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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI THE BANK OF EAST

BANKING CORPORATION.

ASIA, LIMITED.

HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG.

... $50,000,000|10; Dan Yeux Hoad Central, Hongkang.

HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG

Authorised Capital

Lasued and Bally Paid up...820,300,000. Basorve Funda-

Starling1,800;000;

Bilvar.36,500,000-

•Reserve Liability of $20,000,000

Proprietors......

COURT OF DIRECTORS:

G. M. Young, Huq-Chairman.

EL P: White, Esq.-Deputy Chairman. $. EL. Ball, K4, Hon, Mr. A. O. Long

G. M. Bernard, Eng; P. L. Pattone H. Compton, Eq.7. A. Plummer, Saq, Ica.Mr. P.H. Holyoak T. G. W wall, Eng.

CHIEF MANAGER: A. H. BARLOW, Esq.

Canagar: Shanghai-G. EL STITÉ, EN

LONDON BANKERS.

Westminster Bank, Ltd.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in LOCAL CURRENCY and

THE THINA MAIL.

COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

COTTON.

Authorized Capital....$10,000,000 Paid-up Capital............... Beserve Fund.

Manchester Market Report.

8,000,000 1,000,000

December 30.

DIRECTORS:

Hon. 'Sir Shou-son Chow-Chairman..

Mok Ching Kong

Fung Fing Shan

Wong Yun Tong

Fuyub Tal

LI Koon Chan P. K. Kwok

Ne. Ching Lak Pong Wal Ting

Ken Ting Po

Chan Ching Shek Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted: granted on approved securities.

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES to 1st.

EAN TONG PO,

Chlef Managu

Hongkong, 10th February, 1928,

行銀觀工法中

FIXED BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE

pour le Commerce et L'Industrie (Incorporated in France),

DEPOSITS received for one yest of shorter periods in Local Currency and Starling on terms which will be quoted

application.

Hongkong, 20th, May 1985.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

THE

HE business of the above Bank in conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR PORATION. Enlas may be obtained on application.

INTEREST on deposita la calculated on the lowest balance during each com plated Calendar Month at 3 per eset.. per annum. Should there be no balspos on any day in a month no interest will at allowed for that month,

Depositors may transfer at their option Balance of $100 or more to tha HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT & CURRENT BATES

For the HONGKONG & BĦARNAI BANKING ConTORATION,

'A, HL. BARLOW,

Chief Managu

Hongkong, th January 1995.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.

13

HEAD OFFICE:

# Boalevard Haussman, Paris,

RETROSPECT

Rubber In Borneo.

near

PHILIPPINE FIBRE..

A Decline in 1925.

The Philippine Islands? Abre, in-. dustry last year suffered a decline, the abre division of the bureau of agriculture registering a heavy do trease in the number of bales of The welfare of North Borneo-in-tabaca-fibre graded and inspected in The total Humber graded This week has been fairly excit-1976 has been effected by two main 1926.

Yuctora. says the "British North and Inspected last year is 2.285,151 ing. Commencing with heavy cot, Borno. Herald." The rubber world balos, as against 2,804,297 balas ton buying at New York, our mir has been cheered and encouraged traded and inspected the year pre

of 4 decrease ket opened with a substantial rise, by the recovery of the price of the tious, showing

The raw material North Borneo plan-19,146 bales. Loans in American and Egyptian.

Fibre officials believe this is due tone is rather more healthy than has ters are reaping the fruits of their

long and dogged fight againat ato unusually unfavourable weather been the case for some time past. Tosing market, and now feel them-conditions in 1925 with heavy No doubt due to the rise in the, selves the more entitled to enjoy typhoons in July and August fol raw material enquiry has shown the good times of to-day, in that owed by several serious foods. considerable expansion and a fair they have one and all loyally ob- The heavy loss also is partly attrl-

India served the terms of the local volun-buted to the heart-rat and bunchy | amount has been booked.

tap diseases, which have been play Foutlets have shown more interest.tary restriction scheme...

Unfortunataly there is a cloud on ing havoc in practically all abaca- business has been done in grey and

With characteristic producing provinces, particularly- white shirtings, dhooties, mulls and the hörson. occasional lines in fancies. China and absolute lack of foresight many Cavite and Laguna

The loss, according to agriculture has also bese stirring. Java has Native, and Chinese small holders

South have been tapping frenziedly. officials, also may be attributed to done, a nice mixed trade. America has also been in the run- Thred four cups on a tree may marked decrease of foreign de- ining.

The Continent and Near bead any day on certain smallmand for the local Abre following Jesselton and alleged irregularities in the inspec Bast have only bought sparingly, plantations Home trade has been fairly lively, stories are told of cups among the tion and grading of the Abre 'pro- especially for the better grade of branches, the tapper carrying a lad-ducts for foreign exports, and to the cloths, Trade on the whole dur- der ös rounds. If these stories alleged anomalies in the enforce- ing the past year has not been of goes over-tapping are not ex-ment of the Islands' Abre inspection Prs 20.000.000eally bad, cotton exports have been aggerated there can be only one end law. "England has been the prin 11.160.000 hrger than in 1924. notwithstand-to cha policy, and the country cipal market for the native fibre as a whole must inevitably suffer where abaca suffered recent slumps in the fact that China which is Lancashires second largest custou There is, however, one redeeming in prices, on account of the poor mur has been in such a disturbed feature. The present and terms grading. state that sales to that part are have placed land within the reach down by about 40 per cent. India of and the small holder is: plant. also has not been buying to the ing new areas with wild energy. same extent as is possible for such Inapits of the fact that land an enormous market. Europe officers decline to alienate obviously generally is in a more settled state unsuitable land, not far short of than at any time since the Armis- 20,000 acres have been taken up on tice and India is in a rather mere the West Coast alone during the prosperous and peaceful state than year, and if so be that the presont it has been for years past. China mature plantations will survive till however, doas, not yet show any the new trees come into, bearing. there is hope that the day of rec Every description of Banking and definite signs of a movement to-

As regards koning may be at least to some ex- Exchange Business Transacted. Correwards settlement.

other purts of the world conditions tent evaded. spondents throughout the world..

and drops are very satisfactory; this state of affairs will place everyone in a position to purchase fee liv. There is a wide spread eeling that the forthcoming year widh sé a considerable influx in trade.

5, Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkong. HEAD OFFICE: 74, Rue St. Lazare, Paris,

Capitali

RASTO Special Working Capital Pr 50,000,000

Parla

Poking. Canton

BRANCHES

Lyons

Musikthe Haiphong Hansi Huanghal Tientsin Hongkocz

BANKERS:

FRANCE: Soolote. Generala, Banque Nationals de Credit Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas. LONDON: Midland Bank Lut

NEW YORK: Yering Bank Columbi:

Trial Co.. 3

A ROLLIN, Manager. Hongkong tat Desember, 1925,

Jbscribed Capital. Frs. 72,000,000.00 Pald-Up Capital ...Fr. 88,400,000.00 THE CHARTERED BANK OF Reserve Fund. Fr. 69,667,283.64 INDIA," AUSTRALIA & CHINA!

Bangkok

BRANCHES: Freel

Pondicherry

Baitatubang

Centra

Dijou

Hongkong Mangiza Nagmen

Palker

Port-Bayard

Haiphong

Hankow

Papecia

Peking

Prora-Punh

KANKERS:

Bhangal Hingapore Tientsin Toare Yannanfu

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escomple de Bring Ormit Lyonasi, Banque cio Paris st des Pay-Ban Credit Industriel et Commercial

ociats Elenerals,

IN LONDON: The National Provinsial Union Bank of England; Ed; Camptole National d'Escompte de Paris; Crodi: Lyonazis IN NEW YORK: .P. Margsa & Co. Frach Amerland Baking Corporation; Guaranty Trast Co. of New York,

Internet alineal on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposite atording to arrangement

Every desoription of Banking and Exchange Bugles transacted.

A. LECOT,

Manager.

Hongkong, 11th Decembar, 1825.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.

İNETHERLANDS. TRADING SOCIETY,)

KITABANTERS 1894. Homexom BriNOK İNCANLIFFORD 1906

B

Authorised Capital: 150,000,000 £12,500,001

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1858,

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON,

Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund:

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

"

.£3,000,000 .£4,000,000

28,000,000

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business transacted..

GURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS zeceived for 1 year or shorter period at rates which will be quoted on application.

A H. FERGUSON,

Manager. Hongkong, 15th April, 1925.

As a set off to the happy coun tenances of the rubber planters, we have to record the depression among an important section of the business community owing to the political disturbances in China. Especially has the trouble hit the timber merchants, who found them- selves in a difficult position with of in-large sums locked up in Hongkong | The Manila bureau

last month re-godowns in the form of unsafeable ternal venue

the Disorganisation of cigar and timber. Existered increases in.

steamer service to Hongkong added cigarette exports to the United

to. the troubles of the Sandakan with. in comparison States. exports to that country in the merchants, but the year closed with corresponding month of 1824. Ex-distinctly brighter tone in the ports during those months follow: hopes of an early settlement be December, 1925, cigars, 20,373,898ween Canton and Hongkong. units; cigarettes 110,000 unita December, 1924, cigare, 20,071.898 units; at etgarettes 25,000 Class "A" cigars top the list with 20,285,054 units.

The bureat, however, registered slight decreases in exports of scrap and partly manufactured tobacco, with 15,525 kilos of scrap tobacco exported last month; as against THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. 17,550 kilos exparted in the same month in 1924, and with 28,944 kilos (Taiwan Ginko.)

of partly manufactured tobacco in December, 1925, compared with 20,653 kilos in December, 1924.

Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899.

Capital Subscribed Yen 46,000,000- Capital (Paid-up). ...... Yen:30,375,000

HEAD OFFICE:-Talpeh,. Formosa,

Paid-Up Capital ...G. 50,000,000 £56,566,471 | JAPAN:-Tokyo, Reserve Fund..G.. 20,838,861 1,711,480

Caska.

EXCHANGE.

Blangkong, Ind Fabruary, 1998

BRANCHES:

" Yokohama, Kobe,| On Louuvam

Bank.

Wiro...

་་,

"

Sold Bary...G. 22,660,000 £ 1,198,130 | FORMOSA: Girán, Kagi. Karenko,

HEAD OFFICE:~~Amsterdam. LASTERN HEAD OFFICE: Batavia.

BRANCHES:-..

Bandieran Bandens Bombay

Dalentia

Diokjakarta

Kola-Radja" Mac

Psang

Oboribon Djember The Hague Kobe

Medan Palembang Paolongan Pontiak Bangoon Botterdam Bamarang Bhangha

Soerakarta (Bals. Boaçabala Tilatio Wolleyreden.

Paning

Alogspore tagal

LONDON BANKERS:— National Provincial Bank, Ltd. Correspondents all over the world BANKING BUSINESS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.

· J. HERBSCÉLIB, Agent. Hongkong, November 4, 1924

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE

BANK, LTD.

Established 1880,

On demand 20 day's sight...

moothe sight --214-3 Credits 4 months" sight ..3/5-7 16 Documentary, 4 mon she sighi 2,500

Par On demand...

... 1/20 Orediis, month' might. 181. York, On Berlin-

Keelung Bokoto, Nanto, Stin- chiku, Taichu; Tainan, Takao, Tameti, Toyen, Heitch, Taitsh. CHINA: Shanghai Hankow, Amoy,

Foochow, Swatow, Canton. OTHERS: Hongkong. Singapore, Soerabaya, Semarang, Batavia,

London, New

Bombay,

Calcutta.

LONDON BANKERS: London County Westminster and

Parra Bank

The Bank has Currexpondust in the Commooralal Contri la ban Europana Cortinant. Rasats. Man. shuria, Tunatan, Japan, Inds4Jaine, Niam, India, Pippinstalasit, Java, Africa, 24.

Interent allowed on Current Accounts, and Fixed Dapunts at rates which will be quoted or applica Lon.

T. TAKAGI,

Manager.

HONGKONG BRANCH:

3. Des Vaux Road Central. Hongkong; 1st November, 1925.

0

מל

demand. Ux

New

York- demand... Credite, 00 days slabă

1:

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Da Bombay-

Wire

150)

On demand.

Da Jaloutta-

Wire

On domard On Mugapore-

On demand... Ja Shanghal-

PULP..

Japan's Paper Needs.

Beef Birloin

נוי

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1926.

NOW I WONDER WHO THẤT CAN BE!

Very often this in your first thought when you receive a message to call up such and such a telephone number." You tan find out sually from the Telephone Handbook which gives the numbers in: the numerical order. You simply turn the pages, and the number, and sos who it is that has been calling you.

Ti

The Telephone Handbook can be obtained from the publishers, No. 5, Wyndham Street, price one, dollari.

HONGKONG MARKET PRODUCE.

APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.

Butcher Meat.

December 28, June, June,

ม

Poultry.

Decembar 18, June, Juze,

1325, 1918. 1914

Cia Cla.. Gle.

Tb: 86. 30 31

1925. 1918 1914

Cta. Cta. Cts.

+6 16

30. 24 12:

Prime Cut

30 23 12.

H

#

Corned

80

23

#

Roast

ge

24

Chicken Capone, Small Capons, Larga: Duck

a

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80. 28 80

17

70

28 .30

19

86:

21

F

D

Breast

24 20

Dover

each 20 22

21

E

Soup

22

20

por 91. 30

18

17

Stoak

80

24

新鮮糖蛋

40 25.

43 80-

Ib.

36.

ラ

58

28.

40.

26

45

per set 15

10

20

И

Tongue, fresh, Tongue, corned

each 90

"60·

each

80

40

23

60

n

Head

#

» $1.50

-$1.20

Ib. $1.00

-Heart

90 51

1b.

H

24

13

22

Hump, Salt

20

each →→→→

"

Feet

ench 9

1:0

Kidneys

15 10

30 20

"Steak Sirloin "Sausages ..... Bullock's Brains) ...

抽

スト

TH

Tail

Livor

Tripe

Calves' Head & Foot..

Mutton: Chop

st

Ley

Shoulder Saddle

The pulp importation into Japan this year was exceptionally active, Pig's Chitlings as a result of the extension of fat tory equipments by leading paper mills and the resultant heavy de mand of paper.

Imports for January amounted to 4,810 tons, those in February 1,108 tons, those in March 11,648 tons, in April 3,824 tons, in May 8,041 tons, i June 8,665 tona, July 7,997 tons, August 8,574 tons, September 7,295 tons, October 6,291 tons, and these in November 4,981 tona, making

This is on total of 73,197 tons. increase of about 20,000 tons over "similar period of 1924 and break all previous records,

Imports for 1914 amounted to 45,842 tons, those in 1915, 53,686 tons, in 1916, 57,720 tons, 1917, 14,334 tons, 1918, 28,796 tons, 1918. 40,581 tona, 1920, 46,808 tons, 1921, 39,075 tons, 1922, 66,381 tons, 1928, 35,722 tons, and those in 1924, 57,098-tons.

FIRMS MERGE.

The L. C. Smith & Bros. writer, Inc.. of Syracuse and the

Brains

17

Feet

Fry

#2

Head

Heart

Kidneys

Liver

Pork Chop

Leg Loin

Fat or Lard..

Sheep's Head & Fac..

Heart

Kidneys

Liver

*

Sucking Pigs, to order. Suet, Bee?

Corona Typewriter Company, Inc., Cataub of Groton, two concerns engaged in Oodfish

world-wide trade, have been

merged under control of

Crace

Ford, Cattle Fish Bacon & Davis, Inc., of New York, Dab

B

vn demand 194 1 Manila

101

170

Elven per

On demand

04)

Tokobama.

On demand

days' sight (private paper;

-LO.

in the greatest industrial consolida Dace tion of the year in Central New Dog Fish York.

Eels, Conger

・3$

* 174

Fresh Water Yellow

THE BANK OF CHINA, as (Bank's buying rate) 8 14

行銀國中

30, 11/16 Bar BUver in Hongkong 7 % pú. Chinese Copper Chab. 10, pm. "Chinces Copper Clerite... 6% pa Chinese Bub. Oota dongroor Bah, Cols

Capital (full paid-up). Ten 100,000,000 (Specially Authorised by Presidential to or Defire Interans mors.

Reserve Fund....

Yen 88,600,000

Head Office:-YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies sti

Batavia.

Bombay,

Buanos Ayres.

Calcutta.

Canton. Changohua Dairen (Dalny), Vengtien (Mukden),

Hamburg. Hankow Harbing Honolulu.

Kal Xum. Karachi

London Los-Angali Lyons.

Anila

Карота

Newchwang New York

Osaka,

Peking.

Rangoon Rio de Janeiro, Balgon San Francisci, Seattle. Semarang. Shanghat Shimonasaki. Singapore. Botabaya.

Vind

Internet alowed où Chizent Deposits received for fired mates to be obtained:oistiÐD

Mandate of the Republic of Chica on the 22nd of November, 1917). Authorised Capital... $80,000,000.00 | Paid-up Capital .............. $18,278,500.00 Reserve Fund ...... 9,820,428.24 |

HEAD OFFICE: PEKING.

HONGKONG BRANCH:

-

25% dis par.

LONDON EXCHANGES.

(British Wireless Service,)

Hugby Febinary 1.

120 6.Bot

107

...

4, Quem's Read Central,

Par 18..." Branches and Bat-branches all ove New York Chins And Correspondents in Europe, Bruneis America, and other parts of the world His London Bankers: The National Provis Balia

cial and Union Bank of England; Ltd. |

Bebek bolm The Guaranty Brnat Company of New

Copenhagen

National Bank.

York New York Bankers: -- The Irving Vleans... The Equitable Temel Compart

York

Intereat allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed. Dagonite, "Thema

Madrid

Zabon Rio Brands Alf Bombay

Yokoham

Alver Bro

Eray descriptims of Banking Balai

swende.

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Speciki, Kacilities for Force

Bilvae "Forward

191

18.10

19.61

21.88

8656

The Corona plants at Groton and. Cortland will.continue manufacture.

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Egg, Hen (cooking)..

Bega. Hen (fresh) Fowls, Canton Fowls, Esinan Geest

Pigeons, Carton

Hothow Turkeys, Cock Turkeys, Hen Snipe Pheasant

pair $1.60.

40 $1.10

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Almonds

Fruits.

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25

70

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32

24

27

Bananus (bride's} Çarambola Cocoanota Lemons, China

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6

4

12

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10

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16. 14

7

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,全坔棒 each

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Oranges

Pears (Canton)

Persimmons, Large.

"Puzzelo, Slam

Walnuts

Grapea

Plantain

Artichokes:

桑村桃子

夏新 花紅大星合善

Cane Shoots, bunch.A.

Cauliflower (Large) -/**

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18 16

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18

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28

18

28

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36

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80

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20

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18

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Mushrooms, Fresh

24

14

9

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72

14

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46

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80

10

Rhubarb

10

Skilleta

Spinach

Tomatons

of the portable typewriter while Froge the Syracuse factories will produce Garoupa. the LC. Smith standard typ Gudgeon writer.

Herrings Halibut

Bret Harte's grandson ended hla¦ Labrus life in Paris last month. Two of Loxch his friends went to his studio. In the Lobsters' Montparnasse quarter and found Mackerel him dead from gas. Up to the last Monk Fish moment he had sat writing to the Mallet girl with whom he had quarreled. | Oysters. On the table were many sheets of Parrot Fish paper, on which the ink was scarce Perch ly dry, conveying impassioned me- Pike sages to her. Bold and firm at the Plaice

beginning, when Harte traced To Pomfret, Black visi you my love. This is my last letter, Pomfret, White and I write it as.I died, the write Prawns Ing gradually degenerated Into an Eag illegible scrawl denoting the Rock Firb approach, of unconsciousness, and Roschuhsatadi. death. A blot ended the letter. Salmon- Harte had been married twice, but ghark.

divorced him in Skate both wives America. He had been educated in Shrimps. England................ He had attempted ARPPIK throughout his life to follow his grandfather in the field of luss tura without much seccess was an accomplished painter.

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