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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION..

HEAD OFFICE:: HÒNGKONG:

41

Authorised Capital 850,000,000: Luod and Fully Paid ap...810;000;000) Reserve Funde:

Sterling£4,500,000-

Bilvor.....$27,000,000-

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LIMITED.

EAD OFFICE: HONGKONG.. t®, Dew Youx Esed Central, Hongkong.

Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund (1950)

« DIRECTORS:/

$10,000,000 8,000,000 1,200,000:

Reserve Liability of 830,000,000) Haa. Bir Shou-son Chow Chairman

Proprietors

COURT OF DIRECTORS

Di G. M. Barnart, Rag:-Chistrans

Hon. MMA, Oi kunyi. — Dopudy Chaleman.

W. H. Bell, Kag

A Comptom

FF.Holyok, Eag

Pritema

J. A. Plammer. Eaq,

T 14. Well don

H. P. Whim. Hog

10. M. Young, Em

CHIEF MANÄGER:

A. H. BARLOW, Esq.

Manager: Shanghai-G. H. STITT, Esq.

LONDON BANICERS. Westminster Bank, Ltd.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS oponed in LOCAL CURRENCY and FIXED DEPOSITS received for one year or shorter perloda in Local Currency and Sterling on terms which will an application.

Hongkong, Sth April, 1926

quoted

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK THE business of the above Bank l

sonducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR PORATION Bulbs may be obtained on application:

INTEREST on deposits in caloulisted on the lowest balance during each com- plated Calendar Month $3 per cent. per annum. Should there be no balance on any day in a month no Interest, will be allowed for that, "month..

Depositors may transfor 15" their option Balance of $100 or more to the EONGKONG &.. SHANGHAI BANK |- to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at DURRENT RATES.

For the HorexONG! J SHANGHAJ

BANKING CORPORATION,

A. EL BARLOW,

Chlef Manag Hongkong, 7th January 1926..

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE

HEAD OFFICE:

16, Boulevard Kenzenman, Paris..

Inbscribed Capital: .... Feu: 71,000,000:00:

Fang Pin Shan Mor Ching Badg

Li Kdon, Uhern, Wong Yun Tong.

P.. E. Ewok:

Ng Ching Lur

Pong Wal Thor

Eup TH

Kan Ting Po

Chan Ching Bhak

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted. Load granted on approved securitie

SAFE: DEPOSIT BOXES to lat..

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manage).

Hongkong, Bih Februsky, 1333.

行跟商工法中

pour le

BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE

Commerce et L'Industrie (Incorporated in France).

THE CH NA MAIL

COMMERCE AND FINANCE

COTTON.

Manchester Market Report. -

[

March 10

CHINA'S RAILWAYS.

Transportation Rècolpta..........

INDIA TRADE,

Demand for Agricultural Implementa

In an article in the "Niüsteenth Century and Aftor" Mr. G.. Pilcher Tokyo, April 2.

M.P.. after dwelling on the dim- Business continues to be very According to the announcement culties in the way of the adoption unevenly distributed. There is of the Department of Railways, still healthy demand coming gross receipts from transporta of SiReginald Craddock's proposat along from India for various tion of goods by the national rail that Great Britain should take over fabrics, but most other markets are ways last year amounted to Yen part of India's military expenditure, slow. As for an India is concern 180,000,000 which shows a de-in return for preference in the od, while dilef attention is centred crsase by Yen 500,000 as: com-

OVERSEAS TRADE.

News

bive treatment, such as Lord Curzon accorded them 20 years ago.. Either of them, if stimulated connection with cheap British loans or Indian loans, backed by a Bri-i tish guarantee, would go far to

British Exceed American Figures.assist certain branches of British

industry to the level of full-time

on dhootles and other light. fabrics,pared with Railways estimates, Indian market, suggests that there there Is rather more grey shirting but an increase of Yen 8,260,000 are at least two political Indian jo enquiry on the market from. Cal as compared with the total re-demands which are susceptible to cutta and some fair quantities are venue of the preceding year. The almost unlimited extension in mentioned but up to the present it conditions of transportation of response to energetic and construc has been impossible to arrange || goods. are displaying activity, terma Differences, however, are at present, -- "Eastern net more than 3 per cent. In cer |Agency."" tain cases.

Dhootie onquiry con- ||tinues and some further sales aro reported. There are also transac tions in scarves, mulle. Madras le enquiring for grey shirtings and jaconets, and light bleaching, cloths are moving for Karachi News of The American Department of the China auctions is considered Commerce has issued its figures not to be too good, the prices for the year 1926, and I will obtained yesterday apparently come as a surprise to many to showing no improvement, Very know that. British overseas trade Capitali mnt

Fre: 20.000.000,--- Reserves

Fr 13.160.000,te is being done at the moment actually exceeded that of the Special Working Capital 60.009.000 either for Shanghal or Hongkong, United States by no less than and the Straits are only providing£448,000,000, or 28 per cent, last a retail turnover. For the Levant year The magnitude of the and Egypt business has been dis- British figures is owing to the huge: Appointing," and "South American total of British importe, which were d'emand is on distinctly dull Hines, nearly $600,000,000 greater than There are stilt fair contributions those of the United States, although being made by the Colonies, and a British exports were £35,000,000|| quiet miscellaneous. business less than those of America:

The moving for home consumption. In American export trade has of American yarns the turnover has course, made great strides in re-

5. Chater Road, Victoris, Hongkong. HEAD OFFICHE 74, Rus Bt.. Laxare,

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Paris

Baigon

Pelding

Canton

Park

BRANCHES

*Lyons Marsill Etalphong Hanol Shanghai Timian Hongkong.

BANKERS!:

FRANCE Boalete Generale Basque

Nationale de Credit, Eanqua de Paris et des Paym› Bas.. LONDON: Midland Bank Lid.

Trust Co.

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

פינה

cent years.

NEW YORK- Irving Bank Columbien inadequate, and the prices at

which business is being arranged Three of the pensins for Amer- In many cases wretched.. lean prosperity are given by the Every descriptiba of Banking and Apart from the higher dhootieDaily Express Trade Commis-, Exchange. Business Trazaazted. Corre-counta" salesmen cannot keep paceloner as:

with output. Quotations are pure" (1) The superior output of the spondents throughout the world.

ly nominal Yarn reports are American worker, who does almost uniformly poor, and the not "ca canny" and is cheer- market seems surprised at the fully paid the highest wage he suggestion that there should be longer hours worked in the Amer-|(2) fean section. The Manchester and Liverpool markets, the Lancashire Spinners' Federation (Lungashire) have decided to recommend mills, spinning American to increase: working hours from 30% to 85 weekly from April 6, the ballet to WHY AMERICA IS PROSPEROUS. be taken before March 30.

Fald-Up Capital 7.68,400,000.00 THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINÄ.

Käera Fund) vera. Fru: 59;667(283.54:

Bangkok Battambang

Canton

Dijibouti

Fort-nyard

Haiphong Elkow

BRANCHEST

Tano!

Pondicherry Paigon Shangha Singapore

Hongkong:

Mangiss

Foamex Papeete Peking

Tiontain

Poora-Fonb

BANKERB

Tourine Yunnanf

IN FRANCE! Comptoir National d'Ricompte dearing: Credit Lronnale. Banque de Paris at des Paya Bae: Credit Industriel et Commercial Societe Generala,

IN LONDONA The National Provincial & Onion Bank of England. Lidar Comptoir National d'Hapompta de Paris; Credių Byoankiu

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INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1859,

HEAD OPTIC: LONDON.

Paid-up Capital záme «£8,000;900 Reserve Fund

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietora de

£4,000,000

.£8,000,000

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General ||Banking: businass: transacted,

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and IN NEW YORK: J. P. More A FRIED DEPOSITS received for 1 year Fransk American Banking Corporation or shorter period at rates which will be Guamaty Trust Co. of New York,

quoted on application.

A EL FERGUSON; Manager. Hongkong, 16th April, 1925.

Interest allowed in Oament Acenants and Fixed Deponita nocording to: krrangotseat."

Every description of Banking and Exchange: Basin transact

A LECOT,

Manager. Hongkong, 11th December, 1925,

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.

INETHERLANDS: TRADING: SOCIETY.))

Barantanen 1834). Esaurons Braxin Estaatının 1906;-

Authorised Capital tř. 150,000,000. $13;500,00;

Emerva Fandi G. 20,538,8611711

Paid Up Capital.... 80,009,000 3: 6,666,575 Specia! Reserver...G. 22,660,000 1,938,

HEAD OFFICE:-Amsterdam. ASTERN HEAD OFFICE:—Batavia,

BRANCHES:—

Bandong Bombay Charlboa Djanber The Hagua

Kobe Macar Modan Palembang

Pecalongan Pontianak Bangoon Bamarang Shanghal Boorabala Bourakarta (Bais Tilalja

Weltevreden

Bandermain Baloctis

Djokjakarta

Kota Radja

"Padang

Pensing

Botterda Singapore

Tegal

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

DESCRIPTION.

J. C. MAASSEN,

Acting Manager. Hongkong, 19th March, 1928.

“ከ

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LTD.

Established 1880,

Capital (full paid-up) Ten 100,000,000 Reserve Fond

Yon: 86,500,000

Head Ones:-YOEDHAMA.

Branches and Agencies at

Bombay

Batavia

Bhenol Ayru.

Calcotta

Canton.

Changchun.

Dairen (Dalny).

Newchwang New York.

ORAKE

Peking

Rangoon Rio de Janeiro, Saigon. Vangelien (Maidan); San Francisco.

Bastile, Semarang. Bhangha Shimonosaici

Hamburg

Harbis.

Karachi,

Loba

Lendosí

Los Angeles.

Manila,

Singapore. Boardday Sydner.

Tentain

Tokyo

Tsingtan Visdivostock.

Enterdel allowed on Current Accourts. Deposits reolfred for fked perfod in be obtained on application.

Hongkong, 11th March, 1986.

11

THE BANK OF TAIWAN,

(Taiwan Ginko.)

Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899.

'

Capital Subscribed Yen 45,000,000 Capital (Paid-up}} { ............ Yen 39,875,000

HEAD OFFICE:-Talpeh, Formosa.

BRANCHES:

EMPIRE PRODUCTS.

The Use of Advertising.

can ef

Mass production of standard- ised Bnes:

3) Extensive use of power and

the incessant scrapping. good for better machinery..

17

- amd

working. One is the still scarcely awakened demand for improved agricultural instruments methods the second is the repent- edly demonstrated need for large scale railway construction, every mile of which can be almost

gilt-edged economie proposition: -Times of Ceylon."

TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1926.

Count Salm "took the count" in bid first skirmish with his estranged wife, the former Millleant Rogers, when he went to Palm Beach to see

their young son. The Countess sent an army of nurses and detectives with the child to call on the Count, and they refused to leave the baby alone with Salm, despite a court order. The chud also rafused to say "papa"" which annoyed the Count consider ably.

HONGKONG TIDE.

The tide table given below: haib been obtained by aid of the Tide...... predicting Machine; which in eludes 40 components for the batter predletion of sides, from the rb- sult of the analysis of the tidal. observations, taken at the Kaulung tidal observatory under the direc», flon of Dr. Doberd during the years 1887, 1888, and 1889.

The timos and heights are given for Kaulung but they may be used: for the Victoria Naval yard and Aberdean, the differences being

very small.

The times of high-and low-watos, must not be considered to coincide with the times of slick water and change of current thu

two- phenomens being quite distinct. -

April 9 to 15,.1926.

DATE Hron WATERCOTEL WATEK.

Standard April

Timea

Fri

Ht.

Standard Times

9 m 7 18:

48m 1:28:23 7 4.16.7 0483.4 But

10 m 8: 256.11 88 1 44 23 Sun. 11 m. 8.5116.6m 9813 86118 11 Mon. 19m 18 BS m 11t

365 13 17. Tree 120 48 0.1 m 3 45 2.8 4.9 1.3 Wid.. 14 m 10 15 8.2 m #17 33 TU 20%. ||56|| 4 34.8}]|[ 1.2 Thurs 18 m. 10 488.5m € 47|26 15:39 1.3.

HONGKONG MARKET PRODUCE.

APPROXIMATE

Butcher Meat.

April 7, June, June,

RETAIL

PRICES.

Poultry.

Chicken Capons, Small:

1928, 1918 1914

Cts. Ct. Cl.

Beef: Sirloin

40. 15.

37 24 19:

Prime Cat

D

3/7 28. 19

Corned

"

17

97

28 12:

Capons, Large

Roast

#+#

B7: 24 22:

Duck

17

Breast

H

3D 201

18

Doves

Soup

·80 20 18.

#

Eggs, Han (cooking).

»Steak

牛肉

87 24

Eggs, Hen (fresh):

31.

30:

Fowls, Canton

40 26

Fowla, Hainan

1013

Geese

Pigeons, Canton

60

Follow

2 $1.00

$1.20

Tarkoys, Cock

1b.

24 18

38*** 20:

P

each,, 15:

10

34

15. 10

25 20

"

3b.

27 18

of

Bullock's Braias

two young, Britons, by name

Mr. Bertram Austin and Mr. Francia Lloyd, who are engineers by pro- fession, have just issued an in- teresting report explaining why Americu. is prosperous.....

Steak Sirloin

Sausagesonera A

Tongue, fresh.

Tongue, corned' Head..

Heart... Hump, Salt Feet Kidneys

per set:15

each.90 KO

Tall

"

Liver

Tripe

Calvor Head & Feet. It is more advantageous to In-Motton Chop

7

no way

Leg

Sholder

P

Saddle

Pig's Chitlings

#

Brains Feet Fry Head Heart...

#

Kidneys

* Liver

#

Leg

Loin

Fat or Lard.

-10 6

sof $1.20 $1.00-$1.00-

羊載良

D

-牛牛-中羊羊羊羊猪猪猪猪猪猪猪氆猪羊羊羊羊乳中中

16 ́ ́ 20.

1ཅཐཱམu--6-ཝེ111BR=61R1ET11།

Turkeys, Hen

Snipe

Pheasant

Quad Partridges

Lichees, Dried

Oranges

April 7 June, June, - 1926 1928. 1914.

Cts, Cts. Ct.

00: 30 31

GB 23:

70 28

50

22

Bach 80

22: 21

2 per oz, 88:

23

40: 26

本塊.. 80: 80: 24:

65.

24

D 60:

-24

Beach 50

80)

48 23

A 15. $1.10

35 62

##

Fruits.

山山一

金 金 花紅大客

esch: päir

22:

12

THANS TRAI

lb. 55%

26:

25,

281

52:

24

GO

40

Almonds

36

Per sot. 3.

Apples California).

20 24

15

Bananas (bride's)

7

40 29

15

Carambola

12

24

20

Coconuts

Bach: 14.

10 10

each 15:

10

Lemons, China

lb.. 15. ཏུ

12

10:

Lemons (America);

20

金山檸權 cach

T

52:

80

13.

豬排糖

42%

25

Oranges (Canton)

新會甜機

IF

45:

猪鏡闔

50

28

Pears (Canton)

20

23

Penzuta

per at 90

60 70

Persimmons, Large: 1.

H

*Heart...

Liver

esch 12

8:

Plantain

Kidneys.*

15

12:

«Pumelo, Slam

50:

26. 26

Walants

Sucking Pigs, to order. Suet, Beef

Matten Venl

Sausages

· lb. 25.

26.720

Grapes

...

82

20

50

25 24

BG:

201

40:

20

No. 1....

Fish.

20

Sir Basil Clarke (formerly reuse total profits by reducing Director of Publicity to the prices to the consumer, at the same Ministries Reconstructions and time maintaining or improving Health and the Irish Office) re-quality, with a consequent increase cently explained to members of in volume of sales. the Royal Society of Arts how "The productive capacity of Empire products could be sold by labour can be increased without advertising.

limit by the use of time and LTD.lians had big stocks of currants

Last year, he said, the Austra-trouble saving appliances.

"It is better that labour should and raisins which were not find-be rewarded by wages bearing: ing a market. An Empire Christ- some relation

to output. the Pork Chop. mas pudding movement. was adamount of the wages earned by vertised in the Press, both in any one man being in. bought space, and in editorial limited. space freely given. The quality Contrary to the general, belief. and the claims of Australian cur in Burope high wages do not sheep's Head & Fest. rants and raisins were simply em-necessarily mean a high level of phasised As a result, tons and prices. tons of Australian dried fruit were sold last Christmas, and essential factor in the attainment FORMOSA: Giran, Kagi, Karenko, seasonable lesson in "thinking

housewives had a timely and of nationul prosperity." Keelung, Bokoto, Nanto, Shin-

One leading manufacturer, in- Imperially." chiku, Taichu, Tainan, Takao,

formed these two inquirers that be- Tamsus, Toyon, Euitoh, Tuloh. This propaganda effort must, before Prihibition only 50 per cent. CHINA: Shanghai, Hankow, Amey followed up and made continuous of his workmen came to work on

Foochow, Swatow. Canton.

a wide field of Empire Monday morning, but that since OTHERS: Hongkong, Singapore,

Soerabaya, Semarang, Batavia, products to be. effective..

liquor was forbidden the percent- Bombay, London, New York, There was an inglorious aura age had risen to 95 per cent. On

Barbel around emigration, because of the other hand, they learned from Bream LONDON BANKERS: London County Westminster and

faulty propaganda. Naturally members of the medical profession Canton Fresh, Parr's Bank

the Press were not going to beat that some workers have lost their Water Flaf. a lonely and unprofitable drum of sight owing to the consumption of Carp

synthette liquor.

JAPAN: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe,

Osaka...

Calcutta.

Cantres in: the Maropaar Content Rusala, Man churin Taing: Japan Indo-Cals, Glaan. India, Philippine Islands Jaya, Afrion, &

intrat owed an arrent Amoente, and Fixed popsalle ęt rated witics will be quoted on applies

T. TAKAGI,

Manager. HONGKONG BRANCH:

tion.

11

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

THE BANK OF CHINA,

行銀國中

(Specially Authorized by Presidential Mandate of the Republic of China } · on the Had of November, 1917)..

Authorised Capital $60,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital

$18,278,800. Reserve Fund moeziveers aan.

HEAD OFFICE; PEKING:

over

Press topic, would continue to stagnate until someone took pro- pagenda steps to lift it.

BIG DEFICIT:

Herr Krupp von Bohlen stated at the annual meeting of the Krupp Company that the loss for the past 3nancial year was 16,298,772 marke (n round figures 2750,000), which would be carried over. The chief loss of the company was in connec tion with the Germania shipbuild

“Elimination of waste is an

MANILA RAIL

Big Debt Reduction.

With the payment, by the Manila railroad at P300,000 on its account with the insular government, that company has now reduced to only P1,098,508.88 its originai indebted- ness of P1,698,508.88. The first instalment was P200,000, paid last July.

Ing works, Contracts for ships within less than two years tho which had been made, were carried out at a leas on account of the rise

Cathol

Codish

Crabs

Cattle Flah

Dab

Dace Dog Fishk Eels, Conger.

Fresh Water Yellow

Frogs Garoupa Gudgeon Herringi Kalibat Labrus

Railroad officials hope that

entire indebtedness of the com

Loach

Lobsters

Mackerel

Final Instalments on the five

year seven per cent. equipment Monk Fish

in the price of raw materials, In-pany will be wiped out.completely. crease in wages, and the cost of management.

Some of the items which con- notes negotiated in 1921 by the Mullet.

Oysters. tributed to the deficit in the company were due on January 1 balance sheet may be noted: Company and on March 11926, to Perth

1920, to the American Locomotive Parrot Wish. Branches and Bab-bracoats all over Taxes, $770,000; workmen's inaur the H. K. Forter Company. These Pike China and Correspondents in Europe, anco, £320,000; and interest on America, and other parts of the world. loans, £210,000.

HONGKONG BRANCH:

4, Queen's Road Central

London Banker: The National Provin-

cial and Union Bank of England, Ltd. The Guaranty Trust Comparer af Naw New York

Fork

National Bank in t The Equitable Trust Company ad

"and Fixed Depo

ELEVEN PER CENT,

Bovril's Dividend Policy.

the Bovril meeting the chair- man defended the dividend policy remark that our note of

the pay The feel

mont

the

hat it is wide

dand

noten were lasued in connection Palco with the purchase under a chattel Pont mortgage agreement of 20 locomo

Pomi tives from the first mentioned com Praw pany and 10 locomotives from the latter, all delivered in 1921, at a tatsl price of $2,895,800

Payment of

as to June

upon betw

羊肝

牛羊仔仔

**

14 10

each 17.12

Ib. 10.

Vegetables, &c.

each 10

18 10.

23 1627 29 12. 9 42:20 26 480 281 20

Artichokes

Beanes, Sprout..

Long

Best Boot *Bitter Squash

Brinjala, Green

Red

Cabbage, Chinese

(Shanghai)

Cane Shoots, bunch.

Cauliflower (Large)

16. 16

10

21

(Medium

(8mail):

08 28

2010 .9

Celery, Chinese

12 10

264 16

22-10

37 ·26)

75 82

18

Chillies, Dried

班

白燒

24

22 18

Garlic

26: 1828

.92

20 50:32

80 20

06 40 80

88*** 18. 16

Red:

Green

Curry Stuff, English Cucumbers

Ginger, Young

COM

Horseradish,

Indian Corn Lettuce

Water Ches

'Mushrooms; Frext

Ökron

Onions, Bombay

Parsley Paisto, Sweet

Teach

6

8

25