HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI THE BANK OF EAST
BANKING CORPORATION
HEAD OFFICE HONGKONG...
Authorised: Cauftul
850,000,000
Issued and Faily Paid up...$20,000,000 Rosorra Funda:-
Storling......590,000:
Silver $27,000,000)
Rovervo Liability of
Proprietorsaant
ASIA, LIMITED.
THE CHINA MAIL.
COMMERCE AND FINANCE.
HEAD OFFICE) HONGKONG, 18, Den› Yoruz Road Central, Hongkong.
$10,000,500 5,000,000
$200,000!!
[S, WATSON & COM
Profits and Dividends. For Lust Year..
Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital ..........
Roserro-Fund (1926)
DIRECTORS.
Hon Bir Shou-son. Chow-Chairman)
Fing Fing Bann Mok Ching Kong
220,000,000
*
Li: Koon. Ch
COURT OF DIRECTORS: DG, M. Barnar. En Chiran Hon Mr. A. Qi Lung, Deputy Chairman WH Bell, Hogi 4. A. Flammer, Koc 1.Compton, Esq. | Wall, Han
MPH.Eoiraak H. P: White. Eng. W... Patienda, B. G.. M. Young, Esq.
CHIEF MANAGER::
A. El: BARLOW, Esq.
Manager::Shanghai-G. H. STITT, Esq.
LONDON BANKERS. Westminster Bank, Ltd.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in LOCAL CURRENCY” and
FIXED DEPOSITS received for one year or shorter periode: in Local Currency and Sterling, on terms which will be quoted on allontion
Hongkong, 27th Februnty, 1998.
HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.
THE
PEE basiness of the abovei Bank is sonducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR FORATION Rules may be obtained on application.
INTEREST of deposits is calculated on the lowest balanos during, aaob.com. plecad Calendar Month at 3 por cont per annum. Should there be no balance on any day in a month no interest will bo allowed for that month.
Depositors may translar at their ention Balanos of $100 or more to the. HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT: at OURRENT RATES
Chief Manage
For the RosexONG IL PHANOMAT BARKING: CORPORATION),
A. H. HARLOW,
Hongkong, 7th January 1926.
BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.
HEAD OFFICE:
P. K.. Ewok
Wong Yun TonK
Eugub „Tal_
Kan Ying Po
Loun
Ng, Ching, Lak Foug Wat Ting Chan Ching Shek Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.
rented on approved: securities.
SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES o let...
KANTONG PO,
Chlef Manag
Hongkong 8th Fabriary, 1721
行跟森工法中
BANQUE "FRANCOCHINOISE pour le Commerce et L'Industrie (Incorporated in France)..
5., Chater Road, Victoria, Hongkong. HEAD OFFICE:: 74, Eum St.. Lazare, Paris
Capital: .............. Reserves
Pr20,000,000
Fr 11. 180.000) ---- Bpegial Working Capital... Pis 50.000.000-
Paria:
Miron: Poking
Muranilion:
BRANOHES
Lyon Inphong. If not Khanehať Tiontain Hongkong
BANKEES?
Banque FRANGE Societe Generale,
Nationale de Credit, Banque de Paris, et des Pay. Bas.. LONDON: Misland Bank Ladi. NEW YORK: Irving: Brük Columbia
Trust Co
Every description of Banking and Exchange Business Transacted: Corre
pondents throughout the world.
A. ROLLIN, Manager.. Hongkong, 1st December, 1835.
5. Boulevard: Hantsman, Paris..
* 72.000.000,00/ Exbscribed Capital Fald-Up Capitall ... Fro). BR: 400:000:00: Resurre: Fund Fri 9:667288.54 THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA..
BRANCHES:
Bangkok
Fanoil
Pondicherry
Balimbing
·Colon
Margins
Nonme
Hongkong Polgan.
.. Alinne Hafi
Kingapore.
Progr Paking
Dikonti
Port-Ratard
Esiliong Fankaw
Tientsin
Tourm
From Panh Yormarfu
HANKTRO
IN FRANGE! Camptole National: Exempta
Am Carian Prints. Leannais; Banquendo Parises den Pavi-Boss Crocia frolustrisil et Commercial Morinta Generalin,
IN HANDON The National Provincial & Malon Bank of England. Miks fommair National diacompte do Parla; radic Lyonni
IN NEW YORK: P: Mongan A. Comp Prenoli. Asian Ranking Porporation: Guaranty Trust Co. of New York,
Intdenet afirwadi on. Ourrent Automate and Fixed Deporte noeording to arrangement,
Every description né, Banking and ExchanKE Busine (ranteed
A LEGOT
Manager. Hongkong, 11th December, 1925.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.
<
(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.)
Esta azimio 1996). BONANORO BRANon Kryanzigers 1906-
Authorized Capital #: 180,000,000: £12.500,001 Paid-up Capital... 80,000,000 £4,000,314 Beurre and G. 20,588,661 1,711,498 3pecial Roserver..,G. 22,880,000 A 1,588,394 HEAD OFFICE:---Amsterdam, KASTERN HEAD OFFICE:-Batavia..
BRANCHES: Bandjarmasin Bandoung Bombay Calenta Cheriben Djember Djokjakarta The Hague Kobe
Macamar Medan
Pecslosgan
Kola-Reda
Padang
Panang
Botterdam
Palembang
Pontianak
Bamarang
Bangpen
Shanghat
ingapor Boerabat Boerakarta (Bola
Tilstop
Weltevreden
LONDON BANKERS:- National Provincial Bank, Ltd.. Correspondents all over the work. BANKING. BUSINESS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
J. C. MAASSEN,
Acting Agent.. Hongkong, March 9, 1926.
THE
YOKOHAMA SPECIE
LTD. BANK,
Established 1880.
Capital (full paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund... Yen 88,500,000
Head: Office—YOKOHAMA.
Branched' and „Agencles at; Batavia.
Newchwang, 1 New York
Osaka,
Bombay. Buenos Ayres,
Calcutta,
Centon.
Changchun.
Peking.
Bangoon.
Rio de Janeiro Balgon: Vanglian (Münden), San Francisco,
Dairan (Daly).
Hamburg.
Bankow
Harbin,
Honolulu
Kai Te Kerschle
Tobe
Tendon
Los Angeles:
Seattle.
$
INCORPORATED FY ROYAL CHARTER, 1858.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
£8,000,000 ......£4,000,000
Reserva Liability of Pro-
prietors
.£8,000,000
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 quoted on "application.
For Mosers. A. S. Watson & Co. Ltd, the profit for the twelve months ended October 31, 1985, $105,703.87, which amounts to together with the carry forward of $49,725.88 from the previous year leaves $156,426.23 avaliable for appropriation,
The directors will recommend at the forthcoming annual meeting of shareholders that this sum be allocate as follows:-
SATURDAY MARCH
ན་
The times of high-and low-wator must not be considered to coincide with the times of slack-water and
the of current,
two change phenomena being quite distinct.
March 12 to 18, 1926.
41,020,000 more than was disadvanced, and this has strengtheni HONGKONG TIDE tributed in 1924 Bringing all the ed the market in Lanosshire. There 312 into the averages, the coturna a disposition to lay in stocks, The tide table given below has on the total capital was 4.08 per pending the settlement of the been obtained by aid of the Tide pany be increased by the lasus of cont, or 125,981 per company, as wager question, and it is thought predicting Machine, which in- 60,000 new shares of ond Tael each against 62851 in 1924. The great this movement will contings. The aludes 40 components for the Better at a premium or not more than 100 majority of the fallures to pay Coal Commission has held further prediction of tides, from the re- per cent to all shareholders on dividends were in the reconstituted sittings and it is expected that its gult of the analysis of the tidal the Register in the proportion of companies. Or the year's exports, report will be forwarded to the observations, taken at the Kaulung one now share to two old shares. 28 per cent, were shipped in the G-ernment at an early data. The tidal observatory under the direc The date of the issue of each new first quarter and only a little over subvention claims paid up to tion of Dr. Dobarck during the shares and the rate of premium 24 per cent. In the last quarter, December 81 last totalled years 1887, 1888, and 1889.
The times and: heights are given thereon to be left to the decision although December" was a better 38,698,458, those in respect of of the Directors na they in their month than most, Indin's takings November amounting to £2,646,209, for Kaulung; but they may be used discretion shall think best in the for the year were 1,421,440,000 Lancashire, North Staffordshire for the Vistoria Naval yard and ware Aberdeen, the differences being interesta, of the Company. The square yards, as against 1,641,941, and Cheshire payment Chairman said: The present area 900 In 1924 and 1,410,920,000 in 804,387 for October and £292,475 very small. of the Estate under cultivation la. 1929
for November," "Bringing up tho 416 acres and there is a remaining
The engineering trade shows total to the end of the latter month some improvement, Textile ma- to 3980,085. The largest totala area to be dealt with of 835 acres. Your Directors consider that the
chinists are more fully employed; were £2,144,575 to South Wales necessary funds for this purpose although the demand from India, and Monmouthshiro, and $1,469,910 should be provided by increase China and Japan is still smaili to Scotland. capital. The object of asking your The need of ginning plant in the
The chemical trade was dull as authority for this increase to-day newly developed cotton-growing the end of 1925 approached, but as thee that the policy of proceeding parts of the Empire is bringing this was seasonal it did not weaken with the full development of the business to some machinists here. prires. In the present month there Estate can be definitely decided Heavy electrical firms are well art has been more doing, although the upon now and the necessary pre-ployed, but boilermakers, locomo-state of the cotten trade has pre-rii. 12 liminary arrangements gone into tive builders mid talhery and rail-vented a marked revival from In the event of new Capital beingway engineersme hort of orders, occurring, Bleaching powder and Bat 13 authorised your Directors, de, not Machine-tool filters dre doing bet-alkali have been sold on about the propose to issue
the same at anter, motor vehicle manufacturers sunt scale, caustic foda. has been 8. 14 early date, and they do not anti-are busy and structural firms are in better request, both for home elpate that it will be necessary to
use and export, acetic acid has mostly well engaged. do so until probably early in the
been in fairly good demand, and aome products, such as prussiates and sulphur, have been firmer through supplies bing somewhat limited.
Pay a dividend of 7 cents per
share on 90,000 shares."
Pay a dividend of $2 cents per share, on 30,000 shares of
new issue.
Place to contingency account
$20,000.
Carry forward $56,676,29:
HONGKONG FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY..
*
Directors present were:-Dr. C. T. Kew (chairman) and. Meeste R. C. Phillippo, A..H. Manzell and Chang: Nich-yun..
The "China Mail" has been officially informed that the generafvoar 1927. managers and consulting committee. of the Hongkong Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. will recommend at the forthcoming meeting of share- holders to be held on March 26, the payment out of the profits for the year 1924 of a dividend of $38 per share absorbing $304,000; to pasa $100,000 to credit.of reserve fund and
Ab £36,447.78,
exchange 2/4 = $130,866.09, to credit of reinsurance fund; carrying forward $500,782.41 fa respect of the year 1925
14
INSURANCE..
Queer Claims at Lloyd's..
STATE OF TRADE
A Manchester Review.
and
OD'
Coal,
The coal trade has been more active since the turn of the year Fuel from the Midlands has been
Beef Sirloin
HONGKONG MARKET
APPROXIMATE RETAIL
Butcher Meat.
Brains Tongue, fresh..... Tengus, corned Hond
Hump, Salt
12
Heart
"
Feet
#
Kidneys
Tail h
„Efver
Tripe
#
February 8, June, June,
..
Calves' Head & Fest.... 4FB set $1.20:51.00:$1.00- Mutton Chép..
The new year opened with a greater display of interest in cot. ton yarn and cloth, says "The Monthly Review of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce Buyers still clung to the idea that they could get goods at less than coar whenever they pleased, "But, spin ners and manufacturers thought it was high time they had a turn, and They say, "You can insure Bayan effort was made to get it. The thing at Lloyd's and, if this is Federation of Mater Spinners" not strictly accurate, you certain Associations paved the way for a Soup"... ly can insure any reasonable risk greater display of firmness by re
commending an extra week's stop.. with Lloyd's underwriters
Naturally some strange claimspage in the American cotton sec are presented. For instance, ticn in connection with the Christ firm claimed £10 for a big joint mas and New Year holidays, but that was burnt while roasting for the result was not considered satis1: the staff dinner, and the claim was factory.
January paid: Another claim was in re-the Short-time Organisation. Com- spect of a canary suffocated in amittee, without waiting for a ballot, fire. "When it was pointed out that recommended spinners of American. live-stock was not covered by the cotton to reduce the working on policy the owner replied that the January 25. from 39% to 30% canary was a musical instrument. The resolution passed, sald the
Committee felt that the deplorable. and, as auch, was covered.
condition of the American yarn market was a reflection on the em- ployers in that section, as it was in their power to secure a mark- ed improvement, very "quickly, -
The weakness shown was more surprising as Amèrican got-1
without fluctuating tom prices, violently, had advanced ever since One claim settled at Lloyd's was the turn of the year. The reason THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. for the robbery of a gold caravan for the advance appeared to
ir Samarkand, Russian Turkestan that American growers were talk (Taiwan Ginko.)
The convoy stopped at a villageing of making a big reduction this and joined in the rejoicings at a year in the urea devoted to cotton,Pork Chop. christening that was taking place.
as current prices were unprofitable. Resuming their journey, the party where the land was not particu- were overtaken by a band of farly suitable: Reduction talk in villagers who had learnt the nature January is not as a rule rewarded Sheep a Road & Fest...
La important, seeing that farmers defer their Cecisions until a later A white steel with scarlet trap period, but the feeling in the pinge, his belt bristling with markets was that: ehrtatiment win JAPAN:--Tokyo, Yokohama, Eobs, weapons. His followers were of
Osaka.
not be cut of the question unless Sucting Eiga, to order, the right ferocious aspect, and the FORMOSA: - Giran, Kag, Karenko,
cotton advances in the next two Suet, Beef?
"Mutton Keelung Bokoto, Narto, Shin- story of their threats, should re
or three months. Few people Voal chiku, Taichu, Tainan, Takao, tribution be attempted, was blood-thought it probable that prices Tamaul, Toyen, Haitoh, Taitoh, curdling.". CHINA: Shanghai, Hankow; Amoy,
would fall, and nobody desired that Foochow, Swatow, Canton.
Athey should, as stock depreciation OTHERS
-Hongkong, Singapore,. Arabian Nights story were in the had gone much, farther than is Soorabaya, Semarang, Batavia, bald official record, even to the Bombay, London, New York, salvage of some of the gold, which moderate upward movement to re-Barbel the leader of the caravan had hid-store the balance. It is probably Bream
A. H. FERGUSON,.
Manager. Hongkong, 15th April, 1925.
المنصب
Incorporated by Special Imperial. Charter, 1899. Capital Subscribed... Tea: 45,000,000 Capital (Paid-up). Yen 89.875,000 HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, FormORS.
BRANCHES:
Calcutta.
LONDON BANKERS: London County Westminster and
Parr's Bank.
The Bank ha Correspondente in the Commerata!! Cantram in the Europana: Gondment, Rusin, Mno ahuria, Talegino, Japan: Indo-Chins,, Ham, fading Pippine Inanda, Jara, Africa, &d,
A
teren allowed un Current Ascounts, and Pirod Departs at rates which will be quoted' on applian Llan
T. TAKAGI HONGEONG BRANCH:
8. Den Van Road Central. Hongkong, 1st November, 1925,
Manager.
THE BANK OF CHINA,
行銀國
(Specially Authorised by Presidential
Mandate of the Republic of China on the 2nd of November, 1917).
Authorised Capital ........... $80,000,000.00 | Pakl-up Capital avenue $18,270,600,00
Eeserve Fund 'me
9,829,425.24
HEAD OFFICE: PEKING.
HONGKONG" BRANCHIAS
4, Queen's Road Central.
A further claim was for damage done to a alleged to have been carpet by moth during a short journey. On comparing the market value of the carpet with the amount of the claim it was found that the moth must have eater 671 square yards of carpet in four hours!
of their merchandise.
The robber chief was mounted on
All the concomitants of
den in his high boots at the first sign of attack.
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PRICES.
Doves...
Brigs, Hen, (cooking)..
Pigeons, Santoni
Hoihow
Turkeys, Cock. Turkeys, Hen
Poultry..
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Fruits.
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紫會甜程
15
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20
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1.2
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14
10
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60
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Carambola
Cocoanute
Lemons (America)
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12
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8
each
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Long
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Red
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but, of course, they have had some and have experienced the difficul ties which usually arise when values fall before delivery is given and accepted. The cloth made After a special resolution to in-from the comparative desritton crosse the capital of the Sungalas not hit sold yet the fall Rubber Estate Limited by Tls. trade, and this fact has stood in 50,000 had been carried by a show the way of new business in bulk. Bals, Conges of hands at the extraordinaryThe outlook appear however, to general meeting of the shure be a shade batter holders held at the offices of Messrs. "Cecil Holliday and Co.,
Dhootle makers for India are still Ltd., a pool of the shares repre- well engaged and a fair amount of Bented resulted in the directors
new business in these goods is done being beaten on the resolution. week by week Grey airtings and The resolution read as follows other classes of goods which India
Losa That the Capital of the Comtakes have met with a better in-
Shanghai..
quiry but buyers ideas of values. dave mostly been too low even for these times. Trade with Chiza
THE MERCANTILE BANK OF i still small, but there was a good
which – Garhany aliek
ensed - tariffa, a klikle, nature
INDIA, LTD.
sign in the fact that
auctions were resumed
12. The how
Branches and Bub-lranches all over
China and Correspondanta" in Europe,
13, Grioschnurak finskę London. 31. Mír, a b Authorized Capital
1000,000
Shangbak Shimonand Singapore. Воставать. Bydney,
New York Bankası — The“. Irving
"National Bank,
The Equitable Truck. Company of Nov.
Yorks
"Amarlen, and' other parts of the world. :: Bubscribed Capital ""
London Bankers: The National Provin cial and Union, Bank of England, Ltd. The Guaranty Trust Company of Now
York
1,200,000
the operation
of the
Paldrup Capital, masve
1,080,000
1,300,000,
|favoured-nation-
cause
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Gream Shanghai
Farnley Potato Sweet
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