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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAT THE BANK OF EAST

BANKING CORPORATION.

HEAD OFFICE, HONGKONG.

Authorised Choital ***..

ASIA, LIMITED

HEAD OFFICE: HONGKONG

+850}000;000 || 49) Don Tour Road Central Hongkong.

... Imund and Fally Paid up...$20,000,000-

Reserva Fundaç

Storling...,500,000

Silver...$27,000,000

Bouarve Liability of

Proprietors...

$20,000,000

COUET OF DIRECTORS: M Hon Mr. D. Bernardi-Chaliwaa Hon. Mr. A. O Lang, W. Ball,

AS EL 01, 0) Sack Pie.Holyork, Eaq,

Daprity ChatranD

A. Plummer, Eag Park, Wall, Rasi

H. P. White,. Hay,

W. GM. Young,. Esq.

CHIEF MANAGER:

A. H. BARLOW, Esq.

Managor: Shangbal-G.. H. STITT; Esq.

LONDON BANKERS,

Westminster Bank, Ltd..

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened in. LOCAL CURRENCY and FIXED

Authorised Capital $10,000,000

·Paid-up: Capital volum: 5,000,000)* Reserve Fund (1928)..

2,200,000

DIRECTORSIONE

Hon. Bir Shou-son Chow-Chairman. Fung Ping Shan Mok Ching Kong LA Koon Gurun Wong Tun Tong P., E. Kwok

Kinh t

THE CHINA MAIL

COMMERCE AND FINANCE,

KOBE FREIGH

SHIPPING

KAND

Kobe, April 22-Inquiries for hold space for Saghallen timber are. hold over owing to the weather conditions which interfere with loading in the harbour. Up to the 10th instant 84 yensels had been

Ng Ching Tak-Kan Ying Poaent to handle the first shipmenta

· Pong Wal Ting:: Chan Ching: Shek Every description of Banking and Exchange business, transacted Losse granted on approved securitieni:

SATE DEPOSIT BOXES to let

IAN TONG_PO,

Chis! ManagW+

Hongkong, 8th February, 1993, -

行錕商工法中

DEPOSITS: racaived for one year or BANQUE FRANCO CHINOISE

shorter periods in: Local Currency and Sterling on terms which will be quoted! an application.

Hongkong, 21st April 1926,

HONGKONG SAVINGS BANK"

THE

HD basibose of the above Bauk in gondnoted by the HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COR PORATION, Bales may be obtained

on application.

INTEREST on deposita la calonlatedi antholowout Balance during each com pleted Calendar Month at 3 per cent. per annum. Should there be no balance on any day in a month uo Interest will be allowed for that, month,

Depoelbers may translor at their aption Balance of $100 or more to the HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANK

to be placed on FIXED DEPOSIT: st. QUERENT RATES

For the HongXONG) S SHANƏMAY BANKING CORFOZANOE),

A. H. BARLOW,

Chief Manages.

Hongkong.. 7th January 1326.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE:

96, Boulevard Haussman, Paris,

#absorbed Capital ...Fra: 13,000 100,00)

pour le

Commerce et L'Taduatrio. (Incorporatadin. Frames),

4, Chatar Bond, Victoria, Hongkong,

'HRAD: OFFICH: 74, Duo: Bt.. Lasara. Faria

Capital Remove

of the acason, but those which have loaded, and left: the port aro only four or five.. The rest are waiting for the weather to take a favourablo turn It is feared that the rivera will not be open for lumbering before the end of April. It may be noted that, a better freightage is paid on the earliest shipment, owing to the scarcity of

3 the so stocks,

The shipping trade in depression places the ship building industry in in a hard position. Owing to the drooping tendency in the freight. market a strong preference is given for old ships on sale abroad, so that it is a hard problem for dock yards in Japan to keep things going. At first the working force could be maintained by securing F 20.000.000epair work but thi has been Fry 11160.000 found not enough to get the full advantage of efficiency. Con- sequently, the management is quite willing to take any work that may come its way.

Special' Working Capital ....Fra·50.000.000 —

flarsolller

BRANCHES

Parin

LYOUR

Balgoo Peking Canton

Ealphong Hanoi

Shanghal Tientalo

Hongkong

BANKERS:

FRANCE-Boolate General

A report published by the Kobe Shipping Exchange on the distri bution of non-conterence vessels of 2,000 tons and more, as on the

Banquest instant, draws attention to a

Nationals de Credit, Banque Paris et des Pays Bas..

LONDON: Midland Bank. Etdi.

Adela

A. ROELIN, Manager. Hongkong, 1st December 25,

V.Si police arrested a chauffeur in connecting with a blackmail Jetter demanding, $8,000 (at, pain of his life) from R. W. Pridham (above), former president of the Los Angeles

Chamber of Commerce

MANCHURIAN IRON,

The South Manchuria Railway

desharp falt in the Pacific section, Co. has decided any the "Oaaka due to a cessation of tirnber: ship-Asahi," to carry out its plan of

Paid-Up: Capitall ... F2.68,400,000.00 THE CHARTERED BANK Reserve Fund werden Fra. 69,667383.44 INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Ballambang.

Bangkok

BRANCHES Annoll

Pondicherry.

Hongkong

Faigon

Oanion

Mengtse

Shanghai

Dijhanti

Noames

Alagapor

Fort Bayard!

Papata

Tientaln

Haiphong

Peking

Togmane.

Flankow

Proen-Penk.

Yannaafu

*NEERA

IN FRANCE: Comptoir Nations d'ompte da al Credit Lyonanie: Banque de Paris. PAJA-Bas: Credit Industrial et Commercial Rociete Generale,

IN LONDON: The National Provincial & Unloa Bank of England, ; Caciptoin: National: Escompte de Paris Orelit Lyonnnla IN NEW YORK: JP Morgan & Co

Dividend

ELECT

HONGKONG TIDE.

The tide table given below kas tion of electrolytic

besa obtained by with of the Tide Seldom if evar has the annual excuss over the output by 400 or cludes 40.components for the better aps in predicting Machine, which in report of Lever Brothers, the great 500 tons since last fall The de prediction of tides, from the re combine of soap and other busfcit is met out of the stocks creatult of the analysts of the tidal nesses, been awaited with such in- ed since the depression In 1922, observations, taken, at the Kaulung terest as is that for 1925, expected but the holding will melt away by tidal observatory under the dire within the next few weeks, writes the end of May How to meet the tion of Dr. Doberck during the phe City Editor of the "Daily Mail requirements after that in ques- yearn 1887, 1888, and 1889.

Amid rumours, to which we have on disbussed with interest. The The timestand heights are given already referred, that no Ordinary associated producers in Osaks for Kauling but they may be used dividend and no Co-partnership think that it is still early to plan for the Victoria Naval yard and dividend, will be paid, quotations of an increase in output and are for Aberdeen, the differences bein some of the numerous Preference falling back upon the American very small and Preferred shares have suffered market for the deficit. They are a sharp set-back The Ordinary determined to control the market, shares are privately held, and the and will not, as the "Osaka Jiji" real question for the independent reports, let outsiders Import, who Investor is whether the passing or are likely to disturb the market by the Ordinary dividend, if it should speculation, as was the base five be passed, is due to absence of years ago. Negotiations ara afoot available profits or to the desire with the American association of to keep available profits in reserve, copper exporters to refrain abso

According to the last balance lutely from dealing with other men sheet, the company had an issued than the Osaka association mem share capital of £56,527,546, of hers. Failing in this, they mayFri.. which as much as 246,082,272 was agree on a boycott against the

In Preference aharos, £8,146,274 in metal Imported by outsiders and Preferred Ordinary shares and get supplies from the home in These Egures indicate the top £2,400,000 in Ordinary shares., dustry for their own mills. heaviness of the capital account and the importance to the Preference The old Nors," ones among the and Preferred shareholders of the fastest ships of the P and O. fleet. margin available for Ordinary is being broken up in Hayle har dividends.

bour, in West Cornwall

H

The times of high-and low-water must not be considered to coincide): with the times af slack-water and change of current, the two phenomena being quite distinct,

May 7 to 13, 1926.

DATE

May

Hion WATES LOWER WATIR 8tandard Standard Et Times

Times HM

·6:14 18m 0 11.3 551440 11 383,5 -6793 4.3 0 4814 65968.003 L m7 51 5.6m 1 $71.6 Mon 10 8 18 6.0 m

8885.7

12617 Tine 13 m 8 48 6:43 3921 Wid 3 m 3 18 47 m, 24

55 5.5 333

10' 5a 5.1

400.pm 984 19.7

sun

Thula

1:48. s 18

HONGKONG MARKET PRODUCE.

APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.

Butcher Meat.

April 28, une, Jume;

12

Poultry.

April 28, Juno, June,

1926. 1918 1914-

Cts. Cts. Cla

90 91.

ខ្ញុំ៖ ១ ន Rអឌ ដ ឌ ៖ = ៩៖ ឌ | | | | |

1920, 1918 1914"

Beef Sirloin

b. 87 24

Prime Out

Corned

Cta Circ Ctsi

12 97 28 ·12 B7% 28

Chicken Capona, Small

lb. 45

45.

30

Capons, Large

50 23 SF

Boast

87: 24 22

Duck

'Breast

30 201 18

Doves

» 24 auch 80,.

22. 31

· 11.

H

Soup

20

18

Eggs, Een (cooking),

per doz. Be 18

—

Stark

W

87

Eggs, Hon (fresh)

20

Steak Sirloin

·BO 35

Fowls, Canton

60%

88 24

Sausages

per

281 20 2019

Fowls, Hainan

45

24 24.

GODES

92.

24

Tongue, fre Fengus, corned: "Ford

each 90 60 00

each 80:

50:

口

Heart Hmmp, Salt Feet Kidneys Tal

·Liver Trips

81.00 24

$1.20 1814

each 15

Bullock's Brains

NEW YORK Irving Bank Columbia and from the United States. As raising the pig iron production of

Trust: Ob..

compared with the report a month 200,000 tone a year at its iron works ago, the number fall off 14 and the fat Anshangtin in Manchuria. In Every description of Banking and tonnage 91.578. In the Australian order to put the scheme into prae- Exchange Business Transacted. Correction there were 7 less, reducing tice it is necessary to make use of spondents, throughout the world.. the tonnage by 86.210. An In- fa special method in treating the ore. erease is shown in the South Sea Generally speaking, ores contain 80- section by 7 in number and 61,425 per cent of iron, but that obtained En Lonnage: The home section also from the mines at Anshangtin has indicates a rise of 12 in number only 36 per cent, To operate the and 56,774 tons in weight. Partiimine on a commercial scale, there OFoulars foltów:-

fore, the experts in the employ of Sectib Number, Tonnage.the company have devised a spesial Europe

method of treating the ore.

The scheme requires 11 million yen to start with and will be com pleted before June or July, whon the metal will be marketed. If it is carried out as hoped, the output. will be about 180,000 tons this year. The fronworks of the company are not aided by the Iron Industry Aid Law, which is for assisting the industry in Japan proper. But the. management is determined to carry Calves Hand & Fer out the 200,000 tons scheme and Mation Chop who are sending theft metal to compete with Indian manufacturers Japar. The iron works will supply.

ÎNCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER, 1858,

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Atlantic

14 -17

Pacifie

"62

Australia

20:

129,168 158,603

·565,221 141,726

South Sea and'

South China 63% Home

In dock

830- 39.

414,652 1,367,061

£3,000,000.

Laid up Other

5 '24'

Paid-up Capital! £8,000,000 Reserve Fund£4,000,000. Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

Banking business transacted.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE, and General'

CURRENT ACCOUNTS opened and FIXED DEPOSITS recaived for 1 year-

quoted; on äpplication.

French Americas Banking Corporation; or shorter period at rates which will be Guaranty Trust Co. of New York,

www.www

Intered owed' sa. Chtrrent Aconante and Fred Depolta socording to arrangeramt.

Every tasuription of Banking and Exchange Banice tranencied.

A. LEDOT,

Manager. Hongkong, 11th December, 1935.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.

(NETHERLANDS TRADING: SOCIETY.)

BUTARIATICED· 1894), Boraxons Baamon Berantasen: 190

Authored Capital . 150,000,000 £12,500,00 Peid-Up Capital...G.. 80,000,000 £1,800. Base Fund G. 30,586,361 $1,711, Special Hastry....: 99,680,000 6. 1888,030 HEAD OFFICE:-Amsterdatzi.

·RASTERN HEAD OFFICE:-Batavia, BRANCHES:- Bandjarmasin Bandung Boubay Caletts

Cheribon Djember Dokjakarta The Hague Kobe

Marmar

Medan

Kota-Radja

Padang

Forang

Botterdama

Palembang Pecalongs

- Panifarak

Camarang

Fingapore Boerabain

Bangvon

Shanghai Bosrakarta (Bela Tiista Weltevreden

LONDON BANKERS:

National Provincial Bank, Ltd;

Correspondents all over the world

AHL FERGUSON,

Manager. Hongkong, 15th April, 1925,

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD.

Talwan Ginko.). "

Incorporated by Special Imperial: -Charter, 1899,

Capital Subscribed

.....Yen 45,000,000 Capital (Paid-up) Yes $9,875,000 HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa.

BRANCHES:

JAPAN:--Tokyo, Tokobama," Kobe, FORMOSA:- Giran, Kagt, Karenko,

Osaka.

Keelung, Bokoto, Nanto, "Shin- chiku, Taicha, Tainan, Takao, Tamsui, Toyen, Heitoh, Taitoh, CHINA: Shanghai Hankow, Amey,

Foochow, Swatow, Canton. OTHERS: Hongkong, Bingapore, Soerabaya, Semarang, Batavia, Bombay, London, New York, Calcutta.

LONDON BANKERS: London County Westminster and

Parr's Bank

Math

The Bank has Correspondenter in the Commerafs Cantres in the European Continent. Bare choria, Tainging, Japan, Indo-China, Blam, (nila, Filloni Lin, Jaya, Africa, &c.

Internet allowed on Ohrrent Accounts, and Fland

BANKING BUSINESS OF EVERY Dopadta as rabas waith ruil be caused a spple

DESCRIPTION.

J. C. MAASSEN,

Acting Manager. Hongkong, 19th March, 1928.

THE

YOKOHAMA SPECIE

BANK, LTD.

Established 1880

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

Yen 88,600,00

Head Office:-YOKOHAMA, Branches and Ageneles as:

Bombay.

Buenos-Aytes.

Calcutta.

Canton,

Changchun.

Dairen (Dalny);'

Newchwang

New York.

Osaka,

Peking.

Rangoon

Elo de Janeiro. Saigon Vangtien (Mukden). San Francboo

Seattle Semarang

Barbery.

dankow.

Honolulu.

Larsonl

Kob London.

Ho

T. TAKAGI, HONGKONG BRANCH:

Manager.

8. Des Voeux Road Central, Hongkong, lat. November, 1926.

THE BANK OF CHINA

行銀國

(Specially Authorised by Presidentia!!

Mandate of the Repable of

!fixtures

· 220,770- 16.260 178,740,

Total 674 3.192.191 Advices report quieter tonditions developing on the Baltic Shipping Exchange. Freight rates are fall ing back again. The following are

registered recently:- Ceredla 7,000 tons, Vancouver/ Bürope. May 258. 3d.; cereals 7,500 tons, Bahia Blanca/Europe, April 178, 6d. cereals 5,500 tons, Buenos Ayres/Europe, April, 218. fd.; wheat 6,000 tons, Sydney/ Europe, April, 24. sugar 3,700 tons, Cuba/Europe, April 16a. Od rice 6,000 tons, Rangoon/Hamburg April, 175. 6d. coal 7,300 tons, Wales/Buenos Ayres, April 16s.

3d.

HIGHER MAIL COSTS..

Shoulder Saddle

H

Braina

Foet

H

1

#

Head

Heart

Kidneys

Liver

#

as heretofore, the Nippon Steel Piga Chitting Pipe Company, Kawasaki, Sumt the extent of 60,000 or 70,000 tons tomo, and other work in Japan to of pig. iron per year. A contract has been arranged with the State 80,000 tona a year on condition that works at Yawata to supply about the company shall buy rails from Fork Chop the mill. 60,000 tons, which will be marketed This leaves over about to compete with the Indian metal

Legy Lota Fator Lard:

It may be noted that the cost is Y55, per ton, which will be Y67 delivered in Dairen.

RAPID SHIPBUILDING..

Sheep's Head & Feet.... Heart

Kidneys

LAVOR

Sucking Pigs, to order. Suet, Beaf...

Mutton

Detalled statements showing the reasons for the increase in the Civil Service estimates in respect £1,129,017 for the your 1926 com- and Co., Ltd., Port Glasgow, for the of the Revenue Departments of has been built by Wm Hamilton

The steamer "Nerissa," which Veal

pared with those of a year ago Newfoundland service of the New are contained in a Treasury White York, Newfoundland, and Halifax Paper. The estimates for these Steamship Co. (Red Cross Line) Barbel... departments aggregate £69,123,589, will carry with her some records Bream which is made up as

Total

for

雙牛油 单独

'20% 18 10 12 16 10 12 28 20 22

lb. 27 18 1

106

set: $1.20 $1.00 $1.00/

55

25

26

32

02

Pigeons, Canton

Hollow

Turkeys, Cock Turkeys, Hea

Snipe Pheasant

Quail

Almonds

40

Par set 8)

lbj.. 20

· Apples California)

18

15

10.

50

per met:90:- 60)

Bananas (brids's):

Carambola

Cocoanuts

Lemons, China: 47.

Lemona (America). Lichees, Dried

Oranges (Canton) Oranges?.

PORTE (Canton)

Pennuta

Persimmons, Large

Plantain

Pumalo, lam

Walnuts Grapon

Artichokes

Beauss, Sprost

Long

Esunager

Л

Noi

Fish.

Beet Boote Bitter Squash Brinjala, Grasz

Red

in ship construction as she goes Canton Fresh, down the launching ways. The

Contract was signed on November 3

Water

Catank

Codesh

Customs And last, the keel was laid within seven

Excine Inland Revenue 6,908,377 104,017 had been framed, she had been £6,167,000 £140,000 days; in afty-seven days the vessel Post Office. 57,048,212 795,000 plated in 112; and now is to be Cattle. Crabe For the Customs and Excise the launched in 148 days, or within five principal increase are £25,000 for months from the date of signing pace

Dab. head office salarice, 237,000 for the contract. The vessel has an Dog Fish other salaries, and 256,000 for ice-breaker bow, reinforced storn, Bel, Conge superannuation and other non-and elaborately finished accommo effective charge. For the Inland dation for 160 first class and sixty Revenue the chief increase is one secund-class passengers. The Lidy of 4200,313 for salaries. Redue. Mayoresa of Liverpool will perform tions have been made in other the christening ceremony directions.

- on the 22nd of November Salaries and wages also account List

HEAD OFFICE: - PEKING,

HREHERDEKKRIST

Fruits.

55

24.

B

12

each: 12 Ib. 18

10

Gach 7.

B

35

*25*30.

91

LINE DE SESSA DE NO CHENZEN

杏全菁與棉棒全 沙花紅大彊合善

Vegetables, &c.

Cabbage, Chinese

(Shanghai)

Cane Shoots, bunch

竹東角路瓜坑)

Cauliflower (Large)

(Medium

雪花

(Small)

Carrota Celery

Chilifes

be

to ap-

Water

for the chief item on the increase The applications to join the pro- Authorised Capital $50,000,000.00 side in the Post Office estimates.

posed Japanese Expe Paid-up Capital 118,278,600.00 The total required is £31,180,900,

to Russia have Reserve Fund was $9,823,425.24 Brise of £484,835 Conveyance of

2:400 in nu mails will cost more by £29,950, meeting has the total being £5,688,422 The held cost of carriage of mails by rail is proval estimated at 28,897,650, arise of dustry 296,740 The cost of the air mail remains constant at $7.50017 is a decreas of 600 of the $1,140,510 Saving

HONGKONG BRANCE:

4. Queen's Road Central. Branches and Sub-branch as all over China and Correspondents in Europe America and other parts of the work London Bankeras The National Provis cial and Union Bank of England Ltd The Guaranty Trust Company of M New York Bankaat The Irrimed at 3580,000.

National Bank

The Equitable Trust Company old New

mem

the

Ceramerce & In

The YS.E, bas

furnish the

lows Bank of

22.

42

10

12:

3

12:

IBG15DENSITIE

Hongkon 11th