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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Authorised. Capital

$50,000,000

'fanced and Pully. Paldrig $20,000,000

Fleserve Panda-

Barling 1,000,000

ver $14,000,000

Somerva člability of Proprietom 20,000,000

HEAD OFFICE; HONGKONG.

COURT OF DIRECTORS:-

A. I. Compton, Esq; Chaleman.

N. H. rows, Esq. Deputy Chairman.

Hos. Mr. D. D. P. Both, W. II. Ball, Esq. B, Lander Lewis, Ray.

c. n. 8. Mackis. Kweg,'

W. 1. Pattanden, Kaş,) 3. A. Plummer, Eeq.

T. 0. Well, Esq.

1. P. White, Eaq. Chlet Manager,

Jan. Mr. A. 0.15,

AVAT

BANGKOR

HATAVIA

EVERDAY CALCUTTA CANTON

CHIRPOO

COLOMBO

DAIREN

POOCHOW

ASPRONA

TAMBUR

HANKOW

RABBEN

*BONUKEW

IL0110

Trou

JOHGRK

-KOBE

FRAYONES-

KUALA LUMPUR

LONDON

1.PONE

MALACCA

MANILA

MOUKDEN SAMASAKI

NEW YORK

PEKING

PENANG RANKIN

SAIGON

SAN FRANCISCO

SHASOHAL

SINGAPORE

SUURABAYA >ENOVI PATAXI · TIENTSIK

TOKYO

TINOTAQ YOKOHAMA

Current Account and in Local Currency and Yized Dopoate resulted fur un guac or shorter periods incal Cuttuncy and Sterling on terms which will be quated in application. Jan Horenduar, prona

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Busius of alio above asi tondyol· the HONGKONU AND SHARUHE кажу в мер CORPORATION, Tulos

BHANUMAL

abteinod un applicati

FOR THE HONGKO&O BANKING CORPORATION.

A. C. HYRKS,

Chlot langet.

Hong Hưng, Jah-Sapleenker, AVATU

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ.

(NETHERLANDS TRADING KACIETY)

BANKERS.

Established 2021.

Hong Kong Office -11 Quean's Hood Castiel. Autorino Capita!.......... Uuilders 160,900,000

(12,000,000.) Paid Up Capital Builder 80,000,000- (48,868,670.) Rosarve Fund

Uilders 40,000,000

on:-MSTERDAM”). Later on O-BATAVIA, "BRANCHEN: -Handjermanin ludoeng) Dombong, Calou Centou, Jeddah, Bamber, nojakarta) Thedat, Padang Hobo, Kota Hulja, Makaront,

fund

·行銀商工法中

BANQUE FRANCO - CHINOISE pour le

Commerce et l'Industrie {Incorporated in Franice).

Prince's Building, Chater Road, Hong Kong.

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

Capital fully paid up Frs.50,000,000 Special working capital .Fra.60,000,000 Reserves

.Fra.22,319.000|

BRANCHES:

Paris, Lyons, Morellies, Saigon, Haiphong, Banol, Tourane, Quinhon, Hue, Thanh hoa, Vinh, Pnom Penh.

LOCAL SHARES

THE CHINA MAIL,

MESSRS. MOXON & TAYLOR'S WEEKLY REPORT

DEMAND FOR TRAMS

さ

COMMERCE

Messrs. Moxon and Taylor, in cking, Shanghai, Tientsin, Hong their weekly share circular under

date' of yesterday, atata:

We experienced another very quiet market during the week under review with business on a restrict-

AND

FINANCE.

BIG POTATO CROP

ESTIMATED YIELD OF 3,333,000 TONS

QUALITY GOOD

Kong.

RANKERS: FRANCE: Societe Generale, Banque Nationale de Credit, Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas. LONDON:-Midland Bank, Ltd. ed scale. Operators for the most NEW YORK:-American Exchange

Irving Trust Co., Banca Commer-part are holding aloof waiting the quantity.

einle Italiana.

SAN FRANCISCO:-Bark of Italy.

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business Transacted. Oor- 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

ROOM IN THE INN

OLD WORLD KHAN IN PALESTINE

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1928.

which would revolutionize the world's thinking. The Inna olso- where were full!

HOME RAILWAYS

PROJECTED EXTENSION NEXT YEAR

CHEAP PARÉS

There is no prospect of a reduc- tlon in the standard passenger fares or season

tieket rates, the cheap port competition being confined to- fares designed to meet road trans- day, half-day, and week-end tickets in carefully selected localition. The success of the cheap fares issued is indicated by the fact that during

the first seven months of the year there were nearly 26,000,000 add- Parent compared with the corresponding

To-day, a world, weary and wora, fretted with the whys and where- _fores_of_mortal-lifa's_yoxed ques- [By Fannie Calver Buxton]

tions, is again eagerly looking and A most lovely photograph of an seeking for the gutting star. And

The railway companies are vo well Inn in Palestine was sent to me one sees the Christian Science field satfaffed with the success of the not long ago, showing a Khan (or torn with disputes, lawsuits, ex-cheap passenger fares issued widely Inn) by the roadside brought out communications, etc., which are during the last few months that a in bold relief of sunshine and the result of disobedience. to Mrs. considerable extension is probable shadow. Things change so slowly Eddy's Church Manual and all at next year. In the East that these Khans so foreign to yenuine Christian familiar to the traveller in Pales-Science. Again "To-day the tine must be much the same na watchful shepherd shouts his wel when Joseph and Mary started come over an old truth.... The weather conditions during from Nazareth on what must then To-day the Christ is, more than October were favourable to agri- have been a long journey. Leave ever before, the way, the truth culture, states the monthly re-ng their hillside town in Galilee, and the life, which lighteth every port of the Ministry of Agricul- they proceeded on through the man that cometh Into the world, ture and Fisheries.

valley or plain of Eadraelon, pass-healing all sorrow, sickness and The potato crop generally is good, both as regards quality and ing Mt. Tabor, Nain, Samaria sin" (My. 257: 4-5, 13-16).

Sheehem. Pausing no doubt at A clarion call has been sounded Over average crops of the proposed new are. forecast in all divisions of Jacob's Well, they went on through by Mrs. Annie C. Bill, Leader of tional bookings at cheap rates as

Christian Science the country, the best yields being the rocky hill country of Judea, The

In the north-eastern leaving Jerusalem on the left, to Church of the New Generation, in period last year. Though this car- obtained

of Bethlehem. "The Universal Design of Life," as ried with it n reduction of 16,000,- counties, where the yield is estimated at 7 tons per acre, All know the sad story, one of the rediscovered in, the Bible, "Science 000 tickets at standard fares, it in history; the young and Health with Key to the Scrip- shows that there was a great in- or nearly one ton per nere above sedilesi

nowhere to lay her tures," and Mrs. Eddy's other crease in railway travel at a time the average of the ten years

head when the Saviour of man-writings. Shall it be said, can it when special efforts were 1918-1927,

being were be said, of one Christian Scientist made to win back traffic from the among the hundreds and thousands roads. Even with the increased number of passengers the receipts showed a decrease on the previous year. Figures for the four railway groups for the period subsequent to July have not yet been issued, but on the London and North Eastern Railway, between August 4 and October 13, 1,413,200 more passen- gars were carried in the north- eastern aren, where hundreds of ad- ditional cheap dares were arranged, while for the whole line the increase was 3,400,000 passengers.

outcome Stamp Ordinance,

At the close there is rather a bet ter tone to the market, the out- standing feature being the improv-

the peaceful town

mother had

ed demand for Trams.

Shanghai market is quiet. The following are the principal

Over the whole of England and kind was born. alterations since last week:

Wales the yield 'per acre is esti-full! Banks-Declined to a buying

mated at about 6 tons per acre, rate of $1,300 with no business re-or three-quarters of a ton above ported.

the ten years' average. The Unions:-Met with more enquiry estimated total production of and came to business at $360/2. .£3,000,000 Hong Kong Hotels:-Were firm 3,333,000 tons is 278,000 tons £4,000,000 with some business done at 89.15/- more than the 1927 crop and £3,000,000 20 and close with buyers at 39.15 178,000 tons above the ten years'

ensh and $9.50 March.

Turnips and swedes for the Hong Kong Trama: Opened qactly with sales at $19.40/% but most part made fair growth dur- firmed up during the week changing the month, and an over aver ing hands at $21, while at the age crop is anticipated. Although close there are buyers at $21 Town on a decreased acreage,

the yield per acre of sugar beet) CBsh and $224 March,

promises to show an improve- ment ha compared with last year. A higher sugar percentage than usual is anticipated.

Agencies and Branches:

ALUR STAR

(Malay Staton)

AMRITSAR

BANIKOK

BATAVIA

HOM DAY CALCUTTA CANTON CAWNPORE GEBU COLONDO DELLI HAIPHONG BAMBURG HANKOW HARDIN

HONG KONU

Manchuria)

Iron

KARACHI

KLAND KORM

KUALA KANOSAN

Pork (P.M.6.) KUALA LUMPUL

MABRAS

KUCHINU

MANILA

MEDAN

NEW YORK.

FERING PENANG PESHAWAR BAMIOON

BAICON BESIARIANO БЕНЕЦЦАН MHANOIA SINDAPORE BOURADAYA TAIPING

(P.M.5.1 TAVOY

TURYO

TRINITAO

TIEKYBIN

TONGHAI (Bhuket)

(Philippine Islands)

УОКОПАМА

ZAMBOANGA

Foreign Exchange and General! Bunking business transseted,

Hong Kong Lands: Ensed off to some extent and were done at $64/634; they close with rather more enquiry at $64.

Humphreys Estates:-Are still being held for $15 with buyers. only offering $14.60.

Star Ferries:-Experienced steady market and were dealt in at $69.70/$70.

13

Steamboats:-Were steady with buyers at $29.

Current Accounts upened and Fixed: China Lights:-Met with no de- Deposits received for 1 year or short-i (£U,153,1-36.)

er periods at rates which will be quot-maud and have sellers at quota- ed on application.

tions. A.,H. FERGUSON, China Providents:-Were the Manager. medium of some business at $5/.05. ElectricsMet with rather more enquiry and $53 was paid for the old shares. while both old and new have buyers at quotations.

alon Pekalongan, Tony Pontianak, leagues, Boltonian'), Sarang),

bhaube, (bucairangspar Honrakeria (Solo). Tegal, Tjälmtjep and Weltevreden,') Those who have safe deposit boxes to lot. London_Bankers;-National Provincial Bank isd.)

Correspondente stavar ths world- Baking units of пчелу description tratınaqiad,

O. STEENSTHA,

Hong Kong, 29th August, 1929.

Messer.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE;

96, Boulevard Haussman, Paris. Subscribed Capital. Frs. 72,800,000.00) Paid-Up Capital....Fra, 68,400,000.00 Reserve Funis...Frs.102,000,000.00

BRANCHES:

Quinlion

Bangkok Hanoi Battambang Long Kong Saigon Cán the Mengtze Shanghai Canton Nam-in Singapore Dijbouti Noumea

Tientsin

Tourang

Vinh

Fort Bayard Papevto Haiphong Poking Harkow Pnom Penh Yunnanfu

Pondicherry

BANKERS:.

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

Societe Generale.

IN LONDON: Tho National Provin-i clal & Union Bank of England, Ltd.; Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais. ›

IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co.; French American Banking Car- poration; Guaranty Trust Co. of Now! York.

Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts and Fixed Deposits according) to arrangements,

Hong Kong, 3rd April, 1928...

THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD,

(TAIWAN GINKO)

HEAD OFFICE:~Tapah, Formosa.

Incorporated by Special Imperial Charter, 1899.

Central Bank in Formoen. Bank Notes issued

DRANCHES AND AGENCIES: JAPAN: Tokyo,

Очака.

Dalry Farms:-Were quiet with buyers at $21 and sellers asking rather more.

Wharves:-Receded a point and have sellers at $124.

Docks: After a dull period came

average.

N. Z. BUTTER +

ENGLISH FARMERS'

PREFERENCE

Sir John Russell, director of the Rothamsted experimental station, a Savoy Hotel lun. speaking at choon at which he was entertain- od on returning from a visit to New Zealand, recalled his experi ence at a recent gathering of Eng- lish farmers and farm workers.

They were met, said Sir John, agriculture had fallen in the dis to consider the plight into which

trict. They were concerned about: the problem of surplus milk, and he suggested the establishment of a factory for making butter. His

ailence, but later one of the farm.

The Inns

An Inn is such a familiar sym- of those who have received healing suggestion was received in stony students of Christian Science. All is not willing to be obedient to bol of one's consciousness to all through Christian Science that he

Manual

+

Church

Average amount.... Yen. 45,000,000 in for same enquiry at $371⁄2 but

without attracting sellers.

Eddy's London Quotations of the 19th ers enlightened him by saying, are beginning to realize that "his- Mrs. Yokohuuna, Kobe,!

instant:-Banks £141; Indos Defer- we prefer New Zealand butter" tory repeats itself," for when in Surely the answer must be "No." FORMOSA:-Girnn, Kagi, Karenke, red £7.10/-; Shells £5.18.9 all mid- (Laughter.)

the fullness of time Mary Baker The traveller in the East finds Keelung, Makong, Nanto, Shin- dle prices.

Sir John Russell. said that the Eddy, Discoverer and Founder of all the Khans placed near springa chiku, Taichu, Tainan, Takno, Tamsul, Toen. Heito, Taito,

Exchange: The demand selling north island of New Zealand seem- Christian Science, came to deliver of clear, fresh water, water a: CHINA:Shanghai, Hankow, Amoy, rale on London is 2/-3/16 and the ed to have been specially design the great Truth to all mankind hand to purify the body and as-

Foockow, Swatow, Canton.

T/T. on Shanghai is Tls. 78%.

the scientific statement of being,suage the thirst after « long, ed by nature for, grass farming.There is no life, truth, intelli-weary journey. OTHERS-Hong Kong, Singapore,

and all Socrabaya, Semarang, Batavia,

It was possible for a farmer there Bombay, Calcutta, London, New

nor substance in matter. joyfully answer the call sent out to keep forty-eight cows on a 70. gence. York, Dairen.

GIGANTIC INCOMES acre farm without having to buy 468: 9-16)-how few would pause, and partake of the never-failing All is infinite Mind," etc. (S. & II. by our Leader in this new period expensive feeding stuffs. He met one man who, on a farm of that listen, and answer to the call or stream of living water pouring make room in the Inn for the new forth in ceaseless' abundance. Let size, was producing from forty idea to find an abiding place in one and all awake and drink earn seven cows more than 15,000 lb. of

Among the estly and drink deeply.

"Whosoever drinketh

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

►

The Time on Correspondents in the Commercial | Contrex Jn the European Condment, Russ, Yan- churia, Tungtao, Japan, Indo-Chine, Blam, India, Philippire Nanda, Sara, Arios, U.S.A., Australia,

etc.

283 AMERICANS WITH OVER £200,000

AN ADVANCE OF 52

their consciousness?

butter fat in a year and deriving lowly workers of the world, in a from that source alone an income simple New England town,

Let one

well of water springing up into everinating life."

"The fountain flows. It pours in

fullest measure

Of peace and power, a great and

plenteous flood.

Drink, drink, O man; drink in the

crystal fountain,

Nor thirst, nor die, bat live the

life of God."

Let it not be said of any Chris- tian Scientist that there is no room at the Inn, no receptive conscious- ness to this higher unfoldment of that truth. "Let us rejolce... the clarion call of peace will at length be heard above the din of battle, and come more sweetly to our ear than sound of vintage bells. to villages on the Rhine" (Mia. 120: 16-19). Glorious indeed is. the vision when individually and collectively all shall have answer- ed the call, been obedient to the heavenly vision; and in that hour for all will be bathed in the radi no shadow will rest on the Ind

ant sunlight of "Truth practised and demonstrated by the destruc- tion of ain, sickness, and death" (S, & H. 201: 1-3).

"And starting fresh; as from a

second birth,

Man in the sunshine of the

: world's new spring, Shall walk transparent like some

holy thing."

(Mis. 61: 26-28). "The Christian Science Watchman."

Three more sales of books from the library of the late Sir Edmund of the Gosse are to be held at Sotheby's. Intorast allowed on Current Accounts, and Pized postal raies which will be quoted on applica New York. Statistics publish of £1,100. He had, of course, an found the receptive consciousness never thirst; but the water that I now and Easter, says the "Daily was water that I shall give him shall rooms in Bond-street, W., between Delta in You can be accepted.

ed show that 283 Americans re- income from other products as J. HARA,

Manager. ported having had incomes of well. He was doing that with the ready for the great revelation shall give him shall be in him a Mail" to hand.

£200,000 or more last year-an 3. Des Voeux Road Central. advancee of 62 as compared with Hong Kong, 22nd September, 1928. the previous year.

·HONG KONG BRANCH:

THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中

(Specially Authorised by Presidential

The number of taxpayers re- porting incomes of £1,000,000 yearly or more dropped from 14 in 1926 to 10 in 1927.

labour of one assistant, whom he paid £100 a year.

Of every shilling which the Bri tiah housewife paid for New Zea land produce 94 or 10d, went into the pocket of the New Zealand farmer. Out ofjevery shilling the The returns of the Revenue housewife paid for milk in Bureau indicate that prosperity Britain only 6d. went to the Bri- not only held its own in the tish farmer. The reason for that! $60,000,000.00 United States last year, but in- was that the New Zealand farmer 18.278,600.00 creased sharply, and distributed had succeeded in producing an ar

9,629,426.24

Mandate of the Republic of China on the 22nd of November, 1917).'

Every description of Banking and Authorised Capital

Exchange Business transacted.

Safe Deposit Boxes to let,

A. LECOT.

Manager.

Hong Kong, 28th Nov, 1928.

Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund

HEAD OFFICE: PEKING.

HONG KONG BRANCH:

Branches and Sub-branches all over

London

Ltd.

its influence among a greater number of citizens than ever be fore. While no forecast for the

future is made, the limited

ticle of high quality and in main- taining that quality as a standard. Sir James Parr, High Commis- sioner for New Zealand, said that

4, Queen's Road Central, figures for the first half of this it was not generally realised that China and Correspondents in Europe, year prove that the march of 56 per cent, of the cheese which THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, America, and other parts of the world, prosperity has not ceased.

exte into Britain came

from Bankers: The National One important feature is that New Zealand. Provincial and Union Bank of England, corporations benefited least from New Zealand sent 370,000 cwt. of Before the war, The Guaranty Trust Company or the prosperity of last year cheese, valued at £1,400,000, to While individual affluence swell Great Britain, whereas last year New York.

New York Bankers: The Irving ed to new heights, the corpore the quantity sent was 1,7000,000, National Bank.

The Equitablo Trust Company of than in 1926.

tions reported smaller incomes ewt. and the value £5,500,000. Now, York:

They showed a Interest allowed on Currunt Ac-decrease in net income exceeding Butter exports had increased from counts ark Fixed. Deposits. Terms on £220,000,000, and in tax a de-878,000 cwt. in 1912 to 2,000,000

cwt. last year.. Every description of Banking Bugi.crease exceeding £34,000,000.

LIMITED.

Established 1880.

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

Yen 102,600,000)

Head Office:-YOKOHAMA,

Branches and Agencies at:

Alexandria

Batavin Bombay

Buenos-Ayres

·Calcutta

Canton

Changchun

Dairen (Dalny),

Newchwang

New York

Osaka

Peking

Rangoon

Rio de Janeiro

Fengtien (Mukden) Seattle

Hamburg

Hankow

Harbin

Hong Kong Honolulu

Kai Yuen Karachi

Kobe London Los Angeles

Lyons. Manila

Nagasaki

Saigon

San Francisco

Semarang

Shanghel

Shimodo ek

Singapore

Soorabaya Sydney Tientsin Tokyo Tainaniu Taingtau Vladivostok

(Temporarily

alosed) Rterest allowed on. Current Ao- Counts.

Depoalbe received for fixed periods at zabos, ta bo sbtained on application.]

H. MORI,

Manager Hong Kong, 11th September, 1928.

Nagoya

upplication.

ness transacted..

Loans granted on approved secur-

ities.

Special facilities for Home Ex- THE MERCANTILE BANK OF change.

SHOU J. CHEN,

Manager.

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.

Established 1912.

INDIA, LTD.

HEAD OFFICE!

15, Graseelurch Street, London, E. GA Authorised Capital....£3,000,000 Subscribed Capital 1,800,000 Paid-up Capital ....1,050,000 Roservo Fund and rest. 1,684,840

DANEERS The Bank of England & Midland Bank, Ltd. BBANCLLES 1 Bangkok Hongkong Kuala Lumpur Tangoon Invia How Kuantan (Pahang) Bhanghai

Madam

Blus Hew York

Bingapore

FRENCH REVENUE FIGURES-

Paris, Dec. 20.

The revenue returns for Novem- bor total Frs. 8,935,227,000, which' is an increase of Frs. 325,974,000, on a Budget estimate last November, of an increase of Frs. 841,282,000.

The returns for the eleven months are Frs. 89,826,007,000, an træresse of Frs: 2,926,283,000, on 'an' estl mated Increase at Frs. 2,882,208,000 Feneng Hourabaya for the same period in 1927- Dengen, New York at Ban Frasings To Kota Bhara Port Leia Manus)

Havas

Head Office: Hong Kong,

Authorized Capital (HK. Curanos) Pald Up Capital sepiedegustu Essarve Fund 89,000

11,000,000

6,061,200

Bombay Spok

Bwater Colon bo Karachi

Oslostia Kandy

BRANCHES!

Canton bangbal, Alaska,

LONDON BANKERS 1

The Llayd's Bank Limited.

CDEALSTUNDINTS.

In all principal diles of

Wald,

Fordyn sachings and barkdag beslpart of recipios izsamojeda

Safe Peppali Boxes (tüclou alaw) years

[asi al from o

LOOK POONG SHAN,

KONOKONG DRANDE.

| Base Uraniactaā.

Every description of Batkler and Brokengs busi-

Admiral of the. Fleet Bir Charles INTEREST allowed an Duro count and Madden, the First Sea Lord, open- Fixed Deposits Bates that may be paralod a bazaar at Enfeld, Middlesex, on spplication,

Q. L. O, BANDES, Chief, HantaOT.] 1. Quam's Band Desiral, Hong Kong, 19th February, 1927. Eng Kong Tai September, 1996.

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and instead of a bouquet - he was presented with a pair of silppura, ⠀

Four Kinds!

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Cube Black

BYGÉSVE

CHOCOLATE

BELGRAVE

CHOCOLATE (Rad Cartat)

Parfectly plain. plainly perfect — u shocolate quite oud. së the ordinary!

Sole Agents:

CURE

BLOCK

FRUIT AND NUT CHOCOLATE (Maroon-Carret

Delicious plain choco Leta; zalxed with juley raisins and crisp almoondal

VALENCIA CHOCOLATE (Orange Cartet).

Milk Chocolate made evan mosa delightful with fruity maİçins and choices almondot

Somerdale

Cane laga

Oas

MILK CHOCOLATE

*SOMERDALR

(Blue Cartet)

*Made with freak malik From English farma. »

For Hong Kong and South China,

JOHN. D. HUTCHISON & CO.

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