BANKS
HONG KONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
Anthocloud Capital
Loomed and Pulty Paldray iomenvriende. 10.000.000 - Marra Funda |--
Somvu Lishělity of Proprietors *** [26,500,000 KRAD OFFIUR: HONG KONG,
RD OP DIE ROTORS :-
Hon. Mr. J. J. Puttenen.
*Obairtuais.
'T. 3. zurus, Ray,
Depay Chairman. ·
H. XX. W. E. Bell, X. A. Pammar, Dog
THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA & CHINA.
Incorporated by Royal Charter, 1863.
HEAD OFFICE: LONDON,
Paid-up Capital
Reserve Fund
Eeserve Liability of Pro-
prietors
ALOR STAR
THE CHINA
MAIL.
THE HO HOND BANK, LTD.
Cetablished – 1017.)-
HEAD OFFICE:—SINGAPORE. Hong Kong Branch: 18; Qubon's M2. C. Anthosiand Capital Straits 230,000,000
Lasued Capital Paid-up Capital Reserve
п
|
Liabilities
of Shareholders. Surplum ....
8,000,000 4,000,000
4,000,000 1,687,000
Branches, Agencies and Correspon- £3,000,000 dents in the principal cities of the 88,000,000 world.
Every description of Banking and #3,000,000 | Exchange business transacted.
TAN ENG HOOL
Agencies and Branchor:
KUCHING
MADRAS
MANILA
AMRITHAR
BANGKOK
BATAVIA ВОМБА!
Chepton, Zag M.T.Jebavom, Kıq.
T. H. Shaw, Eng.
3. V. Warvis. Big-
CALCUTTA
CANTON
4. Kinkla, Beq.
ДИКРОВИ
V. K. Grayburn, Bog.
CEBU
COLOMBO
BAIGON
DELHI
AUT
ANGKOR
FBATAVIA
ROKBAY
PALOUTTA
GANZON
DOLOMBO
Chial Manager,
ARANGLERS -
LONDON
LIONE
MALACCA
MANILA
MUAR (Johort)
MUKDEN
NEW YORK
PEIPINO
PENANG
BANGDON
DAN
годском HAIPHONG
BALDON
SAN FRANCOO
KATKON
RELAXOHAI
BINGAPORE
KONKEW
BJURABYA
HOTLO
BUNGE PATANI
TIENTUIN
JOHOR
TOKYO
COM
THINGTAO YOKOHAMA
KOWLOOK
CUALA LUMPUR
Crete opened in Love: Barrosas and Flood Deposit reosial for Dog' your abru perioda is Local Currency and erine * forms which will be quoted on application.
Hong Kong, 6th April. 1982.
HONG KONG SAVINGS "BANK.
· The Bachures of the store Back is condurend by the HONG KONG AND BHANGHAT BANK- TNG CORPORATION. Bu'es may be obusland ww.gylication.
FOR THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI MANKING CORPORATION,
: V. M. GRAYBURN,
Ohist Manager.
Hong Kong, 7th February, 1933.
THE BANK OF CANTON, LTD.
Established 1915.
Band Ollos-Hong Kong.. Kashmired Capital (IL.B. Outroney) ...811 Jul, 008
·BSANCHES :-
Canton Shanghai, Haskow, Hundew, hongkak, New York and Ben Fresco.
LONDON BANKERS.
The Zayn's Jank Elated. CORRESPONDENTS
In all quincipii sítion of the World.
Forsigs Roshanga and basking inomast t
Bila Daphne Bonus (varlono sluos) at a zaszły
LOOK POONG SHAN,
Chief Manager.
THE BANK OF CHINA.
行・銀國中
Reorganised October 26, 1928, under
special charter of The National Gov-
Kenmost ki an
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
Bahserbad Capital....$15,000,000.00
BANK.
Paid-Up Capital
$24,710,200.00
.8 3,820,503.82
Reserve Funda
HEAD OFFICE: SHANGHAI,
HONG KONG BRANCH:
« Queen's Road Central:
Owing to our numerous branches in China'dad largé connections in the ámportant commercial centres of the world, we are able to extend to our clients special facilities for domestic and foreign banking and archangu.
Wa also, handle the issue of Bonda and other Public Funds of the Chin- ase Government both at home. “And abreiz
SHOU J. CHEN,
Manager.
Hong Kong, 6th March, 1981.
THE TOKOHAMA SPECIE BANE,
LIMITED
HAIPHONG
Tros
KARACHI
Manager.
Commerce and Finance
NEW YORK STOCK QUOTATIONS
OMISSION OF DIVIDEND CAUSES STOCK DEPRESSION.
Dull Movements in Steel.
MEDAN
NEW YORK
PEPING (Poking) PENANO
RANGOON
BEKARANG
BEREKBAN
BHANGHAI
SINOPORE
THE NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK.
HEAD OFFICE: 55, Wall Street, NEW YORK,
Capital, Surplus and
Undivided Profits U.S.$225,603,775. Branches içme
Texas Corporation... Texas Gulf Sulphur
little change in either direction, Transamerica ... says the daily review of the Dow Union Carbide & Carbon 19 Jones Financial News Agency for the Wall Street Journal.
Grains rallied and bolstered sen- timent.
Trading was quiet. Sales for the day totalled 700,000 shares.
Omission of dividend on the par
Vanadium
Westinghouse E. & M. Woolworth
HAMBURG
HAXZOW
HABBIR
BITIAWAN
BÓNG XUNG
SOURABAYA
ILOILO
TAIPING
TIENTSIN
TONGKAH (Dhalet)
ARGENTINE
KLANG
TRINITAO
YOKOHAMA
BELGIUM
KUALA KANGSAR
ZAMBOANGA
BRAZIL
KUALA LUMPUR
CHILE
Foreign Exchange and
General
CHINA
Banking business transacted.
KOCK
COLOMBIA Current Accounts opened and Fix-CURA
ed Deposits received for one year or DOMINICAN shorter periods at rates which will be quoted on application.
J. STUART.
Manager.
"Hong Kong, 11th April, 1932.
THE NATIONAL COMMERCIAL
SAVINGS BANK, LTD.
CURRENT ACCOUNTS. Cheques Cashed in 15 minutes while you wait.
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS We offer good rates of interest.
TÓTAL RESOURCES $19,000,000
EFFICIENT TRUSTWORTHY- RELIABLE COURTEOUS.
144-150, Des Voeux Rd. C.
NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL- MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V.
(NETHERLANDS TRADING SOUTETEĮ
BANKERA,
,
Salabilaked 1834.
Song Ease Gloe:-11, Qoman's Bond Coolest.
Authored Capital ... Oullides 189,000,000- Pald-Up Capita?......... Gallders 10,000,000. A Fund Gulders 10,021,000.
Head Office-AMSTERDAM“.
Extern Hd Doɛ:—BATAVIA,
PERU
THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1932.
CENTRAL BANK OF BUSINESS DIRECTORY
CHINA.
Examination of Reserves Held Against Note Issue
In accordance with Article 15 of the Charter of the Central Bank of! China, the Supervisory Committee is vested with the duty to examine the reserves held against note Issue. The Committee has on May 10, 1932, held. Its hundred and twenty-four examination at the Issue Department of the Bank; the result is as follows:
Total Amount of Dollar Notes and Subsidiary Coln Notes in Circulation.
$24,766,302 2,693,710
$27,480,012 Reserves Against Dollar Notes and Subsidiary Cofn Notes In Circulation.
New York, May 14. The market opened higher on the New York Stock Exchange to-day, passing an uneventful session with
Santhern Cal Edison Standard Gas & Electric 16% Standard Oll of NJ. ..... 25M
24%
11% 18. 18 18%
24 18 20 114
Dollar Notes...
Subsidiary Coln Notes
3/4
334
19
Union
United
Pacific Aircraft & Trans. 10%
62%
02
82
8%
United Corn.
624
United Corp.
0%
6
Cash Reserve
$21,920.780
LONDON
United Gas Improvement 17
17
MEXICO
U.S. Rubber
214
34
3%
(of the above sum $18,880,- 128.45 is kept in Shang-
PANAMA
U.S. Steel
20%
29
9%
74
hai Office, the balance $1,384,865
Is
kept
In
PHILIPPINE
Warner Bros. Pictures..
14
11/4
Branches and Sub-
ISLANDS
PORTO RICO
STRAITS
INDIA ITALY
REPUBLIC
of New York Central caused a de- pression in its stock. Moving up
243%
2514
branches, 31,649,747,55 is
32
32%
kept in Local Banks).
*** not recd.
Securities Reserve
.$ 5,589,278
SETTLEMENTS
URUGUAY
VENEZUELA
JAPAN
The-Dow Jones-average Can Current accounts for 20 rails was off .12 to 24.50. Coty.
Inc. Savings Bank accounts opened
Match Diamond jund
was weak on the Elec. Auto Lite Co. and Fixed Deposits in local and for- Union, Pacific
taken at rates that eve of its dividend meeting and Elec. Power & Light &ign currencies
may be ascertained on application to closed off to 52.
Fund. Trust Series "A" the Bank
Fund. Trust Series "B"
Int. Printing Ink Nati
the opening, New York Central Amer. Sugar Refining gained inother quarter but by 11.30 Bendly Aviation ........ Commercial and Travellers' Letters was down to 14, reached 18% be- Canada Dry Ginger Ale
Tractor of Credits, Travellers' Cheques, Billa fore noon, and closed at the lattar of Exchange and Cable Transfers | Agure. bought and sold.
a quarter-point to 14% soon after Air Reduction
4012
4114
Auburn
174 88%
18
$27,400,012
6%
อม
7
25
2%
18
18%
12
12
7
7
ó
z
34
Grain Increases.
14
4%
13%
13
13
4
36/4
35
of the total issue.
91%
22
14%
47
17%
Branches :---Bandjoernaaln, Bandang Bombay Cheriton, Ther. Djok
Joogan, Penang, Rangoon, Botterdam”, Semarang, Shanghel Blupazors, Bours bad, Bovenkoucla (Solo), Tegal, Tillating! ant Watenden®,
* Then close kare Béla Deposit Boom to Let
LONDON BANKERS ----- NATIONAL PROVINCIAL BANK LTD.
Correspondents all over the world. Banking Bual- mide bỉ vvity description transacted.
A. STOEKINK,
Bon Ton la December, 1981,
--
THE
Manage.
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY. INC.
Hand Offen:-65, Broadway, New York.
...1.8.88,000,000- .......U‚5.31,572,454
.U.8.$1,908,209.
Gapital
Burplus
EGOLIYO
BRANCHES
*Amatørdam G100%
Yen 117,800,000
Besis *Biella
GLBOW
Hamborg
Established 1880.
Capital (fully paid-up) Yen 100,000,000 Leserve Fund
- Mood Oficer-YOKOHAMA,
Branchen und Agencias st:
Nagasaki
Naroys Newcawang
York Osaka
Changchun
Paiping Defrem (Dalny) Rangoon
Poongtiam: (Mukden) Rio de Janeiro:
San Francison Beattie
Golomb
Branches of American' Express Com- pany in Principal elties of United States of America and Canada.
All classes of Commercial Banking. Transactions andgefäken.
We are also able to offer our Cus-
tomers the services of the Branches Grains predominated, however, General Amer. Tank Car 15 of the International Banking Cor-especially on the mail order issues,, Mack Trucks poration in Spain and also of The implements and others associated Biscuit National City Bank of New York with the grain business. Montgo Na Dairy Products
Nat'l Cash Register (France), S.A., in Paris and Nics,
mery Ward closed up an eighth to Otis Elevator 7%, International Harvester was Safeway Stores up a quarter to 18, Sears Rosbuck United Fruit was up a half to 18, and J. I. Cass U.S. Realty & Imp. was up a half to 281⁄2.
B. M. MCLAY,
Manager. Hong Kong, May 13, 1932.
"Iron Age" estimated that steel
THE BANK OF TAIWAN, LTD. ingot production for the week was:
(TAIWAN GINKO.)
The 124 per cent. of capacity.
Industry continued extremely dull
HEAD OFFICE--Taipeh, Forman.with no improvement in sight.
Incorporated by Special Imperial
Charter, 1899.
Scrap prices declined to a dollar a ton. U.S. Steel opened up A quarter to 30, gained another half by 11 o'clock but promptly lost it Bank-Moxes lened Average smome...Yen. 45,000,000 and was at 29% by noon, and clos-
Cesten! Back in Formoss.
BRANCHES AND AGENCIES: JAPAN |--Toyko, Tokokama, Kobe, Quiz, FORMOSA (—Givan, ·Zagi, acento,
Kealing,
Makong Neato, Banchire, Talebu, Talna Takes, Tamen, Teen, Hailo, Telia
ed at 29%. Bethlehem Steel was off to 18 at the close.
The Dow Jones average for 80| OKINA Shanghel, Hackow, may, industrials up .15 to 57.88, that!
Bwakiw, Canion OTHERƐ |--Hong Kong, Blagsport, Sebes Bezig.Bilarla, Bemy, London, New York, Balran
LONDON BANTERS ↑
Barnlays Bank, Ltd., Lloyds Bank, LAL, Midland flank, Ltd., Westminerve Bank, Lid
The Bank hae Commpondents in all the ̧prinsipal Commercial Contre throughout the world. L. KAGURA,
HONG KONG BRANCH:
Macingwe
2. De Vaux Bood Contrai, Bong K. Dember 24, EDEL
FOR SALE.
POSTAGE STAMP CATALOGUES
FOR 1932
from
STANLEY GIBBONS
Part L Part II, Yvert & Telllar
Scott Stamp & Caln Co. $8.00
for 20 utilités was off .12 to 24.50|| and that for 40 bonds was up .08. to 78,95.
Call money continued to be quot- ed at the 24 per cent. level.
Quotations.
| Allied Chemical & Dye 55
American Tobacco "" American Waterworks
Automobiles
240
*8
37 Total Amount of Customs Gold Unit
6%
Notes in Circulation.
C.G.U. Nutes.C.G.U. 875.000
6% Reserves Against Customs Gold Unit 25%
Notes in Circulation. 24 G$150,000 deposited with
Local Banks at .40°C.G.U. 375,000 According to Article 2 of the Bank's regulations governing note 34 Issue the Bank is required to keep Cash Reserve at 60 per cent, and Securities Reserve at 40 per cent. Finding the
9% Cash Reserve to exceed 60 per cent. 224 and the Securities Reserve not over
14% 40 per cent, we hereby certify that
47
10% the reserves against notes in cir-
8 culation is in order.
Raw Cotton
Values
Slightly Easier
Manchester Weekly Market
Report
Wednesday, April 20.
enquiry has expanded slightly and offers have been dealt with for a Raw cotton values during the variety of cloths. Karachi, Bom- week have fluctuated within very bay and Calcutta have been the narrow limits and on the whole mont interested, d'hootles in are now slightly easier. Improved particular being in demand for the
ATTRACTIVE TAILORING
We beg to announce to our many clients that we have removed ::to :18, D'Aguilar Street. We have also just re- ceived a new assort- meat of
SUMMER SUITINGS.
WING HING CO. 18, D'Agullar Street.
--Tel. 11:17.
DENTISTS.
HARRY FONG, Dentist,
tat door, No. 74, Queen's Road
Central. Tel. 21255.
LAU PAK WAI, Dentist.
HONG KONG OFFICE:...... GLOUCESTER BLDG, 1st Floor.
· Telephone: 20488. .KOWLOON OFFICE 935, NATHAN ROAD, 2nd Floor, Telephone 58581.
TANG YUH, Dentini. Successors to
'the inta SIEN TING. 14, D'Aguilar Street.
TERMS VERY MODERATE Consultation Fros.
ENGINEERS & SHIPBUILDERS.
W. 8. HAILEY & CO., LTD.,
Kowloon Bay,
Now Work & Repairs. Call Flag "L"
Sole Agents for Kelvin Motors.
HAIR DRESSERS.
LEE YEE,
Ladies' and Gentleman's Hair Dressers & Booksellers. No. 12, D'Agullar Strest. (opposite Queen's Theatre).
OPTICIANS,
*THE HONG KONG OPTICAL. COMPANY. *Phone: 21231:
53, Queen's Road Central
SHOES.
Feir
Black or Brown show from $6.00. Black, or Brown 'Boots - from' $5.00.
Children's Boots or Shem from 12.06.- Best styles, most completa stock
of all sizes. Repairing a speciality, WONG SIU WOON
21. Pottinger® St. . Theo H
24 sentiment in the United States last named market. A few fancies ALEXANDER 55% with regard to the financial post and white shirtings have been INSTITUT
61
39% tion of that country has helped the booked whilst the lighter bleach-
3 tone of the markets, but there are ing styles have also been in de- DE BEAUTE
still a few disturbing factors pre-mand.
The up-country outlets Phone 25169.
sent and buyers have continued have been rather quieter and Pedder Building
9% their policy of caution. Reports wherever offers have been put for- (1st Floor)
from the cotton belt indicate that ward the majority of them have Opposite Entrancs te
20 field work generally has been ac- proved too low for business. Hong Kong Hotel
K 54
Canadian Pacific Railway 11%
tive and considerable ground is Shanghai has offered for whites Lustress 01 Permanent Hair Waves now ready for planting. According whilst a few poplins and fancies hich are Large, Sort, and Natural, Artistic Finger and Mares) Waves, Oll to the monthly consumption retura have been booked for Hong Kong Treatment, Shampooing, Henna Back
of cotton it is interesting to note Singapore and the Straits have (any colour), Hair
5% Unq. 489,000 bales compared with lines of whites and dyed. "goods
23% 450,000 bales in February and have gone through. Egypt and the Expert, Kr. Alexan
490,000 bales in March last year. near Eastern centres have shown 6 A VISIT WILL CONVINCE YOU.
Whilst it is very difficult to fore-slight improvement, but the turn
May 10
11
Adams Express ..
24
| Allis Chalmers ›
64
American Can
40%
American & For. Power Unq.
American &
American & For. Power
WEIT
2
American Smelting
요
American Tel & Tel.
99%
99%
88%
67
20
Anaconda Copper
B6
27
Bethlehem
Baltimore & Ohio......
Steel
8%
18%
18
Borden Company
80
80%
(and Maxi-
Borg Warner
各種
that the amount for March was shown more activity and a few nice cure for Ladier and
.$5.26
.$8.00
Cansw
Artine
Саве,
I.
28
.$8.00
Chase Bank
80%
CHARGES MODERATE.
Chesap
Chesapeake Corp.
8%
9
AZ
Chrysler
874
Cities Service Co.
4.
Columbia Gas & Electric
8%.
Commonwealth & So... 24 Com. & So. Warr. ........ 3/16
Consolidated Gas of N.Y. 50 Continental Oi
1
+38%
Electric Bond & Share Electric Power & Light Fox Film "A"
80% 40% 19% 12%
General Electric
General Foods
General Motors
14% 1844 814 81%
114
General Rathway Signal
18% 16%
14%
17
Gold Dust
12% 12%
8%
11:2
GRACA & CO.,
Dealers in Postage Stamps, Garden Seeds, Philatelic
Goods, etc......
No. 10, WYNDHAM STREET, P.O. Box No. 620. HONG KONG
PHOTO-SUPPLIES
-- Kedals and Cameria,
Films," Plater and Papers, atc.
· Developing, Printing and Enlarging
ZIESS and BUSCH FIELD GLASSES.
Price Moderate.::
̈A-Trial Order is Bollelted.
A. SEK & CO.
1. Tel No: 28459.
fux Head, C.
Corn Products Curtiss Wright Com. Drug Inc.
WHE
Du Pont de Nemours Eastman Kodak va
Gilletta Saéty. Razor
drich Rubber Goodrich
Goodyear Tyre &
Int.
Rubber 11
International Cement... 8 int Combustion Engine. International Harvester 18 International Nickel .... 6% International Tel & Tel. 54% Johns Manville opis
Konnecte Erenger & Toll
ggett & Myers "B" Loew's Inc.
cast any future movement of prices over has only been small. Heavy 8% experts are of the opinion that bleachers and dyed specialities 201 24 operators would be wise to keep have been offered for chiefly. A 6/18 50% themselves covered as the market few white shirings have been would respond very quickly to any booked for Northern Africa and 44
85% outside influence at present. India prints for South Africa.
4408
DOLLAR DOWN AGAIN.
Dropped One Farthing Yesterday.
The Hong Kong Dollar declined
8% a farthing yesterday, to is. 6d.
LANCASHIRE'S TRADE.
What Japanese Competition Mean
That is how they do thinge, in
The market was very uncertain, Japan. Miss Utley estimates that and there was little inclination to the labour costs of production in 18% do business.
Lancashire for a hundred yards of
131
In London silver rose %, and China and India were small buyers cloth came to 7. 94,; the labour
MISCARE LA Sellers," however, held back. The chate of 100 yards of the amo kindj
48%
Lorillard P. Co(Com.). 14)
Lindlum Steel Montgomery. Ward
Nat City Nevada Cop "Nàw, sTork
North
Ung
(bid price) 34
market ruled steady, with America of cloth in Japan 48% Inclined to buy and
28% Silver went down in New
York, to 284, but the market was steady
18
a
At the local Chinese Exchang 3% last eveni
Canton
Taking everythin
cants to Ba. Sci considera-
tion Japan, is able to
1650 per cent;
Lancashire. And th
UNCLAIMED TELEGRAMS.
grame are lying at the once
The following dyslaimed tale..
the Great Northern Tálégraph Company: (Limited) ⠀⠀ of mark:-
Jobicum, from Shanghai. Sir Cecil Kaye, passenger, Ran pura, from Shanghal :"
Wallace, from Shanghal. Compariane, from, Shanghal.
F. V. JENBEN,
Superintendent,
Hong Kong, May 18, 1932
following uncla tale rama are lying at the Eastern Ex- tension Telegraph
Abass, from Calcutta, Brailowsky...... Hong Kong Hotel, Irem Leipzig,
- Mjinéholmu," care of Peninsular, her cloth from Caire st pric
H. Pearman, P.0. Boz 410, from London Po.
erson,
EF OPEL
D. CERTIFICATES.
from Par
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