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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI THE BANK OF EAST

BANKING CORPORATION.

HEAD OFFICE; HONGKONG.

Authorfsud Canitari

$30,000,000:

Iwood and Fully Paid up...890,000,000

Rowerve Funde-

Sterling.£500,000:

Bliver .............. 827,000,000:

Rosarvo Liability of

Proprietoza

$20,000,000 ||

COURT OF DIRECTORS:

D. M. Bernard, Eng-Chairmast

Hon. Mr. A. O kany, — Popusty 405alanan

WED 311, Kar

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Carnston, Req.

Went

Tan Mr. P.FL. Horak ..P Walta. Faqe W. L. Pattonlun, F. M. Young.

CHIEF MANAGER:

A. H. BARLOW, Esq.

Managar: Shanghai--G. H. STITT, E-g.

LONDON BANKERS:. Westminster Bank, Ltd..

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in LOCAL CURRENCY and FIXED

DEPOSITS recaived for 'ona year or shorter periods in Local Currancy and Starling on terms which will be quoted: onrappensions

Bong kong, a Pubrusy, 10305

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK.

LELE basfuos of the abover Bank la

THE

"ASIA, LIMITED. LEAD

HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG.

(6; Dad Fœux Road Central, Hongkong, Authorized Capital ike.$10,000,000! Paid-up Capital

4,000,000 Reserve Band (102)............. 1,200,000 DIRECTORS: Hon. Sir Shou-son Choy-ChairmaIL. Fung Ping Shia Mok Ching Kong Li. Kohn Chun

P. K. Kwok

Ng Ching

Pong Wai Ting

Wong Yun. Tɔng. Huyuh Tal Kan Ying Po Chan Ching Shek very description of Banking and Exchange business transacted Loans: granted on approved securition.

SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES to let KAN TONG PO..

Chief Manager..

Fongkong, Sil February, 1125,, e

行銀商工法中,

THE CHINA MAIL.

COMMERCE AND FINANCE,

FOR NOTHING.

How John Bull Spends.

"How the Money Goes" would "have been an appropriate sub-title: for the Civil Service Appropria tion Accounts for 1924-25, issued with the luminating report of the Comptroller and Auditor- General

Here are a few of the ways ini which John Bull has lost money : Pageant of Empire-Gross ex- penditure incurred on massed bands, concerts and the Pageant, of Empire at Wembloy amounted to 4160,961. Attendants,. ete.,. Jcost £8,266% and

The net loss on the two displays

was $102,030,

1

Pensions Before Time-A bap-.

BANQUE 'FRANCO-CHINOISE|||bismal certificate is frequently

pour le

Commerce of L'Industrie (Incorporated in France).

5, Chater Road,. Victoris,. Hongkong.

HEAD OFFICE: 74,, R«s St.. Lazare, Parlik

conducted by the HONGKONG Opti AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORBeer

:

P20.000.000 F1100.000.-

FORATION. Rabbe may be obtained Special Working Ohpital. Fra:50:000000, ou application

INTEREST on deposita a calculated on the lowest balaries during each com.. plated Calendar Month at 31 per cent. per annan. Should there bo no balance on sny day in a month no interost will be allowed for that month.

Depositors may transfer at their ption Balance of 2100) or more, to the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK koboi phoodin FIXED DEPOSIT at CURRENT RATES:

For the HorexONG ↳ AMANOZLÁT BANKING CORTÍRATION;

"A. E. BARLOW,

Chief Manngar....`

Hongkong.. 7th January 1925.

BANQUE DE L'INDO CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE"

Paris

Peking Canton

BRANCHLES

Lyon #vrvoillas Haiphong Handl Bhanghal Tientsi

Hongkong:

BANKEES

FRANCE Societe Generale, Banque

Nationale de Credit Banque de Paris, et des Pays Bas LONDON Milland Bank Ladi

presented us proof of age in sup. port of a claim for an old age pension. Early in 1924 suspicion was aroused as to whether a claimant had attained the age re- Presented by a certificate, issued! by asessions. elerk in. Scotland.

It was discovered that a large number of false certificates had been issued by this clerk... and that over-payments of pension, amounting to 86,289, had been made to 201 pensioners, besides further overpayments to a const derable .but unascertainable amount to pensioners who had died before the irregularities were discovered.

NEW YORK - Irving Rank Columbispect of their disablement. They

Trust Co..

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Every deserinton of Banking and Exchange Business Transacted. Corre spondents throughout the world.

A. ROLLIN, Manager.

Bongbong, Doomhari, 1925.

.:

98) Boulevard: Haraman, Paris

Esbscribed Capital Ars. 72,000,000.00) Pald-Up Capital 88,400,000.00 THE CHARTERED BANK OF Kasarra Fund... FT. 69,387.188.54 INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

Bangkoke Battambang Canton

Dykouzli

BRANCHES! Hanni Fanting: Mengaza Names:

Pondicherry Prignal

Phone kali

Singapor

Pancal

Haiphong

Hankow

Fart-Bayard

Peking

Thentain Torran Yannaf

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RANKERA: IN FRANGE! Comptolo Netlanalidl Picorante. de ring, Oralit: Leninaslej: Banque de Parísi mó din Pre-Bae: Credit Industrial of Commercial Baginto: Generali.

IN LONDON: The National Provincial A Union Bank of England, Lidis, Comptoir Kationslið Exemmpin de Parla; Orodit Lyonnais.

IN NEW YORK JP: Mora A Co Fab American: Baking Corporation Guaranty Trust Co..of New York,

Interest, allowed on: Önmrenti. Komunt and Fixed Deposita scordling, tó armngement.

Brary description of Banking and Ficobange Busines transnoted.

A. LECOT,

Manager.. Hongrong. 11th December, 1025.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.

'(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY;)"

Erawan. 1824. HorrorG BRAMON ESTABLJENI DÓN

Kuthorised Capitală, 150,000,000 £11,800,000 Fald-Dy Capital 80,000,000 6,666,41 Besarva. Find ........ G. 30,036,861 € 1,711,47 Special Reserves.... 22,360,000 6. 1,589,

Djokjakarta

HEAD OFFICE:----Amsterdam.. RASTERN; HEAD OFFICE:—Batavia..

BRANCHES Bandjarmasin, Bandung Bombay Calcutta

Cheribon: Djember The Harus Kabe

Medar Palembang Pecalorgan Pontianak Rangoon Botterdam Samarenk Shanghal Singapore Boerabala Boerakarta (Boli Togail

Waltevreden

Kola-Radja

Padang

Perang

Mar

LONDON BANKERS:— National Provincial Bank, Ltd:: Correspondents all over the world.

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1858

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON,

Pald-up Capital

Reserva Fund

נ:

Resarve. Liablity of Pro-

prietors

£8,000,000/ .£4,000,000:

.£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.

A. E. FERGUSON,

Maneger. Hongkong, 18th April, 1926.

M

Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899;

is Charles Penzhy wife of the Besion "Anancial wizard" whose divan of vast wealth burst in 1920 when he was sent to prison for fraud;. has been charged with violating the law regulating business, operasions.

stabilise their markets, to the good of all concerned..

Sheffield, Manchester, Bradford, Leicester Nottingham, "and other great manufacturing cities could double their turnover in a year if they would tell the world to buy their goods.

COTTON, RECORDE

WEDNEST

MARCH 31,

some time ago the question of

|using" "short-adapted, indian cotton

HONGKONG TIDE.

India's Remarkable Increase. for manufacturing good's for Tha tido-table given below has

special consumption in India was been obtained by aid of the Tide...... From the last six months trade being discussed by Lancashire (predicting Machine, which fas returns of the current fiscal year manufacturers. Though no special cludes 40 components for the batter fit appears there is likely to be a declaton has been come to, accord. I prediction of tiden, from bha ram record export of cotton from India ing to the financial corresponcent|sult of the analysis of the tidal În 1925-26. The exports from April of the "Times" of India, there is observations, taken at the Kaulung to September, 1923, amounted to reason to think the United King-fidal observatory under the diree- 273,000 tons, but in the cordom will consume more and more flow of. Dr. Doberek during the: responding period for 1924 it was Indian cotton In future, both of years 1887, 1888, and 1839. 222,000 tons, and during the half the short-stapled and high-stapled The times and heights are given yoar ending September last it varieties. During the six months for Kaulang, but they may be used amounted to 946,000 tons. This from April to September Inst, for the Victoria Naval yard and is a remarkable expansion, which the United Kingdom purchased Aberdeen, the differences ing shows the increase in Indian about 24,000 tons of cotton from very small cotton crops and also the growing India as against 12,000 tons in The times of high-and low-water demand for Indian cotton in the the corresponding period last must not be considered to coincide world.

with the times of slack-water and change of current, the two. phenomena, being quite distinct,

March 28 to April 1, 1826..

yeur

Japan was, as usual, the prin- When the Sukkur Berrage cipal purchaser and took 159,000 scheme is fully carried out and tons as against 87,000 tons in the land is put under the Amer 1924 (April-September). China's ican variety of cotton, lu is ex- purchases increased from 26,000pected that India will find her tons to 39,000 tons; Germany's principal market for cotton in the from 12,000 tons to 24.000 tons; United Kingdom. the Netherlands from 14.000 tons:

to 28,000 tons; those of France A majority of 6800 yotes, in from 18,000 tons to 17,000 tons, favour of the and Italy's from 38,000 tons to establishing"

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40,000 tons. In the case of Japan for the avoidance of dis- and Italy these increases have putes In the shipbuilding in been accompanied by correspond-dustry was disclosed in the de- ing increases in goods. Imported tailed report of the ballot of the The 10 into India, especially piece- unions affiliated to the Federation wed. 31 goods.

of Engineering and Shipbuilding With regard to the United Trades. The figures were 9,096 Therm 1 m 10 46 6.1 Kingdom It would appear that for and 2,776 against,

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HONGKONG MARKET PRODUCE.

"It is possible to-day," said Six The clerk was sentenced to 18 Charles. "to stock the deniers of months' imprisonment..

this country with a sound line of Certuin officers disabled in the goods at a fair commercial price war received retired pay in re-if you tell them you are going to use continuously the great daily then joined the Royal Irish Con-newspapers of this country, and stabulary and suffered Burther you can sell enough goods before Beef Sirloits. disablement, which entitled them the advertising begins to justify to a separate pension under Home the expenditure a fem is going to Office regulations..."

make. Such is the power of the modern newspaper with the deal ers of these islands,

In two cases officers drew con- currently, two pensions exceeding jin the aggregate the total disable- ment rate under the more favour. able pension scheme."

"When you consider you can) take a full page advertisement in all the leading newspapers of In addition they had been this country at a cost of about a awarded £10,000 and $1,500 re-farthing for telling this

Sult spectively under the Criminal In-page story to each reader who has juries (Ireland) Acts 1919 and old to read it, concluded Sir Charles, "you will realise there is 1920

Housing Estates-Well Hall no other method as cheap or

effective." Estate, Woolwich, erected at મ cost of £820,000 for housing Arsenal munition workers; sold for £375,000

..

Reference is

Irregularities. made to serious irregularities at a county court, the Comptroller commenting: "The case has not been finally dealt with, and the extent of any loss of public funds has not yet been ascertained...

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"We are learning that Advertis- ing is a science," declared Sir Charles Higham, in inaugurating the new Publicity Club at Notting Pig's Chillings

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Slough Depot-Under arrange-ham ments made with the purchasing "Advertising reduces the cost | company, the total sum realised of production by moving goods] for the sale of the depot will more rapidly into the purchaser's amount to £2,065,338. The liabil hands," he continued. "The news- THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. ity of the company has now been papers are pulling better results written down in the books of the than they have ever done before. (Talwan Ginko.)

Commission by £1,284,662. Every advertisement that appears Pork Chop

The Prince's Mission. The to-day is for reliable goods guar- mission of the Prince of Wales to Fanteed both by the maker and the Africa and South America in-newspaper, and, as a result, the volved a total extra expenditure public have gained confidence in lof $9,600..

advertised goods, and are buying Sheep's Head & Feet..... In presenting his report, the more and more of them. Comptroller says that he has " Nottingham lace manufac necessarily only dealt with a turers and other industries, would which require comment or small percentage of the cases tell the world why they should Sucking Pigs, to order

in-buy their products they would sell Suet, Beef indication of the high standard people, but to people all over the vestigation, and which afford no more of them, not only to our 23 attained in the administration of world." public expenditure as a whole,

Capital Subscribed ..... Yen 45,000,000 Expital (Paid-up)) ...... Yen 89,375,000 HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa.

BRANCHES:

JAPAN: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe,

Osaka. FORMOSA: Giran, Kagi, Karenko, Kuefang. Bokoto, Nanto, Shin- chiku, Talchu, Tainan. Takao, Tament, Toyen, Heltah, Taitoh. CHINA:Shanghai, Hankow, Amoy,

Foochow, Swatow, Canton OTHERS: Hongkong, Singapore, Soorabaya, Semarang, Batavia, Bombay, London, New York, Calcutta.

LONDON BANKERS: London County Westminster and..

Parr's Bank,

ADVERTISING.

Economic Chaos Without the Press.

Advertising was the electricity of business, said Sir Charles

Tas Bank in Carapenfonia in the Commercial Higham, in a speech at the

Cantree in the European Conument, En, Han oburi, Talnatro, Japan, Tale-Chin, Blam, Cl

Interaxt allowed

Ascounts, and, Fixot

BANKING BUSINESS OF EVERY london Arion, doc

DESCRIPTION..

J. C. MAASSEN,

Acting Manager.

Hongkong, 19th March, 1926.

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD.

Established 1880, '

M

Yan 86,500,000

tion.

Deposits at ralas which will be quoted on appila

T. TAKAGE.

Manager. HONGKONG BRANCH:

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

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THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中

Capital (full paid-up) Yon 100,000,000 (Specially Authorised by Presidential Reserve Fund

Mandate of the Republic of China on the 22nd of November, 1917)." Autherland Capital.. 360,000,000.00 |Paid-up Capital

$18,278,600.00 Beserve Fund

$ 9,629,42526

Head Office:-YOKOHAMA

Branches and Agencies at

Batavia.

Bombar

2 Buenos Ayisa.

Calcutta:

Canton.

Changchun.

Dairen (Dalny),

Newchwang,

New York,

Osaka,

Peking.

Rangoon Rio de Janeiro,

Saigon.TMTMTM

Tengtien (Mukden). San Francisco,

Hamburg.

Hankow.

Harbin, Honolulu,

Il Yo Taraçıl

Kobe Condort Los Angeles Experim

Seattle. Somerang, Shanghal Shinononi Singapore, Boerabaya Avdney, Tientsia,

Trinando.

Vladivostock.

Manila. Nagaasil, Xaroyal

Enteract allowed on Current Accounta Depositá received for fixed periode až ostan to be obtained on application

Hongkong 11th Mardi (1998;7:

BEAD OFFICE PEKING.

BONGKONG BRANCH:

4, Queen's Road Central. Branches and Sub-brazches all over China and Correspondents to Europe, America, and other parts of the world, London Bankera-The National Provin- cial and Union Bank of England, Ltd. The Guaranty Treat Company of New New York Bankers: The-- Irving

National Bank Ada A The Equitable Trust Company of New

York

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Interest allowed on Current Accounta and Fixed Deposita. Terma on applies

· Every, Amorfption of Banking: Burl- posa transacted P

Loans granted on uporan

Stationers' Hall.

It was a perfectly easy thing to-day to manufacture. The pro- blem before British business men was to sell, and the printing press was the salvation of business.

"If newspapers were to cease o-morrow,continued

Sir Charles, goods and therefore money would cease to circulate so steadily. If advertising coased-- which it would virtually do with-

THE

MERCANTILE BANK OF

INDIA, LTD.

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daily newspapers during the past! week, but in none of them have I

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seen advertisements which asked Bazbel the housewives of England to buy Bream... Nottingham lace, Lancashire cot- Canton Fresh tons, Yorkshire woollens, Welsh coal, or Sheffield cutlery. How

Water Fish. can we expect the people of cur

Cary own country or the people out- side to buy our gooda if we do not even ask them to?

"This is a hint, concluded Str Charles, which I hope every in- dustry will take up and net. upon.".

SAFETY FIRST. "

Catfak Codfish Crabs Cattle Fish Dab

Dace Dog Fish Eals, Conger

Fresh Water Yellow

Frogs Garoupa

Halibut Labrus

Gillette Co.'s Big Profits.

The not earnings for 1925 of the Gadgaon out the Press supply would Gillette Safety Razor Company Berring swamp demand, and economic including subsidiaries, amounted chaos would be the outcome."to $12,080,80 (against $10,122,478

When trade federatione took for 1924), after making reserves Loch advertising seriously, they would for taxes, depreciation, and all Lóbatera learn they could both create and property charges. The number of Mackeral

razors sold was 14,862,008 (against Monk Fish 8,438,576) The figure for 1922 Mallet was 3,420,805, Packets of extra Oysters blades sold numbered 62,983,539 Parrot Fisk (against 42,604,498). During the Perch year dividenda totalling $3.50 per Pike share were paid on the 2,000,000 no Fisice par value shares, the dividend rate Pomfret, being increased in September from Fomfret, Wh $8 per annum to $4 per annum. A Prawns. new subsidiary has been organised Ray *** at Vienna and two new factory Book Fish additions are being made at Boston Bonch The balance-sheet has total Salmon of $48,027,238, the capital stock and Shark

HEAD OFFICES

25, Kanonchasach Bimet, London, M. OG K

Authorised Capital Bubscribed Capital Paid-up Capital w Reserve Fund

,000 1,050,000 1,350,000

The Tank of Bagland K. Misland: Bank, Lid,

Kam Hours rakouskies surplus being shown at $39,099,864, | ́Sk

747, Queen's Band Central

Hongkong, Margir 13 an

Of the asseta, cash amounts to $5,242,019, accounts receivable to 80101989, and Investments in subsidiary compa

30,175,908

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