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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

33

HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG..

THE BANK OF EASI ASIA, LIMITED,

READ OFFICE: HONGKONG,

Authorised Capital ***..... 850,000,000 || 48; Dow: Your Road Central, Hongkong

Issued and Fully Paid up... $20,000,000) Rosorve Funda

Storling......2,500,000:

Silver...$27,000,000

Baserve Liability of

Proprietors

#20,000,000

COURT OF DIRECTORS:

Hon Mr. D.Ch M. Bernard—Chalym) 633- Hon. Mr. A. O. Lang,Doputy Chairman, W. F. Bail, Maq

A. Fimmer, Hag A. H. Complan. Haq T 6, Wall, Kn PB, Holyork, Eaq" HL. P. White, Bay. Wo La Pattoncino, wag, 1 (7). M.. Young,. Ksq..

-CHIEF MANAGER",

A. H. BARLOW, Esq..

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

LONDON BANKERS.

Westminster Bank, Ltd.

CURRENT ACCOUNTS oponed_in LOCAL CURRENCY

Authoriasd Capital Man $20,000,000 Paid-up Capital : 6,000,000 Reserys Find (1030) 1200;060 DIRECTORS: Hon. Sir Shou-son Chow-Chirzzammi Fung Plog Shan Mok Uhing Kong. Li Koon Chu Wong Toug P. EEwok Hayth

THE CHINA MAIL.

COMMERCE AND FINANCE

ADVERSE BALANCE.

SIMPLEX PLASTER CO., LTD... MEETING.

2nd Year's Working

How an adverse balunce was chused by depressed trade con- andditions, in the concern's second

Ng Ching Lak Kan Ting Po Pong Wai Ting Chan Ching Shak Every description of Banking Exchange business transacted Loans granted on approved recurities.

SAFE, DEPOSIT BOXES to Yet,

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manage..

Hongkong, 8th. February, 192)..

行銀商工法中

and FIXED BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE

DEPOSITS received for one your or shorter periods in Locul Currency and Sterling dh temns which will be quoted un application.

1/

%

pour l'a

Commerce et L'Industrie (Incorporated in. Franco)..

5, Chater Road, Victoria,, Hongkong.

HEAD OFFICH: 74,, Rxa: St. Lazurs,

Pari

4

Hongkong, 21st April, 1926.

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK THE "brainer of the above Bank in conducted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORROSSOS PORATION Rules may be obtainedSpealal Working Capital... Fre 50.009.000,- on application.

INTEREST on deposita in calculated on the lowest balanos during each com," pleted Calendar Month at 35 por ogat.. per annum. Should there be. ne balance on any day in a month no interest, will! be allowed for that month.

Depositors may transfer at their option: Balance of 8100 or more to the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT at, CURRENT RATES

For the KomaroNG | ŠKANOMAT

RANKING CORPORATION).

A. E. BARLOW,

Chia ManagEZ.. Hongkong, 7th January, 1926),

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE..

'KBAD OFFICER'

H, Boulevard Haussman, Paris:

Inbscribed Capital, me Fra: 73,000,000:00:

23

Capitali

Parle Buigon Puking Canton

||

Fra 20,000,000 - Fra 11160.000,-

BRANCHES.

Lyonado Mavoilles

Tilphong Food Shanghai Tianit Hongkong.

"BANKIRCH

FRANCE: Societe Generale, Banque Nationale de Credit; Banque de

Paris et des Pays Bad.. LONDON:- Midland Bank Ltd. -

NEW YORK: Irving Bank Columb

Traft.Co...

Every descriptka of Banking and Exchange Business Transseted. Corre. spondenta throughout the world.

A. ROLLIN, Manager. Hongkong, 1st December, 1926..

Paid-Up Capital: 68,400,000.00 THE CHARTERED BANK OF Katarra. Fund: vrves. Fr. 50,887,388.14 INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA

Bangkok

Battambang Onion

BRANCHES Fano! Hongkong

INCORPORATED BY ROYAL,

-CHARTER, 1858,

Mengtze

Dijon

Noumea.

Pondicherry Patron! Singapore

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Fort-yard

Haiphong

Papeeto Peking

Tieniein: Tosatre

Hankow

Proin-Penk Yannafy

BANKERA!

IN FRANCE Comptoir NationalExon:opte: dearing Grodit Lyonnale; Fanque dio. Parisut de Pay-Ban Credit Industriel et Commerciali Bocinte Generals,

IN LONDON: The National Portnois Union Bank of England, Btd.; Cocaptals National Excompte da Parla; Credit Lyon

IN NEW YORK: JP Morgan & Co.; Frenah American Banking Corporation, Guaranty. Trust Co. of Now. York,

Interest allowed Current Aconnie and Fixed Deposita socording to arrangement.

Every description of Banking and Exchange Busin transacted":

A LECOT.

Manager.

Hobronz, 11th December; 1925,

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.

(NETHERLANDS: TRADING: SOCIETY,)

"Paid-up Capital ....................£8,000,000

Reserve Fund

£4,000,000 Rezerve Liability of Pro-

prietors

.....£3,000,000

1

FOREIGN EXCHANGE and General Bauking business transacted;

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

A EL FERGUSON,

Manager. Hongkong, 15th April, 1926.

year's working, was reviewad at. the annual meeting of the Simplex Plaster Co., Ltd., held at Powell's Building (office of the Itongkong Excavation, Pile Driving and Con- struction Co., Ltd., the gerieral managers) yesterday afternoon.

Mr. C E. H. Beavis. presided. Fle was supported by Messrs. Chan Pek-chun, Chau Yue-teng, C. B. Shank and E. D: Shark (directors) and Mrs. Backette Shareholders pre- | (secretary), sent were Messrs. :-B. Montague Ede, A. R. F. Raven,, Chung Chi- nam and Yik Tat..

Chairman's Speech; Addressing the meeting, the chairman said:-

SIR ERK GEDDES!

Sir Erie Geddos, the famous Bri tish statesman and economie, expert. went to the United States for a visit. He derded that his trip hud any official significance.

gi

SHIPPING COLD

FRIDAY,

1 the yen value restore to the

parit before the amount la exhaust-

APRIL 28, 1926.

HONGKONG TIDE.

The Japanese Government has ed all will be well but, if the value The tide table given below bas now availabla Y72,000,000 in specie remains unchanged or falls, the been obtained by aid of the Tides for shipment to America, says the Government will have to adopt predicting Machine, which I Japan Advertiser Specie, hither other mensures to meet the situas

to forwarded to that country was plon. An farestigation la befur ludes 40 components for the better paid out of the "Government made by the Finance Department Prediction of tides, from the res special cash in the Bank of Japan authorities. The encouragement of sult of the analysis of the tidal necounts..

This special cash export trades encouragement of tidal observatory under the direc

observations, taken at the Kaulung amounted to Y145,744,000 on June buying expert bills, flotation of

years 1887, 1888, and 1890,

20, 1926, but with the first forward foreign loans by the Governmention of Dr. Doberck during the ing of specie to the United States and encouragement of private loans on September 2 of the same year with foreign capitalists are among

at

LATEST WILLS.

it decreased. to Y143,826,000 but the steps being considered." was. Inevensed to Y144,587,000 ón: September 10. "On January 16 this. |your 1 was registered

Y126,008,000. decreasing to Y122- 766,000 by February 20 when the Government temporarily suspended the

forwarding of specie to 13 America. The amount, on March 20 was Y105,538,000, showing w decrease of Y39,000,000 from the

amount before the commencement ot forwarding. This decrease was caused mostly by the apacio for warding which amounted to |¥26,000,000 in five full months.

from September 20 to February 20..|| The average amount. forwarded each month is roughly Y5,000,000. It will therefore take about a year to complete the forwarding of the remaining amount of Y75,000;000; - Gentlemen,-Before proceeding

The Government is rendy to for- to the business of the meeting.. able to inform you that the gen-ward specie for the next fiscal year should like to recall the great loss eral managers have just secured but it is problematical whether the the company has suffered since the contract for the internall work Government will continue specie the last annual meeting in the in the Peninsula Hotel, which forwarding from this specie reserve. death of Mr. C: Montague Ede means that the company will sup- Mr. Ede was well known to us all ply all the plaster and plaster and, as you are aware, took a board used in connection with this great interest and an active part building. This order, with the in this Company's operationa, and existing local orders on which the we were greatly indebted to him company is now engaged, together for his advice and ready assist-with an increasing export busi- ance at all times in the numerousness, justify me in taking an matters requiring attention and optimistic view of the present experience fr connection with the prospects of the company [early development of the com

pany.

The report of the directors and statement of accounts for the year 1925 have been in your pos- session for the stipulated time and I shall, with your permission, take them as read,

"Satisfactory Progress." It must, of course be borne in mind that "thie company is the pioneer in the manufacture of Gypsum products in this part of the world, and in the case of all pioneering projects a lean period Your directors regret that the must be expected during the last results of the year's working stages of development until the adverse balance has been caused Ands its various markets. have not been favourable. The manufacture" gets known and.

We principally by the depressed trade have been passing through such a conditions prevailing im the period, and have an addition had Colony during the period under to face the generall dislocation of review, which Eave interrupted business, to which the Colony has the company's operations for an been subject during the year extensive period of time. With under review. However, in view continued operations, it is possible of the business which is coming, for the plant to produce at econo-forward, and the enquiries which mical costs, but when the plant is are being made for the company's closed down for any period, as products, there is good reason to happened during last year, it is believe that the company is now only natural that the cost of pro-making quite satisfactory pro duction should largely increase, gress.

Mrs. Helene H., Hardy

(82), of Palace-gate, Konsington, W., widow of Paul Hardy Mr. James Harris (88), of Tor-gardens, Camp- den HIH, W. Mr. Alfred Tabor (75), at Eastbourne, Sussex,. son of Inte Rovi. R. S. Tabor; of Cheam, Surrey Mr. Llewellyn W. Martin, of Neston, Cheshire,. and of Liverpool Mr. Daniel S. Elliott. (87),.

of Horahara, Sussex Mrs., Amy F. Ingram, of Withington, Manchester

Mr. J. H. Hill, of Staver-

ton, Dovon, rotired farmer

for Kaulung; but they may be used The times and heights are given

for the Victoria Naval yard, and Aberdeen, the differences being very small

The times of high-and low-water Gross.must not be considered to coincide with the times of slack-water and change of

current. the two phenomena being quite distinct..

April 25 to 29, 1926.

DAWA HIGH WATERCOWER WATER'

Standard April

Et

£164.624

69,084

50;620-

TUDEN

Standard Times

Fri 23 m 8 94.5 0 16 | 17 8 39.5 04 3:8 BAL 14 m 8 83.0m 1 29 ||17

7 Bla. 6.7 128 Jan. 25m 8 14 3.8 1 53 41,539

-7: 58 8.8

1:8. Mon.. 188 175.6m 8:29, 17 26,113

8 38 6.5 9:47 3:3 Too $7 m 8 48 80 81.8. 9-275-8231718 22,939 Wed 35m 9 146.4m 3 15 2.0 10 Ca. 5.0 366 4 Thurs 1993 87 m 3 53 2.3

10 485.8438 a

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HONGKONG MARKET PRODUCE.

APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.

Butcher Meat.

Beed Bizloln ....

Prime Catrasi

» Soup

April 22, June, June,

1926. 19181. 1974.

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Capone, Small

4. 15.

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200

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50

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Tongue, fresh.

Tengue, corned!

Headi

#

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Hump, Salt

Feet

Kidneys....

TAX

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Trips

#

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Ducks

Eggs, Hen (cooking)...

Eggs, Hon (fresh) ...

Fowls, Bainan...

Pigeons, Canton

Hollow

Turkeys,. Cock.... Turkeys, Hon

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During a certain, portion of the In view of the state of the period under consideration, pro- balance sheet your directors have duction costs mounted up to a waived their fees for last year. figure higher than the market Furthermore, the general mana-Pig's Chitiluge price of the product and, as the gers have agreed to defer the market prices were definitely payment of a proportion of thre established, same could not be fees due to them as general THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. adjusted to meet increased pro- managers until the company is in

Taiwan Ginko.)

duction costs.

la position to declare a dividend. This action on the part of the directors and general managers will, I feel sure, be appreciated by you.

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Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899.

Ten 45,000,000

Capital Subscribed

Capital (Paid-up), Ten: 89,375,000

HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Tormosa.

BRANCHES: JAPAN-Tokyo, Yokohama,

Qeake

Kobe,

What Has Been Done. Experience has now shown thas the company's plant is not established on as economical "a I think I have now touched basis in regard to production as upon all the matters on which you may be,desired, and achieved, and may require information. "I now

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your directors have recently been beg to propose that the report and Sheep's Head & Feet..! KOMIKOR BRANın Kızartınkın: 1900).

considering and have approved of accounts as presented be adopted. Antherland Capital: 150,000,000 £1,500,00

suggestions made by the general and passed... When this has been Pald-Up Capital ......8, 30,000,000 € 6,685,570.

managers for increasing the capa-seconded, I shall be pleased to Reserva Fund.... 20,538,861 6 1,711,688 Bymelli Eeserves. B. 12,880,000 £ 1,888 HORMOSA: Giran, Kagi, Karenko, 8 x 8 calciner in addition to the any questions you may wish to Sust, Busf

city of the mill by installing an answer to the best of my ability Kalung Bokoto, Nanto, Shin existing calciner, also by increas- ask.. chiku, Taichu Tainan, Takao, Tamsui, Toyen, Haltob, Taitoh ing the power, and by adding cer- CHINA-Shanghai, Hankow, Amoy,tain other units which will be and the resolution was carried.].

[Mr. Chau Yue-teng seconded Vaal

HEAD OFFIC3)—Amsterdam, LASTERN EFAD OFFICE:-Batavia,

BRANCHES:-

Bandjarmasin Bandoeng Bombay

Djakjakarta

Kota-Basta!

Oberiban: Djember The Hague Robe Macamar Mudaz Padang

Falembang Pecalongan Penan

Patina Rangoon Botterdata Samarang Shanghai Нодирога Boerakals Sourataria (Bole, Tegal

Waija

Weltevreden

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

DESCRIPTIONG,

J. C. MAASSEN,

Acting Manager: Hongkong, 10th March, 1926.

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE

BANK, LTD.

Established 1880,

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

Yon 81,500,000 Head Office: YOKOHAMA.

Branches and Agencies at¦¦

Batavia,

Bombay,

Newchwang New York

Buenor Ayres.

Calcutta!

π

Clanton. Changchun.

Osaka. Peking. Rangoon Rio de Janeiro. Daf (Dalny). Saigon. Fangen (Maiden). San Francisco.

Hamburg.

Hankow

Honolulu,

Seattle.

Semarang Shanghai Bhimonoseki Singapore.

Hartin.

Kai Yuen,

Karachi.

Kobe,

Sderabayı Bydney..

TAM Angeles.

Mandia

Tiental Tokyo, Tainanin Tsingtan

Londos

· Enturest allowed en Currant Boodata. Deposita received for fixed perioda në

Manigy

ong, 11th March, 1924.

Foochow Swatow, Canton OTHERS Hongkong, Singapore, Soerabaya, Semarang, Batavia, Bombay, London, New Calcutta.

necessary for achieving the ob- ject in view. Your directors feeli York, justified in making these additions as the increase in demands for Gypsum products by the com-

LONDON BANKERS: London County Westminster and

Farr's Bank

Za Bank in Dorrespondents in the Commercial Centres in the European Continent, Burin MA charia, Zingtas, spam Indo-China, Hats, india, Phinea Java, Africa, Ko.

Interest allowed on Current Accounta, and Mod

Hor

.

T. TAKAGI,

Manager.

HONGKONG BRANCH:

$, Des Voeux Road Central. Hongkong, 1st November, 1925.

#

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THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中

CBpecially Authorised by Presidential

Mandate of the Republic of China.

Other Business, ·

the meeting comprised

Other business put through by

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Kidneys

Liver

Sucking Pigs, to order.

Mutton

Sausages

No.

Fish.

lb.'

25

19

24

20

糖魚(省滨

30

20: 16

18 16

Re-election of Mr. Wong Kwok-Barbel ahuen and Mr. Chau Yue-teng as Bronm pany's agents makes it difficult at directors proposed by Mr. C. B. Canton Frash times for the company to fill ex-Shank seconded by Mr. Chan port orders promptly. At the

present time, the mill is working Pek-chun.

'

Water Fish.

Carp Election of Messrs. Lowe, Catfish that have recently been placed.. night and day to cope with orders Bingham and Matthews as audi- Coddah

tors-proposed by Mr. C. E. H Crabs Prospective Business.

Beavis, seconded by Mr. E. D. Cuttle Fish Shank.

In addition, increased produc- tion will greatly reduce the cost. of the finished product as the en- larged plant can be operated with Very little additional overhead. expense.

PAPER SALES.

Prduction Outshipping Demand.

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Carambola

Coconuts

Lemons; China

Lemons (Amorica)

Lichees, Dried

Oranges (Canton) ....

Orangesneriana

Teach 14,

金山棉標: each.

Pears (Canton):

Ponnuta.

Persimmons, Large.

Plantain

Pumelo, Siam

Walnuts

Grapes

荔枝

Vegetables,

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25 16 你

Artichokes

Bears, Sprout

Long" Beat Root Bitter: Squash Brinjals, GreeD

Red

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淡水低

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(Small) 2927

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Ginger, Toung

Old Horseradish,

10

each 26

21

· Indian Corn

Lettuce:

Since the latest general meeting, equipment has been installed in in Japan for the past three years Garoupa

Demand for foreign style paper Frogs: the mill for the manufacture of has increased 10 per cent, while Gudgeon plaster board, which is becoming production during the same period Herrings more and more popular in this has gone up 15 per cent. accord Ballbut

on the 22nd of November, 1917). market. The present capacity of ing to a report of the Japan Labrus Authorised Capital $50,000,000.00 5,000 square feet per day which is Figures for the past four years Lobsters

the plaster board machinery is Paper Manufacturing Association. Leach Paid-up Capital

$18,278,600.05 Reservs Fund

$9,529/125.264 suficient to supply" existing de-

mands at the present time. 1 ¦are:-

HEAD OFFICE: PEKING.

HONGKONG BRANCH:

Mackeral

might state that a large propor tion of the adverse balance shown on the balance sheet has been occasioned by such improvements. and alterations to the machinery as have been found necessary in

Increase in pro-

duction over Ratio of

previous sales to

year production per cent. per cent.

1922

1928

27.7 101.3. $15.99 97.8

Monk F Mallet Oysters. Parrot Bish Perch ∙Pike we

Plaice

1924

12.0 1926 18.9.

4, Queen's Road Central Branches and" Sub-branches all over Chica and Correspondents in Europe, America, and other parts of the world order to increase the efficiency of London Bankers: The National Provin

cial and Union Bank of England, Led the plant. The Guaranty Trust Company of New

Tork New York Bankwry:

of prospective business which the National Bank J

The Erring company may hope to obtain in The Equitable Trust Company of New the Colony and I am happy to be Production Enfes

York

Interest allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Depoalia, permis on appllong

beeste Every dawałykion of Banking Bank zana, tranunciadas TERM

Zonda szakbed on agimovid securities, Byada, Joalition for Home Hanbangs,

There is a considerable amount

BRONCHIAL COUGHSS BONCHIAL coughs are not trising.

They are even manacing if allow

ed to hang on and weaken the system. Chamabariain's Cough Remedy, just what you ought to taks for bronchial induenza and a gripp Fough

aina'no oplates and a pis caling of warmth and comfort foll

98.4"

Pomfret, Black 98.4

Pomfret, Whit Production and sales during 1924 Prawdz and 1925 wore

19242081,772,000 (2879,602,000

1925... 817,888,000.804,809,000 The production and sales for and February · combined

Increase

Ray Book

Rod

·Green

Curry Stuff, English

Water

Mushrooms, Fres

Okroes

Onions, Bombay.

- Green

29

Parsley

Potato, Sweet

14