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BRITISH GOVERNMENT WAR SAVINGS CERTIFICATES

Applications may be made through the undernoted Banks from whom fall information and the necessary forms may be obtained :--

CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA

AUSTRALIA AND CHINA.

HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING BORPORATION.

MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.

War Savings Certificates

P ไทย 9 Febr

Gafter purchasG

£500

€1

Purchase Price

E387 10 6 15. 8d.

FREE OT INCOME TAX. For every 15s. 6d. lent now. El will be paid in 5 years' time equivalent to 5 per cent, came Hound interest. No Income Tax will be payable...

"Anyone, whatever bis or her income may be, can buy War Savings Certificates up to a maadmum of 500 £1 Cartiñcaten in air or their équivalent,

Meanwhile the money may be withdrawn in full any time, with an addition after the first year,

TERMS AND CONDITIONS. (1) A Certificate entitles the purchaser to receive £1 for each 15s. 6d. on the fifth anniversary of the date of purchase, free of income tax in repest of the accumu

Intente is not transferable

(2) A

except by permission of the Postmaster General

2 fee of 1s will be charged in respect of each transferee. In the event of death, the same rules will be applied as in the case of Savings Bank Deposita (3) On written application (on a form obtainable, at any Post Office) being made to the Controller, Mones Order Department,

ment, London, the parchase price, or part thereof in multiples of 13H. Bd.. will be repaid at any

time with an

widition of 3d for each tis. 6d. on the Arst anniversary of the date of purchase and with a further addition -et id. per 10s. 6d. for each month thereafter.

(No person may hold more than 80 £1 Certificates or their equivalent.

The £1 Certificates (purchase price 138. 6d.) are issued in book form. The Certificates for £13 (purchase price £9 Fa) and £25 (purchase price £1b 75, 6d.) are issued without books. The £1,£12 and £25 Certificates are on sale at local Post Offices and at most Banks,

Single Certificates for sums from £100 to 2000 may be obtained on application in the Comptroller and Accountant General, General Post Office, London application forms are available at all Foxt Offices and at rust Bankes.

T# Certificates, best, and the serial numbers can be furnished to the Controller of the Money Order Depart ment, ouw Certificates will be issued at

charge of Is

GENTRAL POST Office, London,

June, 1910 (For examples of Investment in Wa Savings Certificates, see the other side.).

Examples of Investment in War Savings Certificates

4 years.

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93 15 ----

48 17 0

7

- TI 6

16

1.17 6

6 81 ***

177 10

88 15 -

187 10-

41 17 6-

16 16 —

17 16 --

18 16-

7 17 6

8 17 8

# 18:0

4.9

• 7-

2.7

2 10 0

2

18 8

1 10 8

1 15 5

-180

-- 179

118 13.

B83 — —

251& -)

167 -30 —

D years.

30 18-

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239 -10 --

77 10 —

78 157 10.----

·DRA 5-

15=-

= 0% 4. 08

9 II 1

15:

NET Investment may be any

1. up to 23ST “100%

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AUXILIARY. CORPS OF

WOMEN.

An Army Council Instruction has been recently published giving approval for the formation of the Women's Array Auxiliary Corps

The object of the corps is to effunt substitution of women for soldiers in certain employments throughout units, formations, and offices and administered by the Army Council (other than the War Office, hospitals, and those adminis tered by the Finance Member) at home and at the bases and on the lines of commericstion overseas.

Except in cases where the employ: ment of a soldier would otherwise have been officially authorized, no woman

the corps will be employed unless s soldier is thereby relieved for other purposes.

Substitution at home will first be

the War Ofice. Se'ection Boards and Medical Boards (composed of medical women) will be established. A

The main categories of employment in which the substitution of wonen at home and at the base and on the lines of communication overeens has been approved are as follows:-

THE TRADE OF THE PHILIPPINES.

SUBSTANTLÆT, INCREASES IN DIPORTS AND EXPORTS.

Mr. Harold Pitt, President of the Clerks, librarians, accountants, typists, Manila Merchants Association, contri-

shorthand typists. Cooks, wine waitresses, waitresses, but-butes to the Manila Cablenews-American jers, domestic staff (housemaids, an article on the trade of the Philippine laundresses, vesetable women, pan-Islands from which we make the follow- trymaids scrubbers, washers up, ing extract charwomen), by-product women.

Motor trazaport

The following table shows the exports

Storehouse women (other than those for the Arts eight months of 1917 and

t service

Inder

G checkers, packers and unskilled labour, tailors, seword,

1916:

messengers, shoemakers; bakers. Telephone and postal services.. Miscellaneous services,

January

Technical women (employed with the February..

R.F.C. and A.S. C. motor transport) March 4 selected pattern of uniform has April..

May... been approved, and will be worn by all Juna women of the W.AA.C. serving over July sens and by those women at home whose August

gradually afected by the W.AAC. duties take them regularly into the pre

in :-.

cincts of barracks and camps.

Command employments.

OFFICKES OF THE CULPɛ.. Garrison employments. Regimental employments-in draft The WASA.C. will be controlled by

anding and garrison units (other chief controller, and the following tank

authorized- brigades, and garrison

than

the home service division,

Phons). FF.C. technical and other employ- A.8.C regimental and technical em

ployments.

ments.

Z WOMEN'S JORS...

The regimental employments in which it is intended that "women of the WAAC will be substitued for men at the discretion of G.O...Cin-C., are as follows

Officers messes clerks, sergeants messes, tailors, cooks, librarians company storemen, ahoemakers quartermasters storemen regimen tal institutes, orderlies t Women of the W.A.A.C, will not be arbatituted as batmed:

Substitution will not be undertaken aati suitable accommodation can be obtained. E

The WAAC will be the Adjutant General

XXPORTS

1917

1918. P10,954,038 P11,008,844 10,908,610 · 8,020,570

· 16,455,T56 12,293, 236 9,663,316 3,086,170

10,443,360.14,874,994 19.042,251 10,838, 330 15,27,280 14,219,000 93,427,650 $1,80

Total P114,644,570 F97,905,732 If the same average be maintained for the remaining four months of the present total exports of over 170,000,000. year, the calendar year 1917 will show

The figures on imports have been Chief controller, deputy chief controller,

section controller, assistant section quite favourable and show considerably controller, area controller, clothing more during the eight months of this controller, technical assistant control-year than in the corresponding period ler, unit administrator, deputy ad ministrator, assistant administrator, of last year; in fact the average will quarter-mistress (2 grades). These compare with the most active periodis în officials will be distinguished by the the import trais › she Edito rose and fleur de leys, singly or in

however, to exceptionally heavy exports: combination, on the shoulder strap.

we continue to necamulate a balance All women joining the corps will be required to sign a form of enrolment for a year or the duration of the war, which-Bratifying. ever is the longer. The minimum age for service at home will be 18 years, and January for service overseas 20 years.

of trade in our favour that is highly

IMPORTS.

1917 1818 19,20,253 P7,028,291 February.... 7,448,538 - 4,804,887 March

9,907,1417,206,611 6081:7242 6,787,355 10,007,249

For purposes of discipline members of April the WA...0, whilst on duty away from May Jane the hostel, will be directly under the

July control of the commanding officer of the August formation or the officer in charge of the office to which they are attached for raistered by duty Whist off duty, or on duty in the hostel they will be subject to the control of the WAA_C

COUGHING INTO CONSUMPTION

"Only if Cough" but you step I while it is ONLY Oghu

WATERBURY'S METABOLIZED

WHERE" THLY:"WILL LIVEN OG Members of the WAAC will be se- commodated as follows

Those employed i nese, their homes

(other than tontoukery Boction)

continue to live at home,

that there is no less of

theie work by doing

30,604 STU

* 13,009,873 13,065,303

7.227.023

7,127,768-

9,710,814

7,697,820.

F6888,916.

Total 13. P81,079,600 The balance of trade in favour of the Islands for the first eight months of 1916 amounted to between thirty-nine and focty: milion peons Exports for the SLIDE period of 1917 show an increase Over 1916 of 16,740,000--- Taking the figures of imports for these same perioda. 1917 shows an increase over 1116 of P22,000,000 Bet nok" great increas mouth of

In billets where hostels are not avail. Ace of more

The object of the

in ensues that this

COD LIVER OIL: COMPOUND

Fably

And

tively

nding thi

Variety of Uses.

The uses to which LEA & PERBINS'- SAUCE can be put are innumerable.

At Luncheon, Dinner or Supper, it is the ideal sauce for Roast Meats, Fish, Game, Cheese, Salad, etc.

In the Kitchen, it is indispensable to the cook for flavouring Soups, Stems, Gravia, Minced Meat, eta

In India, a farote Pick-mo-m2 à Les & Ferrina Sance with Sadarm

Lea Perrins

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