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THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA, & CHINA, Incorporated by- Royal Charter, 1853, HEAD OFFICE: LONDON,
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Authorised Ospital
$50.006.000 30,000,000
T8.500,000
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
prietors...
Level and Pulty Peld-up Roserve, Funda
Biling
Br.,500,000
Be ablity of Proprietors... 000,000 ́ERAD OFFICE: HONG KONG.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
JA. Plummer, Esq. Chairman.
Ron. Mr. C. G. B. Hackle, -Deputy Chairma
. II. Bill. Bar..
Ha. Hr. J. 2. Peterson.
A. II. Compton, Esq. T. E. Pearce, Zag
1. Landar Lavis, Esq. T. K. R. Bhaw, Eq.
Muris. Eng. › J. P. Warren, Esq.
AMOT
BANOBOK -
Chlef Maneger.
Y. M. Oybura, Esq.
BRANCHER:~~~
LONDON
LYONS
£3,000,000 .....£4,000,000
Reserve. Liability of Pro-
£3,000,000
Agencies and Branches:
ALDI STAR
KUALA LUMPEN
(Malay itatoa)
KUCHING
AMRITSAR
MADRAS
BANGKOK
BATAVIA BOMBAY
MANILA
MEDAN
CALCUTTA
NEW YORK
CANTON
CAWSTONE
PEKINO
COLONDO
CEAL
DAINEN (23
South Mancharla)
DELIU
HAIPHONG
PENANG
PESHAWAR BANJOON
RAIGON
ВЕМАЛАКО
SERENDAN
SHANGHAI
SINGAPORE
BOURABAYA
DATAVIA
BOMBAY
CALCUTTA
CANTON CHEFOO
• COLOMBO
DAIRES POOCHOW
BEALACCA
JEAMBURG
LANKOW
HARSIN
(N. Manchuria)
HONG HONO
MANILA
ILOILO
MUAN (Johor),
fron
MUKDEN
ZABACITT
NADASAKI
NEW YORK
PEITINO
PENANG
HAIPHONG
RANDOON
HAMBUTO
SALOON
HANKOW
SAN FRANCISCO
TARDIN
SHANGHAI
LONGKRW
SINGAPORE
ILOILO
SOURABAYA
Itou
BUNGEI PATANI
SQUORE
KOBE
KOWLOON
KUALA LUMPUR
ม
TIENTBIN
TOKYO
TSINGTAO
YOKOHAMA
Aobouale opened in Local Ourtenay Find Dopoelta incobred for one year pr whorter periode in 1ocal Currency and Sterling on test which will be quoted on application. Bong Kong. Let April, 1900.
HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.
The Busines of the abers Bank is conduct ed by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. else may be obislead to application.
FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
V. X. GRATOURN,
Chit Manage.
Hong Kong, 10th July, 1930.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-
· MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V. (NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY)
DANKERS.
Established 190..
Hong Kong Ofos:-11, Queen's Bend Coatral. Authorised Capital
Pald Co Capital
Bear Fund
(212,800,000.)
LANG
KODE
KUALA KANGSAN
TAIPING (FMS)
TAVOY
TIENTBIN
TOKYO
TONGKAN (Blukei) TRENDIAO
YOKOHAMA ZAMBOANGA
(Philippine Islands [Perak F.M.S.) Foreign Exchange and General Banking business transacted.
Current Accounts opened and Fix. ed Deposits received for 1 year or which will shorter periods at rates
e quoted on application.
A. H. FERGUSON,
Manager. Hong Kong, 8th January, 1929.
THE CHINA MAIL.
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1930.
HONG KONG MARKET
MARKET PRODUCE.
PRICES.
and
Commerce
Finance
COMMONWEALTH BANKING.
The Central Reserve
__Bill._____
As a copy of the Bill for the ea- tablishment of a Central Reserve Back in Australia in the form In which it passed the House of Re- presentatives for presentation to the Senate is now available, a summary of the amendments that were made in the original provisions, is of interest, says the Financial Times
of September 8.
A CHINESE FIRM'S FAILURE.
Hong Kong Bank the Largest Creditor?
APPROXIMATE “RETAIL
Oct, 23, June, Juns,
1080. 1918. 1814
Ct. Cts. Cta. lb. 80; 24 · 12
Capons, Emali
Poultry.
Butcher Meat.
Reef Sirloin
Prime Cat
Corned
辣
Ronst
Breast
-
=
Soup
Steak ...
Steak Sirloin ...
Santages ...
It is BoHock's Brains
Another failure of a Chinese firm in Singapore is reported. Chop Chee Seng, rice and pineapple merchants and rubber millers, with liabilities of over $1,500,000.
The Arm of Chee Seng was about 15 years old, and was started by a nephew of Tan Kah Kee whose panie is said to be Tan Keng Hian.
The chop of Chee Song started in the business of rice merchants, and then took up the pineapple Industry, and later still started dealing in A few years ago the chop rubber. bought rubber mills.
The most important amendment related to the Board of Directors. The original Bill provided for nine members, comprising the Governor and two Deputy-Governors of the
The chop had a branch in Penang, Bank, the Secretary of the Treasury and "five other persons, represent- and dealt direct with business
THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.ing respectively the following inter-houses in Europe.
Authorised Issued
Paid-up
Reservo
(Established 1917.)
CAPITAL:
.Straits $20,000,000 8,000,000 4,000,000 4,000,000 2,626,000 HEAD OFFICE: SINGAPORE. Branches, Agencies and Correnpon dents in the principal cities of the world.
Liabilities of Shareholders. Surplus
Every description of Banking and Exchange business tranzacted.
TAN ENG HOOI,
Manager.
THE
ests: (1) Banking; (2) Commerce; (3) Labour; (4) Manufacturing; (5) Primary production."
The new provisions retain the four officers, but, in regard to the Ave other members, eliminate the of references. to representation interests, prohibit any director or officer of a bank (other than the Reserve Bank) from appointment to the board, and describe the five members as "persons who are or have been actively engaged in agri- culture, commerce, finance, industry or labour."
The reasons for the changes were that the presence on the board of
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, any member associated with the
INC.
Head Office: 65, Broadway. New York.
Geildars 153,000,000-
Guilders 80,000,000
(40,009,170)
Capital Surplus Reserves
(23,804,582)
Ouilders 40,016,000
Word Omos:-AMSTERDAM" Earler les OfferBATAVIA.
BBANCHES-Easdjermania, Bandung, Bombay
Djok
Calcutta, Cheribca. h. Kobe, i
jakarta. The Horus, Kote-Radjo, Mekaisar, Medan, Padang Palembang, Pekalongan, Evang. Pontianak. Rangoan, tostardam", Samarang Shanghai, Baursbain, Sibolga (Summer), Bingapore, Boerakar (Solo). Toga), Tillalap and Weltevreden,
Thans polos karo anfó deposit bone to l London Bankers :--National Provincial Bank Ltd. Cortepondeate all over the world Danking businnas ei avery description Irenenciad.
A. STOKEINK.
Asting Manager.
Bug Bong, 18th August, 100.
BANQUE DE LINDO-CHINE
HEAD OFFICE:
96, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris,
Subscribed Capital, Fra. 72,000,000.00 Pald-Up Capital Frs. 68,400,000.00 Reserve Funds ....Frs.100,000,000.00
BRANCHES:
Hong Kong Quahon
Salzon Mongizo Shanghai Năm Đinh Singapore Djibouti Neumen Thanhea
Tlantsin Fort-Bayand Papeete
Bangkok Battambang Huc Gantho Canton
Talphong Peking Touranı
Prom-Penh Viah Hankow
Pondicherry Yunnasfa Hanoi
BANKERS:
...IN FRANCE: Comptoir National 'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas Credit Industriel, et Commercial; So- clate Generalo.
-IN LONDON: The National Pro- ! vincial & Union Bank of England, Lid: Comptoir National d'Escompte de. Paris; Credit Lyonania,
IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co.: French American Banking Cor poration; Guaranty Trust Co. of New York.
|
U.S.$6,000,000 U.S.$1,672,45% .U.S.$1,008,209
BRANCHES:-
Bank
TOW Lar Hamburg HAYTO Inverisken Jerusalem Lido London
Balerdam Autward Athans
Basle
Darin
Dlarity
Bombay
Bressa
Broadla
Buon re
Dales
Lucera
Celestia
Lagano
Lux
Gunnel
Oslumbe
Liverpool
Maránilles Monte Caria
Constantinople Copenhagan-kanila
Nic Naples
Piraeus
Parla I'm Icking Palermo Rolierism Romd FLabou Shaighal Buthampton Singapore St. Morits Tieatala Vianna
em-
1/
玄龄
n
Tongue, fresh ..
Heart...
Tongue, corned
Hend
Hump, Sali Feat Kidney Tall
Livor
Tripa
+
Calves' Head & Feet.. 4 Mütton Chop
Ke
Leg
Shoulder
H
Saddle
At one time Pig's Chitlinga
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Brains
Feet
H
Fri
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H
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AL
Kidney
Liver
П
it was worth upwards of two million The Hong Kong and dollars. Shanghai Bank are said to be the largest creditors.
It is said that though the rice and pineapple factories were doing fairly well, the profits were being used for the rabber business.
ECONOMICALLY SICK
MR. HENRY FORD DIAGNOSES AMERICA'S MALADY.
trading. barika might prove
New York, Sept. 6. barrassing, as was the experience
Mr. Henry Ford sälled for Europe with the South African Reserve to-day after declaring that America Bank; and that it was undesirable is, at the present time, "economical- that any members of the board.
ly sick." should specifically represent sectional interests, it being prefer- able that the selection should be made of persons, engaged in the principal factors of Australia's economie life with no special inter- eats to serve.
Retirement of Directors. Another change in the conditions of appointment of the five mem bors was to substitute for a uniform term of service of three years, all retiring simultaneously, which was provided in the original Bill, a sys- tem of rotation of retirement of the first directors; one director being
for three appointed for a term of five years, one for four years;'oue years, one for two years, and one for All classes of Commercial Banking one year. Thereafter each director Transactions undertaken.
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Munich
Maxw
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Yeslos
Yekor Zurich
Branches of American Express Company in Principal cities of Unit ed States of Americs and Canada.
Personal investuant
handled.
accounts
will be appointed for a term of five years.
The Company offers to latending Travellers the use of its "Travelers tors. Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, In addition, the world-wide services of its thoroughly equipped, Travel De- partment.
Afiliated with
THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources Over G$2,500,000,000
E. W. DUGGAN,
Manager.
THE BANK OF CHINA. 行銀國中
Reorganised October 26, 1928, under
special charter of The National Goy ernment as an
Interest allowed on Current Ac-] = INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE - counts and Fixed Deposits according
to arrangements.
Every description of Banking and Exchango Business transacted, Bato Deposit Boxes to Tot.
A. LECOT,
Manager.
Heup Kong, Tat May, 1929,
YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK.|
LIMITED ONE pho
Fatabilähed 1586.
Capital (fully, pold-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund 7. Yen 118,500,000
Come by work Head Onco-YOKOHAMA, Branches and Agencies uti Alexandria”
Ostavis
Bombay Buenos Aires..
Temporarily
Calcutta
Canton
Changchun:
Dairon (Dalny,
Nagoya Nawebwang New York Otoka
Peking Harigion
Blo da
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Sharbat
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Sheep's Head & Feet..
Heart
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Duck
130
24
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Sucking Pigs, to order Suet, Beat
Mutton Veal
Sausages
+
1.
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44 80 85
24 18 14
Eggs, Hen (cooking)
Eggs, Hen (fresh)
Fowls, Canton
Fowls, Hainan
Geese
Pigeons, Cantaa.
Holbow
Turkeys, Cock Turkeys, Hen
Snipe
肥骏麵
地期
60-
Pheasant
Quall Partridges
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10
19
16 10
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25 20 22
牛股
24 13
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6
14
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羊排骨 b.
36 26
36 26
Almends
16.
35
#
84 82
24
Apples (California)
金山转型
28 24
Bananas (bride's)
80 27
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8 4
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18
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26 30
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The motor magnate added how Barbel ever, that some improvement is Bream manifest. It will require a long
Canton Fresh Water GMNA time for the country to recover, Mr. Ford said, as it will take so long to Carp
It took to become Catfish become well as sick
Codfish Recovery must be slow, according Crabs to Mr. Ford; otherwise the people Cattle Flak will not profit by their ailment. Ho
Dab felt a sense of optimism because the pac people are at last thinking,
.
Dog Fish Sels, Conger
Fresh Water
H
AUSTRALIA'S FOLICY.
Yellow
Froze
Liable To Antagonise Good Customers.
Garoopa Gudgeon
Elerrings
Halibut
Labres
Losch
Mr. Earle Page, formerly Coni-Lobsters
The words "all of whom shall be British subjects" was a new de- scriptión applying to all the direcmonwealth Treasurer, addressing Mackerel
A new provision in relation the Farners and Settlers Confer-Monk Fish to the executive committee of the ence at Sydney last month, said Mullet board was that not more than two there would be no recovery in trade Oysters
until the wholesale and retall prices Parrot Fish
Perch reached their proper relation.
Great Britain, Japan, China, Pike Italy, Germany and France were all Plaico
Pomfret, Wiste good customers.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. Established 1912.
Head Office:Hong Kong.
Authored Capital (ILK. Currey) 311,000,000. Paid-up Capital
8,066,600 1,000,000
BRANCHES — Cart Blanghal, Bankow, Swelow, Bangkok, New York and Ban Francisc
LONDON BANKERS:
The Lloyd's Ink, Imited. CORRESPONDENTS
in all peneipal ellen of the World
Porig ebangs and beaking businses of
every description transacted
Safe Deposit Doses (various sizes) at a yearly salat roes 65 to $40
LOOK POONG-SHAN,"
Chief Manggur Hong Kong, 14th May, 1930, $25,000,000.00 THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. $24,710,200.000
8,820,503.62 HEAD OFFICE Taipeh, Formous, Incorporated by Special Imperial;
HEAD, OFFICE: BHANGHAL.
HONG KONG BRANCH **** 1, Queen's Road Central
(TAIWAN-GINKO.).
Instend
introducing of
in Pomfret, Black discriminate tariffs, Australia Prawns should strive to find means of gain- Kay
ing the confidence at her customers Rock Fish and thus increase Australia's trade. Roach
"Our policy, declared. Mr. Balmon Page, 'Is liable to make the whole Shack Skate world antagonistic."
Shrimps
Snappe
Sóles
membors should be chosen from the Tench four official members of the board Turbot A number of amendments were in Turtles,y) troduced into the Bill-modifying the provisions relating to the obligations of the trading banks. These in cluded:-(1). The reduction from 5 per cent to 8 per cent, of the time deposits which the trading banks
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profit remaining after a fixed £17, or 10% per cent, of the wages. minimum rate of interest or Altogether, 188,700 employees bene dividend has been paid 'en capital; ited during the year, receiving near- In some cases the bonus is a sum ly £2,000,000 in bonus.
Charter en were required to deposit with the CO-PARTNERSHIP SCHEMES IN which automatically rises or falls
Kosong
Reserve Bank, the 10 percent. fized for demand deposits being res tained
Central Bank la PoNUARY Dan Nolaa tansel Ayičngs in Sunk Yo. 45,000,000 MAE PRANOBER ANDʻAULACUSAT PET | JAPAN y-Tokyo, Yokohama,"ADDS, VEFORMOSA, Kapky Karenko Owing to our numerous, branches
la Chins and large connections in the drame, Amrul Toan, Hale, Talio
OKINA limportant commercial centred of the stone Canto PANE world, we are able to extend to our ones loud
clients special facilities for domestica targ
and fozelen:banking and exchanges.
We also handle the Image of Bonds The London County Wadm and other Public Fonds of the Chin
ese Government both at home and Ba abroz
SHOU JJ. CHEN.
Hong Koury 5th March, 1980.
Qommardai Genireg
THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.
Established 1918.
HEAD OFFICE:
10 Des Voeux Road, Cob
CaTIONG KON
INDUSTRY.
with the rate of dividend on the capital
Judged by the numbers of schemes
in operation and by the numbers of employees-participating, the pre- fit-sharing movement: Kas made al-
(2) The alteration of the porlod Interesting detalls showing the Gas Compiles Schemes most continuous progress during the
In the gas companies schemes co-partnership growth of for making returns of the trading
The years of greatest progress in ished in the Gazette.Ac- the bonus often takes the form of a period covered by these figures. banks of their assets and liabilities were
Eke laterit statistics, à re- percentage of wagen varying in the establishment of new schemes from weekly to monthly Amad cord
iasto, of the Ministry of Vergely with the price charged 5101) during the period were 1819 and gas which itself usually regulates 1920 when there was a net addition Bank-dition was made that the monthly
returns, should apply only to assets Labour avaliable there were at the the fate of alvidend payable on caple of 94 schemes and of 38,000 parti
Tablities in Australia. A end of last year: 260,000 employeestal but in a number of the more cipating employees. During the
that particulars entitled to participate in 7-495 ness in the United | sche sagainst. 102,000 persons
where should be
mes in 1929 in 444 Floda této be pre-
important groups adopt artnership: kiples are water and electrical under
Gottly bb firing cand. entitled to noté add in many ways ive scheme is
rövision:
the
Cof the
have bead
recent gas companies schemes the
succeeding Years, progress has been bonus varles directly with the rate slower, bat in the last three, EXTE of dividend on capital, or is a fixed there has been à net increase of 22 percentage of the amount paid la schemes and of 27,000 work people such dividends, an M
participating.
Schemes which encourage em:
ployees to acqu
Sital' the und
ares or other with
this and other ways to
De
ther
Metropolitan Gas share in the con natius 10,000 mess, are frequ
Under the
operation
there
NOW A DOCTOR"
MINER'S DAUGHTER BECOMES
MEDICAL MISSIONARY?8)
London Sept
Wigan minerazu
Tomlinson, re
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