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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

Extneriaed Capital

Issand and Pully Fuldug

Bonorve Panda -

Vierling etiam................£5,900,000

"Blver crossing... $14,030,000

$30,000,000 $10,000,000

Maserra Liability of Propetetom. +++$80,090,000

RIBAD OFFICE: BANGKOND

COUNT OF DIRECTORS —

A, E, Compton, Mag. Chairman.

M. Brown, Fr. Deputy Chairman.

W, 12, Koil Keg. Mr. B., P. Belth,

A. Blacgowan, Bay,

AMUY

行銀商工法中

BANQUE FRANCO-CHINOISE

pour le

Commerce et L'Industrie (Incorporated in France).

5, Chater Road, Victoria, Hong Kong.

HEAD OFFICE: 74, Rue St. Lazare, Paris.

Capital folly paid up....Frs.50,000,000 Special working capital. Fra.50,000,000 Reserve Fund

Frz.15,804,965

1, 19, 89, Mackle, Esg

W, 1.. Paltendas, Esq

Peri

· T, 0. Weall, Raq,

1. P. White, Bay.

Chief Manager

Hue, Mr. A, O, Hyam.

BANGKOR HAPASTA.

BOMBAY

CALCUTTA

COANTUN

CURVING

*COLOM KU DAIXEN TOOCHOW HAIPHONG

.HAMISHO HANHOW GARBIN

·HOSGEKW

FOLLO

1P0H

JOHORZ

IKGER

AMA

LUMPOR

· BRANCHERI

JONDON LYONS

MALACOA

MANILA

MOUKDEN

NAGASAKI

SEW YORK

PAKING

PENAMU

RANGDON

SAIGON

SAN FRANGINCO SUANDHAR SINGAPORE “SOURA BAVA

HUNGKI PATANT TIENTEIN TOKYO

THINUTAO

YOKOHAMA

Carrimi Foconuta opengl in Local Oertelop Deposita rizalved fur que year or zkortar parteria in Local Currandy and Riarling turm which will bequaled on application, Hong Kong. 3rd April, 2018.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Halues of the ahorn Bank la coa. fronted the We HINUKOSO AND SUANOBAI BANKING CORPORATION, licin may be -stained on application.

POR TIK BONOKONG & HUANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION

L. C. Hynes,

Chief Maungat

Rongkong, 13th September, 1977.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.

GIETIESLANDS TRADING SOCIETY)

BANKERS

Estabilahe 1824.

Hong Kong (fizə indi Queen's AumalConical

Authorised Capital .......................... Quikters 162,000,000

{212,500,000) Paid-up Capilakkuma Gulluaru 190,000,000-

(£4,000,470) Kaurve Pund. Cullera 40,000,000

(£ 133.1

Dead Oos-AMSTERDAM”), Eastern Head Offos:—BATAVIA BRANCHEN:- BanJormasin, Pandoeng) Bom

Calcutta, Ulieribos, Jid. Hall, Djembar, kjekjakarta), The Kola, Kola želja,

Modan,

الاجيا

Peking Saigon Tourand

BRANCHES.

Lyone Marseilles Shanghal Tientsin Haiphong Hano

Vini Prom Penh BANKERS: FRANCE: Societe Generale, Banque Nationale de Credit, Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas. LONDON:-Midland Bank Ltd:

Exchange

NEW YORK:-American

Irving Trust Co.

SAN FRANCISCO-Bank of Italy."

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business Transacted. Cor- respondents throughout the world.

A. ROLLIN,

Mannger,

Hong Kong, 1st January, 1928,

THE CHARTERED BANK OF ́INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.

Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON. Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund Reservo Liability of Proprie

torn

RUBBER SHARES.

"FIRST PREFERRED U.S."

OVER 6 POINTS BREAK.

THE CHINA MAIL,

New York, To-day. The passing of the dividend for First Preferred United States Rubber caused a break of over six points to 79, which is a new low record-Reuter's American Service.

MINING IN 1927.

A YEAR OF GREATER OUTPUT.

FEWER MEN EMPLOYED.

COMMERCE

MAND

FINANCE.

A FEW FIGURES.

THREE PENCE WORTH BILLIONS.

1

COMPOUND INTEREST.

BANK ROBBERIES.

THE GUARDING OF £150,000,000.

[By A Banker.]

The fact that a bank robbery- such as that at Durham recently

TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1928.

"The strong-room of to-day is a marvel of engineering.: The walla

I

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

HONG KONG TIDE. The Hide-table given below has are built of brick, steel, and con- been obtained by aid of the Tide- crete. A modern strong-room door predicting Machine, which in- sometimes weighs over 20 tona.cludes 40 components for the bet- In many cases, in the interests of ter prediction of tides, from the safety, keys and keyholes are result of the analysis of the tidal abolished. Combination locks are observations, taken at the used instead..

Kaulung tidal observatory under Other doors have time-locks, In the direction of Dr. Doberck dur addition. These locks are set by an ing the years 1887, 1889, & 1839. is so very rarely attempted in Eng-independent oficial, and the door, land seems to have that there is once

The thnes and heights are given closed, cannot possibly be for Kaulung; but they may be little wrong with the system of opened until the expiration of the used for the Victoria Naval yard defence built up..

set time.

and Aberdeen, the differences Vast sums of money are con- In the Bank of England, now be being very small. tinually travelling about the coun- ing rebuilt, vaults are under con

Every scrap of money in the struction which are try. Half of one million pounds has provinces, whether notes or coin, be the strongest in the world.

understood to been given to the nation by has to be sent there from London. fa enid they will resist concentrated water and change of current, the patriotic anonymous donor to roll The amount of new Treasury notes bomb attacks, and that here are two phenomena, being quite up compound interest with a view alone put into circulation each inspection passages and tunnels distinct. to decreasing the National Debt. week usually varies from five to ten along which guards will patrol

The terms of the trust have not million pounds.

April 5' 11, 1928. night and day. One of the items to been disclosed, but from the in-

These facts are well known to be guarded by the Bank is over

Bron WATE: Lowen WATER formation given to the public the criminal classes. The heavy £150,000,000 in solid gold!--Ex. would appear that the well-known | motor-bullion vans are a familiar

Standard April Times

8tar dard Arm of Baring Bros. and Co., Ltd., sight in the City, as are the carts may well be responsible for the which, laden with glittering ingots |

The output of the coal mines of investment and re-investment of of solid silver, wait outside the pre- Great Britain for the week ended the trust funda.

mises of dealers in precious metals. February 4 was 5,045,400 tons, If the trust is not specific in the Loss, however, is practically un-compared with 5,141,900 tons the

the known.

previous week. type of securities in which

The strong-rooma of moneys may be reinvested, then

our banks certainly the public finances of contain not only the banks' cash The British coal output for the England will in all probability reserves, but valuables deposited by week ended February 18 was Mon. 9 m 11 3 0.3 m3 133.1 gain beyond all expectation.

•

*

against 965,800.

DATE

HL

Times

5 m 485.6 m 3 19

Thura

1.8

Fri.

Bat

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IU 14 8.1 .3 67 a 9.8 6m 105,8 m 47 9.1 10 45A 5.7 423 a 2,0 7 m 10 13 6.0 m 93 1,4

11 14 5.3

10

8 m 10 48 6.9 m 602,5 11 46 4.9 5.13.0

m11 18 8.4

A detailed report on the British coal-mining industry during the fourth quarter of 1927 appears in

their customers-jewels and plate, 5,035,300 tons, against 5,020,400 the current issue of the Board of

While Lord Revelstoke was writ- priceless family heirlooma and the previous week, and the number Tacs. 10 0314.4 Trade "Journal,"

was 961,500, Wed. 11 m 1 48 40 Although ex-ing to the Chancellor of the Ex-works of art, in addition to vast of wage earners £3,000,000 set. figures are not yet avaliable as

U in b £4,000,000

to costs of production and

pro- £3,000,000 ceeds of sales during that period, such returns as are known make it possible to measure the recovery and state of the industry through out the year.

Agencies and Branches: ALOE STAR

alayal

AMILIYHÁR BANGKUE BATAVIA BO HAY

CALCUTTA CANTON CAWNPOBE CKBU COLOMBO

DELKI

НАТРИОКО

HAMBURG

HANKOW

KUCHING MADRAS

STANILA

MEDAN

NEW YORK PERING

PENANG PESHAWAR RANGOON BAIGON

SEMARANG

SEURMBAN

BHANGHAI

SIMHAJORE

NOURABAYA

Certain general facts emerge, as that more coal is being produced although fewer work-people are employed, and that during the first quarter only was there a credit balance on production. The re- maining three quarters of the year showed a debit balance averaging TUNGKAH (Bbuket), well over 18. a ton.

HARDIN(N.Manchuria) TAIPING

ĐƯỜNG TÙNG.

ILOILO

KARACH

HLANG

KURE

KUALA KANGHAB

Perak, (F.AL.M.) KUALA LUMPUR

(9.31.6.)

TAVOY

TIENTSIN

TUR YO

ISINGTAU YOKUHAMA

ZAMBOANGA

(lippine islada)

The year opened with a keen de- mand owing to the reduction of all Foreign Exchange and General Bank-stocks by the long stoppage of ing business transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fixed Deposits received for 1 year or shorter periods at rutes which will be quoted on application.

A. II. FERGUSON,

Manager. Hong Kong, 3rd April, 1328.

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. (TAIWAN GINKO).

1926. Arrears of work caused some amount of industrial activity, Tecting the demand for coal and its price. The quantity used for home consumption rose from 169% million tons in 1926--the last com- parable year-to 180 million

tons in 1927. Benefit derived from the extra demand during the first three months of the year was men- sured by a credit balance of production,

1s. 2.41d. per ton on. Padang

Ilague's Make Palembang, Pekalongan, Pepang. Pontianak Kangoon, Rotterdam"), Natarang), Blangkm), Hibolga

Boerall, Sout (Bumaira), kana. (Bulo), Tegal, Tilkijap and Wolterreden.") Tamm affices kars safe depots boxes talet.. Lindos Lankar-National Provincial Bank Ltd.

Correspondente alf over the world

Banking usinma of avery

Jascripton tramwacted

0. STEENSTILA

Menghong, sah July, 1987,

Mangur.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE,

HEAD OFFICE:

96, Boulevard Haussman, Paris.

Subscribed Capital...Frx.72,000,000.00 Paid-up Capital....Frz.68,400,000.00 Reserve Fund .....Frs.89,384,519.10

BRANCHES: Hanoi

Bangkok Battambang Hong

Cantho

Canton

Pondicherry Kong Suimon

Nam-Dinb

Hengtze Shanghai

Singapora Tientsin Toursne

Djibouti Noumea Fort-Bayard Fapeete Haiphong Peking Vinh Hankow Prom-Penh Yunnanfa

BANKERS:

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; Credit Industrial et Commercial; So- ciste Generale.

IN LONDON: The National Pro- vincial & Union Bank of England, Ltd; Comptoir National d'Escompte Farls; Gredit Lyonnais:

HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa.

· Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899.

+

chequer expressing the offer, an-quantities of bonds and securities. other banker, namely, Mr. Charles E. Mitchell, president of New York's National City Bank, the big- gest bank in America, was making

archase.

Child's Money Box.

He bought threepence which had been found in a child's money box in nome Carthaginian ruins.

Ac- tually in the box were six copper. coins the size of half-pennies.

Mr. Mitchell is not an archaeo-

4

6 28.1 325 25 3.5

m 818 3.7 ? 24 18.8

38 a 18.3

HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE,

Prime Cat

logist, and he bought these coins Beef Sirloin with a purpose.

In his firm he has a young statia- tivian, a man with a thin neck, big forehead, but a gift for figures.

"These coins were discovered in Carthage, and date from 600 years B.C. Work out what threepence mounting up at compound interest at 5 per cent. would amount to now."

After a while the statistician re- turned.

"Well, how much is it?" asked Mr. Mitchell. The young MBB said, "I cannot express myself in words, but there are the figures:-

£720,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,-

but hopes of the maintenance of 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,- that satisfactory · condition were 000,000,000. dissipated in a serious manner by subsequent experience.

APPROXIMATE

RETAIL PRICES.

Butcher Meat.

Poultry,

Merch 8, June, June,

H

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Ronst

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Breast

Soup

Steak

22

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13

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March 8, June, June,

Dock

Davea

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Fowls, Hainan

1928, 1918. 1914.

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28

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28

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Capons. Small

1J

28

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20

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The figures were 80 Immense Calves' Head & Fest: 4 set $1.20 $1.00 $1.00 that they were beyond even the Mutton Chop comprehension of bankers and a mathematical genius in the shape of Mr. Joseph B. MacLean, of the actuary's department of the Mutual Pig's Chitlings Life Insurance Company of New York was called in to make them understandable.

He was aghast! *:

Central Bank in Formosa.

Growth of Unemployment. Bank-Notes issued

Average amount Yen 45,000,000 The number of persons finding

employment fell steadily through BRANCHES AND AGENCIES:

out the year. They had risen in JAPAN:-Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe,

the first few months Quake

after the FORMOSA--Giran, Kagi, Karenko, strike to 1,031,500 on May 14, the Keelong, Makong, Nanto, Shin- peak figure for the year, but came chiku, Taichu, Tainan,

Takeo below the million in July. During Taman Toon, Helte, Taito. CHINA: Shanghai, Hankow, Amoy,ing the third quarter of the year

Foochow, Swatow, Canton.

they fell by 95,000, and in the OTHERS: Hong Kong, Singapore, fourth quarter by a further 9,000.

Vast Gold Globe. Soorabaya, "Semarang, Batavia, Bombay, Calcutta, London, New At the end of the year there were

"Supposing I took the earth as 142,156 insured workers recorded a unit and drew a tiny copy of the York, Dairen.

as wholly unemployer, and the pro-globe for explanation, even then I reas of reduction has extended into should be no forrader. the prosent.year.

LONDON BANKERS: The London. County Westminster and Parr's Bank,

The Bank has Correspondents in the Commercial Cantele in the Eurogsin Qonilasat, Mumla, Manzi

charl's haurian, Japan, Indo-China, Ham, India Philippine Islands Java, Africa, U.B.A.. Austalla Interest allowed on Current Accounts, and | Fixed Deposita at rates which will be quoted on

application, Deposits in Yen can be acceptedi

J. IHARA,

Manager.

HONG KONG BRANCH:

8, Des Voeux Road Central Hong Kong, 22nd September, 1027,

de

THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中

IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co.; French American Banking Cor poration; Guaranty Trust Co. of New

York.

(Specially Authorised by Fresidential

blandate of the Republic of China

"I cannot even do it by a pic- ture," he said..

Were the sum of money mention- Although the numbers employed ed. melted down to a gold ball it were thus substantially leas, coal would be so many billion times

output increased, being 62,843,600 larger than the earth that it would

+8268ABKE SOGENYEN BCE+KBBB+BOBLERESBOBEQESKO

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tons in the' December quarter asbe impossible for comparison sake sucking Pige, to order. A compared with 61,260,000 in the to draw the earth small enough. Suet, Beef September quarter. For the whole Even with a microscope it would be

practically invisible." Here is his actual letter.

With reference to your represen- sentative's call here yesterday. I

Barbel

year the output was 252,250,000 tons, as compared with 243,250,000 tons in 1925 and 267,000,000 tons In 1924. During the closing quar- ter of the year the costs of produc-beg to adivse you as follows:- tion and the proceeds of sales de- The diameter of a sphere of solid clined by 2d. or 3d. a ton, leaving pure gold contained in $3,600,000,- the debit balance somewhat com 000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,- Bream parable to that of the September 0 0 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Canton Fresh quarter, 18. 2d. per ton.

would be approximately 500,000,- Price of Coal.

000,000,000 miles.. .$69,000,000.00 to Authorised Capital

The, selling price of coal has not This is 62,500,000,000 times the Paid-up Capital

18,278,600.00

9,029,426,24 yet reached a satisfactory stabili- diameter of the earth, or about Codfish

sation. The proceeds during 1927 5,000,000 times the distance from

Cuttle Fish not including colliery engine the earth to the sun.. coal and miners' coal-were ap-

Dab As these figures may probably proximately 158. 1d. per ton on the appear incredible to you, I raight

Dog Fish

Interest allowed on Current Accounts and Fixed Deposits according arrangements.

on the 22nd of November, 1917).

Every description of Banking and Reserve Fund Exchange Business transacted.

Safe Deposit Boxes to iet.

CH. LEM,

Manager.

Hong Kong, 26th February, 1927.

HEAD OFFICE: PEKING.

HONG KONG BRANCH; 4. Queen's Road Central.

Water Fish.

Carp Catish

Crabs

Daco

Branches and Sub-branches all over average, as compared with 15s. 10d. draw your attention to the fact that Eels, Conger THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, China and Correspondents in Europe, during the subvention period of in a large number, involving many

LIMITED.

Established "1880. Capital (fully paid-up) Yon 100,000,000 Reserve fund

Yen 99,500,000 Head Office:-YOKOHAMA.

Branches and Agencies uti

Newchwang.

Alexandria.

Batavia.

Bombay,

Buenos Ayres. -- Calcutta.

Canton.

Changchun

Dairen (Dalny),

New York

Oinka. Peking.

Rangoon

Rio de Janeiro,

Saigon.

San Francisco.

Fengtien (Mukden). Seattle.

Hamburg.

Hankow. Harbin

Hong Kong.

Honolulu.

Kai Yuen

Karachi.

Kobe

Landon.

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Angdies, Lyozz. Manila,

Nagasaki.

Nagoya,

Semerang

Shangh

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Singapore. Soerabaya. Sydney. Tientsin. Tokyo. Tainonfu. Tiingtâu. ''. Vladivostok.

(Temporarily closed).

- Interest allowed on Current Accounts. Deposits received for fixed perioda

at rates to be obtained on application.

H. MORL "Manager. Kong, 19th Marca, 19282

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the world. August, 1925, to April, 1926, and zeros, each zero added has ten America, and other parts

London Bankers: The National Pro-178, 10d. per ton in the pre-subven-times the effect of the one before it. Frogs vincial and Union Bank of England,tion period. Export prices have Consequently, when you are deal- Ltd.

Garoupa The Guaranty Trust Company of fallen conspicuously from 298. 50. ing with numbers which involve Gudgeon f.o.b. in 1924, 19s. 10d. in 1925, 178. fifty or more zeros, you have reach- Herrings New York

New York Bankers: The Irving 10d. In 1927, down to 168. 6d. dared something which is beyond the Halibut National Bank.

The Equitable Trust Company of 1ng the last quarter of 1927. The power of human conception.

total of coal shipped abroad as Interest allowed on Current Accounts cargo and bunkers, including coke and Fixed Deposits. Terms on applica-and manufactured fuel, was tion,

The terms of trust of the present Mank Fish Every description of Banking Busi000,000 tons, being half a million nesa transacted.

tons more than in 1925 and 12% gift to the nation are therefore of Mallet Loans granted on approved securities. million tons less than in 1924. interest.

Oysters Special facilities for Hom Exchange.

SHOU J. CHEN,

Manager.

New York.

72,-

Labrna Yours very truly, Losch JOSEPH B. MACLEAN, Lobsters

Assistant Actuary. Mackerel

If Barings are empowered to in- Parrot Flab vest or reinvest the money of the Porch

The Permanent International trust for a term of, say, 200 years, Pike

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. Statistical Sugar Commission held they are bound to become the most plates

its first meeting in Berlin iri mail powerful financial house that the Pomfret, Black week. Its task was to compile world has ever seen, provided no Pomfret, White

Established 1912,

Head Office-Hong Kong.

Aziherland Capital(31.X, Onrrancy)........ 11,000,000 Paid Up Capića)

8,604,00 250,000

-BRANCHES Denton, Blanghali, Tankow, Swatow,

the statistical movement of prices disaster overtakes the country and Prawns

for the conference next autumn. the terms are observed,

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