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AND SHANGHAI CORPORATION,

231,000,000

Tally Pall-up #30,000,000

undai-

..../9,300,000

*. 69,800,000

Herve Lability of Proprisions 0,000,000 HEAD OFFICE: HONG KONG..

BOARD OF DIRECTORA

J. A. Plummer, Bac. Chairman.

Hon Mr. . . 8. Macks. Deputy Chairman.

W. II. Dell, Kag.

Hop. Mr. 1. 7. PstersG.

4. E. Compton, Esq. T. 2. Praze, Esq.

3. Lander Lawla, Esq. T. I. A. Bhaw, Esq.

D. Makia, Eng

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.BANGKOK ΠΑΤΑΡΙΑ BONDAY

CALCUTTA

CANTON

085700

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DAIREN

POOCHOW

KAIPHONG

BAMBURG

ПАНКОЙ

HARDIN HONGTEW

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J. P. Warren, Esq.

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BRANCHEN:

KRALA LUMPUR

LONDON

THE CHARTERED BANK OF

· INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1858.

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Fald-up Capitul

Reservo Fund

.£3,000,000 .24,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

.£3,000,000

KUALA LUMP'B

KUCHING

MADRAS,

MANILA

Agencies and Branches:

ALOK STAR

(Malay

ATSAU

BANOROX

BATAVIA

BOMBAY

BALDUITA DANTON

CAWNJORE

CEBU

DOLONDO DAIREN (Delay

Boush Manchuria)

DELAI

BLASPHONG

YAMDUBO

HANKOW

(N. Manchuria)

LYONS

MARRO

MALACCA

HONG KONG

HANILLA

ILOILO

UAB (Jchoni

IPON

KABACHI

MUXDER

FLANO

NEW YORK

NAGASAKI

PEAPING

TERAMO BANGOON

SAIOON

. SAN FRANCISCO

NILANOMAL

BINGAPORE

SOURABAYA

BUNGEI PATANI TIENTSIN

1UKYO

TSINGTAO YOKOHAMA

Carikot Acquale ed in Local Corrasey and Fized posita received for ɔna 2962 of skorte periculi in Local Currency and Biarllag wa kama witch will be quoted be application" Hong Kong, lil April, 1991.

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Business of the above Back in oonduct. + by the TONG KONG AND BHANGHAI BANKING COMPORATION But may be

besied on spplication,

POS THE HONGKONG AND SUANOBAI BANSING CORPORATION.

V. H. GRAYBURN,

Chief Maung.

Long Xon

Mih July, 1930,

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL-

MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

(NETHEDLANDS TRADING BOCIETY)

BANKERS.

Etablished 1.

Hong Kong Onow—11, Queen's Blood Central,

Antkoriand Copbel

Pid-Up Capital

KUALA BANOBAR

(Perak FM.B.)

་

MEDAN NEW YORK PEKIN PENANO PESHAWAR RANDOON BAIGUN SEMARANG SEREMBAN

HELA MOHAI

SINGAPORE BOURABAYA

TAIPING (V.M.) ·

TAVOY TIENIBIN TOKYO

TONGEAR (Bust) TRINGTAO

YOKORAMA ZAMBOANGA

(Philippine Tolande)

Foreign Exchange and Genersi Banking business transacted.

Current Accounts opened and Fix ed Deposita received for 1 year or shorter periods at rates which will be quoted an application.

A. B. FERGUSON,

Manager. Hong Kong, 8th January, 1020.

THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.

(Established 1917.)

HEAD OFFICE: SINGAPORE. Hong Kong Branch: 13, Queen's Rd. C.

Autherised Capital Straits $20,000,000 Issued Capital ....

Pald-up Capital

Roserve Liabilities

of Shareholders . Surplus

11

8,000,000 4,000,000

4,000,000 2,520,000 Branches, Agencies and Correspon dents in the principal cities of the world.

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted,

TAN ENG HOOL

THE

Manager.

THE CHINA MAIL.

Commerce and

Finance

BURMA RICE TRADE.

LANDOWNERS BADLY HIT BY SLUMP.

Over 3,000 Burmans, big and petty landowners, rice millers and cultivators, with a sprinkling of Chinese and a few Chattlar hank- ers of the Insvin district, assembled recently at U Po Mya's rice mul, Taikky, to suggest and discuss ways and means of relieving the present impoverished financial state of those people in the Insein district connected with the rice trade.

U Po 'Mya, a lundowner, rice-mill owner and retired myook, presided.

The following resolutions were carried.-.

The price obtained to-day, they said, was approximately Rs. 110 to Rs. 118 per 100 baskota for old paddy and Rs. 70 for

It

For purposes of advising, helping and looking after the general In- terests of landowners and cultiva- tors of the Inseln district an As- sociation

was formed. This was the last item of business. mittee membera wero

Com- nominated, Po Mya was elected president and U Kyaw Sein secretary.

According to the new Henderson Directory, the population of the City of Moose Jaw Sa., is shown as 20,140, or an increase of 8,497 over 1920.

FOR SALE

POSTAGE STAMP CATALOGUES FOR 1931.

Each

now paddy. Stanley Gibbon's Part I....$5.25 was resolved that they would

II. ..$8.00 raise the price to Rs. 180 an not on any account sell for less. If they could not get sale for their produco at the price fixed they would store

E..

Postponement of Revenue Collection.

Yvert Et Tellier's Scott's

GRACA & CO.

$5.00

.$6.00

Dealers in Postage Stamps, Philatelic Accessories, Religious Goods, Garden Seeds, Toys, etc., etc. No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET, P.O. Hor No. 620, HONG KONG.

On the question of revenue col- lection it was resolved that they would approach the Government to consider the scheme land revenues from

of collecting June 30 and later each year. They were hard pushed by the present system of collecting revenue early in the year. Considering that the price of paddy had dropped so low and the assessment of the land had not drop- UNION WATER BOAT COMPANY, ped in proportion, the meeting de

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, cided to ask the Government to

INC.

Head Oce: 65, Broadway, New York.

Ouitders 180,000,000. {£12,500,000,3

Guilders 20,050,000

(£4,000,170)

Capital Sarplus Reserves

Hanser Fund........ Cuilders 10,215,000

(28,854.58*)

Head Ofco:-AMSTERDAM”

- Eastern Finad Office-BATAVIA.

BRANQUES ~Bead/armin Bandeang, Bombay,

Couta, Chartboa, Disbar, Diok Jakarta”, Zha Hagua”, Jazánh, Kobe, Kota-Badja, Makasar, Medan, Padesa

Palembang.

Pakatong Rotterdam

Panang

Pontia Langua

S

Shanghai, Bubalgs (Hursten) Bingapor Bouraba Hourskarta (Bolai," Togai, Tjilajap nad | Weltevreden.

*The allows are adaposis boxes is let. Gradon Bankar)--National Provincial Bank Ltd.

Masterpostante ali aver the world

Banking business of avery dcription transacted,

A. STOKKINK.

Blog Kool, th

Antlog Manner.

August, 1900.

•

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE:

96, Boulevard Haussmann, Paris,

Amsterdam

Antwerp

Alana

U.S.$6,000,000 .U.S.$1,572,454 ..U.S.$1,908,209

BRANCHES:-

Faking

G

Dula

run

Biarrit

Bembay

Bestown

Glasgow Hatas Hamburg LATTA Interlaken Jurcaniam Lido

Nios Naples

Plus Parlo

ป้า

Lopton

Buenos Airsa

Liverpool

Cairo

Lucerna

Calcutin

Lugano

Lukos

Maria

Седла

Colombo Constantinople

Copenhagen Edinburgh Flora

Monte Carlo Manila

41unich

Montres Milan

Falarosa Rotterdar's Blame

Bamboo

Shangha

Sculhampton Wingapore

B4, Carita Tiental Vlaso

Venice Yokokama Zorick

make drastic cuta in assessment rates.

Aa chettiara had practically stop- ned lending money, but more to keep the poor cultivator out of the clutches of the moneylenders, the meeting approved of a proposal to the Government, to open a urge Farmers' Bank in the Insein dia- trict.

Boycott of Foreign Goods. Many speakers spoke en- thusiastically about boycotting foreign goods. Their argument

was that since Burma rice was not being bought, there was no reason why the Burmese people should allow the little money they had to go out of the country by buying foreign goods. They could yet re- trieve their position by practising economy and purchasing goods. made in Burma, The speakers All classes of Commercial Banking said that the Japanese had definite-

Gen

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

Transactions undertaken,

Personal investment

Sbscribed Capital Frs. 78,000,000.00 Paid Up Capital...Fr. 08,400,000.00 handled. Per Funds ....Fra.102,000,000.00

BRANCHES Babykok Hong Kong Quinbon Battambang Hus Saigon Tantha Mengtze Shanghat Canton Nam-Diah Singapore Djibouti

Neumea Thankea Fast-Bayad Papeete Tientsin Eruphong Peking . Tourna

Hapkow Hanoi

Pnam-Panh Vinh. Pondlehorry Yunnanfu BANKERS:

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National ¿Excompte de Pals; Credit Lyonnais; Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; Credit Industes et Commercial; So- -late Generale,

IN LONDON: The National Pro- vincial & Union Bank of England, Ltd.; Compter National Escompté

de Paris: Credit Lyonnais.

WIN NEW YORK, J. P. Morgan & Co French American Banking Cor poration; Guarantă Trust Co. of New York

Interest allowed on Current Aç, counts and Fixed Deposits according "to, arrangements..

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted.

Bafe Deposit Boxes to let

A. LECOT,

Manager.

Hong Kong 1st May, 1929.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.

Established 1889. Capital (fully paid-up) Yan 100,000,000 Reserve Fund ................ Yon 113,500,000 Head Office YOKOHAMA, Branches and Agencies at: Alexandria

Nagoya Norchwang New York Osaka

Batsvis Bombay "Buenos Afros

Temporarily closed):

Calcutta

Peking Rangoon Rio de Janeiro Balgoo Dairen (Dalny) San Francisco

Clanton

Changchun

Fongtien (Mulden) Seattle

Hamburg

Hankow

Harbin

Hong Kong Honolulu

Kal Yuen

Karachi Kobo

London

Los Angeler

Nagasak

Somarang Shangkat Вымолозекі Singapore- Sourabaya Sydney Tientsin Toiro Telmania Tsingtau Vladivostock

*(Temporarily

closed) allowed on Current Ac

Deposits revived for fixed periods atrates to be obtained on applica Akon:

FH. MORE

Hong Kong, 105 September,

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 De- partmeat.

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

Roorganised October 26, 1928, under special charter of The National Gov- Jernment as an

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

BANK. Subscribed Capital ....$25,000,000.00 Paid-Up Capital ......824,710,200.00 Roserve Funds

..$ 3,820,503.82

HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI.

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 work, we are able to extend to our clients, special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and exchanges.

We also handle the issue of Bonds and other Public Funds of the Chin- ese Government both at home ned abroad:

SHOU J. CHEN,

Manager, Hong Kong 6th March, 1930.

ly stated that Burma rice was not wanted in Japan. It was up to the Burmans then to refuse to buy Japanese goods. Tho meeting de- cided at the end to practise rigid economy, to buy Burmese-made goods and to boycott foreign and in particular Japanese goods.

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. Established 1912.

Head Office:-Hong Kong. authorised Capital T.X. Curzeney) $11,000,000 Paid-up Capital

8,655,800

·Heserve Fund -----

1,000,000

BRANCHES:-

Canton. Shanghal,

Hankow, Swalow,

Bangkok, New York and San Francia

CONRESPONDENTS

LONDON DANKRIS ;~~

The Lloyd's Bank, Limited,

to all minipal cites of the World,

Foreign stogo and braking business of

stary diripileo wamsacied

Jats Dapol Boss (tazione sless) at a yearly

rastal of Iram $30.

LOOK POONG SHAN,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 14th May, 1980.

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

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

Central Bank in Formosa Bank-Note vond Average amounk Teo. 45,000,000 DRANCHES AND AGENCIES JAPAN-Tokyo, Yokohama, Bob, Oui, FORMOSA

Bag. Karako, Amlane lakong, Hanto, Blinchiku, Taistra, Tal Takao, Tamuzi, Tosa, Haito, Talto. CHIHA ---Shanghal, Kankow, Amoy Pacebow,

Bwslow, Canton. UTHERSK

Birgapore, Bosbaya, Semaring

Bothbay.

Calcntia, London, New Yek. Delean.

LONDON KRNA.

The Condes County Westminster and Pan's Bank, The Bank bar Correponimals in all the principal Commercial Castres throughoul, the 'world.. R. NAQURA,

Manage

HONG KONG DANOM

Den Vaur Road Central. Hong Kong, 19th January, 1975.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Established 1918.

HEAD OFFICE:

10, Des Voeux Road, Central,

Capital and Surplus Total Resources

HONG KONG

over H# 8,000,000.00

over: H.$30,000,000.00

Every description of Banking and Exchange business #transacted..

Current and Fixed Deponit Accounts in locul and for- eign currencies opened for clients.

R

Bavings Account and Sar Deposit Boxes Branches and Agendes all over the world,

KAN TONG, PO,

jn benen Chief, Manager.

GENERAL NOTICES

NOTICE

LIMITED.

TOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the REGISTER OF MEMBERS of the Company will be CLOSED from the 31st day of De cember, 1980; until the 6th day of January, 1931, inclusive, during which period no transfer of shares can be. registered,

Dated this 24th day of Decem- ber, 1930,

Per Pro. DODWELL & CO., LTD.,

Sd. J. P. WARREN,

Manager. General Managers

SPORT NOTICES

BOXING

CITY HALL SATURDAY, January 3, 1931. at 9.15 p.m.

MAIN EVENT

15. Rounds Contest for Lightweight Championship of the Colony and Belt Between

STOKER PERCY LAKE, Holder,

J

H.M.S. BERWICK and

A. B. DOBSON,

H.M.S. THRACIAN.

15 Round Contest for the

Welterweight Championship of

the Colony Between

JOCK CRICHTON,

SHANGHAI

and

A. B. BEGBIE, H.M.S. BERWICK,

Booking at Moutrle's

For Members of the Hong Kong Boxing Association on TUESDAY, and WEDNESDAY, December 30 and 31.

1

General Public:

FRIDAY and SATURDAY, January 2 and 3, 1931. RINGSIDE SEATS $6 OTHERS $4 and $1. PLUS AMUSEMENT TAX.

ALEXANDER'S INSTITUT DE

BEAUTE

For the best Permanent Finger and Marcel Waves. Hair Cutting and Manicuro for Ladies and Gentlemen. Pedder Bldg. lat floor. Room 5. Tel. 25169. Opposite entrance H.K. Hotel.

DANIEL CRAWFORD'S

“OLD MATURED

SCOTCH WHISKY GUARANTEED 24 U.P.

$ 4.00 per Bottle.

Duty 'Paid. $47.00 per case.

O.M.

FRIDAY, JANUARY 2, 1931.

Hotel Strathcona

VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA

Make this Hotel your headquar- ters 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.

CLAREMONT

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

by bus.)

Suites of roams (single and double), hot and cold water system, all modern sanitation, private bathrooms attached. EXCLUSIVE TABLE entirely under European.

management. Hotel has a splendid aspect in one of the finest locations in Kowloon, away from nose, yet ensily accessible.

Terme very moderate. Eeser- vations by latter or cable,

CLAREMONT

Tels.: 57989 & 57885 (Private). Telegraphic Add.: "Fern" H.K. Our motto is "SERVICE.”

REASONABLE

PRICES ·

THE NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE LTD.

CHINA MAIL ALDE, - SA WYKONAN ST.

£315 1850

Daniel Crawfords

OLD MATURED

Scotch Whisky

ÖNSYNLEG ELEKBEDAND 8277L2 MSCOTLAND

Daniel Brawford And

GLASGOW

'Phone 20022

FOR..

CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING

Twenty-five Words three Inter- tions prepaid $1. Every addi tional word four cents for three Insertions.

All replles under this heading must be called for.

TO LET.

TO LET Furnished Room to let at $60 per month. 13. Wing Lok Build- ing, Kowloon. Telephono 68841.

TO LET-Ground Floor of No. Ba, Des Voeux Read Contral; at present In the occupation, of the Netherlands India Commercial Bank, available from 1st Apr., 1931. Apply to David Bassoon &Co, Ltd.

TO LET TO prospective visitors to England ideal accommodation in the West End of London, Centro of theatre land, ste. Good English fare. Moderate chargos. 61, Clarendon Koad, Holland Park, London, W.11, G. B. Coljon..

LOST.

LOSTA light coloured Chow Dog. named Peggy: missing since, Decem- ber 28; Licence No: 3249. Finder please communicate with Mrs, Quist- gaard, 2, Scokumpos Villas.". Roward offered.

TUITION GIVEN

LESSONS FOR CHILDREN given in Modern Ball Room Dancing by the Expert Teachors, the MISSES AILEEN and DORIS WOODS,-23, Humphrey's Building, Kowloon. 'Phone 58051

ST. GEORGE'S BALL-The latent BALL-ROOM DANCING taught by AILEEN and DORIS WOODS, recent ly returned from HOLLYWOOD, California, Porfect and rapid tuition assured. 23, Humphreys' Buildings, Kowloon, Tel. 56661,

MISCELLANEOUS

YOUR VISITING CARDS neatly and' promptly printed.-"China"

Mall" Ofice, No. 3A, Wyndham St. Tole phone 20022.

Sole

LANE, CRAWFORD. LTD.

Tel. 28153.