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HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION.

Sutherland Caplink

Istund mod Fully Pardup Motorra Funda 2-

..#5,500,000

Bilver ........ 500,000

$30 100,00% $900,00

Manere Lintukity of Proprietor $20,000,000

HEAD OPPTOR: HONG KONG.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS-

J. A. Pluster, Beg. Chalon.

Hon. Mr. C. D. H. Mackie. Deputy Chairman

W. #. Bath, Raq. 13un. dr. J. J. Pstaruca

A. II. Commpioa, Esq. T. K. Pearce. Faq

Lander Lewis, Eng. T. 1. R. thaw. Esa. Mekin, P

AMOT

BAND KOK

BATAVIA

BOMBAY

CALCUTTA

UANTON

CHEFUO

VDMRO

DALLEN YOOCHOW

QULIPROSO CHYRERD TASKOW HARBIN

HONOREW

ILOILO

IP

JOHORE

CODE

KOWLOON

J. Warren, Eat.

Chief Manager,

V. M. Oraybato. Ex.

BRANCHEN:--

RUALA LUMPER

LENDON

LYUNS

MALACCA

MANILA

MAN (Johore)

VERDEL

HAGAHAKI

BEW YORK

ΓΕΡΙΝΟ

PENANG BANGOON

SALOON

BAN FRANCISC >HA NOHTAI

LXGALTER

SOURABAYA

MINGAI PATANI RENTSIN

108 YO

IMINUTAU

VORGHANA

Current Acounte opened is Local Care Rod Fleet Deposuired for and your or akarpurcode at Bawal Currency and Horlog 20 Farm which will be quoted on application Hong Kong, at April,, .

HONG KONG SAVINGS BANK.

The Business of the above Enak is sondark

s by the HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

obraided on application.

false may be

FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI

BANKING CORPORATION,

V. M. GRAYBURN,

Hong Kong, 16th July, 1:30.

Chad Manager.

NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.

(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETI

DANKERS.

Bablished 1936. Hong Kong Offor-Il, Queen's Road Central.

Authorland Capital

Quilders 260,000,00

(£12,500,000,3

Pd-Up Capital Ouilders 80,00,000 Ewers Fund............... Guilders 40,016,000

(£5.609,1773

(43,394,567)

Heul 06-AMSTERDAK' Easter and Cos:-DATAVIA.

BRANOKES:-Bandjornacle, Baudosag. Bombay,

Gelmista. Cheriboo, Uember, Dok jakeria". The lagʊa', iaddah, Kobe, Ketalladja, Makamsar, Mudan. Pada Palembang, Pekalongan.

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

HEAD OFFICE: LONDON.

Pald-up Capital

Reserve Liability of Pro-

.£3,000,000

Reservo Fund

.£4,000,000

prietors

.£3,000,000

Agencies and Branches:

ALOR STAR

KUALA LUMPľa

(Malay Blue}

ARTSAB

KUCHINO

HADRAB

MANILA

NEDAN

CALCUITA

NEW YORK

GANTON

GAWNIORE

IZKING

HANGROE BATAVIA BOMBAY

ČENÚ

COLOXDO

DAIRES (Dday

South Manchuria)

PENAN

PESHAWAR RANGOON SALOON

DELII

BEMABANO

TALPHONG

+

VELEMHAN

HAMBERG

SHANGHAL

HANKOW

SINGAPORE

HARDIN

BOURABAYA

(N. Manchuria)

TAIPING (P.M.8.)

TAVDY

TOKYO

TUNOKAI (Bhukat)

HINH SUNG

210110

LIDH

KALACHI

KLANG

KONF

KALA BASARAB

(Perah .38.)

TIENT SIN

TRINOLAO

YORDAMA

ZAMBOANGA

(Philippine In]

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. II. FERGUSON,

Manager. Hong Kong, 8th January, 1929.

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 Puid-up Capital Reserve Liabilities of Shareholders. Surplus

THE CHINA MAIL.

Commerce and Finance

MOTOR TAXATION.

GROSS RECEIPTS TOTAL

The

£27,800,000.

BIG DEFICIT,

Rugby, Saturday.

SOVIET GOLD.

£1,000,000 WORTH SENT TO BERLIN.

UNDER HEAVY GUARD.

Berlin, Saturday.

con-

Ministry of Transport's) One million pounds' worth of Annual report of road vehicles' gold, the largest of such taxation for the year ended Novemsignments sent by the Soviet to ber, 1930, reveals that the grass the Reichsbank, has reached here receipts amounted to £27,800,000 from Moscow, under heavy guard. compared with £26,300,000 In the Reuter. previous year. The total number

MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1931.

HONG KONG MARKET PRODUCE.

APPROXIMATE RETAIL PRICES.

Butcher Meat.

Dear Sirloin

1

Prime Cut Corned

Roast

Breast

Soup

Jan. 1, June, June,

4 lb

28

26

H

80

44

58

Stoak ...

"

24

Steak Sirloin Sausages

*

per set 16

Bullock's Brains

11

4

Tongue, fresh .. 4

Tongue, corned

Head

*

1

Heart

15

Homp, Sali

Foot

rd

OVERDUE LIST PUBLISHED IN GAZETTE.

tr

Kidnaya

"

Tail

Liver

"

#t

Tripe

of driving licences Issued during TENDERS ACCEPTED the year was approximately 2,810,- 000 for 1,936,000 motors.--British Wireless Service.

DOMINION TRADE.

BRITISH DELEGATION TO VISIT CANADA.

Rugby, Saturday.. As the outcome of the several conversations which took place between the Federation of British Canadian Minis- 8,000,000 Industries and 4,000,000 ters attending the Imperial Con- ference, arrangements have now 1,000,000

been made with the co-operation 2,526,000

of the Canadian Government for Branches, Agencies and Correspon. dents in the principal cities of the delegation representing the Federation under the chairman world.

Every description of Banking and ship of its President, Sir James Exchange business transacted,

Lithgow, to visit Canada to dis- TAN ENG HOOL, cuss with Canadian industrialista Manager. problems affecting the two coun-

tries British Wireless Service.

THE

AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY,

INC.

Head Office: 65, Broadway, New York.

Capital

Surplus Redorvus

Amelerden Antwory &a

Jorussiem

U.S.$6,000,000 U.S.31,572,454

.U.S.$1,908, 200

BRANCHES:-

Bamarang, bangbal,

Pontianak, Bangoos, Rotterdam

Pyizang

Sibolga

Bala Berlia

Делов Glasgow HAYAAN Hamburg Havre Interlaken

(Jumeira), Bing

Saurahais,

Bombay

Bremsa

Ludo

Forskarte (Solo). Tegal, Tilinjap and

Brussels

Loadna

Walle vradco

Buwan Aros

Calro

Luceme

Luna Ludo

Marcille Monte Carlo

Manila

• These offices have mis deposit boxan to Lal London Bankers-National Provincial Bank Ltd.

Correspondents all over the world

Banking budness of every descriptuanto.

A. STOKKINE.

Koung MansËVE.

Hong Kong, lock August, 1980.

BANQUE DE L'INDO-CHINE.

HEAD OFFICE:

10, Boulevard Haussmann, Parla

Subscribed Capital Fra. 72,000,000.00. Paid Up Capital...Fre. 68,400,000.00] Beserve Funds ....Fra.102,000,000.00

BRANCHES: Bangkok Hong Kong Quinhon

Saigon Battambang Hue Cantho

Mengtze Shanghai Canton Nam Dinh Singapore Djibouti Neumea Fort-Bayard Papeete

Haiphong Hapkow

Hanoi

Thanhas Tientsin

Touraze

Peking Pnom-Penh Vinh Pondicherry Yunnanfu BANKERS:

IN FRANCE: Comptoir National d'Escompte de Paris; Credit Lyonnais; | Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas; Credit Industriel et Commercial; So- cists Generalo,

IN LONDON: The National Pro- vincial & Unlon Bank of England, Ltd.: Comptoir National d'Escompte da Paris; Credit Lyonnai

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

Calcutta CADEM Colombo Constantiatis

Copenhagen Edinburg Flora Donava

Liverpool

Kunish

Mantras Milan

to Naples Piz Paris Fenang 'ching Filarmo Hollarbara Roman H4mbou? Shaughal Scubampton Bingapore Bi. Moritz

Tientala

Vleant

Vraios Kukohama Zarich

Branches of Amerlenn Express Company In Principal cities of Unit ed States of America and Canada.

All classes of Commercial Banking

Transactions undertaken.

Personal investmont

handled

accounts

The Company offers to intending Travellers the use of its "Travelers Chequen" 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 28, 1928, under special charter of The National Gov- Acernment as an

Interest allowed on Current courts and Fixed Deposita according to arrangements.

Every description of Banking and Exchange Business transacted.

Safe Deposit Boxes to lat.

A. LECOT,

Manager

Hong Kong. 1st May, 1929.

THE YOKOHAMA SPECIE BANK, LIMITED.

Established 1880. Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Reserve Fund....Yen 118,600,000

Head Offices-YOKOHAMA. Branches and Agencien att Alexandria

Nagoys Nowchwang New York Osaka

Batavia

Bombay

Buenos Aires

(Temporarty

closed).

Cskutta

Canton

Changchun

Dairen (Dalny)

"

Peking Rangoon Rio de Janeiro Sairon

San Francisco

Fengtien (Mukden). Seattle

Hamburg

Hankow

Harbin Hong Kong

·Honolulu

Kai Yoen Karachi.

Kobe

#London

Los Angelca

Krons

Konita

„Nagasak

Semarang Shanghol Shimenonli Kingspore Soerabaya Sydney Tiantain Tokyo

Teinaniu

Taingtan Vladivostock

(Temporarily

closed)

When Interest: allowed or Current “As-

„Deposita ramired for fixed periods far raten to be obtained on. Appliés.

tion.

HHORT,

Manerer.

Hong Kong, 10th September, 1993.

INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE

BANK. Subscribed Capital ....$25,000,000,00 Paid-up Capital ....$24,710,200,00 Reserve Funda

$ 8,820,503,82

HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI,

HONG KONG BRANCH: 4. Queen's Road Central

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

We also handle the issue of Bonds and other Public Funds of the Chin- exe Government both at home and abroad.

SHOU J. CHEN,

Manager, Hong Kong, 6th March, 1930.

••

BRITISH ORDERS.

IN FACE OF FIERCE COMPETITION.

Rugby, Saturday,

The following list of accepted tenders is published in the Govern- ment Gazette, but without any figures of cost:

Calves' Head & Feet Mutton Chop

IT

84

'cach ti

,, $1,00

lb. 24

Pigeons, Canten

"

Hoihow

Turkeys, Cock

Turkeys, Hen

Quail Partridges

新鮮雞蛋

* B *

* W

88 SKMR# ##<*9BNS

類線樂典北向海熱白海火火沙山機

海口

ORR

Ib.

Jan. 1, June, June, 1931, 1018. 1914.

Cta. Cts. Cla

60

31

52 28 30

+ 58

each 35

por doz. 95

"I

th.

JL

€ £ 883878997286988

30

22

21

21

20

24

24

24

Ï

≡ គឺ ឌ គ ន គ គ 225ឌ | ៩ | Î ||

60

42 +1

each

40

"

lb.

75

"

rach 26

pair 2.40

each 25

"J

1931, 1018. 1914. i Uta. Ct. Cle.

Poultry.

80

12

Chicken

20

**

11

Capons, Small

12

80

22

18

Capons, Duck Doves

Large

18

Eggs, Hen (cooking)..

22

Eggs, Hen (fresh)

85

Fowls, Cantón

20

Fowls, Hainan

Geese

12

40

-$1.20

14

18

Snipe

Pheasant

each 10

19

15 10 12

25

22

Ib.

24

14

10

7

out $1.20 91.00 $1.00

排骨

ID. 36 24

"

Leg Shoulder Saddle Pig'a Chillings

Braina

36 20

"

84

22

3G

t

30

"

IN

Per set 3

Ib.

16

*

Fry Head

28

16 18

Supply of flower pots, Yee Kong. Purchase of pine trees, brush- wood and prunings Wing Cheung.

Heart

#* {M

18 20

cách 16

10

Lemona (American)

Kidneys

13

3

Lichees, Dried

Liver

#

tb. 48

24

Oranges (Canton)

新食甜推

36

23

ᎨᏐ

Orabre

H

36

16

"

42

70

Pears (Canton)

W

16

"

"

11

Peanuts

#

Wiper set 90

ΤΟ

each 12

& 7

16

10

Porsimmons, Large .. Plantalo

#C

*

45

25

"

Pumelo, Siam

b. 26

22

Walnuts

80

18

"

20

Grapes

22

20 20

28

Aeroplane Hangar Kai Tak. "Piling Contract," the Vibro Piling Co., Ltd.

Supply of labour and stores, B. & P. Department, Sit Wing Shing.

from trees,

*

4

Making tree pits, planting trees Pork Chop and sowing sedds, Young Fat.

leg Supplying blacksoil and turing. Yeung Fat.

Loin

Fat or Lard

Supply of coal to P.W.D., Yew Sheep's Head & Feet Shun Co.

Repairs to No. 3 Fire Float, Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ltd.

Heart Kidneys Liver

Sucking Pigs, to order

Supply of junks for Government Grab Dredger Nos. 1 and 2, Kin Suet, Beef Yick Lung.

Mutton

Construction

of passenger and Veal vehicles ferry berthage, Lam Construction Co.

Savinges

+

No. 1

Maternity block, Kowloon Hos- pital, Sang Lee & Co...

Fish.

#

Kwong Hip Lung Co., Ltd.-

Repairs to Grab Dredger No. 2, Barbel

Bream

中午

2 2212$5823E5QCROZEZACEHEBBETSON-÷÷⠀⠀OMESAJER

$ $ 3

Photographing, Police Depart Canton Fresh Water EK

Supply of meals to Chinese pri- soners etc., Police Department,

The Secretary for the Domin- ions, Mr., J. H. Thomas, announcment, Po Chan. ed that in the last 10 days orders had been placed in Britain in face of fierce competition for over £2,500,000 worth of iron and steel by South African firms.-British Wireless Service. *

PRICE LEVELS.

53 PER CENT, ABOVE THOSE OF 1914.

The

Rugby, Saturday. Average level of retail prices of commodities on January i was approximately 63 per cent. above the level of July, 1914, as compared with 55 per cent. one month ago and 66 per cent. one year ago. British Wireless Ser- vice.

THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.

Established 1912.

'Head Office-Hong Kong.

Authorland Capital (ELK. Caresary) $21,000,000 Paid-Up CapitINT AT TO AND ON

8.606.000 Homeri Fundum d 1,000,000

BRANCHES

Caston, Bhanghai, Hankow, Swatow, Baagtak, New York and Ban Francesa.

CORRESPONDZNTB

LONDON BARKERS:-

The Lloyd's Back, Limliad.

in all polumjel cities of the World. Ponchange and banking buainam of

every description_transacted.

Bas Deposit Bozen (racious sčase) së u pazzly rate of troco 80 ko $40.

LOOK POONG SHAN,

Chief Manager. Hong Kong, 14th May, 1930.

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

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

Central Bank In Formosa. Bank Netos pasaad Avaraga tineuni „Ten, 6,000,000 BRANCHES AND AGENCIES: JAPAN-Toko, Yokohama. Kobe. Quake. FORMOSA an Xag, Baronka, Kealous. Makong, Nasio, Blechâu, Tachu, Talnas, Takso, -Janeul, Toen, Kejio, Tatto. CUINA

Jiankow, Amoy, Fooshow, Hwstow, OTHERS: Haeg Kong, Singapore, Boars bays, Semarang, Balarts, Bombay, Calcaste, Tooden, New York, Dairen.

LONDON BANKERS Parr's Bank, The London County Westminster

Commercial Centres throughout the world.

The Bank has Corraspondente in all the principal

K. NAOUTLA. HONG KONG BRANCH

8, Dae Your Bond Central. Hong Kong, 1918 January, 1929.

Manager.

THE BANK OF EAST ASIA, LTD.

Established 1918. "

HEAD OFFICE:

10, Des Voeux Road, Central. TONG KONG

Capital and Surplus

Total Resources ........

over H.$ 8,000,000.00 | over IL$30,000,000.00

Every description of Banking and Exchange business transacted.

Current and Fixed Deposit Accounts in local and for- eign currencies opened for clients.».

Savings Account and Bafe Deposit Boxes. Branches and Agencien all over the world.

KAN TONG PO,

Chief Manars.

Chan Sum,

Supply of brass dog licence bad- ges, Police Department, Kwong

Hing.

Carp

Catfish Codfish Crabs

Repair of boots for Fire Depart- ment, St. Louis Industrial School.

Cuttle Fick Dab Dace.

Supply of rations to Indian Pri- son Staff, Yee Sang Loong.

Fire Brigade Clothing, 1931, Dog Fish

Eels, Conger Tung Hứng Co

Fish

Fresh Water

Yellow

Purchase of condemned stores of

Frogs Harbour Department, F. W. Leong Garoups -& Co.

Gadgeon

Supply of liquore and refresh- Herrings menta on local trains running be- Halibut tween Kowloon and Shum Chun, Labrus Paw Tak Men.

Repairs to S/L. "G.P.O. 2", Hong Lobsters Kong and Whampon Dock Co., Ltd. Mackerel

ADVERTISING.

A GREAT FORCE AND POWER IN BUSINESS.

Lonch

Monk Fish Mollet Oysters

Parrot Fish Perch Pike Plaice

The Hastings Borough Publicity Pomfret, White Association celebrated 15 years' Pomfret, Black continuous advertising of the town Prawns

as a health resort at the jubilee Ray dinner held recently, Sir William Rock Fleb Crawford, member of the Empire Rosch Marketing Board, proposing the salmon evening, said:

Shark

There is no power in the business Skate world better than good advertising shrimps. You have not only competition with Snapper other resorts but competition in Soles sport and pleasure from every part Tench of the world. People want more Turbot.

sport and better times in good Turtles, amall, fr, water boarding-houses and good hotels. I

appeal to you to realise that adver-

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牛羊仔仔

尾肚 水 魚 沙繁魚知班魚白甲花魚魚魚魚花甜蝦滅公爵鰭魚 DA

魚魚魚魚脚

公班

lb.

11

++

"

#

tising is a great force which the TRADE OF MALAYA.

Government itself is using for the developinent of the people and even for the development of Empire Free Trade.

FRENCH HOLDINGS OF GOLD.

The U.S.. Authorities Not Worried.

Washington, D.C., Dec. 26. Government financial experts to day indicated that they are not worried over French accumulation of gold reserves,

Although the French gold hold ings now exceed about G.$2,000,- 000,000 in value they are but about one-half of the estimated value of the American gold holdings. Fur ther, it was said, 'the world's supply

LARGE INCREASE SHOWN IN EXPORTS.

IMPORTS LOWER.

288 28 2483228 1282299*888* 1 & TERRASR 1878 **** &88|!

10 24

20 16

27

17

20

27

16

Fruits.

Almonds

#

lb.

85

95

+

Apples (California)

金山区类

#

22 24

*

6

4

12

Bananas (bride's)

Carambola

Coconuts

Lemona, China

燕山香雞

Beach 13

# 1b.

10 10

10 25 80

Silit cách 13

*** lb.

#

·生柿油桃

נו

26 50

12

30

2882 | 19 ]

ཤྰ་ྒུ་ས ྨ ཁ a | } } བྷཱུ ཋ ཋ ཤ | |

ཋ ཱཿཨྠ "ཋ ུཏྲཱ |ཋ =ཏྲ ཙྪཱ

15

15 10

12

50

鐵雞抽 each 14.

合桃 Ib:

将投于

Vegetables, &c.

Artichokes ..**

Beans, Sprout '.......

18

17

Long

Beet Root

Bitter Squash

Brinjals, Green

Rad

Cabbage, Chinese

(Shanghai).

Cane Shoots, hanch

Cauliflower (Large)

(Medium)

(Small)

Carrets

Green

Curry Stuff, English.. Ri

Cucumbers Garlic

Ginger, Young

Old

竹菜嶲類瓜 瓜茶菜鲜花花花笋來干椒椒料瓜 米榮路菰 頭頭菜仔伊瓜肝菜頭來茄树菜

8

12

16

|.la.... || . || _| Savobol || | . . ||| 20

each

10

ib,

5

B

10

8

24

6

5

6

FR

8

16

12

11

B

大梛榮榨

each 16

BAIE

13

"

椰菜花

FD

10 4

b.

6

5

8

Celery, ChinezS

糖與榮

"

10 10

Chillies, Dried

辣椒干

14

26

Red

粒戇椒

16 10

80

杏花缀

8

25

10

8

30

8

2

18

8

6

16

7

15

10

10

#

"

62 82

18

45 8

24

8

46

25. 82 21

$ 1

20

G

*

Handais.桂林馬路

8

Mushrooms, Fresh

1 .10

9

Okroes

15

27 16

9

Oulons, Bombay

Great

###

8

B

生葱

8

A

29

Shanghai

上海蔥頭

6

80

45

14

14

Parsley .... Potato, Sweet

Зарипове American

F

25

60

Б

8

·日本

3

金山开

7

18

20

10

Pamplon Radists

6

紅蛋仔

5

10

10

18

10

H

BO

#

33

Shallots Spinach Tomatoes Taros ....

28. 22

27

85

"

28

13

12

,,1.00

57

H

Singapore, Saturday. The official trade figuren for! British Malaya for 1980 are as followa:-

Imports, £82,000,000, showing a decrease of £20,000,000 on 1929.

Exporte, £76,000,000, showing an increase of £31,000,000,-Reuter,

ZINC CORPORATION.

SMALLER PARTICIPATING DIVIDEND.

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Horseradish, Shanghai Indian Corn Lettuce

Water Chestnut

Rhubarb (Fresh)

B

12

G 7

4

15

Water Lily Boot

IK

0

15

Turnips, Part! (Long)

Vegetable Marrow

Water' Creza

US. AND CHINA'S TARIFF.

Non-Interference Policy Adopted.

Washington, D.C., Dec. 20.

-COTTON CRISIS.

GENERAL LOCK-OUT - AFTER DEADLOCK.

NEGOTIATIONS FAIL.

Rugby, Saturday.

The intervention of the Ministry of Labour and 10 hours of confer An absolute policy of non-interences yesterday falled to effect a ference in China's plans to promul compromise in the cotton dispute. gate now tariff schedules shortly General lockout notices of end- was announced by officials in Wash-ployers throughout the Lancashire ington to-day.

Weaving Sheds began to-day. Dur- It was pointed out to newspaper ing yesterday's negotiations a dead- correspondents. here that the United lock was reached, owing to the States holds that recent trestles weavers' refusal to go beyond their

China negotiated between

and general Council's decision to ballot 'America grant full tariff autonomy members of the Union and the em- to China. Hence, China may levy ployers' decision not to lift the whatever customs duties she de-lockout notices for a week until the

officialdóm.

of gold is estimated at being worth. The directors of the Zinc Cor-Bires, In the opinion of American ballot result was known. Arrange- about G.$10,000,000,000, leaving the poration have declared the fixed-

It is not yat known here what French with about one-fifth of the rate dividend (28.) for the half- world's supply.

increases tho now. tariff to be year in the preference shares and Experts here state that as long 9d. (against is. Gd.) per share promulgated by China will provide. However, the Washington goveərn- as the gold producing countries on both ordinary and Preferencement will not attempt to Interfere continue to replenish their stocks shares, being participating dividend

of the precious metal there le little for the year ending December 31. danger of the French holdings menacing the gold; standard. ....

France has been receiving gold

These payments will be made un January 2, less tax at 85 (agst. around 24. 7d.).jp

payments from England and Ger- The participating dividend has nag boon discontinuing the custom been declared out of the profits

many. At the time

in China's customa policy, regard- less of the schedules.

Oficials here do not expect that the new China tariff will seriously affect trade between China and the United Stated.

menta for a ballot on the gradual Introduction of more looms to the weavers' system are proceeding British Wireless Service.

Over 200.000 Idle.

London, Saturday. The general lockout of weavers in Lancashirobogan at noon. Seven hundred thousand looms and. over 200,000 operatives are idle, Reuter,

in an editorial published here the grounds that China's prospects ary foreign lending, thus account or prior thereto, and should not be to-day the Washington "Post" ap- for internal pesce are brighter ing for the great French wold hold- regarded as forming a basis for an proves China's proposed action in than they have been for many Ings-United Press

estimate of the final-dividend. A. "Increasitig når tarlíf schedules on years-United Press.

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