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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

Assorted Capital

***** $50,000,00

Tasued and Fully Pald-up 10,000,000 Reserve Funda :-

Wireling

0,100,000

Hive ...........19.800,000

Reserve Liability of Proprietors 30,000,000

HEAD OFTHE KONG,

BOARD OF DIRECTORS:-

1. A. Plummet, Esq. Cheirao.

Hon. Mr. . . 8. Mackle. Deputy Chairman.

W. E. Bail, Zoq. Hon. Mr. J. J. Palermoo

▲ H. Compton, Yaq. T. P. Powera, Eag

E. Leader Lawie, Pag. T. II. 1. Abaw, Eaq.

D. Mihin. Esq.

AMOT

ПАНСКОВ

BATAVIA

CROMBAT

-QALOUTTA

-CANTON

DOLOMLO DAIREN

oocow HAIPHONO

НАМВОВО HANKOW HARBIN

HONGKEW

ILOILO

IPOTI

JOBODY

Колк

KOWLOON

J. P. Warman, Bay.

Chiat Manager.

Y. H. Unyban, Erg.

BRANCHES:--

KUALA LUMPUR

LONDON

LYONK

MALACCA

MANILA

MAR (Jobanıl

WURDEN

NAGAHAKI

NEW YORK

PEIPINO

PENANG

HANGGON

SAJOON

HAN BANCIACO

RITANCETAT

SINGAPORE

SOURABAYA AUHOKI PATANI JIENOSIS

TOKYO

TSIHUTAD YOKOHAMA

Curtwat ruuate opened In Loral Currency sad Pixel Deposite roosived for has your DE shorter periods in Local Currency and Sterling en lartas which will be quoted on applivation Hong Kong, 1st April, 1980,

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Business of ida shore Bank à nanduce

ed by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

ained on appikwlion.

Rule

FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING COUPORATION.

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Hong Kong, 2014 July, 1900,

Chis! Maangur.,

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY) BANKKBS.

Established 1821. Hong Kong Ooli, Queen's load Central. Authorised Capital ......... Quitdues 100,000,003. [212,500,000.) Fald-Up Capital Ozaildar 20,080,000 .... Oulidera 60,010,000 BT Fund..........

(£3.6.id!

fload :-AMSTERDAM* Eastern Head Omer-BATAVIA.

AKCIES Handssemacin, Batong Bobay.

Calcutta, Caribon, Bamber, Djok

akarta, The (Lagus". Jadiah, Kobe, Roto-Madje, Makassar, Medan, PARDE

Palembang,

Prod Pekalonga

Barbara".

Pontianak, Bangoon, Botterdam's

Shangri (Bust), Blogspo

Babol Boubai Hoerakarta (Holo), Taga), Tilinjap sod

WN",

* These flow have safe deposit bone to st

Landen Bankere:-National Provincial Deak Zid.

Cowespondents at or the world

Booking busiom of story description transacted.

A. STOKKINK.

Arting Manager.

Hong Kong. 18th Auguel, 1903,

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE:

96. Boulevard Haussmann, Paris.

Subscribed Capital Frs. 72,000,000.00 Pald-Up Capital Fra. 68,400,000.00 Reserve Funda....Fra.102,000,000.00 BRANCHES:

Hong Kong Qalahon Bangkok

Saigon Battambang Hue Canthe Mengtze Shanghai Caston Nam-Đỉnh Singapore Djibouti

Fort Bayard

Haiphong

Harkow Hano!

·

Neunien

Papeeto

Thanhoa

Tientsin

Peking Tourané Pnom-Panh Vinh Pondicherry Yuananfo BANKERS:

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; .Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; Credit Industriel et Commercial; 80- ciete Generale.

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

IN NEW YORK: J. P. Morgna ž Co.; French American Banking Car- poration; Guaranty Trust Co. of New York.

Interest allowed on Current Ac- counts and Fixed Deposits secording

to arrangements.

THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1853,

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Paid-up Capital

Agencies and Branches:

Reserve Fund

£3,000,000 £4,000,000

Reserve Liability of Pro-

prietors

£3,000,000

ALOR STAN

KUALA LUMPUR

[Malay Blaten)

SUCHINO

AMBITHAN

DANOKOK

HADRAS

HAHILA

BOMBAY

CALCUTTA

NEW YORK

DANTON

BATAVIA

UAWNPORE

OEBU

COLOMBO

DAINEN (Daley

Houth Vanthuria)

DEZNI

HAIPHONG

HANKOW

HARBIN

(8. Manchuria)

EHỒNG KONG

ますます

KARACHI,

BLANG

KOBE

KHALA KANOMAN

(Para 7.M.B.)

MEDAN

PEKING

PENANG

PESHAWAR DLA KOGON

BAKON

HEMARANG BEBENSAN

SHANORAC

BINDAPORE

BOURADAYA

TAIPING (ZM.8.) TAVOY

TIENT BEN

TOXYO

TONGKAH (Hhuket)

THINGTAO

YOKOHAMA

ZAMBOANGA

(Philippine Islands)

General

Foreign Exchange and Banking business transacted.

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

A. H. FERGUSON,

Manager. Hang Kong, 8th January, 1029,

THE HO HONG BANK, LTD.

(Established 1917.)

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

8,000,000 Paid-up Capital

4,600,000 Reserve Liabilities

of Shareholders. Surplus

4,000,000

2,526,000

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

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.

TAN ENG HOOL,

THE

Manager.

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,

INC.

Head Office: 65, Broadway, New York.

Capital Surplus Reserves

Amsterdam Antwerp

.U.S.$8,000,000

.U.S.$1,572,454 .U.S.$1,008,209

BRANCHES:--

UADOR Olasgow

& there

Berlia

Hamburg Marce

Files Napice Piraeus Paris

Топалс

DIAT

Interlaken

Bomber

ihranton

Bruassis

Buton Alte

Cairo Caloutta

Cannes

Colombo Constantinople

Copenhagen Poloburch Florenos Glan47

Jaruzelor Buldo London fiverpool

Lugano Luxor

Marcilles

Moose Carlo Magis

Munich

Monteux

ANITA

Jeking Tatertua Belloriam

Roma

abou

العلاج بمط؟

Fouthampton Singapore

St. Moritz

Tienen

Vienna

FORICO

Yaohama Zurlob

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

handlod

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- partment.

Afiliated with

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

THE CHINA MAIL.

and

Commerce

Finance

ELECTRICITY & THE Biandard

EMPIRE.

A Reply to the Prime Minister.

of

efficiency largely through the fact that during the War years and immediate post- War years it was able to carry out a large programme of rationalisn- tion. New factories were erected and equipped on up-to-date linės. Old factories were reconstructed, Amalgamations and groupings took place to prevent overlapping, to en-| courage specialised mass production How Imperial rationalisation, and to eliminate destructive in auggested by the Dominion Primeternal competition. Research, both Ministers, can be and has already individual and collective. been applied in part to Empire ganised on an ambitious scale. electrical development and the crea-) tion

SIR HUGO HIRST'S VIEW.

of an Empire electrical in- dustry was stressed at the annual dinner of the British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Association, held at the Connaught Rooms, Lon don. Lord Derby, president of the Association, was in the chair, and there were present some 750 guests, representative of every section of the electricity supply and electrical indue- and allied manufacturing triea.

Proposing the toast

of "The

Electrical Industry and Industrial Co-operation within the Empire," Sir Hugo Hirst said that the elec |trical industry, while still compara

tively new, and still smaller in actual volume of production than the old stable Industries of Great Britain, must in a few years play a dominant part in the Industrial

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 1931.

HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE.

APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.

Butcher Meat.

Beal Sirtoin ......

n

14

Prime Cut......

Corned

19

Bonst

M

Breast

H

Soup

Steak

2

12

Steak Birloin

SEURAGES

BuHock's Braina..

"

ТУАЗ ОГ

The co-operation of the various firms engaged in the industry was developed by the increasing activies of bodies like the British Electrical and Allied Manufacturers' Associa-

tion.

At a time when the whole the was talking about country necessity of reconstruction British electrical manufacturers carrying out the process.

IN

Tongue, fresh ..

Tongue, corned

Head

Heart Hump, Salt

H

H

-

F'oct

Kidneys

Tail

#

2

Liver

Tripo

Calves' Read & Foot were Mutton Chop

Leg

Shoulder

21

Foreign Competition. "When the electrical industry has

Baddle seen the creation and catablishmen: Pig's Chitlings of the national power

scheme,"

Brains added Sir Hugo, "and contributed to the possibility of bringing cheap power to the old stable and the new industries, it is now in danger of losing the benefits of such ser vice through the enormous flood of imports, which is increasing very Pork Chop rapidly in volume. It does

he continued, "that

ludicrous,"

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+

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A

Head

Heart

19

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Liver

#

seem

H

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when. by State action, by our

"

revival of Great Britain and the consolidation of the British Empire. capital, by our manufacturing en- Sheep's Head & Feet

Electrification would aid Great

terprises, we are creating a rich Britain and the Empire to recover and expanding market, we let it be from the exhaustion of the World War.

Heart

B

Kidneys

Liver

Experience in other coun-exploited by competitors who shut trica, above all in America, showed us out completely from their own Sucking Pigs, to order

of electrical that the use

power Was A sure index to industrial efficiency, and it was true that older industries which had been electrified had undergone a process of rejuvenation.

The

Preventing Overlapping.

British electrical industry has been able to reach its present

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD. Established 1912.

Hend Office:--Hong Kong-

Authorised Capital (EX. Currency) #1,000,000 Pad-Up Capital has the develop te

Be Fund -

BRANCHER:-

1,665,000 1,000,000

Canton, Shenzha), Hankow, Bwatow,

markets.

Baet, Beef "If this flow of foreign electrical gooda remains unchecked for long, yeal It cannot help but affect our ability to serve the Empire on the lines on which I have spoken before. Wa have proved that we can produce, we have proved that we can sell, and we resent the Prime Minister's ac-Barbel cusation

doubting the business Bream

ability of the men in our industry. Canton Fresh Water

"The electrical industry has al-

ways advocated the largest possible Carp measure of Empire rationalisation, Catfish and it has already realised in part Codfish, such a theory, above all in Aus-Crabs tralia.

When I visited Australia Cuttle Fish in connection with the British Dab Economic Mission, I was able

to Dace

Bangkok, New York and San Franela study the problem on the spot, os-Dog Fish

CORRESPONDENTS

LONDON DANEEDS:-

The Lord's Bank, Limitat.

Fe mil principal cities of the World,

Foreign change and banking business of

ry dawription masarted.

Bafe Deposit Bozen (variona lzon) at a yearly mold of from 8 10 10.

LOOK POONG SHAN,

Chief Manager. Bong Kong, 14th May. 1990.

THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INDIA, LTD.

HEAL OFFICE:

15, Oronchurch Bizeel, London, E.0.1.

Authorised Capital

Subscribed Capital Pald-up Capital

.£3,000,000 1,800,000

1,050,000

Reserve Fund and Rest 1,648,506

BANKERS

The Bank of England & Eldland Bank, Lid.

BRANCHES

New York

Penang

Port Loul

Daszkok

pod

Batavia

Xandy

Bomber

Karachi

Calcutta

Kota Bharu

Colora

Kuala Kral

Belbi

Kuala Lipla

Kuala Lumpur

Hong Kon

Howrah

(Manzilina) Bangoon Bharshal Βίπιλα Kuantan (Pahang) Singapore Hada

Поставет

Manager.

E. W. DUGGAN,

THE BANK OF CHINA,

行箴國中

Reorganised October 28, 1928, under

apecial charter of The National Gov- erament és án

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

BANK.

Every description of Banking and | Subscribed Capital .$25,000,000.00 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) Yon 100,000,000

Reserve Fund

.......Yen 118,500,000 Head Offee:-YOKOHAMA,

Branches and Agencies at: Alexandria

Nazuj Newchwang New York Ozake

Babevin

Bombay Utenos Aires

(Temporarily

closed).

Calcutta

Canton

Changchun

Datron (Day)

Poking Rangoon

Rio de Janeiro Salgon

San Francisco

Frogtión (Mukden) Benitle",

Hamburg

Hankow

Harbin Hong Kong Honolulu Kai Fuen Karachi

Kabs

London

Los Angeles

Lions

Karila

Nagasaki.

Semarang Shasplet

Shimonoseki

Bingo pore Boerabaya Sydney Tlontain Токуи Talkunfu Tangtan Vladivostock

(Temporarily

closed)

Interest allowed. "or". Current Ac ¡CÓTTEN.

Deposits reasived for fzzá

at rates" to be obtained on

H. MORI

Hong Kofz," 10th September,

Paid-Up Capital .... .$24,710,200.00 Reserva Funda

.'8,820,503,82

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

world, we are able to extend to our

cllenta special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and exchanges.

and other Pubile Funds of the Chin- ese. Government both at home and Abroad.

We also handle the line of Bonds

SHOU J. CHEN,

Hong Kong, 5th March, 1980.

Manager,

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HONG KONG BRANCH.

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30

28

11

28

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Capons, Small Capons, Large

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80

24

29

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28

20 18

25 20

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80

24

24

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44 80

85

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20

Fowls, Haican

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40

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15

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Lemons, China

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"On the other hand, there were Monk Fish certain branches of our industryMullet where the Australian consumption Oysters was large enough to justify, on Parrot Fish economic grounds, the organisation Parch of an Australian centre of manu-| Pike

This was the case in re- Plaice facture.

spect of electric lamps, and ar- Pomfret, White rangements were accordingly made Pomfret, Black

a lamp PrawIZEN factory, financed jointly by the Bay

of principal importers

to establish in Australia

electric Rock Fish

Every description of Banking and Exchange badlamps and enjoying the benefit of Roach

De tranzacted,

Travellers Chequee Jowand,

Trustee and Executorships under- taken.

INTEREST allowed on Current &ccounts and Fixed Deposita at Bates that may be seceriained assypiication.

F. THOROUGOOD,

Queen's Road Contrai.

Hong Kong. 15th April, 1200.

Managez.

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

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

Castral Bank in Farmona, Bank-Bicton wund Average amount ...Yun. £3,000,000 BILANCHES AND AGENCIES: JAPAN :—Tokyo, Tokohama, Kobe, Deals,

their collective technical experi- Salmon

Shark ence and research.

have Skats "These working treaties been arranged by the electrical in- Shrimpa and without Snapper dustries concerned cacsultation with either the Aus- Soles tralian or the home Government. Tonch In my opinion, they Indicate the Turbot

lines on which the electrical and Parties, small, fr, water other Industries must proceed if we

are to bring the industrial develop-

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Mushrooms, Fresh

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Mandarin.

rural

ment of the Dominions within

stage. If those sure sources of life we were still behind America in unified scheme which will maintain from which we had drawn all over our electrical development and he our prosperity and 'minlater to the the world should be curtalled it would not be satisfied until the productive ambition. of the

would be a matter of life and death blessing of electricity had reached Dominione."

to the country. It was necessary every urban house, every to have proper imagination for village and every farmer. considering the, great economio Probably more

than half the issues.

population could not afford tho Mr. Churchill said he had a con- initial cost of electrical installation.

Sir Hugo coupled with the toast the name of the Right Hon. Win PODNOSA Dirto, Karl Karakolarston Churchill, M.P.

Makong, Nasto, Shitchiko, Taisha, Tainan, Takao, Tamani, Then, Halto, Tašto, QUINA-Baughal, Bankow, Amy, Vocchow,

Blow, Canton.

OTHERS Kong. Bisapors, Gourabay

Barang Bar Bombay, Low Tock. Dalat,

LONDON BANKERO,

Calenta

The London County Wetmitater and Par's Bak. The Bank has Commspondent in all the principe

Cardial Centrse throughout the world.

X. KAOBRA.

HONG KONG BRANOU:

4, Don Varm Bond Cauland, Hong Koon, 19th January, 1999.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Established 1918.

HEAD OFFICE:

10, Des Voeux Road, Centrál. HONG KONG

Capital and Surplus

Total Resources

over H.3.8,000,000,00 over, H.$30,000,000.00.

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.

Current and Fixed Deposit Accounts in local and for. sign currencies opened for clienta.

Savings Account and Safe Deposit Boxan. Branches and Agencies all over the world.

KAN TONG PO

Chief Manager.

An Economic Sub-Parliament.

was the erection of an

U.S. GRAIN CROPS.

LITTLE HOPE OF REDUCING PRODUCTION.

Washington, D.C., Dec. '19. Little hope of reducing crop pro Responding, Mr. Churchill said he had been particularly interested structive suggestion to make, and it To meet their case a number of duction in America was seen to-day economic supply undertakings bad Instituted when the United States Depart- in the request which Sir Hugo had sub-Parliament to sit alongside the a polley of assisted wiring and hire- ment of Agriculture made public made in no veiled terms for pro-political Parliament and have very purchase of domestic apparatus, its statistics of Winter wheat plant- tection for the electrical industries. definite and real powera. The whereby initial expenditure could ing... That was especially significant incomposition of this sub-Parliament be avoided."

the rawest of raw material.

per cont.

But he was satisfied The Department of Agriculture view of the fact that the electrical would consist mainly of trade ex-that there was room for a great announced that to date plantings of industries were in the range of ports, and it would be in a position extension of this policy, and he ap Winter wheat cover 42,042,000 highly finished Industries and con: to submit and introduce. Bills into pealed to the supply undertaking to acres. This figure amounts to 98 sequently protection for them would the House of Commons irrespective adopt it and pursue it vigorously in per cent. of Inst Winter'e wheat necessarily involva protection for of the Government of the day. I order that more consumer might be acreage or a reduction of only two every stage down to the crudest and would mean the giving of the best won for electricity, which, in its advice by people who had no

bring benefit to the tura would Continuing, Mr. Churchill said he political axe to grind.

manufacturing aide of the Indus believed there was a strong opinion 1д Britain with regard to 腐 tariff, moderate and scientific, both for revenue and for protective pur

"Are we taking the right stepa us a nation; are we really at the present time doing as much as manufacturers of electrical plant

posés

Still Behind America. Responding to the toast of "The Guests," proposed by Sir E. Hilton Young, M.P., Mr. Morrison, M.P. (Minister of Transport), aald that

try,

The Greater Shanghai Burenu General Chamber of Commercs has sent letters to the police au3-

With so much Winter wheat plant- ed the experts of the Department. of Agriculture seo little opportunity to reduce America's crop produc- tion. The same altuation prévall- ing with regard to wheat applies to rye. The rye autumn-planting covered 4,158,000 acres, represent- Ing an increase of 162,000 acres planted to ryo in the United States.

we can to obtain the beat livell and equipment were properly in thorities of the International hood! (No, no.) We cannot but terested in the development of the Settlement, the French Concession feel there are other countries where supply side of the electricity In- and the Chinese territory, saylag-United. Pross a far greater grip is being taken of dustry, So far as he was con- that the Increase of crimes. In the situation.

cerned, the more each section of Shanghai is a great impediment to We were in the position of an the great industry took a friendly the development of Industry and laland which had 20,000,000 more Interest in the work of other commerce in this city and request people alive today than it could sections, the better he would being the police authorities of the feed, or possibly feed except by pleased.

threo territories to co-operate in descending to an almost savage Great as the progress had been suppressing crime:

Major, Reginald Kenworthy," the Schnoider Trophy airman, was found not guilty on December 11 a... charge of " conspiracy "in altare transactions. The trial was held in London:

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