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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAR THE BANK OF EAST

BANKING CORPORATION,

1

HEAD ÖFFICE: HONGEÓNG..

Authorised Capit

***$53,000,000

Lasued and fully Paid up...$90,000,0001 Beserve Funds

Sterling...24,500,000 Silver....$25,800,000

Reserve Liability of #20,000,000

Proprietors

COURT OF DERMOTORS:

6. M. Young Bug Chairmass H. P! White, Laq, Deputy Chairman. W. H. BAXI, Xaq, 1. Mr. A. O. L

GM Bersary Baq, W, La Pstienden, Haq,

JA. Plommer, Batje 4. H. Compton Beg

Kon. Mr.PH. Holyoak! T. G. Wall: Big

CHUP MANAGER/ A. H. BARLOW, Esq.

Manager: Shinghai G.. H. STIFT, Esq..

LONDON BANKERS.

Westminster Bank, Ltd.

ASIA, LIMITED.

HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG, 19, Dan Tank: Road Central, Hongkoku.

Authorized Capital! ........... 110,000,0 Paid-up Capital Emerve Fundamen DIRECTORS:

5,000,000 2,000,000

Elon. Sir Shou-son Chow

Pung Ping Shan. Mol Ching Tong id Koon Chun Wong Tan Tong PK Kwok Nr Ching Tak

Kan Ting Fo Pong Wat The Chan Chu Shak Every description of Bandung, and Exchange business transected. Loans granted on approved: securities. -

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES to ledi.

TAN TONG PO,

Chief Manager. Hongkong, 18th February, 19211

THE CHINA MAIL.

COMMERCE AND FINANCL

JAPANS TRADES.

SHIPMENTS TO UNITED: STATES INCREASER

Imports from Europe Fall

Increased trade with the Unitad States and Asiatic countries and smaller trade with Europe were the outstanding features of Japan's foreign trade for the first aine months of 1925, says the "New York Evening Post" Exports for totalled the period in question 1,608,252,000 yen, an increase of more than 375,000,000 yen

over

行銀商工法中

yen, as compared with. 1,913,822,-

FEED BANQUE FRANCO CHINOISE

CURRENT ACCOUNTS spened" in LOCAL CURRENCY

DEPOSITS recetred for one your or shorter periods in Local Carency and Harling on terms which will be quoted

application, an

Hongkong, 10th, May 1938,

MONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

THE

HE buslao of the abors Bank im conducted by the HONGKONG AND BHANGHAI BANKING COR

pour le

Commerce et. L'Industria (Incorporated in France).

..... المعالجة

Prs 23.000,200,-- Fra 11.180.000,--

PORATION. Rulog may be obtained; | @psolal: Working Capital... F 59,000,000- on application.

INTEREST on deposite is alonkated on the lowest balanoe durlag ssob com- pleted Calendar Month at 5 per sent.. per annum. Should there be no balance on any day it a month ne interest will be allowed for that month,

Depositats may transfer st their option Balance of $100 or more to the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at JURRENT RATES.

For the HoxOKONG & SHAMIZLAI

BANCORPORATION, ..

'A. EL BARLOW.,

Chief Hanager.

Hongkong, 7th January 1925.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINEL

HEAD OFFICE: .

96, Boulevard Haussman, Paris.

to

ONEL

The Province,si

FEE

BAIGON RICH

An Upward÷Tendency"

Compagnie, de Commerce ef d'Extreme-Orfant of

their circular dated

The total of 184188,000 yen for

every 100 hosts between Great Britain reprmente a decline

Cheklang,quare" fest; 34: for ever

jakosta, between 5 and 10: EQUATE. Fof 68,300,0001 yan, or 26 per osAKA

comused with the esme gered according to the January Chine reef and 12 for every 100 sheets last year Similarly imports from ene Economic Bulletin, la now between 5 and 10 square feet. No Germany dropped 24 per cent and collecting a tax on advertisements. advertisement is allowed to be ex- January 28, say there were smaller declines in The report in the bulletin giving hibited unless the advertiser bas practically all other European

paid the tax, in advance, the rates for the various classes countries.”

of advertisements is as followed

on advertisements

1922

1923 1924

BRITISH MOTOR-CARS: |

Growing Export Trade.

paper who goes on to say:

"A

Как

has been

The supply of paddy continues to be under the average for the "Cheklang authorities have also time of the year. A brisk demand Issued set of regulations govern-is expected from Javd and also Ing private advertising companies collected by the or agencies. Any promoter of from Shanghat. The market is Cheklang authorities. For the euch business must first obtain rather frm with a slight upward

advar permission from the authority in tendency... purpose 64 taxation,

The total amount of rice export- are classified into charge and pay a deposit of $500.

The provlace is divided into eighted from January 1 to January 15, special, and, (2) ordinary, districts in each of which only

Progress has been rapid and tisements" the figures for the corresponding uninterrupted during the past few | (1) nine months of 1924; while im-years in the British motor export Special advertisements are subane company or agency is to be 1928 e 29,477,149 tons against

trade, as is shown in the follow-divided into (a) those pasted on permitted to operate. Up to the 21,092,308 in 1925. porte amounted to 2:038;108,900

ing export values of motor vehicles boarde, tax, $0.10 (10 cents) per present, the Wuling Advertising We quote to-day, white Saigon square foot per month; (b) illus Company has been designated for rice No. 1 25 per cent.. brakens 000 yen for the first nine months and parts:-

. .£2,765,629 || trated wall advertisements, $0.05 |the Hangchow district, while two round gain:--Hongkong $6.60,. per of the previous year, according to

8,899,001 | (5°, cents), per square foot par more are being organised for the picul of 134 the fob. Saigon; the Far Eastern division of the

4,658,270 month; (c) house-building con Kaheing and Huchow districte ra- 60:12:10, per owt. fo.b. Saigon Department of Commerce.

The United States 1925 (11 months only) 8,498,460 tractors' advertisements, 30:10 (10 spectively. The advertising.com yen 8.65, per picul of 134 lbs. f.o.b. Exports

The biggest asset of the industry cants) per square foot per month panfas are also charged with the Salgon reached the impressive total of

an increase of is the universal acknowledgment (d) sandwichmen, 80.10 (10 duty of collecting, on behalf of the White Saigon rice No. 2. sifted 718,242,000 yen, 6, Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkong.nearly 40 per cent. over the same of the superiority of British motor cente) for each person per day officials, the advertisement tax Japan quality-Hongkong $6.40,

period:

last year, when they craftsmanship. Other things being It. the sandwichman's, is accom For this service the companies are per picul of 134 15. f.o.b. Saigon; an additional to get 20 per cent,' of the collec... £0.12.6. per cwt. Lob. Saigon; yen nearly equal, there is no question panied by a band, HEAD OFFICE: 74, Rue St. Lazara,

amounted 489;516,000 yen. Paris.

Cheklang 8.35, per picul of 184 lbs. fo.b. Similarly there were marked gains that five, out of six over-seas charge of $0.20 (20 cents) pertions as commission.

officials at present collect abouf - Sulgon, For: February-March 'ship” in shipments to practically all motorists will buy the British pro-musician is levied.

“Ordinary advertisementa* in- $2,000 a month from this source." "ment. Asiatic countries. The largest Induct, says a writer in a London crease in value was in exports to

Of special encouragement, too, is China.. the" 1926 total of 834,768,-

the fact that our best motor 000 yen having been 63,300,000 ven markets are found within the Em greater than for the correspond-

pire. Of the 1924 total export. ing montha of last year. The

than value of 26,558,270 no less. greater relative increase was. in the case of British Malaysia, the 4,912,198 represents purchases by total of „31,052,000 yen being 90our Dominions and possessions. par sent. greater than in the 1924 Australia, whose imports of British The largest single buyers was period. Other important gains. were Dutch East Indies, 42 per motor vehicles and parts brought cent; Kwantung Leased Territory,£1,627,566 into the Old Country.

Only last November the vice- 40 per cent, and India, 29 per president of the Mammoth General cont. Among European countries; shipments to Great Britain drop-Motors Corporation" of America Beat Sirloin Every description of Banking ends

economic background neaded to Exchange: Business Transacted Corre-ped 5 per cent, and to France: 74 said. "England: provides the entire

per cent. spondents throughout the world.

The situation with respect, to support the manufacture of motor- cars that can compete successfully Imports was somewhat different owing to the fact that during the in the world's markets." present year Japan has greatly in- creased her imports of raw cotton and rice, while practically all other

from British commodities have declined. In con- sequence imports

Paris:

Balcon

Peking

Danion

BRANCHES

Lyon

Massillon Halphong Kanol Shanghai Tientsin Hongkong.

BANKERS:

.1

FRANCE: Societe Generals, Banque Nationale de Credit, Banque de Paris. et des Pays Baa. LONDON:- Midland Bank Ltd,

NEW YORK-Irving Bank Columbia

Trust Co.

A. ROLLIN Manager, Hongkong, lit December, 1925.

Subscribed: Capital. Fr. 72,000,000.00, Pald-Up Capital. Fr. 68,400,000.00 THE CHARTERED BANK OF Fr. 59,667,288.54 INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

Eserve Fund

Bangkor

Battambang

BRANCHES.

Hanoi Hongkong

Canten

Mangtze

Pondicherry Faigon Alanghai.

Dibouti

Noumen

Hingapurune

Fort-Bayard

Papeeta

J'en Lin

Haiphong

Peking

Hankow 1. Pnom-Punh

BANKERS:

Teasone Yogasn

IN PRANOR Comptoir Nations d'Escomple de aris; Orelit Lyonning Banque de Paris of don Pays-Bas, Credit Industriel of Ommercial Bociete Generale.

IN LONDON: The National Provincial Union Bank of England, Ltd: Comptoir National Exempte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais IN NEW YORK: J.P. Moran & Co.; French American Banking Corporation;

Guaranty Trail Do. of New York.

Manager.

Interest allowed on Current Acesante and Fixed Deposite nocording to arrangement,

Every description of Banking and Exchange Buske transgiod.

A. LECOT, Hongkong, 11th December, 1925.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.

(NETHERLANDS. TRADING SOCIETT.)

BETAL. 1994. Homemoss Emanow. ErtanLUKKO 1900,

Authorized Capital &,380,000,000 £12,500,00) Eid-Up Capital. 80,000,000 £6.868,621 Eserve Fund...G. 20,596,861 £ 1,711,695 Special: Barron...G: 22,000,000 £1,998,2

HEAD OFFICES--Amsterdam. KASTERN HEAD OFFICE:-Batavia. BRANCHES:- Bandlarmaris Bandung Cleats

Die dakarta

Kota Bacia

Padang

Pasang

Bombay Oberibon Djember The Hague Kebi Haomwar

Medm

Palembang Peslongan Polarak Bangoom

Bhanghai

Botlardam Saparang Alogapers

Boerabais Boemakerin (Balu Tjilotja Weltevreden

LONDON BANKERS:- National Provincial Bant, Ltd. Correspondents all over the world. BANKING BUSINESS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. #

M. J. HERBSOHLEB,

Arent Hongkong, November 4, 1924.

TEFF

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD.

21

Established 1880.

Capital (full paid-up)... Yen 100,000,000 Bekerve Fund .................. Yen 88,500,000

Head Office:--YOKOHAMA"

Branches and Ageïdes até Batavia

Newchung Bombay.

New York

Mueroa Ayres.

Calcutta

Canton

Changchas

Dairani (Dalny). «Fangtien (Mikelon);

Hamburg

Hanbow.

farblos Honolulu,

Paking

Rangoon.

Rio de Janeiro.

"INCORPORATED BY ROYAL,

CHARTER, 1858. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

---13

.£9,000,000 Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund

£4,000,000- Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors.***** ....£3,090,000 FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business transacted.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for 1 year or shorter period at rates which will be qucted on application.

A. H. FERGUSON,

Manager. Hongkong, 18th April, 1928.

SPECULATORS YEAR.

*

Stock Exchange in 1925..

The Cloy Editor of a London paper writes:-

44

HONGKONG MARKET PRODUCE.A

APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.

Butcher Meat.

February 8 June, June,

1926. 1918. 1914.

Cia. Cta. Cta..

1b.

32 24 10

w Prime Cut

32. 728

1:2

Comed

83

19

Boast

"

Chicken...

Poultry.

February 3, June, June,

1926. 1918. 1916 Ct. Cts. Cani

80 81

1b. 65

*#1

#

65. 48 30

sach 30 ·28 21

い

48. 22:21

Breast

Soup .. Steak

Steak Sirloin,...

Sausages...

Bullock's Brains:

Tongue, fresh.

Tengue, corned

Hand

Heart

Hump, Salt

29 19 82- 24

30 20 18

n. 28 20: 18

# 82. 24 22

45 80 35

Capons, Small Capons, large... Duck...a que me hi Doves

Eggs, Hen, (cooking)

·Eggs, Hen (fresh); 4)

Fowls, Canton *...

Cease... Pigeons, Canton

Hollow

Turkeys, Cock Turkeys, Hon Snipe

Pheasant

Quail Partridges

per or: 80% 182 Tam

lb 72 36 24

09 28

59 24 24

each 48 80

#

Feats Edneyc

Tail Liver Tripe

India, the chief source of raw cotton imports, rose from 341,066; 000 yen during the period January- "In the Stock Exchange, the year September, 1924, to 631,567,000 yen 1926 will be best known as the for the same months of this year. year of the second big rubber Among the other Asiatic countries"boom," an event that has brought there were substantially increased welcome relief to many a firm imports from Kwantung. Leased † whose resources, had been depleted Territory and the Dutch East by hack during the past few years Indies, and very slight declines for of any really big speculative move-Calves! Head & Feet. China, British Malaysia and the ment. Philippines Islands. Another im

Among Home securities the was in imports acute weakness of the stocks of portant increase

the three big railways whose 'pro- from Australia, the totals for the 1924 and 1926 periods having been fits depend on the condition of Pig's Chillings 92,696,000 yen and 119;995,000 yen..the country's trade has cast an respectively.

overshadowing, gloom, but there

Imports from the United States have been some bright features in were valued at 502,427,000 yen, a the shares of many British in- decline of 17,000,000, or about 3dustrial undertakings, the profits per cent, compared with the same of some of which depend: partly on THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. | months of 1924. This represents trade abroad.

(Taiwan Ginko.)

an increase in imports of American The shares of the tobacco com- raw cotton and more or less sub-panies, some of the electrical con- stantial declines in practically all atruction companies, and the great other commodities.

་

Incorporated by Special Imperial

Charter, 1899,

Capital. Subscribed ..... Ten: 45,000,000 Capital (Paid-up)...... Yen 39,375,000

HEAD OFFICE:-Talpak, Formosa.

BRANCHES:

JAPAN:-Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe,

Osaka. FORMOSA:-Giran, Kagi, Karenko, Keelung Bokoto, Nanto, Shin- chillcu, Taichu, Tainan, Takao,: Tamsul, Toyen, Haitoh, Taitok.

CHINA:

hanghai, Hankow, Amoy, Fooshow, Swatow, Canton.. OTHERS: Hongkong,

EXCHANGE.

Hongkong By Fibruary, 1#6: In Loadio-...

Bank, Wire...

"

artificial silk business of "Court- Aulda have been outstanding instances.

Tin, thanks to its rapid rise in price, has provided an interesting. companion to the rubber "boom, and some mining experts are ex-

Mutton Chop

27

Leg... Shoulder Saddle

<<E«$$CHEEBOLBEREHBERTRUDEROBECERARQBERIZES

#

40

FF

28 20

Fowls, Hainan

per sat 15.

10

18:

each 80

50

80

» $1.00

60

'".$1.50

-$1.20

Ibr

24

13. 14.

辣

20. 18

each 12

10

12.

15

10

19.

12

25

20 22

ib. 20 18 14

ます

12 87

set $1.20 $1.00 $1.00

1b. 65 26

*4

Bananas (bride's):

Caramboliz Cocoanuts Lemons, China

56.

26

58 24

$5.

Almonds

40:

Brain..

Per set 3

27: 12

Apples California).

#

Fast

lb. 20 15

官

Fry

H

40 15 18

#

Head

#."

24 20

Heart

each 15

10" ID

Kidneys

#

12. 10 B

Lemons (America) Lichees, Dried

Liver

lib. 52

30 24

#

Pork Chop

排骨:

42

28 28

27

Leg

45

#

Loin

48 28 24

H

#

Fit or Card vi

26. 21

Sheep's Head & Foot. * # 14. per ast:90.

40, 70

W

Heart:....

each. 15

8 7.

Kidneys

15.

Liver

50

Sucking Pigs, to order.

On demand/pecting an important revival in Buets Beet

1 30 day's sight...

•

4 months' sight Credits: 4 months sieht 3/57 1 Documentary, menkha night 2,5-D/B 10. Paria-

On demand...

118) Credits, months! sight - Singapore, Herlin-

On Sourabaya, Semarang, Batavia, Bombay, London, New

Un demand York,

On New Yock- Calcutta.

demand

LONDON BANKERS:. Landon Courty Westminster and Parr's Bank

The Bank has Correspondants in the Oom srelat Centres in the European Continent, Dustin, Man. cherin, Tringing, Japan, Indo-China, Blam, India,

riu Tafsir Jam, Afrin, ko,

latorast Allowed yn Current Acroasts, and Fixed Depoalle at roter which will be quoted on: applic loa

T. TAKAGI,

Manager.

HONGKONG BRANCH:

8. Des Your Road Central. Hongkong, 1st November, 1925,

THE BANK OF CHINA.

行銀國

(Specially Authorized by Presidential Mandate of the Republic of China on the 22nd of November, 1017) Authorised Capital $60,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital w 318,379,000.00 Reserve Fund wake

HEAD OFFICE: FAXING,

HONGKONG. BRANCH:"

4.- Quem's' Road Central. Branches, and Büb-branches-all over China and Correspondenta in Europa, America, and other parts of the world. London Bankes - The National Provin

ela and Union Bank of England, Itd Tug Guaranty Trust. Company of New

New York Bankerez

National Bank.

Cradita, 60 days' dzhi

On Bombay-

Wire

On demand

In Jalonita-

Wire

On demazd

In Singapore-s

Un demandon

Ja Manfia

On desand...

In Bhaugh!

On demand

"90 days' sight (privato paper)

Ou Yokohama

12. 10

55: 28 25

Oranges (Canton) Oranges

Poars (Canton). Peanuts

Persimmons, Large'

Plantain Puzzelo, Skam

Walnuts Grapes

25 25. 24

4

32

20 18

#

....19

66 20 24

86 20

40 20 20

Artichokes

Beatns, Sprout

Long

Beet Root

the ancient Cornish tín-mining In- dustry unless some other field is Yaal discovered to replace the alluvial fielda abroad when those are ex- hazetad.

Mutton

#

Satienges

Fish.

NEW COMPANY ORGANISED.

Barbel

nom

Bream.

26:

20.

The Oriental Japanese Hotel- Changes Hand

Canton' Fresh

28-18

16

14

Water Fish.

1661

101:

2254.

nom.

In view of the imminent success, of the long drawn-out negotiations for the amalgamation of the N.Y.K.. and T.K.K., Messrs.

Cattle Fish Kawanishi,

Okazaki, Kosone, Dab Kashima, ⠀ - 14 Tamara, and Sekiguchi, all of Kobe, have made: arrangements with the Yasuda Dog Fub Bank, creditor of the Toyo Kisen Eels, Conger Kaisha, to take over the site,

Carp Catfish

*26*11 of

20 12

·

Codfish Став

PROS

Fresh Wa

building, and furnishings of the

Yellow

Oriental Hotel at Y1,000,000.

Froge

On demande

à 115. Sovereigna (Bank's buying raba) 8.143. -30/13/18

Ber in Houkang 7-m Chineas Copper Cash Chimera Corner Cent

10% poly

Bate of Amliya Itiborasi mota, Caling Babe Coin 23 % des Sourkow Bah, Coln

LONDON EXCHANGES.

(British Vireless Servics.)

Rugby February

4.86 916

Labrus

A joint stock company capital Garoups || Ised at Y800,000 in shares of Y100 Gudgeon is to be organised. In addition Herrings to the above mentioned persons, Mosers, K. Matšukata, C. Ito, and Kishimoto and the Nippon Yasen and Osaka. Shosen Kaisha will hold an interest. A Of the purchase price, it i stated Y500,000, will be retained- by the Yasuda Bank. Y500,000 will be loaned to the new company and 100,000 1

be appropriate for running expenses.

An amusing commentary on the hardships imposed

rubberma

allered

British

the

Rubber

American

by the

Tof

Fike

Bitter Squash

П

Fruits.

-LINE MË RE N¬ ME NÆRIN

****

*.*

82 28

Ib. $1.00

80 51

each 88

pair $1.80

#

.35

21 $1.50

11

each 14

1b.

each

Saka -6878.57!..S

12:

each

1b. 25

Vegetables, &c.

26 20 25

50 བཤ 28

16 18.

·65: 29 16

20 10 10 -10 26 FIG

8

Brinjals, Green

Red

Cabbage, Chirose:

(Shanghai)

Cane Shoots, bunch:

Cauliflower. (Large).

Colery, Chinese:

Carrota

竹类角螺瓜瓜瓜茶菜鲜花花

B**WBEZERA

(Medf

(Small)

辣椒+

紅花椒

75

10- 18 23

Chillies, Dried

Red

80

Green

82

白

24 18 15

Cucumbers

32

18

Garlis

Curry Stuff, English

Ginger, Young

Horseradish, Shanghai

Indian Corn

Lettuce

Water Che

Mushrooms, Freal

Okroes

Oniana, Bomba7

Gram

Parsley

Pota

sach 10

lb.

sach

10

ឃុំ ន * BÈ តៃ | | | | | | |

10

10

20