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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. ·

Lushedood Dupitai sum meron: $50,000,000 Ismet and Fully Paid-up

Beserve Funds |--

Sing£600,000

PEL,500,000

$30,000,00

Moore Liability at Proprietors 30,000,000 HEAD OFFICE, KONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS;—

1. A. Flummer. Xaq. Chairman,

Hon. Mr. C. 0. 8. Haskia, Deputy Chairmas.

W. H. Bell, Baş. Lion. Mr. J. J. Paterson.

ploa, Faq. T. E. Pearce, Esj.

1. Landar Lamlı, Esq. T. II. B. Shaw, Esq.

ih. Miskin, Zer.

AMOT

BANGKOK

BATAVIA

BOMBAY

CALCUTTA

CANTON

CREFOO

COLOMBO

DAIREH

HAIPHONO

MARDUHO HANKOW HALBEN •

DONOREW

ILOILO

IPOH

JOHURE

KUGE

KOWLOON

1. P. Wacres, Las,

Cilat Minger.

Y. M. Graybun, Eng.

BRANCHE:--

KUALA LUMPUR

LONDON

LTONS

MALACCA

*HANILA

M-TAB (Johor)

NORDAL NAJADAKI

NEW YORK

FEITING

PENANG

RANGOON

SAIGON

BAN FRANCIS

ЛЕГАМОНА

BINO AFOBE

SUUDADAYA

SUNORI PATANI TIENTSIN

10KYO

THINUTAO

YOKOHAMA

Current Accounts opened in Lobel Carmer Rod Stand Depoella mostred for de stor shoriae periode in Local Currency and Build outer which will be quoted in application. Hong Kong, Gal April, 100.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Business of the aberre Back is conduct. by the HONG KONG AND HEANGUAL BANKING CORPORATION.

abisined on application...

Balee may be

FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

V. M. CHATRUDN

Hong Kong, 16th Juls; 1980.

Chat Masaur.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, NY. (NETHERLANDS TRADING BOULETT)

DANKERA. Ballished 192.

Cloog Boog Oos-11, Queen's Bond Cutral. Ausbcried Capital Quilders 130,000,000- Fold-Up Capital *** Quilders. 30,000,000

Bore Fund

..

1212,500,000.)

(£5,500,170) Ouders 40,018,000 (40,394.509)

Bland Oos-AMSTERDAM® Eastern Head OŠ00:-BATAVIA.

estiNQUES-Dendermana, Dandoras, Bombay.

Calcutta, Charlona, Disbar, Djoker jakaria, The Lingua, Jeddah, Kob Hosa-ladja, lisasear, Mulan, Fedesa Palombang Zaklog Pang. Pontiak, Dangson, Butterdam", Bibolga Bhangha Samsung*.

Bourbain, (Bumales) Bingapore,

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA, Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1858.

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON. Paid-up Capital

Reserve Fund

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

.£3,000,000

.44,000,000

.£3,000,000

Agencies – and Branches:

KUALA LUMPUR

(Malay States)

ΤΡΟΠΙΚΟ

AMBITUAR

ALOR STAR

DANGKOK BATAVIA DOMBAY CALCUTTA CANTON

DAWNPORE

OEBU

COLOMBO

DAINEN (Dalar

Bouth Manchuria)

DELFI

HAIPHONO

HAXBULO

HANKOW

HARDIN

(X. Manchuria)

TÙNG TỔNG

ILOILO

IPON

FODE

KUALA KANGBAB

MADBAH'

HANILA

MEDAN

NEW TORE PELINO PENANG PESHAWAR BANDOON

BINGAPORE

BEMARANO

SEREMBAN

BHANGRAI

BOURABAYA

TAIPING (V.M.E.)

TOKYO

TONORAH (Bhuket)

THINGTAD

YOKOHAMA

ZAMBOANGA

TAVOY

TIENTSIN

(Forsk .M.B.) (Philippius Islanda)

and Exchange

General Foreign Banking business transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fix- ed Deposits received for 1 year or rates which will shorter periods be quoted on application.

A. I. FERGUSON, Hong Kong, 8th January, 1029.

Manager.

THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.

(Eatablished 1917.)

HEAD OFFICE:-SINGAPORE. Hong Kong Branch: 13, Queen's Rd. C. Authorised Capital Straits $20,000,000

Issued Capital a Paid-up Capital Reserve Liabilities of Shareholders Surplus

#

Branches, Agencies and Correspon dents in the principal cities of the world.

Every description of Banking and Exchango, business transacted.

PRODUCTION

COTTON.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Commerce and

Finance.

OF

Independent Supplies Needed by France.

PROSPECTS IN AFRICA.

the three colonles is only a drop in the bucket compared to France's actual needs.

The encouragement of cotton planting has been rendered dim- cult by the steadily decreasing market prices which makes plant-

Gra

wary of possible financial losses. In spite of the over-pro- duction of cotton elsewhere in the world. France intends to con- tinue encouraging cotton produc- tion in her African colonies.- United Press.

S.N. RAILWAY,

ARRIVAL OF FOUR BRITISH LOCOMOTIVES.

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1930.

LAMMERT BROS. Hotel Strathcona

AUCTIONEERS, APPRAISERS

AND SURVEYORS.

- Public Auctions -

THE

THE Undersigned have received instructions to sell by Public

Auction

ON

MONDAY, December 29, 1930,

commencing at 11 am at the Timber Yard of the Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd, Kowluon near Godown No. 80) (for account of the concerned). 514 BALES GUNNIES all more or less damaged by sea-water. Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS.

Auctioneers.

Hong Kong, December 24, 1990.

Paris, Nov. 6. After 12 years' vigorous encour- agement of the growth of cotton In her colonies in order that France can free herself of an an- nual tribute of more than $97,000,- DOD to the United States, Govern-

of Railwaya, Nanking, that four out THE Undersigned have received the officials admitted to ment

of six new "Pacific" type locomo-instructions to sell by Public United Press to-day that thefrtives ordered from Great Britain efforts had not been very success-by the Shanghai-Nanking Railway arrived at the Woosung railway ful.

The size of the locomo- wharf.

of cotton

in

It is reported at the Ministry

Auction.

ON!

TUESDAY, December 30, 1930, .

commencing at 10.30 am..

at No. 40, Humphrey's Building, Комдоол.

A Quantity of VALUABLE HOUSEHOLD

FURNITURE

On View from Monday, Decem- ber 29, 1930.

Terms: Cash on Delivery.

LAMMERT BROS,,

Auctioneers. Hong Kong, December 24, 1930,

Latest estimates reveal that the tives is much larger than the ones total production

They will now in use on the line. French colonica is only 0.70 per be used for the express service as

locomotives, The new

it is cent. of France's total annual soon as they are assembled.

understood, will have a maximum 8,000,000 needs. In spite of this poor show- 4,000,000

ing, however, the Government in-speed of 60 kilometres per hour 4,000,000 tends to continue its encourage during the first three months, 2,528,000 ment of cotton planting through which will be increased to 80 donating seed and fertiliser to the kilometres per hour later. Kuo natives, while instructing them Min.

France In 1929 how to raise a good crop.

imported

Another hundred miles or more $97,258,880 worth of raw cotton

of high voltage transmission lines and waste from the United States, radiating out of Moose Jaw, were leading the list of all commodities energised with electric.current from purchased from America. represents 35 per cent. of France's the National Light and Power Com- day, when the lines west to Mort- AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, annual purchases from the Unit-pany's plant at Moose Jaw the other POSTAGE

France's peacetime lach and north ed States.

to Loreburn were cotton requirements are much less charged. These lines ware built by than her wartime demanda, for the Saskatchewan Power Commis Stanley Gibbon's Part L ́...$5.25 cotton is used as the base of ion during the Summer and the west gunpowders and high explo-north line had been completed as far as Lareburn. It will be extend- ed as far as Rosetown during the coming spring.

TAN ENG HOOL,

THE

Manager.

INC.

Head Ofco: 65, Broadway,. New York.

Capital Surplus Reserves

..U.S.$0,000,000 ..U.S.$1,672,454 ..U.S.$1,008,200

BRANCHES:----

Oxpos

Now Haplos Pitkess Parla

Amateria Antwerp Attace

Hamburg

Interlaken Jertzalem

ملحمة

Bella

Blas Досту

Bramen

Bramale

Buena Alte /

London Liverpool

d

Cairo Caloutta Севере

Lucare

Luguna

Soarakarta (Bolo Toqui, Tillajay and Walterrodeu

*The flow have safe deposla boxes to la Zonder Bankers-Nalimoni Provincia: Bank

Correspondenta all over the world

Danking businee of every description transected.

A. STOKLINE,

Long HansaM.

Hong Kong, 18th Augues, 1980.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE: 96, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris.

Subscribed Capital Fr... 72,000,000.00 Paid-Up Capital...Fra. 68,400,000.00 Reserto Funds Frs. 102,000,000.00 BRANCHES Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon Battambang Hue Saigon

Mongtze Shanghai Nam Dinh Singapore . Nopmen Thanhes.

Tientsin Tourane

Cantho

Canton

Djibouti

Fort-Bayard Papeste Haiphong

Hankow

Hanoi

Peking Pnom-Penh Vịnh Pondicherry Yunnanfu BANKERS:

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

IN LONDON: The National Pro- vincial & Union Bank of England, Ltd.: Comptoir National d'Eseampte do Paris; Credit Lyonnais

IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgan & Co. French American Banking Cor paration; 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.

Baf. Doposit Boxes to let

ALECÓT, Hong Kong, 1st May, 1929.

Manager.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.

Eatablished 1889.

Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund..... Yen 118,500,000

Head Office:YOKOJAMA. Branchen and Ageneles ati Alexandria,

Nagoya Mawehwang. New York Denta

Batavia:

Bombay

Bunnos Aires

(Temporarily

"clóndi);

Calcutta

Canton

Changchun

Peking Bangoon

Rio de Janeiro Baigon

Dairen (Delay) Ban Franclich Fongtien (Madon), Beattie

Hamburg

Hankow

Harbin

Hong Kong.

Honoluin

Kal Tued

n? Semarang:

Shimoresek!

"Singapura Sourabay

Bydney

Colombe Constantloop!

Copenhagen Edinburgh. Floridos Gusare

Jaior

Swit Wants Carlo Manila

Mualaa

oles Milan

Tsutur

Treking

Palariño Botterdam

Rome Samboyl

baughal Borthampton Singapor

AL. Morila Tientela.

Vie

Vriese Yukohama Zurich

Branches of American Express Company in Principal cities of Unit ed States of America and Canada.

All classes of Commercial Banking Transactions undertaken.

Personal investment handled.

accounts

The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travelers Cheques" and Letters of Credit and, In addition, the world-wide services of its thoroughly equipped, Travel Do- partment.

Afliated with

THE CHASE NATIONAL BANK Resources ..Över. G$2,500,000,000

E. W. DUGGAN,

Manager.

THE BANK OF CHINA.

行銀國中

Reorganised October 20, 1928, under

special charter of The National Gov- ernment as, an

BANK.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE Subscribed Capital....$25,000,000.00 Paid-Up Capital

...$24,710,260.00

sives.

Cottor.

Next World War. Without mincing words, Govern- ment offciala state that France must have an independent source

The Southern Albert honey crop

of cotton and oil if she wishes to this year will reach at least 750,000 win the next world war. To her pounds, or almost double what it colonies she is turning for her was a year ago, according to the cotton and to Mosul for her all. latest advices. The quality this The Government is actively back-year la said to be very high.. ing the Colonial Cotton Associn- tion which is carrying on wide- spread propaganda for increased cotton culture in the colonies.

French Africa pos- Oriental Beszoe the greatest possibilities for cotton production, last year producing approximately 15,000 of raw cotton of excellent tons quality. New plantations are be- ing added each year. In Equa- torial Africa, where cotton culturo, was started only three years ago, France last year obtained 10.000 New tons of the finest fibre, Caledonia produces amall quan- titles but the total production of

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. Established 1912.

-Head Ofeet-Hong Kong. Authorised Ceplis (B.K. Curemmoy) $11,000,000 8,063,000 Pald-Up Capital Berre Fund man kaka kan det har 1,000,000 BRANCHES -

Canton, Shanghai, Hackow, Burakow, Bangkok, New York and Ben Francisco

CORRESPONDENTS

LONDON DANKERS

The Lloyd's Bank, Limited.

In all principal clin, of the World.

Foreign axaangs and basking baden ol very description iransacted,

BASA Thapoal Boxes (variona sinar) 23 a pourİy

restal of from #5 to 1943.

LOOK POONG SHAN,

Chief Manager.

Hong Kong, 14th May, 1930.

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

Reserve Funds 1.13 3,820,503.82 | HEAD OFFICE:-Talpeh, Formosa,

HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAL

:: HONG KONG BRANCH:.

4, Queen's Road, Central

Owing to our numerous branches in China and large connections in the Important commercial, centres of the world we are able to extend to our clients special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and exchanges,

We also handle the lasue of Bonds and other Pabllo Finds of the Chin ese Government both at home and abroad.

SEOU J. CHEN,

Manager, Hong Kong, 8th March, 1930.

Incorporated by Special Imperial,

Charter, 1899...

Cat Owatral Bank in FormOLA, Bank-Boten sesed average snowY,800,000, AND BRANCHES AND AGENCIES: JAPAN --Tokyo, Tokobaza, Kobe, Osaka, PURMOSA +-blan Engl, Barsko, • Keelung," Mekong, Kaste, Bhinchike, Taichu, Tainan, Takao, Tamsul, Zorn, Halto. Zalto. CHERA Shanghai, antor, Amsey, Fomber

* Swalow, Cantoni vahen

Calmatia

Tansang Kong, Kingsport, Houshers,

Bombay. Bears Bein via, Looders," Kev

New Lock, Dura LONDON BANKERS,

The Logo County Walter and Farr's Bank. The Tiệnk háu Compondasie In all the "vrincipal Commercial Centers throughout the world.

|HONG KONG BBANULI Y

· Hong Kong, 19th- Juuary, 182

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA LTD.

Established 1918,

HEAD OFFICE:

10, Des Voeur Road, Central,

HONG KONGAGEMAS

rer HS 8,000,000.00

*horts ver 1.830,000,000.00

description of Banking and

kchange business

cal and for

FOR SALE

STAMP CATALOGUES

FOR 1931.

Yvert Et Tellier's Scott's

II.

GRACA & CO.,

Each

.$8.00

.$5.00 $6.00

Dealera in Postage Stamps, Philatelic Accessories, Religious Goods, Garden Seeds, Toys, etc., etc. No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET, P.0. Box No. 620. HONG KONG.

DANIEL CRAWFORD'S

OLD MATURED

SCOTCH WHISKY GUARANTEED 24 U.P.

$ 4.00 per Bottle. Duty Paid.

$47.00 per case.

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA Make this Hotel your headquar tore while visiting Victoria, B.C. Ideally situated and within easy access to all the famous Beauty Spots in and around. Canada's Island Resort.

The Hotel where personal service makes your stay enjoyable.

RATES MODERATE. ADGRAD: 234|||593356110361159335

CLAREMONT

PRIVATE HOTEL Austin Road, Kowloon, (Facing the Kowloon Cricket Club. Four minutes from ferry by bus.)

Saites of rooms (single, and double), hot and cold water system, all modern sanitation, private bathrooms attached.

EXCLUSIVE TABLE antirely under Ecropean management.

Hotel has a splendid aspect in one of the finest locations in Kowloon, away from noise, yet easily accessible.

Terms very moderata Resor vations by letter or cable.

CLAREMONT

Tola.: 57889 57385 (Private). Telographic Add.: "Fern" ..

Our motto is. "SERVICE.

QUALITY PRINTING With Quick Service

Brawlords

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LTD.

CHINA KAIL BLDG.

SA WYNDHAM ST..

Estb 1890:

Daniel Crawfords

OLD MATURED

Scotch Whisky

CITILLED BLENDED AND B01JLEN MECOTLAND

Danset frawford

GLASCOW

Phone 20022

FOR

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All replies under this heading must be exiled for.

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STENOGRAPHER, JUNIOR, wanted by professional firm, shorthand sasen- tial Reply giving experience and references to Box No. 874, c/o "China Mail."

TO LET.

TO LET To prospective visitors to England ideal accommodation in the West End of London, Centre of theatro land, etc. Good English fare. Moderate charges. 81, Clarendon Rond, Holland Park, London, W.11, G. B. Colson.

TUITION GIVEN

LESSONS FOR CHILDREN given in Modern Ball Room Dancing by the Expert

Toacher, the MISSES

ALLEEN and DORIS WOOD9,-23, Kowloop. Humphrey's Dallding,

Thone, 58851,

ST. GEORGE'S BALL The latest BALL ROOM DANCING taught by AILEEN and DORIS WOODS, recent ly returned from HOLLYWOOD, California. Perfect and rapid tuition assured. 23, Humphreys' "Buildings, Kowloon, Tel 56851.

MISCELLANEOUS

YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and promptly printed "China” Office, No. 8A, Wyndham St. phone 20022.

Tele-

ALEKANDER'S INSTITUT DE BEAUTE

For the best Permanent Finger and Marcel Waves. Hair Cutting and Manicure for Ladies and

Gentlemen.'

Pedder

Bldg. 1at foor. Room 5.

Tel. 25169.

Opposite entrance H.K. Hotel

Sole Agenta:

LANE, CRAWFORD. LTD.

Tel. 28153.