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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI THE BANK OF EAST,

BANKING CORPORATION.

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HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG. Authorlod Capital $50,000,000 Issued and Fully Paid op...$20,000,000 Resorve Funde

Starling.....€1,500,000 Silver827,000,000:

Rasarve Liability of

Proprietorsaedr

$30,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS:

D. G. Mi Bernard, Ex-Clair Hon. Mr. A. O Lang, Doperty Chalaman.

1. H.. Bull; Bequ JA. Plummet,, Euqi. H. Compton, Eq7 4m TMPB, Holvosk H. P: White. Eng W. D. Partendon, Baq. (G. M. Young, Esq.

CHIEF MANAGER:

A. H. BARLOW, Esq.

Manager: Shanghai—Q. H. STITT,, Esq.

LONDON BANKJES. Westminster Bank, Ltd..

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened_in

ASIA, LIMITED,

HEAD OFFICE HONGEONG. D Foux Hoad Castrate

Authorized Capital Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund (1020)

DIRECTORS1:

10,000,000 8,000,000

7,200,000/

Hon. Sir Shoa-son Chow-Chairman.

Fung Play Shan Mok Ching Kong

Wong Yan Tong

LI Koon Chun

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Hurth-

Nr Ching Lak

Kan Ying Po

Loans

Pong Wall The Chan Ching Shak Every description of Banking and Brabangs basmork transacted granted on approved securities.

SAFE: DEPOSIT BOXES to let

EAN TONG PO,

Ohlef“ Managori:

Fangkong, 8th February, 132.

行銀商工法中

LOCAL CURRENCY and FIXED BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE

DEPOSITS received for oAS: JORY, OF shorter periode in Local Currency and Sterling on terms which will be quoted on appliantion.

Hongkong, 27th February, 10361.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK

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pour le:

Commerce et L'Industrie

(Incorporated in France).

5. Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkong

HHAD OFFICE:: 74% Rue St. Lazare, Paria

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A business of the above Bank la conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAT BANKING CORapla) ......... PORATION. Rulos may be obtained serv on application..

INTEREST on deposite in oslaulated on the lowest balance during enchɩ com. ploted Calendar Month st. 3 per cont per annum. Should there be ho balance on any day fm a month an interest. wil be allowed for that, month.

Daportor may transfer at thoir ention Balance of $100 or more to the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on: FIXED DEPOSIT at OGERENT RATES.

For the HoraKONG, BEAROMAT

BAMEIN CORPORATION).

A. H. BARLOW,

Chief' Manager.

Hongkong, 7th January 1926.

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Special Working Capital 750.009.000,-

BRANCHES

Lyone

Paria

Shikon

Poking! Canton

Mhangia

Marrio Haiphong Hanof

Tienin

Hongkong.

BANKERS:

THE CHINA MAIL.

COMMERCE AND FINANCE.

COLTON..

Manchester Market Report.

January 27 The ginning report Inst week and was the cause of a sharp advance at New York on account of the

MORE LUXURY.

Do We Spend Too Much?

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Cochran and Co Annan, hava obtained the contrast for four gft. Bin diameter boilors to be installed for auxiliary services in the two 80,000 ton Italian motor moral building in Trieste by Stablimenta Technloo Triestinol

Hereford Town Council have awarded a contract for overhead I think the general standardne to Pirelli General Cable of expenditure among all classes Works, London (48,948) and have is far too high--Sir Felix Schuster, provisionally accepted the tender Owing to the Improvement in the of W. T. Henley's Telegraph Works atandard of living internal trade London (21,948), for overhead. End, Oerlikon Ltd, Swansea, "have has been on a profitable basis secured a contract for a 6,000-kw. Mr. Walter Leaf

alternator for York Town Council)

These opposing views were ox-(£19,000). pressed by two loading bankers.

figures being bolow" expectations, writes Messrs. J. F. Hutton & Co., Ltd. The market was also strengthened by reports, of large eloth sales at Fall River and gen eral encouraging sextile trade ad- Sir Felix Schuster is chairman: vices; all this coupled with the of the National Provincial Bank fear of unfavourable. boll weovil and Mr. Walter Leaf is chairman developments stimulated a demand for the Westminster Bank. for new crop" months.

Both

Standard Telephones and Cables London, have obtained two ordera for cables for Woolwich Borough Council (11.880 and 21,880).

The contract for the supply of A moder were addressing their annual gen-sludge pumps for Dowsbury Town Couneft has been secured by 3. and Son, Mirfield

ate amount of business has gone eral meetings.

through, but the experience of

Sir Felix said: "It is no use for makers is patchy, some doing well, the private individual to cry for others comparatively nothing. Wepublic economy and a lightening are still troubled with numerous of taxation so that he can spend low offers, in some instances over-more

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seas buyers only increase same by What are described as neces very small amounts A great sities are often more luxuries, feature this week is the enquiry "In Victorian days-which it is for dhootles for delivery until the now the fashion to despiso-sav end of the yénr. This would aping was regarded as a duty. Heavy 20,000,000-pear to show that some buyers are taxation-dent duties and the like Fall.180.000,-confident in the present rates, such-have produced a feeling that

a thing has not occurred for many is hardly worth while.. years past.. Dhooties, have also "Now more than ever the duty been booked for Spring and Sum-lie imperative of reducing un- mer delivery and there is also good necessary expenditure, and... by demand for other Wght goods.saving, of contributing to the na Calcutta has booked some nice tional fund through which capital fines in grey shirtings, China has is supplied to our industries." bought fairly well in greys and Mr. Lent's view was that, owing whites, a few fancies have also mainly to the general improvement been received. Small mixed lots in the standard of Hving among the are reported for Java and Struits. workers, especially in the shelter- markets. have led ladustries," the general spend. minde nice purchases of White Ing power of the community has shirtings and dyed goods." Home teen materially enhanced.

do has not done anything out of the ordinary. Egypt and the Near East are for the time being a negligible quantity. Many spin- ners of American yarns have done It įgood business and there is a con- siderable amount of enquiry to be dealt with. There is no doubt that Pinners are striving very hard to obtain improved prices. Egyptian has done a moderate rade.

TRANCE Boolate Generals Banque Nationale de Credit, Banqas de Paris et des Pays Bas LONDON:- Milled Bank Ltd.

NEW YORK:- Irving Bank Columb:>South American

That Oby.

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business Transacted. Corre- BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.spondents throughout the world....

A. ROLLIN, Manager. Hongkong,1st December,. 1925.

HEAD OFFICE

96, Boulevard Haussman, Paris.

#absorbed Capital... ‚ Frs, 72;000;000:00 Pald-Up Capital Fra 08:400.000:00: Reserve: Find ... Fra 59, 637288.64

Bangkok Ballambang Pintot

Dijont Print-Rixard

Aniphany

Hankow

1)

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BRANCHES:

Monti Hongkong

Meng tre

Noumen:

Paproto Peking

Pini-Panh

o Parulicherry

Falgon

Shananl

Singapore

Tiensdn.

Tograno Yunsanfu

BANKERS: IN FRANOTE Cometole Nationislid Rammple de ariat Credit Lynnusis; Banque do Paris et dive Pays-Bas Brodit Taimsiriol et Commerciel Rociate Cinemia.

IN LONDON: The National Provinciai: & Union Bank of England! Util; Comptoir National Excompte de Paris; Orolit Lyonnais IN NEW YORK: JP Morgan AC French Amarion Banking Corporation: Guzmaty Trust Co. of New York..

Interest linedton Current Accxants, and Elrodi Dayowita neconding to arrangement.

Bery donoription of Banking, and Exchange Butiama transsiblock

TELECOT.

Hongkong, 11th December, 1825.

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Manager.

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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1858,

HEAD OFFICE LONDON..

29,000,000

Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund.....#4,000,000 Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors. ANY ....£8,000,000

DYESTUFFS..

Treatment of German Imports.

The Department of Commerce and Industry reports that during the year ended December 31, 1925, 3,408 applications were received for permission to import dyes un- der the Restriction Law, says

way

This, he added, could not be said of our export trade, though our latest reports were more hopeful. Trade: Not Doomed

protest necessary to against the cutery that British trade was doomed, and to point out ur pre-war proportion of world! once more that we were holding. trade: our own export trade had falden of rather less ratio than world trade as a whole..

On this subject Bath Bankers were in agreement, Sir Felix re- marking that our trade was not only holding its own, but showed fair promise of considerable im- provement, provided always that e boked the situation in the face and relaxed no effort.

M Leaf Baid that a thinga now

Johnsen 6820;688).

The British Thomson-Houston Co., Rugby, have secured contracts for two traction motor convertera and two general supply motor con- verters for Leyton' U.D.C.

Worcester Town Council. Have: accepted the tenders of the British: Thomson-Houston Co., Rugby, for:

a turbo-alternator (428,758), and G. and J. Weir, Glasgety, for con- densing: plant (36,200)..

Boef Sirloin

THURSDAY, MARCH 4.

NOW I WONDER WHO THAT CAN BELE

Very often this is your Arst thought when you receivaɛne mosaïgs to call' up such, and such as telephopa number.. You can find out exally. from the Telephone Handbook which gives the numbers in the numerical! order. You simply turn the pages, And: the number, wad noo who it is that has been calling you

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

HONGKONG MARKET PRODUCE.

Prima: Cut

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Corned!

27

Roast.

Breast

Soup

JJ

Steak....

APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.

Butcher Meat.

Steak Sirloin.......... 4. 100

Bullook's Brains

Tongue, fresh,

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February 8, June, June,

1926. 1918 1914.

Chicken!

Cori Otar Of..

92: 24 $19.

32

23:

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Capons, Small

· 32 25: 12

Capons,, Large, ...

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32.

24: 22:

Duck.....

30

2018

Doves

D

$3

28: 20: 18:

Eggs, Hen (cooking)...

牛肉排

82:

24 23

Eggs, Hen (fresh)

45: 80 35

Fowls, Canton

400

28

201

Fowls,, Hainen

per sot. 15.

10

12:

Goase...

cách soi

50

601

20 $1.00

60

$2.50

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stood the Chancellor of the Ex-Calves' Ecad & Fest. sat. $1.20 $1.00 $1.00:

chequer could do as he pleased with regard to the issue of notes. Parliament had surrendered all control to him and had, in fact, created, a dictator:

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FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Banking business: transactod.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS received for 1 year or shorter period at rates which will be The Japan Chronicle of this, 2,925 were entertained, and 227 re- quoted on application.

A. H. FERGUSON,jected, 286 being carried over as

Manager.

undecided. The amount for which Hongkong, 16th April, 1825.

permission was given was 2,053,517 grammes, reperesenting a yalue of

The quantity ¥8,606,113.

amounted to "343,759 grammes with a total value of mand. The issue of currency notes ought to be handed over, under Y491,196.

the conditions to be agreed, to Bank of England..

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. allowed

(Taiwan Ginko.)

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL:

MAATSCHAPPIJ.

pandas.

(NETHERLANDS TRADING: SOCIETY.):

Sorekoru BRANCH BHARLIEKI, 1906.

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Authorised Capital G, 150,000,000 $12,506,08) Patd-Up Capital.... 80,000,000 £ 8,888,071: Recerts Fund 20,598,361 31,711,408

Special Reserve.... 22,000,000 - 1,888,339. HEAD OFFICE:-Amsterdam. CASTERN HEAD OFFICE: Batavia. BRANCHES:-

Banderassin Bandowng

Colesla

Cheribon

Mar

Palembang

Dlakjakarta The Hague

Fota-Baja

Padang

Penang Batterdam Singapore

is

..Bombay. Djamber Habe Madan Pocalosgan

Fratlanak Fangoon

Samarang Shanghai

Boersbala Boerakarta (Sdis, Diinija Weltevreden

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

DESCRIPTION. •

M. J. HERBSCHLEB,

Agent Hongkong, November 4, 1924.

THE

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YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD,

Established 1880.

Capital (full paid-up)... Yen-100,000,000 Reserve Fund .............. Yen 38,000,000

Head Office:-YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agences at; "Batavia. Bombay.

Виерон Лутай

Calcutta.

Canton

Changchun

1.41

Nowchwang. New York

Osaka

Peking.

Rangoon

Rio de Janeiro. Dairm (Dalny). Baigon. Fangtion (Mukdes). San Francisco, Jamburg.

Seattle.

Jankow

Harbin Honolulu.

*

Karachi

Iobe.

London.

Shimonona.

Singapore. Поставить Sydney. Tientsin. Tokyo K

Tsingtao. Vladivostock. Nagoya

Internet allowed on Current Accounts. Deposfia recadred for fixed perioda si mte to be obtained on pilostion.

U AREMA Miss Manara. 11th Septanker, 1965.

Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899.

Capital Subscribed Capital (Paid-up)

Yen 45,000,000 Tom 89,375,000

HEAD OFFICE:-Talpeb, Formosa.

BRANCHES:

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Such a financial dictatorship roult only be justified in time of war. and it was high time that Farliament should

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CONTRACTS PLACED.

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As already reported, the Govern- ment has revised the tariff for dyes, changing the 35 per cent. adi valorem duty to a specific one, wh... will fall neavy on higher grades. This is to protect the home industry after the Restric- North tion. Law has been practically an nulled by treating German dyes un JAPAN: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe,der the most favoured nation FORMOSA: Giran, Kagi, Karenko, clause, which are to be applied in Keelung, Bokoto Nanto, Shin order to smooth out the difficulties chiku, Taichu, Tainan, Takao, the Commercial Treaty with Ger- Tamsul Toyen, Heitoh, Taitoh,

many is now facing. There is no CHINA: Shanghai, Hankow, Amoy,

trace of importation for potential Focchow, Swatow, Canton. OTHERS — Hongkong, Singapore, requirements, för care is taken by Manchester, have secured a con

Soerabaya, Semarang, Batavia, the Government to prevent specula-tract (#30,000) for a refuse des- Bombay, London, New York, tive imports. But the practical im-tructor for the City of Caracas, Barbel Calcutta,

possibility of this kind of opera-Venezuela,

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Osaka

LONDON BANKERS: -London County Westminster and' Parr's Bank.

The directors of the London and Eastern Railway have placed orders for 33,000 tons of vitish steel ralls. Of these, Steel, Peech and Tozer, Rotherham, have secured an order for 4,000 tons, Samuel Fox and Co., Stocksbridge, Sheffield, 2,000 tons, and Cammell, Laird and Co., Sheffield, 4,000 tons. Meldrums, Ltd, Timperley, near

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tions has developed speculative Bell Brothers (Manchester) have Canton Fresh buying and holding stocks on the obtained contracts for water Water Fish. market, which under the manipula- filtration plant for Birmingham CATP

The Bank has Corraspondents in the Oemmaration is growing firmer. Were It and Newcastle-under-Lyme_Cor Catfish

¿Contros in the European Continent,, Russia, Man johurin, Talagizo, Japan,. Indo-China, slama, India,.

Pallippine balenila, Prvo, Africa, do

interest diawed on: Carment Acepants, and Bizad Deposits at males which will be quoted on applied

T. TAKAGI,

tion

HONGHONG BRANCH:

Manager.

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

(Specially Authorised by Presidential Mandate of the Republic of Chios on the 22nd of November, 1917). Authorised. Capital..... 100,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital . $18,275,600.00 Reserve Fund $9,629,425.2€.

* 1!

·Dab... Dacs

not for the long period of de-porations, and the Fylde Water Codfish Dression, there would be more Board. The latter plant will be Crabs active speculation, for the financing capable of treating 4,400,000 Cattle Fish of which the position of individual gallons a day. dealers is not strong enough. Also Howden-Ljungstrom Preheaters a considerable stock carried by (Land), Ltd., Glasgow," have re- the trade, largely representing theceived an order from S. A. Brain: goods delivered by Germany in Heu and Co., Cardiff, for one air pre- Fresh Water of war indemnification, and stagna- [heater to work in conjunction with tion in the textile industry, tend Lancashire boftére.

Dog Fish

Fals, Couger

#

1.

Yellow

THE BANK OF CHINA, 行鎮國中

LATEST WILLS:

Gross.

.

to check speculations. In these: The British. Thomson-Houston circumstances it is not likely that Company, Rugby, have secured con- the market will make any, sharp tracts for electric lamps for the :advance on: account of the tariff Great Northern section of the

situation.

London and North Eastern Rail way, the Dublin United Tratn ways, the Aberdeen Line, and the Great Northern Railway Com- paný (Ireland);

William Gray and Co. West Hartlepool, have received a con- tract for the construction of a 9,000-ton vessel for Crosby, Magee and Co., Hartlepool. The Central:

Pike Marine Engine. Works are to build

Falco the machinery 4

Pomfret, Londonderry Corporation have Pomfret awarded a contract (262,000) for PAWAN

· of: Maidstone Kent, and the supply of pipes, for a water.

Has formerly of Chester 61,778 supply scheme for the Stanton Iron-

Rock works Company, Nottingham

The Netherland Steamship Com Roach pany Amsterdam, has

Frogs

Garoupa

Gudgeon

Herrings

Halibut

Loach Labaters Mackerel

Monk Fish Mallet

Oyster

Parrot Plan Parch

Salmon

HEAD OFFICE: FEKING..

.HONGKONG BRANCH:

4. Quson's Road Central. Branches and Sub-branches ail' OYOY China and Correspondents in Europe, America, and other parts of the world. London Bankers: the National Provin- cial and Union Bank of England; Ltd. The Guaranty Trust Company of New

New York Bankers: --- The Irving

National Bank

The Equitabis Trust Company, of New

Interest allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposita. Turns on applies. tion * Eriey description of Banking Duck naes festeseta Lette

Loans gravled on syproved securities, Bogdal Fullities for Home Bachatas,

ME. W. S. Clark (86), of

Somerset, boot, manufac turer, a prominent Quaker (and Radical, and a son-in- law of John Bright, 'left,' - "so far as, at present can be ascertained”...... £86,237 Mr. Alfred 0. Walker (98),.

don, for the propelling machinary, for a new motor-ship.

Miss Isabella Muir (88), of Hillsworth, Castle Danglas NB and lata “of Maidland," Wigt.wn Mr. John, Henderson, C.I.B., ⠀of Edinburgh, formerly Frofessor of Zoology in

The contract for the supply of Madras Christian College,

three electric aro-welding plants and later Superintendent,

far the Eastern Bongal Railway had Government Museum and

*been awarded" to "Alloy Walding Aquarium, Madras 1977 21,885 Processes, London.

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