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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorised Capital

Issued and Fully Paid-ip

Kastro Punds —

Kuring £ 6,000,000

Kirst

..........................34,000,000

65,000,000 $20,000,000

Stereo Iablity of Proprietari 10,000,000

HEAD OFFICE, HONGKONG,

COURT OF DIRECTORS———

A. IL. Compton, Eaq. Chairman.

N. R. own, Esq.

Dapuly Chairman

Hon. Mr. 1. D. F. [h,

W. H. Jull, Esq.

..

W. L. Panden Eq

J, A. Hummu, Reg., 1. Ller Lewis, Faq. T. 0. Well, Bag, Hon. Mr. . . 1, Muckio. 5. P. Whito, Esq.

ASIOT

BANGKOK

ΚΑΤΑΨΙΑ

HOMDAY

CALCUTTA

CANTON

CHEPOO

**L010

DATEN FROCHOW

Chit Manager.

Ifon. 3. A. C. .

HAUPIRESU

MIKOR

BANKOW

MAIN

BONDERW

HALO

FULL

JUBERS

Katz

BRANCHES:-

KUALA LUMPUE

LONDON

LYONS

MALACCA

MANILA

MOURDEN

NABASAKI

NEW YORK

PERING

PENANG

RANGON SAIGON

SAX FUA Sersen

SUANGHAL

SINGAIHE

SOURADAYA SUNBEI PATANI TIENTSIN

TOKYO

TSINGTAO YOKOHAMA

Curical Accounds opened in Taal Curmay alized Deposit located ur sour shuror perioda in laval Curropay and berling" en luzenia whick wit be quoted on appleation. Bong Kong, 20th November, 1929,

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The NGKONG AND SHANUMA of the above Dar in conduct BANKING COMPTATION, itales may be

ed by the

alissimed on application.

HANGHAI

A. C. FITNES,

FOR THE HONGKONG BANKING CORPORATION,

Chief Kanagara

Hong Kong, 1811 September, A.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL

MAATSCHAPPIJ.

看銀商工法中

BANQUE FRANCO - CHINOISE pour la

Commerce et l'Industrle

(Incorporated in France).

Prince's Building Chater Road,

+

Hong Kong,

HEAD OFFICE;".

74, Rue St. Lazare, Paris. Capital folly paid up...Fra.50,000,000 Special working capital .Fra.50,000,000 Frs.22,310.000 Reserves....

BRANCHES:

Paris, Lyons, Marseilles, Salgon, Haiphong, Hanol, Touran, Quinhon, Huế, Thanh hoa, Vinh, Pnom Penh.

Kong,

NEW RECORD?

THE CHINA MAIL,

SHANGHAI'S CUSTOMS

• REVENUE PROPOSED NEW DUTIES

COMMERCE

Shanghai, Yesterday, All Indications Are that Shang- Peking, Shanghai, Tientsin. Hong hal's Customs revenue for 1926 will exceed the record figure of 32,000,- FRANCE-Societe Generale, Banque 000 taels reached In 1926, despite Nationale de Credit, Banque de the fact that the first two months

BANKERS:

Paris et des Pays. Bas. LONDON-Midland Bank, Ltd,

AND

FINANCE.

on this subject has been convened to give further consideration to the decisions of the International Telegraph Unlon,*.

PROPERTY SALE

The sale of half shares in three houses, No. 172, Queen's-road East, No. 14, Cross-street and No. 20. In thesa circumstances, the Con Main-street, Saiwanho, announced ference, on receiving the report of to take place at Masers. Lammert's the Committee, reallaed that furnuction rooms yesterday, has been ther consultation with the Cham-indeinitely postponed..

bor Delegation on the basis of a possible increase in charges to the users, would be fruitless and so cordingly resolved to proceed in its!

Thereafter, the Dele own way. gation of the Chamber, having made its position plain both orally and by written statement, took no further part in the proceedings.

It may be added at this point

of this year were below the relative-that a large number of official

NEW YORK:-American Exchange ly low figures of last year.

Irving Trust Co., Banca Commer- ciale Italiana.

SAN FRANCISCO:-Bank of Italy.

Cor-

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

L. BERNIS,

Manager. Hong Kong, 3rd August, 1028. THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Chater, 1853. HEAD OFFICE: LONDON, Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of, Proprie-

tors

Agencies and Branches:

ALON STAR

#Malay Stazen)

AMRITHAR

BANGKOK BATAVIA HOMBAT CALCUTTA CANTUH CAWNPONE CEDU COLOMBO DELHI HAIPHONG HAMBURG

HANKOW

HARDIN

KUCHING

NADES

MANILA

MEDAN

NEW YORK

PERIKO PENANG PESHAWAR BANGOON HAJDON NEMARANG

HERENBAN

MANGHAI SINGAPORE

SOUBABAYA

TAIPING

delegations wore, like the Inter- It was not till May that receipts national Chamber, in favour of

Last month's maintaining the status quo. Among | rose appreciably. receipts were more than 3,000,000 these countries there Agures Aus- taels, an increase of more than a tralia, Brazil, Canada, Great Bri million over November last year. tain, India, Nicaragua and the

Increase in Imports

United States." The total receipts for eleven Imonths are nearly 30,000,000 which is 6,000,000 more than for the same period last year,

It is felt that December will easily provide sufficient to break the 1926 record.

CODE WORDS

IMPORTANT DECISION AS TO

CABLED MESSAGES

WHEN YOU CANNOT EAT.

The Reason and the Remedy.

The Conference continued its discussions until September 22, when it dopted a compromise

Loss of appetite la Nature's! proposal (full detalls of which are available at the Chamber). Of warning that something in the com- these, the following are of parti plicated machinery of the system cular Importance to the users of has done wrong. And that some- thing almost invariably is the The increase is due to imports, messages in code:- .£3,000,000 which are coming in increasing "The present agatem of the ten-blood. Good blood helps the digea- is maintained se tive organs in their work by sup £4,000,000 quantities in order to avoid the letter word £3,000,000 proposed new duties of 1929. Well-desired by the International Chum-plying them with the strength they no increase of rates constantly need. If the blood is informed circles state that the ber and

weak these The only change impoverished and revenue all over the country is likely is recommended.

A decided increase this made in connection with this system organs fail to receive this assist- to show

takes the form of requiring that ance and they register complaint year.-Reuter.

code, words of ten letters shall by ceasing to call for food. contain at least three vowels, at Poor appetite never comes alone.) least one vowel to be in the fimt It is generally accompanied by in- Ave letters and at least one vowel digestion, headache, bad taste in in the remainder of the word. the mouth, coated tongue, filatul- Alongside the present system a new ence, lassitude and lack of spirits five-letter system will be set up and energy during the day, often The user will have a choice be also by disturbed rest at night. tween the two. There will be no What you require to set matters A decision of considerable im- restrictions as to the composition right is tonic treatment, and this users of the of these five-letter words. But, if is provided by Dr. Williams Pink portance to the Telegraph arid Cable systems was employed, they will be charged for arrived at by the International Tele-at two-thirds of the full rate in the Pills for Pale People, the world's most famous Blood and Nerve and at Tonic. The good, new, strengthen- General graph Union Conference held re- extra-European regime

cently at

This has three-fourths of the full rate in the Banking Business transacted.

Figures and ing blood which these pills create Current Accounts opened und Fixed particular reference to the number European regime. (26,601,070.)

Deposits received for 1 year or short of letters to be employed in code groups of figures will not be allow-quickly revives the debilitated and er perioda at rates which will be quot-words.

ed in these words, but commercial exhausted digestive organs, and the ed on application,

It will be recalled that there marks consisting of a combina-first proof of this is noticed almost A. H. FERGUSON,

Manager.authorities concerned

has been a suggestion before the tion of figures and latters will be at once in a quickening of the ap- that the accepted if the sender can show petite. Then the digestion be- Hong Kong, 3rd April, 1928.

five-letter code word should be that they actually are commercial comes normal, headaches disap- rise in the mornings| A The Inter-marks.

minimum payment pear, you universally adopted. national Chamber (British National equivalent to the charge for four feeling fresh and invigorated after '- Committee) Tepresenting the views words must be made for any tele-ja night of sound refreshing sleep. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have a of the British commercial com-gram consisting of the five-letter munity had stated that if the ad- words, There decisions will take world-wide

in- reputation and numerable cures to their record as ministrations considered this re-effect on Octor 1, 1929."

They are obtainable.

NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY)

DANKEIB.

Established 1821.

Dung Keng Ulice:-11 Queen's Hond Content. Authorised Capital

Guilder £40,000,000- (£12,500,000.) Gubler B0,000,000- Keserro Fundo Gulider 40,000,000

J'aid-Up Capital

(0,333,585.)

licad Cillo:-(ABSTERDAN'S Eslata od QB:-BATAVIA, JRANCHEN: --- Bandjrzeniu Bendong) Bombay,

Balcula, Cheribou, Jeddah, Biombor. Djukskarta) The usebe, -Hota-Radja, Mukasar, Medic, Padang S'lashg Pekalongan, Pesang, Poatia, Rangoon, flotlerden, Hamway), hanghai, Bibergs (Muse), Hingapore, Sorbal, Boeraria (Bolu, Tagal, Tilajapi and Welterreden.")

These ces kaya saja deposit boxes in lat, London Bankers-National Provirolai Bank Ltd.

Carroapeudesta ali ovoz the world

making business of vary Comcription trassabled.

.0. STEENSTIA

Hong Kong. 8th August, 1939, *

Managar.

BANQUE DE L'INDO - CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE:

96, Boulevard Haussman, Paris, Subscribed Capital..Frs. 72,000,000.00 Paid-Up Capital ....Frs. 68,400,000.00 Reserve Funds ....FrB.102,000,000.00

BRANCHES:

Quinhou

Bangkok Hanoi Buttambang Hong Kong Saigon Canthe Mongtzo Shanghai Canton Nam-Dinh Singapore Dijbouti Noumea Tientsin Fort-Bayard Papeete Tourane

Haiphong Peking Vinh Hankow Prom-Penh Yunnanfu

Pondicherry

BANKERS:

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

IN LONDON: The National Provin- cial & Union Bank of England, Ltd.;' de Comptoir National d'Escompte Paris; Credit Lyonnais.

IN NEW YORK: J. F., Morgan & Co. French American Banking Cor- poration; Guaranty, Trust Co. of New York.

Interest allowed_on Current Ac- counts and Fixed Deposits according to arrangements.

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted, Safe Deposit Boxas to let

A. LECOT,

Manager.

Hong Kong, 28th Nov., 1928,

(N. Manchuriaj

HÙNG_HUNG

JPOH

PAG

TAVOY

TIENTSIN

TONGXAN (bukat)

ILOILO

TOKYO

XAHACKI

KLAKO

TEINGTAO

HODE

TOKOHAMA

ZAMBOANGA

(V.ALS.)

(Phlipples Islands)

Foreign Exchange and

KUALA KANGSAR

FLUMPUR

KUALA

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. (TAIWAN GINKO)

HEAD OFFICE:-Taipeh, Formosa. Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899.

Central Bank in Formosa. Bank-Notes issued

....Yen. 45,000,000 Average amount.

MANY CHANGES

Brussels.

form to be necessary it should be A meeting of the International guarantee. followed by a reduction of the Chamber of Commerce Committee from chemists everywhere. rátes by not less than 50 per cent. Further, No reduction in the rate per word for BRANCHES AND AGENCIES: ordinary messages would com- JAPAN:-Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe,

pensate the loss to economic inter- Osaka. FORMOSA-Giran, Kagi, Karenko, ests entailed by an increase in the Keelung, Makong, Nanto, Shin-rate per word for code messages; chiku, Taichu, Tainan, Takao, on the contrary, business would Tamsul, Toen. Heito, Tatto.

have to bear all the costs of such CHINA:-Shanghai, Hankow, Amoy,

a reform. Fonchow, Swatow, Canton, OTHERS-Heng

Recent Action Kong, Singapore, Boorabaya, Semarang, Batavia, It is now possible to record the Bombay, Calcutta, London, New most recent action taken in this York, Dairen.

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

connection. The International Telegraph Union met in special Congress at Brussels from Septem- ber 10 to 22 for the purpose of revising the Rules of the Telo-

The Tank has Correspondants in the Commerdal Crates to the European Contionat, Russia, Wan- churia. Tangise, Japan, Indecătos, diam, Indagraph Convention which govern Philippice Binada, Java, Afrița, U.f.A.. Avaizalia,

The Inter- Interest Allowed on Current Accounts, and Pized |

ats,

telegrams in code.

Deposits at rates which will be quoted on applies national Chamber of Commerce was

on Deposite in Yea can be accepted,

J. HARA,

HONG KONG BRANCH:

invited to represent, in a con- sultative capacity, world users of Manager. communications. This was the

3, Des Voeux Road Central. Hong Kong, 22nd September, 1928.

THE BANK OF CHINA.

行銀國中

(Specially Authorised by Presidential Mandate of the Republic of China on the 22nd of November, 1917).

Authorised Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund

first time that the users had had a voice in the deliberations of the Union. Sir John Sandeman Allen represented the President of the International Chamber, and headed the British Delegation.

Referring to the object of the Conference, viz., as to whether to adopt the five-letter code word Instead of ten, Bir John pointed out $60.000,000.00 that the proposed change had not 18,278,000.00 been asked for by commercial

9,629,426,24

men.. Continuing, he said:-

HEAD OFFICE; PEKING.

HONG KONG BRANCH:

"It is to commerce that the pro- viders of the service must look for their maintenance and it would be a shart-sighted and entirely un- China and Correspondents in Europe, businesslike procedure to attempt THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, America, and other parts of the world, to increase the charges for com

LIMITED.

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

Yen 102,500,000

Head Offco:YOKOHAMA,

Branches and Ageneles at: Alexandria

Newchwang New York

Batavia

Bombay

Buenos Apres

Calcutta

Canton

Changchun

Dairen (Dalny)

Osaka

Peking Rangoon Rio de Janeiro Saigon San Francisco" Bemarang Shanghal

Fengtien (Mukden) Seattle

Hamburg

Hankow

Harbin Hong Kon

Honolulu

Kai Yuen Karachi Kobo London

Los Angeles Lyona Menila

Nagasaki

Nagoya

Bhimonoseki

Singapore. Soerabaya Sydney Tientsin

Tokyo Taianfuri Tsingtav Vladivostok

(Temporarily closed).

Intereat allowed on Current Ac- counts.

Deposits received for fixed periods at rates to be obtained on application

EL MORL

Manager. Hong Kong, 11th, September, 1928.

4, Queen's Rood Central, Branches and Sub-branches all over;

London Bankera:-The Nations! mercial messages.

If the change Provincial and Union Bank of England, is to be carried out, and the codo Ltd.

The Guaranty Trust Company of word reduced by 50 per cent, then unless the charges for the service New York.

New York Bunkera:-The Irving are equally reduced, the change National Bank..

will meet with almost unanimous The Equitable Trust Company of opposition, If, as has been sug- New York.

Interest allowed on Current Ac-gested in the case of inter-European counts and Fixed Deposits. Torms on telegrams, ne reduction is to be application.

made, the position would become Every description of Banking Bual-even more serious: Under these ness transacted.

Loans granted on approved secur-circumstances, we strongly urge itios.

the Conference to make no such Special facilition for Home Ex-change."

change,

SHOU. J... THEN,

Manngor.

An Extract

It is not possible to report, in full, what actually transpired at THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. the Congress, but we reproduce

· Established 1912,

Head Office:--Hong Kong.

Auboined Capital (11,K. Oireancy)

$11,000,000

Pull Up Caplin 0.06,300 Dance Fundazi

DBANCHES -

below an extract from a record of the proceedings which num- marises the deliberations:

"Further discussion of the aftua- tion led the Chairman of the Dale gation to point out that, as bust-

Canton Shanghe, Hankow, Bwatow,ness men, it was not for them to say Hangkok, New York, and Fan Friasises how the providers of the service

LONDON BANKERS 198

should go about improving the

The Lord Bank Limited.

CORALSPONDENTS"

Is all prisolpal cities of the World, Folden azadiya » und backing bualnaw of *Bala Deponit. Resten (aurious, slam) starýmily rental of front 23, 10 84,

LOOK TOONG, SEAN,

Chlot' Manageri Hong Kong, 19th February, 1027

service: they were only concerned with the dual outcome.

It was in the end decided that the Committee should report to the Conference that they had been un able to reach an agreement

Emas 1928.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1928.

THE

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Island,

Victoria Faak.

Foot:

1828

Signal Station.

1774

ME. Parker

1724

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1726

Peak Hotel

1808

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