIAL CARS
·By arrangment at the Company's "Oftes. Alexandra Buldings,: Des Voeux Road. JOHN DABUMPHREYS & EON.
LOAN AND MOI
GAGE
of our close Küllation with PST. THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK we are able to offer the facilities of fin fratréber at Bahia, Buenos Alten: Carvest;. Genna, Return Montevideo, Moscow, Petrograd,. Hio de Janeira. • San Juan, P.-R., Suudlago de Cuba, Bestow Bas
•Fania, Valparai
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YOR
THE
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LIMITED.
Established 1880.-.
Authorised Capital Yen 48.000.000 Faid-up Capital ...
Reserve. Fundameny
42,000,000
23:100,000
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